The Estate of Things

This is Steve Smith, he’s a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers. I am going to see him play Saturday night in honor of my brother in law’s birthday.

I’ve got some time to kill before the game and thanks to Sarah at Matters of Style I’ve got a shopping plan mapped out. Thank you Sarah for all of your recommendations!

I recommend playing around with the French photobooth site La Photo Cabine, found via Rambling Renovators

I think Lara Rossignol and I are kindred spirits…at least in TV Land.

See you back here, have a fantastic weekend!

To start our weekend, I am off today to get a passport for DC because we are going to the Bahamas in just a few short weeks (this was decided just yesterday)!

This weekend we are staying put at home and I’m thinking I will address an item on my Punch List.

Here are some things you might be interested in,

One family, 30 years via Maquette

Weddings are incredible these days and this one won’t dissapoint, via Cup of Joe

Great interview with stylist Margot Austin, find out how she approaches styling a home

Guiding light maybe?

This picture was taken when DC was just a little more than a year old and now she’s two and says words like “Constantinople”, that kid’s vocabulary is ridic!

Our weekend activities will consist of an informal gathering of my husband’s high school friends, so off we go again.

It was a big magazine week for me so I spent my evenings flipping through glossies but I did do my fair share of scouting on the interwebs as always.

I think Jesse Carrier may be a design genius and the house he designed that is featured in Elle Decor this month sealed it.

Congratulations to Jill Rosenwald for getting a holla in this month’s House Beautiful. I bought a pelmet bowl from Jill about a year ago and it still makes me smile.

When I saw this modern entry at Remodelista, I saw my plan come alive. I’m working on renovating a ranch style duplex that was built in the early 1950s. This house has zero appeal at the moment but I’m working on it.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Dan and I are headed to a party this weekend for one of our college friends, yet another turning 30. Hey its tax free weekend here in NC, I need some back to school stuff right? Who needs an excuse to go to Anthropologie?

items of note I encountered during the week,

Now this is my kind of party. Scroll down a little.

For your mid-century abode, how about a swanky entry

I appreciated Samantha’s beauty product review and now want to try it

Congrats to Rachel Halvorson for making an appearance in Garden & Gun magazine, I just mentioned that kitchen she re-designed last Friday.

Hannah is such a good model.

We’re headed to the lake this weekend for some time with Dan’s family. Not sure if any design related activities will occur, I don’t think anyone in that crowd is in to it.

Some of the things I found this week,

Sometimes I come across designs that seem fresh, this is one. I’m pretty sure its those light fixtures. I’ve bookmarked this blog.

Suzy was right when she said Caitlin is the pillow master. Some can get the mix right and some just can’t. btw Suzy’s living room in Domino is the reason why I like to paint living rooms grey, my living room is Martha Stewart’s Newsprint.

Have you tried Craiglook?

If I had an extra $400 sitting around I’d buy this

There’s a designer tag sale happening in Cali this weekend, looks like you might need to go if you live in the LA area, nothing is over $200.

Hope you all have a super weekend! See you back here soon.

This weekend will be a leisurely one for the most part. I have a little table to assemble from IKEA for DC and I plan to have two of the Thonet chairs I bought at the flea market stripped and I’ll put the grouping in DC’s room–soon.

We need a bed in DC’s room and I am having quite a time negotiating with a Craigslist seller on this spindle bed that I know is the perfect bed. I will have it enameled white if I can ever purchase it!

We’re cooking up a CSN stores giveaway for next week, check out their sites like All Modern over the weekend. I’m eyeballing this pillow from Koko & Co.   

For all you LA residents, my co-author included, the Renegade Craft Fair will be in your town this weekend, check here for details. This may be a point of interest for you this weekend…

It’s birthday weekend!  Unfortunately, I will not be dazzling you with how fabulous I am by saying that I’ve got some grand destination birthday planned. No jetsetting here.

But…I will be headed to:

a. the flea market (the Raleigh, NC fair grounds flea is rated one of like the 25 best in Country Living)

b. a couple of other antique/consignment stores after flea

c. dinner with friends, all of which are female

d. cocktails

e. commando decorating at Kristine’s house

Sounds good right? Good enough for me.

Last night I celebrated with my family and Dan presented me with this,

Some after dinner conversation,

Dan: Will you be gone most of the day on Saturday you think?

me: absolutely

Dan: Well there’s a present coming for you but I don’t know if you have to sign for it.

me: Is it a Massimo Vitali beach scene?

Dan: yeah

me: Seriously?!?

Dan: no, but its something like that

conclusion: there’s a good possibility it’s artwork, yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In other news,

I have been hammering out the completion of the Indiana project all week. It will be pretty much done with the exception of the closet install on Sunday.  The yard will be hyrdroseeded tomorrow and yes we can talk about that at more length if you’d like to in the future.

Iphone pic, two coats Ben Moore Showtime

It goes on the market next week. I may not sleep until it sells.

I don’t have anything to share this week because I’ve been standing out in the yard pacing at the Indiana project all week saying things like “are you coming today…ok and what time” “can you be finished by Saturday?” or the ever popular “that pea gravel is such a disappointment”

Asheville, photo via Betsy

Are you going to a social club to hear some great music this weekend?

I may go to IKEA this weekend, can’t decide. Its a 2 hour trip for me. I need a small section of countertop for the laundry room at the Indiana project and I need to get it ASAP. IKEA has got some surface options for a great price. I searched the formica at Lowe’s and I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

Speaking of the Indiana project, I have some good news to share. The Indiana house was selected to be in a local publication called Pinestraw Magazine. The house will be photographed in two weeks and it will appear in the September issue. We’ll get you a link when it happens.  Expect to see final pictures of the house in two weeks, it has to be a show piece by 7/18/10.

I hope Betsy plays my song later today…

Share time topics are a little scant this week,

I found this bathroom remodel to be very respectable. Nice job Arren.

Lots of fun to take a spin through the photographic portfolio of Thayer Allyson Gowdy, via Oh Joy

I ordered this which should be arriving shortly, took it off the ol’ wist list. I hope it fits well!

Happy 4th of July everyone!

Sarah is going to have some fun in the mountains and do all of DC’s favorite activities like riding the tractor, kayaking, looking at Nonni’s perennial garden and hanging with family.

Betsy is gonna try to get the EFF outta town…………….!!!!!

June 2005

It’s 90 million degrees here in NC. Even in the mountains last weekend it was 80+ degrees.

Apparently there is some wedding anniversary fun on my horizon, I got a hint yesterday, something about choosing a good day to night getup…sounds exciting. In case you were interested, Dan and I have been married for 5 years.  One of the best decisions I’ve ever made.  And if you’re keeping score, the boy just had a birthday last week and was celebrated as a father over the weekend and will now be honored as a husband. But its a joint celebratory venture so its not all about him.

And for share time,

Have you seen this papabubble candy, wonder if it tastes as good as it looks?

I was nearly salivating as I flipped through these images of a French flea market, almost enough to get me over my flying fears (its the over the ocean part)

I’m going to visit these people really soon. And I also heard they have a pretty cool neighbor.

I’m going to get Dylan’s big girl bed on Saturday. I posted it on TEOT’s Facebook, take a look at the bed there because the author took the listing down already. And yes TEOT is on Facebook and we should all be friends.