It’s not often that I get to peek inside my readers’ homes, so I jump on the chance to share it with all of you. Lynn Colwell is one of my favorite women on the green scene. You may recognize her from the awesome book “Celebrate Green,” which she co-authored with her daughter, Corey Colwell-Lipson. From Lynn’s comments here at Green Your Decor, I sensed that she has a fun, eclectic personality, and I asked if I could see photos her home. Boy, am I glad I did!
From Lynn, in her own words:
There are a lot of small, random non-recyclable materials that I tend to collect, hoping that one day I’ll have a spark of creativity and figure out what to do with them. For a while, it was toilet paper rolls, and now it’s bottle caps. I can’t tell you how many of these I have accumulated, because the local recycling center will take the bottles, but not the caps. Thank goodness there are a lot of people out there with more ingenuity than I have!
It’s been a while since I’ve found something truly worthy of a Drab or Fab post, but when I saw these heads at Anthropologie the other day, I knew they were perfect for one. As a general rule, I’m averse to the idea of having animal heads hanging from a wall, whether they’re real or fake (HOPEFULLY not real, though). But there’s something about these two that draws me in. They’re almost — dare I say it — cute, and even slightly modern.
Lately, I’ve been obsessed with the details of a room. You know — all the little things that turn it from a house into a home. Without them, we’d be faced with blank tabletops, empty dressers and no sense of personality. As I move from room to room throughout my home, I’m happy to say we see these little touches of personality everywhere. But in the dining room, it is the same “personality” my husband I have had since we got married nearly 7 years ago. The same boring candlesticks and candles we’ve been using for as long as I can remember. You can see them used here on our Thanksgiving table. I think it’s time for an upgrade.
There’s something about the changing seasons that makes me want to decorate each room anew. My husband and I recently completed our master bedroom, as well as a special room for our daughter, but I couldn’t help searching the web for gorgeous organic bedding. These picks are among my favorites, and they remind me that spring is in the air!
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I’m Jennae Petersen, and I’m a lot of things. A mother, a graphic artist, a connosieur of beautiful interiors and a purveyor of all things design. Green Your Decor was borne of frustration in my attempts to find eco-friendly housewares that were also beautiful, and inspiration to do something to reduce my own carbon footprint and help others do the same in a beautiful way.
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