Remember way back in the winter when I posted about our deck. Here is what it looked like way back when.And my sketch of what I hoped it would look like.Well, after what seemed like several months of construction (mind you, my GC estimated a 1.5 week time frame to complete the deck), it is pretty much done.In this pic you can see my dining table project taking place in the background.Our sod has... Read more
I've been thinking about reupholstering my cane back chairs pretty much since I got them back at the Pasadena Antiques Mall. Of course, the pink sort of worked with the color scheme in our LA living room, but here in NJ they were just popping in the wrong way. After spending hours perusing Spoonflower I found this fabulous fabric(sort of an abstracted quartz pattern) that I thought was the... Read more
I have to say, I'm still really happy with my lucite CB2 Console. Since my last postI've done a little styling and it's looking a lot better. I switched out some of the photography and accessories and put some artwork up on the wall. Found this great abstract piece at a local estate sale and it adds the perfect touch of mint / aqua that I've been wanting in that corner. And I like how the artwork... Read more
I swear this is my last roman shade DIY post. I still want to romans one day in my office but I'm taking a serious hiatus from all this sewing and gluing. We have a big deadline coming up for the house (more on that later), so I've been rushing to complete all my projects. This was one that I've been working on in stages for a while. I found a great grey linen at Gray Line Linensand then an... Read more
After a wild goose chase online that led to a weekend trip to Staten Island, I finally got my Target draperies for our master bedroom and had them customized with pinch pleats. Got them up last week and then got our West Elm Headboard this past week. The room has really come together and I'm excited it looks so much like the concept board.The nightstands will do for now. I'm still digging the Jo... Read more
Maybe it was the "Mad Men" when Betty visits Bobby at summer camp, but suddenly I can't shake a vintagey, summer-in-Vermont-in-1967 vibe. Looking out the window at a typical May-gray day in San Francisco, I guess it's wishful thinking. Somewhere in my Facebook feed, East Coast friends are decamping for the Hamptons or Sea Island, but it's another two months before we shake off the city for some... Read more
If you've been following along with my blog since I lived in Los Angelesyou know that the pillows most recently on my living room sofa have traveled with me for a while. In fact, some of you may even know that they were throw pillows I got in college that I recovered with large fabric memo samples I received while I was working in New York. They are nice pillows and they have certainly served me... Read more
Well, if you know anything about my harware line, you know I love lucite. I have been coveting these Jonathan Adler lucite etageres for our bedroom nightstands, but they are more of a pipe dream than a reality at this point. But I am happy to say that I got a little lucite fix recently, when we brought this wonderful CB2 consoleinto our home. I had been wanting to add a console near the door for... Read more
Sorry for the blog silence recently. We went on vacation (more on that later) and am now trying to play catch up. After doing Bryan's roman shades and realizing that sewing a straight line over multiple layers of fabric is much harder than one thinks, I had to come up with a creative solution to make his shades look less janky. I'd followed Jenny's DIY from Little Green Notebookon how to make a... Read more
It started with a robot, followed quickly by a wedding invitation. Please have your child bring in a shoebox to use for the Robot Parade, read the memo from LittleMan's teacher. The boxes, the note explained, would be sprayed silver and decorated for a Robot Parade in honor of "R" week."Hey, babe? Do we have any shoeboxes?" I called down the hall as I hastily packed up LittleMan's backpack."Um... Read more
After the success of the bathroom roman shadeexperiment I decided to try my hand at doing a set of 3 roman shades for Bryan's room. Again, I love romans for kids rooms because they free up space under the windows for furniture and as long as you keep your cords controlled with a cleat, there is no worrying about climbing, pulling down etc. Here is what the room looked like before with its... Read more
So I received my dacron wrapped foam cushion for the breakfast nook the other day. I ordered it from Foam Factory online where I had ordered the foam for our outdoor cushionsin LA. It's such a great resource. Then, I randomly had our old shower curtain out because I had used it as a makeshift picnic blanket over the weekend and instead of putting it away I decided to wrap the cushion temporarily... Read more