NYC Photographer Annie Schlecter

Do you guys know Annie Schlecter?? 

She's the photographer behind all these amazing images below! Annie is a native New Yorker & has been working as a photographer since 1998. WOW, that's as long as my husband & I have been together! 

She works with top clients like Veranda, Travel & Leisure, The World of Interiors, Martha Stewart Living, Gilt Group, Kelly Wearstler & more. She also worked with Designer, Jonathan Adler on a book project, which I'm certain you've seen. 

I just love her images, the homes don't seem too overdone. Know what I mean? Sort of like, "Yea, someone definitely lives there"

Have you seen Annie's work? Do her images inspire you?

-images by annie schlecter

Amber Lewis Interior Design.....

I LOVE Amber Lewis. Her style is fantastic & always well put together! Even when SHE mixes DIFFERENT pattens, it STILL looks good!  I ADMIT, I'm so bad at trying to pull that off....know what I mean? Mixing & matching patterns is NOT my forte....

I tried it a few times & the result was truly a disaster. This was however 5 years ago, so maybe I've gotten better, who knows. But I love the way Amber does it in her interior design. Amber, lives & works in L.A. 


She also offers e-design, which is actually a BIG thing right now for those who can't go to their designers. 

Just curious, any of you try to mix & match different patterns?? Were you successful at it??

- images via amber's interior design

 

Design: Love-ly Decor

Love is definitely in the air! I can't think of a better way to celebrate the love month than to add lovely  decor into your home. It's Drew, bringing you a handful of ideas to set the mood in the rooms of your house for Valentine's Day. It's not simply just the pinks, whites and purples that make this holiday apparent. It's the gold lighting, the luxurious furniture, accents of black and pretty framed art.

And what's Valentine's Day without fresh picked flowers sitting around the house, leaving a glorious scent around each corner?

Suzanne Kasler

We Heart It

Suzanne Kasler

Decor 8 via Pinterest

Suzanne Kasler

Casa Sugar

Pinterest 

As if you weren't already inspired through these rooms, I've put together some more pieces that will have your whole house whispering sweet nothings to you!

1) Candelabra Chandelier2) Bond No.9 Candle via Saks Fifth Avenue 3) Vintage Pillow via One Kings Lane 4) Joss and Main Lamp5) Sabina Danenburg Desk6) Furniture Buyer Dressing Table

7) Liberty Cameo Cross Stitch

8) Diane James Pink Peonies

9) One Kings Lane Bench

-post by drew humphries

Caycee's Home Tour...

Caycee Hewitt sent over some pics of her home & I thought it was really cute! I especially loved the baby's room, with the dark blue wall & yellow carpet!  Such pretty color combinations throughout her place don't you think?
 

You can also check out more of Caycee's home on her blog.

 Caycee describes all her purchases below:

All of the lighting is from Overstock. All of the furniture in the guest bedroom was mine as a child and my husband and I painted it. the rug is that room is from West Elm found at West Elm

Baby boys beds were a Craigslist score and I just sanded and refinished them. The Dog Silhouette are from etsy found here 

His bedding is PB and I just had it monogrammed. The rug in the laundry room is from Urban Outfitters.

Design: Tropical Colors for The Holiday...

Hello lovely readers!! I'm Drew, a new contributor here at Made by Girl, stopping over from Coral Cafe to share some holiday decor flair. I searched and searched for interiors decorated for the holidays that included a tropical/glamorous feel--no such luck!

Then I decided to find rooms that I could dress up in this vision of color, glam and an overall tropical wonderland without being too literal.

-images via Lonny magazine and Coastal Living

Created in this palette is all you need to make your tropical holiday come to life! Think greens, golds, corals and whites! Little bit sparkle, little bit luxe!

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Then of course, the decorating begins and it's time to DAZZLE the tree!

Choose your favorites! and DAZZLE away!

pink, orange, lime, gold, teal

Photography Genius, William Waldron

William Waldron is another fantastic photographer who amazes me with his work. He lives in NYC & has worked with some of the biggest companies out there, from Elle Decor to Coach. 

His photographs exude character & seem to take you away to another place...one where there aren't iPhones or computers present. Don't you think??

Looking at his images I'm reminded of that vacation to Europe I'll someday take...enjoy!

-images by william waldron