Wish I could snap my fingers and transform my space into something more like this one designed by Richard Mishaan...
Moving Day!

Been packing and hauling things down the street to the new house all day. The movers come tomorrow morning and its my son's first day of school too. I was worried he'd take all this change badly, but he is actually pretty excited to have breakfast at the old house and come home to the new house for lunch. Guess I over think stuff too much. I'll be without computer the next couple days, but I'll back by Monday with some pics of the new place. Have a great rest of the week!
Dog Days
Progress!

Fall is in the air...

I just love this entry (especially the Quadrille paper) and its casual elegance.
house beautiful
Hello my little score!
Remember the pineapple lamps I found at a yard sale a few weeks back for $10? If not they are here. Well I was oogling the wares at C. Bell (thank you Hallie at The Glam Lamb for bringing them to my attention with your post- be sure to check out her super chic blog for more images) when I spotted something in the reflection of this lovely mirror...
a pineapple lamp, for $400! I love when this happens, it makes being thrifty all the more rewarding. Also, I love seeing what it might look like after a rewire and spruce up, although mine doesn't have the holes in the base. Anyone else have a great score they'd care to share?

8 Days and counting freak out...
With move in day only 8 days away I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. I'm feeling like there is no way the new house is going to be ready in time. Still so much to paint, electrician still needs to change out fixtures and update basically EVERYTHING, and the DIRT... it took me 7 hours to clean only 1/2 of my kitchen floor. I really thought they were beige when I mopped them the first time, then I took a Scotch-Brite to a small section and they were WHITE! (see below)
Here's a peek at what I've been up to in the kitchen, pretty gross and not that exciting...
Scrubbing, lots of good old fashioned on my hands and knees scrubbing.
BEFORE (that's not my sweet patio/dining set)


BEFORE (You can actually see the grease reflecting from the cabinets!)
We changed the hardware from brass to nickel.
Here's a peek at what I've been up to in the kitchen, pretty gross and not that exciting...

BEFORE (that's not my sweet patio/dining set)
AFTER Turquoise walls
Trying to work with the retro ranch element going on. There will also be pops of orange, and my spaghetti lamp from my current sunporch, & some white eiffel base shell chairs going on.

BEFORE (You can actually see the grease reflecting from the cabinets!)
We changed the hardware from brass to nickel.
We scrubbed LAYERS of grease off the cabinets (took three rounds of TSP, finally plain old Lysol did the trick...if anyone needs cleaning product recommendations I tried a bunch and seriously Lysol liquid cleaner beat everything, even commercial floor cleaners... go figure)
I'll post more soon and it won't be as dull and boring next time, I can feel visual progress coming...
and I promise I won't bitch about the dirt anymore.
Studio Isle

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