URBAN FARMHOUSE STYLE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />MELLENCAMP'S VACATION HOME...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />You may remember him as John "Cougar" Mellencamp, although he dropped the nickname and got serious about rock and roll.  Apparently he got serious about his home design as well - or at least hired a decorator who knew their stuff.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />A little austere in places, his South Carolina Daufuskie Island retreat still has charm and tons of style, and still speaks to the heartland of America.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Rustic materials for the modern bed, shiplap walls and golden floors keep this room from feeling too severe.  It has rustic, masculine appeal.  The dark painted ceiling adds a layer of coziness.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rVMgJuBMv9XZQH-y6EVgnvIu4V5mi5mM_vFHQgfteNGEQKvY61V8u5VFdGvbyNwnEIUeTaKH0C0K55FRbVWI0NmhvjkC7nfapFHqaNr8bw6nW7R1GCwxM24TS9stkKEmetn00BO878Y/s1600/john-mellencamps-south-carolina-house-bedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rVMgJuBMv9XZQH-y6EVgnvIu4V5mi5mM_vFHQgfteNGEQKvY61V8u5VFdGvbyNwnEIUeTaKH0C0K55FRbVWI0NmhvjkC7nfapFHqaNr8bw6nW7R1GCwxM24TS9stkKEmetn00BO878Y/s1600/john-mellencamps-south-carolina-house-bedroom.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br><br /></div></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2014/07/mellencamps-vacation-home.html#more">Read more »</a>

URBAN FARMHOUSE STYLE

MELLENCAMP'S VACATION HOME... You may remember him as John "Cougar" Mellencamp, although he dropped the nickname and got serio...

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OBSESSING ABOUT: HERRINGBONE

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />I've been working on a client's formal living room and this pattern kept cropping up in the fabrics</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />and rugs we chose.  I remembered how much I enjoy a little menswear pattern in a room</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />I wrote about it <a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/02/everybodys-crazy-about-sharp-dressed.html">here first</a>, but today I'm focusing on just one pattern...</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPc67Br9aTnriiL7O7lYKzd552b51MfkSSeUboIhLNAdOrFgs0CPLPxr5Rrz2AgNFiwU1Fnd9ETGIVmXfWWXtLmFXvRUef8woaCWYtNlgCyOO458OUxRXThXNEbS_1Pfa7xVr0ZZLcdhyw/s1600/dreamdesignlive+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPc67Br9aTnriiL7O7lYKzd552b51MfkSSeUboIhLNAdOrFgs0CPLPxr5Rrz2AgNFiwU1Fnd9ETGIVmXfWWXtLmFXvRUef8woaCWYtNlgCyOO458OUxRXThXNEbS_1Pfa7xVr0ZZLcdhyw/s640/dreamdesignlive+com.jpg" width="510"></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dreamdesignlive.com/">via</a></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><b>Herringbone</b></div><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/09/obsessing-about-herringbone.html#more">Read more »</a>

OBSESSING ABOUT: HERRINGBONE

I've been working on a client's formal living room and this pattern kept cropping up in the fabrics and rugs we chose.  I remembered...

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BEACH HOUSE NEUTRALS

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br><br />Sometimes I feel that we are overdone here in the OC.  We have the ocean close by, the warm sand between our toes, ocean breezes to cool our summers, palm trees punctuating our neighborhoods and a surf board in every garage - but our homes look like carbon copy Spanish villas with red tile roofs and stucco walls and our interiors bear no resemblance to the coastal region we pay so dearly to be near.  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hlWVwBjZSNgWzkpihCbvivu7qRQj18x3gjErmSJEKmjvBejjdYj9o2eRZ3HEeLac_64Cph5Ked21qovWucabVT7HrXQ9NKx8BdmnU920hyf0it1Ij9_yYrQ6gXHAtXg13nC3VKZgGpE/s1600/nzflavour+bs+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hlWVwBjZSNgWzkpihCbvivu7qRQj18x3gjErmSJEKmjvBejjdYj9o2eRZ3HEeLac_64Cph5Ked21qovWucabVT7HrXQ9NKx8BdmnU920hyf0it1Ij9_yYrQ6gXHAtXg13nC3VKZgGpE/s640/nzflavour+bs+com.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/05/beach-house-neutrals.html#more">Read more »</a>

BEACH HOUSE NEUTRALS

Sometimes I feel that we are overdone here in the OC.  We have the ocean close by, the warm sand between our toes, ocean breezes to cool our...

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CHOOSING A COLOR PALETTE

<div align="center"><br /><pre style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MEOWWW</span> </pre><br /><pre><br /></pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1qAFxOaVaFVr5WvPxrURSNdQbX7TO8wNSVtnQlXIlwFRnK5K87bACIFnwLiuYE02N2_G8G6QVGAmSR7bHhiJKyWdEW9M-tWqyMu0blBbYIpnCkx1bQKVKi4lORZM3h5yStZ3qahHnSLQ/s1600/photograph-pets-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1qAFxOaVaFVr5WvPxrURSNdQbX7TO8wNSVtnQlXIlwFRnK5K87bACIFnwLiuYE02N2_G8G6QVGAmSR7bHhiJKyWdEW9M-tWqyMu0blBbYIpnCkx1bQKVKi4lORZM3h5yStZ3qahHnSLQ/s640/photograph-pets-1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br /><pre><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>I've always loved the color palette of a Siamese Cat. Creamy beiges,</em></span></pre><br /><pre><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>deep browns, dark charcoal, and those calm blue eyes.</em></span></pre><br /><pre><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>There is a reason they are so beautiful. Nature knows the perfect</em></span></pre><br /><pre><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>color palette!</em></span></pre><br /><pre> </pre><br /><pre></pre></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/06/selecting-color-palette.html#more">Read more »</a>

CHOOSING A COLOR PALETTE

MEOWWW   I've always loved the color palette of a Siamese Cat. Creamy beiges, deep browns, dark charcoal, and those calm blue eyes. The...

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BEDSIDE

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />NO MATCHING SETS PLEASE!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQoX-kxkgk9x6yrYRj_gvk8tyPF7H_Fjxe-gtR58IgywXQ0-CG7v9zKRUv453seylAXFN-eNJc6iLIRF0g347qSfUtsLyRcdfqG-kOWcWwDhrq7_guYkX_sp2_-iTaLtITdQCmJkMKwCA/s1600/3group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQoX-kxkgk9x6yrYRj_gvk8tyPF7H_Fjxe-gtR58IgywXQ0-CG7v9zKRUv453seylAXFN-eNJc6iLIRF0g347qSfUtsLyRcdfqG-kOWcWwDhrq7_guYkX_sp2_-iTaLtITdQCmJkMKwCA/s640/3group.jpg" uda="true" width="640"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />If you've ever wanted your bedroom to look like a display in a furniture store</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />then please, ignore my heading above. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Go right ahead and buy the matching bedside tables that match the bed</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />that matches the dresser that goes with the highboy that looks like the armoire ...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />everything in the exact same sheen, the exact same finish, the exact same look....</div><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/03/bedside.html#more">Read more »</a>

BEDSIDE

NO MATCHING SETS PLEASE!!! If you've ever wanted your bedroom to look like a display in a furniture store then please, ignore my heading...

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