Room of the day: Black and Brown all over.

I want to do a black and brown room. Some say, "That's too dark, it will make your room small." I say, "It's cozy, step back."

Don't be afraid to paint a room a dark color. I painted my new office a slate gray, and I loveeee it. I will show pics when finished.

In this black and brown room I would use the following as inpiration.

I love the look of deep black with 'horse-leather-strap' brown, and rich gold.

Then I would add touches of gold in lamps... (really need these for my office).

After that I would add a dynamite gold convex mirror. Possibly one with an eagle.

Arcitecture pictures are always a fav.

And I might just wear this skirt while sitting in the room.

Images via Pinterest (my addiction).

Happy Friday everyone!!

This is genius..

Welcome to the wonderful idea of O'verlays. This gal sent me this link last week and I can't believe how good of an idea this is. O'verlays are flexible, paintable, customizable strips that can be placed on top of furniture to take it to the next level. 

Here's what's so cool: 

A. They are cost effective - each strip is around $18. 

B. Paint it any color, or they come white. 

C. Made to fit most IKEA furniture models. 

What's not to love? I'm measuring what I can use these on first. 

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