Design: Polka Dots + Furniture

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I bought a chaise lounge for my living room. I’ve always wanted a chaise lounge. Now I’m looking for upholstery options. When I saw Jordan’s sofa makeover, I thought that Marimekko’s Pirput Parput fabric might be just perfect for it.

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Marimekko Pirput Parput black upholstery fabric, FinnStyle

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Marimekko Pirput Parput grey/white upholstery fabric, FinnStyle

Like any good blogger, I love to scour the internet for inspiration. Here’s a round-up of my findings.

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antique chaise by John Derian via Elle Decor

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Premier Prints Jo Jo black & white

There’s also the option of going full out fancy with Brunschwig & Fils Les Touches fabric. Isn’t this chaise great?

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Les Touches cane chairs

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I’m excited to see what I can find and what my future reupholstered chaise will look like.

Art: Leanne Shapton

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I know it’s December and there’s a lot of Christmas decorating, baking, and DIYing floating around the blogs but I am feeling like a good injection of art would be a welcome treat right about now. So, let’s have a look at the work of Leanne Shapton, shall we?

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Was she pretty?

I like the simplicity of Leanne’s line drawings and I appreciate the range in her portfolio. Leanne is a Canadian-born (Mississauga), New York City-based illustrator, author, and publisher. Read her full bio here.

Marketplace: Pinhole Press + Holiday Collection

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There are so many creative ways to use photos nowadays. From cards to memory games to mugs to calendars – there’s a way to perfectly personalize holiday gifts and stationery. Pinhole Press, as you may have previously heard, makes gift giving quite easy.

You could start with holiday cards to send to family and friends.

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Silent Night card

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Joy! card

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Merry Merry card

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Peace card

You could then get coordinating labels and gift tags.

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gift labels

Unique gifts for children and adults include memory games, photo books, and magnetic notepads.

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Do you like receiving personalized gifts like the ones above? Don’t you think it’s a great way to remember – and share – happy moments?

Images courtesy of Pinhole Press.

 

Uptown: Window Blinds

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One of the things that I liked about my house when I bought it was that there were really simple (and new) window coverings. The previous owner chose really attractive and convenient window blinds and kept the style the same throughout the whole house. I loved the consistency.

A few of the blinds needed to be replaced and, since I knew that they were from Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I thought I’d go there and buy a few replacements. I have both the Chatham and Honeycomb shades (below) in a variety of my sizes and I like that they are easy to use and simple.

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Chatham cordless shade

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Honeycomb cordless shade

Turns out that BBB has an amazing customer service policy. As the blinds required replacing because the cordless feature didn’t quite work as well as it should have, BBB did a direct exchange for the blinds. No questions asked (besides the basic why are you returning these?).

The sales associates I met with in both the Waterloo and Cambridge locations were friendly and efficient. This was really my first BBB experience and I am completely impressed. I’m heading back there soon to pick up some sheets and towels.