The Summer Nursery: My Inspiration

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.elizabethwertzphotography.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504338189680744274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0ULMRxqxIozUQIbtFuBy5qx8ihwQhRPy_157cvR_0HK-cMUH8n6I5bcmc9dwPJXRR5zOsOBjDdTb-m_DGN7CUX0aVd8xyPinahFrsPi-jdDl_SOymMEgH7fC19dd_6gUTa_HZyqRfqg/s400/bassinetteYB_photoEWertz.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.elizabethwertzphotography.com/">Elizabeth Wertz</a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vandm.com/50799" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503213923303918658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjay6NR1FjPdEAxZ48EWDAczfscamAbkEUPrFfqu3VnNpkf1iGLT4hqKf6hpBL0kljM-LvxGVUBFd9V3SYwcNReoSZQjzSyUnzpkIE9-WVn5sfCecmw1bjAuFmfZjYdJgPPs6H5W7QELc4/s400/vintagescreen.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">I used this image of a vintage decoupaged screen<br />circa early-to-mid 20th century</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">to illustrate<br />my design concept for “The Summer Nursery.”<br />Screen available through </span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><a href="http://vandm.com/50799" style="font-style: italic;">Vintage and Modern.</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Now where were we? Oh yes, <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2010/08/summer-nursery-proposal.html">I left you yesterday</a> with a glimpse of my proposal for the summer design show at Tapley Hall: <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2010/07/weekend-update-design-show-sneak-peek.html">Reflecting upon Danvers History through Interior Design</a>, plus some before photos of the large public space that would later be transformed into a series of smaller vignettes by a dozen-or-so design professionals. I had decided that a summer nursery would be fun to put together, and I<br />had a good idea on how I wanted to do it.<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cdVfO40EqR5Fl-XuGo8rBvKpwb6MX_Yal8I7Ys246cJkz29uR6wQL7_wREbdL4nq_udGBmHGTSy1Aea3AOh0aO1EJR1eBauFWhnTZ9-qFQ53NscvzKQTSsXEP5FAuM09YSwU-jVyuPU/s1600/danversfloorplan2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503631718059083826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cdVfO40EqR5Fl-XuGo8rBvKpwb6MX_Yal8I7Ys246cJkz29uR6wQL7_wREbdL4nq_udGBmHGTSy1Aea3AOh0aO1EJR1eBauFWhnTZ9-qFQ53NscvzKQTSsXEP5FAuM09YSwU-jVyuPU/s400/danversfloorplan2.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">My plan was to <span style="font-weight: bold;">create a modern interpretation of the Victorian screen</span> above using decoupaged story book images that I have collected since my children were small. </span><span style="font-size:130%;">When I was young, my mom made a big impression on me when she <span style="font-weight: bold;">decoupaged our refrigerator</span> (I have mentioned this story before, I know!) with clippings from magazines, books, and whatever she could rip out and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_kitchen?ie=UTF8&search-alias=garden&field-brandtextbin=MOD%20PODGE">Mod Podge</a> down.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> I knew I wanted to create the same type of memory for my own children, using the images from our favorite stories. </span><span style="font-size:130%;">The most difficult part of this process was locating all of the book jackets that I had saved over the past decade <span style="font-weight: bold;">for this very project</span><span> (they were finally discovered in three different places)</span>.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> I would like to say that my house is completely organized and well-edited, but my storage area could probably be featured on an Oprah show about “not being able to let go of the past.</span><span style="font-size:130%;">”</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> But you know, when I need something, I <span style="font-weight: bold;">always have it</span> even if it takes me hours to sift through still-packed boxes from our last move or from new boxes that now store the memories of my own four children. I am working on <a href="http://makeundermylife.com/summer-home-slim-down-challenge/">getting rid of some house clutter</a> this summer, and will report back after a future yard sale, but for now let’s get back to our story ...<br /><br />While I originally envisioned using a baby crib for my vignette (yes, I still have one and am saving it for someone – other than myself – who may need it someday) I was given a tour of the <a href="http://www.danvershistory.org/collections/index.html">Danvers Historical Society</a> archives and they had this ...<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDzqZhXqtaWOB7QbbrRNII2l3Env4gnRzL_cK-SG3rlYeOuEJZG2k-rfIgNGTXD0kQDUGALAHmJvuuanRuC4eSNYtgUf1pjz3z0GqLaEbVNAQ0_757B3TKI75geAwUIgLhLlYM-zLH0c/s1600/bassinetteDHSarchives.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503213946641587906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDzqZhXqtaWOB7QbbrRNII2l3Env4gnRzL_cK-SG3rlYeOuEJZG2k-rfIgNGTXD0kQDUGALAHmJvuuanRuC4eSNYtgUf1pjz3z0GqLaEbVNAQ0_757B3TKI75geAwUIgLhLlYM-zLH0c/s400/bassinetteDHSarchives.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Could anything be more perfect for a vintage summer nursery??? White wicker, aged yellow linen, delicate ruffles, trimmed with ribbon. So my crib stayed home and this lovely bassinet became the main character of our story. While I was checking out the large collection of vintage treasures donated by Danvers-area families to the historical society’s collection, I saw these<br />cuties that almost made it into the show ...<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1-PT5BFb-wcz2bC-z7RlSBBk_jiQ_Mmx2RT2f5cXaQ13y-kvH3XtuyvStkblHF6OVFpZ0E53LFEiCUL6LBchK-BWfwNeQoMz75ezxnwx5yJFKWBvr8nzz_ZuKjOkxDazxokoiawgslY/s1600/twopupsDHSarchives.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503214780620085074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1-PT5BFb-wcz2bC-z7RlSBBk_jiQ_Mmx2RT2f5cXaQ13y-kvH3XtuyvStkblHF6OVFpZ0E53LFEiCUL6LBchK-BWfwNeQoMz75ezxnwx5yJFKWBvr8nzz_ZuKjOkxDazxokoiawgslY/s400/twopupsDHSarchives.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Staffordshire Dogs, circa 1850</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />I put in a request to borrow them for my space, but a few weeks later, while out shopping for finishing touches, I caught sight of a pair of these ...<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT2jMY7CpviQkc9ilUfwB__1CU9RvOrBcL3WW-OZFZzqMGhPXyb_LEgDYRDrVMX70ZS85l0lcfIHR3QOPlveig1mg5gTsaKfe5gStcN8gufXbGxtVgbGlLkfNJJXFPg5hFapg5t7dHuM/s1600/ceramicfish.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503659809163024066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT2jMY7CpviQkc9ilUfwB__1CU9RvOrBcL3WW-OZFZzqMGhPXyb_LEgDYRDrVMX70ZS85l0lcfIHR3QOPlveig1mg5gTsaKfe5gStcN8gufXbGxtVgbGlLkfNJJXFPg5hFapg5t7dHuM/s400/ceramicfish.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Doesn’t he look just like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Fish-Marcus-Pfister/dp/1558580093">Rainbow Fish</a>? This was another bedtime favorite of ours. For the show I hid two of them in my nursery-by-the-sea vignette. Can you find one below and do you recognize any of<br />the storybook images on the screen? </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqb7xxaMLvWuil5POI7oowJ1a_Ersd0dfKUL3dPnRVlkE6J6tWWDG3uebjvsKQVwpwyblUehHwFZA3di1iBI1NYCNnilANsfl7iJ1y1zTDbeI-hMtJL3_pGGR2zU_V4v6u1mM5aicUx-0/s1600/nurseryscreenbassinetteYB.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503673448813329010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqb7xxaMLvWuil5POI7oowJ1a_Ersd0dfKUL3dPnRVlkE6J6tWWDG3uebjvsKQVwpwyblUehHwFZA3di1iBI1NYCNnilANsfl7iJ1y1zTDbeI-hMtJL3_pGGR2zU_V4v6u1mM5aicUx-0/s400/nurseryscreenbassinetteYB.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWXf68E-kqu1DV876U8EcfSZI7Nu4dV66tqITgCAXJaDew15wXb-eMguPvcegYi6Kz_kGzapOzZyq-P4Lqblv-onCxGlTgxe11FFFMFnk8Od_quVYW5LFYxQMsHMksNSX1l63jmAPSUo/s1600/YBmagicfishDHS.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a>I will be back later in the week to share more<br />pictures and ideas. For now, the winner of my<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2010/08/birthday-gifts.html">Design Show/Birthday Gift</a> giveaway is</span> ...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.random.org/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503682482178821874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvHVlO2n4BBxmnQtwnKynB1JlhItd2EEBHywRkHVfiqIa5_4xCmZ-5iWkhJN9xyN67b7-11g3nyzYBQwpD1xR2-BdUBOmNhnGUtefd5p9_x43V3km1NT41P8NOCoVU-DI0Wt3TmF0M8k/s400/randomresultDHS.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 191px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">Mary B!</span></span><br /><br />I will be in touch with you soon<br />to deliver your crown : )</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

The Summer Nursery: My Inspiration

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Wertz I used this image of a vintage decoupaged screen circa early-to-mid 20th century to illustrate my design ...

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