Are you a Tiger or Rolling the Tide?

Sorry Crimson Tide but as far as mascots go Mike the Tiger wins.   

Apologies in advance to all my wonderful friends who went to University of Alabama, but the fact that I went to graduate school at LSU and that I live in its proximity, I'm thinking purple, gold (yellow) and tigers at the moment.  


Listen Bama fans, don't give up on me yet.  I'm fickle, especially when it comes to team loyalty.  Knowing me and my fascination for underdogs I'll just root for whoever's losing tomorrow. In other words it's a bad sign if you see me cheering for your team by the second half. 


Until the big game, here's a little purple and gold inspiration from the style files (most images are from my Pinterest).  Have fun! xoxo, Kat

Tiger print pillows in bedroom done by Miles Redd

Very cool desk chair, via my pinterest

purple and gold painting by Hiroshi Matsumoto  

Yellow chesterfield by Anthropologie

Hickory Chair by Alexa Hampton

Aerin Lauder's dining room via Elle Decor 

Purple living via Elle Decor

Yellow and Gold (and zebra_!!!

Gold and purple pillows via Elle Decor 

Gorgeous yellow drapes via my Pinterest

Purple and gold by designer Massucco Warner Miller

Beautiful purple room via Elle Decor

Caption this Contest ---

Seriously creepy yellow dude on purple velvet via random photo from the interent...
All he needs is a tiger to come eat him to complete the look.
Will someone please caption this for me?  

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown...(or insert your own name)

Copy cat pumpkin:  I confess, I cannot claim originality on this pumpkin.
 I recreated it from a pic. I saw online.  But I did carve it all by myself!

Besides Christmas morning and Santa, Halloween and the Great Pumpkin are my favorite holiday traditions.  The best part about Halloween is there's no pressure.  You can dress up however you like and call it a costume, raid other people's homes for candy, and you don't have to cook and invite your relatives over.  Plus, there's always good horror/thrillers on TV.  Like my favorite blankie-toting Peanut, Linus, I love Halloween.


The real reason I'm posting today is I just wanted to show off the pumpkin I carved all by myself.  I'm sort of proud of it.  He's hungry because no one gave him candy, poor thing.


Happy Trick-or-Treating!  And take Linus' advice: "Never jump into a pile of leaves with a wet sucker!"  (Please note that the quote can have more than one meaning...)  

There's no place like (someone else's) Home...

...especially if there's a fabulous guest room in that home.

A friend asked me to help her transform this guest room into something a bit more _____ (choose one: a. colorful, b. stylish, c. comfortable, d. all of the above).  Ding, ding, ding - D it is!  Here is what we're working with:

Say hello to brass.  A beautiful antique brass bed.

Cozy window nook.

A new attic addition to the house, the room already has a fresh creamy-white coat of paint. The plan is to add color with fabric and furniture.  


Follow me on the yellow brick road to Emerald City...


I'm a sucker for brass and a nice emerald green. And since she has a beautiful brass bed, all we need is a kick or two of green.  Here are some inspiration images for the room:

Orange you glad for green and orange?

There a few things about this room that are a bit too busy for my taste, but I adore the color scheme.

If I was a poet, I'd write an ode to emerald green.  On the color spectrum of greens, it's king.   Design board for the room:

Only the good witch Glenda is allowed here.

Without going into too much detail, I want to paint the chest of drawers already in the room an emerald green and add brass hardware.  There are two chairs on either side of the dresser that will get a fun animal print upholstery.  I also want to add a cushion for the window seat and a fun little mini chandelier above it.  New bedding and lighting will complete the look.  We are just getting going on this project, so stay tuned.  

Please forgive me if the following song is now stuck in your head: Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road, follow, follow, follow, follow...