Picker Sisters

Oh my!!!  Have you all seen this show called Picker Sisters.  BEST.SHOW.EVER!  My card catalog/barrister bookcase/campaign dresser sister was staying at our house last night because her power is still on the outs from Miss Irene and stayed up until midnight watching on demand episodes of the show.  Let me put things in perspective for you.  My sister just got back from a 10 day jaunt in AUSTRALIA (does she have the life or what!) and is severely jet lagged and hasn't slept since returning because she has been baking in her oven of an apartment.  So you know it's gotta be good. 

The series is about two best friends and interior designers, as they embark on the ultimate challenge to start their own store.  They travel the US searching salvage/junk yards searching for things they can turn from trash to treasure.  They turn complete trash and really weird stuff into gorgeous one of a kind pieces.  The hosts are super chic, borderline annoyingly perfect, and have some amazing vision.   If you like dumpster dive rescues and trash to treasure makeovers you must watch! 

This is the episode I just watched where they turn a silo into a fab hanging chair.

It airs on Tuesday at 10pm on Lifetime.  Tell me what you think if you watch.  I've only seen one episode but I have a feeling I will have caught up on the whole season by the weekend!  Hope my husband thinks these chicas are hot cause he's going to be stuck watching with me ;)

Have you all seen the show?  What do you think?

Holy Hurricane

Sorry I've been a little MIA.  We just got power back last night after that diva Irene blew through here.  We were out for a glorious 53 hours.  We were very fortunate to have no damage...one of the only perks of living in a pop up neighborhood with little charm and trees the size of my 5 year old.  And I know this is really weird but a small part of me was sad when the power came back on.  There's something nice about no tv, AC, and Internet.  I kind of felt like I was on vacation with the cool breeze blowing in the windows.  It forces you to get outside and hang out with neighbors.  I'm a firm believer no one knows their neighbors anymore because of the modern convenience of air conditioning.  So, as annoying as it was, it was a nice break from the day to day routine. 

My parents did not fair as well as us.  They live on Connecticut just yards from the long island sound.  Here is a picture of us there this summer.

Do you see the water...waaaaay back behind us.  Well here is a pic from inside their house during the hurricane.  It's a little blurry but I hope you can see the water is meeting their porch.

By the grace of God it stopped just inches before entering there house.  They had to leave after they took this photo and trudge through the deep water to a neighbors up their street so they weren't sure what they  would find when they returned.  Needless to say we are feeling very thankful these days.

Oh but have no fear, one of the first things my mom did when she saw it was getting bad was get the card catalog and barrister bookcase she is babysitting for my sister to the second floor!  Priorities, people!  Priorities!

I hope you all faired well against Irene and everyone is safe and sound. 

Master Makeover

I'm slightly altering my master bedroom color scheme.  We've had a green thing going since we've moved in but I'm over it and want a change...so...with the help of Pinterest I've picked a new color scheme...

I started with orange and blue which I'd seen on Pinterest and loved but it reminded me of a sports team (UVA, florida gators, etc, etc) when I tried to pull it off in my room...so I switcher to a softer more feminine coral color. Of course I pick one of the hardest colors to find!  It seems like coral varies so much, sometimes its pinker and sometimes more orange. But I'm giving it my best shot!  Here is some inspiration that has me motivated to get going!


http://www.styleathome.com/decorating-and-design/colour/10-colourful-interiors/a/34531


https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYII3Jdv3Yvax1zLPIPdx4G4Ho8pRe8hj1kj_7-bePa1caUY7x4FxmHYQFswNRJo_UQC5x8oeW6gQg4b59nkL-vg_SkK3dE064DYFFGpTW82_qq81JUm4rMAyrPqb8u3QDK3Ql_isxw/s576/Picture+62.png


http://www.mixandchic.com/search?updated-max=2011-08-14T15%3A06%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=8


http://www.everythingfab.com/search/label/Decorating

Anyone else loving the whole navy and coral combo???  Any fun plans for the weekend!?  We are trying to avoid our second natural disaster of the week...first an earthquake and next a hurricane!  eeek! 

What I've been pinning lately

Are you all on Pinterest? I joined a while ago but just recently got into it. I went on a bit of a pinning bender a week or two ago. It was like a drug! I couldn't get enough! I was pinning morning, noon, and night. And the worst part is that everyone that follows you can see when you are pinning...so naturally everyone that follows me must think I need to get a life. So I've tried to cut back lately but its a struggle ;).  Here's what I've been re-pinning lately!

http://shop.hm.com/gb/shoppingwindow?dept=DAM_YTT_JAC&modelnum=783381&type=matching

http://www.lillypulitzer.com/accessories/ric-rac-bangle-set/invt/91260/&bklist=icat,4,shop,accessoriesandgift,jewelry

http://www.marylandpinkandgreen.com/

http://www.naughtybettyinc.com/greeting-cards/new-releases/pee-alone-card

http://www.shophallelu.com/gallery/detail.aspx?id=284941

PS  the hubby got this for my birthday!!!  Gotta love pinterest for gift ideas!!!

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Did anyone else have this phone growing up!?!  Total blast from the past!

Out and About

Saturday was my birthday so I got a complete guilt free shopping day...so of course I felt the need to thrift.  I found some things that I can hopefully snazz up and sell at my booth. 

I got both of these at Class and Trash...

I'm thinking about painting this and putting those cute lion head pulls on this one.

This is a child's size.  My 5 yr old son was so sweet, when I brought home I told him I was going to paint it and sell it and he said "man, I really wish we could keep it"  Of course that made me feel horribly guilty!  He might be able to talk me into keeping it! 

Oh- and the guy that does the heavy lifting at Class and Trash asked me today if I live there, as in the actual Class and Trash building.  He asked me if I was hiding in a closet somewhere, sleeping there?!?  I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm a compulsive thrifter and was politely trying to tell me to get a life ;)  I might need to start frequenting other places!  That or start wearing a disguise! 

Anyone find anything fun this weekend?  Do tell!

Dining Room Doll Up

My very sweet sorority sister from college, who we will call "Diane," emailed me to get some ideas on her dining room.  She is embarrassed about her before pictures (which I don't think are that bad!) and wants to use an alias, which I thought was so funny!  So, anyway, "Diane" has two little ones, works a full time job, and was still eager to take on the challenge.  Some would call her crazy, I call her dedicated!  Here is her before:

I gave her lots of ideas, but the biggest one was to paint, paint, paint that furniture!!!  It is such a cost effective way to make a major change in a room.  She worked her fanny off and is almost done!  I can't wait to see the after pics!  I will share them just as soon as I get them.  So...any other quick updates you like to do to give a room a new life?  Share with the group ;)

Library Chic- You can do it too!!!

Thanks for all the kind words about my sister's card catalog makeover!  It's clear that I'm not the only one willing to give up my first born search every Goodwill in the tri state area to score one of these things!  I thought I would throw together some online options for you fellow library nerds, and while these aren't the thriftiest finds they are library chic and available for purchase right now! 

Sears $264

ivgstores $258

Amazon $289

Ikea $250

World Market $360

So what do you think?  Would you buy a faux card catalog from a big box store or does it mean more to know that it's the real deal...straight out of a library?  I think my personal vote would be real deal....so the search continues!