A Colorful Brunch

This is the time of year for brunching, with Mother’s Day, bridal and baby showers and spring weddings galore. Throw a beautiful brunch filled with inspired patterns, vibrant color combinations and worldwide influences. Try mixing bold patterns and colors on your spring table this year for a festive look that’s one of a kind.

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I am head over heels for this GORGEOUS “Evenings in Quito” Dinnerware:

These Burst placemats would add INSTANT fun and color to your table. Perk: washable + affordable!

Time for brunch-y mood lighting. How pretty are these delicately cut Candle Hurricanes?

Give your table settings a classy border and with a bright edge. LOVING these Cayenne Cadiz Placemats:

I love to put 2 clear pitchers at each end  of my Brunch setting, filled with colorful fruit. This Playa Pitcher shows off what’s inside:

Hop over to my May Guest Picks at Houzz for even more gorgeous Colorful Brunch selections. See you there; I would love to know that you stopped by.

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The Spring Table Sale at One Kings Lane
Set a table that blooms: Full of floral dishes, playfully printed linens, and vibrant flatware, we’ve got something to freshen up every spring soiree.

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Get your Mother’s Day love on. Have you seen the GORGEOUS quality paper-works at Minted??

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The Design Cookbook

It is very exciting to see one’s own designs featured in a national magazine publication, but I telly ya, I was just as excited when this beautiful book showed up at my doorstep! I am thrilled that my interiors are featured in a book…

The Design Cookbook: Recipes for a Stylish Home by Kelly Edwards is a beautiful compilation of rooms and designs, presented to give the reader ideas for building your space in layers – just as you would with a recipe. It is FULL of inspiring pictures from tons of amazing designers. There is no shortage of ideas in this book. Or images! So, if you think design books should be FILLED with great pictures, then you will love The Design Cookbook.

Take a little sneaky-peaky at a few of the pages, that just so happen to feature a few rooms by Fieldstone Hill Design:

If you get a copy, let me know! I would LOVE to hear what you think of this book!

What has been your favorite design book as of late??

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Have you checked out the GORGEOUS stuff at Serena and Lily. Truly. They have the most beautiful things! And I love the new summer items that are coming out. LOVE!:

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Fieldstone Hill Design is offering a new design service. Transform your home in 2 hours!

Find out more about this consultation here: The Skype “In-Home” Consultation

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Have you ever looked at home decorating magazine or watched a design show on HGTV and wished you could make your own rooms look that good? Design is not always about expertise or even an unlimited budget, but more about taking inspiration and making it work for your own space. That is the philosophy behind Ditto DIY! 

*{for those of you who are new to Fieldstone Hill Design, “ditto” is a post series where I dissect gorgeous rooms so that you can bring elements of these spaces into your own homes.}

Once a month, beginning in May, nine very different bloggers will attempt to recreate in their own homes a project or design element inspired by a haute couture design selected by yours truly!

The participating bloggers include:

Ruth @ Living Well Spending Less
Cindy @ Skip to My Lou
Jen @ Balancing Beauty & Bedlam
Edie @ Life in Grace
Rachel @ Surviving the Stores
Karin @ Trophy Mom Diaries
Lauren @ I am THAT Lady 
Kelly @ View Along The Way
Melissa @ The Inspired Room

Be sure to pop over to each of these fabulous ladies’ sites today to find out more about their personal style, as well as to discover their own decorating strengths & weaknesses! {And be thinking, if you were to describe your own personal style, how would you?}

So here’s what happens next:

Monday, May 6th, all nine of the other participating bloggers will share their inspired DiY projects, while I will provide expert design tips on incorporating the featured design element into your own space. I will then also present our inspiration photograph for the following month. The truly fun part will be seeing what different interpretations of the same photograph this incredibly eclectic group comes up with!

After you’ve had a month to see what Ditto DIY is all about,

we will be inviting you ALL to participate!

Beginning in the first Monday in June (and every first Monday of the month after that), all you with blogs will be able to link up. (Non-bloggers can share your pictures on our Ditto DIY Facebook Page!)

Be sure to tune in Monday, May 6th to check out our first Ditto DIY projects. And now, without further ado, here is this month’s inspiration:

{ditto} DIY

This month’s Inspiration, selected by our interior designer:

A chic painted tray and vanity vignette, from the home of nina bergsten, photography by marcus lawett.

The {ditto} DIY Challenge:

Create your own painted tray and vanity vignette.

Designer Thoughts:

“Study the image above, and be inspired by the sophistication and simplicity of this design. The attention to each detail adds up to a beautiful vignette. “

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Now be sure to hop over to the other blogger’s sites, and get to see what their design thoughts are {besides, they are all the SUPER nicest gals you will meet!!}

Could your home use a few small designer touches?

Are you thinking about  joining us in June as we create simple, ditto-worthy projects?

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I know. I know. All week I have been blabbing about this amazing retreat I went on last weekend. But, friends. Have mercy on me.

I am recovering.

I find that I am trying to re-acclimate myself to deadlines. and homeschool. and clutter. and cooking. and noise. and ugly views out of my back window. and the sound of traffic instead of rushing water. and boys that grunt at me, instead of engaging in an exciting & deep conversation.

and I must be honest. It’s hard to adjust.

The blessing of friendship must not be underestimated. So, to Angela {the supermodel-artist-witty-sweetheart who graciously opened her stunning home, and shares my same nerd-humor, resulting in silly silly texting}, and to Sheila {my local awesome bestie, who I met via blogland, and am now SUPER blessed to have her as a part of my life. I was SO happy to be ‘trapped’ for two 8.5 hour drives with her … so we could chat – uninterrupted – to our hearts content!}, and to Edie {my friend for nearly 4 years, who has a heart big enough to mother everyone she meets, and who I just met for the first time a month ago – but have known my whole life}, and to Nester {my first bloggy crush, who has woven encouragement into my life and heart, and who has the softest, kindest spirit}, and to Shannon {a punch color design genius, who is down to earth with a huge smile and even bigger heart, and MAD skillz with a sharpie and a blow torch}:

To you, dear friends, I say:

you inspire me deeply. you bring goodness to my life. and I love you and I am SO thankful you are in my life.

A Design Retreat . In Pictures . :

About to become bachelors for the weekend. I thought I would show you the “sad” picture. NOT the one where they were cheering:

The hard-to-believe, pics-don’t-do-it-justice, view at the Cottage:

And the feast of good times with even “good-er” friends:

My heart is FULL.

Girls. I will never forget it. Thanks to all of you for making it happen.

Do you have a set of friends that you need to be with? Is it time to carve out a time and place, and sacrifice your time and money and schedule to pull it all together?

It is worth it.

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