Mood Board Monday Party: West Elm and PATCH NYC

Hello! Hope you all had a great weekend! Welcome to the 6th Mood Board Monday Party!! Thanks for being here. If you're new and this is your first time playing, welcome and thanks for taking the time to join us. If you're a regular mood boarder, it's great to see you again:)

This is a special episode of MBM because we're in league with some big hitters today! We're collaborating with West Elm, who is totally into us being inspired in so many different ways by their home decor. They just recently launched a new collection for Summer 2010...a partnership with designers Jon Ross and Don Carney of PATCH NYC...which brings Carney's bold ink nature drawings of plants, birds and insects to life on home decor pieces like throw pillows, wall art and ceramic plates.


This week there's also another twist....prizes!! Mood Board Monday is not a competition - it's a fun way to share all of the creativity out there and showcase how we can all start from one inspiration point and end up with a variety of ideas - but I was not about to pass up the opportunity for you guys to be awarded for all your hard work and talent:) West Elm is generously giving away 2 $50 gift cards...one to PATCH NYC's favorite room out of the bunch, and one to the room I like best! The recipients can then actually purchase the item from the collection that originally inspired them or maybe pick up something else from West Elm that they've been coveting. You have until Monday night at midnight to post your rooms, then I'll be back on Wednesday (the 28th) to announce the winners, after Jon, Don and I, and all of you, have taken to the time to visit everyone's posts. Yay!

So, this week's challenge was to design a room (of your choice) around the new PATCH NYC collection from West Elm. You could be inspired by any one of these three bold and natural accessory groups (use just one or as many items as you'd like from one category):

1. PATCH NYC Framed Wall Art Collection

{metallic letterpress renderings of the natural world}

2. PATCH NYC Pillow Covers

{foil printed on chunky linen with a subtle metallic sheen}

3. PATCH NYC Ceramic Entertaining

{nature comes to the table in this collection of witty, chic ceramic serverware}

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Here's my mood board. Two of my favorite things, as many of you probably know, are botanical prints and throw pillows, so I was definitely excited by this. I decided to go with the prints, specifically the two large gold renderings on cream paper, the Rose and the Thistle. They immediately reminded me of this rug I had spotted from Pottery Barn on my travels...a floral design in deep moody blues and olivey-golds. And then the next thing that came to my mind was the gorgeous Sweep Armchair from West Elm that I kinda gasped out loud at when I saw it in the recent catalog. So from there I decided to tackle a kind of room I haven't yet - a library. I loooove to read and to have a whole room dedicated to books, with comfy chairs to read in, and a desk to do a little work at would be heaven. This room has touches of traditional sophistication (I hope!) mixed with contemporary geometric patterns, a bold color palette and a bit of whimsy to take you away, just like books do:)




1. The palette: walls in a deep smokey blue, something like Benjamin Moore's Water's Edge, Providence Blue or Normandy...accents of that goldenrod from the prints, soft creams, pops of black, hints of warm metal and leather to balance out the cool tones on the wall and floor
2. The inspiration...PATCH NYC Framed Wall Art Rose and Thistle from West Elm
3. To bring it all together - Adeline Rug from Pottery Barn
4. Two Sweep Armchairs from West Elm at one end of the room
5.With these Geometric Pillows in yellow/green from etsy seller "milkandcookies"
6. Expedition Cube from Pottery Barn...in between the 2 chairs as a side table. I like how the warm tones balance out those from the desk.
7. Across the room, facing the chairs...the Reclaimed Wood and Metal Desk from Restoration Hardware...made from thick planks of reclaimed pine set on a hand-welded steel base
8. Vintage pair of Black Ceramic Horse bookends from etsy shop "High Street Market"...picks up on the black from the frames of the PATCH NYC wall art
9. Behind the desk, against the wall, I'd line up a couple of these Beaumont Bookcases from Ballard Designs in Distressed Cream over White...they would help balance out the light color from the chairs across the room
10. On the windows, Firenze Embroidered Panels in Gray from Ballard Designs
11. My bit of whimsy in the room -The Mariner and the Sea Monster, The Mariner and the Whale, The Mariner and the Squid (it's a friendly squid that helps his boat along!) by etsy seller Moany and Lalla...digital prints of original acrylic paintings 9" x 12". Can't have this room be too sophisticated, I like the fun and color these bring...plus a sense of adventure, reading is an escape to another world.

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Now its your turn! Here's what you do to join the party:

1. Create a mood board using one of the above inspiration accessories from the PATCH NYC collection.
2. Write a post about it, including sources (with a link back to this post so others can come look).
3. Add your name and project to the MckLinky here on this post (for example - Sarah's Literary Escape).
4. Then add the link to your SPECIFIC Mood Board Monday POST, not your general blog address.
5. Have fun checking out all the other wonderful rooms.

Thank you all so much for joining the party today, its wonderful that so many of you take time out of your busy lives to do something creative just for fun! Thanks again to West Elm and PATCH NYC for the opportunity to work together. See you here on Wednesday for a recap and to find out who gets the gift cards:)

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