Summer Blockbuster

Summer kidnapped me and left the blog Home Alone, but the only thing breaking into this house was The Usual Suspects:  vintage finds, re-up projects and a compulsive re-arranger (that would be me).

If you recall, the fabulous coffee table find created The Perfect Storm to redecorate, and plunge into a creative Matrix around here.

Remember me? (don't pay attention to the background...work in progress)

Mission Impossible this was not.  Moving art, and furniture from one room to another until Twilight and beyond is Much Ado About Nothing for me.  It’s Love, Actually.

Here’s a little sneak preview of the coming attraction in the den:

I can’t wait to show you photos of the ‘final cut”!

Until that project's finished, here’s a little Hide and Seek fairytale to celebrate the end of my summer hiding.

 

Who's hiding now?  (note the zebra hide on the floor & french chair in
the corner - an ebay find waiting for her knight in shining new upholstery) 

Once upon a time a Sleeping Beauty was resting on the living room floor.  Things around the house got a little Tangled.  Yes, the hide from the floor is now on the chair.  From Cinderalla to Beuty and the Beast:

   

Thus, The Never Ending Story of my house (ha ha).  More on the shake up soon.

Chic in the City

Sneak Peak of Chic in the City:

I'm workning on transforming a downtown condo.

Here it is Before:

Not bad, but a little dark.

She wanted something more light and feminine.

Here it is in the works:

Found the x-benches for a steal at a local consignment store and the pair of french chairs from a local antiques dealer. Don't you love the lucite table?

Fabric selection for the x-benches and french chairs is underway.  I'm tempted to do something crazy funky on those chairs. Drapes made from an iradescent silk orangy-pink are in the works, and lime green is calling me as an accent color.  What do you think?  

I'm also on the hunt for a comfy chair for the other side of the couch (where we are currently sitting).  Oh, and next time I go over there, remind me to bring my picture hanging kit -- looks like I need to re-hang that painting.

More to come soon...

Striped Silly

Jean Paul Gaultier brings his signature stripe to an Elle Decor Paris apartment

I love stripes.   A little here, a little there.  It's all good. How about everything wrapped in stripes?

 Are you dizzy?

Stripes on the walls and the floors:

Very fun.  Kate Spade store in NYC.

Stripes on the floor:

Tim Nye's NYC apartment floors by Jim Lambie.

via Home and Garden

Stripes on the wall:

 Tori Merlott's NYC apartment via Domino

Image via Domino

Stripes on the ceiling:

J. Crew Creative Director Jenna Lyon's nursery for her son via Domino.
I LOVE it when nurseries step out of the pastel pink and blue box!

Striped rugs:

Love the rug and the gallery walls down the hall. via my Pintrest

Ikea Rug.

Striped chairs:

How cool is this striped fabric on these french chairs?  image via pintrest

Striped out yet?  Here's a little striped story.  What if you lived here...

Keeping it real in the stripyhood.

and walked through this door...

where's your striped key?

into this room...

Stripidy, stripy, striped room!  (eye ouch)

and wore this outfit....

"Hi, I live in the striped house.  That's why I'm in cuffs with ball and chain." 

Is that too much?
Just don't wear the above outfit in the above room or you'll be invisible.  Alright, enough.  I'm moving on now...in these shoes:

Go Saints!!!!

Christian Louboutin Bicho Striped Suede Pump Black/Yellow