jentrified

Chalk It Up To Good Taste

2012-01-25T14:21:00.000-08:00

I just had this little blackboard made...

using this little gold bamboo frame...

for my cutest little fancy pants client.

I'M CRUSHED

2012-01-20T10:55:00.000-08:00

LOWBALLS BY IMPERIAL GLASS. MY NEW VINTAGE CRUSH.

The Sectional

2012-01-19T12:33:00.000-08:00

I had a vision of this Kravet sectional.

In this sexy Lee Jofa velvet zig zag.

Until the Kravet showroom sent me this drawing.

Oops. Zig zags are no bueno on a sectional so...

Plan B. I went with a neutral grainy linen. Safe but gorgeous.

Add a Baltic Lantern by John Rosselli for Circa Lighting

and some Fiji/Barley grass shades from Smith & Noble.

Mix in a few pink Christopher Spitzmiller medium Hann lamps in

blush and an acrylic framed hidden stitch silk panel.

Throw in a few pillows made from an old ikat robe

from Uzbekistan and John Robshaw's Lanka.

Now the room just needs one of these overdyed Turkish rugs.

They take vintage rugs and bleach them and dye them kooky colors.

Who knows? Maybe I'll try it myself.

I'm already doing that every 5 weeks anyhoo.

BIZZY

2012-01-17T19:52:00.000-08:00

I have been very, very busy.

Sun Room

2012-01-06T21:57:00.000-08:00

What a difference a day makes...

Grasscloth. Up. Same rug but bigger. Coming.

Six of these. Next.

A Little Hanky Panky

2011-12-21T18:00:00.000-08:00

I was awoken a few weeks ago by the ding of my iphone announcing

that morning's One King's Lane sale. I've done my time over there. I've both

bought and sold through them. All of them were great experiences. By now, though,

the newness of it all had worn off a bit...until I rolled over and saw that it was a

CHRISTOPHER SPITZMILLER LAMP SALE.

Not everybody gets the ~~prices~~ lure of those lamps but when you

see them. You get it. They are GORGEOUS and I could always use more.

So, I threw off my covers and shot up like a rocket.

I leapt out of bed in my underwear. My little underwear.

I had yet to master sprinting while dressing so I just sprinted.

Without dressing. To my computer.

I knew that I was not alone. There were women everywhere at their computers right then. Just like me. Trying to score a lamp or two. By the time I logged on, though, almost all of my favorite lamps were taken. I kept refreshing the page over and over. The lamps jumped in and out. They shifted their weight around in those virtual baskets. I still wasn't having any luck. I knew I was silently dueling women richer than me. Engaging in retail wrestling with anonymous women in bigger houses with bigger visas. With clothes on. At last, though, I sunk my claws into one. The dragon serpentine lamp. One of my favorites. It was in my cart and I had 10 minutes to secure the deal. The intimidating timer started. My box was ticking and not in a good way. I jumped up and raced to the entry in my hanky pankies...looking for my purse. I couldn't find it. Crap. I streaked passed my giant picture window. Once. Then twice. Jesus. To any early morning dog walker outside my house this square suburban housewife looked a lot like a desperate breakfast tart. Or something. In tiny hanky panky underwear. All ~~135~~ 125 pounds of me. With 8 minutes left on the clock I was still wallet-less. I raced upstairs. Where was my wallet? Where was my god damn purse? With my wallet? 6 minutes left. Did I need the lamp? Quiet. Was there time to process the fact that I didn't need the lamp? Denial. 5 minutes left. Downstairs. Sprinting. I passed the window. Again. A mere 4 minutes left. Then less. To the door. No purse. Down the hall. No purse.

ANYBODY SEEN MY PURSE???

Anybody?

Not even you...with the bird's eye view?

At last...to the benches. There was my purse. With my credit card.

So...with flushed cheeks... I finally bought the lamp.

The dragon serpentine lamp.

From One King's Lane. In my underwear. Thanks, you clever little ladies.

So, I'm done for awhile...unless my iphone dings
me for a hanky panky sale. Then, of course, I'm back in.

The Killer Room

2011-12-14T20:51:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry...but whenever I have

killer grasscloth installed...

I can't help but think of him.

Hot Pot

2011-12-13T21:25:00.000-08:00

My new favorite cachepot.

Get it here.

Designer High

2011-12-12T18:01:00.000-08:00

My new client likes me. She really, really likes me.

And I really, really like her back.

Butt-Oxus

2011-12-08T15:46:00.001-08:00

Carleton V's Oxus in Greige.

For my client's buttock-ses.

It's shaping up quite nicely.

Progress

2011-11-27T06:00:00.000-08:00

Back at the ranch.

Tiny mud room. Done.

Try and stop me. I'm on a roll.

Stroheim mohair cushion and pillow, Jim Thompson
silk ikat pillow and vintage silk ikat pillow.

Drop Out

2011-11-23T06:00:00.000-08:00

One can only imagine what my drawings would look like today if

I had not dropped out of the interior architecture program at U of O.

On the brighter side...think of how much money my parents' saved.

Can't Go Wrong

2011-11-21T00:57:00.000-08:00

I am working on a new project.

What's going? Everything. What's coming? At first, the basics.

1) Grass shades.

2) Wool carpet.

3) Linen curtains with Samuel & Sons' trim.

(I know my drawings are horrible. I can't draw. Or dance.)

4) Kilim Beige walls.

5) Muted rugs.

6) Grasscloth walls.

7) A table and chandelier for the sunroom.

Tell me...how on earth can you go wrong after this?

Blues

2011-11-18T09:20:00.000-08:00

My new Rose Tarlow wallpaper and some

framed vintage butterflies went up in my nook.

It now looks very pretty but very...eh hem...Calico.

Don't get me wrong. I love it...but it looks a little...

dare I say it? Holly Hobby.

911. I pulled out the opaline from the built-ins.

I bought some high gloss Polo Blue paint.

Voila. It now looks like a fresher version of Holly Hobby.

One who had some work done.

Not there is anything wrong with that.

A Grassy Joint

2011-11-15T17:50:00.000-08:00

This is not your parents' grass.

Cloth.

It's better now.

Throw in Restoration Hardware's Grammercy double washstand,

Keller sconces, vintage faucets, medicine cabinets and pounds and

pounds of carrera and you've got yourself an interior designer's high.

As soon as my seamstress can unbury

herself from my other projects...

...the bathroom shade will have you seeing stars, too.

Tulip Lamps

2011-11-10T17:29:00.000-08:00

I bought another pair of lamps.

Sue me.

The One King's Lane Pickup (Line)

2011-11-08T20:41:00.000-08:00

Is this seat taken?

Paint

2011-11-02T12:16:00.000-07:00

I am meeting some new clients today to pick out paint colors.

I hope they like dark white.

Decorator Turn On #1

2011-10-30T19:28:00.000-07:00

Chinese Chippendale.

I mean Chinese Chippendale. Chairs.

Going here.

Rose Tarlow wallpaper on Tuesday.

Jasper and Castel fabrics en route.

Christ, I have expensive taste.

We've Got a Runner

2011-10-27T14:24:00.000-07:00

My new client doesn't mess around.

She makes decisions. I have three words.

Wendy for President.

One King's Lane

2011-10-25T10:54:00.000-07:00

Buy yourself something nice and old. From me.

Tomorrow morning @ 8:00.

Gamer

2011-10-24T19:36:00.000-07:00

My favorite mancala spot.

Color

2011-10-20T19:06:00.000-07:00

If you are trying to coordinate with the new

kitchen rug that I bought on Etsy...

I commend you.

If not, I'm giving you to gypsies.

Cohabitation

2011-10-19T13:21:00.000-07:00

Merritt & Ikat

Legos & Spitzmiller

Elephant & Panties

Truly & Lulu DK

Maggie & Murano

Antlers & R2D2

One King's Lane Sale

2011-10-12T13:11:00.000-07:00

Speaking of One King's Lane...

22 of my finds go on sale at 8:00 am on October 26th.

They are launching a new version. My items will be put

into categories with other items from other dealers.

Much like 1stdibs and V&M.

Exciting!!!!!

What am I going to do with my earnings?

Go back here immediately.