Butterfly Displays
October 5, 2010 in Bedroom, Blue, Classic, Coastal, Hottest Designers, Living room, Mirror / Wall Acessory, Summer
I just had to share this fantastic tip I got from Austin Handler. Austin is one half of the design duo Mabley Handler Interior Design and he and his wife Jennifer Mabley also writes the blog “Designing the Hamptons“. The bedroom below is one of their designs:
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Isn’t it just stunning? Mabley Handler Interior Design is known for their classically beautiful and timeless design style. I love how they brought nature into this bedroom with the two potted trees. Which brings me back to the tip he gave me; see the beautiful framed seafans above the bed? Well they are made by Karen Robertson:
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Karen frames natural elements like butterflies, seafans, shells and sea stars.
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And there you have my latest obsession; shadowboxes. In particular the double framed ones, with a glass back like these that Karen makes.
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Don’t worry fellow animal lovers, the turtle shell is hand made ;)
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I couldn’t resist making my own version of the double framed butterfly. Luckily I remembered to take some action shots (haha!) so I’ll post the instructions for you tomorrow if you want one too =) It’s not Karen Robertson caliber by any means, but it turned out nice even so. FYI it doesn’t involve real butterflies, but it looks very realistic. See a teaser pic here!
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