tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294136912023-11-15T23:44:54.973-08:00A Designers ObsessionMy life in design with the occasional craft and pup pic.Z -http://www.blogger.com/profile/17480843900349055448noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29413691.post-64366546848778196022012-10-13T16:05:00.000-07:002012-10-15T19:04:52.944-07:00Setting Realistic Goals<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Gosh I find that I hate making that yearly resolution list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why because I really hate to not keep my word
and I know that if I make some commitment that I will kill myself trying to fulfill
it or totally fail and feel like a loser, does that make any sense?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I can be really hard on myself. </span>So a realistic goal, is a goal in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life is so busy and next to keeping up my
blog I want to keep up my garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
desk I sit at and type away on my computer is at the farthest corner of my house
so I have two windows at each corner that looks out into my backyard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having something beautiful to look at is critical to staying creative for me, so here goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This seems to be a realistic goal for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I can always add more! </span>Pictured below is one of my recent
projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found this lovely little bird bath in Sonoma,
at Plain Janes Consignment Shop, and found it was too low to the ground to be a bird bath because
of my six cats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> So, o</span>ne day it hit me … it
would make a beautiful planter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had my
husband drill a few holes in the bottom, and I added pebbles and some
charcoal and some potting soil and due to the heat in my area I chose
succulents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it came out quite
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Z -http://www.blogger.com/profile/17480843900349055448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29413691.post-89478988116043876522012-10-11T19:19:00.002-07:002012-10-13T16:32:02.130-07:00Getting Exactly What I Want<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I’ve always wanted a little French looking bergere with rococo
swirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw one online at Horchow and
was love at first sight and it was also it was $1,800.00!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I did what I do when I want something real
bad and I can’t afford it, I make "budget" version of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
I found a similar style online for $125.00, but it had a natural wood finish with
a 70’s brown, orange and gold striped velvet fabric.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It came from New York City aboard a Grey
Hound truck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea at the time
you could ship that way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a vision
of the chair in a distressed cream with a luxurious fabric in my living room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can sew, so I started like I do all
projects, irresponsibly diving in and then assessing what needs to be done as I
go. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The painting and distressing was
super simple, I like to paint too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
I was onto the fabric hunt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose a completely
inappropriate light sapphire blue silk fabric.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mind you I have three small dogs, and my living room is the sunniest
part of the house. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had it completely stripped
of fabric within a few hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was at
this point I decided I needed help so I thought wouldn’t it be nice to see
someone doing this then it hit me –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
library!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Libraries these days are soooo
cool, just like Amazon but free, and you don’t have to find a permanent spot in
your bookshelf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hit the jackpot and
they had some books and a VIDEO!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
watched the video a few times and dove in, oh yeah I bought some simple
upholstery tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you it was
a really difficult and I can’t tell you how many times I hit my nails with the
stupid hammer trying put in those tiny little tack nail looking things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s a reason why upholstery is expensive
it’s time consuming and hard work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
also burned the heck out of myself with the glue gun when I was putting on the
welt or is it gimp?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Oh and I didn't think about the effect of the heat from the glue gun on the silk. </span>All in all I think I
did a pretty good job aside from the fact that I will have to take it in to
have it reupholstered in a few years when the sun has its way with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you think? Oh and the little black mark is another story.</span><br />
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Z -http://www.blogger.com/profile/17480843900349055448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29413691.post-66956481736565680612012-10-10T21:10:00.000-07:002012-10-15T12:01:49.636-07:00Inspiration<br />
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<span class="ssens"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My inspiration has always been the divine appreciation for all things beautiful. Since I was a child of about eight or so I’ve
had a fascination for homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to
look at moldings, trims, banisters, sinks, stoves and oh gosh the ceilings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t explain it, maybe some residual past
life stuff there, but perhaps growing up poor and seeing beautiful
versions of something we had at home held for me some little déjà vu factor. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I clearly remember a mansion that we used to
visit in a town I lived in as a child called Vineland, in Southern New Jersey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mom had a friend that lived there – no,
not the whole house, it had been chopped up into these little apartment
rentals. It was so sad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was here that
I sat mezmerized with this ugly artificial wall that I knew didn’t belong to the rest of the room with this huge
brown polished banister sticking out of the end of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Immediately I wanted to imagine what the rest
of the house looked like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The kitchen
area had this enormous white porcelain sink that must have weighed a ton and
had an apron in the front and its own backsplash that went up about a two feet then
curved towards the wall. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can also see
in my mind the enormous windows over the sink with little panes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s haunting how I will never forget this
house, and a few years back I even tried to look for it on Google earth and
couldn’t find it, but it’s where it all started … my love of all things
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Z -http://www.blogger.com/profile/17480843900349055448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29413691.post-76154638066765511902012-09-25T12:19:00.000-07:002012-10-13T16:08:08.578-07:00New Fabric Line from Sarah Richardson<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I just read that Sarah Richardson is planning a new fabric line through Kravet. See her </span><a href="http://www.sarahrichardsondesign.com/sarah/diary"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">diary, on September 18th, </span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I can only imagine a vintage line in in muted colors or some of the newer brighter colors she's been using in a funky modern print. Or better yet, an organic line inspired by nature to drool over. I'm already renovating my living room in my head, I'm really tired of my old curtains. Yes this is truly good news. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here's one of my favorite rooms from Design Inc., it's just so soft, sexy and luxe. Enjoy.</span><br />
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Z -http://www.blogger.com/profile/17480843900349055448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29413691.post-10118320817731453862012-09-24T12:49:00.000-07:002012-10-13T16:08:30.309-07:00Let it Rain<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm so happy to write that we have roofing paper down and we don't have to sweat the rain. We are taking a few weeks off and then we can start roofing (hopefully). I'm so bummed about not having a metal roof though. It was such a lovely weekend and I'm so thankful for the wonderful people that have given us their time to help with the building. We are also at a road block for the siding. We were told it wasn't going to be a problem getting the wood at cost and now apparently it's not happening. Gosh I used to think that a persons word meant something. Well maybe in the "olden" days. Guess we have to go to plan B, or C. Wood is so darn expensive right now maybe we can find an old barn that needs to be hauled away.</span><br />
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<br />Z -http://www.blogger.com/profile/17480843900349055448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29413691.post-6170891672218735072012-09-05T23:56:00.000-07:002012-10-13T16:08:46.181-07:00The Cabin in the Woods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The building of the cabin has been our main focus for about three months. Every week on Friday afternoon we pack up some supplies and the dogs and drive north for about three hours. It seems a bit nuts but it's worth every minute. Being surrounded by nature is simply bliss. Funny though, I'm writing this post because I can't sleep. I can't sleep because how much money we've put into our little vacation / weekend home. I realize that it was going to cost money but like any project it can take on a life of it's own. One day at a time. I tell myself this all the time. Sometimes I need to just say it to myself over and over and over. The goal is to get it water tight by winter and Greg thinks that we are almost there. Good.</span><br />
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Z -http://www.blogger.com/profile/17480843900349055448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29413691.post-75830655360403400382008-03-20T12:21:00.000-07:002012-10-13T16:08:59.804-07:00Kitty Quilt Completed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlE_9_XzT4-CRMkm7OdyxtBd1MrDTA22XegXIaOx8HYRa89k1nQeHOmJNoGvN_MTfywzwMKXeMwIrrH6aWSW2voDVl4ATvSSdG6xhWy731urzmynTg2DOmBaXe3K33f6c0dfXI/s1600-h/IMG_2453.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179906872954667346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlE_9_XzT4-CRMkm7OdyxtBd1MrDTA22XegXIaOx8HYRa89k1nQeHOmJNoGvN_MTfywzwMKXeMwIrrH6aWSW2voDVl4ATvSSdG6xhWy731urzmynTg2DOmBaXe3K33f6c0dfXI/s640/IMG_2453.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Another quilt has been completed and shipped off . This one is for Jessica, and she says that she loves it. I’m so glad that she finally has it. I’ve been working on it for about a year now, and I’m sure that she thought I was full of shit there for a while. Don't you just love the prison looking bars in the background? Just one of the many joy's of working in Richmond. Oh, and the boy had to try it out before boxing it up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I’m gonna work on one for me next. I sent off two rag quilts, one for Steven, and one for Mike & Louise, in Arizona then the one to Jessica. I rate it.</span>Z -http://www.blogger.com/profile/17480843900349055448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29413691.post-3689293031959856662008-03-10T14:00:00.000-07:002012-10-13T16:09:12.584-07:00Nothing is Cheap and Easy in the Remodeling World<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Okay so this weekend we were supposed to revamp my sewing room. It started out innocently enough, I got this fabulous chandelier that I had Greg spray paint black for me. I suck at spray painting - and I'm Puerto Rican what's up with that? So we put it up and it made the dirty old popcorn ceiling look even more disgusting than it did to begin with. Since it was the last room in the house with a popcorn ceiling I asked Greg if he would please take it down. I pretty much emptied the room leaving only the large pieces of furniture, I have SO MUCH CRAP in there, but I NEED it all of course! Greg starts to take down the popcorn which comes off pretty easily till he gets to the very last corner and voila, finds more the damage done by our termite infestation a few years back. These horrible, nasty little bugs ate the paper off the sheet rock under the popcorn. Once the popcorn was off all you could see were these tiny little highways! After consulting a few experts hubby was off to Home Depot to buy sheet rock to cover up the whole ceiling, which is supposed to be better than taking down the whole old ceiling and putting up a new one. I lost a half an inch in ceiling height which is a big deal when you live with 8' ceilings. Why can't things ever be easy?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well after such a stressful week, (see last post) we decided to take the camper for a little ride and veg out. I call this photo "priorities" and although we brought enough booze to host a frat party we kept it pretty much under control. We had a little bit of a bumpy start when Greg couldn't get the T.V. satellite box tuned in ... God forbid camping without HBO! After an hour we were in business. The weather was awesome and we had some entertaining neighbors (twenty-something kids) playing football-drunk while cranking old people music - Guns and Roses, Zepplin and AC-DC. Bizzaro.</span>Z -http://www.blogger.com/profile/17480843900349055448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29413691.post-92214053763411361992007-03-28T10:14:00.000-07:002012-10-13T16:09:56.303-07:00See Ya Later Kona<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1dfgAJ5RbeiieRfpTjyLVj2425XxBrGry5B2zD4TpAkUXf5eOCg6N5XSLYoGzMn78JqeP-y1N8AQdlbpJeoyTHC8TQb5TF__aW4LNHrgvgea-bq-0O5bKWLUS7Lgyt_PvoD7/s1600-h/DSCN2374.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="179" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047026297661284066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1dfgAJ5RbeiieRfpTjyLVj2425XxBrGry5B2zD4TpAkUXf5eOCg6N5XSLYoGzMn78JqeP-y1N8AQdlbpJeoyTHC8TQb5TF__aW4LNHrgvgea-bq-0O5bKWLUS7Lgyt_PvoD7/s320/DSCN2374.JPG" style="float: left; height: 179px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 292px;" width="267" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This Monday, March 19, 2007, we had to say good-bye to one the sweetest, gentlest Chocolate Labs I have ever met. Our Kona lived to the ripe age of 14. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We will miss you sweet girl.</span></div>
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