I have an awesome giveaway for you today!

Modernthread just introduced a new line of designer geometric pillows to her shop!

I love the patterns, colors, and especially the price…$35.00 for a 20″x 20″!

Modernthread is giving away two 20″ pillow cases to one of you lucky readers!

You can choose from any of the 5 patterns above!

How to enter:

1.  Visit Modernthread and come back and leave a comment!

The giveaway will close September 7th.

Good Luck!

The last few months I have been slowly working on a few projects.

Thank goodness I have the worlds best clients, who have been very patient with my summer schedule and daily night nausea.

Luckily, I am starting to feel so much better (hurray for week 18!) and getting back into the swing of things.

I have loved working on this particular online living room design.

My client had a really hard time determining her style, until I sent her this inspiration picture from Lonny.

Turns out, she likes an overall modern style with a hint of traditional and touch of eclectic.

I love it too.

She already owns the main furniture pieces, but needed everything else.

Here is the my design plan…

I added a teal rug, white drapery with navy trim, an eclectic gallery wall, a modern coffee table, and geometric pillows.

The gallery wall was really important to her. I selected some art from a few of my favorite shops and created a lay-out to scale for her.

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I am really excited to see this design come to life, I can hardly wait!

I have been on the hunt for a new rug but I can’t seem to find anything I love in my price range.

I considered going with a DIY rug, but ultimately I want something a little higher quality.

So, I’ve decided to make my current rug work until I find the perfect one.

My rug is a 100% wool flat woven rug from IKEA. I love the style, colors, and pattern, but it is difficult to keep clean.

I regularly vacuum and spot clean it, but it has still managed to get very dirty.

Actually, it was so dirty that I was ready to just throw it away. Since I can’t find an affordable replacement, I decided to find a way to clean it myself.

After a couple minutes googling, I found a method and jumped right in.

* Large Bowl

* Cold water

* Dish Soap

* Cleaning brush

I filled a large bowl with cold soapy water and dipped my brush in.

Then I started scrubbing.

In order to get it clean, I had to scrub quite hard.

I was a little nervous that I would damage the rug, but luckily it didn’t.

I was hesitant to get the rug too wet, so I let the rug dry before I did a second scrub on the really dirty parts.

Since I practically had to scrub the whole thing, it took me two days.

Once I was done scrubbing, I just let it dry.

I really can’t believe how well it worked, and how clean it is!

It took a little bit of time and effort, but I think it is so worth it.

Not sure why I didn’t do this before.

Have you ever tackled cleaning your dhurrie? 

What worked for you?

I get lots of requests from clients for affordable designs.

Although working within large budgets can be fun, my heart is with designing less expensive interiors.

Very few people can afford to spend $10,000 on each room, and I love to make good design accessible to everyone.

I spend lots of time online shopping for clients and regularly run across some great finds.

I put together a design board using a few of my favorite items. 

The entire room cost under $1500.00!

Monochromatic Floor Lamp: $189.00

Chiara Coffee Table: $199.00

Kendall Ivory Sofa: $599.00

Atlantic Blue Raveena Chair $279.00

Agean Dupioni Bolster Pillow: $16.99

Crewel Embroidered Zigzag Pillow: $39.00

Magical Thinking Diamond Medallion Rug: $69.00

Triple Tiered Pendant Shade: $64.00

It’s always fun to design on a dime, or at least I think so!