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Lofty Ideas pt. 1: Saturation Point

by on Nov 27, 2006

I’ve been collecting magazine and online clippings for many a year, just waiting for the day when I had a blank slate to decorate all my own. That day draws near, I’ll be moving into a new artists loft this spring.

It will have brick on one wall, and the others will be drywall. It has grey concrete floors. I have a black TV console with a grey TV, a white IKEA dresser, and a black and white shelving unit. No real significant rugs or chairs (except my tullsta which is getting re-covered to match whatever colors I choose), and the IKEA bookcase that can be covered with any paper or paint so as to camoflauge or highlight it. That’s about it. 

It’s a tiny studio, so I’m looking for creative solutions to having my bed pretty much out there for everyone to see all day. I’m also wanting a sofa bed for when my sister or other friends come to visit. Or maybe, just an air mattress. 

In the mean time, I’m trying to use up my huge stash of fabric, ribbon, beads, and paper in art and jewelry to sell. That way I don’t have so much to move, and so much to put into storage. I come from a long line of magpie women though. When we cleaned out my Grandma’s barn, we found a box marked ‘Bits of String, too small to Save’, full of 1 to 2 inch pieces of string.

Here are some looks I’m considering.

From Usona home-

A bed made with a purple cover and red pillow is surrounded by traingle lights set on the wood floor.

I like the upholstered look you get with covering the mattress and box spring with different colors. These deep saturated colors really appeal to me. It could look couch-y if I got a full sized bed, and it was up against the wall with some round upholstered pillows acting like the back of the couch. I like that it’s low to the ground, but without a headboard I’m worried I’ll thrash around and my sleeping pillows will end up on the floor.

Lofty place is arranged with chairs, tables, fireplace, wall mirror, shandler and potted plants.

Carolyn Quartermaine’s book is pretty much the bomb. I read it to myself when I can’t sleep. Then I dream of living in a French apartment as cool as this. Could I sleep on a daybed for the rest of my single-living life? Prolly not. This place is EXTREMELY well edited. White, gold, and one deep rich blue. Yum. I’m worried I don’t have enough sunlight to make this one work, though.

"A Small Living room with Pink colored background"     Furniture in the beautiful home

Pattern, pattern everywhere! These two from Tricia Guild show off fun, intense colors, and vibrant wall and window coverings that really appeal to me, too. I wouldn’t use wallpaper in my new place, but I might paint a canvas or two with a bold, large-scale pattern like these. Maybe if I got a nice futon-daybed kind of deal, like the one in the pink picture but with a thicker ‘mattress’ I could make that work……

Look for more Lofty Ideas as the move-in date draws near!

 

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