Category Archives: Furniture

02.06.12

DIY Rast Project Update.

I received many emails about my little project in the garage.  Here is the current status.
With a little help from my friends at Duron, I sanded those babies down and applied a few thin coats of oil-based polyurethane.  I think it may have done the trick.  The down side is that it takes FOREVER to dry.  If you try this project yourself, here are a few tips:
1.) Make sure that you sand in between coats… I learned that the hard way.
2.) Prime it, spray one coat of spray paint to build a base, then roll on the next layer of paint.
3.) Don’t do this project when it is 26 degrees outside.
As you can see my O’verlays arrived and they were much thinner than I expected, but I think that will be a good thing.  Also, I was under the impression that they were wood… Not the case.  They are more like a waxy foam board material.
I sanded them down (on top of our trashcan, I was running out of space another reason to wait until Spring!)
Then I sprayed them with a metallic gold paint. I love Krylon.
And now it’s all drying. Tonight I will assemble them.
Stay tuned for the big reveal!

01.24.12

For a Cool $8.9 M…

This could be yours.  Check out the San Francisco pad of One King’s Lane Co-Founder Ali Pincus and her husband (the man behind FarmVille and Mafia Wars), Mark Pincus.
 Beautifully Manicured.
 Loving how bright and cheery the kitchen is.. Didn’t love the yellow tiles at first, but they are growing on me.
 My favorite room of all– the foyer.  Oye….
 Would like to infuse a little more character into the dining room.
 I could take a soak in that Master Bath.
 Love it.
 Wine anyone?
 I would like to change a few things about this room.. starting with the apricot color on the walls… then the chandy.
 The guest bath is pretty simple.  Not to mention pretty awesome.  I would love to paint that trim around the windows black!
 I would love to girl this room up too.  What great bones.  Loving that window seat.
Look at that view, are you freaking kidding?
Yeah, I’d take it.

01.23.12

A Spotty Weekend.

Our living room is virtually empty after Craig’s Listers came and bought our old furniture.

I have spent the last two weekends working on a pair of  DIY Rast dressers for the living room.  After buying a cart full of paint and primer at the Depot, it was time to get started.

See that little Spray Grip in the cart?  Best $2.95 I ever spent.  Last weekend was all about priming.

Every.  Little.  Piece.
This weekend, I froze my a$$ off painting them in the garage.  I hope it wasn’t all in vein.  Due to the cold temperatures, I am afraid the paint job is a little spotty. They still need a few more coats, but I either need to wait until it warms up or get an industrial space heater.  The paint should dry clear and smooth in warmer temperatures.  Keeping my fingers crossed on that one.

In happier news, I received my agate magnets that were on backorder since Christmas.  I can’t wait to show you all what I have in store for them!

01.10.12

My Living Room Project.

Last week I showed you all my beloved God Bless Our Pad pillow that I had made from a needlepoint that I found on Craigslist.  I had mentioned that we have some exciting things in the works for our living room…Here is what it looked like a few years ago.  Clearly I was in to cottage florals.

 That sofa was the last piece of furniture from Mike’s bachelorhood.

 All of the upholstery was from our old townhouse, I had the chair and window treatments made before we even got married.  The wall color in the living room was chosen by the original owners of our house. I chose the red in the dining room- Drama Red by Behr.  I still love that color.

Here are the plans for our new living room…

While I hesitate to show you all the picture of what it looks like right now, after so many of you mentioned how you loved to follow the design process of Lou’s room, I decided to unveil this train-wreck of a room. 

So many things in this room will be 86’ed.. The skirted table, the sofa, the ugly throw pillows (not the GBOP pillow, of course) will all be going.  
The honeycomb mirror over the piano will be moving upstairs in our hallway, to be replaced by my Louis Vuitton dumpster find from our trip to Charleston last summer.  I have finally unwrapped her and now need to figure out how the hell to hang her.  
Here are the HIDEOUS chairs that I bought off of Craig’s List.  They will be reupholstered in this delicious turquoise linen.
As you can see, the living room and dining room are connected (no wall.)
So I tried to unify the space with some custom curtains that I had hand-painted by Corinne Marlow, who also painted the stripes in Lou’s room.  I love the color.  I searched for months for the perfect yellow and I found it.
  I told Corinne what I wanted and she handmade the stencil herself.

The only regret that I have is that they are linen and wrinkle quite a bit. 

Right now we have 12 dining room chairs (two different sets) all of which are being sold and replaced with something very exciting.
Stay tuned!