This Week at Eclectic...

I spent less than 24 hours in Beaufort/Bluffton with my parents on a random buying trip. Ranom might be the understatement of the century. I obliged my father in the self-proclaimed "World's Largest Yard Sale" in Hilton Head. My gut told me it would be terrible but I had hopes that I might find some random bamboo or rattan pieces that could be salvaged. Well my gut was right...it was beyond terrible. I have zero patience when it comes to mobs of people with no concern for the people around them so I almost bought a golf club and beat the sh*t out of someone. And I am generally a really nice person (honest). My poor dad had hopes of finding a Civil War relic. I think he's seen one too many episodes of American Pickers. So we tried to salvage the day by spending a couple hours in Bluffton which is one of my favorite, sleepy coastal towns which also boasts my favorite church, The Church of the Cross, as I've spoke about before. We ate at The Cottage and continued to have quite possibly the worst dining experience of my life. I swear people, I am not a complainer! I think it was just not in the cards for us that day! We were sat pretty much in the kitchen. I had to hand dishes to the busboys as I ate my meal. lol But I think if you sat on the porch it would be lovely. I recommend going for brunch and if you have a sweet tooth def get a dessert! 

I love this shot, I look like a paparazzi. Those are my parents walking out! lol

I did manage to score a few good things while on my trip!

Saw the 6-8' gator that lives by my parents house. I still love my dad's quote when my nephew Finn asked him if he knew how to out run a gator and my dad said "No, but I know I can out run Grandma." Nice. Wonder where I get my sarcasm from? The answer, according to Finn, is zig-zag's...you run in zig-zags because they cannot. I hope I never have to try. 

And I got back to Sullivan's Island in time to drink some green beer with 300 of my closest friends...

We also listened to the Ryan Bonner Band at High Thyme...they are adorable and so much fun! If I were 10 years younger I'd be a groupie. 

We installed a custom map art piece/wallpaper I had made of the Charleston area for a client of mine. Since she was still fairly new to the area, she wanted to have a map of Charleston so she could see how all of the islands related to each other and find her way around town better. But since we had just spent a lot of time/money renovating her kitchen/living space, I forbade her (kidding) to hang an ugly map on her wall! So together we came up with a solution we both could live with. I joke as she is the one who lives there but I, in good conscious, could not live with the fact that we had created a beautiful space and then I left her with an ugly map hanging on her wall. Soooo here is what we (along with the combined efforts of A&E Printing and Sign A' Rama) came up with...

The light switch will be covered.

It is so unique and stunning! Much better in person that it translates in this photo.

I got the stomach bug for the third time. Ugh. Really I just wanted to get it in one more time before spring so I could acheive my goal weight! haha But during my two days of being home sick and in between being er, indisposed, I was able to watch Season 3 of Dowton Abbey. So I am getting caught up with what the rest of the world has been hip to but until I am, please don't ruin any more important details for me via Facebook!!! 

I. Beg. Of. You. 

It is so so so good!

But being sick, I missed ALL of the Charleston Fashion Week festivities and after-parties. Boo-hoo. Oh well, I guess I will have to wait until next year :( 

Have a great weekend y'all! 

A Classic Bentwood Chair

I found a Bentwood chair over the weekend at a flea market in Bluffton...I'm such a sucker for classic Bentwood. It will be lacquered a bold color and sold in Eclectic one day soon. 

Come get inspired with me...

by Edwina Lye and Brian Simmon

All photos via Pinterest.

What color should I paint my find?

Finishes and Selections at Eclectic

Since many of you have been asking, I thought I would share the finishes and  overall selections I made for the shop.

Photo by Wes Fredsel

Paint Colors: 

Benjamin Moore's Decorator's White on the Walls and Peacock Blue on the Barn Door

   

  

Wall-to-Wall Seagrass Carpet

Cork Floors in the Bathroom and Enterance

Both available at Palmetto Carpet

Bathroom Wallpaper: Carlton V Boca Grand in Espresso

Office Wallpaper: Schumacher Tropical Isle

Shelving: IKEA Lack Floating Shelves with Van Dykes Hardware

IKEA Lack Wall Shelf

IKEA Lack Floating Wall Shelf

And I added some brackets...

Van Dykes Shelf Brackets

Shelving similar to this...

IKEA Expedit Shelving

And I had a custom island made by local craftsman with a piece of tin roof I found and fell in love with (cue line from the B52's song Love Shack which I sing in my head every time I look at it...."tin roof......rusted.")

All of the above can be ordered through Eclectic. Email me or call if you are interested sidney@eclectic-idg.com or call me at the shop (843)388-7002. 

This Week at Eclectic...

Saw some progress on a client's gender neutral nursery...drapes come next week. And don't worry, we have a "male" light fixture, just in case!

Speaking of the word drapes...have I mentioned how much I hate the word "curtians"? I really, really do. Kinda like I hate the word couch but I can tolerate couch. I can't tolerate curtains. I have a client that keeps calling them curtains and I keep saying "Please don't call them that." He just laughs but he needs to know that I am serious. 

Also saw some progress on a client's guest bedroom in their second home on Sullivan's Island...

I should have fluffed before Instagramming!

So I learned Twitter this week! My poor friend had to teach me what it was all about. I honestly thought it would be a fad so I never bothered to learn it. And quite frankly, I still think it is very middle school but I get how it can be a valuable business tool so you will be seeing LOTS of tweets from me/Eclectic from here on out. I have officially run and jumped onto the bandwagon as it was speeding away from me. 

If you aren't already, I invite you to follow me on any of the below social media...

Twitter

https://twitter.com/Eclectic_IDG

Pinterest eclectic123 

or search Sidney Wagner (Eclectic)

Instagram swagner_eclectic

As addicted as I am to Pinterest, I still love me some ol' fashion Inspiration Boards. Here is the one I have in my office @ Eclectic...

I cut down sheetrock and nailed it directly into the existing sheetrock and then spray mounted some leftover grasscloth I had from another project so the Inspiration Board would go wall to wall. It is much larger than this image shows. I have to give credit for the sheetrock idea to my talented friend Brett Elrod of C.B. Elrod Construction...it was pretty darn smart and inexpensive! 

Speaking of the talented Brett Elrod, he got married last weekend. Here are my friend and I at his wedding reception at The Hibernian...good times.

And here is how my seashell display turned out for my clients. Remember my post from yesterday?

What do you think??? Be honest. But maybe not brutally honest.

Eclectic has been nominated for best interior design blog again this year and if chosen, I win a cash prize (yippie), so please take a second to vote for me here! Many thanks!!!

Have a great weekend y'all!

She Sells Seashells By The Seashore...

We had a custom piece of furniture made for a client's outside entryway made. It is where they come in from the beach, boat, etc. and a great place to display all of their "finds" from the sea. So I was looking for inspiration on how to best display their treasures and found these great ideas on Pinterest....

In jars with the name of the beach you found the shells

Framed out and labeled with their proper name

Pefectly displayed!

Like no one else does!

All grouped together

In apothecary jars

How do you display your seashells? 

Eclectic has been nominated for best interior design blog again this year and if chosen, I win a cash prize (yippie), so please take a second to vote for me here! Many thanks!!!

Gallery Walls and Big Ass TV's

I'm working on a gallery wall to help a client disguise her husband's big ass TV (you know what I'm talking about) so I looked to Pinterest for some Pin-spiration! 

Eclectic has been nominated for best interior design blog again this year and if chosen, I win a cash prize (yippie), so please take a second to vote for me here! Many thanks!!!