Today I decided to play along with the “Mood Board Monday” blog party hosted by Pewter + Sage.  Two inspiration pieces were chosen, one a rug from Dash and Albert, and another from West Elm.  Participants had to chose at least one of the inspiration pieces and create a room around it.  The idea of the party is to see how various people are inspired differently by the same things.  So, be sure to hope on over to   Pewter + Sage and check out the other rooms that participants designed around these pieces.

I chose the Dash and Albert rug as the inspiration for my family sun-room, where I envision Sunday afternoon board games or the family just hanging out reading the paper and catching up. 

I have to admit that I waited until yesterday to pull my products together and spring weather made a long walk and a trip to the park with my husband, daughter and dog preferable to being inside in front of the computer.  It seemed like all of our neighbors were out and about and it was a lovely day. 

I had appointments early this morning.  So, sorry that I have quickly pulled my selections together this afternoon.  Perhaps one of these days my photoshop skills will rise to the occasion!

I am picturing a sunroom with three walls of floor to ceiling windows with casual linen roman shades, trimmed in a simple orange tape.  In the center of the room would be the sofa and chair, flanked with the orange ceramic garden stools.

Sources:  Sofa and matching chair are from Norwalk Furniture.  The coffee table is from Oly Studio.  The Rug is from Dash & Albert. 

In one of the windowed corners, I am picturing the game table with four chairs.  I’ve included a wood sample for the chair legs (bottom left) and fabric swatch for the same chairs (bottom right).

Sources: Chairs are from Artistic Frame.  The game table is from Noir Furniture.  The fabric is from Galbraith & Paul.

On the non-windowed wall, I am picturing the chest with the lamp on one side and the ceramic foo dogs flanking the antique books, on the other.  The mirror would be centered over the chest.

Sources:  The chest is from Stephanie M Furniture.  The translucent gourd lamp is from West Elm and the books are from Decorative Leather Books.  The mirror is a Carolyn Kinder design via Uttermost.

In my haste to pull these images together yesterday, I neglected to note the source for the ceramic foo dog bookends and the ceramic garden stools.  I will update this as soon as I locate my source.  Sorry about that!

Thanks again to Pewter + Sage for hosting this blog party.  Now, do not forget to hop on over to her blog and check out the other great entries.

Happy Monday!

Today I decided to play along with the “Mood Board Monday” blog party hosted by Pewter + Sage.  Two inspiration pieces were chosen from the Wisteria Catalog.  Participants had to chose at least one of the inspiration pieces and create a room around it.  The idea of the party is to see how various people are inspired differently by the same things.  So, be sure to hope on over to   Pewter + Sage and check out the other rooms that participants designed around these pieces.

The first option was this:

Moorish Chest

And, the second option was this:

German Silver Bowfront Chest

I decided on the German Silver Bowfront Chest. I think it is a beautiful piece that could have easily gone in a myriad of rooms for this challenge. But, I decided to design a tranquil Master Bedroom Sitting Room. This room was designed for fun, and I paid no attention to budget.