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Posted by Sarah on April 26th, 2010 It has been a while since I last whipped up an inspiration board (you can see all inspiration boards here). I love making them and sharing ideas with others, but they do require a lot of work. When I saw a post about Mood Board Monday at Pewter and Sage, I was immediately inspired to join with a fresh new inspiration board! This mood board party requires different elements every time it is held. This time, we got to choose between three different types of West Elm products from their Parch NYC collection: framed wall art, pillow covers, and ceramic serveware.
I chose the framed wall art because I was immediately inspired by it.
  
The butterfly, turtle, and bird pieces spoke to me the most and seemed to be best placed in a nursery for a little girl. I imagined painting the frames in two different shades of pink and then creating a completely glam and girly nursery with pinks, purples,
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Posted by Sarah on March 24th, 2010
I have been thinking a lot about how I am going to decorate my apartment next year when I am living on my own in a studio. I really want something new and fresh, but I also want something that will last me a few years without me tiring of it. I am also looking for something I can use in my room at my parent’s house if I ever want to switch things up a bit. I love redesigning rooms, so I have found the key to my room designs has to center around the ease at which I can affordably change the room with just a few switcheroos. For a bedroom, I have decided the best way to do this is to stick with very neutral bedding and a basic color scheme, maybe with one main color other than neutrals, and switching the room’s feel by buying a few sets of inexpensive sheets and changing them whenever I need something new.
I have designed a room to explain what I mean.
 I went with a very neutral but still fancy bed with a
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Posted by Sarah on February 8th, 2010
I had a vision of the perfect Valentine’s Day over the weekend that would work for a romantic dinner for two, a plentiful meal for a large family, or even as a buffet-style dinner for a Valentine’s Day party. Seeing as I’m a Minnesotan, I have had just about as much as I can take this winter, and the snow doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon, in fact it just keeps on falling every day. All the snow had me dreaming of a summertime picnic filled with bright, happy colors, and warm rays shooting down from the sky. Unfortunately, unless I’m willing to have a picnic full of frostbite, this vision will not be able to become a reality for at least a few months, but I decided to create a Valentine’s Day tableau that involves bringing the outdoors in.
I started it all out with this quilt (which is over 50% off right now), but I imagine many people have a quilt or blanket of some type they could use to drape over the table. I suppose you could even do it in the
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Posted by Sarah on January 11th, 2010 With all the snow around me and all the extra time on my hands since I don’t go back to school until the beginning of February, I seem to be feeling a little down that I can’t spend much time outdoors. All this winter makes me truly appreciate the spring and summer. I decided to catch a few moments of springtime happiness by creating a spring-inspired dining room inspiration board which includes the two main pieces of the room (the table and buffet) found on Craigslist. I wanted the room to feel completely feminine, fresh, and happy with lots of bold bright colors.
I started with this great solid wood buffet for $150.
 In my imagination, I painted it Benjamin Moore’s Fuchsine.
 Then I found this solid oak round pedestal table that can be extended into a long oval for $300 with a set of five chairs, which I did not include in the design plan.
 This table
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Posted by Sarah on December 23rd, 2009 I’ve had so much time now that school is over to focus on blogging, so I decided to add another inspiration board today. This time it is a very icy and cool tableau for a special Christmas dinner. I’m sorry for all the blue, but I just can’t get enough of it, especially at this time of the year. I try so hard to stray to different colors, but it keeps beckoning me back in!
 I tried to stick with fairly inexpensive items, but I figure if I had a house and decorations, I would already have many black, white, silver, and blue decorations so I would be able to pull something like this together fairly easily. I am imagining this all on a beautiful long dark-stained wood table. Here is the breakdown of everything I chose:
1) Black Chargers – These would be used under the plates on the sides of the table, but not at the heads of the table. These are very simple except for their curved edge which makes them a little more glamorous and fancy.
2) White Plates – Keeping it simple with plain
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