design indulgence: Celerie Kemble wallpaper

Can you believe I made such a fuss over this small space? Dragged it out like a mini ORC......

I know y'all remember when I pleaded on this blog for Schumacher to donate that Celerie Kemble wallpaper for my cause.....to deaf ears as they say.

After eliminating all of the other choices and going back to my first love I decided to stop fretting about it and just order it.

I have to say the day it went up I knew that for once I had made the right decision. Like the Hollyhock....I love it madly.

Isn't it so pretty?

It is such a small room and with my limited photography skills I am going to bore you with every darn angle :)

You can see on the ceiling up in the corner I finally installed the light fixture from my room at the Inspiration Showhouse a year and a half ago!

It's probably just me but I love the door painted that color...Don't you think white would have been boring?

I've had this sunburst mirror for about 12 years. It is hand carved out of wood and how ironic that I bought it at a Schumacher sample sale......

Even though it's been finished for about a month I still feel giddy every time I walk through the front door.

Sources:

Wallpaper: Schumacher Celerie Kimble

Door Color: BM Palladian Blue HC 144

Wall Color: BM White Dove

Console Table: Scott's [years ago]

Light Fixture: Circa Lighting Basil Flush Mount

Sunburst Mirror: Schumacher

Rug: To the trade [similar at Myers Carpet]

It has been a little like Christmas around here with the DR and now the foyer. I have been in this house 20 years and for the first time I have actually done 2 rooms start to finish.....with a plan...in a timely manner.

Kind of like when you use a designer:)

It's the last weekend of the ASO Decorators Showhouse....if you need a reason why you should go you can see some gorgeous pictures here

Shazam

There is a spider in my car.

I suspected one had taken up residence because I have had a couple of bites on the back of my leg below the knee. So of course he is waiting until I am driving and then being a sneaky bastard attacking when unavailable to swat the living hell at him.

I saw him yesterday. He is quite little but the havoc he leashed on me with his venom made a 4 inch wide welt that I proceeded to scratch until I had an open sore the size of Lake Michigan.

I might have used a hairbrush, steel wool, and sandpaper to get at that itch.

He's a jumper too. Yep.......I tried to do battle with him and he was bouncing around like Muhammad Ali in the ring.....shouting...

"If you ever dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize!"

Stay tuned for more updates as the quest for his death continues.

Meanwhile......we have more important things to talk about like Celerie Kemble's wallpaper collection for Schumacher.

I got a sneak peak of it the other day in the showroom. They let me in the back room.......it was all hush hush like buying knock off purses in China.

Don't dispare...there are plenty of pictures on the website now.