the house in four christmases

love the mix of colours on the couch! (if you click on the pic you can see it bigger)

this would be a good front lawn for a wedding :)

purple and yellow gardens...my fav...remember the violet and saffron post?

I saw Four Christmases on the weekend with Craiger. And while, the movie was a little bit meh for me (funny parts, but a little too predictable, and I couldn't stop noticing how big Vince Vaughan's head is), there was a house in it that made Craiger and I gasp! So I'd like to share it with all of my Bloomies. I would NEVER have picked this colour couch, but I kind of love it. And the mix with the orange-y pillows. Well, I just lurve pillows! The only thing I'd do differently is remove the stained glass windows.

beautiful piles of dirt!

As Shayna Bloomer jets off to Israel to plan +design her own wedding, I will tell you the latest design project in my own life. I, Melanie Bloomer, just bought a house - well, actually, just a pile of dirt right now. It won't be built until 2010, but that excites me more. Now I have, with the help of my Bloomers, a year and a half to plan the way I'd ideally like my house to look! FUN FUN FUN.

Take a look at my beautiful pile of dirt. I want to just plod right in there on my horse at top speed and drive my flag right into the ground, just like Tom & Nicole did on Far & Away!



There's something sort of cool about that Warning sign!



Oh the possibilites this blank space offers!

I must say, I have always loved the Oprah Winfrey Show episode where Nate Berkus decorates his small Manhattan apartment. I love how simple it is with the stark white walls, the large artwork, brown leather couches, but when he painted his doors a glossy blue/black, I was SMITTEN. Nate says painting your doors offers architectural interest to the space. Sigh, did I mention that I love him?

Come and appreciate dreamy Nate and his dreamy apartment with me (photos compliments of on the Oprah.com) ...



Love this layout - very natural looking, very open.



I absolutely love this colour blue, but also, look how great his stainless steel backsplash looks?



I like the way the vintage lamp looks in his modern bedroom.



And oh, I could design some pretty amazing events from this workspace.

Oh the possibilities....this is what I call fun!