the fruit of my labor..

 

because i get over 7,000 catalogs delivered to my mailbox each month

i thought i would share my favorites so that you can buy them for me.

 

 

 

1. west elm souk rug/ 2.UO brass tiered pendant shade / 3.west elm wood knot lamp (i would paint mine white) / 4. wisteria handwoven rug / 5. frette for garnet hill hotel bedding / 6. anthropologie curtains/  7.anthropologie watercolor peony wallpaper / 8. ballard rylan sconce / 9. anthropologie mineral and might dining table / 10. garnet hill bunny hooked pillow 

 

 

downton recap in progress.

cool your jets.

 

my dad texts me this last night:

if every brit soldier got as much leave from the front as matthew does

they'd have lost the war in a fortnight. (yes, he really said 'fortnight')

i could have done without him joining in the singing. schmaltz.

 

you love my dad.

 

now go buy me that table!!

 

 

 

dueling moodboards..only more like dualing bc there's 2 and this isn't a competition, it's monday and mondays are for assholes..

 remember this headboard available on DC craigslist?

well i loved it so much i wanted to decorate a whole room around it.

 

so i did.. 

 

rug- 1stdibs, bench- jayson h&g, lamps- bungalow 5, bedding- ABC home, tables- 1stdibs, art- nathan turner, pendant- arteriors

 

but my friend jennifer at belclaire house blog loved it the same.

so she did one too..actually she did 2 so she wins..

 

visit it here. 

 

 

oh monday you giant dick

mondays seem to overwhelm me a bit.

nothing hard to do per se...just everything seems to fall on my plate all at once.

mondays usually mean i have about 400000000 emails to answer, 

grocery shopping to do,

6 baskets of laundry to fold,

leftover cake to eat in the closet private

(this is awesome though as i can achieve 'cakemouth' with no one to judge me)

a brain depleted of fresh inspiration for my clients,

and an hour to work off all the cake.

 

by wednesday the laundry (plus more) is still there and half of the emails are answered.

i don't give a shit though.

 

so long as there's cake.

 

here is some fresh inspiration for us all...

 

 

 

 

 

 

in yer face monday!

 

 

fiona's room

 welcome to monday.

 

i call this 'the virgin suicides' meets english girl child. 

 

 

rug: ABC carpet and surprisingly affordable.

nightstand: cb2 with new pulls.

lamp: bungalow 5

custom headboard-

(if anyone knows this fabric please tell me- i am in love with it. it was the starting point for this whole thing)

olatz pillow sham with purple monogram.

(i will stick with affordable sheets and splurge on 2 pillowcases.)

fox pillow- one kings lane

(similar available at the well appointed house)

winged heart sconce- blackman cruz

peonies- christopher farr

chair and armoire- CL finds (in my dreams)

 

 

word to your turd.

 

reader question: need your input

that sounded like a cry for help.

sorry...been dealing with a constipated 6 year old and a very sick cat all weekend. 

fiona's butt is on vapo-lock.

(taking suggestions unless your suggestions are miralax, prunes, prune juice, enema's and finger up the butt..bc i have tried all of those to no avail- am open to beatings)

anyway..

a loyal and faithful reader who has a beautiful house she did up all by herself has a very good question she wants our input on...

 

Hi,

 

I have a topic I'd love to hear discussion on - kids in houses. We just had grandsons, 3 and 7, for a few days in my newly reno'd digs and they were way more rambunctious than I ever remember my twin heathen girls and their sedate older bro being when they were tots. Then I read Lamp's comment about squashing the velvet on account of her babe.

 

What I'm questioning is at what point am I OCD when anxiety wipes me out when the kids are running through my house, climbing over the furniture (including my blue velvet chairs), pressing grubby fingers and noses against glass,TOUCHING everything and dropping shit on my rift-sawn white oak natural finish (i.e. not inexpensive) flooring? It's already been established that I'm not to be a disciplinarian as it may hurt my hubs' son's feelings.

 (reader's house)

Soooo, where do today's parents who care about design and how their homes present stand on kidos in homes? I want the kids to enjoy visiting us, but I designed my house (mostly, I guess) for my husband and I, plus adult friends, to enjoy. I have statuario extra marble island counter top (with full waterfall edges - another finish that was not inexpensive) that I'm constantly on apple juice patrol over. Am I too uptight? Am I wrong? Is there a stick I need to pull out of my ass?

 

I know it's boring shit, but I'd love to hear what your readers have to say on the subject if you have occasion to bring it up.  

 

Thanks and thanks just the same if you're not so inclined!

 

Warm regards,

 

mm


my first reaction is to tell son in law to control his kids.

this is your house, not theirs. they are visitors no matter what.

yes, they are children..but i am hoping that your son is telling his kids to be cool around nana's nice things..

they need to respect that.  kids or not.

however...kids are clumsy by nature and boys are crazy and rambunctious by nature, so maybe it wouldn't hurt to cover up those velvet chairs for their visits..maybe no shoes in the house when they visit..and as for the fingerprints?? well, that's easy to remedy once they're gone.

as for your anxiety and nerves...do what i would do...

when they visit fill an IV with a nice carmenere or syrah and hook that shit directly into your veins..

 

 

what advice can you give?

***poop updates:  fiona came home from school and dropped off 4 baked potatoes.