Flea Market Finds

My favorite flea market was this Sunday, so my friend Brooke and I ventured out into the cold at 7am to look for treasures. Here is what came home with me:

A pretty purple barnacle cluster.

A Federal style mirror complete with the original convex glass.

Both were complete steals! I had nowhere to put the mirror, so it is currently hiding in my closet...I secretly sort of love it there.

Furniture Friday 10.2.09

A Tulip Chair can add the perfect touch anywhere...and I want one!

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Picture via Apartment #34

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How Can I Raise $25 Million Dollars?

I am going to take donations and start a charity because I think people will want me to live here...

A triplex penthouse in the clock tower.

There are FOUR working clocks.

The clocks are 14 feet high windows of glass.

There is a glass walled elevator and a three story floating staircase.

The second floor is 2,300 square feet and has three bedrooms.

As if that is not enough, at the very top there is a crow's nest that overlooks the city.

I die. Please send cash.

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Red Carpet Rooms 9.30.09

I feel as though I have been seeing a lot of Rachel Bilson lately, and yet, I could not tell you what film or tv projects she has been doing...if any. That said, she has still been on many red carpets and making quite the statement!

Structured in Navy

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Wrapped in Blue and White

A Pop of Green

Soho House Restaurant

Currently Obsessing...

over this room I found. I want it all just as it is and I do not even like the color red. that is how good it is.

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Inviting French Glamour

I am currently helping a friend who is in the invitation business re-design her home office. Her home office is located in the casita of her home that she is renting. Due to the fact that she has a landlord who has to approve changes and decisions we are trying to work with a lot of what is already there. She already had a room of white furniture. I.E. desk, bookcases, file, and file cabinets. The walls and carpet were VERY caramelly and gold. Not to mention she wanted the place to feel feminine. I was at a loss on where to go. I finally decided we could do a French Glam look just by changing the walls and adding some hints of gold and maybe a pop of zebra and capiz shell.

I am hoping to paint the walls a warm gray that will tone down the carpet to the right shade of warm carmel. Replacing the HEAVY velvet drapes with lovely white linen panels will also make a tremendous difference. Now the tricky part. Getting my friend to be able to picture it! I, of course, have been scouring my files and blogs searching for the perfect pictures to show her that will help her be able to visualize. Here are the pictures I found so far...

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However, if any of my lovely readers have any pictures that they think will help my client visualize, I would love it if you will send them my way!

Furniture Friday 9.25.09

I am always surprised when people do not consider window treatments a VITAL part of a room. I find myself having to talk clients into them most of the time, and then reassuring them that the cost is worth it. One item you can never go wrong with are classic white window panels. They really make any room seem crisp and clean or dreamy and soft. I have them in my bedroom and every once in awhile I am tempted to add something to them. However, look at the pictures below and you can see why I always resist!

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Another Blog Award...Oh My!

I was delighted and thrilled when I heard the lovely ladies over at Chic Coles thought I deserved the Honest Scrap Award.

Here are the rules I must follow:

1. Say Thank You and give a link to the presenter of the award

2. Share "10 Honest Things" about myself

3. Present this award to 7 others whose blogs I find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged me.

4. Tell those 7 people that they have been awarded HONEST SCRAP and inform them of these guidelines.

Well, here it goes!

1. I adore pigs...they are the cutest animal.

2. I am addicted to salsa. The hotter the better.

3. I am a reality TV junkie. It is one of the reasons I fell in love with my hubby.

4. I want to be on Top Design just to meet Jonathan Adler and Kelly Wearstler, but I would never do it because I could not live with strangers.

5. I have to sleep with the TV on.

6. I am an accessory addict. I may only have 10 shirts, but I could wear them 1,000 different ways.

7. I have swam with dolphins, sea lions, and manatees. It is truly my Nirvana.

8. I cannot cook but I want every kitchen accessory known to man.

9. My puppy is named after a line in Anchorman. "Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!"

10. I am 5'9" and I LOVE high heels.

Now for those blogs that I love to read everyday...

1. Sketch 42

2. Dress Design & Decor

3. Delight by Design

4. I am Style-ish

5. Good Bones, Great Pieces

6. Dustjacket Attic

7. Ada & Darcy

Thank you again to the girls over at Chic Coles! You must check them out too!

Dramatic Doors

I really think that your front door sets the tone for the home that you are about to enter. That being said, I would love to be able to visit the following homes...

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Kristan Cunningham

Ashley Olsen

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If you are like me and cannot change your front door due to condo rules or HOAs, try doing what I did. I painted the inside of my front door a glossy black. It really makes a statement at the end of the hall and becomes part of the home rather than just an exit route.

Two Lamps are Better than one

Double the fun...

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Picture via Pink Wallpaper