This weekend....

you can find me cozied up with a snot rag and some theraflu next to this baby

Chayeah...

in my DREAMS

Happy Weekend Motha-Lovas

Get the Look...

Friends, I have fallen victim to the flu that is currently plaguing 60% of the American population

and seriously...
this shit is intense

Since I had to cancel meetings yesterday and hole up in my bed, I had some time on my hands to finally snap some pictures of my media area

I have posted a few pics on my Instagram (amberinteriors) and folks kept asking me to show the full view and asked lots of questions of where I got various things from the set up..etc.

Well, Hey now
 why don't I just show ya lovers....then you can make it on your own!

:: MY VERSION ::

:: BUGET VERSION ::

1 // console // bins // 2 // lampshade // lamp base // 3 // 4 // 5 // 

Desk Diaries

just call me "el swamp-o with work-o"

I am back to being busy..in full swing work mode

Client Awesome is getting some stuff done in her house

I am also presenting Client pretty much perfect with her Master Bedroom scheme

We are starting to work on some bathrooms 

have a living room install

re-stocking shop

launching new website

blah bah blah blah blah

BTW I am not complaining..these are amazing problems to have

the proof is on the table

Learnin' stuff

this year one of my New Years resolutions is to learn more things about stuff

how stupid does that sound

no, but seriously

I often get embarrassed thinking about how little time I actually spend trying to learn new things about the big ole' world we live in and how much time I obsess about my own little world 

Most days I spend the majority of my time stressing over the ins and outs of interior design and mothering which is important...but just sorta kinda not really adding any new wrinkles to my brain...

ya dig?

So This week I am gonna lurn me somethin about Bernard Lorjou the french expressionist painter.

I stumbled upon his art haphazardly on a little know website called Pinterest ...ha

amazing right?

anyways, I was intrigued and instantly assumed, in my usual nothing existed before 1981 frame of mind, that this was obviously a hip new Etsy seller probably selling prints and matching weekly planners for 25 bucks.

well, it wasn't and I located the artist and got WAAAAy to excited finding out it was actually a french dude from the early 1900's!

You may not care...but I think its kinda cool to look at these paintings and see where some of today's tastemakers may be recycling/getting inspired from...

3 interesting facts....

+ Lorjou was a self taught French expressionist painter who at the age of 13 was living on the streets of Paris. He was born in 1908 and died in 1986 from an Asthma attack.

+ He was a founding member of L'homme Témoin which was a group of young french painters who sought to promote an anti-abstract style of painting called Social Realism. 

+ Lorjou’s body of work includes thousands of paintings, a collection wood engravings, ceramic and bronze sculptures, lithographs, illustrated books, socially oriented posters, stained glass windows, and murals.

And lovers,

now ya know

don't say I never taught you anything!

Did you all get what you asked for from Santa?

I didn't

but only because I suck at life and couldn't gather my thoughts enough to tell the duck what I wanted.

So Duck ..... in case your interested 

 shoes // slouchy jeans // bracelett // sweater // bag

I am BACK...sorta

Happy 2013 lovers!

who the hell is ready to conquer this year?

I am 

So I have been talking a big game about all the changes that will be going on around here and I will deliver soon 

I Promise

in the meantime I wanted to get you all a little belated holiday gift

Free Shipping on all in the shoppe for the WHOLE month of January

thats right..if you live in the continental United States of 'Merica you will get your shoppe order sent to ya

on the house

And.....I am spent

Lovers...it's been an incredible year.

Some serious shit has happened for me and the little interior decorating company that could.

I feel so fortunate to have had some of the MOST amazing clients and grown my little business into something that makes me pinch myself that I can actually make a living doing what I love to do 

I don't wanna burn out so, I am officially taking a small break.

I have not stopped in over a year and I feel like now is the time to take a little 2 week breather to spend some Q.T. with the duck and G and appreciate some mental peace and quiet.

I plan on checking in to say hi...but mainly I will be silent

No clients, minimal blog, and no work...(lets see how long this lasts)

When the New year is in full swing I have TONS to talk about.

I have some great new clients and I am getting myself a brand spanking new website and blog.

I will be leaving blogspot and making amberinteriordesign.com a one stop shop. You will have access to everything on one page, blog included!!

The shoppe is thinking about expanding some, and e-decor is getting a facelift that I can't wait to talk about!

I am off to start my mini vacay with a trip to Disneyland for a few days...(I sure do love this place)

I will be instagrammin (amberinteriors) so please follow along with me

I leave you with some LFP master bedroom....

love you lovers

More Install

I am really sorry to bore you with all this install stuff....but If I had anything else to talk about with you I would...

but I don't so 

here

crappy photos is all I got...

keep following along on Instagram for more from today!

amberinteriors

Install WEEK

I have nothing much to report except I am up to my eyeballs in the FINAL Install at LFP!!!!

It's pretty exciting.

Curtains are up....and all the furniture and rugs are coming today

Follow Me on Instagram to see more progress shots

"amberinteriors"

*terrible pictures*

A one room wonder

I hate when I find one amazing photo..with little to no info about where it came from or where the rest of the house is..

I am starting a little series devoted to these one room wonders... I would like to call 

"ONE ROOM WONDER"

P.S. if you have info on where the rest of this house is....tell me!

It's all about the Paper

Its all about the paper,

am I right?

LFP got some, and I am jealous of it all

a little bit of water colored geometry and zebra grass cloth is all any house really needs.

OH this house is a doozie....

the amount of awesome things are just out of control.

grab, wrap, go

Who wants to get invited to a million holiday parties?

 me

who doesn't know what to bring people when friends invite you to a million holiday parties?

 me

if you are like me and clueless when it comes to getting presents on the fly...here are some cute options you can get, wrap, and go!

glasses // waikiki throw// napkins // sticky notes // occupants // piggy bank // 

1//2//3//4//5//6//7//8

phone tales

I have little room left in my brain to talk about anything but project LFP
It's been all consuming and I mean that in the best way possible.
however my phone has tales of a different story..apparently x-mas happened 
Here is what my phone brain saw this week..

master bedroom hand embroidered chinoiserie panels.....um Yep

fancy drapery valances..yep

the now discontinued and never to be seen again (at least on this ground) Clarence House Ocelot

the now discontinued and never to be sold from the bolt again Katana in this colorway by Kelly Weartsler

cute little chairs getting re-upholstered.

LFP is scoring MAJORLY ...no?

Then I strung some pom pom garland

 and the duck put these happy Bastards up on the lawn

Penny was elated about all of it

Till next week lovers.

Updates

AID has been working on project "LFP" over here for the past few months and it is getting near the big install day!

This is the MOST exciting part of any project becuause you finally get to see what all of your hard work and sleepless nights will finally amount to.

 Over the next 2 weeks I will try and chronicle the happenings in each room bit by bit. Its a big house and we are doing the whole damn thang ....so you'll have plenty of eye candy

Couches, drapes, rugs, pillows, stunning "knock your socks off" artwork!!!

You will just die at the stuff these clients already had!

Anyways, here is what happened yesterday. We smashed some walls, built some banquette seating and installed some lights.

BEFORE:

DURING:

CURRENTLY:

We also painted a dining room, painted a powder room, and installed more lights...
heres a little peak of this!

grotto chairs and a nice lovely shade of white- check

glossy peacock blue walls - check

brass fanciness with custom shades- check

lots going on...

making my lists...

no need to check them twice...

these are some fine staples that I think we should all have in common

1//2//3//4//5//6

Here and There

Did you guys happen to see To and From Magazine?

It's the awesome gift guide from bomb bloggers Meg and Kate with guest appearances from every awesome bloggin gal under the sun!

I had my own little part in it as well...

Remember when Jamie and I were taking fancy x-mas photos...?

well, ta-dah

I am getting antsy for December 1st so I can put our tree up! 

The duck insists it cannot go up until December..

I say bahumbug to you my grouchy counterpart 

I think I am vibing on a cheesy Xmas mixed with a bit of Kitsch

what do you lovers think?

can I get the silver tinsel out?

some installs...

as always we are busy around here....

Last week we installed two different clients rooms. 

A dining room and a living room..

These are just some iphone pics worth sharing

Client 1 

(AKA client "Pretty Much Perfect")

and client 2

lots of staging needs to happen and much better pictures will for shuuuure be in the future cause the pictures just don't do the rooms justice!

I will be taking the day off tomorrow to shove my pie hole full of pie..and stuff

I hope you lovers all have a fantastic Turkey day.