Designing Diva Interiors

I have a new crush. Its green. No, it isn’t money (although I appreciate that, too)…. its actually green- the color. Its all over the design scene right now and my attraction to it has taken me by surprise. I’m usually drawn to pinks, blacks, greys and milky whites but I’m seeing glossy green on everything from tables to floors and I’m completely infatuated! We’re not talking about mint or olive. This is like a color from “Alice In Wonderland”- bright yet not obnoxious, playful yet classic.

Using the laquered version of this color in my home probably isn’t going to happen- not on the scale I would like. My husband isn’t one for bold colors or patterns, he’s more of a rustic, earth-tones fan. BUT! There is hope for me yet… he has zero preference about the back patio and I’m claiming that space as my own come fall. I think I’ll have OKC’s Custom Powder Coating makeover my outdoor furniture with a high-gloss green; the color of poison ivy. My mind swirls with the possibilities I’ll never get to incorporate into our abode (but maybe I can use yours to play in?):

*Painted on the floor of a loft apartment

* Laquered on the cabinets of a small kitchen

* Glossed onto a bathroom vanity

* Used on an end table

* Used on Baroque frames in a foyer

This could get fun…

June 15-July 15, 2010

Stop by Cedarburg Square in Bethany, OK for your home decor shopping needs, spend $100 or more and enter to win FREE interior design service from Designing Diva Interiors, LLC!

Drawing Rules:

Winner to be announced no later than July 17 th, 2010. Free design service will expire six months from drawing date. Free design service is transferable but may not be turned in for cash. Designing Diva Interiors, LLC is not owned, operated or employed by Cedarburg Square. Free design/decorating service may be applied toward any service DDI offers including Custom Holiday Decorating Service and Home Staging.

We are hosting our great grandmother’s estate sale and you’re invited!

WHERE:

Custom Powder Coating
1838 N.W. 1st - Unit ‘C’
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
Ph: 405.473.8540

WHAT’S FOR SALE:

Furniture, women’s clothing, home accents (some from the Designer’s Attic!), jewelry, truck accessories, motorcycle accessories, kitchenware and more.

WHAT TIME:

8am to 6pm all three days

DIRECTIONS:

I-40 to the Pennsylvania exit, proceed two blocks north. Look for the Custom Powder Coating Estate Sale sign on the east side of Penn.

I asked three local painters to share with my readers a few points they wished our customers knew. Here’s what Edmond-based designer and painter Patti Wommer had to say:

“I have found that clients who wanted to faux paint a piece of furniture with a glaze over the paint have a lot of issues with the result.  I use wood stain over paint and the result is always amazing.  You can have a heavy or light glazing by taking more or less stain off the piece.  Using a rag kept in a baggy after the last job is the best application tool of all.   Van Dyke Brown stain is the color for all jobs if you don’t know what color to choose.  It looks amazing over turqoise blue,  any green, brown, golds, whites, try it over any color.”

To contact Patti Wommer with Masterpiece Designs for custom draperies, faux finishing or custom murphy beds (you will only find them here!) reach her on Facebook or call 615-3086.

As a browsed my favorite blogs over the weekend looking for ideas for various projects I found a few that could be easily implemented by any decorator, whether they be amateur or professional! So read on and add some style to your space already!

GETTING ARTSY IN THE BATHROOM: http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/32474

HOW TO EXPAND YOUR ART COLLECTION ON A BUDGET: http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/15640

MY YARD NEEDS STRUCTURE:      http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/28941

MUST-SEE COLOR TRENDS:                        http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/must-see-spring-color-trends/pictures/index.html?nl=HGDeco_v066_60

For designers, the end is near at the 2010 Symphony Orchestra Show House, located at 2550 E. Overholser Drive. This is our last week to fluff the pillows, touch up the paint and put every last detail in perfect order before the home is photographed and opened to the public. Today was a productive day for Designing Diva’s room, the Guest Powder Bath, located in the front of the 17,000 sf mansion. The draperies have been hung, the last touches put on the hand-painted designs on the metallic ceilings and accessories were brought in this afternoon that will “wow!” guests upon entry.  You won’t want to miss the end result! Get your tickets at Bruno’s Home Furnishings or Cedarburg Square!

Sneak peek at the dramatic black walls of the guest powder bath

Designing Diva Interiors, LLC would like to thank the following local businesses for their contributions to the Guest Powder Bath:

Bruno’s Home Furnishings- Accessories

Cedarburg Square- Accessories

Lezley Lynch Designs- Painting

Cox Electric- chandelier installation

Custom Draperies- drapery design and installation

One of my favorite rooms of the home to decorate is the bedroom. You can go for optimum luxury to playfully casual and everything in between and I love it all! Because you can’t keep using your college twin bed forever, send your bedroom decorating questions here or to Jennifer@decorateokc.net and they could be answered on this blog this week!

Examples:

~ “Does my master bathroom hardware have to match what’s in the bedroom?”

~ “Does the furniture have to be the same finish?”        

~”We don’t know what kind of flooring we want in the bedroom.”

~ “How do we make the bedroom part masculine and part feminine for us both?”

I can’t wait to see what kinds of queries you come up with!

Botched last year’s Valentine’s Day? Here’s your chance to make up for it!

Designing Diva Interiors, LLC offers GIFT CERTIFICATES that may be used towards any and all design services offered. Purchase yours in the month of February and save $20 when two or more hours are purchased.

Perfect for the person who needs to:

~Select paint colors

~ Begin a small remodel                                     

~Redecorate                                                                                      

~Buy new flooring

~redesign their room using what they already own

…and so much more!

Call Jennifer Hicks, C.I.D. at 405.816.9716 to get your gift certificate today!

*Gift certificates sold in $75 increments.

*Gift certificates expire six months from date issued.

I love Pottery Barn, I do. I love the layered look of each season’s collection, the way the colors of their products envelope you as you enter the room, the appearance of a calm atmosphere. But there is an epidemic that has seen its share of face time and I’m calling its victims out. We shall call it P.B.E., or the Pottery Barn Epidemic. Its definition: in short, it is the widespread necessity to pick up a catalog, order everything off of the page and call it “home”.  It should be made clear that I am not singling out Pottery Barn exclusively. Again, huge fan. But your home’s environment should reflect you, not a group of designers in California. The layered look is good, but it should feel as though the look was created over time, through years of collecting, rather than in one swift shopping spree on a Saturday afternoon. Buy the lamp from page 31 but shop antique stores or vintage flea markets for that reading chair. Go ahead and splurge on the Italian vase collection-I’ve used them in many homes myself- but don’t get the matching plates/servers/bowls/candlesticks. I’m begging you- when I ask you “How would you describe your style?” please, please, don’t reply, “Pottery Barn”. This isn’t a style, people, its a store that has successfully marketed its products as “take ‘n go”; which for some is a necessity. But for you, my savvy, well-rounded readers, its just plain boring. Step outside the box and save yourself from PBE! I’m not telling you not to shop there, I would be a hypocrite for certain- I am simply asking that you slowly walk away from the catalogs. Think about the things that truly make your home unique; the Suzani you brought back from your favorite vacation, your husband’s photo collection of old buildings, a trunk that has been passed down for five generations. These are the things that make your home yours. And you won’t find that on page 31.

*Originally posted on July 20, 2009 by Jennifer Hicks, C.I.D.

Now through January 31, 2010

First-time clients receive $5 off  the initial consultation! Now is the perfect time to begin planning for those spring projects. Designing Diva Interiors, LLC can assist in selecting paint colors, hardware, flooring, and everything in between to give your home the designer feel you crave!

Take the overwhelming confusion out of selecting every little detail for your room and allow DDI to save you time, money and headaches.

Call 405.816.9716 to schedule your consultation before 1.31.10!