design dilemma-HELP!!!

it's always way more fun designing for my customers than designing for myself. i get a stale eye on my own house-i hate this!!
i need to replace my pair of club chairs in my family room...and i'm kinda dying for this rug layered on top of a seagrass......saw it at market and instantly fell in love.

the room its going in.......

got this rug a long time ago-have loved it but kinda sick of all the red. can easlily sell on craigs list which justifies my new rug purchase :)

hubby hates these chairs....and he still hasn't forgiven me for throwing out his ugly old leather chair! great excuse to replace with a pair of these......(without the skirt!) here's where i'm REALLY stuck......i cant decide if i should do the lighter brown on the chair or the darker....and want to incorporate the animal somehow-pillows or ottoman HELP!!! AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK??? I NEED YOUR OPINION!!!!! confused!!! but psyched its friday-almost cocktail hour-wahoo!! happy weekend yall!!

 ps-new painting may look good in here?

 

PORCH WEATHER!

ITS BEEN A VERY LONG WINTER AND I AM READY FOR SOME PORCH WEATHER! FINALLY WARM ENOUGH FOR POTTED FLOWERS! SO READY TO HANG OUT ON MY BACK PORCH!!

 FOUND THIS ENORMOUS POT LAST WEEK FOR MY BELOVED PALM.....ALL MY TARACOTTA POTS BLEW OVER AND BROKE.

 OH THE GRASS IS SO UGLY UNTIL IT TURNS GREEN...NOT MUCH LONGER?

 CHECK OUT THE NEW LANDSCAPING IN THE BACKGROUND!!!! NORFOLK'S VERY TALENTED JOHN PRINCE http://prince-landscapes.com/ CAME TO MY RESCUE BY PERFECTING MY SIDE GARDEN...LOVING ME NEW BRICK BORDER..AND CHECK OUT THE SAGO PALM-LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! IGNORE THE UGLY DEAD GRASS :)

 LOVE MY SAGO! THANKS TO JOHN PRINCE MY GARDEN WILL FLOURISH THIS SUMMER WITH SOCIETY GARLIC, CAST IRON, CRINUM, GARDENIA, CRAPE MYRTLE, ENGLISH BOXWOOD, ETC!!

 IM NOT THE ONLY HAPPY ONE!

STAY TUNED FOR BEFORE AND AFTERS OF THE YARD ONCE I GET JOHN BACK OVER HERE TO FIX THE REST OF MY YARD!!!

BEFORE AND AFTER: BOLLING FAMILY ROOM WINDOW TREATMENTS

LIKE IVE SAID BEFORE, WINDOW TREATMENTS JUST FINISH A ROOM (AND WARM IT UP!!!).....

STAY TUNED.....BOOKCASE STYLING FOR THIS CUSTOMER NEXT ON THE AGENDA!

GREAT THINGS KEEP HAPPENING IN THIS HOUSE....NEW SIDE TABLE ON ORDER FOR THE ROOM AND NEW BOOKCASE STYLING ON THE HORIZON....CAN'T WAIT FOR THE EVOLVING RESULTS!

BEFORE AND AFTER: BOLLING WINDOW TREATMENTS

NO DOUBT THAT WINDOW TREATMENTS ARE A FINISHING TOUCH......YOU MAY THINK YOUR ROOM IS FINISHED....BUT UNTIL YOU HAVE WINDOW TREATMENTS UP, IN MOST CASES, THE ROOM IS INCOMPLETE.
ALWAYS A TREAT WORKING IN THIS BEAUTIFUL HOUSE!!!

BEFORE

AFTER

 

 

REARRANGING:GOOD FOR THE SOUL

WE'VE BEEN ON SPRING BREAK THIS WEEK AND HAD AN AMAZING TIME SKIING IN SNOWSHOE, WV.....DIDN'T SEE THE SUN THE ENTIRE TIME WHICH IS WHY I AM PSYCHED TODAY-THE SUN IS OUT!!!!!!....GOODBYE WINTERTIME BLUES!!
SO NOW I AM INSPIRED TO REARRANGE.....IM PSYCHED FOR SPRINGTIME AND NEED A CHANGE...
TIME TO MOVE FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, AND GET SOME NEW HOUSE PLANTS!!
DONT GET ME WRONG, I LOVE THE BEFORE..... BUT I NEED A CHANGE!!!

BEFORE

AFTER

SLIGHTLY NEW BOOKCASE ARRANGEMENT

NEW PAINTING ALMOST DONE....BOUGHT THESE IVY PLANTS TODAY.

HAVE BEEN DYING FOR ONE OF THESE FIDDLE TREES-GOT ONE TODAY!

SEE YA LATER COLD WEATHER!