Versatile Blogger Award and My Favorite Images

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2d9p-7FF9QWLBC9uG6558e6uU5AjL0b_hbdT-mmR33Bk1odADcEllQjHpGb91F8kqUv6PNkN0K4ewdL2aFzwGPXzR34XFEmqFGTG5cY7jVo8EbTYmidhS6JtVOLjqAJOX1ABnl_MkeTC/s1600/0087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2d9p-7FF9QWLBC9uG6558e6uU5AjL0b_hbdT-mmR33Bk1odADcEllQjHpGb91F8kqUv6PNkN0K4ewdL2aFzwGPXzR34XFEmqFGTG5cY7jVo8EbTYmidhS6JtVOLjqAJOX1ABnl_MkeTC/s400/0087.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br />Julie and Danni of <a href="http://tginteriors.blogspot.com/">TGInteriors blog</a> passed the Versatile Blogger award to me and 14 other fabulous blogs.  I want to thank them for this and use this opportunity to let them know that I'm having trouble posting comments on their blog! When I try to use my Google account, it comes up saying I can't access my account, even though I can use it on any other blog for some reason.  I don't know what's wrong, but since I'm having a problem posting a  thank you or any other comment on their blog, I want to let them know this publicly..... THANK YOU, LADIES!  Everyone should visit their blog for some beautiful design inspiration.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong or why I can't seem to post, let me know please!  This is so frustrating!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif95KkUdRZqYgL9fshtrV9Su-_w3EinMbxLZG_g4bUovVDBnvdzt9TdW1xD6pZOVC2fmKv5ne2mNKcbXrNSMBtj4aVk8GaemEnoK29eK2b46orjUneRBj7cks_J2NmawhjHjQR4AnGgJru/s1600/VersatileBloggerAward.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif95KkUdRZqYgL9fshtrV9Su-_w3EinMbxLZG_g4bUovVDBnvdzt9TdW1xD6pZOVC2fmKv5ne2mNKcbXrNSMBtj4aVk8GaemEnoK29eK2b46orjUneRBj7cks_J2NmawhjHjQR4AnGgJru/s1600/VersatileBloggerAward.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, as part of the award, I must list 15 blogs that I enjoy.  There's so many and some of my faves I've mentioned in the Stylish Blog award I received<a href="http://designinthewoods.blogspot.com/2011/02/couple-of-awards.html"> HERE</a>.  Here's some other great blogs that I read and think you should check out as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://coconutsandlimes.blogspot.com/">Lime in the Coconut</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lovewhereyouliveblog.com/">Love Where You Live </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://providenceltddesign.com/">Providence Ltd. Design</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thingsthatinspire.net/">Things That Inspire</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amindondesign.com/">A Mind on Design</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://nodoors.blogspot.com/">No Doors</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mydesignchic.com/">Design Chic</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com/">The Business of Being Creative</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.classiccasualhome.com/">Classic Casual Home</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://interiordesignmusings.blogspot.com/">Interior Design Musings</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://colorspecialist-charlotte.blogspot.com/">A Color Specialist in Charlotte</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mixandchic.com/">Mix and Chic</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://theenchantedhome.blogspot.com/">The Enchanted Home</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://goodlifeofdesign.blogspot.com/">Good Life of Design</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bgcustomwindows.blogspot.com/">In Stitches</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.conspicuousstyle.com/">Conspicuous Style</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Now, for seven things about me, also dictated by the award, you can read them <a href="http://designinthewoods.blogspot.com/2011/02/couple-of-awards.html">HERE</a> in the Stylish Blog award post.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> On this post I thought I'd share 7 of my all time favorite images of interiors.  These are all rooms that made me stop and take a breath and just marvel in the things that were done right on these projects.  These are images where the final feel or ambience of the room speaks to me in an extraordinary way.  It was not about individual elements, but how the designers or "conductors" of these symphonies pulled it all together to create beautiful visual music.  Enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-lJsJ12foSyIdiz58bbokIzWH2jKgTfPgfA7UTj89TzsTIIQzDVPiOaOudmBA4fLTDka2e2MvHlVjDK2hYkhXc88D-TDdd_noC6zFtov66uCF-SVZd9jwjNBsx6aJZFxfvMn9RJx_Jb0/s1600/Jamie+Drake+JD1_thumb1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-lJsJ12foSyIdiz58bbokIzWH2jKgTfPgfA7UTj89TzsTIIQzDVPiOaOudmBA4fLTDka2e2MvHlVjDK2hYkhXc88D-TDdd_noC6zFtov66uCF-SVZd9jwjNBsx6aJZFxfvMn9RJx_Jb0/s640/Jamie+Drake+JD1_thumb1.png" width="514" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Jamie Drake - House Beautiful, May 2001</em><br /><br />This is just drop dead gorgeous.  My #1 All Time Favorite.  The color, the drama, the ottoman and the draperies to the sky...I love it.  Do you see the date, 2001?  How timeless is this?  This is what it's all about.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnHFXFHB35XgYxw5RovL10uKCa2uIEih1kog-LAFfZlQxF7C39PgawD0pm1aDZG1HkG276z7uZvoAX1IxLBRr5tGWR-Ye-Kjx-ZRk7TbplIUky9zMjRhLbRvwhGL3d3KzPG6fCC5tUyAh/s1600/05_thomas-jayne-philadelphia-townhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnHFXFHB35XgYxw5RovL10uKCa2uIEih1kog-LAFfZlQxF7C39PgawD0pm1aDZG1HkG276z7uZvoAX1IxLBRr5tGWR-Ye-Kjx-ZRk7TbplIUky9zMjRhLbRvwhGL3d3KzPG6fCC5tUyAh/s400/05_thomas-jayne-philadelphia-townhouse.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Thomas Jayne - Architectural Digest, July 2011</em><br /><br />Such gorgeous, traditional architectural features and then that colorful parsons table. It just brings it all right up to today.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynePCgJwVpG2DwkLo8aaXxc1AZegFYppUR16s3pdIJ4k1yupgjHWnda5tsGPOeFfrFsLHe0aGTlIDD4HxGwTHeJ7iXzclrrnVaxwotV3KZkhu9DLDqRimIxB0kqrumvVBooJWIhEm_2Ur/s1600/abby+Rizor+HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="499" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynePCgJwVpG2DwkLo8aaXxc1AZegFYppUR16s3pdIJ4k1yupgjHWnda5tsGPOeFfrFsLHe0aGTlIDD4HxGwTHeJ7iXzclrrnVaxwotV3KZkhu9DLDqRimIxB0kqrumvVBooJWIhEm_2Ur/s640/abby+Rizor+HB.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Abby Rizor - House Beautiful, September 2008</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An incredible ambience is created  here....I can just feel the breeze.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7FXBkE7vGB33S_ENoT_dowUaVHwRDlTZ6ZwYVWKwVecADahPtL3gCDjVg9P26nJ4LB3MyKD372D9PveU79GJdIotLUZ9KjrQ4j137HS98znms8I4qrnLpGoidEMZBcaXqVwoGH6jtwWQ/s1600/Victoria+Pearson+hb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7FXBkE7vGB33S_ENoT_dowUaVHwRDlTZ6ZwYVWKwVecADahPtL3gCDjVg9P26nJ4LB3MyKD372D9PveU79GJdIotLUZ9KjrQ4j137HS98znms8I4qrnLpGoidEMZBcaXqVwoGH6jtwWQ/s400/Victoria+Pearson+hb.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Victoria Pearson - House Beautiful, August 2008</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The art is the star here.  I love that it's oversized and not centered in the room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAR3nLjMyxWnF1ZrnALyFlkrQabtTAevJASR6RZO-E1QSEmUvciDkTjnPZbcA18R3M1r-PGbwt-6D5RtWRJc-1o5ZzOwtuKLIJwkT6kHOsXT5CVfBGArewE05yDzzC6vgUirUGnVnLBr3/s1600/Jeffrey+Bilhuber.jpg+hb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAR3nLjMyxWnF1ZrnALyFlkrQabtTAevJASR6RZO-E1QSEmUvciDkTjnPZbcA18R3M1r-PGbwt-6D5RtWRJc-1o5ZzOwtuKLIJwkT6kHOsXT5CVfBGArewE05yDzzC6vgUirUGnVnLBr3/s640/Jeffrey+Bilhuber.jpg+hb.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Jeffrey Bilhuber - House Beautiful, September 2008</em><br /><br />What a great mix of furnishings and lovely color palette.  Love the boxy shapes and those horn cups on the mantel!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj76vdZ9cCnZcDNEtYMaQSMG_biAQyM5xjLC7QgMMA4Pdkr4DkBThPxgK767gW4Htwb8HTgr186pCL41P5ugvjipoXKVqAMG1nVEXIaMNYW8CPhAAQQ_Trlgmh2mwxTjSp6yBy3C4jFviT/s1600/8-griffith-living-room-0608-xlg-27137467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj76vdZ9cCnZcDNEtYMaQSMG_biAQyM5xjLC7QgMMA4Pdkr4DkBThPxgK767gW4Htwb8HTgr186pCL41P5ugvjipoXKVqAMG1nVEXIaMNYW8CPhAAQQ_Trlgmh2mwxTjSp6yBy3C4jFviT/s640/8-griffith-living-room-0608-xlg-27137467.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em>Jay Griffith - House Beautiful, June 2008</em><br /><br />The instruments on the mantel are just perfect.  Great shapes and materials laid together to form a brilliant impromptu collage.  Can't you just see a great party here with someone picking up that guitar and playing all night?  I love the mix of mid-century modern with the Morroccan table.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlaEtjOSxUpxZaDNGlvbjGk9aO9NSq0BBww1qLneajqFtZKSJBFy3qcN31ZaTtsMqhcKjj8EU5suSMjT5vRX_-tEMs_GzjDZI3OrALlrzWXPy1QU5z2l-aVRC6qRzcaxnjcWZrunEbSTf/s1600/1-vanpatter-0609-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlaEtjOSxUpxZaDNGlvbjGk9aO9NSq0BBww1qLneajqFtZKSJBFy3qcN31ZaTtsMqhcKjj8EU5suSMjT5vRX_-tEMs_GzjDZI3OrALlrzWXPy1QU5z2l-aVRC6qRzcaxnjcWZrunEbSTf/s640/1-vanpatter-0609-xlg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Kelly Van Patter, House Beautiful, June 2009</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've always loved this Crate and Barrel table.  What a perfect setting for it. The contrast to the painted wood paneling really sets it off.  Those white ostrich eggs and the antlers...just the right touch of nature.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are so many more. I'm a bit obsessed with interiors!  As I should be since I do this for a living.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm doing a photo shoot of a project this week, can't wait.  It's a whole house remodel project I worked on for over 1 1/2 years. I'll share some later this week!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Versatile Blogger Award and My Favorite Images

Julie and Danni of TGInteriors blog passed the Versatile Blogger award to me and 14 other fabulous blogs.  I want to thank them for this an...

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