Room With A View - Jean Levert Hood

Today is my birthday, and one of my most memorable past gifts received was a fine art painting from a dear friend. I had admired it on one of our weekend shopping-and-latte trips, and I even returned to the gallery several more times to visit my new love. The painting was an impressionist still life of potted geraniums, colorful and elegant, with sweeping strokes and stabs of color that softened with distant viewing. It beckoned me to step closer, to be among the flowers, to enter the canvas. A treasured element of my home decor, it gives me joy each and every day.

Arroyo Seco Gate

The original oil paintings of Jean Levert Hood, a Design Style Guide artist from Texas, contain her own striking style of impressionistic magic - I am compelled to take a walk behind the gate, jump the fence, wander the waterline, or just breathe in the scent of a lovely bouquet.

Ranch Road

Quiet Creek

Tranquil Day, Nueces

Plumbago

Room With A View - Apricots and Peaches

I doubt there is a room decor or decorating style that wouldn't benefit from a touch of creamy orange. From peach to apricot to coral, these luscious hues may be bold or subtle, lively or demure. Here are some my favorites from the Design Style Guide team on Etsy:


This flower trio from funky fabric flowers was handloomed from ribbon yarns, and would make a delightful tabletop accent.


IMOTIME created vintage utility with this tupperware wall clock in palest peach.


Gorgeous peach tulips, original wall art photography from Flanders Field.


This picture frame from Secondline Frames is salvaged beadboard. Architecturally pleasing alone, or highlighting a favorite photo.


Hand crocheted napkin cuffs from sosorosey, featuring vintage buttons, would add subtle texture and color to your dining room and breakfast table settings.


Several shades of orange enliven Flowers with Vase, an original oil painting from Blenda Studio.


At the Barre, a fine art print from Kat Hannah.


An Abstracted Portal, original art photography from elephantdreams.

Room With A View - Welcome To My World

Whether your world is big or small, mad or wonderful, it is a wide, wide world in terms of interior design and home decor. Liven up any room in your home with handmade decor featuring coast to coast world and map graphics by the Design Style Guide team on Etsy.

This world map wall decal from rEvolv3r comes in several sizes and colors, and is especially suited to a living room or home office.

Home accessories, such as this custom decoupaged map tray from Carolina's Cottage, are sure to assist your desk or tabletop organization while incorporating visual interest into any decorating style.

This vintage globe turned wall clock from IMOTIME adds dimension, color, and humor to the art of clock-watching.

A black and white topography art pottery bowl from Love Art Works is large enough for showcasing favorite tabletop treasures while allowing the design to shine through.

Handcut and etched copper, over glossy textured red, punches up a representation of the Seattle, Washington area in wall art from Copper Leaf Studios.

Roads Traveled, an original acrylic painting from Fauve Studio, suggests a world map in striking, abstract style.

Functional art, this storage table from Kelly Guswiler Studio displays a Chesapeake Bay, Virginia chart map preserved under polyacrylic, and accented with stained glass mosaic tiling and rain glass doors.

Room With A View - Zen and Now

Buddha in the World Original Mixed Media by Zen Dot Studio

Humboldt Esquire Lively Lidded Vessel by Barbara Dunshee

Habitat Chair by l+j industries

Violets and Birchwood Beaded Soy Candle by Mireasma

Glass and Copper Garland by Tapestry Arabian Farm

Fused Glass Vase by Moon of Glass



Raisin Magic Orchid Original Photograph by From My Eye

Room With A View - Gettin' Your Irish Up

Some "wearin' o' the green" home decor for St. Patrick's Day from Design Style Guide on Etsy:

Lucky Shamrocks from Karen Faulkner


Hand painted wine glasses from VSilcox Designs

Light Switch Cover from Rathina

Kelly Green Bowl from Pieceful Design

Sunny Day Dreaming from Everyday Moments

Shamrock Table Runner from Cranberry

Room With A View - Winterwood, Part Two

Some beautiful examples, and suggestions, of wintery wood in a variety of mediums from Design Style Guide artists on Etsy.

wall art from Blue Sky Pottery

birch tree photo from Flanders Field

floorcloth from Gracewood Design

cup from Baris Gun Sahin

bean tree from maka le wakan

wall decals from shaNickers

Room With A View - Winterwood, Part One

Some beautiful examples, and suggestions, of wintery wood in a variety of mediums from Design Style Guide artists on Etsy:

salt and pepper shakers from Just Mare

bark photo from Ashton Photography

birch woven rug from The Loom-A-Tic Workshop

vase from Webb Pottery

stained glass panel from The Looking Glass

switchplate from Funky Chicken Design

Room With A View - THEM!

There are more of THEM, THEM, THEM than anything else in the world! In case you missed the sci-fi mid century cinematic reference, I'm talking bugs, creepy crawlies, and insects, oh, my! Their glorious variety is not to be denied, though their individual beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. When I was twelve years old, I wanted to be an entomologist. Really. Where did I go wrong? (sniff) These beautiful works of buggy art from Etsy shops sure do fill the gaping hole of my derailed childhood dream:





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