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<div style="position: relative; width: 400px; height: 400px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/timeless_classics/set?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=22448903"><img alt="timeless classics" border="0" height="400" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFnhEeTQ4Skd3M3hHaFctT3Q5aEhMYmcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="timeless classics" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/timeless_classics/set?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=22448903">timeless classics</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=971780">designvignettes</a> on <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/">Polyvore.com</a></span><br /></div><small><br /></small><div style="position: relative; width: 400px; height: 400px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/classic_timeless/set?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=22418065"><img alt="Classic & Timeless" border="0" height="400" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFjRFVVFoT2F2M3hHazhoOFlXUjNsc1EAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="Classic & Timeless" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/classic_timeless/set?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=22418065">Classic & Timeless</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=1748560">Fashioncoach</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/gold_watches/shop?query=gold+watches">gold watches</a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">If you are a big HGTV fan (like I am) and just watched the season finale of <a href="http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv-design-star/show/index.html">Design Star</a> on Sunday night, then you are familiar with the winner, Emily Henderson, stylist and author of the blog <a href="http://thebrasspetal.blogspot.com/">The Brass Petal</a>. During the last couple of episodes of the season-long challenge, each of the remaining contestants had to share what their future design show concept would be. Emily, who has professional experience styling interiors for numerous publications, proclaimed that her show would celebrate the wardrobe-to-room concept (<a href="http://www.google.com/images?q=domino+magazine&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=Zux1TI2UKcOB8gbGoO2IBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CEcQsAQwAw&biw=1439&bih=1048">Domino</a> magazine was famous for this).<br /><br />While we viewers were all wondering who would win (although I knew from the start it would be her!), </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> Emily was actually busy taping her new show. </span><span style="font-size:130%;">She has shared on her blog that the final format will be a bit different (since it has been done before by Thom Filicia of <a href="http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/dressmynest/index.jsp">Dress My Nest</a>) and will be called “<a href="http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv-secrets-from-a-stylist/videos/index.html">Secrets from a Stylist</a>.</span><span style="font-size:130%;">”</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> I can’t wait to see what she has to share, especially since I love styling spaces to create visual stories, and I know she will have a lot of great insider info on how to create great looks in<br />whatever space they throw her way.<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://everywomansstylist.blogspot.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509572378009518162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJ84ZZvQLUeo2_ZOZn8BWii1LQVzoPSsvqsCuNc6QlPerggJl5Ms56UdbxkusnigSsFCvJ1bQKr0IJVv_1tRGCBDPCLnFbrLUMqMwSAOlB-fs_Vzvhleto_NP3sxdmaKeCsHOkXsitjcT/s320/Susanheadshot2-1.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 220px;" /></a><a href="http://everywomansstylist.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Susan Kanoff</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">, Fashion Coach</span></span></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />I still love a good outfit-to-room, however, and for the next few weeks I will be featuring a collaboration between myself and fashion coach, <a href="http://www.agreatnewlook.com/">Susan Kanoff</a>, who I met through a mutual friend, <a href="https://twitter.com/coachginny">Ginny Williams</a> at a recent <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2010/05/designing-your-best-life.html">event</a>. Our first project involves creating a classicly tailored room based on an outfit worn by<br />a woman who appreciates classic style.<br /><br />The trench coat above is a stylish solution for dealing with the past few days of cold and wet weather that we have been experiencing here in the Boston area. I used its camel color to define my room in the form of the antique mohair sofa. I used the quilted pattern from the vintage Chanel bag as inspiration for the patterns in the room (lampshade uses cream and tan while the Moroccan table with mother-of-pearl inlay has some of the brown from the leather belt). A black lacquered coffee table with great legs and a stylish silhouette speaks to both the Louboutin shoes and my fashion favorite, the pencil skirt. While the <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pushId=CLOTHES-KNITSTEES&selectedProductSize=&id=063000&sortProperties=&navCount=4710&isProduct=true&templateType=&catId=CLOTHES-KNITSTEES&fromCategoryPage=&selectedProductSize1=&prepushId=&popId=CLOTHES&isSubcategory=&subCategoryId=">Anthropologie </a>light fixture is on the pricey-side, it is certainly a show stopper, much like the way a great piece of jewelry will often get all of the “where did you get this?</span><span style="font-size:130%;">”</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> attention.<br /><br />Next week I will show a room based on Susan’s picks for the back-to-college crowd, followed by some visual advice for decorating with fall fashion colors in mind. Let me know if there is something that you would like to see from Susan, and definitely consider <a href="http://www.agreatnewlook.com/contact.php">giving her a call</a> directly if you would like expert advice on re-styling your own wardrobe. If you would like your home to look its stylish best, I would be more than happy to help! You know <a href="http://www.yvonneblacker.com/">where to reach me</a> ...<br /><br /><br /></span><br /></div>

Classic styling ...

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<div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/modern_sitting_room/set?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=14678322"><img alt="Modern sitting room" border="0" height="400" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFlVITHp0a1gwM2hHZ3Vha1ZnbkRGMncAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="Modern sitting room" width="400" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/modern_sitting_room/set?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=14678322">Modern sitting room</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=971780">designvignettes</a><br />on <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/">Polyvore.com</a></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/comfy_new_year/set?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=14683005"><img alt="Comfy new year" border="0" height="400" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFlJnVjlpVUwwM2hHT2ZwZ1RyemJXTncAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="Comfy new year" width="400" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/comfy_new_year/set?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=14683005">Comfy new year</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=971780&.mid=embed&id=971780">designvignettes</a><br />featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/american_eagle_outfitters/shop?brand=American+Eagle+Outfitters&category_id=2">American Eagle Outfitters</a></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">My four boys have been keeping themselves pretty busy since the 25th, playing with their new holiday toys/electronic gadgets. Today I figured that I deserved a little down time of my own to have fun online with one of my favorite design tools <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/"><span>polyvore.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;">. And since <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2009/12/gift-for-stevens-estate.html">yesterday’s post</a> focused on recreating a look based on historical colors and formally styled treatments, I felt compelled to design the opposite – a modern yet comfortable “room to outfit</span><span style="font-size:130%;">”</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> look (a concept taken from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/garden/05domino.html?_r=1">the late Domino magazine</a>).</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> Now all I need is a good book to get me through school vacation week while I curl up in my comfy chair dressed in my cozy clothes ... <span style="font-style: italic;">any suggestions? </span>In the meantime, I will get to work on writing my new year’s resolutions. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Resolution #1:</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> Schedule time for blog writing,<br />but *REALLY* try </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >not to exceed</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> set time limit<br />by bouncing around on the internet all day! </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /></span></div>

Modern vignettes

Modern sitting room by designvignettes on Polyvore.com Comfy new year by designvignettes featuring American Eagle Outfitters My four boys ...

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