Install of the Day !

Hi There . . 

Ashley Seshul.  We tackled her ground floor media space not too long ago (check out here).  We, or should I say Maggie and Bree, spent a week driving back and forth to Hickory installing her next phase and also installing Amber Black's first floor.  Killing two birds.  This phase at Ashley's included her daughter's bedroom and adjoining "hang out" room, along with her more formal upstairs sitting room and hallway.  It was a lot that week.  Multiple installers, painters, wall paper, movers. They were definitely on top of it and I loved watching Maggie, especially, experience what this job is really all about!  If you are fresh out of design school take note . . . . quietly sitting and looking a pretty fabrics may happen 10 % of the time.  Schlepping, hauling, searching, orchestrating, running, quoting, emailing, putting fires out . . .  is what you day to day will really be like.    I am so thankful for those two.  They managed to pull off two big clients at the same time while I working on the new ones back at the office.

I love what Maggie came up with for Ashley's living room.  It was all about working with her existing paint color, curtains and 4 blue chairs and adding in everything else to amp up the style and pull the colors together.  Take a look at the plan and the details.

We needed to work around this pretty Kravet fabric on the windows . . .

Adding  two rugs, wall papers, new side tables, chandeliers and pillows . . .

Take a look at what a little tweaking can do !

Love, love Jessica Zoob's new pillow line (available at www.lucyandcompany.com)

Our last detail was the wall paper in Ashley's tiny hallway.  Perfect.

All in the details !

Spotlight: Jessica Zoob

Hi . . 

While I was playing around with pretty pastels, thought I'd share a new introduction from one of my fabric and wall covering vendors.  My rep introduced me to Jessica Zoob last week and I have to say, I have never seen a prettier pastel collection.  Romo has collaborated with artist Jessica Zoob and this collection is so artistic, fresh and original.  Her wall papers will fill your walls with the look of an original piece - dreamy, calm, the look of hand painted.  She calls the collection "Desire," and I'll have to agree.

A little bit about Jessica . . . from her site . . . and read more here.

. . ." My environment has always inspired me, whether rural or urban.  I love untamed nature, craggy rocks and bleak moors.  I find myself fascinated and moved by crumbling plaster walls that reveal the bones of a building and bear its human history in marks and faded paint.  Contemporary Fine Art can be found everywhere.  The interplay between man and nature often finds its way into my work.  I do not usually intend the paintings to be figurative but they are often completed and given meaning by the viewer's imagination.  I may be inspired by a storm, a mountain, or a love affair - or possibly all three."

Take a peek at the overall look of her papers and fabric . . .

Take a close look at the velvets . .  pretty dreamy !

Pillows are also available to order with us at Lucy and Company - great price point, too !

I jumped on her website to take a look at the rest of her artwork. . . gorgeous !

Fell so in love . . . I pulled this pillow as the inspiration for a new job I am working on.  I love that just one thing can drive it all !