FOCAL POINT STYLING: Modern Home

More known for being clean and contemporary, Crate & Barrel has added a few new pieces to their assortment (without over doing it or losing their identity): On Trend Rustic Rehabs and Replicas. One of my faves spotted at the Shops of Gulfstream Village (Crate & Barrel) was a table / desk made from old telephone poles. Another great piece was a table, that could be used for a dining or office space called "District". This C&B location was also selling off some of their floor samples and marking down summer accessories & table linens. If you're in the market for some new furnishings, stop by and check them out. Here's some of what I spotted this past weekend...

On Trend x's2:

A flat weave rug in B&W stripes!

A collected style mix...

The beautiful Willow Sofa...

Paired with a texture cane wing back chair...

Amazing rustic Rehab:

The Telephone Pole Table

The Pheonix Worktable

Steal of a sofa deal:

Floor sample only $799

Fun table to add texture...

(just not storage)

The DISTRICT Table comes in two heights: pub or dining.

Either could work great as a workshop table or desk in a studio...

GORGEOUS!!

Distressed & studded DYLAN Leather Chair in CHARCOAL - LOVE IT!

Especially paired with the mercury glass accent table...

Beautiful upholstered headboards for a dreamy bedroom retreat...

Great storage solution for a small space: use a 3 drawer chest as an end table in a living space.

More stripes...

Great height and scale for a side table.

The lamp light is above you making it easier to read an old fashion newspaper =)

Small space? no problem - they've got you covered!

The above piece could actually become a great inspiration for the DIYer...

Great scale & score for a rustic coffee table to merge with a modern interior...

Even though this is on the floor, it's still a neat & organized sale presentation.

Cloth textiles from summer replaced with refreshing rich textures

to trim your table for Fall...

London Hurricanes

And here's a cool little factoid I loved learning about them from their site...

"With no money left for displays, they stacked the shipping crates as shelves and filled the overseas barrels with fun merchandise. So out of necessity came the unique Crate & Barrel style - and name."

I also LOVE their use of light...

Where many stores flood faux light with fluorescent,

C&B creates a natural ambiance to make you feel like your at home.

CRATE & BARREL

The Village at Gulfstream Park

600 Silks Run

Hallandale, FL 33009

954.458.2222 *** 954.458.2222

For a more contemporary tablescape this Easter, go bold & graphic with a black, white, gold and green color palette. Merge the modern look of your home to your tablescape for Easter with this simple detail: Golden Eggs. Keeping table decorative touches to a minimum with just a few candles and some moss - it can be enough for a fresh and modern look. For more drama here - I also included a favorite decor item from our home such as the black glass vases filled with white hydrangea - and I perched them on simple gold painted & thrifted $2 candle pedestals for height...

To change the look, I can just remove the black vases and add in simple glass hurricanes. Set it all on a graphic base of B&W patterned table linens. If you can't find the right patterned napkin, try using Fabric Quarters, easily found at JoAnn's and usually on sale for a fraction of big-box store cloth napkins...

HomeGoods does have a great selection of table linens, which is where I picked up these graphic B&W mats...

Mixing old & New: Crackled Eggs + Mats - New from HomeGoods, paired with thrift finds such a collected brass candlesticks and white dishes...

Just as I do when styling a home, I layered black & white graphic textile patterns such as the fret boarder mats from HomeGoods over the HomeGoods B&W runner. Since I only had a 4 pack of paisley napkins (also from HomeGoods) I layered in the fabric quarters I picked up at JoAnns...

Thrifted bags of multi-colored Easter eggs I hot glued to an also thrifted raffia wreath and spray painted gold with splatters of chocolate made for a thrifty-chic wreath.

To personalize the place settings, add a simple monogram to a gold painted egg by using scrapbook rub-on letters (I actually added later). The birds nests I had gotten had HomeGoods a few years back - but they came with blue Robin's eggs. Removing the blue eggs and replacing with gold was a nice way to repupose and reuse something I already had...

From Our Easter Home 2011

A table runner used to band my drop-cloth slip covered bench.

I relocated the runner from the table to the bench to give it a dash of shimmer and

balance the shine in the space. I picked up the table runner after Christmas on clearance at West Elm for only $6.

My framed fabric wall art created a simple grid focal point on the freshly painted SW Lime Ricky wall. Live ferns from Lowes help echo Spring freshness! Smaller brass candlesticks I've also collected while thrifting, are given a larger scale by 'nesting' inside taller glass cylinders...

Tablescape layers - Fun & EZ to do with HomeGoods!

These birds nest (from HomeGoods) gave an organic tough to each placesetting, for an otherwise very graphic tablescape. Although the nests were from HG, the larger gold eggs were from thrift that I painted gold, and later mongrammed.

The flatware was a great find in a clearance at HomeGoods (only $25 for a Lenox set of 8 placesetting, including serving pieces!!) and worked great with my collected white dinnerware I've gathered thrifting - Again, just like with home styling, I love merging new and old to personalize a space, or as here, a tablescape.