Teen Flower Power Bedroom

This room turned out exactly as we had imagined it... We started with a bedspread that had a hot pink, orange and yellow pattern. We painted 3 walls a vivid orange, and left one accent wall pale pink. We accented with orange and pink pillows, found some great cube shelves that are painted inside, and hung a fringed fabric pendant light that has a floral pattern in all the right colors.
On the accent wall, we stenciled funky flowers, and even stenciled a few on the white wooden blinds (which you can see when the blinds are closed). We hung a decorative sign which says, "Marche aux Fleurs," (French for "Flower Market") directly over the bed. But the WOW came when we attached the giant paper daisies and large paper peonies to the wall. The cube shelves and paper flowers create a 3-D effect, and the walls really pop.

Ambella Home Collection Partner's Desk

Hi Kim! I received the desk the other day. It is Fantastic!!!!!! My new computer has been down and I am under some deadline pressure with a new client. When I get through with that I will take some pictures and e-mail them to you. The desk is perfect for my office!!!! Thanks for everything.

--Scott H.

[Message originally sent Feb, 2007 -- desk photo supplied by Great Rooms Decor]

Giant Paper Flowers

I found these lit houses at a local auction, and decided to use them as the anchor to a garden theme bedroom for our daughters. The walls were a deep periwinkle blue with bright white trim. We mounted the houses to the wall (they are just props -- the doors don't open) and the girls loved to use them as nightlights -- really big nightlights!

I made picket fence headboards painted white, and found sheer shower curtains with colorful appliqued flowers to use as window treatments.

I used the large gerbera daisies "planted" in galvanized aluminum flower buckets as accents. They were a simple, perfect finishing touch, and the girls just loved their new room.

We even put plastic glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling, so at night the houses would glow and they could look up at the stars. It was magical!

- Kim

Fabrice de Villeneuve Olive Oil Prints

A note and picture from Mollie, who ordered these vintage French Olive Oil prints especially for her sage green painted sideboard:

Kim,

Here is a picture of the prints! They match perfect! Thanks again for all of your help!

Mollie H.

Artificial Paperwhite Bulbs

Here is a photo of the paperwhites. They are in individual containers which makes it easy to move around to use here and there...

...The paperwhites arrived just in time for my daughter's birthday. They are absolutely beautiful! I set them up in her guest bedroom while she was out of town. When she first saw them, her first remark was "I thought you said they made the room stink?" (She was speaking of the flowers she grew there last fall) How pleased she was with the new ones. I "planted" them in individual small square containers. This way she could move them around the house at will. Thank you for having such beautiful flowers available.

...Irene K, San Jose, CA

Iron Scroll Fruit Basket

Here are a couple of photos of my products from Great Rooms. I am a happy customer!

I have this in the dark finish on my kitchen counter w/faux green apples and pears. (We live in Florida so fresh fruit would not last long) It is very french country! Sturdy product too. --Heather

Heather, I look at this picture and it is like I am looking at my own kitchen -- I have the same cabinet/backsplash/granite combination, and use the same basket to hold our apples (real ones in our case, we're up North). By the way, this same basket is available in a double-decker version - click to visit the website and see the Two-tiered Iron Basket.

--Kim

Fleur de Lis Flared Ceramic Urn

...Beautiful product. I ordered this about a year ago along with the hydrangeas pictured. It is quite a remarkable piece, looks like I paid way more than I did. I get a lot of compliments on this piece...

Thanks,

Heather

Heather: I completely concur and am not surprised about the compliments -- this line of distressed French ceramics offered on our website provides great value for the price, and works with both French Country and Tuscan style decor.

- Kim