Dreamy Dining!

I heart Lonny mag and this feature is amazing!!! Check out the blue walls against the brown and white dining room chairs...this is seriously my dreams dining space! 

What does you dream dining room look like? Share your ideas with us at www.facebook.com/McNamaradesign!

Brighten it up!

Check out this little hutch! A client has asked me to rehab it for her nursery...just from its original brown to its primed pass. What a difference!!! Can't wait to add the final details...navy diagonal stripes on the side and a large S on the front for the baby's monogram! 

 

After sanding the first coat of primer was applied

First pass of matte white and it is looking brand new...just need to add the details and some new hardware!

More final pics to come!!!

Do you have a piece you want to rehab? Contact McNamara Design!

Weekend Wrap Up!

Hey Notebook readers! Hope everyone had a great weekend! My boy and I laid low this weekend but I did get to celebrate my friend Anne Marie's bridal shower! Love her chevron theme throughout...check it out! 

From their invitation

To the bridal shower cake

To the fabric I will be using to create the runners! 

So excited for the big day in September!!!!

Have a great week everyone! 

Friday Finds...Fun!

 These home owners were all about including the little people around them into the design of their home...love them all!!!

Slide

Swing

Create!!!

Happy Friday Notebook Readers!!! 

Simple saw horse

Over vacation the house we stayed in was decorated with a touch of restoration hardware...one element that jumped out at me was the use of saw horses with slabs of old wood repurposed for the front entry table 

Love the look and what an inexpensive way to create table in any space.

I found these saw horse legs at my local big box for under $25

These give off a more industrial feel but consider thrifting for some old wooden ones too!!!

Happy thrifting!

Facelift!!!

I'm always looking for unique and fun ways to keep my clients second hand furniture fresh and exciting! 

By taking an old piece and painting it a bright color adds a pop of color to your space and males that old furniture look brand new! 

I'm about to paint some dining chairs orange and look these other pops of color in a dining space!

Happy Rehabing Notebook readers!

Do you have an old set of dining chairs that need a facelift? Contact McNamara Design for a quote!

Pop of trim

I am currently sewing some panels for a client that include emerald green velvet with gold tassels. Love the idea of adding trim to a piece to place a splash of surprise to the eye. Check out these other trim ideas for your everyday curtain!

Pom poms

Thin grosgrain ribbon

Jute trim

Wide grosgrain ribbon

Another fabric choice for your trim opens up endless opportunities!!!

Have you created your own curtain trim? We'd love to see it!!!

Before to After...

Here are some before and afters of an old dresser I completed for a client that she is using as a changing table! Check out the pics...

If you have a piece that needs to be rehabbed contact McNamara Design!!! 

Family Vaca Wrap Up!

I'm back Notebook readers! After a very relaxing and fun filled family vacation to Fire Island, NY! Here's a little vaca wrap up on this Monday morning...

Wedding at Bourne Mansion, Long Island, NY

What a view...

Then off for a day at Sunken Forest, Fire Island. NY with family fiends...we had six boats tied up for the day...so much fun!!!

After a full packed day on the boat we headed to Fair Harbor, Fire Island to relax!

My Boy's first trip to FI!

Lunch at the Kismet Inn

Family pictures by http://Www.marcmillmanphotos.com it was the best surprise for my parents! 

Then a trip back for dinner with my grandfather who turns 103 in August!!!

Here he is with my cousins Rose, Anna, and Maeve!!! So great to have seen him while he is up from FL!

And then one last ride back on the ferry with my boy!

What a great family vacation and I hope for many more to come! 

Happy relaxing Notebook readers...I hope all of you get a chance to have one this summer!!!!

and if you have please share your summer experiences!!

Nooooow back to work! 

Knee deep in the water somewhere....

Hey Notebook readers! Happy Thursday! So I'm heading off to a family vacation. There may be a blog post or two but I'm pretty tough with myself when it comes to mixing work and pleasure! Not that my blog is work by any means but having an electronic device in front of me takes away from family time. 

We are headed to Fire Island, NY. Quiet walkways and beautiful beaches I can't wait to get these tootsies in the sand and relax! Here is a pic I found of the Fire Island lighthouse that my godfather reopened after years and years if it being closed down. Ahhhhhhhh so excited! 

Happy family time and vacation!