Black interior doors. Such an interesting concept. I’ve never actually seen or thought about black interior doors until I saw them on Pinterest a few days ago.

Against glossy white molding, I love the way the black pops. One home I saw painted the doors facing the hallway black and kept the interior (facing the bedrooms and bathrooms) white, which adds a contrast and element of surprise.

Is there any other color you can imagine painting your interior doors? Other than white or ivory, of course! I’m not sure I can…maybe a dark glossy navy but I would still probably prefer black. How about you?

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Over the weekend, I spent some time perusing the LA Furniture Store website, and I came across some seriously cool and interesting furniture. What really caught my eye while I was browsing the site was the many different styles of beds they offer.

When you think of a bed, the most essential part of the bed is where you sleep – on the mattress! But when you really think about it, there is so much creativity that can be had with the headboard or footboard – or even the shape of the bed. The variety of shape of beds is evidenced in the round bed above – simple and circular, yet totally different than most beds as we know them.

As far as headboards go, the variety there is endless – from shape, length, materials – there are so many different headboards out there. I really like the tufted leather one above because its large, looks like an oversized sofa and is just glamorous overall.

The real question is, if you had to choose between these two beds, which would you rather? The sleek round bed or the oversized tufted glam bed?

Personally, I’m rooting for the glam!

TGIF!

How is the weather where you are? I’m watching the snow come down outside my window and I just want to crawl in bed. Because according to Facebook, that’s what everyone else is doing today!

Anyway, here’s this week’s Weekly Six:

1 – Don’t you love the seating selections for this living room?

2 – A few DIYs with studs – including these adorable bracelets.

3 – This bed is beyond amazing and I would love to climb into it every night. Wouldn’t you?

4 – Beautiful woven chairs from Moroso.

5 – Did you know chocolate pudding was this easy to make?

6 – Mad Men returns April 7th – who’s excited??

Have a great weekend!

What do you think of when you think of quilted? For me, my first thought is NOT anywhere near the quilted goodness you see above. But that’s ok – there’s nothing wrong with that, right? I think it’s exciting to see a contemporary spin on certain styles, which seems to be happening with quilted styles.

Looking at these images above, the quilted look also reminds me of the iconic Chanel designs, which are classic, timeless and elegant. I wouldn’t mind a style such as that in my bedroom or living room, that’s for sure.

While typically I’ve leaned towards a classic tufted look, the quilted look is something I wouldn’t mind seeing more of. Elle Decor lists quilted as one of its upcoming trends, and that’s fine with me!

How about you – what do you think of quilted patterns in home decor?

sofa / bed / vase

My love for bar carts is no secret. But look at these babies. Forget love, let’s talk about obsession.

From Worlds Away, the Carr Bar Cart is available in your choice of either a silver leaf finish or a gold leaf finish. Both carts have fabulous circular mirror insets and glamorous mirrored shelves. And they’re both on wheels so you can take them along with you wherever you go. You know, like next to your bed while you sleep at night or into the bathroom with you when you shower. [Just kidding!]

Available at Clayton Gray Home, each of these carts retails for $1300. Time for this girl to start saving!

What do you think of these Carr Bar Carts? Just enough glam for entertaining?

Are you good at working out? I’m terrible at it.

There’s an elliptical in my basement that gets used about once every two weeks. I go to bed almost every night with the intention of waking up early to get on it, but I take the extra time to sleep in instead. So, lately, I’ve been researching different workouts that have been popular, and trying to decide which I want to pursue. I’m getting married in less than three months, and that is my motivation to [finally] whip myself into better shape.

First, I started looking at Zumba, which I’ve always heard wonderful things about. Dancing workouts remind me of Jazzercise, but Zumba looks a lot less farty than that! Then, my mom mentioned the Bar Method. I have often read of celebrities taking interest in this workout, but had never looked into it. The Bar Method uses a ballet barre as the basis of its exercises to provide lean, tone muscles.

Both of these exercises offer DVDs and local classes, so you can start out with whichever makes you the most comfortable. Classes can often get expensive, so I love that both offer DVDs – it’s just getting up and doing them that’s the hard part!

Have you tried either of these workout regimes? Do you have any other workouts to recommend?

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