Today's Agenda: Hoping this title will force husband to finally catch up on blog entries! :)
Seriously, I fell in love with this chandelier when flipping through Anthropologie's catalog.
Had a few thoughts about projects this would work really well in to give that dose of navy (which I love).
Then, I fell out of love.
Why?
It's $4,800.
I can make any budget work for any project. Can even get a Saarinen oval table into a dining room and still do a dining room and living room on a reasonable budget.
Today's Agenda: I have ideas for about four projects in my head. Must write them all down.
On Sunday's Ikea trip I spotted these barstools. I love ours but these were really stunning -- especially for Ikea. Unfortunately, ours aren't going to wear out anytime soon!
With a couple of these pendants (yes, they are pricey but I can dream!)...
So, I've been working on designing my own website. I know I can hire someone to do it but I really enjoy figuring this out and I'm pretty close. I've culled my photos, narrowed down the look and feel of it and now just need to spend the time and link everything up.
For now, though I've launched a Facebook page to show some of the work I have done so far.
Come check it out here -- like it, comment, post, etc. So far, I really like using it to post little tidbits I see throughout the day online, in newspaper, in stores. I will try to balance being annoying and informative with my posts -- I promise!
Today's Agenda: Catching up on life after our trip to London...and psyched that some of my Liberty of London from Target purchases already arrived!
We just spent a week in London -- part biz trip for husband and part vacation for us. I spent most of the time visiting design shops and being inspired by the restaurants, hotels, boutiques -- okay, everything! And tried to be good about documenting any inspiration! (Am getting much better at that...)
Today, I'm working on loads of wedding stationery items and just getting back in the swing of things (already got through a week's worth of mail!) but I plan on digesting what I saw while I was in London and sharing it on the blog over the next week...stay tuned!
One fun thing happened while we were in London -- Target's Liberty of London line launched. I had already made a trip to Liberty to see what they had, what patterns caught my eye. And then waited patiently until Target's line launched (and took advantage of the time difference to order items before they sold out!) to see what they had and then decide what I wanted to order from Target and what I wanted to pick up at the store in London.
Well, waiting for me when we got home last night were two of these:
They are gorgeous! Can't wait to set out some vanilla frosted mini cupcakes on these for Easter...They are out of stock online but if you see them in the store, buy a few to stash for hostess gifts!
...if you started your day with coffee from this mug?
I'm looking forward to a good week! Hopefully my leg will get a little better each day, and I get to dig into Adobe Dreamweaver and Photoshop and Quickbooks this week! Finally bit the bullet and went software purchasing crazy this weekend. Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Today's Agenda: In my effort to get a little bit more mobile each day, I ventured to Marshalls for some retail therapy. Oh, how I missed getting out and about!
And, I'm so excited that I found a calculator for my desk. I had wanted a "cool" one -- you know, one that made numbers fun. I had thought acrylic or white lacquer. But hadn't found "it" yet.
Here she is!
And, only $9.99! I can't wait to do some number crunching!
One of my favorite places in our home is not really inside our home. As you peer out onto the lofts named after hip, New York streets and over the cleared land, development delayed by the recession (apparently over, you know), you see a few of the last vestiges of the "edginess" of Rosslyn (our neighborhood in Arlington which apparently wasn't always so PC**) -- the lit up Pepsi machine.
{see the lit up Pepsi machine?}
{zoomed-in view}
{tried night view...it didn't work out so well}
I get a kick out of it everytime I see it. I have this vision of people in the middle of the night craving a Diet Pepsi, getting out of bed, scrounging for change and hitting up the Pepsi machine on the side of the road. Or a small group breaking out into "Billie Jean" around the Pepsi machine.
I haven't actually gone up close to see if it even works -- I'd like to think that it does and let my imagination entertain me.
**Note that apparently in the 1870s - 1890s, Rosslyn experienced a period that may have resembled the likes of pre-Giuliani NYC. It was home to a number of brothels and bars, many of which were open 24 hours. In addition, a short distance up Lee Highway (maybe near the famous Italian Store?), was an area known as Dead Man's Hollow. Rossylyn's website notes that the area was considered so dangerous that Virginia farmers returning from DC with proceeds from weekly produce sales frequently traveled in an armed convoy. A series of raids in 1905 led by Crandall Mackey, the Commonwealth’s Attorney, resulted in the closing of several illegal businesses and a “clean up” of the area. This was not, apparently the "right" side of the river for reputable men and women. I also learned all of this from my friend (and home office redesign client! Pictures to be posted soon!) Amy who is in an amazing band called Dead Men's Hollow -- check it out here -- they are playing at the Birchmere for New Year's Eve!
