tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post3962440400549658017..comments2023-11-05T06:23:41.645-05:00Comments on Pure Style Home: Decorative Memories in our CoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-22359690519985104272010-08-31T11:08:51.948-04:002010-08-31T11:08:51.948-04:00Thank you for a wonderful post! I have so many mem...Thank you for a wonderful post! I have so many memories of the homes of family members from growing up in Virginia: most everything was neoclassical/traditional--with a dash of 70s and 80s plastic florals thrown in for good measure, so I totally know what you mean about not everything being "good" now. ;) I, too, am drawn to patterns that remind me of those I grew up with, even in a reinterpreted way. And what a beautiful thought that the patterns and object we choose for our own homes today will become childhood memories for the little ones in our lives.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07351031183960975188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-7510789898914957312010-08-27T17:07:49.282-04:002010-08-27T17:07:49.282-04:00i totally agree! this post speaks to me so strongl...i totally agree! this post speaks to me so strongly. as i get older and more conscious of my design choices, i realize that most of them draw on things in my past - i'll buy a planter, for example, and later realize that my mom had a very similar one on my childhood porch, or want to paint my shutters a color it turns out that house's shutters were painted - but i did not consciously realize what was influencing my taste until later. i also get a very emotional feeling about fabric patterns - like you, i can't just pick something because it "goes" and "looks good" in a space, i have to really FEEL it. it's indescribable. that sounds silly, but i bet you understand ;)lauren @ gathering mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249864843518805111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-44979609768601982652010-08-27T08:37:02.787-04:002010-08-27T08:37:02.787-04:00I have always found things and brought them into m...I have always found things and brought them into my home because they remind me of both of my grandmothers. Such a great post Lauren!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16644941834464747393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-47427955536892490002010-08-27T00:38:15.555-04:002010-08-27T00:38:15.555-04:00I think this post is amazing. I thought I was the ...I think this post is amazing. I thought I was the only person on earth who felt that same type of connection with my past through seeing, smelling, remembering the littlest things. I can't wait to make my husabnd read this. Now he'll see that I am not the only human like this! :) You have inspired me, yet again, to get my act together and purge our hand-me-down-only-using-due-to-laziness-and-says-nothing-about-us furniture, and start to make our house say something about us, our style, our life. Thanks Lauren!Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16729724369219884621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-10151189127425035942010-08-26T20:55:33.683-04:002010-08-26T20:55:33.683-04:00My father was in the Air force, so we had to move ...My father was in the Air force, so we had to move every three years. We were often issued furniture, especially overseas. Because we could only bring so many pounds of household goods, we always had to give things away. I think I am buying back everything we had to give away even now after forty years. Lauren, my mother bought those white cherry blossom lamps in Japan, and I am still buying more when I see them. I still hate 50's upholstered furniture and all sorts of things orange and green. I just don't understand mid century modern. Even then most people didn't like the style much and still kept traditional furniture from the 30's and 40's. Everything about a home IS personal. A pillow is not a pillow is not a pillow. It has to be the right one, and not just something in the right color from Home Goods. AnnNutbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06582321253031488710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-29315172751867791622010-08-26T16:48:03.111-04:002010-08-26T16:48:03.111-04:00This a great post and I completely agree with you....This a great post and I completely agree with you. So much so that in some cases I own the same things that my parents and grandmother had around their houses. One being the Dala Horse. I was lucky to get the one that G'ma had. I love how beat up it is (us grand kids were a little hard on it, but it has great "patina" now). I also had to buy a few of the coffee mugs she had. I don't use them, they just make me feel comfortable that they are in my cupboard.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13966538770293572551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-91516425153013400612010-08-26T15:49:39.686-04:002010-08-26T15:49:39.686-04:00I can think of several examples, but most strongly...I can think of several examples, but most strongly is the way my mother's childhood bedroom looked in her parent's house when I was young. It had been decorated in the 70's and still had the same green, orange, yellow, and red oversized floral wallpaper in the late 80's. My sisters and I used to sleep in there when we visited my grandparents and I remember laying awake at night thinking about how my mom used to sleep in that room -- it blew my 6-year-old mind! I recently saved the bedsheets from being sent to the Goodwill. There are threadbare and I have no idea what I will do with them, but I felt the need to keep them -- they are just so whimsical and awesome!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746777760318892646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-45571909744062430772010-08-26T12:25:22.287-04:002010-08-26T12:25:22.287-04:00You are totally right! A person's design style...You are totally right! A person's design style is shaped by their past experiences (usually childhood). I hadn't thought about it before, but I tend to wait for a "feeling" when I'm searching for the right patterns and fabrics. I must be looking for that connection to my past. My husband is always surprised that it takes me so long to choose things for our new house, but I just keep telling him that it has to "feel right". <br /><br />Thanks for posting this!! You are always so inspiring!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02239226060151595572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-63996865419980467052010-08-26T12:21:49.913-04:002010-08-26T12:21:49.913-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02239226060151595572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-23390449703918372832010-08-26T12:03:58.490-04:002010-08-26T12:03:58.490-04:00Thanks for leading us all to remember today, Laure...Thanks for leading us all to remember today, Lauren!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-25548421811357279852010-08-26T08:02:23.236-04:002010-08-26T08:02:23.236-04:00I know exactly how you feel.....my grandmother mad...I know exactly how you feel.....my grandmother made a quilt out of squares, perhaps 2 1/2 inches wide, into a king sized memory. When I look at it, I see blouses, dresses, scarfs, even curtains that all remind me of her....she has been gone for sometime now, but in the fall when I put this quilt on my bed, she is there. Smiles....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-85283559411876668462010-08-26T00:36:31.188-04:002010-08-26T00:36:31.188-04:00What a sweet and thoughtful post - as usual. :) Lo...What a sweet and thoughtful post - as usual. :) Love seeing these old photos - you were ADORABLE! Thanks so much again for filling in for me while I was away! xoxo, AllyFROM THE RIGHT BANKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011371666690884286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-67347283477973802482010-08-25T21:58:43.310-04:002010-08-25T21:58:43.310-04:00So well said. I am the exact same way and so are ...So well said. I am the exact same way and so are my kids. They notice when I make any changes.kayce hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05898907642085430188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-57807235570992365782010-08-25T18:17:21.071-04:002010-08-25T18:17:21.071-04:00WOW! I've been reading your blog for awhile an...WOW! I've been reading your blog for awhile and when you just listed Antioch, IL in this post I had to do a double take. My boyfriend grew up there and I grew up in a town 10 mins from there! We just moved to San Diego and are missing home terribly so it's nice to be reminded of the good ol days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-39380953735583992322010-08-25T17:56:17.237-04:002010-08-25T17:56:17.237-04:00What a lovely, relevant post Lauren. If we allow o...What a lovely, relevant post Lauren. If we allow ourselves to decorate and design our homes organically and honestly as who we are, and what makes you-you - we would live in truly original interiors. The whole belief behind LiveLikeYou! (btw that's Swedish dala horse)LiveLikeYouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01293692557490008786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-4245302187374639752010-08-25T17:20:57.949-04:002010-08-25T17:20:57.949-04:00I will never forget my grandmother's aqua gras...I will never forget my grandmother's aqua grasscloth wallpaper and her chinoiserie accents. Her style has deeply influenced mine. Our interior spaces tell a story that is only ours to tell!!style chroniclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864120580214717561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-78503315230716340422010-08-25T17:12:02.574-04:002010-08-25T17:12:02.574-04:00I have been inspired by your blog all summer! In a...I have been inspired by your blog all summer! In an effort to grow, I would be honored if you considered becoming a follower of my blog : )<br /><br />Laura<br />www.HappyHomemakerUK.blogspot.comTravel With Luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646026064261601469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-215739655355799892010-08-25T16:16:04.417-04:002010-08-25T16:16:04.417-04:00Beautiful Grandmother! I am going to have to remem...Beautiful Grandmother! I am going to have to remember that. Your boys look like you when you were a baby!Stephanie Sabbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220517582586171874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-50307898191860869122010-08-25T15:50:30.695-04:002010-08-25T15:50:30.695-04:00Hi, Lauren!
The first photo of you on your grandfa...Hi, Lauren!<br />The first photo of you on your grandfather's lap in Hawaii shows a sofa in a print fabric with a border. I'm pretty sure it was a Greeff fabric, as they were noted for their engineered prints. The Calico Corners stores used to buy Greeff seconds and closeouts--and I recall many such prints when I first worked there.<br /><br />Greeff was purchased by F. Schumacher some years ago, and I think the name is no longer used in the design marketplace. <br /> <br />My mother--a very avant amateur decorator in southern California in the early 1950s--had large club chairs in the living room covered in a stylized tropical floral print on bark cloth. She even had painted concrete floors when the house was built, until they could afford to add wall-to-wall carpeting. I can still visualize that print!Jan Jessuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13220451627848248582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-25894396282345251432010-08-25T15:31:29.257-04:002010-08-25T15:31:29.257-04:00you grandmother is beautiful!! I love bringing bac...you grandmother is beautiful!! I love bringing back memories with touches around my house!LindsBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548424318705008557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-62939840653539514272010-08-25T13:55:24.352-04:002010-08-25T13:55:24.352-04:00Lauren,
I so enjoyed this post. Having 2 sons I ...Lauren,<br /><br />I so enjoyed this post. Having 2 sons I always wondered if my love of "nesting" would have an impact on their future homes---our oldest son and his lovely wife just bought their first home and I can say "yes" I see some of my style in their choices for furnishings. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing,<br />Karen @ Garden, Home & PartyKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064699521293763744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-21140723498323105852010-08-25T13:45:49.941-04:002010-08-25T13:45:49.941-04:00Lovely post. My style is greatly influenced by my...Lovely post. My style is greatly influenced by my mother's, for sure. And, when I do deviate you can tell she isn't so sure....but usually likes what I do once she sees it all pulled together. Reading your post reminded me of specific photos from my childhood where I distinctly remember the chair cushions or the wallpaper. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!Susie @ Maddie G Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13144849682748170658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-12980299025985340022010-08-25T13:42:21.207-04:002010-08-25T13:42:21.207-04:00I just love your perspective on design. So fresh a...I just love your perspective on design. So fresh and innate. Can't wait to see your fabulous fabric line!!! (and I'm totally with you on this one!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-45516856225109903662010-08-25T13:19:20.567-04:002010-08-25T13:19:20.567-04:00Love the old photographs! Beautiful post.
TeresaLove the old photographs! Beautiful post.<br />TeresaTeresa Hatfield ~ Splendid Sasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117805878140453338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030308239398272700.post-67366081718638703202010-08-25T12:23:33.530-04:002010-08-25T12:23:33.530-04:00You look exactly the same today!
I too, adored my ...You look exactly the same today!<br />I too, adored my grandmother, and her home and the way she dressed has totally formed my design sensibility and style.<br />I wear red lipstick to this day, because I loved it on her when I was a little little girl.<br />A wonderful post Lauren.<br />xo xoVisual Vamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17703228111473936714noreply@blogger.com