Congratulations to Annie Selke on her book, Fresh American Spaces.  The book illustrates five distinct American decorating styles from Everyday Exuberance, Refined Romantic, Happy Preppy, Nuanced Neutral and Cultural Eclectic.  It is filled with creative ideas for decorating your home and how-tos, along with beautiful illustrations.  Fresh American Spaces helps to guide the reader to finding a style that is happy, comfortable, fashionable and functional.

I arrived early enough to the book signing at Hudson this past Saturday, that I had the opportunity to have a wonderful chat with Annie about her career and her family.  As a mother-to-be, I was enthralled with the story she shared about starting Pine Cone Hill, her first line, out of her garage right after her daughter was born.  It is encouraging to see such passion and drive resulting in incredible business success. 

Annie Selke, Myself, Kim Lucian

Annie Selke

Dash and & Albert Rugs for Sale at Hudson

Hudson owner, Jill Goldberg and Annie Selke

Jill Goldberg featured under The Next Wave in the February 2012 issue of House Beautiful.

Annie Selke Book Signing

Annie Selke, the woman behind Pine Cone Hill, Dash and Albert Rug Company and Annie Selke Home, will be making an appearance at Hudson Boston for a book signing of her first book, Fresh American Spaces, this Saturday, February 11.


I remember the bedding I purchased for my first apartment after college was Pine Cone Hill with Belle Notte accent pillows. Pine Cone Hill was a relatively new brand at the time, and I felt very sophisticated in my "grown up room".  I am excited to meet Annie this weekend and purchase a copy of her new book. 


Please see below for details about the event.

Nursery Project Complete!

I am relieved to say the nursery/guest bedroom is complete!  It needs some finishing touches, but it is a nice feeling to know that if our baby girl is born tomorrow, her room is ready for her.  We, on the other hand, have been ready for her for quite some time.  


First let me say that mothers are amazing, especially mine!  My sweet mom was in town this past weekend, and I physically could not have finished everything without her help.  Also, it was just so fun to have her here to share in the excitement.  We spent the weekend, upholstering the board behind the crib, coming up with a way to cut out and cover that over sized "F" in a velvet fabric, and making panels for closet doors.  


I will post a DIY step by step instruction list as to how we created the upholstered wall installation  later this week if anyone is interested.  So here it is...

These before and after shots below are pretty fun to look at.  The room went through quite the transformation.