OUR DAY TODAY

A RAINBOW OF KEEP CALM POSTERS

RED: From Life Less Normal here.

PINK: Image from Absolutely Beautiful Things here.

ORANGE: From SF Girl by Bay here. (And you can buy them on her etsy shop here!)

YELLOW: Via Design Sponge here.

GREEN: Image from Simone Walsh here.

BLUE: Mine.

The Keep Calm poster is actually a repro of a British WWII poster.  If only we could all just remember what it says throughout the day.

UPTOWN COUNTRY HOME 9/16/08

DESIGNERS FOR CHANGE

Design and politics are colliding this year with the launch of Runway to Change, the major fashion event that benefits the Obama Victory Fund.  You can read all about the Marc Jacobs, DVF, Juicy Couture, Tracy Reese, Beyonce , Jay Z (and many more) collaboration here.  And most of the designer gear is available here at the official Runway for Change store. 

FRANTIQUES OF THE WEEK: NEW FURNITURE

FRANK'S NURSERY

My sister has been in labor ALL DAY!  C'mon li'l Frank!  We've got your room all ready for you!

CUSTOMER PAD: MITZI'S DAUGHTER'S NEW ROOM

Our customer Mitzi's daughter has a new room, and we gave her heirloom furniture a shabby and chic makeover.

POLICAL ART & DECOR

My curio shelf of treasures.

Bedroom pics from Apartment Therapy reader, Clarice.  She wants to spruce up this room more.  I say the colorful framed poster is a good start! APT Therapy post here.  Her poster by artist Shepard Fairey was available here, but is sold out.

Mine (above), by Scott Hansen, is one of only 5,000 created - also here, also sold out.

Or you could always buy a few of these throw pillows (below) for your couch.  

That was a joke. No matter who you are supporting , please don't buy that throw pillow it is so ugly.

FRANTIQUE OF THE WEEK

Frantiques Peony Desk, $325.  In stock at Uptown Country today!

CUSTOMER PAD: LYDIA'S APARTMENT

Lydia Elliott's Pretty Purply-Blue Accented Apartment

 Above her couch is a J.Grumbles Studio original commission piece.  Her stylist-sister Bianca suggested the Two's Company Bamboo Mirrored Triple Shelves ($100 each, available here) for the sides of her painting.  Her rug is also from Uptown Country Home, and her curtains from Pottery Barn Kids (because she is definitely a kid at heart.)

Frantiques repainted her vintage TV stand in her family room a pretty periwinkle (it was yellow in her last apartment), and Lydia's record collection sits in a Frantiques Gold Vintage Magazine Stand.

Genius move how she took her old patio furniture and made it the little sitting area in her living room. All her accessories and frames are from Uptown Country.

More Frantiques and a special-ordered blue coral needlepoint bench! (Smaller styles here.)

To-die-for Anthropologie dresser and hardware.

And another J.Grumbles Original painting and a Frantiques bookshelf for her pretty bags. Thank you Lydia!

SPOTTED: PINE CONE HILL AND DASH AND ALBERT ROOMS

From BHG's Fall DECORATING issue (above). Love the way this dining room is put together:
ON THE FLOOR: Dash and Albert Birmingham Green Rug, see here.
ON THE CHAIRS: Pine Cone Hill Longpoint Decorative Pillows, see here.
ON THE WINDOWS: Pine Cone Hill Lattice Curtain Panel in Citrus, see here.

Ane here's the living room (above):
ON THE SOFA: Pine Cone Hill Cutwork Decorative Pillows, see here.
ON THE WINDOWS: Pine Cone Hill Lenox Ticking Window Panels, see here.
ON THE FLOOR: Dash and Albert Vine Red Wool Rug, see here.
And (above) in the September '08 House Beautiful, a little Pine Cone Hill and Dash and Albert punch of pink in a traditional house:
ON THE FLOOR OF THE BEDROOM: Dash and Albert Ana Ticking Rug, see here.
ON THE STAIRS: Dash and Albert Dash and Albert Adobe Ticking, see here.

JUNKER EXTRAORDINAIRE

My friend Troy, from Rue, is the ultimate trash to treasure guru. The self-titled junk mongers behind Rue, Rod & Troy, brought us new treasures last week and took some pics of the store while they were here. You can read Troy's blog, Dewberry Junction, and the post about Uptown Country here!
Above, a flea market booth full of Rod & Troy's once-trashed treasures.

UPTOWN COUNTRY HOME 8/8/08

The store is jam-packed with new treasures!