Painting out the Trim

<div style="text-align: center;">If there is one trend I heard being repeated over and over during the talks at IDS this year, it's that the big thing right now is to paint the trim to match the walls.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMCcekOkx0TdGnZVLU_QtP49f_Wf282xUcbTa35nADM46pq3LBW0Lt0L6tAOtvlp7m21_JreKsTTevbsqJqhks0zGGSOlHVY-vTcQKwtD86AxVKM6qgXJtg9ke_y9VU9UJaQVdptJKrM/s1600/matching+trim+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMCcekOkx0TdGnZVLU_QtP49f_Wf282xUcbTa35nADM46pq3LBW0Lt0L6tAOtvlp7m21_JreKsTTevbsqJqhks0zGGSOlHVY-vTcQKwtD86AxVKM6qgXJtg9ke_y9VU9UJaQVdptJKrM/s1600/matching+trim+1.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/274517/skylands-guesthouse/@center/276999/home-tours?lnc=1a89cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD&rsc=lpg_col2_home&lpgview=thumb&showComments=true" target="_blank">via Martha Stewart</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9j7jtUlcHu0-KQbSNLo6NRlSlxjmDSm65ZJGpw3kaggmaBjdpa559DUMgyJDJc86M3RyvIFeOjYAoWzVpOD1QnoaOxwuE6ugq1bXvVf0qIeVxoEBAgR15vvXANSz1CmDCtLqQUSP7ZU/s1600/matching+trim+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9j7jtUlcHu0-KQbSNLo6NRlSlxjmDSm65ZJGpw3kaggmaBjdpa559DUMgyJDJc86M3RyvIFeOjYAoWzVpOD1QnoaOxwuE6ugq1bXvVf0qIeVxoEBAgR15vvXANSz1CmDCtLqQUSP7ZU/s1600/matching+trim+2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katie Ridder via Southern Living</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOdCvAdu2sIyw_qhogi6zXitD5lHXCwdpXvyKr8dmIBdLo8xhz8w-BXGYclBlSLkyeT5MDAqDz9SoS_a0V90DnEt-Q-lcBxvbh0DBpTcop7maZ6qg_xxdoqH22cizGqxyY532LiykTlI/s1600/matching+trim+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOdCvAdu2sIyw_qhogi6zXitD5lHXCwdpXvyKr8dmIBdLo8xhz8w-BXGYclBlSLkyeT5MDAqDz9SoS_a0V90DnEt-Q-lcBxvbh0DBpTcop7maZ6qg_xxdoqH22cizGqxyY532LiykTlI/s1600/matching+trim+3.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thomfilicia.com/portfolios" target="_blank">via Thom Filicia</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjek5jObhiTGY9z9Dno9RxQCkMRWLfJR-67JY4TTG_LrdM27_CKHJbyEtzKpXg7WJpxetv6q6U3PWOmgbMCgPwMhWYdIwFXFRv4j8CZyQbayC249Oq4N2RvoDeB1jeZ3CrYprYWktRgzDU/s1600/matching+trim+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjek5jObhiTGY9z9Dno9RxQCkMRWLfJR-67JY4TTG_LrdM27_CKHJbyEtzKpXg7WJpxetv6q6U3PWOmgbMCgPwMhWYdIwFXFRv4j8CZyQbayC249Oq4N2RvoDeB1jeZ3CrYprYWktRgzDU/s1600/matching+trim+4.jpg" width="448" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/24629129182141203/" target="_blank">Original Source Unknown, via Pinterest</a></td></tr></tbody></table>How do you all feel about this look? I'll admit, at first I didn't like it, but it's growing on me. I especially like it in rooms with dark walls like the last two photos, where white trim would be too harsh of a contrast and really ruin the moodiness of the space. Weigh in on your thoughts in the comments!<br />xox<br /><a href="http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/?action=view&current=Tiffany-27.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/Tiffany-27.jpg" /></a></div>

Painting out the Trim

If there is one trend I heard being repeated over and over during the talks at IDS this year, it's that the big thing right now is to pa...

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Goodbye Smokey

<div style="text-align: center;">On the weekend, my parents called to tell me that my beloved childhood cat Smokey passed away. My heart is truly broken that I will never get to see him again, and that I wasn't there for his last few days or to say goodbye. But I know he is in a better place, and that he is not suffering, and that is all that I can ask for.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOB4icwmEepA9GXU1WniQ7A2t3s9aj-Ww0SmL0N5Elp76vxcjXnOIp5SSmMhme8cRzXBb-OEj30kyF1ifBG4xSIRQmjj2QcPuoAJQh_DcPGB5Rc1I4tGHe7EF6EMLVYhNztARrQV205c/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOB4icwmEepA9GXU1WniQ7A2t3s9aj-Ww0SmL0N5Elp76vxcjXnOIp5SSmMhme8cRzXBb-OEj30kyF1ifBG4xSIRQmjj2QcPuoAJQh_DcPGB5Rc1I4tGHe7EF6EMLVYhNztARrQV205c/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> He's been my partner in crime for fifteen years and he is always the first thing I look for when I go home to Waterloo for a visit. It's going to be so weird not seeing him there. But he had a good, long life, full of adventure and love. I'm quite certain that he had used up all nine of his lives.<br />He once escaped from the house and went missing for 30 days. We looked and looked but couldn't find him. I can't even tell you the overwhelming sense of relief I felt when my neighbour found him starving under a truck and brought him home to me. He was a house cat (although he loved sitting in the grass with his leash) and I thought for sure I had lost him. I am grateful for the extra years we had with him.<br />Then there was the hilarious time that a stray lookalike imposter tried to take his place:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAvuUC4OpWAwAqD81rAmV9qYOKmWVM9OohNQGn01mf_42eit_PDp6jjjIYEoEG9y18oez879bl-ym5nxiuBFRc7VQD8u5v5NJGuWk4cAaWZcyxwx4idKJVS4D7SHZqi8NTgEnm0DPS8c/s1600/P3150492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAvuUC4OpWAwAqD81rAmV9qYOKmWVM9OohNQGn01mf_42eit_PDp6jjjIYEoEG9y18oez879bl-ym5nxiuBFRc7VQD8u5v5NJGuWk4cAaWZcyxwx4idKJVS4D7SHZqi8NTgEnm0DPS8c/s1600/P3150492.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Smokey's twin now lives with my brother. Smokey was less than amused by this guy.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWERG_tOZMvhHvyGGLbF9JCQ-d2HKrLnVy73O-BfUi5zEeNjYQbP1Nf-pcuobhODJxxdYbYJbdK6y2YQfyNyE0khGgkT3npkp7fbQIlkANJk_VGBiIp5cIujRVBe04H5_MZqXsGy4w-rc/s1600/121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWERG_tOZMvhHvyGGLbF9JCQ-d2HKrLnVy73O-BfUi5zEeNjYQbP1Nf-pcuobhODJxxdYbYJbdK6y2YQfyNyE0khGgkT3npkp7fbQIlkANJk_VGBiIp5cIujRVBe04H5_MZqXsGy4w-rc/s1600/121.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>No one ever said he was a cuddly cat, but he was ours, he was a part of the family. We loved him so much and we will miss him dearly. Rest in peace my sweet little man.<br />xox<br /><a href="http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/?action=view&current=Tiffany-27.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/Tiffany-27.jpg" /></a></div>

Goodbye Smokey

On the weekend, my parents called to tell me that my beloved childhood cat Smokey passed away. My heart is truly broken that I will never ge...

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Amazing 35 sqm apartment

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdA4lLJHLBH018GnXbCAfD3uI0ptK0UfPu4lB25HrAp7c8pJRx4I6QTG2zW989IZGvAEQdkzDW1ITPHDPBQoX3i2IoX3Ma_nOK1HkQTD_XAOSWhxYEOHDuI1ddSH9037q2cpxhN5i753M/s1600/3480446_original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdA4lLJHLBH018GnXbCAfD3uI0ptK0UfPu4lB25HrAp7c8pJRx4I6QTG2zW989IZGvAEQdkzDW1ITPHDPBQoX3i2IoX3Ma_nOK1HkQTD_XAOSWhxYEOHDuI1ddSH9037q2cpxhN5i753M/s1600/3480446_original.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLteXlHLOZIwHUymFcrIWud6VVVZ5ICTstbDOWcxrW1SYWQUDI7mfe8NedYJ-6r_3BjpUCwvKpiSso-FeTMENIcCqhdvjq27Xg0i_2hdPpR06glb1qkRsW7VhGUhXsHMHXJvQ0eLI372c/s1600/3480655_original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLteXlHLOZIwHUymFcrIWud6VVVZ5ICTstbDOWcxrW1SYWQUDI7mfe8NedYJ-6r_3BjpUCwvKpiSso-FeTMENIcCqhdvjq27Xg0i_2hdPpR06glb1qkRsW7VhGUhXsHMHXJvQ0eLI372c/s1600/3480655_original.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrM5kfL4yVDTOoxy-OEGnG0vQCSelBnA4wUZ83FebQmwAUCyach6_bBghGmcMPMU20mj4UxDeh-RSf80dY3wPuIAZ4-1YWWPgn8WG4SfTGQZMX1eV0-dJaKRpexDcmQcWPf-VYUmY8i0/s1600/3480168_original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrM5kfL4yVDTOoxy-OEGnG0vQCSelBnA4wUZ83FebQmwAUCyach6_bBghGmcMPMU20mj4UxDeh-RSf80dY3wPuIAZ4-1YWWPgn8WG4SfTGQZMX1eV0-dJaKRpexDcmQcWPf-VYUmY8i0/s1600/3480168_original.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />This light, white space is nicely decorated with rustic wooden furniture and other housewear from natural materials. The combination of creams, browns and white complement each other perfectly! What is really amazing about this apartment is, that it is only 35 sqm!<br /><br /><a href="http://nicety.livejournal.com/1457032.html">source</a>

Amazing 35 sqm apartment

This light, white space is nicely decorated with rustic wooden furniture and other housewear from natural materials. The combination of crea...

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