Lay Decorating/Le Decorating

The title of this post is a homophone because it has two meanings and if you use your imagination and squint a little, both are pronounced the same.

"Lay" means "not belonging to, connected with, or proceeding from a profession." This is just to clear up the fact that I am not a professional decorator, as if you needed to be reminded by the four years it took to get curtains up in my kitchen. So, like all good lay preachers, instead of delivering original words or wisdom, I'm just going to be stealing from multiple professional sources, rarely citing them correctly.

"Le" means "the," as in "the word you say before a totally English word to try to make it sound French."  We will also be discussing a french-inspired decoration.

Now that our English lesson is complete, let's commence with the decorating- because Webster defines "commencement" not as an ending, but as a beginning, as any good lay graduation speech has taught you.

First, I have been in love with Design Dazzle's blog ever since my coworker found it last week. We were both totally impressed with this play kitchen someone made from an old entertainment center:

Today's post was this playroom, including a play "house" made under the stairs.

I also love these letters as clever wall decor:

A smaller version that would actually match Ryan's current room is found on Tonky Designs: 

But I hesitate to pay money to a company who is also offering this chic wall sticker (in 14 colors...including mint):

Quickly, now, let's return to the "letters and numbers in different designs" train of thought which brings us to the French part of our post today. My old coworker who now lives in Florida saw this Parisian perpetual calendar on etsy:

So, she went around Cocoa Beach with her camera and printed out her own letters on magnetic "paper" to create a personal sign on her apartment door. Love it!

So, there you have it: Lay Decorating and Le Decorating.

Good night! or Bonne nuit! or whatever.