The velveteen habit.........

Good late Monday afternoon sweetpeas, and how was your weekend? Ours was unexpectedly relaxing, spent a lot of time at home (always a treat) as we were trying to dig out of the approx. 22 inches that fell around here! It was quite the snowstorm. If you missed my pictures, seeing is believing you must check it out, click here. Now that mother nature has shown us who's in charge...I am totally ready to zoom into spring!

How I love velvet.... I actually always have had a thing for it but in recent years, my love has escalated to an obsession. And there's no cure in sight. Kind of like the blue and white affliction....oh well at least it's all in the name of beauty. I adore velvet, its luscious texture, soft sheen and coziness make it a fabric I could easily have in every room.

It is as beautiful in a living, dining or library as it is a study or bedroom. Add a beautiful trim to a solid color velvet and the result is nothing short of spectacular! As I am decorating my own home, I have more than a handful of ideas of how and where I plan to incorporate velvet. And seriously this is one fabric that looks just amazing in every single color, I have yet to see a color it doesn't rock in!

Stunning! Velvet is so beautiful in a rich hue like this blue, and the tufting is like the icing on the cake! Atticmag

Chad Eisner chose a slate gray velvet trimmed in a contrast piping for this elegant room

Christina Murphy added the wow factor to this room by installing a kelly green velvet sofa with contrasting tape....beautiful!

Sandra Nunnerly created this gorgeous living roolm with warm toned velvet upholstered pieces..love it! 

 A gorgeous chaise in purple velvet in this sitting area is gorgeous, AD

Love a velvet ottoman,especially this beauty in navy with nailheads, stunning!

Thomas Burak designed this magnificent moss green beauty....love the addition of decadent trim

This beautiful dining room gets a periwinkle velvet to grace its chairs, HB

Gorgeous teal antique French bench in this elegant foyer is just stunning! Atlanta Homes

A sleek blue sofa in gorgeous blue velvet, My Chic Nest

Using velvet on a statement piece like on this gorgeous French chair has given me a few good ideas, Mary McDonald

This dark moss green is one of my absolute faves, then add the tufting+ perfection!

You know I love this pictures, velvet dining chairs AND blue and white porcelain ginger jars= perfection! Nantucket showroom

 A velvet headboard....gorgeous! House Beautiful

Creamy velvet......absolutely gorgeous! Bobbi Smith

Gorgeous in gray....love the gray velvet sofas in this beautiful room.

 Purple never looked so good! AD

Gorgeous greens in luscious velvet, Home Decor

Love these softly toned pale blue velvet dining chairs, Thomas Burak

Ashley Stark shows velvet looks picture perfect in any setting,including an eclectic transitional one like this.

 Show me a gorgeous French chair that doesn't look just amazing in any color velvet! Paris Hotel Boutique

Handsome green velvet sofa, trimmed in a contrasting grosgrain tape...another favorite look.

Love this tufted velvet bed! Sandra Nunnerly

Beautiful velvet chairs look smashing in this transitional living room, love the cool color palette

Sarah Richardson chose to make this pair of chairs the statement pieces in a cut striped vibrant velvet

 

Adore this banquette with large wide tape trim...stunning! Bayon Contessa

Curtains in a rich velvet are definitely a true luxury....love the soft gray here, Houzz

 Mary McDonald is a huge fan and in this vibrant room, the result is dazzling!


So..what do you think? Does this want to make you run out and cover something in velvet? Or maybe you already are a fan? Do you love it as much as I do? What is your favorite way to see velvet? Color? You know I love to know your thoughts.  Have a fabulous Monday evening and start to your week!

Which would you choose and 2 winners!

Good morning! Before we begin, I want to announce the two lucky winners of the French apron and monogrammed soaps! Thanks for helping me celebrate my two year anniversary,  I was so touched by all of your kind words. Congratulations goes to......  For the french apron, the winner is....Result:
7 

Anonymous January 1, 2013 9:43 AM

Happy New Year and Happy Anniversary! Your home is wonderful. I was so pleasantly surprised at Christmas by my two closest friends. They gave me the fabulous silver planter I have had my eye on for the longest time! I can't wait to use it. So my next want from the store is one of the smaller silver planters. This is a bad (wonderfully bad) place for me! Thank you.
Patricia B

And the monogrammed soaps goes to....

 Result:
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linda January 1, 2013 3:36 PM

OMG- You are an amazing decorator and your house looks gorgeous! Happiest of New Year's!!!
linda,ny

Please contact me here so I can get your shipping information and these goodies can be on their way!

  So how is 2013 treating you so far? With the exception of my husband coming down with pneumonia, it was a wonderful holiday season. Funny,  New Years day unexpectedly ended up being one of the best days. First off,   it was the first day in 8 days that hubs felt up to getting fully dressed and coming downstairs, then it was a continuation of our movie marathon, we watched Dances with Wolves, Meet Joe Black, Under the Tuscan Sun  and a few others, all the while I was cooking the entire day (but really loving it) I made beef stew, paninis, homemade basked mac, even small apple tarts..yes I was on a roll! My husband spent a lot of time exploring my blog and was thoroughly entertained and it was just a great family day, alongside a roaring fire, it was spent at home enjoying each others company....it was cold outside but really warm and cozy inside. So life is slowly getting back to normal after the holiday blizzard (not literal but the whirlwind). I have yet to take down any decorations...thinking I will give it another week, not quite ready to say goodbye to the magic of Christmas or the hard work I put into it:) Today's Which Would You Choose is a fun one. Roll with me here......the designer fairies have paid you a visit. Hey, its a new year...time for a change, right? They have told you that you get to have one designer of your choosing redo your entire home soup to nuts. Only catch? You cannot have any say, you are at their talented mercy and must go on a little "vacay "for a week while they work their magic. Which of these talented tastemakers would you trust to redo your entire home? Many if not most you know, but I have also included two pictures of their work that I think  represents their style. This is a tough one, though I think I have it narrowed down to two. No wait, I mean three. OK, two. Here we go.....so which would you choose!    CHOICE 1  Mary McDonald

 CHOICE 2  David Easton

  CHOICE 3 Meg Braff

   CHOICE 4 Cathy Kincaid

  CHOICE 5   Bunny Williams

  CHOICE 6  Sandra Nunnerly

  CHOICE 7   Thomas Pheasant

  CHOICE 8   Phoebe Howard

 

CHOICE 9   Thomas O Brien

CHOICE 10   Ashely Whittaker

CHOICE 11  John Jacob

CHOICE  12  Jan Showers

 CHOICE 13   Charles Faudree

CHOICE  14   McAlphine, Booth and Ferrier

 

CHOICE  15   Barry Dixon

  OK, I take it back, I don't  have it narrowed down to 2 after all. Sorry, too much talent  to choose but if forced, I guess I could narrow it down and let them work their magic. So now its your turn....who are you turning over your casa to?  I cannot wait to see the results..this should be fun and interesting! Thanks always for stopping in and wishing everyone a fabulous day.