Which Kartheiser do we prefer?

Mad Men style or Scruffy?

I never gave Pete a second thought, until last episode...

Recipe for Simple yet Luxe Art

Just assemble these items:

Paper Source fine paper with gold inking ($6/sheet, plus shipping for me because we don't have one in town)

Natural or white burlap from anywhere (I popped in JoAnn for mine)

 

And these budget frames from Michaels (seriously, they are cheaper and possibly better than the old standby Ribba's from IKEA).  I paid $12 for this giant frame in woodgrain:

And my result:

Leopard Upholstery Fabric

Found where else, eBay! I'm going to re-upholster my x-bench with this. Doesn't every room need some leopard?

(BTW, have you noticed eBay bucks yet?  I guess it's credit earned by buying/selling on eBay. Pretty sweet)

I've also been looking at serapes but haven't pulled the trigger quite yet.  

Coral Skinny Jeans

Can I say that these $30 colored skinny jeans from JC Penney rock? Soft, stretchy, lightweight and fit my fuller lower half well.

JCP's having a bit of a moment. I'm liking their new look, branding and products.  There's still a lotta fug in there, for sure, but some great, affordable pieces, too.

Where I've Been

I took a wee break and hopped on a boat with my mom to the Eastern Caribbean.

We layed in the sun -- and looked at the sea.

Did a little bit of shopping

And sightseeing...but mostly just enjoyed the lovely shades of blue of the Caribbean...

Time to get back at it.

Mah Rug's Here

eBay rug has lived here with us for a few weeks and I like it.  I had a hard time finding one at least 14' long but only 30" wide and that wasn't an arm and a leg. This is a new wool rug so it's not all worn and yummy and vintage like I would prefer but with two people and two animals walking on it daily, it should flatten our and start to get a patina (can I use the word patina in reference to a textile? probably not).

New Doors!

Our house, built in 1963, came into our possession in a semi-original state. The original hardwoods are intact upstairs, the funny little doorbell chime box is still there and a few of the light fixtures have come around the bend into vintage-cool territory again.



However, our interior doors were in *bad* shape. They were those lovely flat panel, hollow core jobbers that were really closer cardboard panels than doors. They were also undercut at some point to accommodate browny-green shag carpeting. In the 1970s when people were on such huge quantities of drugs that shag carpeting in unnatural colors was in. I knew the doors had to go.

I ordered some doors from Lowes and we had our handyperson come over and hand them for us.  A job that's best left to the pros, IMHO.

Yay!  Real, solid, sound-blocking doors!  I'm all growned up!  I am in the process of painting them all Doves Cry.  I love the soft gray so much I might consider this color for our kitchen cabinets once we're ready to jump into that project.