90265 Malibu Life and Style Magazine Issue
Beautifully done life-style magazine based in Malibu. Of course I’m partial as my boy is featured #48, in a gorgeous black and white pictorial by photographer Peter Augustin. All the locals at the...
View ArticleShabby Chic Street Find Gets it’s Make-Over
Remember my little street side cabinet with the crazy wood detail? I loved the details, plus it had fun little feet. Here is the after The inside is really spacious and actually has notches where a...
View ArticlePair O’Chairs
I picked these babies up at the American Way in Burbank for $20.00 each! Yes…EACH. I cleaned them and fluffed them and put them in my house. I am selling them, (click here for more information and...
View ArticleLou Reed, San Francisco and Daydreams
Satellite’s gone up to the skies Thing like that drive me out of my mind One of my fondest memories was a day in the early 2000′s. Probably about 2002 or so. At that time I was a middle-aged...
View ArticleRockin the Vintage Chair
My friend Jennifer commissioned me to refurbish and paint a vintage wood rocking chair she had used when her daughter, Emma was a baby. Now Emma is twenty-four and a mommy herself to baby Violet....
View ArticleFriday Finds
It’s Friday and I’ve been working my tail off painting. I decided it was time to take a quick break and surf the net for cool things. Yes, it’s a time waster, but all work and no play, makes me a...
View ArticleThe Chair is a Wrap!
Finished Jennifer’s comfy vintage wood rocking chair. It’s all ready for her little grand-daughter to come get snuggled! Remember the before Here is the after! Since Jennifer told me this was a...
View ArticleAmazing Vintage Tiger Wood Credenza
This is the most beautiful old piece of furniture. My first thought was it just needed a good coat of paint and it would be perfect. But upon second glance I realized this piece had interesting and...
View ArticleCampaign Table Make-Over
I am so annoyed with myself. I could have sworn I took a couple of before pics of my street corner wood and glass side table, but I guess not! I found this on the very same day I found my other...
View ArticleCraigslist + Pinterest =Perfection
My favorite design combo is Craigslist and Pinterest. They each are both great resources, but blended together they are MAGIC!. Since I’m a design geek, I love just scrolling through Craigslist...
View ArticleHow To Make Over 70′s Thrift Store Nightstands
For once I remembered to document a furniture make-over! I’m almost as proud of myself for remembering to take pics of each step as I am of the finished product. Anyway, enough back patting on my part...
View ArticlePS I Love You!
I grew up going to Palm Springs. It was a quick two-hour jaunt from Los Angeles. My parents were able to purchase a sweet condo back in the 70′s for about 10 cents! Seriously though, property was...
View ArticleDining is Fine at Christmas Eve Dinner
As the guest list of our Christmas Eve party swelled, I started to get nervous. I knew our tiny little house on GPark would not…could not withstand the twenty or so guests we were expecting. Lucky...
View ArticleFavorite Things for 2014
I love January. It’s a fresh start. It’s a new begining. It’s a second chance. Okay, enough with the cliche’s, you get the point. But seriously, it’s a chance to finally ‘let go’ of all of the...
View ArticleCampaign Dressers Named Sugar Plumb and Plumage
About this time last year I came across a great vintage campaign dresser manufactured by Dixie Furniture. It was huge and in need of a lot of love. A client bought it and chose the most fabulous...
View ArticleIt’s Never Too Late to Fall in Love With Patti Smith
Okay, I admit I’m about forty years too late. Wow, forty years just tells you how old I am, but either way, I finally have come to the promised land. I have seen the light. I am now a disciple of...
View ArticleBig Statement Art
I love nothing better than a bare wall and big piece of statement art. Here are some examples. Links can be found on my Pinterest board entitled, Big Art Filed under: art, cool ideas, design, Fun...
View ArticleRough, But Soon to Be Ready Campaign Cabinets
It’s not a secret that I love campaign style furniture. It’s a fact that I am obsessed. It has been well documented, here and here. So, I couldn’t pass up a chance to purchase these two babies, even...
View ArticleCalifornia Fun
One of the things I love about Southern California and Los Angeles is that you can go from beach to mountain within a half an hour, okay, maybe an hour. I also love that the days are a balmy 85...
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