Inspired: What Makes a Chair the RIGHT Chair?

I have been stalking this chair on flash sale sites for months and I have yet to actually purchase it.  In the beginning I used the excuse that they never had the right color because let's be honest I don't see most of these colors fitting into my home.  Then the more neutral colors popped up and I even measured and taped off the space in my living room to ensure it would fit, but I still didn't get around to purchasing. For months I wondered if I was making a mistake by not ordering it, but now I am beginning to think there is a reason I have let it pass me by so many times.  If these flash sale sights allowed for returns I probably would've bought two or three of these by now, but the risk seems greater than the reward on this one and so I am going to continue to hold out for either the PERFECT color or another chair I simply cannot resist.  Have you ever experienced this type of resistance when it comes to flash sales or big purchases?  

All Chairs via One Kings Lane and Gilt - no longer for sale, but check back often!

Inspired: Sitting Pretty

Designing a home from top to bottom takes a lot of work and in my case perseverance.  We are finally in the home stretch with most of the remodel complete, which means it is FINALLY time to pick out furniture.  I have had 9 months to envision what I want our house to look like, but keeping the integrity of our Mid Century Eichler while staying true to my own design aesthetic is proving more difficult than I originally imagined.  I have finally narrowed my Sofa choices down and while it is clear I am looking for tapered wooden legs, I cannot quite ignore my love of velvet despite 5 of the 6 options being linen.  If I decide on a linen blend then I may need to find a complementary velvet chair to get the best of both worlds.

1. Petrie Sofa - Crate and Barrel 
2. Reverie Sofa - EQ3
3. Paramount Sofa - Scandanavian Design
4. Movie Sofa - CB2
5. Rochelle Sofa - Crate and Barrel
6. Elise Sofa - EQ3

Inspired: Bathrooms

Deciding on a style for our bathroom remodel was easy, while selecting the actual tile was not.  I knew that both bathrooms would need to be clean and simple and that I wanted one of them to be grey/white and the other to be black/white, but when it came time to make final decisions I couldn't make up my mind.  In total we made 4 trips to our tile store in Santa Rosa and countless trips to other stores in the area to make sure we weren't missing something.  Fortunately, anything would be better than what we started with (shown here) which made our final decision a little easier.

If you have ever searched for tile then you know that the options are truly endless and when our remodel began I was instantly attracted to the styles shown above.  We tried and tried to make sense of these more traditional styles in our Mid-Century modern home, but it never felt right.  In the end we settled on a combination of the three Modern Neostile colors shown below.  The come in a variety of sizes and ended up being cheaper than the styles I originally thought I wanted, which made a big difference since we ended up tiling most of the bathroom walls as well.

Image 1, Image 2 , Image 3. All images can also be found on my bathroom pinterest boards here.

Octagonal Ceramic Tile - Home Depot 
Subway Tile - Home Depot
Carrara Marble Tile - Builder Depot 
Penny Tile - Wayfair
Neostile Tiles - Happy Floors