well well, here we all are.

 

hope everyone is recovering from their reesey egg coma.

 

i had a record breaking ONE reesey egg this year.

fiona had a record breaking ZERO reesey egg this year.

mainly because she is under the weather, specifically a nasty cough.

she is otherwise fine but this cough sounds like grade A bubonic plague with a side of Contagion.

we have a rule around here of no sugar or dairy til you're better.

it seems to lessen the duration of any sickness, so we adhere to it.

 

anyway..

all of this means that she is home from school and i am playing nurse/mom.

 

what does that mean for you?

well, if you have a painting waiting to be shipped to your ass...forget about it.

if you have a painting to be painted...forget about it.

if you wanted to see fiona's room progress...go fuck yourself.

just fuck us all in the rectum because when a kid is home sick nothing gets done.

 

so here's your homework for tonight..

go to your prayer corner and start ordering up some one on one with jesus.

he is risen (side eye) so it should be fine.

and ask that he make fiona better so that i can get some shit done.

 

this guy is doing it...

please.  

this cat is eyeballing a treat and not even thinking about jesus or ME.

 

 

the mood board process..

today we will look at the process of e decor.

it starts with something like this:

"my baby is no longer a baby and he needs his big boy room.

i need some direction."

"ok", i say.

"let me design up some boards for you."

i usually do 3 but sometimes bc i am extra inspired i'll do 4.

but don't expect it!

 

in this day and age err'body got a pinterest obsession so i tell clients to start pinning (they are usually ahead of me here) inspiration.  then i start a board and we share pins and it's totally gay and awesome.

and it HELPS!

easy for me to see what client wants.

easy for client to say, yuck, i don't like that!

shitty part is everyone sees your shit and possibly buys said shit and copies you.

not cool pinterest. 

let's start being able to privatize boards, mmkay?

 

 

so..

here are the 4 i came up with:

 

#1- earthy modern..

 

 

#2- graphic mid mod:

 

 

 

#3- graphic pop aka badass crime fighter:

 

 

 

 

at this point the client will tell me her favorite.

in this case she was torn between graphic mid mod and crime fighter.

 

she said she mostly liked the crimefighter and about 20% mid mod.

 

so this one was born:

 

she didn't like it but couldn't put her finger on why.

luckily i could.

i told her that it didn't work as much bc the upholstered bed in the crime fighter board was gone and so was the balance of hard and soft.  now it was all hard.

and all the texture from the mid mod was now gone and so combined it looked a little.....cheap.

plus she was weary of the dark navy walls since every room upstairs was dark..

so i said ok, how about just navy on one wall, warm white on the rest?

which i am usually not a fan of.

accent wall?

barf my face off.

but in this case bc of the poppy nature of the space it would work.

i mentioned bringing in an upholstered headboard to soften it up instead of the day bed.

so things wouldn't be SO upholstered and fancy.

 

and i mashed it up again:

she liked it.

but i could tell she still wasn't totally convinced.

at this point i am usually kinda certain that the client is just relatively bad at making decisions.

and i get it, i am too.

THE WORST!

i tell her that all of this is just a feel.

anything and everything can change once the paint is up.

once fabric is purchased etc..

a lamp can change the whole feel blah blah blah..

 

she then told me that she REALLY liked the graphic mid mod room and just the crime fighter posters.

very different from her first declaration of mostly crime fighter and about 20% mid mod.

and that happens time and time again.

i don't get bugged out.

bc i get it.

i really do.

 

so i said, ok then let's go with the original graphic mid mod and just add the crime fighter series.

done.

 

 

 

so now what happens is it becomes a reality.

 i will get with the program in terms of getting to know the room's measurements.

at which point things can, and most likely WILL change.

but this is a start.

and this is where mom can rest easy bc she has a plan.

and that is priceless.

 

 

if you want help with a nursery or big kid space...

holler at your girl.

 

i am here to be your decorator/psychiatrist.

 

 

 

mansion updates

 hey butterbutts!

i drove 6 hours to be a decorator this weekend.

it was fun.

the mansion in mobile was getting it's biscuit buttered with some serioulsy gorgeous paint..

 

 

some of you said this dark aubergine would "loom" over us all..

let me assure you it most certainly does NOT loom.

it might be the prettiest paint color i have seen in a coon's age.

and as i suspected, the ginormous widows and detailed millwork lessen the darkness and loominess.

and the minty green ceiling helps too.

 

dumb.

 

that is a maybe too small stark antelope on the floor.

brinjal, however, is the boss of paint colors.

 

 

 

furniture is still being considered.

 

 

next up in the mansion decorating process is the master bedroom.

here's the thinking..

 

it needs some lighting sparkle and a few other realities..

but it's definitely on it's way to being fully buttered.

 

 

it's fi's spring break which means i am essentially a mom 24/7.

which also means i am going to be posting sporadically if at all..

i wil try to fart out a garden update or something.

 

 

 

 

 

the home stretch

it's almost there...really and truly. 

 

fiona's room..

still waiting on the dadblern bedskirt.

and curtains.

and painting the desk.

i have the paint, just not the time.

 

here's a refresher..

art has been an issue.

i decided on this poster bc i LOVE it and fiona is obsessed with cats..

so that's a win in my book...

the dark blue against the lavender walls is what sealed the deal for me.

as of now she has one of my BIG pieces of art in there, which i like fine but it's not ideal..

this poster will not replace the art..

but rather go on the other side of the window from it.

i need more.

 

the issue i am having is on her bed wall..

what to do?

 

i like the symmetry of the art in this room.

 

fact: i need to break up the expanse of purple on the wall.

 

i love the tying in of flowers with the lamps and art.

i had thought to do similarly with a flowery theme to tie in the flower explosion that is the headboard.

 

 

i love naomi's simple, modern marilyn photo.

 

this too.

love all that ornate tradition with the modern lamp and art and the modern take on the toile.

this is the direction i am leaning toward most.

 

 

 

this too...it's all good.

except for that pendant shade.

barf my face off.

and the lamps don't work for me either.

but the simple, personal art is nice.

 

what. to. do?

 

fact 2: we have really high ceilings so that has to be considered. 

 

and a final word on posters..

i love them.

they are cheap and colorful and graphic and awesome for a kids space.

 

here are some that i love that you can love now too..

 

here.

 

 

here.

 

 

here.

 

 

 

here.

 

 

here.

 

 

 

here.

 

here.

 

 

there are thousands more.

check out the vintage section here.

 

 

thanks for being my friends.