New Oushak on the Landing

<center></center>Thank you all for the kind words about <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-studio-tour-and-huge-give-away-from.html" target="_blank">the studio reveal</a>! I hope all of you have entered <a href="http://keep.com/giveaway2?utm_source=LGN&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=DOLGNCN41514" target="_blank">the $2000 give away</a>! I'll be posting more info and sources and angles of the room soon. :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3510.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3510.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />While I'm working on those posts and tutorials, I wanted to share this pretty rug find with you! My friend <a href="http://www.kendrasmoot.com/" target="_blank">Kendra Smoot</a> tipped me off to an eBay listing for this beautiful little Oushak rug (what a friend, right!?). I think I got it for just over $100 and I love how soft and worn it is. It's slightly overdyed with blue and pink pastels. So pretty!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3589.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3589.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br />Right now I have it on the landing by the girls' rooms. It fits the floor space perfectly up there. It might end up moving around to one of the other rooms, but I love it here for now.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3599.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3599.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo xIMG_3508.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/xIMG_3508.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There's a lot of black happening up there with the stairs still being bare and all the pretty but dark black doors. I think the rug helps lighten things up.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3584.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3584.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I have the little <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/serpentine-secretary.html" target="_blank">scalloped secretary</a> on the landing still, but I've yet to decide if I'm going to paint it or leave it as is. I'm leaning toward trying to paint it or doing a <a href="http://www.ornamentalist.net/2010/12/ebony-limed-oak-step-by-step.html" target="_blank">limed/cerused finish</a> on a dark base. I think it would look so pretty if I could pull it off!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3548.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3548.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3521.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3521.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I put some art up in the landing too. I've had this very naive painting for a couple years now and it always feels like it belongs in the girls' space. I think it's sweet and I love all the bright pops of colors. The frame was pretty lame though, so I painted out the faux gold glaze with some Gentleman's Gray paint I had laying around, which is a deep, soft navy color.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3529.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3529.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3532.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3532.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I leaned the painting against <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2011/05/heirloom-button-art.html" target="_blank">my framed button collection</a> that I made a few years ago using buttons I inherited from my grandmothers. The twisty <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/diy-concrete-planters.html" target="_blank">concrete planter</a> was a more recent project.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3554.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3554.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, I'm loving my new Oushak! It makes the landing feel like an actual room! :) Makes me also want to put a little bench up here against the stairs. I also need to pick a flush-mount light for the ceiling, and I really need to finish up the stair runner. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo xIMG_3539.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/xIMG_3539.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />PS if you're looking for a Oushak on eBay, always sort the listings by lowest price first. The private seller listings will almost always be auction style and not Buy It Now.

New Oushak on the Landing

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Up and Away

Greetings from (absolutely freezing) Salt Lake! I decided sort of last minute to come to <a href="http://www.altitudesummitslc.com/" target="_blank">Alt Summit</a> and I'm so glad I did. It's been really great to see old friends and to meet new ones! I'm speaking on a panel later today (eeps), but other than that I'm thinking of this trip as a little vacation, where I can just have fun and relax and let the inspiration that is always everywhere to be seen at Alt, just wash over me!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_1390.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2015/IMG_1390.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />I did a little shopping on Monday (had to find something to wear for the green-themed party!) and this adorable window display at Anthropologie stopped me in my tracks. (<a href="http://instagram.com/jennykomenda" target="_blank">PS are you on instagram?</a>)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><center></center><br /><img alt=" photo photo1.png" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2015/photo1.png" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br /><a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/valley-house-tour-girls-rooms.html" target="_blank">Evie's bedroom</a> with its vaulted and beamed ceiling is just begging for an installation like this, don't you think? I'm also considering just one big chandelier version, though Evelyn said she likes the grouping best. (Also, wow! Looking at those before photos of the girls rooms right now was such a boost of confidence for me! We ARE making good progress on this house! Things <i>are</i> getting done even though it doesn't feel like it most of the time. :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo best-window-displays_louis-vuitton_2013_hot-air-balloon_02-1000x698.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2015/best-window-displays_louis-vuitton_2013_hot-air-balloon_02-1000x698.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />For the balloons, I was thinking red and white stripes just like the Louis Vuitton windows from last year would be really adorable with some of the wall color and wall paper changes I have in mind. I love how tiny the baskets are here too. So cute!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo best-window-displays_louis-vuitton_2013_hot-air-balloon_03-533x950.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2015/best-window-displays_louis-vuitton_2013_hot-air-balloon_03-533x950.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://thebwd.com/louis-vuitton-hot-air-balloons-window-display-2013/" target="_blank">LV photos here</a></i></div>

Up and Away

Greetings from (absolutely freezing) Salt Lake! I decided sort of last minute to come to Alt Summit and I'm so glad I did. It's bee...

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