Accessorize



Dresser Top and Painting

 I have been doing a lot of remodeling lately. It's been good to keep busy. This is some pictures from my room. Since I am focusing on the accessories, I'll give a little background. The walls are a cool gray the trim is a very light blue to combat the feeling of being in a lavender room. I didn't want a blue room or a purple room, I wanted a gray room. I was pretty nervous when the paint was 3/4 of the way dry, it was looking grayish purple, but it's gray now. Accent colors include that pretty, almost white - blue, champagne orange, rust, orchid and purple.


A detail of the side table/vanity

  I haven't been following any specific style for my room on this one, I'm going a little Modern French meets Art Nouveau. I have a classic art nouveau porcelain figurine that I paired with a French shoe box. At first I wondered if these two styles would mix well, they seem to be on good terms so far. But I cannot say that I have stayed with these two styles alone.


I found a random bird house that I thought
was beautiful and just went from there, the
fan is from the Philippines.

 I love natural wood. So when I found this bird house, I thought for a long time if I could make it work. I did have natural wood in my room so that would be ok, it needed more whimsy. Birds. I needed to add birds. That's easy, and I had a shelf that needed something on it so I had a place for it. All I had to do was get some birds and I was set.

I think that the hardest part about accessorizing is knowing when to stop. I am always finding cute things to put somewhere but then I am left with a cluttered mess. I also love to make my accessories, I love to arrange flowers and paint pictures, but accessories, like everything else in a room have to be planned. More isn't necessarily better, a lot of the time it's worse.

If you do want to change accessories, that's great, do it. but change them. Take things out. When designing a room keep large objects neutral. Use those accessories to add the character to the room and you'll have a new room every few years if you want it to be so.