{"id":641,"date":"2009-02-16T08:12:54","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T13:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=641"},"modified":"2015-12-27T21:10:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T02:10:53","slug":"unexpected-and-personal-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/02\/unexpected-and-personal-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected and Personal Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Unexpected&#8221; and &#8220;personal&#8221; ideas are leading the design trend for 2009, particularly in this down economy. Here&#8217;s the story on the <a title=\"What's New at Home blog\" href=\"http:\/\/whatsnewathome.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/13\/unexpected-and-personal-leading-2009-color-choices\/\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s new at Home<\/a> blog. If the ideas are to personalize the space, create something unexpected and to keep it simple, then <a title=\"casart\u2122coverings website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\">casart\u2122 <\/a> definitely fits the bill, as written up here recently on <a title=\"The Design Style Guide blog\" href=\"http:\/\/designstyleguide.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/casart-wall-coverings.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Design Style Guide<\/a> Blog. Here&#8217;s one of our photos below. That&#8217;s our lime colorwash casart\u2122 on the wall. Be sure to visit our <a title=\"casart\u2122 colorwash YouTube demo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vAI3yKnNZQc&amp;feature=channel\" target=\"_blank\">new video on YouTube<\/a> showing its installation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/02\/c2a9casarte284a2coverings-lime-colorwasbh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-643 aligncenter\" title=\"\u00a9casart coverings-lime-colorwash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/02\/c2a9casarte284a2coverings-lime-colorwasbh.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9casart coverings-lime-colorwash\" width=\"301\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/c2a9casarte284a2coverings-lime-colorwasbh.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/c2a9casarte284a2coverings-lime-colorwasbh-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Please vote for us! We have just entered the <a title=\"Leading Moms in Business Competition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.startupnation.com\/leading-moms-2009\/contestant\/4628\/index.php\">StartUp Nation, Leading Moms in Business Competition<\/a>. The top 200 ranked businesses will get marketing exposure through TV and other media vehicles. Your vote counts everyday until midnight, March 31st. You can a vote as many times as you want and please share this with your friends. We could really use the exposure as we just launched. Be a part of helping us move our popularity meter to hot! I have posted a widget in our sidebar for easy return and access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Happy Presidents&#8217; Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Unexpected&#8221; and &#8220;personal&#8221; ideas are leading the design trend for 2009, particularly in this down economy. Here&#8217;s the story on the What&#8217;s new at Home blog. If the ideas are to personalize the space, create something unexpected and to keep it simple, then casart\u2122 definitely fits the bill, as written up here recently on The Design Style Guide Blog. Here&#8217;s one of our photos below. That&#8217;s our lime colorwash casart\u2122 on the wall. Be sure to visit our new video on YouTube showing its installation. Please vote for us! We have just entered the StartUp Nation, Leading Moms in Business Competition. The top 200 ranked businesses will get marketing exposure through TV and other media vehicles. Your vote counts everyday until midnight, March 31st. You can a vote as many times as you want and please share this with your friends. We could really use the exposure as we just launched. Be a part of helping us move our popularity meter to hot! I have posted a widget in our sidebar for easy return and access. 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