Ahhh… Spring

 

When these soft spring days arrive I always feel a sense of renewal…how about you?  It seems to be the perfect time to refresh our homes and our lives! I may not be able to do much to refresh your life but I can certainly help with your home.  

 

In celebration of the first day of Spring, let’s enjoy a little decorating eye candy, shall we? 

 

Pretty spring pinks and greens.  Love the rug and I have one very similar in our Perfect Home Rug Collection.

Blue and green, my new favorite combo, just sings spring!

Fresh spring green, this time mixed with a periwinkle blue.

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Love the combination of colors in this bedroom.  I used the same desk in a project a couple of years ago and it is still one of my favorites. 

Pink and green….makes me think spring.  And a tray topped ottoman, what’s not to love.

More spring green!  My latest fabric collection just arrived and a couple of books are filled with these colors. 

One more time…. blue and green.  Can you tell I have a slight obsession?  Who wants me to design a blue and green room for your home?  Believe me, I am ready.

So there you have it, a touch of spring!  Now, are you inspired to freshen up your home?  If so, I hope you will call or visit Perfect Home.  I’m just back from market and new items will soon follow.  Plus, my spring fabric collections have arrived and they are luscious!  New window treatments or maybe a freshly reupholstered chair might be just what you need.  Ready to put a pop of spring in your home?  Just give me a call.

Reesa

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Pantone Color of the Year 2013

 

In case you haven’t heard, here it is…. Pantone’s Color of the Year….Ta Da….Voila!

It’s EMERALD!!!

As in The Emerald City from The Wizard of Oz.

Hmmm, what do we think?  Would that have been your choice?  As for me, the jury is still out.  At first I was somewhat surprised.  The last couple of year’s picks were already on my decorating radar, but emerald?  Not my “go to” color palette.  Don’t get me wrong, I actually like emerald.  I just have to process using it in a design scheme.  It will be interesting to see if emerald make a show in my new spring fabric collections  due in a couple of weeks. I did notice more blue and green used together, especially in artwork, on my last market trip. 

I must admit though, while perusing emerald images to use in this post, I started to warm up to the idea.

I’m kinda loving this rich emerald high gloss finish on bookcases.  Of course, any room with a leopard carpet already has my heart.

And I am always a sucker for any combination of blue and green.

I {heart} this  more than words can say!!!

I am working on a project now for a library with rich paneled walls similar to this and we are considering a sofa and pair of chairs in a rich green velvet much like this color.  After looking at the fabric choices in green velvet I got a bit obsessed with the idea. 

Though not technically  emerald, a fresh spring green is always so pretty.  I like the idea of popping a deeper emerald with it to bring in a bit of sophistication and ground the pale color palette. 

Now this is fun, more of an olive green island, and how about that ceiling?  Do you have the nerve to do this?

Here we have several shades of green working together.  Think about all the greens in nature, no two truly alike, right?  Yet they all seem to work together.

Let’s face it… blue and green are nature’s most compatible color combination.

So maybe emerald has a place in your home.  The more I ponder on it, the possibilities are pretty amazing.  A rich glossy emerald in a den or study, new bedding in soft jade and sky blue, or maybe just a touch of green in artwork for a guest bedroom….oh, the places we could go with emerald.

Are you looking for a fresh new feel in your home this spring?  Maybe a little emerald would be just the thing.   Intrigued?…Perfect Home can make it happen.

Now if I could just talk my fella into a nice big emerald ring! 

             Reesa

 

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

 

 

 

Happy Valentine’s Day from a long absent blogger.  Shameful, I know…. but life does get in the way sometimes.  At least, this year I didn’t fall into my usual trap of making weekly blogging my New Year’s resolution.  It obvious how that worked out for me last year!

 

Instead I just felt inspired today by all the Valentine Day love I see around me…. which let to thoughts of what else, but pink!  I {heart} pink, always have.  I was one of those “pink” girls growing up.  I had pink baby clothes, pink doll clothes. pink teenage sweater, pink bedroom, and on and on and on…..  When I first opened my bridal salon, The Wedding Belle, eons ago; what color did I paint it?  Pink, of course!  And what color is it now that my niece Alison owns it?  Yep, it’s pink with sophisticated black trim. 

 

So, as our thoughts turn to love today, let’s celebrate our love of pink!

Sugary sweet pink, a little too sweet for my taste.

 

This is more my style.

 

Or this.

Such an interesting color combination.

One of my favorite images ever, this is a foyer designed by the goddess, Mary McDonald.

I have always loved pink and gray together,  This combination is in the ‘dreaming” stages for one of my guest bedrooms.

Isn’t this a pretty combination?  So clean and sophisticated.

Can’t resist one more.

So “think pink” when considering your next decorating plan.  Who knows, you might just fall in love!

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone,

 Reesa

Champagne and Cupcakes Anniversary Celebration

Well, it has been just over a month since our 10th anniversary Champagne and Cupcakes Celebration benefiting Cancer Navigators of Rome.  I planned on writing a blog post to chronicle this event, but with setting up Perfect Home for the holidays and the usual fall rush of design projects, it just didn’t happen.  Actually, this is the ideal time to share since our actual anniversary was on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

When I came up with the idea of a special party to celebrate our ten year milestone, I never dreamed it would be such a success!  So many of our loyal customers and clients attended, along with many new faces.  It was truly a celebration, exactly what I wanted it to be!

Champagne…..

and Cupcakes!!!

The store was dressed to the nines.  So many new goodies arrived just days before so April Smith, my right hand “girl”, and I were putting on the finishing touches up to the last minute.  We cleaned up pretty well, considering.

April and I drawing for one of many door prizes.

This celebration was held to benefit Cancer Navigators of Rome, a wonderful local organization that does exactly what the name says, helping folks navigate their ways through the resources available to them during a challenging time.  I was thrilled that we raised over $500 to help such a worthwhile group.

 

The charming ladies of Cancer Navigators.

I hope you will take a minute to scroll through a few of the photos from that night.  I’m sure you will recognize some familiar faces.

 

Keri Smith and Monique Watson

All three of these ladies were winners that night!  Delores Nance {left} won a $400 Surya rug.  Brenda Bowen, {center} won a basket of candles and diffusers from Woodwick Candles, and Evelyn Montgomery {far right} won a $100 gift certificate.  I wonder if they had any idea they were going to win  when this photo was taken!

Dr. Bannester Harbin was my door prize assistant.  Good job, Dr. Banney!

Tonya Davis from BDD Consulting… marketing guru… couldn’t have done it without her!

Here are a few more images from that night.  Enjoy.

 

 

Alison Smith, Josie Dayton and the BACK of Joey Beard… his best side!

Tickled Tonya and serious Reesa

Left to right:  Mary Bowling, Margaret Crego, Lauren Sklar and Jill Cromartie.  Happy to say, ALL design clients through the years.

Lauren Sklar and Wanda Whitten

Mary Bowling enjoying her pink Champagne

Virginia Mc Chesney and Charlotte Atkins of Cancer Navigators

My sweet  Jill Burnes Goode who worked with me for many years until she left for marriage, motherhood and law school.  I was so happy she, her husband Derrell and adorable baby, Charlotte Ellen came from Montgomery for this special night. 

Precious little Charlotte in her fall finery!

One last photo…..

My team!!!  It never would have happened without these ladies.  From the left, Tonya Davis of BDD Consulting who pulled this all together; April Smith who keeps me organized and orderly {most of the time}; my “niece” Alison Smith of Perfect Dress who carries on the bridal tradition I started in 1978 and the ever efficient Monique Watson of BDD Consulting and Honeymoon Bakery…yum!  I am so blessed to have them in my life.   These girls make every day a celebration! 

Thanks to everyone who attended and supported Champagne and Cupcakes. And a special thanks to all my loyal customers and design clients, who I now consider friends. I feel so blessed to have been in business for 35 years, first with The Wedding Belle and the past ten at Perfect Home. As we all know, the past few years have been challenging for most businesses and I are so grateful to our community for continuing to shop with us, as well as other local businesses. Remember… shop small and SHOP ROME!

Thank you all for supporting Perfect Home these past ten years… and here’s to many more!

Reesa