A tale of My Marrakesh now on Pinterest

Dear friends,

I'm a late bloomer but I'm now on Pinterest!  

Check out my boards if you have a moment.  Here's a little idea of what they're all about:

Moroccan Design board

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Global Ethnic Design board

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Patterns that Inspire Me board

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Colors that Inspire Me board

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People and Cultures that Inspire Me board

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Styling that Inspires Me board

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Things I Own and Love board

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Check out all my boards on Pinterest right here and follow along if you'd like!

See you there!

                        Love,
                        Maryam in Marrakesh

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PS I'm giving tips on how to shop and ship while traveling  in the Denver Post today!  Take a peek.

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Marrakech: and a tale of my house in Living Etc. Magazine

So very happy to see my house at Peacock Pavilions in the pages of one of my favorite British design magazines, Living Etc.  

I wanted to share a few shots with you.

Peacock Pavilions in Living Etc, shot by Richard Powers

I did these very pretty stairs in collaboration with Melanie Royals and the Peacock Painters.  And I stenciled the door myself!  You can buy the stencils right here.  

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My great room at Peacock Pavilions with its beautiful octagonal dome with peep holes (thanks to my talented architect husband, Chris Redecke) .  I designed the lanterns myself.  You can find similar Beni Ouarain carpets in my Red Thread Souk.

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The enormous advertising banner is Spanish and was purchased several years ago.  I have a second identical one that I horded because I love it so much (makes a huge, cool impact).  It is $925.  Contact me (moroccanmaryamATyahooDOTcom) if you would like to make it yours. 

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Breakfast nook in my kitchen.  I designed the pillows in vinyl, to make cleanups super easy.  The floor tiles are from Popham Design.

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My office where I write this blog!  The floors were done with a custom Modello and tell a little tale that I wrote.  My husband and I built the shelves, and I stenciled my file folder boxes.  I handmixed the paint color for the walls.

Pick up a copy of the current Living Etc. to see all the images, including the floorplans of our house!  If you would like to see more pics of our house (and many more Moroccan houses), puruse by book, Marrakesh by Design.

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Photography by the amazing Richard Powers.  Many thanks to Tiffany Burch Nichols for scanning the photos and sending them along.

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Wyoming: and a tale of love in an endless field, Part 2

It was I who had introduced them.  One day, one day long ago.

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They were just friends at first.  But then -- years later -- things changed.

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I think it was because they realized that they made each other laugh...

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so hard that they'd fall off their chairs.

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But seriously...

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Bless them, just bless them...

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If ever a marriage deserves to work, it's theirs.

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