what i did with myself this week...

I got these drapes from Restoration Hardware - the fog color is amazeballs. Now if I can just drill into my concrete block building...

My fishscale chest from Julian Chichester finally arrived and it is huuuuuuuge. I don't know where in the tiny bedroom this bad boy will end up, but I am so excited to finally have a place for my underwear, which has been hanging in an overnight bag on the back of my closet door. :)

Been so crazed making decisions for my sister's house that I can't even think straight. Everything from the mantel shape to the mailbox is my choice and I am overwhelmed but grateful. I think this Zgallerie mirror is so perfect for bathrooms. It looks like the much more expensive Oly one, is clean and yet glamorous at the same time, and is the perfect size for vanities.

I have also been getting very comfy with my iphone. I hate to admit that I love it - I feel like I am betraying my old blackberry! I got this whipsnake case from J Crew and I absolutely adore it - it is so classic and rich looking...

Last but not least, most of you know that I do not want to take care of a pet and need my home to be clean and odor-free at all times. I also do not like cats at all. But my store does have a cat that lives there and she is diabetic. I have been caring for her as part of my job for six years, giving her two shots of insulin a day, taking her to the vet, and even evacuating with her twice! People come by just to visit with Smokey Joe - and she disappeared for two weeks a bit ago. Well, she was found down the street and after two weeks with no insulin, she was only a little woozy and is now back to her old self. She truly is a miracle cat!

So that's my week - one more day then I finally get a break. Happy weekend, loves!
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flamingos in the bathroom

You know my niece Lily's room ranges in color from the palest pink to coral to hot watermelon. What better piece of art for her bath than Cozamia's "Flamingo Triangle"? Get your own now on One King's Lane...
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shameless publicity whore

You don't know how happy it makes me to discover my designs on other blogs out there. I truly love that people are inspired by my work. Check out my Organic Glam Zen apartment used as inspiration on Bijou and Boheme HERE...

And Bryn Alexandra was inspired by the springtime colors of my Bachelorette Pad apartment - HERE...

I did that painting myself and it was totes easy with painters tape! So I am loving all the shout outs - I know people are pinning pics like crazy and don't know where they come from - but it would be fabulous to get a link back or a name mention....just saying...
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yay weekend

P.S. On my trip to Marshall's yesterday for the hangers: there was a YSL bag there! At MARSHALL'S. It was only $400 off retail so it was still $1200 bucks, but I don't know what the heck is going on - I got very excited even though I can't afford it.

And the Eames lounge chair and ottoman I bought months ago on Ebay finally came in. I think I will recover it in the La Fiorentina gray and beige pattern. You can see the pink/red/gray/black rug underneath and there will be gray linen drapes behind it. What do you think? Is the La Fiorentina too overused?

Y'all have a sensational weekend! I will be celebrating my nephew Jack's bday, Mother's Day, and working my butt off all weekend as per the usual - catch you next week!
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closet cleanout

So now that I am racking up millions of dollars of dental bills, I need to find ways to quench my decorating thirst without spending too much money. Yesterday I got $30 bucks worth of velvet slimline hangers at Marshall's and turned my closet from this -

To this -

It feels and looks so good! And looking at each item individually forced me to decide whether to keep or donate it, so I did some good Spring cleaning, as well. I highly recommend a closet makeover this weekend!
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thump on the head

Whenever I start spending too much time shopping and spending money, life finds a way to thump me on the head and let me know that I need to save and be more careful. This week it is a broken crown - will be $1200 to replace! ugh. So I can't recover my sofa right now - but I am so grateful that I had the money to take care of this and that it happened before I sent my things to the upholsterer!
Hope you are having a better hump day than me - off to the dentist...
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oops I did it again! (ebay queen)

So I have been on the hunt for a coffee table in a different material than mirror or glass and I found it on Ebay! Actually almost every single thing in my apartment now is from Ebay so I am going to have to call this the Ebay apartment when I finish it. Here is the expensive version on 1st Dibs - $5200!

And here is my Ebay find!

It's the exact same Milo Baughman piece for less than a tenth of the cost... I am so excited to have a material that I have never used before in the room. I hate that all of my blog posts lately have become listings of my internet finds, but I am damn proud of them and can't wait to see this look come together!
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