“You have to look for things you really love, for what your dream is.” - Ralph Lauren
Looking for Things you Love
Do you love doing little projects? Do you love to create?
We are always scheming about one idea or another, may it be a home project, a personal hobby or craft project to take on. Sometimes it is hanging a gorgeous wallpaper in our guest room, other times it may be framing a drawing we have laying around. It seems we are always finding things “to do” that make us happy.
Scroll through our May Notes for some of our favorite projects with simple ideas “to do”! Send us some images of little project you have done that make you happy.
Happy projects,
Terrell and Joyce
Elevate Your Home with These Simple Design Ideas
Add a new pillow bolster - this plaid pattern is an unexpected combination with the floral headboard.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Jess Isaac
We’ve said it before and will say it again - mix old with new. This inexpensive modern mirror lives perfectly with a handsome chest of drawers.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Jess Isaac
Find a fixture that lights your fancy. This ceiling light fixture is the “eye candy” of this sweet bedroom.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Jess Isaac
We call it “the last 10%.” A tiny drinks table will finish off your space with just the right sparkle.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Jess Isaac
You can cheer up a humdrum corner with a collection of quirky objects.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Lindsay Salazar
This tiny bit of orange trim added a big bang to what would have been just a gray runner.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Meghan O’Brien
There are so many fun collaborations, like this Vans & Modernica desk chair. Collaborations like this are usually limited additions, so scoop it up when you see it!
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Meghan O’Brien
You can’t lose by wallpapering with a playful pattern, it will always deliver a smile.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Jess Isaac
Add an edge detail to a drape and mix up patterns which will lead your eye around the room.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Jess Isaac
Gravitate away from a solid rug and find something interesting that anchors the space.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Jess Isaac
Make breakfast time a little more cheerful, and add a playful cushion to your chair.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Jess Isaac
Look for something with a twist. The diagonal stripes add a bit of whimsy to this coffee table.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Jess Isaac
This room checked off all of the boxes especially after adding this graphic throw rug on top of the carpet, a custom piece based on a school art project.
Design: Perfitt Richards Design / Photo: Meghan O’Brien
Find Your Inner Craftsperson
There is something about crafting, the activity or hobby of making decorative articles by hand, that feeds the soul.
Lately, our inner craftsperson is alive and well as we find ourselves making things for the fun of it. Are we becoming our Grandmothers?
Taking ceramics classes has been a fun hobby for Joyce.
Terrell has become obsessed with needlepoint creating this ClaireV pillow!
Check out these crafters who have turned their hobbies into small businesses.
Dani Vinokurov
An amazing talent creates these beautiful hand cut paper pieces. Each piece is intricately cut to perfection.
Vivid Visions
Watching a reel of Vivid Visions on instagram made us a fan of his talent immediately.
Art Knacky
How clever is this darling little ceramic Holly Golightly wine stopper? Art Knacky is a favorite of ours, but keep your eye on her Etsy shop, as it sells out quickly!
Bookhou
Handmade? Yes they are! Watch the process here.
@bookhou is an all time favorite to watch in action.
What We Are Reading
Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, writing about the rich history and folklore of the far away. However, in this book, he explores a piece of America — the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable music, unparalleled cuisine, and yet also some of the nation’s worst schools, housing, and unemployment rates. It’s these parts of the South, so often ignored, that Theroux writes his tenth travel book documenting his journey.
We had heard of Julia Reed through her Nashville retail store Reed Smythe, but she is most widely known as a journalist working for Newsweek, Vogue and The New York Times Magazine, to name a few. Her essays cover politics, food, fashion and southern life with her great sense of humor and wit.
Ms. Reed was a once in a generation voice who was catapulted into fame for her piece as Newsweek intern covering the murder of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor. Dispatches of the Gilded Age is a collection of her essays - you will be taken inside the heart of Southern living and will be carried back to years past as she writes about George and Laura Bush, Madeleine Albright, and her good friend Andre’ Leon Talley.
Traveling with old (old) friends in Charleston, South Carolina last month gave us a real taste of the South. There is so much to see and do; it is definitely a city worth the visit.
Getting there posed a challenge for some of us .
What We Are Watching
Very funny! Watch it here.
Do something crafty today!
Joyce and Terrell