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Happy Thursday all! I'm slooowly inching my way towards finishing this blasted bedroom. Close enough that I'm down to the details...mostly. And what is more detail-ish than a bedskirt.

I have a bit of a linens fetish. D. Porthault is like porn to me. But obviously that is a bit out of budget and I couldn't throw out my perfectly fine white Target bedskirt. Although, (cover your ears bedskirt) if I ever win the lottery you better believe I'm going to roll around in my D.Porthault bed all the live long day.

the old room and plain bedskirt

I was so inspired by my lovely friend Tiffany's bedskirt and the magic Freckles Chick worked on her curtains that I thought I could certainly slap some jazz hands on this thing. And while I am sans sewing machine, I can work some mean magic with an iron.

I love a big red slash on a price tag.

 One free bedskirt, $3 heat and bond and $3 ribbon gave me a nice little touch.


Such a simple project that adds a nice finish, I should have tackled it long ago. I measured the height that I wanted the ribbon to sit and then used a spacer to keep myself straight. Start to finish it was only a one episode of RHONJ project. (I like to measure all projects by the 'Bravo clock')




So the list is shrinking. Just a few things left to knock out:

• find a rug
• finish art project for walls
• finish bedding
• find bedside table alternative
• finish seating

That's a heck of a lot of 'f's' on one list.

Are you making any progress on your list(s)? Any big projects that seem to never end? Any suggestions on how to teach my dog how to make the bed?

Spring/Summer 2012  is invaded by pastel colors! Wore it in combination with other pastel colors or with fluorescent hues for a big impact; pastel colors are something to try this season.
How do you like this trend ?

                                                                                        Dress: Tibi/ Here
                                                                                        Bracelet : Marni/ Here
                                                                                        Heels:3.1 Phillip Lim/ Here
                                                                                        Clutch: 3.1 Phillip Lim/ Here

                                                                                  Leather jacket:Rezrekshn/ Here
                                                                                  Blouse: vintage
                                                                                  Necklace: vintage /another great design Here                                                                                                  
                                                                                  Jeans: Levis / Here                                                                                        
                                                                                  Bag: Margot
                                                                                  Bracelet:Poshlocket /Kate Spade/ similar style Here
                                                                                  Sunglasses: Ralph Lauren
                                            FACEBOOK /BLOGLOVIN

I was lucky enough to win a design consult with the lovely Jessie at Mix and Chic and we have been working on our family room/playroom. She has come up with some really great ideas and I can't wait to start working on the space, but it has brought up an ongoing discussion in our house.
The hubs and I like our couch time. We log many hours on that sucker (isn't it our duty as Americans?) and we require comfort.

Our first couch, god rest its soul, was the single greatest couch created. We scored it at a consignment shop when we got our first apartment and that thing was sent straight from heaven. Perfect for napping, spooning (TMI?) and plenty of room to seat an army. It wasn't a sectional but was the size of a barge. And it made it thru three apartments before it just got too big and too beat up to drag along any longer. Insert lone tear here.

So when we moved into our current we got a new couch for the family room and 5 1/2 years later the thing is beat up, full of saggy cushions and frankly, not that comfortable. So the sectional debate begins again.

For whatever reason, when I thought of sectionals, I always thought of those bad 80'couches that take up a whole room with bad burgundy fabric and overstuffed head cushions and la-z-boys at the end.

But, sectionals have come a long way baby. I think I am in love. And so the discussion has shifted to what kind of sectional.

A full sectional?

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