Serena & Lily

This Newport Lounger by Serena & Lily!

I want these all over everywhere!

Take It For A Spin . . .

❖ Lonny Mag ~ May2012 ❖

I am over the moon with this fabulous

desk chair spotted in the new Lonny May Issue!

I sure would love to see this rolling around

in front of my computer.

Love! Love!

Slower Than Molasses . . .

Yeah, I know, I'm slower than molasses on my interiors projects,

but when you're a do-it-your-selfer like me, it takes forever.

I did farm out this little corner chair to be reupholstered

and it just recently came home... I just love him. 

Isn't he cute?

I'll show you the finished deal when I find the time to make

window treatments and pillows, but just had to show you

my little tufted chair from Rooney Robison Antiques.

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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 ~

Dear Sherlock ,

~ image ~

I am NUTS over this chair!

Does anyone know where this came from?

Thanks again Tumblr

>:[


...still hunting a source for the chair...
we know who took the picture now,
Anonymous, thank you so much for the link!

I've Got My Work Cut Out for Me . . .

The Great Family Room Redo...

Ok, y'all know that Hot Husband and I decided that once the dog passed away and the boy went to college that we'd start all of our empty nest projects. Out with the old and in with the new and clean, right? (And keep me from losing my mind and dying of loneliness.) Well, now I'm dying of design envy. I went to ~ Circa ~ today and did NOT want to come home.... We started decorating our home 20 years ago @ Circa so it was only natural to return now that it's time to do it again...

I want this sofa in my study, like yesterday!

(fyi, the study is not on the fix-it list. will never be able to sneak this in the house.)

(and brently, I spy a sonitrol sticker! woohoo!)

These are not greats picture, but I loved this adorable small display shelf. 

Of course I'd have to go spend even more money to find stuff

worthy of display, but I'm sure I could find a great

place for this in my new clean family room.

Another not so great picture of a piece I could

definitely lose some sleep over!

Can you tell? It's beige hide and irresistible!

The detailing on most of their upholstered pieces and their pillows

is enough to send a seamstress into emotional distress!

Seriously, the attention to detail is beautiful!

I want to incorporate this detail when I reupholster the sofa!

And this is definitely on the wish list! 

We need to add an extra chair to the seating arrangement and 

I WANT THIS ONE!

The focus at the moment, however, is getting the sofa reupholstered,

replacing our club chairs and storing the old ones for 

one of the kids to adopt and slipcover.

(I'm guessing that will be ~ PrettyStuff ~ as she graduates from college in May!)

Circa has an incredible back room of lamps and shades.

I'll need to go back with a need-list and maybe

a lamp or two in hand.

If you've been to my house, you know about the "room" I refer to

as "the studio." It's where all my "stuff" happens.

Years ago I "acquired" (uh-hm..found on the curb) 

a sideboard that I crammed full of knitting magazines,

beading supplies and...well stuff, but Circa had several pieces that have

maybe inspired me to get it painted and use it in the family room for the TV.

There's a piece (16 drawer chest!) at ~ Rooney Robison Antiqes ~

that I'm dying for, but then I couldn't get new chairs...sooo

I have to just admire it on Thursdays, but I think I 

will buy these glass bottles!

(dear husband, hot husband, can I go ahead and get these

before Woozie buys them?)

So, as you can see, I have my work cut out for me. There's lots of painting and sewing in my near future, but at least it helps with missing the kids. We're ordering club chairs today and I think by the time they arrive, I will have finished the Hobbs's Room Makeover and the pillows for the Master Bedroom. I'll be able to focus on the list I created for myself today. Being able to do-it-yourself is a bit of a budget blessing, but it's also a curse...You can't justify anything you can make yourself and I'm afraid after what I saw today, my handy work won't measure up... 

I borrowed all of the Circa pics from ~ Their Shop Blog ~ 

and you can acquire more Rooney Robison crushes ~ HERE ~

Cote de To-Do List . . .

via ~ Cote de Texas ~

Joni posted this picture from Southern Living today. I love the benches! Nobody feeds my to-do list like Joni Webb of ~ Cote de Texas!~ I've had a window seat ~ for my kitchen ~ on my honey-do list for forever. When Jeff doesn't like the idea, he doesn't jump right on it, so I'm thinking he hates the idea.

When I asked for beadboard in Hobbs's room and the laundry room last week, all you saw of him was a cloud of dust and two elbows. He ran to The Depot for all of his supplies. The old mini van was on two wheels turning out of the neighborhood and returned with the tailgate tied down to beadboard and molding. Within an hour, he was ripping tile off the wall so fast it blew my paint samples off the counter! Now don't go tell him I put this picture on the internet, but something tells me he'd be all puffed up proud of himself. Yes, he's 54, and can still wear his high school jeans... he swims several miles a week and spends his fare share of time in the weight room. It's enough to make a girl starve herself to death, but I'm proud of him... not proud of that stupid 20 year old stupid, stupid paint job but you didn't notice part that right?

via ~ Cote de Texas ~

Ok, back to the benches. If I did this, I could move my Hitchcock chairs into the dining room to mix with my shield back upholstered dining chairs. I think I should a-little-bit slipcover those too, but that's another idea for when I sneak my pink dining room into the house...

Suzanne Kasler via ~ Cote de Texas ~

see, I told you she rules my to-do lists in every room

I will have these pink drapes!

And I will show you Hobbs's Room and the

Laundry Room when I finish, 

but I'll warn you...

I'm slower than Christmas about decorating.

Hobbs looked like this last time I did anything

other than laundry in his room...

But it has to be put back together

by the time he comes home for Fall Break.

He IS coming home for Fall Break, RIGHT!?

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep . . .

Look what I found!

And what happens when I find

stuff I can't have?

I just show y'all and that makes

me feel better!

This is an amazing Italian Painted Bed!

I found it here...

~ Provenance Antiques ~

1190 Huff Road

a 13,000 square feet antique warehouse

in Atlanta's Westside Shopping District

...think European Street Fair...

They have some great photo albums on their ~ facebook ~ page. Become a follower and watch their albums entitled "Dig of the Day" which is kinda like a little ~ tumblr ~ on facebook! Lots of inspiring photographs taken and found and sharing them with all. Uhhh... sound familiar? I'm going to put them in my "places to check out in Atlanta" file when these empty nesters hit the road! My bank account is hoping that someone else will buy that bed and...

...Look what else I found...

these dang chairs are KILLING me!

they need to be in my house!

It looks like a fabulous shopping experience.

I love the warehouse feel when antiquing.

Now go buy my bed so I don't have to!

have a seat...

Have a seat...