Somebody Call The Cops !

There doesn't seem to be any Speed Limit on

ONE KING'S LANE

What's up with that? I thought I had it all timed perfectly,

but POOF, my POUF was gone before I could crank up my computer.

So it looks like I'm going to have to crank up my sewing machine instead.

I've got tons of old rug remnants and just bought 

some patched recycled canvas @ Front Door Fabrics this week.

If you want some of this, 

you'd better take your scooter on over to Front Door Fabrics.

I have a feeling this will POOF and disappear pretty soon!

Now I know mine will sit my studio for a month of Sundays,

but I love it when I buy something for no reason and

it finds a project as soon as I get it home!

"By the Seat of My Pants ! "

"I've gotchu COVERED!"

"Bringing up the REAR!"

"...sittin' in a tree...k.i.s.s.i.n.g."

"Peace MAKER"

"HOLY Mackerel!"

"Let's SPLIT!"

"What a RIP off!"

"A KNEE-JERK reaction!"

Patches via ~ PrettyStuff's ~ childhood wardrobe, 

~ Hobbs's ~ little-boy-fancy clothes,

my college jean's pocket on the knee, 

lots of Liberty prints and cotton embroidery.

Ok, so I have a favorite pair of jeans. I don't even know how old they are. Honestly, they are not that old (or are they Lora?), I just wear them to death...haha literally! They are were Chip & Pepper's "Sorority Girl," but now they are... just hanging on by a thread! I've tried to replace them, but NOTHING fits like these. Even another pair of "Sorority Girls!" Believe me, I've tried! They hang on my hips and baggy in the fanny (what's left of it) to perfection. BUT, when I saw these below today... I wish I could just put mine in a shadowbox frame, hang them on the wall and start over... My patches have patches and they have to be repaired to decency after every washing and it's painfully time consuming.

via ~ Simply Seductive ~

~ Smythe Les Vestes Collection ~ 

I adore this jacket! It'd look great with my patches!

ps NO, you can't buy my jeans, and I can't fix yours, 
it's hard as heck and so time consuming it blows anybody's budget!

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 ~

Kiss 'n Tell !

I just saw these on ~ Etsy @ reFinery Texas ~

I think they are so CUTE!!

I love Upcycling!

...especially old t-shirts...