If you haven’t been able to tell our yard is consuming a lot of my time and thoughts.  In a good way.  Yesterday as I was trying to figure out which plants should go where I thought how nice it would be to have a landscape designer come in and just take over.  Now I know why people hire me. :)  I know what I want, I just don’t know how to execute it.  Something well manicured, but still have that over-grown garden feel.  Here is a local landscape designer whose work I have fallen in love with.  Does this get you excited for spring?!

One word: Danger. I’m the biggest rug snob ever. Ask my clients.  Rugs are such a big part of the design of the room; they what your kids roll around on, what your toes feel when you get out of bed. Rugs are the epitome of the design phrase “form and function.”  I always have the hardest time finding a rug that suits all the design needs as well as functional needs of a space.  I was just informed that Amy Butler has come out with a line of rugs.  Wool, hand-tufted, intersting patterns (so it doesn’t show resistance and dirt) are all characteristics I look for in a rug.  Heaven help me, I need to know how much these are.  Hurry Amy, make these available for designers. Please.

I have a slight obsession with Penny Tiles.  Pick your poison: porcelain (in a variety of colors) or metal.  You really can use thse anywhere: flooring, backsplashes, bathroom surrounds…oh the possiblities.  We might be using them for a bathroom floor.  So excited.

I love mosaic tiles.  I think they’re beautiful.  Expensive. Very Expensive.  But beautiful.  

Pictures found from Bisazza’s Flickr Page.  

Judith Gueth has a great line of wallpapers and rugs. Here are some of my favorites:

Peacock-Jade Wallpaper

Tulips-Gold Wallpaper

Nouveau-Stone Wallpaper

Rococo-Black and White Rug

Trees-Green Rug

Mermaid-Pink Rug