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FROM THE RIGHT BANK
www.fromtherightbank.com
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FROM THE RIGHT BANK is my online inspiration file and journal where I chronicle setting up a new home and occasional jaunts to faraway places.
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My May in Pictures

Whew! May was a busy, busy month! How was it for you? I felt like I worked nonstop but it’s hard to complain when that includes sourcing pretty things for projects….. I also tackled some ...

1 day ago

Even More Orange and Blue Rooms

I’m so excited about getting my blue settee back from the upholsterer, all I can think about is how it’s going to look with the orange chair in the living room. So of course, these rooms ...

2 days ago

Josef Frank Wallpapered Rooms

I thought I had seen all the rooms using Josef Frank patterns that were on the web but the other day I came across all these rooms on Pinterest that use his wallpaper. You usually see his patterns on...

3 days ago 1 person likes this

Tiny Gold and Marble Side Table

Last week I found this cute little side table at a local antique mall which I almost didn’t buy because when I picked it up I saw that the marble top was not attached to the legs. The holes in ...

4 days ago

Quick Family Room Update

So I have another little update at my house to show you today. As much as I loved the neon pink coffee table, it was just way too limiting design-wise so after a lot of the usual back and forth, I fi...

25 may 12

Room Love: Divine Library

And we’re back! Thank god! Here’s another room so good that it deserves a post all its own. French daybed, suzani covered chair and pillows, Persian(?) rug, and of course, books from floo...

24 may 12 1 person likes this

Technical Difficulties

Our internet has been down since yesterday afternoon and I’m having a total crisis because (sadly) I live on the internet. Thankfully I have the iPad and iPhone but blogging is just too awkward...

23 may 12

Fabric Finds and More Orange and Blue Rooms

So I was on my way to Forsyth Fabrics yesterday to get the blue velvet but decided to stop in one more time at Lewis & Sheron (they’re practically next door to each other) just in case I mi...

22 may 12 1 person likes this

Settee In Progress

As promised, I have some updates around the house to show you. First up, here’s where I am with that settee for the living room. To refresh your memory, here it is: I wanted to lighten up the w...

21 may 12

Parisian Style Apartment

Here’s a Parisian feeling apartment for you to enjoy today only it’s in Dallas, not Paris. Lovely, isn’t it? There are lots of projects in progress chez FTRB but I’ve been so ...

18 may 12 2 people like this

Art Walls, Part 16

I realized the other day that all of my current clients are big fans of art walls – which totally makes sense considering I’m just a wee bit obsessed with them. I could seriously spend ev...

17 may 12 1 person likes this

Plenty of Pretty Green Inspiration

No one doesn’t like green, am I right? Along with blue, it’s the one color you can always default to, especially when designing for couples. All of these pretty designs using green caught...

16 may 12

Homes I Love: Colorful 19th Century Villa in Beirut

I haven’t changed my mind back to lavender but I’m completely and utterly obsessed with designer May Daouk’s home where she uses lavender brilliantly throughout. This is the most ex...

15 may 12

Light Blue Settee Switcheroo

Over the weekend I decided I’m fed up with all these unfinished rooms around here and I need to take action. Are any of you like me and can let something go forever then one day just decide you...

14 may 12 2 people like this

The Olive, Namibia

I’ve been sick on and off ever since I got back from New York so all work has been at a complete standstill at my house – unless you count getting through all my DVR’d episodes of I...

11 may 12 1 person likes this

Lavender Rooms + Discount Fabric Sources

I haven’t mentioned it in a while but – alert the presses – I’ve made up my mind to do it! You know when something is on your mind you start seeing it everywhere? That’s...

10 may 12 1 person likes this

Inspiring Parisian Addresses + Paris, My Sweet Book Giveaway

*The giveaway is now closed.* Amy Thomas is the New York-based author of Paris, My Sweet, a delightful and funny memoir about a year spent living and indulging her sweet tooth in Paris. Amy and I hav...

09 may 12 1 person likes this

Room Love: Pink & Navy With Gold

I let out one of those really unattractive Homer Simpson-like half-slobber/half-groans when I saw this space. Pink walls with a pink desk that blends right in, touches of navy, and that gold chair al...

08 may 12 1 person likes this

More of Abigail Ahern’s Home

For me, finding photos of homes I love that I haven’t seen before is like finding gold. That’s how I felt when I saw these photos of Abigail Ahern’s house that she just posted last ...

07 may 12 2 people like this

Spring Flowers

Here in Atlanta, it feels like we skipped over spring and went straight to summer which makes me a little resentful as someone who hates the heat. But on the upside, everything is blooming, the trees...

04 may 12

Ideas from Restaurant and Bar Design Awards

I was checking out the entries for the UK and International Restaurant & Bar Design Awards and found so many good designs that could be translated for the home. Tufted anything and that shade of ...

03 may 12 1 person likes this

Paris Apartment With Lots of Josef Frank

I’m sort of a Victoire de Castellane* groupie so I was already psyched when I saw that Vogue was featuring her Paris apartment this month. But imagine my reaction when I saw that in the apartme...

02 may 12 2 people like this

My April In Pictures

I’m sure I say this every month but can you believe it’s a new month already?? I spent a good part of April traveling which means I’m full of fresh, global modern inspiration…...

01 may 12

My Favorite Store

Good morning everyone! I’m just popping in to say hi before I fly back home. Like on every trip to New York, I spent hours at ABC Carpet & Home the other day, sourcing a few things for proj...

30 apr 12

Bookshelves and Art Walls

Just so you know, if I were to come over to your house, the two things I’d be most interested in seeing are your bookshelves and any art walls/collection. They can (and should!) speak volumes a...

27 apr 12 1 person likes this

Forever Paris + a Book Giveaway

*The giveaway is now closed. I’m delighted to welcome Christina Henry de Tessan, author of the new book Forever Paris, 25 Walks in the Footsteps of Chanel, Hemingway, Picasso, Molière, and More...

26 apr 12 1 person likes this

On the Hunt: Blue and White Striped Rug

My family room continues to be a real stumper. I just can’t seem to get it to feel quite right. My most recent conclusion is that the solution to all my problems is going to be a blue and white...

25 apr 12

Two Really Cute Kids’ Rooms

Not having children of my own, I’m normally not that interested in kids’ rooms but as I’m working on one as part of my Chicago project, I have a newfound interest in them. I recentl...

24 apr 12 1 person likes this

Swedish Style

Orange is still my favorite color so of course, I was instantly drawn to this room. This is just such a great, simple eat-in space aside from the fab orange chairs though. I also love the fact that t...

23 apr 12

Tons of Eye Candy from the 2012 Decorators’ Show House

(Foyer. Turner Davis Interiors) I had never seen a show house before I moved to Atlanta but now that I live here, touring them is one of my favorite things to do. It seems like they just get better ...

20 apr 12 1 person likes this

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