Official Design Blog of SummerHouse
Marty worked hard all day yesterday getting the floor set up with all of our new stuff! We got in our first shipment of Hickory Chair and we are SO excited about it! It is all beautiful! We also got some new Ferguson Copeland, Mitchell Gold, and LEE! Check it out….
This morning we had so much fun with the ladies who are compiling the story for the next issue of Portico Jackson Magazine! Amanda Wells, a local journalist, and Daphne Nabors, local photographer, met us at our customers’ home to chat about design! Portico contacted us a couple of weeks ago requesting a green room to run in their March issue, so this is the first one that popped into mind! Then we started thinking…. “Do they mean eco-friendly green or the color green?” They did indeed mean the COLOR green, so we knew we had the perfect project for them to showcase! As Daphe worked her magic behind the lens, Amanda talked to Lisa and the homeowner about the purpose and concept behind the beautiful design. Here is a peek behind the scenes of the photo shoot. We can’t wait to see the finished project! 
The art above the Clifton sectional is by Trevor, one of the many talented artists represented at View Gallery. His color palette and style are always so much fun!
All of the fabrics you see here (minus the Adler throw) can be easily spot cleaned with soap and water. How perfect for a kids’ hangout room, right?!
Such a fun color scheme! This makes us want to be a kid all over again…
The orange Mottega lamp adds so much to the space.
Fun Jonathan Adler accessories and books accent the whole room!
This entertainment console (and the bookshelf, not pictured) are from a very cool and modern company called Blu Dot. They make some great looking furniture!
Daphne and Lisa getting set up!
We got an email this morning from Schumacher introducing the new Trina Turk outdoor fabrics and they are fabulous! We have had so much fun using the fabrics from her last introduction, so we are looking for ways to incorporate these into current projects! Even though these are labeled as outdoor fabrics, we love using them inside, particularly for kids areas. They clean with almost no effort at all! You can view all colorways of these patterns here.
Louis Nui Print Sulfur
Loop de Loop Print Driftwood
Kalaheo Print Hibiscus
Tangier Frame Print Ocean
Carmel Coastline Print Sulfur
Zig Zag Weave Black Sea
Amazing Maze Coral
Beauty Bark Print Laguna
Soleil L.A. Print Driftwood
As we were playing on the Jonathan Adler site, a few of their new items just really grabbed us! We have some of this at the store, and have the capability to order any of it! They get more and more creative every season, and that is exactly why we love them!
Utopia Baboon Pitcher
Wasp Pillow
Daschaund Bowl
British Flag Coaster Set
Utopia Owl Candleholder
Gumball Jar
Utopia Cowboy Candleholder
Moroccan Pouf
Hollywood Coasters
Today was a fairly normal day around SummerHouse. We were all either chipping away at our to-do lists, or working on projects. As Lisa was working on a little girl’s room, we overheard her say, “You know what? There is something about the color orange that always speaks to me. I just really respond to that color. It makes me happy!”
If you think about it, orange truly IS an eye-catching color! It evokes positive emotion and just makes people, well… happy! That got everyone around here thinking about how much we ALL love the color orange. It is warm, happy, cozy, friendly… The list could go on and on! On top of all of that, it by far the best color to use in a knock-knock joke!
Here are a few snapshots of how some of our design idols have incorporated all different shades of orange into their work…
In perusing one of our favorite blogs, A Perfect Gray, we came across some BEAUTIFUL photos. We love this blog because they love gray. And WE love gray! It is one of those colors that just works. All of the gray we’ve seen outside the past few weeks around here seems so draining. Gray on the inside, though, is different. Its soothing! Take a look at these photos and you’ll agree with us… Promise!
Love the pencil nudes
Gray + Orange = Love! (hence the color scheme of always summer...)
gorgeous gray
Time for a Sunday nap!
Different but beautiful
We just got in some great new fabrics from Kerry Joyce and wanted to share a little taste of our favorites with you!
Serena and Lily, a line that started out solely with bedding, began in 2003 with creative minds Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter. Serena had a background in fabrics, Lily a background in baby-focused retail. After they collaborated and launched their initial baby/child bedding line, they saw such great success that they decided to branch into “grown up” bedding. The next step was furniture and accessories! They continually evolve and add, keeping things interesting for those of us who follow their every move. Here are just a few of the things these ladies have created. Hopefully it will be easy for you to see why we love Serena and Lily so!
The Delphine Collection
The Wren Collection
The Tess Collection
The Marlo Collection
The Asher Collection
Mosaic Sheeting
Mocha Trellis Sheeting
The story of Serena and Lily. Click to enlarge
In flipping through LonnyMag, we came across a recipe that looked good and sounded GREAT! Laurel said she plans to try making these this weekend! (Diet? What diet?) We’ll give you a report on how they turn out! Here is the recipe that has us so enticed…
Happy snow day to pretty much everyone in our area! Here is a little eye candy for those of you who might be stuck inside. This is an idea board for a project Lisa is working on. Hopefully soon we will have pictures of the completed project!
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