Available: Parisian Room for Rent

So one of my Team Members, Judy, and I were talking one day about which one of our fabulous Collections she absolutely loves, and she actually blew me away with her response.

"I just love the Room For Rent Collection. It's just beautiful, feminine, and it's perfect for any age."

I mean, she's totally right. The Room for Rent Collection is a classic, and has been one of my favorites too for such a long time. With it's beautiful velvety flocked floral print, raised against a white iridescent taffeta, it's simple, yet elegant and beyond beautiful. I call it a Cinderella Collection!

Room For Rent Collection

 As you can tell, I love to pair this Collection with bright candy pinks and rich black satins and velvets. It's an amazing contrast and it is what gives this bedding it's pop.  Today, I'm going to tell you how to achieve the Cinderella-esque look and feel of our Room for Rent Collection for your room, with some easy steps!

Paint Colors: 

Benjamin Moore: Pretty Pink (2077-50)
or for a richer pink : Spring Azalea (2077-40)
And Jet Black (2120-10)

Now, if you're wanting an almost exact look of the room scene above, all you need to do is paint one wall black. This will serve as your accent wall and will be the wall the headboard will be against. Then, you leave the rest of the room white, using the pinks as accent colors for shelves, picture frames, and mirrors. I would keep the furniture a crisp white, and have a mid-century flare to it. It keeps a clean and sophisticated feel to the room.

Pink and Black Stripe Walls(picture this with brighter pink)

Or, you can also paint the walls using stripes, either vertically(as shown above), or horizontally. Pink and Black stripes for the Daring Diva, Pink and White stripes for the Feminine Fashionsita, and White and Black stripes for the Classic Cutie. Any way you choose would work wonders for this room!

Bedroom Accessories:

Now for the bedroom accessories. It's probably a little obvious by now, that my team and I have this love affair with Mid-Century furniture and accessories. We absolutely love the baroque patterns and scroll work carvings of that beautiful era. So I suggest using these accessories in this room, to complete the sophisticated style that we're trying to achieve.

Frankie's Room Remixx 2012- Boutique

Use mirrored vanities for the dressers, which you can find at places like Hobby Lobby, Home Goods, Pier 1 Imports, and even Target (If you catch them on a good day)! You can also find amazing armoires at these stores as well, or even at a second hand store, and turn them into the perfect display case for your shoes, make up, jewelry or even books! I have my extravagant collection of heels on display right now in my little armoire, which I found second hand! With a little paint and some new glass shelves, I turned it into the perfect little display case that fits well with almost any room!

Then, try and find baroque style pictures frames. We just received these adorable Le Petite Baroque Picture Frames, they are smaller sure, but just the perfect accent pieces for any room. Use canvas wall art, and frame a picture of your favorite 1950's actress, we suggest Audrey or Marylin, in an amazingly elaborate baroque picture frame that you can find at either Micheal's or Hobby Lobby.

Furniture:

When it comes to your bedroom furniture, it's totally okay if you're on a budget and can't buy new furniture. All you need to do is paint. When in doubt, always paint. And if you want your old headboard to turn into something fabulous and new, buy some fabric that matches the decor and that you absolutely love, and use that to re-upholster a drab headboard. Be creative!

If you are blessed enough to be able to purchase a completely new bedroom set, then remember baroque/mid-century style!

Bedding and Linens:

Now, after all of the painting, and remodeling, and rearranging of your room, it's come time to hang the window panels and remake the bed, to complete your fabulous new Wake Up Frankie Room Make-Over!

And there you have it lovelies... Your new bedroom that's fit for any Parisian Princess! Until next time!

xoxo- Frankie

The one and only; American Beauty

Hello all my little Frankie Fanataics!

I have some more amazing news... We just received a new collection at Wake Up Frankie, and quite frankly, I'm obsessed with it. 

American Beauty

It's classic, timeless, and beautiful! Our American Beauty Collection is something that My Team and I have wanted to do for so long, and my dream finally came true! Not only is it classic, but you can spice this bedding up with leopards and brocade as well and give it a fun, fabulous feel.

American Beauty

Honestly, I amaze myself sometimes.

xoxo- Frankie

In my absence

Good Morning all my Frankie Fashionista's!

I first, would like to apologize for my absence. Did you miss me??

But, I feel it's okay I've missed a few days because I come back bringing good news and wonderful goodies. My wonderful Team has been hard at work coming up with brilliant new ideas and amazing new gifts for all you loyal Wake Up Frankie Fans out there!

For one thing, make sure you check out our Facebook for our new Facebook Giveaway. Last time, 5 lucky winners were chosen to receive a fabulous dec pillow for their room! This time, we're going to be giving 2 lucky winners a super cute new Nightie...

Wake Up Frankie Facebook Contest

Some more wonderful new goodies my Fabulous Team has brought to the table; an array of new cosmetic bags and totes, and a super cute black and white polka dot magazine bin! Not to mention the new Zebra Steering wheel covers( in regular black and white, and also black and pink) plus our new Sweet Dreams Standard Shams!

All super cute new items at Wake Up Frankie, and I for one cannot be more excited!

Polka Dot Magazine Bin

Sweet Dreams Standard Sham - Black

Velveteen Zebra Steering Wheel Cover

Fuchsia/Black Stripe Cosmetic Bag

Pink/Brown Polka Dot Cosmetic Case

 Plus there is so much more! Go check out  Wake Up Frankie too see What's New! Not to mention the amazing $5.00 ground shipping on any order(excluding over-sized items and lighting of course. Along with all Canadian Orders as well)!

Also, look for a new DIY blog coming soon!

xoxo- Frankie

Don't be a Bushing Cheetah...

Blushing Cheetah

 So today's DIY blog is one of my Team Frankie's Favorites! Our Blushing Cheetah Collection is a Pink Label Collection, so it's one of our higher end Collections. Made in a Soft Pink taffeta with a Black Velvet Flocked cheetah pattern, satin piping and Glamour Rhinestone buttons enclosure's, it's absolutely one of our more beautiful  collections. And I plan on showing you how to transform your room into a Sophisticated Oasis using this amazing Collection!

You know where we'll start...

Let's pick out those paint colors:
Benjamin Moore Paint: Posy Pink 2080-60/ Ebony King 2132-20

Desire: Pink Wallpaper- Graham & Brown

Now, because this Collection is predominately Pink and Black, you don't have many colors to work with. However since I, along with my entire team, love everything to do with the color pink, we see this as a dream room!

Now in our Collections picture, we decided to use black and white stripes on the wall. However I know sometimes people don't like black and white stripes, so there are plenty of different  ways to go about this. If you're a wallpaper fanatic, I suggest using Graham & Brown's Desire: Pink Wallpaper. It's not the exact same color pink, however it's a beautiful color, and a beautiful design! Plus, it'll be just the perfect amount of diversity to make the bedding pop. If for whatever reason the paper is too much, you can always use this wallpaper in a picture frame molding, like I have in my room! That way you can just have this wallpaper in pops along the walls, and you can paint all the bedroom accessories pink, and black. It's genius, and very sophisticated glam. 

Bedroom Accessories...

To keep the sophisticated glam feel of this room, less is always more.However, you can make the less you do use, FABULOUS!

And for our Collection...

Here you go lovelies, our Blushing Cheetah Pink Label Collection:

And there you have it  Frankie Fanatics! Our Blushing Cheetah DIY blog, with all the steps you need to turn your room into a Blushing Oasis!

xoxo- Frankie

Happy Shopping at Wake Up Frankie!

Be sure to check out my new YouTube Video! 

And Happy Shopping Lovelies!

xoxo-Frankie

Oh My Heaven's To Betsey!

Good Morning Fashionista's!

I thought I'd talk today about my refreshingly fun Collection Heaven's To Betsey. 

Heavens to Betsey

Inspired by one of my favorite designers, this Collection is a fabulous take on a classic style. Having a weakness for pink and floral prints, I wanted to create a bedroom that was fun and stylish without being so classical or drab. I used this amazingly bright and colorful floral print with it's perfect pink background, and added some gold, and some leopard prints and VOILA! You have one of the our most fun Collections to date!And because this Collection is so popular, I figured I would instruct my lovelies on how to create a very similar room.

You know where to start...

 Let's choose the paint colors:
Benjamin Moore: Springtime Bloom(2079-40) / Sunburst(2023-40) / Yosemite Blue(2059-40) / Eccentric Lime (2027-30)

Pink and White Striped Wall

Now, for a room that has this bold floral print, I personally wouldn't want to take focus away from the bedding by making the walls over-powering. So maybe just paint the walls a solid color, and use the other paint colors for the accents and furniture. I would use the Springtime Bloom(which is a pink) for the walls. If you're thinking that pink is a little to dark to paint all the walls, then maybe doing vertical stripes on the walls every other and use the Springtime Bloom and Benjamin Moore's Pink Cherub (2079-60). This way, your room isnt over powered with the deeper pink, and it still doesn't take away from the bedding.Or, you can even just use the Springtime Bloom Pink and stripe it with the white walls, so there is a much strong contrast.

Now for the accessories... 

Once your room is painted, then you can move on to your accessories and furniture. You can alternate between the colors that we've chosen above, and paint things that you find and love, but don't yet match the room.

For furniture, if you're room is smaller, you can use something small yet fabulous, like our Glamtastic Storage Cube. Or our Ottoman in the Round - Kiwi to my Heart. Both are amazingly cute, and perfect for a smaller room!

Don't forget about picture frames and things like that either. We just received a ton of really cute and fun new things to our website this week.



Like our Le Petite Baroque Picture Frame - available in Pink and Turquoise, and even our new Mirrors, like the Lily XIV Mirror - Lime.

Let there be Chandeliers!

It is no secret that I, Frankie, am obsessed with chandeliers. Every room in every home, apartment, and condo needs a chandelier. Even bathrooms. So of course I have at least three Chandelier's that would go wonderfully with this room!

Paris Flea Market Chandelier

Small Black Rose Beaded Chandelier

5 light Fuchsia Chandelier

 All three of them beautiful and all three of them are perfect for this Fabulous Collection!

Last but not least...

The Bedding. The absolutely glamorous bedding.

And there you have lovelies. Just some ways to use this inspired collection as your own inspiration, and pay homage to one of the most fabulous designers!

Oh My Heaven's to Betsey!

xoxo- Frankie