Fashionable Friends . . .

You know those friends you love too much to hate?

Well, here ya go! 

My friend Lora is ROCKIN' IT @ Aspen International Fashion Week!

She's the lovely on the left and, yes, don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

She is definitely beautiful, but don't let the fur fool ya!

She's a pretty on the inside as she is on the outside!

I just HATE that I'm not her sidekick at THIS shindig!

Rubbing elbows with more loveliness!

❅ with Kim Deam of WhoWhatWear ❅

This is not the end!

There's more to come so FOLLOW her on Tumblr, Instagram @FashionablyAspen and Pinterest

because you know what they say,

"They come for the Winter, but they stay for the Summer!"

Aspen is a Year-Round Sport!

Oh and PS - If you're a book lover, she eats books for breakfast!

Check out her lists on GOODREADS!

Maybe I'll post pics from her Aspen Mountain-top wedding... 

it was the most memorable wedding I've ever attended...

Including my own! :/

All Her " Pretty Stuff "

Pimlico Magazine featured 

Patterson's workspace full of all her "PrettyStuff!" Very cool! 

I'm pretty sure we know where she got the pink Lafco candle, 

the Dana Gibson canvas pouch and her 

Rifle Paper Co. thank you notes!

Cottage Chic strikes again!

Oh and thanks for the shout out on the dishes and the jewelry link!

Patterson is my best customer! I guess you could say 

she has a permanent discount code!

In The Bag @ Rooney Robison !

Stuffed Animals by Natasha Fadeeva, Paper Birkins

We've reordered our beaded handbags and clutches
@ Rooney Robison Antiques
I could not resist re-posting the collages.
Sorry if you follow me on both places!
I'm so tempted to make myself one of the Paper Birkins!
So funny!!!!

Istanbul Tiles, Oyster Bucket, American White Pelican

 ❖ Turquoise Beaded Silk Handbag: $90 ❖
...pictured above...

Color Pencil Shavings, Model: Siri Tollerod

A PERFECT SUMMER PARTY BAG!
But hurry, this one's on Rooney's wish list!
❖ BEADS and SEQUINS BRACELET EVENING BAG: $325 ❖
...pictured above and below...

Rug, Dolce&GabbanaS/S2012 , AtlanticPacific, Atlantic-Pacific

Roof Tiles, OHOY Wallpaper, Valentino Fall 2012

I adore this little box! It's my all-time favorite!
Of course it is...GREYYYY!
❖ Tiny Beaded "Box" with Beaded Shoulder Strap: $90 ❖
...pictured above and below...

Artwork: Daniel Egneus, Zhanna T(Photographer: Pelle Crepin for Fashion Gone Rogue)

Pearl Dress: Champagne Maker, Great Tie Guy: Hercules Magazine/Photographer Doug Inglish, 
Gold Dress: Marios Schwab Fall2011

And this one might is the shop's new favorite!
❖ Beaded Gold Handbag with Chain Handle: $160 ❖
...pictured above and below...

Watercolor: Clare Caulfield, Model

Kirsten Dunst by David Armstrong for A Magazine S/S2012, Hunt Scene: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Hunting


❖ Beaded Bracelet Handbag: $275 ❖
...pictured above and below...

Palate: Flickr-Phoebe Doan  Hallway Photo: Sarah Hogan

Crab, Model: Abbey Lee Kershaw, Boat: Paige Baird on Flickr


❖ Beaded Embroidered Clutch: $130 ❖
...pictured above and below...

Models: USVogue by David Sims, Cable Car Image: Lisbon, Portugal, 
Globe: Nicholas Stevenson, Model: Anthropologie

Model: Skye Stracke by Kayt Jones for Elle Russia, Pacific Sea-Maid

This one's perfect for your favorite Mermaid!
❖ Beads and Shells ❖ A Perfect Summer Clutch: $290 ❖
...pictured above and below...

WindChime, Grasshopper: Maria Sibylla Merian, Pearl Image: LongForgotten/ETSY, 
Model: VOGUE - Alexander McQueen S/S2010

Beading: CWonder on Pinterest, Degas: by Marjoriesalu/Flickr


(Hurry, I've got eye on this one! I think PrettyStuff and I could share!)
❖ Beads & Sequins ❖ Handbag with Beaded Shoulder Strap: $145 ❖
...pictured above and below...

Julia Nobis by Luke Irons for Harper's Bazaar Australia May 2012, Cotton Candy Date, Gemma Ward

Actress Morena Baccarin, Chanel Resort 2011, Neon

❖ A Classic Beaded Silver Clutch: $95 ❖
...pictured above...


And is that the cutest lip dress you've ever seen?
Note to self: MAKE THIS ASAP

Also, PrettyStuff just messaged me that Claire Danes 
is shopping in Southend RIGHT NOW!
Hope she comes by the shop with Morena Baccarin!! :D

Boat: Nova Scotia - Alison Brown, Gingham: Atlanta-Pacific

❖ Turquoise Beaded Silk Clutch: $100 ❖
...pictured above and below...

Background: VIGILISM / Urban Growth Strategy ETSY, Model: Madewell, Vintage Anchor

Brand new beaded bag? Don't leave home without it!
We hope you're having a wonder summer.
It's HOT, but our AC is all tuned up!
Please stop in for a visit or send us a message 
if you need us to hold, ship or hide one of these bags for you. 
We can't help book your summer vacation, but we can help you pack!


Follow me @ Rooney Robison Antiques for Antique Interior Inspiration! 
❖ BLOG ❖ PINTEREST ❖ TUMBLR ❖ TWITTER ❖ FACEBOOK ❖


...Ok, back to work...

Confessions . . .

This is why I scroll.

and scroll...and scroll!

For months I've been painting a bookcase/media cabinet that HandyHusband built for the family room re-do. Each phase has been a painful one for this cabinet. HandyHusband's dyslexia got the pieces all flipped around when he installed a drawer for CDs and that was a tearful discovery when he so proudly brought it home and tried to put it together. (Picture HH in the floor, on his back, with a tear rolling toward his ear.) But it all worked out. Back to the workshop, corrections were made, but it was now my turn on the project. I decided it needed to be "decoratively" painted, distressed and glazed. 

Unfortunately, I'm still on the decoratively painted phase...it's a pain!

It takes hours and hours. I'm pleased so far, but I was stuck!

Until I saw the image above this morning on PLAID!

Do you follow their blog? YOU SHOULD!

Images above were gathered from Benjamin Moore by PLAID!

Benjamin Moore Color stories are also a good follow!

Base Molding, HERE I COME!

{sneak peek: I told you he was handy!}

Saddle Up !

~ RugbyMusic:PepiGinsberg ~

First, did you know Ralph Lauren Rugby has a BLOG?!

It's even more attractive than you THINK it is.

Second, I'm still hunting vintage saddle shoes!

These, are EXACTLY what I want!

Psst: Links appreciated to the said vintage saddles shoes for sale!

(I'm a 6.5, will fake it in a 7 and stuff cotton in the toe of a 7.5!)

a true fashion slave to the look!

Thank You Cote de Texas . . .

For the peek inside the Beautiful World of Amy Howard

posted on Cote de Texas today!

I could have re-posted every single image, but

I've chosen only teasing photos.

An Amy Howard Seminar has just been 

moved to the top of my bucket list, but until then,

I'm a little nervous about how much money I will spend

@ Amy Howard at Home

I think first on my list are

two antiqued mirrored bedside tables for PrettyStuff!

and surely HandyHusband can move my 

trumeau mirror up on

his to-do list.

Please go visit Cote de Texas to see the rest of Joni's post!

The photos are amazing and if you have even a thread of do-it-yourselfer

in your personality, I have no doubt you'll be filling your own

cart on Amy Howard @ Home as quickly as you can click

ADD TO CART!

WANT MORE?

Amy Howard Collection, Blog and Amy Howard Collection Facebook

Keeping Me Straight . . .

Where would I be without my blogging buddies? 

In the funny farm apparently.

My bestie @ Beadboard Upcountry (to only mention one)

just called me out on the dented "Wiley Coyote" pillow in a previous post. 

Seems my pillow denting habit got more attention than my little chair.

Others were more subtle...

"hmmm, love your chair, but what kind of amimal is on your pillow?"

Some were kinder and said they didn't want to wait

for window treatments or pillows to see more of the room.

They are aware of how slow I am or were hoping that the next

picture would reveal the mystery pillow more clearly.

So...here's a peek at the corner.

...a little bit of this and a little bit of that...

...now back to the dog pillow...

They are a little wierd looking, aren't they?

I love needlepoint pillows, so I guess I paid more attention

to them matching my palate than I did the dogs and y'all, they were on sale!

Yes, THEY, I have two of these weird looking dogs so there's no turning back.

ALL SALES FINAL blowout sale @ Rooney's...Impulse?

Buy now, ask later? What are they? Collies?

I made this one myself, he lives on couch for now,

but he's desperately lonely. I need to make about 4 more pillows.

But there are people ahead of me on that list!

I really need to sit down for an entire day to make just pillows!

Mom gave me this one for Christmas.

I think she may have heard HH complaining about the naked couch...

This one's for my Beadboard Upcountry Texas gal!

I have a thing for Needlepoint AND Cows.

...Here's my other two favorite cows in the house...

Now, I won't even get started on my antler problem collection.

...Another post of another day...

Thanks for keeping me straight y'all!

She's So Cute !

{Email subscribers may not be able to view the video, so visit the blog!}

There are so many fashion blogger out there

posting what they wear every day.

I have a new favorite!

 ~ Wendy's Lookbook ~

...I love her format...

...I think she's a doll...

...I like her style...

AND THESE VIDEOS ARE PRECIOUS!

{another video y'all}

...There's more on her site and YouTube...

So Cute!


Ok, had to come back and add one more!

{one last video}

Crushing On Charles Spada & Veranda !

GET THE LOOK: Gold Frames $160 each, 4 Graphite on Silk Portraits, c1890, $185 each

White Ironstone Tureen $250, Blue & White Anemon Tureen $350

At Rooney Robison Antiques, 

we are over the moon inspired by Boston Designer, Charles Spada!

This month's Veranda Magazine was full of beautiful photographs

of his renovation in Normandy, 

Manoir de Berthouville, a hunting lodge built in 1652.

GET THE LOOK: Ridgeway Morley Ware & Co., Eglintoun, c 1836-42

Dinner Plates (10) $115 each, Small Platter (2) $88 each, Bone Dish (2) $75 each

Let us help you GET THE LOOK!

These are commemorative plates of the "Eglinton Tournament" in 1839.

The Clan Montgomery is one of the oldest Scottish Clans 

with its progenitors from Normandy, France.

Visit Rooney Robison Antiques in Charlotte and be INSPIRED! 

Also, click over to our STYLE FILE on TUMBLR

where we continue to collect images that keep us inspired.

  Like RRA on FACEBOOK and follow us on TWITTER!

I Love It When This Happens !

I love catching Rooney's merch in a Foxglove Blog Post!

I adore these dining chairs!

Pull up a chair!

I think I could find room for all of these as well!

~ Rooney Robison Antiques ~

Zsa Zsa, Does She Know Me ?

~ image ~

Well, I'd say so!

Zsa Zsa Bellagio just emailed this image to me!

Yep, tied to my knitting bag!

Thanks Zsa Zsa!

Inspiration Found . . .

...Elsa Mora...The Dress...

I am nearly speachless.

I have spent my morning coffee in a new Blog Find.

I am over the moon inspired by Elsita's work and

this dress is now my screensaver to inspire me DAILY! 

I am SMITTEN! 

Her story is beautiful too...go browse through her site.

Elsita is now on my list of "Bloggers I'd like to have lunch with."