Well my friends, I've been at it again...redoing a room I just changed a few months ago! Shocking, I know!! :) And it's all because of these 1920's garage doors I bought from my sister's friend for a steal!! I love how they add a fun and unexpected element to my studio space...
Somehow they just started the ball rolling and before I knew it, I was changing all kinds of things in this room. I'm not 100% done in here yet, but it's close, so I thought I would share it with you...
{sorry for the bad exposure on these pictures, but the mornign sun comes streaming in the bay window in this room and it screws up all of my pictures}
I love my good friend Maria's ladder and how she decorates with it {you're uber fabulous Maria :)}, so when I found this vintage ladder at my new favorite store, Whimsy, I had to have it! I hung a few of my vintage grain sacks on it...
I just found this adorable little caddy over the weekend...love the color and patina on it...
I can easily set it aside and have an additional work surface to use when wrapping orders for my SHOP...my son/helper also likes to refer to this table as his desk :)
Since I don't sew, I made a bolster for the daybed by stuffing a few pillows in one of my grain sacks...
And speaking of the daybed, did you notice I painted it pale grey??! The black just wasn't working for me anymore...it's much prettier this way...
My mom made a skirt for around my work table out of the Jeanne d' Arc curtains I carry in the shop...I was in need of hiding all of the clutter under the table! A huge thank you mom!!!
I also decided not to use the wine rack as my ribbon rack anymore...it is now back in the dining room and I will probably hang all of my white cups from it again.
I bought these two gorgeous vintage garden chairs from Joy when I attended Anne Marie's Barn Sale a few weeks ago {BTW, Joy is having a giveaway if you want to head on over to her blog}...
I continue to be mostly absent from blogland due to a major project I am working on...more details on that in the next week or two...but it has me working night and day...so, please be patient with me girls, I promise I'll be back more regularly soon! I miss you all so much...
Enjoy a wonderful week!!!
Tracey
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133 comments:
WOW! Your pictures truly are divine! Thank you for sharing them. :) Love the idea of garage doors INSIDE!!
Warmly,
Karla
It is all so fabulous! I don't know which is more inspiring...the garage doors inside or changing the color of the daybed from black to grey...in any case...it is looking wonderful and I am feeling inspired by your ideas once again! Hoping to hear more about your major project! Wonderful post!
:)
I JUST DROOLED ALL OVER MY MACBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE it sooooooo much=0)
Have a great week,
xoxo,
Carol
Tracey you have been one busy gal, it all looks like a picture in a magazine. so lovely,Kathysue
Beautiful!!!!! Simply beautiful.
Fabulous. I could easily live in that room. Each and every thing looks so well together. The doors are a great find.
completely fabulous, as usual! Can't wait to hear about your major project!
xo, Michelle
Hi Tracey!
Your room is absolutely beautiful! I just posted about you on my blog today (I showed some pics of your home), and this is exactly the reason why. I LOVE every single thing about this room!! Those barn doors are awesome! And, I love the wall of music sheets! everything you do is so creative and inspirational. thank you so much for sharing this with us!
I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
~ Jo :)
P.S. I would love for you to come by and visit my blog. If you don't want your pics on my blog, I will be happy to remove them immediately. :)
Super wonderful pics! Love the
room--can't wait to see the finished room!
And yes, you have been missed over here at Dreaming!
Looking forward to this project you are working on!
Happy Monday.
Melinda
Amazing, Tracey!!!
Garage doors in the house, this is brilliant! And you've pulled it off flawlessly!
You don't sew either? I LOVE YOU!!!! ;-)
XO,
Anne
Bonjour Tracey,
The garage doors were a real find, it is a great look. The day bed looks marvelous in grey. ANxious to hear about the project!
Bonne semaine,
Mimi
Wonderful doors, Tracey...I can see how they'd inspire a whole new room! Just beautiful!
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!! Everything about this room is RIGHT and PERFECT.
Tracey! I love it all! So beautiful and perfect! and i thought your photos are amazing. Love all the gorgeous inspiration and vignettes! ~lulu
oh....das sieht traumhaft aus die garagentre.
ach und die alten leinen einfach zum verlieben.
supperschön gemühtlich bei dir.
wünsche dir eine traumhaft schöne woche
grüässli daniela
love them! you are good tracey!
It's ALL just gorgeous, and I'm in love with the lovely mirror! Looking forward to hear about your new project.
xo,
Debra
As is everything you decorate it looks amazing!
I love everything about your home - its just gorgeous and you are too hard on yourself about the quality of the images - they are lovely. Thank you for sharing such an intimate space - you've given me loads of great ideas.
I read the title and had to check it out! I was amazed, and surprised! So nice! Your pictures are amazing!
You must have had a lot of fun! :)redecorating is a joy,I always end up doing that when I get something new - love how it turned out here...just wonderful!!!!!!! Love every single thing,so inspiring a beautiful!!!!!!!!!!You´ve got a head full of ideas,don´t you?
Tove :)
Goodness Tracey I'd change my whole cottage for a chance to get such beautiful garage doors!
I'm in awe and totally love your studio! The mirror and the reflection is so beautiful *sigh*
Very inpiring post with awesome pictures and ideas!!!! Love, love love it!!!!
Carola
Wow your style is simply beautiful and I went crazy over the chippy white toolbox you have your string and such in.
Can`t wait to see more posts!
Take care
Brenda
love love love....
What a BEAUTIFUL room! I love the garage doors. Soo creative!!
How beautiful it all looks together. Using those 1920s garage doors inside is an inspired idea. I like it when people think of doing something a bit unusual as you have done. Clever idea!
Warm wishes
Isabelle x
"His desk," how sweet is that? Your new doors and chairs are just lovely, Tracey. I bought a double ladder like that at an estate sale last summer...but have yet to find a perfect place for it. Have fun with your project. I'm looking forward to seeing what it is!
Have a blessed week!
: )
Julie M.
Encore une bien belle ambiance!
j'aime beaucoup l'échelle avec les tissus.
Bonne semaine
manon
Love it...love it....I don't know where to look...so many inspiration......oh love it...love it......I hope to see more soon...
love it...
Fine week
J`aime.....love it;o) Thank you for your sharing them!
Maliva
This is the most beautifull poist to wake up to,
You live so lovely, love it all.
Dorthe
Your pictures and rooms are little works of art!
Lovely and thanks for all the ideas!
cheers
mette
So happy I found your blog and follow along! Your post today is just beautiful! There is a set of doors just like yours at the shop and I will be roaming the house today looking for the perfect spot and rehearsing my speech to my honey on how I just have to have them!!
Loving the doors on the inside ~ you always come up with something fun!
Jo
oh tracey girl!! absolutely fabulous as alway!! i'm needing some doors like that...sigh...can't wait to hear your big news! hope things are well my friend!
I must have said "wow" a hundred times or more reading this post! BEAUTIFUL! All of it. Every inch. Ok now I have to go back and stare somemore.Thanks for the best Monday morning. <3
oh tracey, i think if i were to see your home in person i would just gasp & sigh & gasp & sigh.
i love everything you've done
just absolutely gorgeous!!
& yes, you've been missed out here in blogland.
xo
Morning Jeanne....oh I mean Tracey....o.k this time I really have no words.............see,nothing!!!!!OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have outdone yourself...I am gobsmaked..Xoxoxoxox
Tracey, for a Monday morning it looks like heaven and definetly I feel like being your guest at this adorable scenario! Merci!!!! Kisses from Brasil.Bela.
You've been mia too? That makes me feel so much better...I was afraid I was missing some great posts from you!
Love the garage doors. Did you happen to see the post TOT at Time Worn Interiors did on installing a set in her living room as a divider?
Of course...now I want a set!
Debbie
Oh Tracey...this is fabulous! LOVE the garage doors, and EVERYTHING else you've done!!!! sigh....
Debbie@houseatthelake
It looks FANTASTIC!!!!! I love those doors Tracey! The chairs work perfect! I love you vision sister! :)
Just when I think you & your style can't get any lovelier...you go and prove me wrong:) Your studio looks fabulous! And I'm drooling, sighing over those garage doors!!
Oh Tracey, It is divine! Thanks once again for all your lovely inspiration, Hugs, Patricia
Tracey it is now official...I am moving right in with you!! Your photos and your house are just gorgeous!!! And there is absolutely nothing wrong with the lighting either...stunning , amazing photos!!
Happy day!!
Blessings~
Oh My, Tracey! I would never want to leave such a gorgeous spot!!!
I am swooning over those metal chairs. They are D-vine! One of these days I am going to make it to her sale.
I have been a bit absent myself, so no worries. I will always be a faithful follower!:-))
Have a Blessed week!
Melanie
It's all fabulous, Tracey! I love the garage doors!!!
The whole scene is so pretty. I love it.
OOh!So many beautiful things in this post!Fabulous!I love everything!
Val
The garage doors turned out awesome!!! I have a ladder like that in my studio that I keep my skirts, purses etc. On. Might need to get one for the livingroom:-). Look forward to catching up this week!
Every single one of these pictures could and should be in a magazine!
Have a pretty day,
Kristin
What amazing inspiration! I agree with the other's... every picture should be in a high end magazine!
Thank you for taking the time to share these!
Jean :)
Oh my! Just beautiful! What an incredible find with the garage doors! But the caddy...it stopped my heart. A wave of nostalgia, and emotion {made tears stream down my face}....This same metal pattern was used on this funky and very large heat return unit in the home I grew up in. The home that my great-grandfather built and was in the family for three generations until we sold it {a huge emotional hurdle for the entire family} when my father passed away several years ago. The home was built in the early 1900's which makes me wonder if your little caddy might be that old as well. I don't think any post in all of blogland has ever grabbed my sentimental heart more than this one. What a treasure you've shared and how it sent me into a place of reminiscing through decades of beautiful memories!
Hi Tracey,
I just had to come by and drool some more over this fabulous room!
Hugs ~ Jo :)
Where do I start? Your rooms are so scrumptiously white & lovely! Those garage doors are great.. what an incredible addition to your home. I love your white ribbon/tag organizer box! I think I need something like that to hold all my natural strings, etc.. so thank you for the inspiration! :)Love your ladder! And I too, am I fan of Maria's rustic, provence ladder. I've been in Whimsy before.. oh I need to get back to Morris for a shopping trip! Yes, I would love to get together for a latte sometime this summer.. I would like to purchase my first JL♥ mag from you! I've only flipped through one at Anne Marie's sale.. but have yet to have a personal copy. I can understand the being absent from blogging thing.. it is so hard to keep up with summer & having the kids home.. and keeping them busy. Please know that your readers completely understand & it is such a great little gift to get a post from you when you can. :) Have a great day!!
xx lara
Hi Tracey... Very unique and I marvel at the change again...
Very beautiful pictures. I am moving in.
Dear Tracey,
I'm drooling, Homer Simpson stylee !!!!
It all looks so AMAZING. You are just so good at getting everything perfect.
I am really looking forward to seeing waht your MAJOR PROJECT is all about ! XXXX
What a beautiful, inspiring space! And gorgeous photos too!
it all looks so wonderful!
love your swedish countryside style~
so romantic.
your home should be in a magazine if it hasn't been already.
cheers~
chasity
It is looking GREAT! As always. I love the skirted work table. I may have to save that idea for my "creation station" ;)
Oh my -- so beautiful! How do you accomplish so much and with such style?!!! Lovely!
Janet
Hello, I love your blog. He is so wunderful. Just as like it. I immediately registered as a reader. Would be glad if you also sometimes stopping by to me.
Many Greetings
Katja
Such beautiful pictures, as always!
And I LOVE your creative thinking about sticking the two smaller pillows in the one grain sack...so cute.
I've also always wanted a day bed, and one that looks just like yours. Stunning.
I LOVE the beautiful ladder... and the beautiful blue striped pillow... and the beautiful blue tin holder thing... gorgoeus gorgeous decorating!
xoxo
If I have garage doors that are that pretty, I'd display them too. Great find Tracey!
-marie
Oh this is so pretty. What eye candy to work in. I really love the metal caddie on the table.
hallo tracy, so happy for your vist, i love yor style, your home, your pictures!!!!
take care, warm hug lotten
Tracey!
Your studio is beyond gorgeous, it is SO wonderful. I love all of it, but the wall with the music sheets stuck on it are just beautiful!!! The garage doors are so PERFECT. The ladder, the new curtains for your workbench, all of it. It all adds up to a perfectly gorgeous room!
Your post had me giggling!! Because I've just spent the day moving vintage doors from my little garage shop into my home... i had the bug over the weekend to change things up and doors {all kinds of doors just call to my heart!!} Your garage doors are heart happy!!! Seriously you always blow me away, thanks for always being such an inspiration,
have a great week,
xo,
LuLu
jaw hit the floor
wow
this is now the 5th time here, and I thought I should probably say hi :)
LOVE the doors...and the blue metal caddy!
You can leave us anytime if your going to leave us with pictures like this!! They are dreamy and devine!!! I can't wait to see what your up too!
We were at a pizza restuarant the other week and they had garage doors inside and I was telling my husband how much I liked them!
Enjoy your week, will miss your posts :)
XO
Kristin
Hey Tracey- lovin' those garage doors. My barn is full of old doors, and barn doors that slide- I already told hubby that one of them- with really cool, rusty old hinges- is coming inside. I am still painting- UGH- but just chose a really pale lavender to go in the laundry room. I made curtains out of drop clothes, and I'm going to paint them with faux grain sack-like stripes. BTW- I have two great old sacks that have writing on them- that will wash out. Do you know how to make the ink permanent? I guess back in the day they wanted it to wash out, so the fabric was more usable. Figures... have a good week!
Tracey...your skills are awesome! I am always sitting here at my computer in awe every time I visit you. Thank you for being such an inspiration!
xoxo,
Adrienne
What a wonderful work room!
LOVED seeing what you did with
those chairs that you scored at
the Na-da sale.
I'm going to have to buy something
from your shop just to enjoy the
image of it being all wrapped up
by your sweet helper in that very
lovely room!
xx Suzanne
This is my first visit to your blog & won't be my last; it is so enchanting. You have such a touch for re-purposing very charming finds. The garage doors would of captured my heart too. Enjoy your week too!!
you have done it again my dear. everything looks marvelous. i just love those doors! perfect in there. and the bed looks much better with the new paint job. can't wait to see you friday!! i've got the truck all lined up. xo!
Love the doors, well actually I love everything. This is a beautiful post.
Debby
Well, Tracey, this is way better than any ol' Jeanne d'Arc. Really, truly beautiful! I hope you don't mind hearing that from me again. Here, even one more time: it is REALLY beautiful. I love the closeups of the little vignettes and I love the daybed painted gray and I LOVE the grain sack stuffed with a couple of pillows and.... well, maybe I should save time and tell you what I DIDN'T just absolutely love .....umm,......ummm,......ummmmm. Right! Exactly! Perfect!
Love to you, Tracey! Thanks for the inspiration! Katy
Hi Tracey,
Thank you for showing us all the beauty and inspiration around your gorgeous home.
Everything looks perfect, and I love all your photos.
I look forward to your news of your new project.
Have a happy week
Hugs
Carolyn
I love those doors! I've been looking and looking for some just like them.
Dang. That room is gorgeous.
Tracey the garage doors are amazing and they look wonderful. The blue caddy is wonderful- great find.
Your place is just simply amazing, I don't know what else to say, other than to just keep scrolling through your images and keep repeating WOW. ~Lili
Great inspirations!
Those doors are fantastic!!!! And your room is just beautiful. It would look right at home in the pages of Jeanne D'Arc Living. I received my copy of the Danish version safe and sound in the mail the other day and am loving it. Feeling very inspired. Thank you very much :)
Nahdi
Hello Tracey! How we couldn't be patient with you??? All your posts are a joy for eyes and heart!!! Whatever you do is so inpiring and I love your way you change and change decorations in you home!
Happy day!
Vale
i love the garage doors by the wall! amazing interior design!
you never cease to amaze me! i love the doors they are fantastic and your studio is lik a dream space! can't wait to see what you are working on now my talented friend! have a nice week! susan
Love, love, love this room, Tracey. The garage doors look fantastic, as does everything else!!!
That room is AMAZING! I Adore those doors! LOL Everything about this room is just delish!
OH MY GOODNESS...your home just gets better and better. I love your world...I want your world...thanks for inspiring once again. xoxoxoxo
Hello Tracey, You have amazing blog, beautiful photos and great ideas!!!!
Have a nice week
Greetings from Prague
Fleurette
One great find can cause a major decorating chain reaction! Nice job!
Laurie
I love everything, Tracey. The garage doors (which I puzzled about when I read about it) are perfect...who'd have thought? Well, you did. :) You have such an eye. Your mom did a super job on the table skirt too.
Those peonies are such a delight.
Have fun with your new project!
Beautiful! I love how a single purchase can change an entire room!
Alice
WOW. Really like your style! :)
It's a bit different, in a good way ;)
Tracey,
I am so glad the ladder got the PERFECT home...I love everything! See you Friday!
xo
Traci
GASP
GULP
is it possible to have a crush on a blog?
why did it take me so long to find yours?
off to click on the follower button!
amazing decor projects!
xo
elyse
I'm drooling, simply drooling, over here. Amazing!
i love this post... so refreshing... happy to have found you... xx pam
Love all the pics, but especially I A-DOOR the garage doors! hehe!
Everything looks so lovely I adore your pictures, I am now a follower! Off to see more of your Blog! Hugs, Diane
...inspiring ...I have two chairs just like yours in the "stash"...now I am inspired...Thanks!
Whatever lighting you're using is just perfect and makes everything glow and magical. Can't wait to see what new project you have going on.
xxx
Carole
I love your beautiful space!
The old garage doors are just wonderful, actually everything is so pretty.
Absolutely stunning pictures!
I love everything! It`s beautiful!!!
And those doors = OMG!!! I allmost fainted...!
All my best to you, always..:)
So, so gorgeous. I love the little caddy you picked up!
Thanks for sharing Tracey. Look forward to hearing more about your project.
xo
Morning!!!! Just wanted to say thanks for your sweet note,I am fine...tired,but fine!One more week to go and I am done,lost a few pounds which I don't need to do but I will gain it back....oh,I wanted to ask you when the next issue of JDA comes out,I loved the last one,my favorite so far!! Going to order 2 one for my sister..she loved it! Anyway,thanks again! 0x0x0
So gorgeous! I love it all!
Kacey
Breathless as always, I want to move in...heading to the garage and bringing up the old ladder,
Be well,
Lisa
LOVE those garage doors!! Very neat
Tracey, I am totally in LUV with the two garden chairs! Very French chic, oui ;-) Your studio looks fabulous ~ the garage doors are very interesting in the room. Hope you can find time to stop by my blog. We've been busy preparing for a space in a local antique shop. Fun!! I will have pics once we get settled in after the 1st of July. Cheers, Cheryl
Tracey what a truly wonderful space you've created here. I just want to jump through my computer screen & take up residence immediately. I love the way you've used the old garage doors, although I think I'd struggle to get a similiar look with our grey metal roller 'beauties'!
Millie ^_^
Wow...........i just loveeee your studiospace!!! Beautiful picters.
love the garden chairs - added to my list!
Please stop by and help with my front entrance decision.
Help - Please
Hi Tracey
Hope all is going well with you, can you believe this weather... too hot too soon.
Love the garage doors!
Many Blessings
Rebecca
Tracey !
I love every detail in this post!
lots of love
magdalena
Hey, you have so many beautiful things that I almost pass out. Mirror, ladders, doors, sofa, chairs, cushions yes everything is just so beautiful. it is a pleasure to visit you and your fine blog, I'm enjoying. Warm hugs / Ingela.
back the 6th time now - and when I say 6th, I meant on this post alone - you know what I am going through right now - looking for inspiration - and it's funny, but a shutter doesn't really compare to those garage doors - my husband didn't look surprised when I asked him if we had some in the barn to use in our bedroom or "somewhere" :)
dreamy whites, so divine! wishing you a great week... verbena cottage
I shamelessly follow and copy everything you do...you are da bomb...
I have the same vintage garage doors in my shoppe and I want to bring them to the farm and install them as sliding doors to the formal living room - someday when I can figure out how to hang them on rails. Those bistro chairs are sensational! I have never seen any like them...another lovely post. Hugs - Julie
Hey you....where the heck are you,hope everything is o.k.....now I do need some inspiration and you know I count on you for it so....talk to you soon! x0
Really love those garage doors, well worth redoing the room to fit them in. Oh and your mum did a fabulous job making the table skirt too.
alicia
I adore the way you re purposed the garage doors. I'm about to set up my studio and your pictures are an inspiration! The Peonies are gorgeous. We just got back to Southern California from Idaho where they bloom in abundance. Really nice. Your floors look like the same ones we chose for our cottage remodel. Glad to see they look so beautiful laid down. I popped over from Houzz and will now follow.
Love your blog! Beautiful images! So much fun to peruse! Just found your site via Somerset Life. Thanks!
Tracey - Just LUVING those garage doors inside! They do add so much warmth and texture to your space. And I'm still drooling over that beautiful grain sack pillow you put together. Awesome!
For some odd reason....I just can't get enough of your blog, girl! Believe me, you can come style my home anytime you want! :)
xoxo laurie@heavenswalk
Oh well, what a good use of old garage doors. They really look great inside and of course the interior designer is such a talented one. Lot it!
Dang if those doors aren't the coolest! I just found your blog from Privet and Holly. LOVE your style!
I love your ladder I found one similar yesterday at our local antique shop in Alaska. I linked your photo on my blog. your house is simply beautiful....
Melissa :)
http://livingandnotexisting.blogspot.com/2011/02/climbing-ladder-to-my-dreams.html
Oh my gosh I just love your style. This is what I am inspiring to achieve. I just adore scouring the brocantes and flea markets here in the south of france to find an unloved piece that I know will look fabulous once I've given it a new lease of life. Love your blog and your images are superb.
MamaB
x
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