3 ladies in the city: Apt Inspiration

Yesterday I let you all in on my latest project. This project is a bit different than my traditional clients, because I’m related to one of them!

Now the apartment is not just my sister’s, but her two roomies as well so I had to take all 3 of them into account when designing the room.

Here is a little reminder of the before:

Now while some think this green may be a bit bold I love it! I’m a huge color lover so this should come as no surprise. The ladiesasked for my advice before they picked this color out a couple of months ago and I gave them the green light on it.

When looking for inspiration I tend to look through fashion magazines and clothing catalogs first before looking through interiors.I don’t want to feel like I’m simply copying a room I like. Fashion is a huge source of inspiration and tends to mimic trends in home design so it is a good starting point for inspiration.

While flipping through the latest J.Crew catalog I was hit with 2 great sources of inspiration:

They both have that fab green hue, touches of bling with gold, an unexpected quirk with the gray/white stripes plus a dose of girly glam with the touches of pink throughout. (*Caitlin you were the closest in figuring out what color combo I would go with! I knew you would be. I swear we are like long lost design sisters!)

They both give off a wonderful ladylike glam that I think suits these ladies very well.

Due to the budget the major furniture pieces will be remaining, sofa, club chair, ottoman, 2 white storage cabinets.

So will be making our biggest impact with accessories!

For my ladylike glam look I knew I wanted vintage pieces so I headed out to my favorite haunts in search of goodies.

Here is a sneak peek of what I found so far!

Two pillows made out of vintage fabric that were only 1.99 each!

Two vintage mirrors that were a total of $6 for both!!!

Small vintage plate only $1.99!

From my fabric stash my lovely bird fabric that was only $5!

Small oil painting for only $4!

Vintage scrabble letters that spell out their names for ZERO. The old home owner left them in the house and I kept them so now is a great time to put them to use!

Massively heavy alabaster vase for $4.99!!! Craziness when I went to Egypt  I bought a teeny tiny alabaster vase and it was $60!!!!!

I also managed to throw in a little more modern elements by finding some leopard and a pair of Foo Dogs that I totally don’t want to give up!

I can’t wait to show you more, but alas it has to wait. I don’t want to spoil the surprise. Now I’m off to search for a dining set replacement within my budget. Wish me luck!