favorites series: Thomas O’Brien

Happy New Year!

I thought I’d start off this new year paying homage to those who continually inspire me.  At the top of my list are Darryl Carter, Kay Douglass, Atlanta Bartlett and Thomas O’Brien.  There are more up there, I just can’t recall at this exact moment.

Their works just speaks to me, for lack of a better phrase.  I find myself always going back to their books or tear sheets I’ve saved for reference.  They are artistic, balanced, textural, warm and white.

Thomas O’Brien satisfies my love of collections, for he’s been dubbed “the collector decorator”.

 

I first fell in love with his taste in Domino (2007):

 

And all over again from these images of the rooms he designed for Veranda’s Designer Showhouse:

(any coincidence that the same person behind Domino is now behind Veranda?  No wonder they are putting out such great stuff lately….)

His inspiration was “Someone to Watch Over Me”–watch below to get in the mood:

check out every last detail

not a minimalist, for sure.

 

Love everything about this design….but the color.  Don’t know if I will ever dig any shade of purple.

 

a perfect, elegant powder room.

 

nailhead trim on the built-ins!

 

Love this bedroom!  The dark with light–the play on scale.  Lovely.

 

Oh, the floors.  Heaven.

 

 

He was good back in 1993 (House & Home)

And later in Country Living:

I’m always inspired in his use of collections.

 

(via Habitually Chic)

You will always see him layering trays, objects, books, art.  And, of course, mixing woods, metals, finishes.

You like?  view more at Aero Studios.

Be careful tonight.  We’re staying in.  Sitters are scarce.

xo,

Julie

what we’ve been up to…

It’s so good to get out of town and so good to come back home.  Isn’t that the truth?  We all can’t wait for a vacation, then we can’t wait to come back.  Aren’t the last five minutes just painful?  All the kids have to potty, the dog is hyperventilating in the back and mom and dad are just done.

It was all worth it, though.

 

 

rest, play, laughs, shrimp, family…and the inspiration abounds.

I am now officially a 30A snob (Rosemary, Alys, Seaside, Seagrove, etc.–I love this area.  I don’t totally feel like I fit in, but I don’t care.  I love to look.)

 

even at the cute little cottage where we stayed (extended family!  It actually went pretty well…except for the thirteen-year-old cousins staying up giggling and screaming all night long, but that’s part of it)  cute cousins here:

cute cottage here:

 

a great date night with Chris at George’s on Alys Beach (We can’t afford to stay there, but dinner we can swing.  Do you love that green?)

Great green beachy vibe inside, too.

 

 

 

While we were at the beach, Anisa was busy styling my home (can’t tell you for a couple of months why, but if you’ve been reading you may can figure it out :)

And we’re really going through with putting our home up for sale!  We’re listing it this week.  I’ll be sure to keep you posted, of course.

 

(crazy this was the room two weeks ago–one thing we learned on that HGTV shoot, we can crank some stuff out if we need to.)

 

 

I think she did such a pretty job.

And if you’ve emailed and you haven’t gotten a response from us, we will get back wit you this week!  We have been disconnecting for awhile (okay, except for Pinterest….still quite obsessed).  It’s like the shadow-side of creativity.  Sometimes you have to retreat for a bit.  This is where the good stuff is born.

Thanks for still reading and hanging around.

This week I’ll be back with a Methane Studios giveaway and some info on Ceri‘s pillow sale.

Julie

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