I just finished putting up the wallpaper in our upstairs bath, which is teeny-tiny, so decorating small spaces has been on my mind.  When I selected the mural from Anthropologie, I know I was breaking a “decorating rule”.  The one that says, “you shouldn’t use busy patterns in a small space.”  The funny thing about decorating rules is that amazing, well-known designers ignore, bend and break the rules all the time.  Who makes these rules, anyway?!  So, I just went with my gut on it and it looks really great.  I have been too swamped to get pictures, but I plan to snap a few early next week. Since it was on my mind, small spaces are what we rambled about this week.  We had a special guest with us, too…  Laura from The Ironstone Nest came into town for a photography workshop we’re hosting at the studio tomorrow, so we

In this week’s design ramblings, Kriste and I talk about the bathrooms of two of our viewers who sent in pictures. The first space, belonging to Brooke, is lovely!  Both Kriste and I gasped over the claw foot tub.  It’s a beautiful space, but the tub, that should be the feature, gets a little lost against the white walls. The second space, Katy’s, is a pretty typical builder-grade bathroom with a garden tub and separate shower.  Katy really wants to take the tub and shower out, install a shower/tub combo and add some built-ins to make the space more efficient for how they use it. And now, we ramble. I had some serious giggles before we started shooting this one, but I managed to pull it together. In case you want a closer look at them, here are the inspiration pictures I shared.  These two are from my master bathroom…