Friday's Inspiration

This is another room done by Kishani Perera. Of course I love the ikat pillows on the couch, I've only mentioned my obsession with the fabric like a million times but what I like most about this home office is the inspiration board. It takes me back to whenI was a teenager and had a wall devoted to clippings from my mom's home magazines and of course hotties like Corey Hart! Yea, I was a teenager in the '80s!

Thursday's Inspiration

It's all about the fireplaces today! Do you know why? Because its our own fireplace that is heating our house this morning, it seems that our furnace is like what's with this cold weather and has decided not to work so well. (It's 60 in our house right now!) Looks like its a call to the furnace guy! Yea, cause that's exactly what I was hoping for right before Christmas!

Send good kharma our way!

Tuesday's Inspiration

I love both of these photos today! I am a sucker for any and all things pretty and I'm one of those people who enjoys wrapping presents! Just ask my daughter, we spent almost an hour at the craft store picking out just the right paper for my gifts this year!



(photos Nice Package)

Which makes me wonder, do you spend time making your presents look pretty or do you think, why bother they are just going to rip it off and throw it away anyways???

Monday's Inspiration

This weekend we finished up decorating the inside of the house and Drew put the lights up outside. I'm glad Drew got the lights up yesterday because we woke up to a blanket of snow this morning!

This table was done by Eddie Ross! I love him! He can set a table like no one's business!

So let me ask you do you decorate your table for Christmas?

Friday's Inspiration

Thom Filicia is awesome! I love his style and I love this room. Love the chandelier and love how the ceiling is painting a color other then white.

Thursday's Inspiration

I have been searching for a nativity scene for years and they are either too cheesy or too expensive. I finally find one and I love it but..



go figure it's sold out! Isn't it only December 3rd? Oh well hopefully next year Pottery Barn will have it again! Of course I probably should still go to Pottery Barn this weekend just to make sure!

Wednesday's Inspiration

The meaning of a picture is worth a thousand words!


(Photo Southern Living)

How beautiful is this?

Tuesday's Inspiration

I'm finishing up on the outside decorating today so my inspiration is all things outside that are sparkly and pretty. I'm also doing a project similar to the one in my inspiration photo today. (Ok not really but there is an urn involved.) I can only hope mine turns out half as good as Martha's! (Ok, Martha's assistants!)


(Photo by Martha Stewart)

Monday's Inspiration

(Photo from Southern Living)

This photo is from Southern Living. I chose it because I'm decorating the outside of my house this week. If only my house looked like this one!

My plan is to finish decorating the outside of our house this week, and the inside of the house next week, but honestly my brain is all over the place. I went shopping this weekend for supplies for the outside and I kept putting decorations for inside the house in my basket. Twice I pulled everything from my basket back onto the shelves and told myself to stop and focus on the outside and the list!

Time to go untangle the lights! Which brings me to the age old question, white lights or colored lights?

Friday's Inspiration

I love this bedroom, unfortunately I don't know the designer or the source. I love the colors black and yellow together. I also love a canopy bed, it reminds me of when I was a little girl in my 1970's gilded canopy bed with the baby blue polyester canopy! I like the mix of patterns and stripes and how it all works to make the room inviting and comfortable.

Wednesday's Inspiration

Candice Olsen designed this room. Personally I think, her rooms are always great, I love the colors she uses they are seem so calm and soothing. I love rooms in attic spaces, I love how the walls slant, it just feels nice and cozy, but its also a hard room to design. This looks like a room you want to spend alot of time in on a cold winter day.

Friday's Inspiration

Friday's photo comes from Jenny of the Little Green Notebook. You can read about the dining room makeover on her blog where she explains in detail how she put the room togethe. There are lots I like about the room, the mirror, the way she used a loveseat for seating and the clock painted blue over to the left of the room. She is incredibly talented.

Thursday's Inspiration

I know this isn't a "picture" of a room but I think it is beautiful, in fact I'm quite jealous of Michelle from A Schematic Life. She is an amazing illustrator and I wish I only had 1/4 of her talent. In fact the drawing portion as an interior design student makes me break out in a sweat, honestly I have a hard time drawing a three dimensional box! Her talents inspire me to work harder though!

What inspires you?

Wednesday's Inspiration

Kelly Wearstler is for sure one my favorite interior designers. I absolutely love her style and her willingness to take her designs as far as it can go. You may think this isn't your style or its too much but you can't say its boring! This is her office and I personally love it. I love the vintage chandelier, her desk chair and the colors of the walls. It also wouldn't be me if I didn't point out I love how they put her hermes handbag in the photo shoot!

When I pick photos for my design files I don't have to love everything about it, (although I love everything in this particular one) I can just like certain elements so can you pick out something you like about this room?

Tuesday's Inspiration

I thought I'd try a new feature on h2urHOME and post daily photos of rooms that have inspired me through the years that I've stored away in my hard drive. Unfortunately, I won't always know the designer but if I do I'll let you know and if I don't know the designer and you do please feel free to let me know.

Today's photo is designed by Nate Berkus. We all know him from Oprah and honestly who doesn't love Nate? I love virtually every room he designs. It seems most of his spaces have a organic feel to them and I really love how he always incorporates the owner into the design. There is always something special in the room to make the room feel like home.