She's Crafty ([info]allaboutevelyn) wrote in [info]saucydwellings,
@ 2008-06-04 12:43:00
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Current mood: calm
Entry tags:bedding, bedroom, lighting

First post in a long time....
Hello all! I posted here over a year ago (probably closer to two) under my old LJ name. Things have been shook up decorating-wise in our home, and I'm looking forward to sharing more photos as things get finished. We have a one & a half year old, and it means that most everything has to be out of his reach or climb-proof. Hopefully it's still saucy. ;)

First up is the bedroom... my husband begged for us to have one white room in the house, and this one is it.






bedroom entrance
bedroom entrance
What you see from the doorway...
bedroom 2
bedroom 2
Stitched photo - you can see the poster of Josh & Jason over the armoire. Bedding is west elm, drapery panels, rails, and wall mirrors from Ikea. Furniture is vintage Broyhill (except the platform bed frame - the headboard is vintage Broyhill, but the frame is from west elm).
bedroom 3
bedroom 3
Stitched... you can see the wood firring strips we put on either side of the rasterbation to frame it; it also looks a bit like canopy posts.
bedroom 4
bedroom 4
Another stitched photo - Josh on the bed, the window of course, and hexagon wall shelves from west elm around the tv. I've had a heck of a time finding plants that will survive as there isn't a ton of direct light.
bedroom 5
bedroom 5
The fluffy pillow is the dog's bed.
bedroom light
bedroom light
Closeup of the light .... bought it from some eBay site a while ago. We have it on a dimmer switch, it is white IRL.
josh & jason
josh & jason
Better view of the poster.



And that's about it for now! Thanks for looking!


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[info]sandiegogirl
2008-06-04 04:56 pm UTC (link)
vintage broyhill love!

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-04 05:45 pm UTC (link)
:)

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[info]craftacular
2008-06-04 04:56 pm UTC (link)
Lovely! Are the drapery panels the white birch looking items? If so, where did you get them from?

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-04 05:47 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! Yes, the drapery panels and rail system are from Ikea. They're here. They aren't finished on either end, so if you wanted to hang them on a drapery rod you would have to sew the pocket into them, unless you used those clip drapery rings.

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[info]metalheavy
2008-06-04 05:02 pm UTC (link)
Holy Goldfrapp, this is cool.

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-04 05:47 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! :)

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(no subject) - [info]critterz, 2008-06-05 02:06 am UTC
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[info]and_suddenly
2008-06-04 05:05 pm UTC (link)
gorgeous!

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-04 05:55 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]xiaoai
2008-06-04 05:06 pm UTC (link)
your lamp is crazy, is it made from fiberglass?

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-04 05:49 pm UTC (link)
Ha, thanks! It's actually some type of textured plastic. It came assembled, though, which was a relief.

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[info]frecklestars
2008-06-04 05:10 pm UTC (link)
Dear goddess, but I love those hexagonal shelves! *covets* As well as that lovely painting of the girl with the peacock feather (who's the artist?).

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-04 05:50 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! The "painting" is a self-portrait photograph that I manipulated until it looked like a painting or illustration. Then I had it blown up to 20x28 on Zazzle.

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(no subject) - [info]frecklestars, 2008-06-04 05:52 pm UTC

[info]sporkburrito
2008-06-04 05:15 pm UTC (link)
this is like my dream bedroom. basically.

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-04 05:51 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! It's very peaceful, which I like a lot.

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[info]agreatlake
2008-06-04 05:19 pm UTC (link)
those mirrors are awesome!

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-04 05:54 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! They're really cheap at Ikea, $8 for a 4 pack or something like that.

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[info]bohemianrapsody
2008-06-04 05:29 pm UTC (link)
I like the 70's flavor, yet you still manage to keep it from feeling *too* 1970's. I love the texture of your bedspread and pillow covers.

p.s. I have the same IKEA mirrors-as a headboard:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61689423@N00/2209911655/in/set-72157600592894455/

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-04 05:53 pm UTC (link)
I love the 70's style but I agree about keeping it from looking like it's a page out of the 1970s'. And I love your place! I would have liked to have had a canopy like yours over the bed, but I have a feeling it might have been pulled down.

And the mirrors as a headboard are fabulous!

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[info]hyperoma
2008-06-04 05:29 pm UTC (link)
i love the wall shelves!

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-04 05:53 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]sceneasfuck
2008-06-04 06:02 pm UTC (link)
wow. LOVE IT.
how did you keep your rasterbation from being too pixelated? even with the smallest dots, mine always look like newspaper prints.

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:25 am UTC (link)
Thanks! :) And believe me, it is full of dots close up... see? I read on their boards a long time ago about making it four times larger than what you want, and then adjusting down the settings in Adobe to printing 4 of the rasterbated pages to an 8.5 x 11 sheet... so each page of the rasterbation would be about 4" x 5.75" when cut out. I haven't ever tried that, but I can see how it would look less pixellated/more detailed.

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[info]thefemalecliche
2008-06-04 06:19 pm UTC (link)
very pretty! i also love that it looks vintagey but not overly done. all the little details are great.

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:26 am UTC (link)
Thank you! :)

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[info]reggaechicken
2008-06-04 06:34 pm UTC (link)
this is very beautiful! i love goldfrapp! i look forward to seeing more.

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:26 am UTC (link)
Aw, thanks! I love Goldfrapp, too - I just saw them perform in NYC at the end of April and they were (she was) AMAZING.

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(no subject) - [info]reggaechicken, 2008-06-05 07:14 pm UTC

[info]lepapillonvert
2008-06-04 06:34 pm UTC (link)
It's fantastic!

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:29 am UTC (link)
Thanks! As is yours!

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[info]shellycrash
2008-06-04 07:04 pm UTC (link)
Love it. The photo of the girl and the owl looks so familliar. Is it from Istock?

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:28 am UTC (link)
Thank you! The image is from the latest Goldfrapp cd "Seventh Tree." It's funny because I was at a loss of what to put over the bed, and then when I bought the cd their latest photos had the same trippy nature vibe going on that I felt our room had. It was meant to be. ;)

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[info]oiseau_de_feu
2008-06-04 07:25 pm UTC (link)
love the goldfrapp image!!! i love that the room is white but still looks interesting... and is mostly black and white without looking severe.

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:31 am UTC (link)
Thank you! I figured with the white walls I either had to go with some really saturated color on everything else (which I tried... didn't like it as much) or try to keep it semi-monochromatic.

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[info]goddessofjoi
2008-06-04 07:28 pm UTC (link)
I'm sort of enamored with birch trees. Don't see much of them around here but there is one across the street that reminds me how prairies they are. I saw some abhorrently expensive rugs with birch and was pretty much HEART BROKEN about not having them.... :D!

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:47 am UTC (link)
Ooooh, those rugs sound awesome. I love birch trees, too. Being in upstate NY we have quite a few. There is a grove of them along the edge of a reservoir that is nearby, and they look amazing against the backdrop of all these dark trees behind them. I tried to get a photo recently, but it didn't turn out as neat as it looked IRL. I may have to go back and try again. Maybe in the fall when the leaves change colors.

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[info]babyinthecorner
2008-06-04 08:29 pm UTC (link)
Wow! Beautiful!

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[info]sandiegogirl
2008-06-05 08:54 am UTC (link)
your name is the best!!!

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[info]unnamed_paradox
2008-06-04 08:38 pm UTC (link)
I'm gonna come live in your room, mmmkay? And I MUST know where to find that girl & owl poster!!

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:41 am UTC (link)
Hahahaha, ok! As long as you don't mind a little boy running in yelling "Mum!" at 6:30 in the morning. :) (luckily he's cute, though, so it's not so bad.)

And you can find the image here... Then I went to the the Rasterbator and blew it up to the size I wanted, and printed it out on full sized adhesive label sheets so they would stick to the wall. The only thing is that it comes out looking like newspaper print with all the little tiny dots, but that can be neat depending on what you are going for. And you might want to up the saturation on the picture before doing it because the white space between the dots tends to wash it out a little from the original.

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(no subject) - [info]unnamed_paradox, 2008-06-05 02:45 pm UTC

[info]queconcepto
2008-06-04 08:57 pm UTC (link)
i love this. your art is cool

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:42 am UTC (link)
Thank you so much!

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[info]orientalspooge
2008-06-05 12:10 am UTC (link)
oh dear god. love the goldfrapp. <3

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:42 am UTC (link)
Thank you! They are amazing. :)

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[info]kiwikat
2008-06-05 01:14 am UTC (link)
Oh yes, wow.

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:42 am UTC (link)
:)

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[info]horrorvacuii
2008-06-05 01:20 am UTC (link)
This is EXTREMELY appealing! Love it!

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[info]allaboutevelyn
2008-06-05 11:42 am UTC (link)
Thanks!!

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