My in-laws have a small cabin on a small lake in a small town. Where we tube, and water ski, and sit on swings on screened porches, and eat and rest and smell fresh air. We laugh and enjoy nothingness and are happy that our cell phones don’t really work well.

The kids are in their element, and hours are spent skipping stones, blowing bubbles, and paddling water.

When I sit on that porch, weights and years come off of my shoulders.

And when I fly around the lake on that tube, I laugh and laugh and feel like I am flying. I cannot stop smiling. I have pure fun. And so does my hubby as he tries to get me to fly off.

Ever since I was a little girl, I dreamed of living in a stone house. I pinch myself when we pull into the drive of Fieldstone Hill. But, God willing, my next home {probably a long way off} will be a lake house.

In the meantime, when the stress gets high, I start dreaming of lake living:

Do you have a place where stress melts away? Do tell!!

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My Pinboard My Thing for the Lake

My Lake Room Design Board

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In honor of all the amazing Dads out there, and all the amazing men, for that matter, it is high time I share some seriously amazing, ditto-worthy gentleman’s spaces.

No man caves here, folks. You see, to be honest, I cannot stand that term. A cave? Well, I don’t happen to have a man who hides out in a cave. My man is an ever-present, ever-supportive, fully-integrated part of our special family. And I know so many other awesome men like him.

They don’t deserve caves. No. They deserve fine design, and a sophisticated place that respects their role in the home.

Below are 6 of my favorite gentleman’s spaces. And they are OH SO ditto-worthy.

{via nuevo estilo}

Ditto-Worthy for your man:

1. Dark Rug with geometrics
2. Glass table with gold trim
3. Tufted shiny leather chairs paired with a velvet emerald chesterfield sofa.
4. Huge, colorful art
5. Greek key elaborate crown moulding

{via mark d. sikes blog}

Ditto-Worthy for your man:

1. Hello, gray grasscloth
2. Well framed, bold, geometric art
3. A sophisticated office space
4. fresh flowers
5. Plenty of bookshelves
6. Good, and beautiful, task lighting

{via Nate Berkus}

Ditto-Worthy for your man:

1. Bold stripes
2. There’s that velvet and glossy tufted leather combo again. Love it.
3. Crisp lines
4. A brass helmet lamp, of course.
5. That stunning coffee table. And an antique dresser in the mix.

{via Style by Emily Henderson}

Ditto-Worthy for your man:

1. Relaxed nautical stripes against that chesterfield!
2. Dark lampshades.
3. Dress up trite barn siding in glossy gray.
4. Drapes and men can mix. Tailored and crisp and soft gray.
5. A touch of fun with that pillow.

{via Architectural Digest}

Ditto-Worthy for your man:

1. Gray pinstripe suit… on the walls!
2. Paint it Black.
3. Beautiful antique dresser.
4. Soft throw rug with dark geometric pattern.
5. Crisp symmetry.

{via Ron Marvin}

Ditto-Worthy for your man:

1. Gentleman’s spaces don’t have to be dark. Simple creams and light silvers stay manly with crisp lines and black accents.
2. Glass and lucite.
3. Repeating square shapes.
4. Bold art.

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You can certainly see repeating themes and design tricks in these handsome spaces.

What would you ditto?

Have you considered adding a touch of masculine to your home?

And how do you feel about Man Caves {would LOVE some men to comment on this one!!}?

Find more inspiration like this:

My fave design board for a gentleman

This ditto-ed glam living room by Nate Berkus

Another favorite gentleman’s space

My Inspiration Gentleman’s Quarters Pinboard

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Thursdays is the day for the Bébé bébé bébé Nursery series here at FHD: featuring Girl Nurseries designed by some of the most gifted designers and creative decor bloggers from around the web. {Need some boy nursery awesomeness? Check out Bijou and Boheme‘s Baby Baby Baby Nursery series.}

Today’s designer is the awesome Amanda Eck of Amanda Carol Interiors. She blogs at Amanda Carol at Home. I just adore this girl and think so highly of her amazing style! I had a blast last year at Haven, getting to know her – but it really was not enough time. {Amanda, we MUST hang out again some time soon!}. If you do not know Amanda, hop on over to her blog and keep up with her gorgeousness!

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Hello Fieldstone Hill readers!, I’m Amanda Eck from Amanda Carol Interiors and I was BEYOND thrilled to be asked by Darlene–A.K.A.- “Design Board Whisperer” to create a girly-girl nursery for her series.  My jumping off point for this space was this ah-mazing wallpaper from Thibaut!  Add some gold accents and a chic chandelier and you’ve got a space that is très glamour!!

Sources:

Okay, are you kidding me??? I LOVE the feel of this BEAUTIFUL room!! One thing I love about Amanda is her ability to use large scale AND restraint. She never overstuffs a room, but then she takes the opportunity to get big and loud with special pieces. I see her signature all over this.

That wallpaper has me in a TOTAL tailspin, AND I am all about the extravagant chandelier filling up a petite nursery! This would be one stylish Bébé Bébé Bébé…. to wake up every morning of your earliest years and gaze on such glam! I just LOVE. IT. Thank you SO much, Amanda!

I think we have established that this series is going to put me into a decorating crisis mode. Yes, I may have already dreamed up my girl’s design board… but …..

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Images of :: Gown Gorgeousness

What can I say?  I have been getting my girly girl on lately {thank you SO much for all of the SWEET love on my girl’s nursery design. You know how to lift the spirits of a very pregnant girly girl, I tell ya!!}.

Does fashion inspire your interiors?  When I look at my Signature Style Board, I see that glamorous fashion has definitely shaped my style over the years:  The lush textures and sheens. The flowing fabrics and ruffled waterfalls. The ribbons and buttons. The details, embroidery and hem work. I love it all in fashion,

and I see it play out in the details of my home: nail-heads, gilded finishes, lush velvets, silk pillows, ruffle trim, grosgrain borders.

I don’t see a single reason why fashion adoration should not help to shape our Signature Styles.

Feast on the gown gorgeousness.

OH, And be prepared to tell me your fave!!:

….{for more Gown Gorgeousness, head over to my Pinboard: My Thing for the Runway}

So which one {or two…or three} is your favorite gown gorgeousness?

What does that tell you about your Signature Style? Do you see that play out in your own home?

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Folks. I am starting to get plump over here.

A few weeks ago, I was all cute and snazzy-bump and stuff. Now… not so much. The word puffy comes to mind. As of tomorrow, I have only 12 weeks left – and from now on, I will gain water-weight like it is my job.

So, while I don’t do pregnancy like a rockstar, I DO rock the Nesting part.

Like a drill sergeant, even.

So, starting many many weeks ago, I began gathering inspiration and making girly Pinboards. Then, I hopped on Photoshop, and began cutting and pasting and dreaming and crafting, and I came up with a design that makes my heart sing. {And makes my voice sing too, which is a good thing, because my Brahms’ Lulluby was getting rusty.}

and then, of course, I promptly began shopping. Because I rock the Nesting part.

Design Board Reveal, anyone?? May I present to you:

For the Baby Girl of Fieldstone Hill; The Nursery Design Board:

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Sources {part 1}:

Peruvian print: but you can find a similar one here

Curtains – Indian block printed, front layer

Curtains - pom poms, rear layer

Eames Reproduction lounge chair from InStyle Modern {can’t wait to tell you more about this goodie!}

Pillow

Side Table

Table Lamp

Swan

Crib

Sheets

Moses Basket and sheet

Hamper

Doll

Dresser, a family piece {thanks Mom and Cheryl!}.

Not all sources are listed here, but more coming soon in part 2! I may, or may not be jealously guarding some things until I make those last few purchases. And I MAY BE secretly wishing that some awesome sponsors will send free stuff my way…. that’s a totally normal thing to wish for, right??!

{Note: Like any self-respecting blogger, I accept beautiful and free stuff. Also, true story.}

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Well, folks. There you have it.

Baby Girl’s nursery.

My heart is on my sleeve, and my truest design craft is there for all of you to see – all personal-like. So tread gently. This board represents so much of what I wish for my sweet little baby girl: vibrancy, color, love for life, a heart for grass and flowers and God’s good earth, and a compassionate heart for the people of the world.

I will keep you posted with progress, and purchases, and construction updates.

These last 12 weeks are going to be crazy!!!!!  And I am SO SO glad you are along for the ride!

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Finally!! I’m hopping in for a quick weekend hello to get you keyed up for Monday:

Because….

I am finally revealing my design board for Baby Girl’s nursery, and letting you in on my big design plans!!

For a refresher – plus some new pics {!!}, these are my main inspiration pictures:

Fabric/Pattern inspiration:

Color inspiration:

Other major sources of inspiration:

Wall Moulding Inspiration:

World-Influence Inspiration:

{for more Project Nursery inspiration, check out my ever growing Inspiration My Girl’s Room Pinboard}

So, check back on Monday!!! It’s the big Project Nursery Design Board Reveal!!

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Thursdays is the day for the Bébé bébé bébé Nursery series here at FHD: featuring Girl Nurseries designed by some of the most gifted designers and creative decor bloggers from around the web. {Need some boy nursery awesomeness? Check out Bebe’s brother series: Bijou and Boheme‘s Baby Baby Baby Nursery.}

Today, I am so thrilled to welcome Joni of Lay Baby Lay to FHD, and even more thrilled that the Queen, and I mean QUEEN, of Nursery Designs is dreaming up something wonderful for my baby girl! {Such a lucky little baby girl! Completely spoiled by good design already!} If you have not yet dreamed away for hours over at Lay Baby Lay, checking out Joni’s amazing designs, prepare to OOH and AHH over the cutest dang nursery designs you ever did see {total perk: they are organized by boy AND girl AND neutral}.

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I’m so thrilled Darlene is expecting a girl!  She is a striking person of beauty, grace and character, and it is so fitting for her to have a little girl to bestow those qualities upon.  As a mama of two little darlings myself, I know the joy it is to have a bit of pink in one’s life!  When I first met Darlene, I recall her talking about her love for fuchsia and mentioning the possibility of having a pink sofa; and in her inspiration for her nursery she is focusing on red and fuchsia, so I went in that direction.  This is a room for a little lady, with bright, happy hues of lipstick red and hot pink and polished details that will grow along with her.

Joni’s sweet words about me and my daughter made me cry. Thank you, SWEET girl!!

That design board!!! Of course, you know I was thrilled to see the fuchsia and red color scheme when I first set eyes on this gorgeous design board! So full of life and fun and girlish joy. And, can we just discuss that rug for a moment? TOTAL SWOON-NESS GRACIOUS! I mean really. It has red, and fuchsia AND orange? Be still my beating heart. I am head over heels for every detail in this room, but my faves are the rug, the contrast piping chair, the gold lamps, and the fuchsia dresser! Yes, please.

I love love love this design, Joni! Thank you so much for sharing your Nursery Genius with us!!

I really hope you are loving this series as much as I am! I am so blown away by the talent of my friends, and SO thankful to share cyberspace with their brilliance!

Be sure to leave some comment love for Joni, sharing your thoughts on this lovely and ladylike space!

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The library shelves are ALMOST built.  I am so excited. The organizing and sorting possibilities will be endless! And that makes a pregnant woman sing for joy.

And then there is my foyer.

Well, it is a hot mess.

When we welcome someone into Fieldstone Hill, this is what they get to see! Homeschool/baby/bookshelf explosion:

and I am glad to report that it does not bother me a bit! As long as I hear hammering downstairs and I am sorting away upstairs, this nesting woman is happy. After YEARS of pulling together operas and musicals, this lady knows the truth:

Besides this pile has a crib box in it, and new changing pads, changing covers, crib sheets, etc. thanks to my Mother-in-law, who basically gave me an entire baby shower over Memorial Day weekend. Think we are excited around here??

13 weeks people.

13 weeks left…

{planning on a nursery update post this week!!}

What is a hot mess in your home?? DO SHARE!!

Take heart! Hot Mess = Progress!!

{Consultation UPDATE}:

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Once each month, a group of very different bloggers are attempting to recreate, for their own homes, a project or design element inspired by a haute couture design – selected by moi. This gives us all simple, bite-sized ways to add fine design elements into our own homes – a month at a time! Next thing we know, all of our homes will be filled with gorgeousness!! {For more details on what {ditto}DIY is all about, check out this post.}

The ten hosting bloggers include:

Darlene @ Fieldstone Hill Design
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

This month, we were challenged to Go for the GOLD in our homes, and this was our inspiration photograph:

{Art and design by Samantha Reitmayer Sano of Style/Swoon.}

The {ditto} DIY Challenge:

Gild something, or paint it gold! Then use it in a lovely display.

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I cannot wait to see all of the awesome GOLD {ditto}DIY projects from this great group of bloggers! Be sure to click around and see what they have dreamed up.

AND!! I can’t wait to see what YOU ALL have created. BE SURE TO LINK UP BELOW!!!!!

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But first! Now that you have done all of that hard work, adding some gorgeous gold into your home, here are some designer tips for getting the most out of the golden glow!

 incorporating gold into your home:

1. Not feeling brave about gold? Have bad memories of brass overload? Just remember, this is not your grandmother’s gold. Each time a trend comes back around, it comes with a modern kick. So start small and fun, like putting a gold nugget chunk on your coffee table, or adding a gilded serving spoon to your table scape, or framing your next piece of art in gold.

2. Have mostly silver in your home? Never fear!! Mixed metals is a beautiful look. Take a deep breath, get brave, and take heart that mixed metals can be nothing short of GORGEOUS!!!

3. If you don’t love gold: that’s OKAY!! Gold is enduring, and I would not really call it a trend… nor would Cleopatra. But, still, that does not change the fact that, if you don’t love it, you don’t love it. And I would NEVER encourage anyone to decorate with something they don’t love. But, it doesn’t hurt to TRY… as long as it is with something low-commitment. Like a {ditto} DIY project, for example!

{for more on discovering your own personal decorating style, and decorating with what you love, click here}

4. Love gold? ME TOO!!!! I think it is simply GORGEOUS! Don’t be shy!! Start adding bold dashes of beautiful gold! Gild a chair. Or paint the back of a bookcase. Or try out one of these awesome gold projects!

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Next month (on Monday, July 1st) we are inviting you to join the NEXT {ditto} DIY challenge!:

Announcing the July {ditto} DIY challenge:

{ditto} DIY

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

A framed pair of Ikat fabric art. Image via Neiman Marcus.

The {ditto} DIY Challenge:

Frame some Fabric!

Designer Thoughts:

“Finding quality art to add to our homes can be a huge – and expensive – design challenge. I love the idea of using beautiful fabrics in gorgeous frames to add stunning and creative art. No more bare walls! Also, this is a great way to finally display that fabric heirloom instead of keeping it crammed in the corner of your closet. I especially recommend framing large fabric pieces, or doing a display “en masse” of several cuts of the same fabric. This gives you maximum impact and “large groupings of art” is definitely a trick from interior designers. Bring it into your own home! ”

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Start thinking of gorgeous ways you can frame fabric and create instant art in your home.

And then be ready to join in on the Link-up fun JULY 1st! Your project will be linked up to each and every awesome blogger on the list!

And now comes the fun part for THIS month’s challenge!!

It is time to link up your own fabulous Go for the GOLD projects and join the {ditto} DIY party! It wouldn’t be much of a party if you didn’t stick around, so be sure to check out as many projects as you can! The link up is for everyone, so if you don’t have a blog, you can still join us over at our Facebook Page and link your project there!

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Thursdays is the day for the Bébé bébé bébé Nursery series here at FHD: featuring Girl Nurseries designed by some of the most gifted designers and creative decor bloggers from around the web. {Need some boy nursery awesomeness? Check out Bijou and Boheme‘s Baby Baby Baby Nursery series.}

Today’s designer is the very talented, and VERY awesome, Lindsay of Sadie and Stella. She is cute, adorable, stylish, and did I mention cute?? Everything she types makes me giggle. Everything she creates makes me swoon. If you don’t keep up with her, you really must!

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I am Lindsay from Sadie + Stella and words cannot express how jazzed I was when Darlene first told me she was expecting, and that second she wanted me to come up with a design board for her little bebe. Can you imagine my response? Ummmm, hello. Yes. The queen of design boards is asking me to come up with a concept for her little one. I knew this space had to be romantic, girly and eclectic. I hope I did her proud. 

There is pink done right and pink done wrong. Do you know what I mean?? And this is OH, so, RIGHT!!! Splashes of soft pink are fully balanced by sophistication, gold, and geometrics. Sweet, but NOTHING is sticky sweet. That wallpaper brings out my inner-happy-little-girl. Chandy’s can do no wrong. And I am LOVING that rug! Baby girl is NOT getting that crib – it would be totally unfair for her bed to be way more beautiful than mine.

I just love this room!!! Thank you SO MUCH, Lindsay,  for sharing your decorating genius with us!

I can already see that this series is going to put me into a decorating crisis mode. TOO MUCH GOODNESS… what to do?? and I am NOT going to keep having babies, okay people?

Be sure to leave some comment love for Lindsay, sharing your thoughts on this beautifully designed space!

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