I get many, many magazines because I am ridiculous in that way. My favorite design-y magazine is usually Country Living, but this month’s House Beautiful included my true dream house — interior, anyway. It’s a beach house in California, but I care not, and would decorate my everyday house in Virginia this way if I had the money and skillz.
The designer, Krista Ewart, obviously looked deep into my soul and said the following in her interview: “My style of decorating is, ‘I love this, I love that, let’s put it all together and make it work,’…I’ll mix polka dots and prints, all shades of green.” YES. Another awesome moment in the interview is when she’s asked about all the polka dots and looks around and realizes there’s lots of polka dots. She says, “I think of them as a non-print, a neutral. But this wasn’t planned. Polka dots just happen for me. I use a polka-dot fabric like a solid, but it’s a solid with movement. It excites your eye. That sounds stupid, but it does.” HAHAHA. Polka dots just happen for me. Less snooty-pants, more fun. My kind of design. PICS from House Beautiful:
Ahhhh! She even made me love a SURF BOARD! Also I need some polka dots in my life right now.
