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i'm terribly sorry i've been so slow to post ...
i'll try to do better!

if you do want to keep up more regularly with the madness that is lakbdesign and the fergus&me family, you can tweet me @lakbdesign, or follow me on instagram (a free app!) @lakbdesign_fergusandme, or on flickr, also at lakbdesign/fergusandme .... there's lots to see from me in the microblog world.

all my very best to all of you,

x lynn-anne

spring is here ... possibly...

Our #pussywillow is blooming ! #faux #spring but still pretty
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trader joe's had these irresistibly fuzzy pussy willow plants last week, and sure enough, teddy and i just couldn't resist. after a week of gently rubbing the fuzzy buds against his cheek, he was shocked this morning to find that the buds had burst into a semblance of flower... so we talked about spring, and he gets it, but he'd still rather have the fuzzy buds....

oh, and if you have an iphone, and don't have the (free!) instagram app --i used it here-- you should go get it right away. it's got lots of lovely filters and it's a fun way to see the work of very talented people from all around the world. if you get instagram, and you should, i'm at lakbdesign_fergusandme.

happy snapping,

x lynn-anne

what I'm doing today - painting eames chairs for a school fundraiser with 90 kindergartners - so much love & energy

i'm so sorry i've been painfully absent ... so much to do, so little time.

i spent today in the company of teddy and his kindergarten classmates, not to mention some lovely and talented teachers and moms, working on a fundraising project for school -- we had the kids choose and paint elements of a garden (get it? kindergarden ?:) on the outside of a repro eames rocker (here without its base) ... you can see the one i did late late last night at right ...) i'll keep you posted as to how much we raise!

please bear with me! in the immortal words of arnold: i will be back ~

x lynn-anne

The week that was: savannah, shop, and sweets

The week that was: Savannah, shop, and sweets
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so last week, i was: in savannah (not really the sleepy southern town you'd think it is); checking out new artists at the SCAD (savannah college of art and design) shop -always tres cool-, snabbing a daisy-laden 1960 tv tray table for caroline's room (from a friend -she had 2!), styling my newly relaunched and much larger shop, fergus&me @post&gray (too too many ampersands, i think!), making off with some most excellent mid-century tuffets at a slightly country auction, and thinking, just a little, about valentine's day ... oh, and there was lots of soccer, too (eleven games since last saturday!) and two championships - yay for my boy alec and his team .....

i hope yours days were as busy and as happy and as full of life & love,

have a happy week~

lynn-anne

spring flowers - like the penhaligon's bluebell I love so much

spring flowers - like the penhaligon's bluebell I love so much
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something simple for today:

two blue-ish bunches from trader joes +
two blue jugs (one modern, one old, old, old) +
two minutes to set up =
one sweet looking, sweet smelling moment at our house ~

so, did that crazy groundhog see his shadow?

i guess i don't care; so what if we're in for six more weeks of winter -- i can get by with this simple little bit of spring to sustain me.

you can, too.

x lynn-anne

Making photo mosaics: Teddy calls this 'the picture of glad" ;)

Making photo #mosaics: Teddy calls this 'the picture of glad" ;)
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it seems as if there's a new and delightful photo app almost every day, and i must admit i do tend to get a little lost in exploring and editing and making; and the advent of the ipad at our house has just added to the fun and games - i used the filterstorm and photolayout apps for ipad to make this ... did i mention that i was one of those teenagers who put together sweet but silly collages for friends ....

x lynn-anne

Friday found......

Everyone loves this #thrifty find: thirty-nine #bouncy balls for a fiver...
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This was the most popular thing I brought home from the estate sales this week -- who knows why a ninety-four year old lady (she's just now moving in to her retirement apartment ;) had thirty-nine bouncy balls ? Young at heart, I think .... Anyway, apart from the inherent play value -just ask teddy about that- these bouncy balls are a great reminder that even the silliest, most pedestrian, most mundane thing you have bouncing around the house can help you create a personal, colorful, and vibrant home -

I hope your Sunday is full of fun --

x lynn-anne

trend alert: wintry white gnomes

center image westelm.com, others lakbdesign

have you noticed the continuation of that early winter trend, crisp white, stylized porcelain figural things?  they're everywhere, but i especially like the newest additions, these gorgeous garden gnomes.

the first of the photos features a tall ceramic gnome from my bricks and mortar shop ... the second depicts west elm's new mod gnomes, and the third shows urban outfitters sweet gnome (and owl!) lights ... nice.

i'm not sure how long this trend will last, but i do love it. 

possibly this dates back to my childhood love of Big Ears, Noddy's gnome-y sidekick.

have a happy sunday!

x lynn-anne

Spoke & Wheel

hello!

i've been thinking for a while about how to share decorating advice here, beyond just posting mood boards. when i'm working on a house (or even if i'm not actually working on it ... just ask my friends!) i can go from room to room and very basically and instinctively see what furniture pieces and textiles and art should be together. i often tell design clients that decorating a successful house begins with a collection of things that have individual and important resonance for the family, but then what? how do you put all those sweet things together? the answers lie in repetition and connection, and i've tried to show that here: if you start at that strong spoke & wheel mirror, you can create a pretty and harmony-filled space by finding other things that subtly echo the spoke & wheel motif, like the repeated circles on this lovely decorative tile, and the wide owl eyes of Roddy & Ginger's sweet pillow (take a look at their charming etsy shop here....  but there's a fine line, and you'll need to find some things that work into the space in different ways, like john lewis' die cut wooden tree, and rie munoz' 1974 silkscreen, 'the kiss'.

i'll keep working to share design tips ... it's honestly a bit like painting by numbers, with a little bit of pixie dust thrown in.

happy thursday!

x lynn-anne

love is all you need

1. regalo para la maestra * teacher's gift, 2. new banner, new blog, 3. 5:365, 4. all you need is . . .

except it might help to have some lovely, clever flickr friends ...

some sweet ideas to celebrate the love in your family ~

*collect some heart shaped rocks - they're everywhere*

make a *love* pie

*create a love-ly garland*

craft a chalkboard clock, and put some *heart* in it

love one another ~

x lynn-anne

 

heart garland, many years of love in the making: have had my kiddies write what they love

heart garland, many years of love in the making: have had my kiddies write what they love
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so sweet to get out -- almost like those glitter and popsicle stick ornaments i treasure -- i started having y kids write these hearts (and i write them, too) back when my oldest, now 18, was about 5 ... it's so (bittersweet) to think of how they've grown. teddy made a new one today: "i love mom" awwww. x

a bright and shiny january; or, deco deconstructing and reconstructing.

yesterday, i was on a mission to find a little peace in my home after all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, so i did a little decorative deconstructing and reconstructing and came up with .... this!

who says orange is only for october?! .... more deconstruction and reconstruction to come ~

i'm working on making this a bright and shiny january - i hope you are, too.

x lynn-anne