A little Sunday shopping

Moschino

I realize that this is not an original blog post idea and if it hadn't fallen into my lap by reading Look, Linger Love's post I would not have done this.

"Patrician Plan" by Kerry Steele HERE

Now I want to dress like my painting! The pink Moschino skirt is especially yummy.

detail "Patrician Plan" by Kerry Steele

I did just buy ...

a pink Lilly Pulitzer polo and...

 this green Lilly skirt.

I guess I will be looking like my art.

Friday Finds

I ran out out for some gesso yesterday (who says that?) and saw three of these chairs sitting outside of Home Goods.

They combined two of my favorite things, orange and circles.  I had no idea that I liked orange or circles so much until I started blogging and noticed how I gravitate towards both. 

Plus, they were only $80 but I did not buy them. I don't really have a spot for them.

 My little girl said that they are "too big and too hole-y". Hilarious.

Have you run across anything lately that you just couldn't stop thinking about but won't buy?

Let's do this again

Yesterday I posted a chair and asked for your opinions. I got some great responses and to be honest I am a little overwhelmed with other tasks at the moment.

So, today I am posting an entire room that I think will generate some strong opinions.

Could you live with this room?

Visit it?

Suggest it to a client?

Or did Pucci just get done watching The Wizard of Oz?

Yes or no?

HERE

Short post today. Would you use this chair in your home or in designing for a client?

Awesome Baughman or funky and fugly?

Personally, I love the chair but I am having problems with the fabric.

Didn't I Y

Well, I cant say that my weekend was a DIY failure but it was a frustrating and still incomplete exercise.

I started with this project that I saw on Little Green Notebook a few months ago.

The idea is that you take photos to Kinko's and have them blow them up on the blueprint printer. It is not fancy photo paper but it looks fine for this usage.

You mount them on 1/2 thick foam board and paint the edges. Actually,

 you paint the edges first. The effect is a casual, modern look much like vintage news photos.

The first two I did were fine and the wall is huge so I went back with more photos.

The stars really lined up against me and as I trimmed one it just snagged and ripped despite a new sharp blade. 

I had a small painting that is a gift and needed a mat so I put the photos aside and decided to cut mats.

I figured I would re-mat this block print 

and maybe I could work it into the gallery wall.

First I cut a mat for the gift and noticed the corner was mangled...sigh.

I measured this print and frame and the margins were near 6 inches and my mat cutter only goes upp to 4 1/2 inches...double sigh.

I called Michaels to see if they would cut the mat out of the board I had and the short answer was no but they would let me cut it myself. Yay!

Somewhere between my house and Michaels a blob of yuck got on to the front of the mat which I had a devil of a time cutting with their enormous weapon cutter.

After fooling with it rather sheepishly, as if I had no idea what I was doing, I turned it over and discovered the goo and proclaimed, "I give up!"

I paid $14 for them to cut it for me and I have not tried it to see if it is right yet. I am terrified that it will somehow be wrong.

I will continue to work on the installation... because the wall looks so stupid at the moment that I can't stand it.

I was a painting fool this weekend and that went well. Thank goodness for small mercies.

I hope all of you had a lovely weekend.

What's your DIY?

Most Americans forget that Memorial Day is a day to honor our fallen heroes. It is  a shame, but we feel it is traditional to travel, cook out, and tackle projects.

I have a project that I will be working on that will, in a small way, honor members of my family. I won't pretend that Memorial Day was the impetus for this project but it seems fitting that I chose this weekend.

I have a staircase gallery wall that is just not working for me. Too many disparate, small things aren't looking so great.

I have already started this project and hope to have a finished DIY to show you later this weekend.

What are you up to?

Thrifty Thursday

hand hammered brass vase $2 thrift score

My thrift store visits have been drastically reduced since my husband always has so much to do on his days off. We usually go together. I did make a quick pitstop in a local thrift and found these small goodies.

The brass vase above was a just because purchase. I liked it, I bought it, I probably won't keep it forever.

brass letter holder $1 thrift score

The letter holder is something I have been wanting for a long time. There are fantastic options on Etsy and Ebay but I just couldn't decide on one I love enough to pull the $20 trigger. I figure a $1 expenditure is best if I will just tire of it.

Any good finds in your neck of the woods?