building a room

…helen norman photography

April 29, 2013 By christen 3 Comments

Helen was the amazing photographer that did The Cottage Style Magazine photoshoot for Blue Egg Brown Nest Interiors. She had just come off a shoot for Forbes and after our shoot was doing Southern Living. She’s so fantastic and we hit it off right away! We are even in talks about having a barn sale at her real, live organic farm with red wood barn!

To sing her praises even more, she is generously letting me use the photos that she took at Blue Egg! Wow! A few of the shots were not included in the article so I’m excited to show you all of them in full. Also a HUGE thank you to Charlotte for her amazing styling & article!

I kinda can’t believe I get to live here. Thanks again, Helen!

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…window seats

April 10, 2013 By christen 6 Comments

I recently wrote about colored burlap and thought I’d show you what I did with my Duck Egg fabric.

When building our home one of my top concerns was where could we have window seats? I have a very romantic notion of reading a book on a window seat while gazing out the window between chapters. Our architect helped us sneak quite a few into the design. I decided to use the burlap on the family room window seat cushions.

I picked them up today and am really happy about how they turned out. The upholsterer did not need a liner. The burlap is tight, but also soft. And those colors are just fantastic!

I’ll be reading the new Dan Brown novel there in as soon as it comes out!

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…Blue Egg Brown Nest Home Colors: Master Bedroom

March 22, 2013 By christen 4 Comments

I wanted something bright/light in my master. I “like” it, but if I’m being completely truthful, I wish it was a few shades more muted. It gives the warmth that I want, however.

Again, it allows me to layer whatever I want into the room without being constricted by the wall color. I’ve chosen cottage-y whites.

Here is the amoire I finally found and painted it to match. Love that chalk paint allows you to transform a piece to YOUR space! Love my Annie Sloan Old White.