Thank you to the Washington Post for including this post in your Blog Watch, July 24th, 2008!
My wholesale source for monogrammed pillows (available to all): Quatrefoil Design
When I lived in Boston, I volunteered at the Junior League Decorator Showhouse one year. I was lucky enough to be staffed in a lovely bedroom that influenced my taste in bedrooms from that day forward. It was decorated in shades of blue and gray, and had the most beautiful bed linens I had ever seen. They were by Pratesi, and were a crisp white with a blue chain stitch on the sides of the blanket cover and on the pillows.
Now that I am living in Atlanta, I have not forgotten those Pratesi sheets, but we do not have a Pratesi store in Atlanta. We do have some amazing linen stores, though, that carry lines of similar quality and style to those linens that I remember from Boston. To add a Southern twist to the linens, I love the look of a monogram on the pillows.
When I lived in Boston, I volunteered at the Junior League Decorator Showhouse one year. I was lucky enough to be staffed in a lovely bedroom that influenced my taste in bedrooms from that day forward. It was decorated in shades of blue and gray, and had the most beautiful bed linens I had ever seen. They were by Pratesi, and were a crisp white with a blue chain stitch on the sides of the blanket cover and on the pillows.
Now that I am living in Atlanta, I have not forgotten those Pratesi sheets, but we do not have a Pratesi store in Atlanta. We do have some amazing linen stores, though, that carry lines of similar quality and style to those linens that I remember from Boston. To add a Southern twist to the linens, I love the look of a monogram on the pillows.












As always, the variety of choices has me paralyzed, and I can't quite decide which linens and which configuration of sheets and pillows I should get for my king size bed. I think I am going to wait until my headboard is finished, and take it from there! Stay tuned.
For more inspiring images of custom embroidered pillows, please visit Quatrefoil Design.
Linens like these might inspire me to actually make the bed each morning...
ReplyDeleteYour favorite monogram is mine as well. All the images are just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAlways loved monograms! Great selection of photos!
ReplyDeleteThose are so pretty & classic, I love them!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! My favorite is the same as yours - the oversized Leotine one. Soo pretty!!!
ReplyDeleteJoni
I am still trying to figure out the size of the pillows on the home from New Orleans Homes and Lifestyles. It looks a bit smaller than 26x26. I am thinking it must be 24"x24".
ReplyDeleteI do like the look of that one the best! Is that the one you were talking about, Joni? I like the monogram style the best on the one from House Beautiful, but the pillows best on the New Orleans one.
I love monogramed pillows! I have enjoyed all your bedroom posts as I am in the process of redoing mine...great inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Beautiful Treasures!
ReplyDeleteThank You Denise Nantasket Beach,Mass.
I love this house, but it does have a lot of contemporary elements for such a traditional exterior - the exterior is really beautiful!
ReplyDeletewhy did this show up on this blog? ohwell, you know where it's supposed to be!!!! weird!
ReplyDeleteAwesome post on monogrammed linens! So classy and chic! Congratulations on being blog of the week on the Washington Post!
ReplyDeleteCheers :)
Karen
Go to http://www.elegantlinenspc.com/ - they have Pratesi available but you have to call for pricing and they'll ship anywhere. They wont be carrying it for long though but it's 30% off right now!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis kind of linen looks so crisp! But how do you keep it that way - in a guest bedroom for sure!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, you are so brilliant!