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a little off topic, but i like this a lot. don't you?

bonjour, amoureux de textile!

hello, fabric lovers! it's been awhile, huh? lots of distractions lately, but here i am. in full force!

so to change things up a bit i'd like to make a post that shows off my art history skillz. ya know, just to show my mom that i have a little interest in my major that i've been studying for 5.5 years now. hey, mom! look at me! i'm an art historian!

no! that's not me, silly! that's paule marrot! i was introduced to paule marrot (1902-1987) this past year in nyc while selena and i were at market. how could i have missed out on this french textile designer for SO very long?! her textiles and paintings are absolutely beautiful. simplistic, but simply stunning & just enough whimsy to make you smile. you can tell that she just painted what made her happy-what every artist should do. lots of people think she's pretty neat. nike thinks so. natural curiosities thinks so too. & stupid anthropologie thinks so as well. (yea, i just called anthro stupid. what of it? that's a long post for another day.)

anyhoot, she began as a painter then started to veer towards textile design early in her career. let me just tell you that this lady and her family marketed her artwork WELL. from wallpaper and fabric, to perfume bottles and sneakers, marrot can be found just about everywhere. she's a really interesting lady too. & since i am graduating in december and never plan to ever write another paper on an artist again, i'll let you read about her here.

a marrot design doesn't work on everything though. i know clarence house rep'd some of her fabrics in the 90s, but i couldn't find any of them on their site. & this is probably why....

well, it was the 90s.

here are a few of my faves that i wanna share with y'all-just a few because the really great ones are copyrighted. enjoy. oh and the works shown are all reproductions on linen. (sorry for the lack of dates. big faux pas, i know)

Merr Clouds

Merr Abst

Les Toits de Montmarte

Plumes

Fete

this one in particular brings to mind a folk artist from Georgia named Nellie Mae Rowe. Nellie deserves a little post of her own at some point too, huh? (i'm not supposed to call an artist by their first name. art historian faux pas #2)

Picking Berries

just love those colors so much, don't you? what's that you say? you want some inexpensive paule marrot designs in your life? well just your luck, caspari put out some pretty paper products this summer with her designs. go pick some up at whole foods! or better yet, get the nikes if you're really cool. see you later...jobin.

pillow of the day

hey yall. now i think this is just adorable. what a great engagement/wedding/anniverary gift for a kitschy, fun couple! they take just 3 weeks to make & when completed you have a perfectly personalized present that is functional & also great as a keepsake! visit cozy blue on etsy for more details! great price too. later gators..

the sweenster's bedroom re-do

so y'all know how this works at this point so i won't go into huge details that will bore you to tears. re-vamped my best frand's room. here's the before...

added some new bedside tables, lamps, bedskirt, new hardware on her existing chest of drawers, an old pie chest to hide the television & a little fluffing on the bedding. then we hung some pictures and VOILA! all done! & all under our budg too!

peek-a-boo! i see you daewoo!

a striking resemblance to some of the changes i made in my momma's room! haha!! oh well, there's only so many changes you can make in a tiny apartment bedroom. most importantly, the customer was happy & i think it looks adorbs. thanks for letting me help, b!!

we're tearing down walls over here!

so i'm very, VERY excited about my newest little project with my momma. after i helped revamp her bedroom, she decided she loved the change so much that she needed a little more! so she has GUTTED her bedroom and bathroom at her house. it's down to the bones right now. if you need a little reminder of the before, check out this post. this is extra fun for me because my mom trusted me to come up with a new layout and she took my advice and removed the window seat! so she has an extra 3 feet of space in the room! she's also bumping her bathroom out into the hallway and creating the master bathroom that she's always wanted. oh & i forgot to mention that it's the house she grew up in! the house was built in the 1940s and my grandmother raised 3 girls there all by herself after my grandfather passed away. now that takes a special lady!

after my sweet grammie passed away, my mom bought it and has been fixing up the interior and exterior for the past 3 years. she's put a lot of love and sweat into the house and i think it's looking awesome! my grandmother would be so excited to see all the fun changes that she was never able to make to the house (she had more of a green thumb & spent most of her time in the yard).

so i wanted to share some of the "in progress" pictures with y'all.

so funny story about the tub above. it's always looked super duper small to me, but i've never thought much of it. when i came over the other day i asked my mom why it was SO teensy & she told me it was made for a mobile home! HA! it's a seriously small bathroom & i bet my grandma thought she was so clever when she remodeled the bathroom in the 60s!

totally AWESOME wallpaper. i think we should save it & frame a little piece

so, there you have it! a gutted high point terrace bed & bath. stay tuned for the after pics!

toot! toot!

now i'm not trying to toot my own horn or anything, but as i was flipping through the new september issue of Elle Decor, something caught my eye. pg. 187. a striking resemblance to my last pillow of the day, ehh?? a freaky friday the 13th coincidence? nah, i'm just that good.

pillow of the day

looooving this newish pattern from john robshaw. as always, i love gray and i love a not-too-harsh geometric pattern. good job, john robshaw! it's usually the first thing i show people when they come into the shop looking for bedding! now this on the other hand i'm still questioning...

he also has a line of turbans in the fall collection. woof. let's stick to bedding & textiles ok, john?