we need to talk about summer

 

last night i basically laughed in someone's face when they asked me why i wasn't hosting my own design camp.

first of all, no one would come.

second of all summer rapes parents of their freedom.

and while a design camp might be cool for some folks..

all i want to do is sit in a treehouse eating chocolate and freebasing white wine on ice while my kid hula hoops down below.

 

summer changes when you have kids.

it's all about them.

not you.

actually...that's basically your life 24/7 when you have kids..

anyway..

in the summer it all just gets kicked up a notch.

you become a planner and chaperone and dragon slayer of boredom.

 

and maybe in the middle of their downtime you can muster the energy to limewash a secretary and paint it's insides pink..

 

 

but then it's back to building a dollhouse out of cardboard.

 

 

 for my next trick i am tackling my office/bedroom..

i am going to paint my desk black.

and the walls soft mint green.

it's going to blow everyone's face off their head.

 

 

then sometime in 2015 i will paint my french doors black and move on to the living room and those F&B pink ground walls.

 

don't any of you go dyin on me.

 

 

 

 

things.

a quick hello and a w'zup from summer vacation.

 

for the endorphinators...

turns out i got the wrong kind of endorphinate.

i got the endorphinate PR...

the PR stands for pain relief and it's got the guarana aka caffeine that is ok in the AM but at 1:30 in the morning is not where it's at.

so at 5:41 AM (still awake) i googled endorphinate and realized that i needed the endorphinate AR....

 

which stands for ANXIETY RELIEF.

DUHHHHH.

so..

i ordered it and it should be here in a few days.

 

 

 

we need to talk about kevin.

 

 

 

or...

we need to talk about you not watching this movie ever.

 

i was under the assumption that this movie was a thriller, a horror movie.

 

it is not.

 

it is a slit your wrists kind of why in the fuck did i watch this shit not good time.

don't be fooled by that fun little cannes label..that was given by someone who doesn't have children.

and it's not earth shattering.

the times is dumb.

 

 

 that's all for now.

 

 

thanks.

 

 

 

 

memorial day on the estate...

 

 

isn't that what memorial day is supposed to look like?

i think so.

cold, stiff drinks.

red, white and blue.

games on the lawn.

 

my memorial day doesn't.

but that's beside the point.

 

 

endorphinate came in the mail today.

i took one and felt like i got a caffeine enema followed by an 8-ball facial followed by a pulp fiction-style adrenaline shot followed by a serious case of the sleeps.

not sure what it all means.

but i THINK it's maybe where you wanna be on memorial day.

 

 

 

in other news on a monday where no one is reading blogs...

 

fiona's room WILL be photographed BY A PROFESSIONAL this week.

 

i've started oil pulling again. 

 

and fiona has mastered the hula hoop..

 

watch it or i will punch you..

 

it kinda doesn't get any more memorial day than that.

 

mood board supplies:

sofa- vintage (check craigslist for ficks reed or rattan)

elephant- serena and lily

lantern- julian chichester

gingham pillow- etsy

chair- vintage

rattan coffee table- serena and lily

lobster pillow- furbish

rug- the rug loft

beverage bowl- serena and lily

red metal side table- nathan turner

vintage game- one kings lane

chest- vintage one kings lane

red, white and blue glasses- vintage one kings lane.

 

 

 

 

a mood board u can afford

 

don't you love it when bloggers make mood boards full of clothes that cost more than your rent?

i know i do!!

 

at target there are plenty o' cute things with prices that won't make you throw up.

 

the next time you're at target check out the cuteness...

 

 

1. fringe clutch

2. dreamcatcher earrings

3. flamingo dress

4. silver wedge

5. tassel bracelets

6. color block clutch

7. horn and brass bangle

8. black and orange crossbody bag

9. milk clutch

 

cute, right?

 

saturday is target day.

 

 

 

instadouche

 i'm on it.

another time suck i don't need.

i am of course referring to instagram.

 

new target clutch.

straw and gold sequins.

i think so, yes.

 

inside of clutch.

pretty, right?

target is killing it these days.

 

 

neon mesh acid rock muscle shirt.

ridiculous.

black nails.

i am the worst.

 

 

closet organization.

 

 

kill me now.

 

 

target coming correct again.

 

 

beginning stages.

 

 

that's all.

have a glorious holiday weekend.

 

 

 

 

50 shades of mantels

i don't even know what that means!!

but i think it means i get slutty over a good mantelscape.

or it means i love to scape a mantel.

but the word scape is the dumbest so let's not ever use it again.

 

if you're like me you like to sca change the decor and perspective of surfaces in your home all the time.

ok maybe scape is a useful word afterall.

 

mantels are my favorite things to scape.

 

here are a few of my very favorite mantels:

 

 a good scape is like art.

a good scape needs balance and composition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

i love shells and coral!

i love them so hard.

i think they are beautiful and i don't care if i don't live by the ocean.

my bedroom mantel is teeming with coral and shells and coralshells.

 

 

i also love propped art. 

it says...look at me..i don't give a fuck about your art hanging rules.

i prop my art bitch!

 

 

and i am considering something meaningful in a lucite box.

because that's pretty cool too.

 

 

other notable surfaces for artistic scaping..

chests.

 

bedside tables.

 

entry tables.

 

 bars.

 

and..

the nook.

 

 

i want to thank you for coming out and admitting you are all lunatics.

i knew you would all have my back.

i have ordered endorphinate and i can't wait to try it.

i will keep you posted.

i feel better every day about moving forward.

 

and thankfully i have a husband who keeps me laughing:

 

 

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