i couldn’t take it
i didn’t want to let another night pass without saying hello and giving you a quick update. days have been long, cold and wet in ny this week while i shopped for fabrics and trims, obsessed about the booth and tried to tie up the endless loose ends.
needless to say you never know what’s going to happen till the day of reckoning. but i did want to share these sweet pieces:
by artist amy leonard who’s making lamp sculptures for the show. she’ll be at the booth all week, so if you love her pieces, please come by! ok, the one thing i’ve mastered this week is when to say when and that is right about NOW! lots more to come, tomorrow is another (fleamarket) day!
ps: if you remember, i wanted to do a fab friday finds but never really got it together. well luckily, courtney of nesting instincts came into my line of site. she finds wonderful things on the web…on FRIDAYS! so for now, take a look at her beautiful pics if you get a chance, she has an eye for art that soothes me! pss: i know it’s not friday but i don’t go by days of the week anymore till this show is over!
psssssssssss: this is the link for the show itself:
http://www.archdigesthomeshow.com/
float like a butterfly
dirty but pretty.
this is from hotel carnavalet in paris. i don’t know if they know. i was dying to use this on the homepage of my site but thought better of it. but i hope my blog buds appreciate it. as soon as this show is over i’m gonna start on working on the rendezvous to paris in may. these salons are a trip all their own.
this is from another salon in paris, hotel soubise, an amazing home with the prince and princess’ suites still intact. it looks imposing from the outside but it’s got drop dead interiors. don’t get me started on the walls!
i satisfied my shopping/fleamarketing/weekend and overall tune out and found these at the ny flea’s garage. i love it there. always something inspiring.
we’re going to blow these up. they’ll be on canvas so you can hang or lean them.
more on the flat stuff: we’ll have it for sale at the show and on the site.
i think this would be great for girls too, minus the black sheets!
here it is in creme
this is another flat headboard. the detail is amazing.
anyway, that was my happy distraction for tonite. now back to the grind. sent my guy off to florida and have ny to myself. now i’ve really got no excuses! i usually wing stuff like this but i’ve been asked for the layout. who can predict that? oh well, luckily there’s an art store across the street so here goes nothing!
omg i did it thanks to a friend who clued me in to the scale thing! i’m going to bed!!
picking up the pieces
the tiniest bit of surfing today led me here to nesting instincts, thank god.
meanwhile, my puzzle is coming together, got the beaded wallpaper in 40 x 60. still don’t have the walls nailed down, but am working on it. the rest is cake! well, except for the upholstery, transport, set up and those dang walls…
anyway for the past couple i’ve been working at nite with sara of sadie olive to create my new website, www.theparisapartment.com! it’s in progress so more layers and tweaks are coming. i hadn’t touched my old site for so long…now i’m inspired to keep adding to it, a whole new hobby! if you need anything done, on the web or graphically, ask sara. she is a dream come true to work with! thanks Sara, you’re my hero(ine)!
as for the rest of my day? well i’ve been at it nonstop (till now, finally going to eat).
the pics below are from one of the vendors from paris who’s sending stuff for the show! it’s all flat, so you could apply the door panel to your door and have an instant architectural element. the books are flat too, look at them on the mantle. it’s just frenchy good fun.
and this below? i can’t remember where i found it but it’s sort of inspiring me, if anyone knows of it’s heritage please say so :P
more to come, must eat!
final note: just stumbled onto apartment therapy.com and found de Gournay. for the wallpaper lovers:
oh what a night
for surfing and learning that is. much of tonite has been spent gathering images for the walls in the booth, my last hurdle. it’s about 9:30 and i flew to ny today to prep a bit for the show. but it is valentine’s eve so i only have a little time left. just wanted to lay it out and get some feedback…thank god for the internet and thanks decor8 for having such a great reference that kicked it off and inspired me to work on it. now picking a palette, that’s another story.
the following are sites i fell into tonite. do you love walls like i love walls?!
www.beaux-artes.com/products/installation_archpanels.html
(cool directions but stop at step 2)!
i found this beauty via www.cotedetexas.blogspot.com
this room above was at the flea in paris (clingancourt)
www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/2736/print
something about the blue silk is yummy
finally my surfing safari led me happily here:
thecraftycameleon.blogspot.com/2008/01/french-floral-motif.html
she sent me here….http://www.worldsilkroad.com/english/products/chinese_wallpaper.htm
and then that crafty cameleon steered me here! damn, i have to work!
www.lynnerutter.com/ornamentalist.html
finally, i had to stop when somehow i stumbled onto this gorgeous site about french museums and stuff. i can only take so much beauty.
http://www.grandtradition.net/articles/classical
Oh well there was one more thing. the highlight of my web night came when Maryam wrote to tell me she had one of Amy’s lights. Then she sent me link to her blog:
http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh/2008/01/there-was-somet.html
P.S. I just wanted to say happy Valentine’s Day to you, you know i’m madly in love with you, blogging friends!! I found this sweet card on storybookwoods.typepad.com. Her blog is just as sweet (but you may want to turn down the volume if you stop by :)
buona notte
getting into the daily grind
whew! life is so much better without all the self imposed drama. i forgot for awhile that i love what i do! i was taking life way too seriously.
just thought i’d share a couple samples that came in. these are glass beads that sparkle like crazy! it’s a really pretty wall covering (or anything for that matter) that’s made from crushed Murano glass. Colors are so vibrant and range from neutral to peridot to red!
they sent these below too, they’re like a mica, they sort of look like mother of pearl and are also fantastic on walls.
i’m still trying to get in touch with susie who designed this wallpaper below. i’m becoming obsessed with wall coverings.
the satin is in for some of the benches, still waiting for the pink…
working on chandeliers
and these funky lamps
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these lights are little sculptures, some with a cute dark side! they’re by Amy at www.lionheartdesign.blogspot.com. She’s making some for the show with dollhouse furniture!
the jury’s still out on the flooring. of course i wanted to do marble tiles but everyone thinks that’s too ambitious/ridiculous. maybe. what do you think of these?
or
an on again off again life
FIRST i have to say what wonderful people you all are. Thank you for giving me strength, courage, determination, permission, love, and unconditional support. The world was definitely coming in on me quickly. With the passing of my pup, move to another state and general discombobulation, I didn’t know which way was up. I spent the weekend reflecting, and grateful to have it to do nothing, empty my mind. Now it’s Monday and things have changed, my manufacturer is going to work with me to make the show happen, it’s not all on my shoulders! And as fate would have it, my place is still available for the show. But this time it’s different. I’m going into it with the joie de vivre you helped me regain, not the tense, uptight, hurried and frazzled girl i was becoming. My blog for the next few weeks will be filled with all the lovely things I’m gathering, and I hope you’ll be here to play with me! More than anything, just can’t say thank you enough for being such loving, kind and generous friends.
The above pic is a FRETTE room, my inspiration for the show!
off with the show
omg, i just took the pressure off and decided not to do the show. my heart was not in it. things from paris wouldn’t be here on time, manufacturers couldn’t guarantee finished products…and these were the walls i wanted to construct. i think i had too much on my plate. undoing it may change my life.
and now i can source all the fab stuff i was gonna gather and get ready for the next one at the right pace. i came here to relax for god’s sake.
mostly i want to enjoy my new home for a sec…this is all i’ve been able to do so far, i’ve been running full speed since i got here. sad i know! but that can change now and i can breathe. i want to stop putting so much pressure on myself. i feel better already. thanks for your ears :p
why ask why
i could be enjoying myself here in lovely fla but instead chose to do this show, now my life is consumed. tonite i have to do the layout, color palette and walls and floors. all i want to do is read your blog. at least i’ve seen some eye candy lately. here are a couple wallpaper sites:
http://www.wallpaperfromthe70s.com
these are chain mail fabrics i want to make into curtains for the show.
i just heard that Eva Zeisel herself will be at the show! www.evazeisel.org
me? i feel like my little chair, a bit tattered and ready for a makeover!
it’s getting hot in here
maybe it’s the laptop burning up my lap. well it’s midnite anyway and time to rest whether i like it or not. but first wanted to give the winners a heads up and thank you all for playing and visiting, you are too much fun!!!! i don’t know how much i’ll be getting back over the next few days/weeks with the AD show in about 5 weeks from tomorrow and me having to line up everything from flooring to wall treatments. to to to!!!
anyway we can still have a little fun! and the winner of the giveaway is the lovely Carrie of Lola Enchanted!
and our other winner is Gloria of rosagallica.blogspot.com!
just wanted to say hi to ladies like Shawn who stopped by: euroantiquemarket.blogspot.com
she’s inspiring me for the walls in my booth and merchandising in general.
and i was thrilled to meet the talented Tammy of tammygilleystudios.typepad.com
so of course there’s so much more but i think i better save myself and get out from under this computer!
bonne nuit!
late for our date
got a new old etching at the ny flea today. couldn’t resist styling it.
and OMG forgive me! i invited you here on friday for a giveaway and never made it to the party! quel faux pas, i’m sorry! anyway, to make up for it, i’ ll two today.
this first batch in a small hatbox filled with trims and ribbons and other stuff i’ll toss in, and the second is fabrics, some linen, velvets, kravet & manuel canovas samples, pink with gold, enough for a small chair. let me know which you prefer if either, then we’ll go random tomorrow nite!
i was at the new york international gift show all day. always a good time with pretty new products and contacts. here are some highlights. my pics re horrible cause i had to borrow my guy’s camera since i left mine in fla. i feel bad cause it’s a really lame camera and I was the one who got it for him! anyone love their little point and shoot? this is a nikon. no thanks to another one…
this is Shine, they had great mod stuff
these were Two Girls from Avignon. the contact info on their card was 918-743-7996 and jamiehoemann@sbcglobal.net
and these just in: Jill Barton above and her daughter Paris Gerrard below. they introduced themselves to me and i thought i’d introduce their beautiful work to you!
ok, din’s in so i’ll take five to eat then back at it! xoc
