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my eddie ross moment -or- dining room inspiration

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Last week we talked about turning a cube into home, and finally, here is the first step of a long way.

Before I even knew where to look for inspiration for the dining room, I came across this breathtaking window display Eddie Ross put together for Carleton Varney in the D&D building in NYC. Stunning, but what does it have to do with my little cookie-cutter dining room? Well, as soon as I saw this gorgeous painterly, floral fabric on the dark chair I knew I found a way to transform this sorry little dining set (we got it when we couldn't afford even one chair, let alone a whole set, so we had to make do with the questionable taste and quality.)

See?

Suddenly I realized how good the room looks with green, pink and lilac, which accidentally, are just the colors of the flowers and the vase I had this week. And- oops!- it seems the sukkah decorations which I admired all this week, are members of this color family, too. Then, when the fabric samples (which I ordered weeks ago and already forgotten all about) from House Fabric arrived in the mail the next day, it all came together! I'm still debating about the fabric because my husband thinks it's a little juvenile (my mom was just here, though, and she loves it). I might look for something more painterly, watercolor-y looking.

What do you think?

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Tomorrow I won't be posting, but come back on Friday for another outfit with a past, with a very special guest. Meanwhile, why don't you check out Karen's OWAP from last week?

{images: carleton v window display design + photos: eddie ross, all other photos + layout: chedva k for belly's button)

turning a cube into a home

We've been in the new apartment for a couple of months by now, and it's high time I get started with decorating it. Up until now I've been caught up with work, but my big deadline is next week, and soon I'll finally have time.

 

 

Moving into a brand new apartment in a brand new apartment has its many pros and no less cons. You get to plan your own space from scratch, as you wish! But then again you may make mistakes, and the house doesn't have a personality of its own to give you a clue how to design it. Mrs. Blandings wrote every house has a soul, but I think stark, empty apartments do not.

Injecting it with character is a taunting but exciting task. We've made many mistakes with the room-plan, but now it's a given (which may even give it a little character?) and that's what I have to work with. This post will serve as a "before" of sorts (though I don't believe in strict "before and afters"), a point of reference for the many inspiration, moodboard, planning and (hopefully-) executing posts to come.

Care to join the ride?

this way

{tea towels: anthro (gift from my mother), ice cube shape thingy: ikea, not-so-great cell phone camera: nokia}

We're finally home! In the new apartment, that is. Chanoch's room is by far the most finished yet.

As you'll see in a little, there are still exposed electricity, plenty of boxes to unpack (two rooms worth of them, actually) and generally a hectic mess. But sleeping here was a bliss: