Some Follow Ups

Ta-Da.....My clients that I referenced in my post "Wallpaper Rescue" have chosen this fabulous paper for their Foyer. It almost looks hand painted and has the richness of being printed on English paper which is more matte than US wallcoverings. I can't wait to see it installed.

Several people have mentioned to me that my post of color coded bookshelves, called "Dewey Who???", inspired them to re-think how their own bookcases were organized. I have only received one photo so far, but I hope this will inspire you to send your images my way. The bookcase above has been delightfully re-shelved by Brooke Slater of http://www.greenovations.com/ . If you are ever in need a landscape designer, she is the best. Look her up.

After Forbes.com blasted us with their "Most Miserable City 2010" list, I was inspired to write the author Kurt Badenhausen an e-mail and my post "I Heart Cleveland". I am proud to say that I did receive a response from Kurt. It was identical to the one a friend received, but it still felt good.

He eluded to a managing editor of Forbes Magazine coming to Cleveland this week to meet with our city leaders. Possibly something good will come of this ridiculous article.

Cheers,

BBS

Image of wallcovering taken from http://www.harlequin.uk.co/, image of bookcase provided, kindly, by Brooke Slater of Greenovations.com and image of Kurt Badenhausen credited to Forbes.com.

Dewey Who?????

Ever since I began preparing for my presentation on Color that I gave a few weeks ago, I have been mad about color-coded bookshelves. I stumbled upon the image below a few years ago and incorporated it in to my talk as an example of an easy way to work color into your home.

All of those colors were always there, but they are far more powerful and become a focal point when they are presented this way.

I found these images of people who tried this concept themselves and I think it is brilliant! It has been a theme running through blogs and flicker for some time now.

I even tried to get a client of mine to allow me to color code her 3 massive bookshelves last Spring. She is a former elementary school teacher and tutors children. She has the most amazing children's book collection and I thought it would look charming by color. We organized by genre instead.

I couldn't get client to do it, but maybe I can inspire you.

So I say Dewey who? Let's get to organizing our bookshelves and add a bit of color to our dreary, snowy February days.

Cheers,

BBS

All images borrowed from Google image. I will give them back I promise.