Creating an Art Series

We absolutely adore a fantastic art wall. 

Especially a series. 

Copy cat is the name of the game here. 

We challenged ourselves to replicate

our inspiration art series and think we came up 

with some great, less expensive options!

Interior Designer Jamie Drake created this 

series with artist Gene Davis.

We created ours with prints by

Jonathan Lewis from 20x200.

Susan Becher, featured in Lonny

created this gorgeous monochromatic series. 

We used Agnes Martin prints 

from Artriver.com. 

Designer David Mitchell created this series

using cut paper, framed in identical frames. 

We are thinking we might have to try this one out!

And this great series featured on 

Martha Stewart's website is adorable! 

The planes are pages taken from a book. 

We used these great whimsical 

prints from Paul Octavious.

Charmed in Atlanta

This is the work of a charming designer in Atlanta, Christi Holcombe, founder of Charm Home. Her work is classic but has a modern twist. Her interiors display the use of one solid color, coupled with the combination of white and black. Christi incorporates a beautiful degree of natural finishes and elements. We love the use of greek keys, quatrefoils, and geometric patterns. The use of emerald green, orange and turquoise blue in her projects are so pretty and really make her rooms stand out. It is hard to pick a favorite!

*Images Compliments of: Charm Home Design

A little blog talk...Comments

Here at Chic Coles, we go wild over comments. We read every single one, text each other about who said what and just obsess over the love we get for the hard work we put into our posts. 

But did you know...it ain't easy commenting when you don't have a google blog!?

I went to post a comment on a blog the other day, not as Chic Coles, but as Melissa Cole and since I don't have a blog associated with my personal gmail account, it wouldn't let me comment just as a gmail account holder. It kept prompting me to start a blog...love you, Chic Coles, but one blog is enough for me!

So I realized for those of you out there without a blog with something to say, you can in fact leave a comment on our blog that isn't an anonymous comment!

You can put your name and your website (that isn't a google blog) into the 

boxes provided and click publish your comment...voilé your comment is published!

Hope this is helpful and thanks again to all the wonderful readers out there

who comment on Chic Coles!

Let's Go Road Trippin' with Perennials

There is nothing we love more than bright, fun, graphic fabrics!

The new line from Perennials is amazing. 

We love this outdoor fabric company and their

adorable Road Trippin' campaign is right up 

our alley. Super cute!

We picked a few of our favorites. The orange melons

mixed with the berry tones, with

a bit of navy and grey, are so spot on!

Have a happy weekend!!

CA Home + Design

 Clean, crisp and bright. Those are the words that come to mind when

 looking at this ranch redo by Martha Angus Design in 

CA Home + Design Magazine. This is a great before and after story and

the pictures sure do show that. 

From the first shot of the sparkling dining room, you know 

this is going to be a good one that takes

 your breath away at every turn of the page. 

Can you believe this was once a dark wood floored,

dark paneled low ceiling ranch; just waiting for a little redo.

     Martha Angus and her associate Mead Webster gave this

 house the once over with new finishes, fixtures and furnishings.

 It has an adult feel with a playful edge that is totally kid friendly. 

The perfect house for a growing family of five.

There are so many fun design elements throughout the house 

that you just do not want to miss. Its all in the details.

Be sure to pick up your copy on news stands!

Art in a New Orleans Home

It doesn't get much better than this! This New Orleans 
home boasts an amazing Elise Allen painting, 
gold console table, flanking sconces and pink tulips! 

Oliphant Jewelry

Although a bit late to the game, I just discovered 

this fabulous jewelry design company! 

Oliphant Design, created by the super 

cute designer, Cara Hotchkiss, is filled with 

gorgeous pieces. All in bright bold colors. 

They all have me yearning for warmer weather!

Lantern Lighting

We have been working on this fun sunny porch. It is set as a dining room with a door leading out to an outdoor porch. We have saved these lovely old windows that crank out in the summer. We also had storm windows built that can be switched out for screens. We ended up really liking this sweet little lantern and it works wonderfully with the black painted chairs. These are some choices that we would have also loved to have worked with. All would have added a great bit of wismy and color style to this sun porch. Who knows, maybe we can switch it out in a couple of years!

*Images compliments of: Curry & Co., Coleen & Company, Shades of Light, Pinterest