design can be fun....

I always love it when I can finally put a name to a room that I've seen all over blogland...

Case in point, Summer Thornton. I posted the picture below ages ago, but I didn't actually know who the designer was (probably the biggest problem in the blogging community) until today! How sad!

Anyways, I was browsing her portfolio and really like her approach to design....in her own words "Summer Thornton Design was established to make the design process unpretentious, fun, and fresh. Mixing high and low, rough and polished, classic and irreverent, her designs utilize contrast to engage the senses"

....How can you not like that mission statement?? I love designers that take the more untraditional "interior design" route and make design accessible and most importantly, fun!

I think it's great that good design is becoming more obtainable these days. Whether it's through blogs, designers, stylists, magazines, etc, people are sharing resources and ideas and the design world is becoming less mysterious. Besides, was it ever fair that only the wealthy could have designer homes?

I think not!

Anyways, on to more images of Summer Thornton's fun and original take on design (except for Kelly Wearstler's Imperial Trellis.....I kid, I kid, there was a time when it wasn't overused!)

Summer Thornton Design