Laura Moss Photography

Posted by Sarah on Monday Jan 25, 2010 Under Photography

I recently spied this bedroom photographed by Laura Moss in House Beautiful.

bedroom Laura Moss photog

Once I sought out her portfolio I found some other jewels I thought you might want to take a gander at.

blue kitchen portrait Laura Moss

modern exterior Laura Moss

living room Laura Moss

desk Laura Moss photog

warm living room Laura Moss photog

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Opening Doors

Posted by Sarah on Friday Jan 22, 2010 Under Weekend

Happy weekend peeps-

a door in Soho

a door in Soho taken during my fall trip to NYC

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Sneak Attack Two

Posted by Betsy on Thursday Jan 21, 2010 Under Photography, Uncategorized

This past weekend, instead of going to South Pasadena to take proper pictures of Craftsman homes, or going to Manhattan Beach to check out Maison Luxe - I went hiking in Thousand Oaks with Kate. And we used my iPhone camera and THE BEST CAMERA app to snap these fun pictures of us enjoying the day.

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Sneak Attack

Posted by Betsy on Thursday Jan 21, 2010 Under Holiday, Photography

I realize that Christmas is over….. but uh. I just saw this picture of Sarah and her pretty husband Dan and I thought you should see it. Is that your mama’s tree Sary?

The Estate of Things author Sarah

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Dynomite

Posted by Sarah on Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 Under Babytime Decor, Light Fixtures

Anybody else think this would be perfection in a nursery or little girl’s room? I know what you’re gonna say, “I want that for my dining room”

norm 06 fixture

the Norm 06, Scandinavian Design Center, small $59.11

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Design Sixx on Bravo

Posted by Sarah on Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 Under News

The book Downtown Chic has been on my book radar for several months now.

sixx downtown chic cover

The Novogratz family has also been on the radar because of this gem of a summer house in South Egremont, Massachussets which has been featured in numerous places including New England Home.

Sixx Summer

The Novogratz duo (+7) popped back in to my mind again when I was viewing the fantastic selection of design books at The Paris Market in Savannah.

The Paris Market book table

image via Fine Things and Big Dreams

And it seemed to be really following me around after I read Lauren’s nice little review of the book at Pure Style Home.

I thumbed through the book and read the first two pages at The Paris Market last Thursday. After reading the first few sentences I knew I needed it. The gist, two people meet in North Carolina while the girl is in college, they move to Manhattan so boy can be stock broker and girl can pursue acting and fast forward…they marry, have seven children and begin flipping house–big houses.  By the way if you’re reading this Cortney & Robert–I’d love to have a copy!

So I did some digging about the Novogratz family and Sixx Design because I don’t have the book yet. And I found out that they have been busy moving themselves in a slightly different direction as a result of the housing slump.  Currently, that direction includes signing the whole fam up with Ford Modeling Agency and getting a deal with Bravo to do a reality series called Design Sixx.  I can’t find an exact start date but Bravo’s release statement said it would begin this month.

One of the episodes promises footage of a cab ride with Cortney as she goes in to labor with her seventh child, plus they’re gonna flip houses, occassionally party like rock stars and raise seven children.  La vie boheme.

Sixx Novogratz group shot NY Times

Also interesting is the NY Times article called, Branding The Family.

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Get Ya’ Shop On

Posted by Sarah on Wednesday Jan 20, 2010 Under Shopping Resources

Jamie at i suwannee played blogger hostess and gathered some of our favorite bloggers together for a round table on what to buy at Overstock.  Betsy and I were invited to put our two cents in.  Head on over to i suwannee to see the picks, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at what you can find at the “O”.

By the way, have those commercials ever bothered anyone else?

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Jamie put together the montage above, links to products can be found at i suwannee

Jenny from Little Green Notebook made some great rug picks, it didn’t take very long before I was pretty cracked out in the rug section on Overstock.  And one of my favorite blogger/new mama/designers Erika from Urban Grace made some picks too.

Thanks for inviting us to play Jamie.

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Lighting for Mostly GINORMOUS Tasks

Posted by Betsy on Tuesday Jan 19, 2010 Under Light Fixtures, Trends

My friend Frank from the AudioMuffin has a thing for Robot Music. I have a little something for Robot Lamps. I like that they have a persona. I feel like they would speak to me and say really helpful and kind things. Then I started seeing these big robot lamps around and I had to ask myself, “What WOULD it be like if machines took on free will?” I’d surely like to be around these sweet ass over-sized guys if that happens.

The Estate of THings chooses HUGE TASK LAMPFrom RockettStGeorge.co.uk.


This is Max. Hi Max. Do you like tufted sofas Max?

The Estate of Things chooses Huge Task Lamp from Apartment Therapy

“Attack of the Killer Lamp!”  Apartment Therapy.
I don’t think he would hurt anyone.

lastly, the original ad that I saw that made me smile.The Estate of Things chooses Huge Task Lamp

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Chandelier Envy

Posted by Sarah on Tuesday Jan 19, 2010 Under Light Fixtures

Alia from Sweetshorn Vintage writes about her latest object of affection, the chandelier…

I bought a vintage red glass chandelier similar to this one at a thrift store last summer.

chandelier home depot redDue to the fact that I don’t have a boudoir-esque dressing room in my house it has been stashed in a guest room until we buy a place where it can be hung more permanently.  I’ve been shopping around to have it rewired and found it will cost $200.

That doesn’t seem like much if you have a $1000 piece but mine was only $40.  Plus, I found the chandelier pictured above for only $179 at Home Depot that is ready to hang.

So I have major chandelier envy. It seemed like a passing trend having been printed on everything from dish towels to wall decals, but I’ve always wanted one in my home.

This jade green beauty from Tavern on the Green being auctioned off this month now that the legendary NYC restaurant has closed its doors.  It is amazing!

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This cloud chandelier by design house Fusion Z is so stunning I can’t imagine having a room worthy of its opulence.

chandelier Cloud_Chandelier by fusion Z

My tacky side (about 94% of me) wants this disco ball by Front Design (found via Curbly).

chandelier frontdesignviacurbly

This capiz shell lotus lamp by Graham and Green is so soft it would be amazing in my bedroom.

chandelier graham and green lotus

and what is Sarah’s pick for a game changing chandelier…the arctic pear available at Ochre.

chandelier arctic pear

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Indiana Project: Demolition

Posted by Sarah on Tuesday Jan 19, 2010 Under Uncategorized

Last week we introduced you to the Indiana project.  After a week of demolition this is what some of the house looks like now.

Original kitchen

kitchen

kitchen

Kitchen now

kitchen

kitchen

Downstairs bath & hallway

downstairs hallway

and now…

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akward built in dresser in master bedroom

master bedroom

The dresser has been removed and wall will be patched. The dresser was removed to create more space for placement of the toilet in the half bath.

built-in dresser

Closet in the master bedroom has been cleared out to become a half bath accessed in the living room

master bedroom closet

new 1/2 bath

There is still at least another week and half of interior demo.  What’s on the demo docket for this week:

  • Demo upstairs bath & walls
  • Clear out water damaged trim and window framing in upstairs bedroom on right
  • Remove free standing closet in upstairs bedroom on right
  • Discard upstairs a/c window units
  • Demo closet wall in upstairs bedroom on left to create one big closet with doorway in the middle
  • Electrician will begin stripping out knob & tube wiring where exposed
  • Remove unneeded doors and store in the basement
  • Remove all cornices
  • Take unwanted appliances to Habitat for Humanity store
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