Betsy's Best

The Best is Yet to Come

Here at Elizabeth Schmidt Interior Design, we know that the best is yet to come, but we always look fondly
on what has been!

Here's a look back on 2012 and all the fun we had.

January 2012 - Atlanta, Georgia

Fine Dining at Boxwoods, Buckhead, Georgia.

February 2012 - Los Angeles, California

Glamorous Dining at Sur, West Hollywood, California.

March 2012 - Park City, Utah

Chalet Chic in Park City, Utah. Decorator with her other daughter!

April 2012 - Cincinnati, Ohio

You are your own worst client! Designer's own home redo!

May - France

Decorator and Daughter take France!

June 2013 - Leland, Michigan

You are still your own worst client! Updating the family cottage.

July 2012 - Leland, Michigan (Again!)

Who wants to work in the summer?

August 2012 - Leland, Michigan (Still!)

I am never going back.

September 2012 - Northport, Michigan

On the move! Moving our clients in to their Northport, Michigan summer home!

October 2012 - Cincinnati, Ohio

Still moving! Moving our clients in to their mid-century modern remodel!

November 2012 - Cincinnati, Ohio

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

December 2012 - Cincinnati, Ohio

The "Empire" at the ESID Christmas Dinner!
Pam, Danielle, Hope & Betsy (aka Elizabeth)

Happy New Year!

Window Shopping

Have you ever thought to yourself, I wish I could take what is in the Elizabeth Schmidt Interior Design front window home?

Well now you can.

We are launching Favorites at www.ElizabethSchmidtInteriorDesign.com.

Now every time we change the window we will list the items on the website with further information and pricing. If you decide you can't live without something all you have to do is give the studio a call at 513.871.7721 and arrange for payment and delivery.

So head on over to the Favorites page to see

what you can't live without.

Presenting ...

The 2012 Elizabeth Schmidt Interior Design Christmas Window!

You might have noticed which look won (and yes that was my mom's pick)! But I must admit we are all enthralled with this window.

So please be sure to take a peek the next time you are in the neighborhood! And be sure to come at night, it will be sparkling!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Silver, white and lavender: the NEW Christmas colors!

Love our new boxwoods and lavender ribbon!

And we love the newest member of the design team!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like ...

The Elizabeth Schmidt Interior Design Front Window is Under Construction!!

Somehow it has crept up on us again, Thanksgiving! And so the elves (aka Hope) are hard at work getting the front window ready for Christmas. Don't worry, soon the brown paper will come down and we will reveal what might be our favorite window ever!

Here's a little sneak peak of the construction zone.

Don't worry that brown paper doesn't mean we are closing. It just means we want the Christmas window to be a big surprise!

The mums have got to go too!

The sofa and artwork are headed back to my parent's house!

And now it is starting to look a little more like Christmas!

Stayed tuned for the big reveal and of course to see who won the big Christmas window debate!

Choices, Choices, Choices

Here at that studio we have a large front window on a busy street. So every couple of months the pressure is on to design the next great window.

For this year's Holiday Window, we wanted a design that epitomized what we call our French Chic look. We have so many things we love it was hard to choose. But in the end it came down to two options (I was rooting for one, my mom for the other.).

Who do you think won?

1. Coco Mirror 2. Troy Lamp 3. Carved Side Cabinet 4. Nanette Chair

The combination of the fabulous Coco Mirror, tongue-in-check Troy Lamp, elegant Carved Side Cabinet and curvy Nanette Chairs, has the combination of elegance, sophistication, beauty and fun that says French Chic to us.

1. Coco Mirror 2. Albatros Console 3. The Natural Light Isadora Lamp with Purple Shade 4. Banana Leaves

Again, we can't get enough of the fabulous Coco Mirror, but we did a different take on French Chic by pairing it with the simple and elegant reclaimed wood Albatros Console, the classic Isadora lamp with purple shade and a bold arrangement of banana leaves. Still sophisticated and elegant but in a more casual way.

The Holiday Window will debut Thanksgiving 2012!

I LOVE LA!

I've been wanting to go to LA for a long time. All the great stuff I keep seeing lately seems to come from there. So, when I heard that the Design Blogger's Conference was going to be there I knew I had to go! I loved LA! The shopping was fabulous, the restaurants were great, really nice people and I loved our hotel, the SLS. To top it all off we were there for the Oscars so of course my daughter and I just pretended WE were movie stars! The Design Blogger's Conference was great too, what a fun trip, I can't wait to go back!

First stop, The Ivy, a charming restaurant just a few blocks from our hotel.
Hope tells me it's where all the stars go!

And if you like the decor at Ivy, you can buy it all right next door!

This is the breakfast bar at the SLS. It has the very best yogurt parfait that I have ever, ever tasted, and look how pretty it looks!

Mecox Gardens always has great things.

More from Mecox Gardens, I couldn't get enough!

Just so you don't miss it, Mecox is on N. Cienega Blvd. this is the area you want to be in for all the great design ideas

I loved this lamp from Harbinger, just down the street from Mecox Gardens,

Quotable Design

I love when bloggers do an outfit to room or room to outfit post. They are always so chic and fun and usually I would like to wrap the room and outfit right up and take them home. I thought I would try something a little different and take a quote and give it a room. I am in no position to be putting outfits together and I love all the inspiring and decorative quotes I am finding floating around Pinterest these days.

So here are some words to live and design by.