a little romance
Happy Valentine’s Day! For today’s room of the week, we’re celebrating a little romance. Let’s start with a glass of bubbly in a cozy, happy room with just a touch of pink.
(photography by Nancy Nolan)
To see more of this sweet house, designed by Kevin Walsh of Bear-Hill Interiors, visit here.
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Save the best for last, and give your guests a real treat by drawing their eyes directly to your door. Who needs a wreath when you can take silk branches, wire them together to create a type of “screen door,” incorporate some of the same decorating details from inside, and spray it a glittering silver. It weighs almost nothing and can come down with ease. But its effect is immediate.
You will need:
6 two inch blocks of wood, pre-drilled for dowel rods
Wood screws
6 dowel rods; 2 for each side of frame and 1 each for top and bottom
Enough silk branches to recreate the frame, and diagonal pieces for your “screen door.” Our branches came from a local craft and hobby store. (Note: you can use branches from your own yard. Sweet gum, oak, birch and pine are simple to use. They’re pliable enough to bend, yet can be wired to each other easily.) You’ll want branches not much larger than the dowel rods. Measure the area and cut to size.
Here’s how to create your door piece:
1. Attach the first two wood blocks in place to create frame base.You are creating a rectangle that follows the
outline of your door.
2.Thread dowel rods into and through them. Screw remaining blocks and insert dowels.
3. Criss cross branches between the dowel rods, wiring in place as you go. Finish by wiring branches to the
rods, hiding the dowels and blocks.
4. Attach decorative pieces (we added these awesome snowflakes).
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quoting actress keri russell
Along with every other person who saw Keri Russell’s 1860s Brooklyn brownstone in Elle Decor, we fell in love with her home’s rustic less-is-more aesthetic. Nothing too overstated, just a few simple details like espresso-stained reclaimed fir cabinets in the kitchen and a claw-foot tub in the bath.
Quote and images: Elle Decor
