bye bye.

have a happy easter...peeps.

*image courtesy of flickr/bumblev

industrialized....

the look is popping up everywhere, even in those pesky mail order catalogs that arrive at your house daily. the industrial look is something that makes my heart skip a beat. i don't need a whole house filled w/ stainless steel but little bits of it interjected into a space makes me happy. that is why when i saw the kitchen w/ the locker baskets, i freaked. that image quickly jumped to the top of my "favorites list". i found the article from country living and read the story on the designer, Aaron Foster, who created that awesome kitchen- everything was from ebay, home depot, or flea market fairs.....

then last night, i almost died when i saw please sir's locker set...ohhh, how i would kill to have that living in my house! she spotted it in college and knew she had to have it! oh the possibilities that locker set holds!! so i am on a mission...i will be searching every reStore, flea market, and restaurant supply company (i have never been to one...tay get ready, we have an outing)....i need a little more industrial in my life...like this old metal desk from a french post office...wouldn't it be a perfect place to pay bills?!

*images courtesy of country living, please sir, 1st dibs via riviera antiques

the vintage suitcase...

there is something about the aesthetics of an old suitcase: the worn leather, the engraved initials, the story, the travels...it can bring an automatic interest into a room! i personally love ones w/ stripes; and stacking one on top of another always makes a great statement!

*images courtesy of flickr/ weeweeyun, flickr/hbgordon, design sponge, m.a. belle via patrick cline

hey party people....

in case you didn't know- it's spring break 09'. i looked at the calendar this morning and saw that my 22 month old daughter is now officially on her first spring break. one week, that can have so many connotations....

10 yrs ago, i would have been stepping off the plane into mexico w/ 10 of my bff's- all w/ glowing tans from a month of preplanned tanning bed visits...i can't help but wonder how we constantly pulled this off w/ our parents?? twenty yr old girls downing frozen drinks like we had no tomorrow, yelling at men in sombreros to bring their whistles over and pour mysterious blue tequila shots into our mouths, dancing the night away in sweaty clubs w/ foam parties...

i glance over at little innocent tay shoveling her raisin bran into her mouth...i smile knowing the only dancing she will be doing this week is to the 'rompa stomp stomp' by the wiggles and the only chugging will be in form of whole milk...and thank God that i have 15+ yrs to prepare...

trying to stay afloat...

i knew it would happen...i did, but i was in denial. domino is gone and so are my 700 deco files i used daily to blog about. suggestions please...can anyone recommend another good site to upload photos?? also, if any of you have a great friend or know of a great company...i need to work on a website (someone that is innovative yet affordable- do those words go together??)....happy friday.

*image courtesy of we heart it/fffound

watching paint dry....

morning peeps...i am filling in for my mom today b/c she is busy laboring away w/ gigi.... see what they have already started....a couple more coats and she will be complete (mom was eager to see how the chair would look w/ the cushion back on)...hopefully gigi is okay w/ her chair going from nice and traditional to FUNKY (think mom has lost her mind??).....peace out homies, i've got to go to school.

faux bamboo chippendale chair

this is a widely popular chair that has made it's way around the web a time or two...well, now the faux bamboo chippendale has landed in my house thanks to mom and dad. i have been asking mom for it for about six yrs now...saying you know when you get tired of it, i will gladly take that off of your hands. well this christmas, it magically appeared as one of my presents! and i couldn't be happier. my husband on the other hand was thinking "great, just what we need another chair". the one catch to it was it's cane seat had worn through.

at first we were going to try and replace the caning but we couldn't find any cane locally. so i suggested we pull it off and put an upholstered seat on it. i decided on chiang mai dragon for the cushion fabric. on my last trip home, i took the chair and 'Sha Ron' worked his magic...now i am just left to decide if i am painting her or not....i was thinking a chartreuse green to match a wing chair i have in the room....good thing mom is on her way here...i am putting her to work!

*image courtesy of me, jonathan adler