Why? a little boy is awaiting new siblings from overseas.  In fact, his mom is visiting the orphanage this week.  Andrew will likely be blessed with a brother soon, maybe TWO brothers or an entire sibling group. (Let’s just say mom has bunkbeds and a crib ready just in case)  So his mom and I wanted to make a fun and colorful bath for the new family members to share with Andrew but not TOO colorful and crazy. This new life will be an adjustment for everyone after all.

This is the before.

Above are the elements of the room as its coming together…mom painted the old wood cabinets and doors and we added ONE colorful piece of art and towels. 

Art is from land of nod and towels from garnet hill.

She also found the cutest numbered hooks! The chevron shower curtain is from West Elm and of course the metal letters spelling BATH from Anthropologie. The mason jar soap dispenser is from Delta girl! The light is the Pullman light from Shades of Light..i just love this light!.  We planned to replace the mirrors but dad thought the big sheet of mirror would be good for multiple little faces crowding in the bath…good thinking Dad!

The paint colors are (1). Benjamin Moore’s Kendall Charcoal on cabinets, (2.) Martha Stewart’s Bedford Gray on walls from Home Depot, and (3) good ol’ Benjamin Moore Chelsea Gray on the doors!

So it may seem strange i am mentioning adoption and a kids bath in the same post but I am thrilled to be a part of this project…I can’t wait for these little people to meet their new family and crowd into this fun bath to brush their teeth and giggle..it may be a long road before those fun times but a mama and family have been preparing/nesting and waiting for the littles to arrive home! 

God bless you Gerbig family!

 I love this bellacor lantern…It looks great “as is” or painted, the possibilities are endless!

its only $89 (the small version)and i have had clients get it (the smaller version, fyi there are two sizes) for $60 with coupons…I had another client paint it black for over her kitchen table recently..turned out so cute though she broke a pane in the process.  She said it was easy to replace and worth the hassle. I think Tessa is the person to turn me on to this lantern.  She used it in their playroom, in the original color and it looks so great I started recommending it to clients..THANKS TESSA!

This fun green lantern is for a little boys room..two brothers and the walls are navy and they will have big orange on white monogrammed shams atop their navy stripe serena and lily duvets!

  The mom color-matched the green on these chairs from Land of Nod (the parker chair) to get the perfect preppy green!

{the Land of Nod chair is more true Kelly green like the lantern and not as it appears in this photo}

The lantern will be hung tomorrow and i promise to share photos next week! Just had to share!

After working, i met up with my good friend Camille and we hit this classic FW establishment for burgers

and then “the shops” as my oldest son likes to call ‘girl shopping’…which included speculating about the perfection of this bag at J Crew

BTW, I may be heading to San Antonio for a weekend of decorating in the spring (april?)? So if you are interested in becoming a part of that “weekend o’ decorating,” let me know.  Also have considered trips later in the year to New Jersey, Connecticut and the Cincinnati area…I ’m not able to do this kind of travel alot but i do love going and working on spaces in person..so drop me a line if you are interested!

More updates on various projects coming soon!  Hope you have an amazing week!

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i cant believe the woman that first emailed me about “not really wanting anything on windows” or too much color  now has these fun drapes!

cute lantern!

below was the look before the chevron drapes

oh how i love this..notice the barn doors on bookcase..she did this herself!

This was before when the shelves were bare minimal, then she added the color and more to shelves!

..i love that orange/red stool from urbanoutfitters.com!

I had nothing to do with this below but i love it!

Remember now, this was the bedroom before

pretty but not polished and finished like she desired..i actually loved how she had the bed styled. but i adore the new shelf and drapes and subway art…

Subway art was a gift to her husband for Christmas with names of all of the places t hey have lived!

I see she added another pillow…when you have the basic bedding and linen drapes you can do that!  Thanks for sharing Mrs E-Client!;;

aren’t they gorgeous?! and their cute dog!

and their gorgeous front door!!!  I mean really what could i add to this home..yep, FABRIC!

See this is a great room (both above and below) but they live in a chilly region of the country..i started beggging her to let me add fabric and just a bit of color, she really likes  a clean look which i respect…

but lights over the island PLEASE????!!!!! she agreed and these are from home depot i believe..so reasonable!

So, it took some convincing to get her to add some color and pattern…even just some new pillows added so much, we are still working on the living room drapes;

 but she is so glad she did and even her hubby likes the new light!

and the colorful little bench adding some warmth and fun to a blank wall in the living room..i was amazed how i mentioned a shabby little chippy bench and then days later she found this at a local (and huge) flea market!  Often finding that perfect little piece can take much longer but it fills the space perfectly and is usual for her young family!

and drapes in the bedroom too please.

nothing fancy..just some linen from good ol IKEA on the windows and she covered the headboard as well!

she added the ledge over the bed for more art rather than the lonely mirror she had and added the drapes and new pillow and lamp.and voila!

In her dining room (which you could see a peek of at the very top) the windows are crying out for drapes.i love how this blue ikat looks! Hopefully she will let them stay and add to the other window!;

and her kaboo chairs of course..just a pillow please!

So dont feel overwhelmed with your decorating goals for the new year..you know  you have them;;  just consider a new light and some fabric to start with! Or paint your front door that fab color!

Don’t get me wrong, i like me some Chris Tomlin and Christy Nockels but there is nothing like the history and truth and good doctrine in a hymn! SO i was so excited to work on this office/music room for my client Analisa.  She is a part of the worship band at her church and they often rehearse at her house and she also writes and contemplates her music in THIS room. When we discussed the room, the thought of old hymnals immediately came to mind!

The first thing we did was purchase this amazing sofa from West Elm, we both love the pattern and she got a deal on the floor model in the store…and the Analisa began searching online for old hymnals..she found an entire box for around $20! The shelves are from Land of Nod (similar ones at PB and Ikea), big A from Anthro of course..we may add some graphic silhouette pillows of her boy(s) soon (when her adopted children arrive home!) and we are still tweaking the other side of the room, but i just wanted to share a peek!

I love the color from the hymnal covers..and Analisa having the hymns in the room provides inspiration in her own songwriting. Notice the chelsea gray closet door in the background!

She loves the flokati rug and ghost chair but i think we may be moving the desk! The light is from Pottery Barn kids!

I am so happy for Analisa she has this new space to focus on her music and its source!

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My client Jenny in Oklahoma is a photographer so she has an excellent eye and sense of style!  She likes to stick to a fairly monochromatic palette in her home and i am loving how its turning out.  She emailed me a few months back about her small entry… She had bought the black locker unit from somewhere like walmart.com and was looking for ideas to style it up.

I suggested the wooden boxes (bought unfinished at a kraft store and then painted with numbers) and a bucket for each member of the family…

We also knew we wanted to lean art against the wall on top of the piece but have already used so many of her wonderful photographs in the main living spaces, we wanted to do something different here.  I suggested a map and she immediately thought of favorite family places to frame, including their honeymoon locale. Maps are a great thing to use for inexpensive art when you have used words and photos already..mixes it up. And of course we had to have silhouettes..perfect vertical spot for four larger square ones in a row!

Jenny used the design tutorial/idea for silhouettes from Jones Design Company.

She and I are a good match because we both REALLY love silhouettes (my husband says I have a sickness, wait till you see our tree)…well Jenny included some “Christmas decor” photos with her recent email to me and look at her new darling SILHOUETTE stockings…so cute..from etsy of course..click HERE to go to the seller.  Silhouettes are so graphic and they really go with her family room so well…plus they are fun! (BTW I do have more photos of Jenny’s house and i will post soon)..

 Her pretty tree . .

Love those Ikea AINA drapes..and her darling packages..already wrapped..not sure how she already has this done!???

{All photos by Jenny Collier Photography for Holly Mathis Interiors}

Thought y’all might like to see inside Jenny’s home..thanks for letting us look Collier family!

Oh and if you are wondering about the vintage skates in the cabinet…their family owns a skating rink!

via Country Living

One of my client’s has the perfect entry for this paper but she balked at the price tag for Farrow & Ball so we found a GREAT alternative..by Seabrook!  You may be skeptical but look how well it turned out…

Don’t you love how she did the ceiling too?! We aren’t finished with this room, updating seat fabric and getting a larger console (maybe BLUE) but even still the room is so pretty! By the way, her lantern is discontinued from pottery barn, it is the same one I have in my dining room!

This is the paper..its $40 a roll..the FB is $275..just sayin..BUT GET SAMPLES and be sure…and for the record the one my client used is the Seabrook Maison Gallerie collection, OL91507 is the number and it’s called Barras Damask..don’t email me askin..ha ha! just kidding

Tessa and I have worked on several area of her GORGEOUS home…I mean look at it…it oozes charm..don’t you want to go to coffee and hang out here?!

Well Tessa has great style and even better heart.  She has a fabric obsession beyond even mine and she has taught me much about sourcing fabrics…she is an encyclopedia of textiles and loves to mix patterns! She is also a mother of boys so we have had a ball!

She has an eye for antiques (she bought this dresser for a bargain at auction) and a great collection of art and blue and white.  We share the philosophy that blue and white pottery is basiclly a neutral that works in any room.

The wallpaper is classic Thibaut, perfect for the romantic slanted ceilings.  The amazing monogrammed pillows are from Gramercy linens..bolster from Peter Dunham Textiles and buffalo check shams are Ballard. The room is such a mix of high and low and off the shelf and vintage or antique. I love that..makes the process so fun!

And of course Tessa needed a linen skirted desk..she loves monograms and paper as much as i do!

vintage bird prints.

And i love how she styled the dresser with a TON of frames…all or nothing..looks great just covered and paired with the gourd lamps from ballard to anchor the chaos.  notice the linen drapes reflected in the mirror… We used the same inexpensive (but yummy no less) linen on the windows, desk skirt, headboard and generously gathered bedskirt.

So so so lovely..just like my dear friend..Bravo Tessa!

Thanks for letting me share Tessa..check her blog..it is great and I know she will have more details and photos coning later…

First is the local project, a guest room. . I love that is a mix of high and low (Windsor smith stripe on shams, Williams Sonoma coverlet and inexpensive Joann’s fabric on drape edge)..more on this down the road…the installer took these photos..i will take more myself soon! 

It is so fun to see an actual room go from a brainstorm board like below to real life draperies and bedding and furniture and art..this was a local project… and we actually used things from this board in two different rooms..things often evolve from that initial brainstorming “board” whether locally or online.

Lot of custom touchs…i was thrilled the workroom was able to do the exact monogram i wanted! Love the large size of the monogram too! 

I am also loving the before an after with this client below..she has worked so hard!  We used the Allen + Roth lighting on her project…

BEFORE

and the lovely after…

I love how she did the drapes with PIPE for rods..great way to get a custom length and not have retractable/telescoping rods..they are my pet peeve..i want to change all of them in my house but custom rods can be so expensive..Jesse did great with PIPE! You can read more about her transformation on her cute blog, Scout & Nimble.  This girl is a pro with the Annie Sloan chalk paint too!

The drapes are a Premier fabric called Netherlands..you can find it on their site! Very reasonable price fabric and so pretty!

And last but not least I have enjoyed working with this last client so much.  She is on a tight budget and her family is going through a lot of stress healthwise but we wanted to do a few things to brighten her living room and their everyday life…here are some of the ideas..very basic but they have brightened her space!

Again I used a Premier fabric for her drapes, Benjamin Moore’s revere pewter paint on the walls, a basic comfy Ektorp chair from Ikea and wonderful art from Red Letter Words as the centerpiece….We are hanging large black and white photos around the word art.

Thanks Dee for helping us with the art! And that blue patterned paper that is framed..wrapping paper from Target!

All of these projects are different price points but all so pretty. I am so blessed to be able to help people with their homes. i love my job!