Monday, March 14, 2011

colorful and shiny objects


This video of bowerbirds will make you smile. I promise.

 I learned about bowerbirds from Anne, a landscape designer and lover of nature, who lives in California. According to Anne, male bowerbirds build  "elaborate stick structures, called bowers, which they decorate with colorful and shiny objects, including berries, flowers, and even ballpoint pens, drinking straws and other discarded plastic items."  So Anne had the awesome idea of inviting people to use the bowerbird as inspiration for designing a room with Olioboard. I never used Olioboard before, but it's free and easy and way too much fun. I made a bowerbird inspiration board for a solarium.




You can see more bowerbird inspiration on Anne's blog via:


8 comments:

  1. oooooh Jen, I really like that settee and ottoman. It makes me want to curl up with a trashy novel, a cup of tea, with a cat on my lap and read all day! A great mix of modern and tradtional. So glad you shared!

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  2. I loved that video! So sweet. I love your moodboard too. Those chairs are gorgeous!

    Sarahx

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  3. Aww Jen, its gorgeous!! I LOVE all the bird and branch items,and you've captured the colors perfectly. And its so cool that you posted the video, it'll spread the fun for sure!!

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  4. Wow this was your first time making a mood board? You did a great job!

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  5. Thanks for stopping by and for your comment. Cute video. I like blue too! Your mood board has some really nice elements.

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  6. That video is so great!! I loved it! Your mood board is beautiful, the settee and ottoman are gorgeous!
    Thank you so much for stopping by, this was fun to do!

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  7. I was laughing out loud at that video...To funny....

    Take care,
    Lisa

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  8. funny vid I shared it on my facebook page

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