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Thursday, August 29, 2013

False Pride

False Pride & This Fish Out Of Her Water

“Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.”
Katerina Stoykova Klemer


I started out part-time and am now working full time!!
~~~~~~~

Ever since I arrived in Maine, I have tried to fit in.
(and I am beginning to)
I wasn't sure about how to find my niche in design up here,
so...
I came to the conclusion that I should understand the area 
and the people first.

Only then will
'MORE BE REVEALED TO ME.'

and ...
It's coming .... slowly.
But, it is coming.

I am enjoying the ride.
(wasn't sure if I would)

Boy,
I never thought I would be working where I am working now.
.......
Orange is my new Black.

I am still struggling with blogging,
I am rediscovering myself...who will I be here?
and blogging topics are going to be really different.

Like there is the coolest coastal shack on an island that I want to post
but
It's just so different than what I used to post about.
It will,
it will come to me 
and I will begin posting as frequently as I used to post.

all my BEST
XXXX's





False Pride # 1  QUOTES
and False Pride explained HERE


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Friday, August 9, 2013

Catchpole & Rye .... Tubs, Showers, Fittings, and Pull Chain Toilets To Die For

Catchpole & Rye 

Not for me 
but 
maybe I could take a bubble bath in this tub.
Could you?

http://luxurylifedesign.blogspot.com/2013/04/catchpole-and-ryes-swarovski-encrusted.html

Each crystal is applied by hand 
with a price tag of  about 200 plus thousand.

But wait,
there's more......

I don't know about you but I adore pedestal sinks.


I found the prettiest of everything at Catchpole & Rye.


I love bath tubs that have wall mounted fittings 
and that are mounted in the middle of the tub rather than on one end.
It's impossible to share a bath with the faucet on one end.
Right?



There were several watering holes 
that I frequented in NYC that had pull chain toilets.
The last time I visited one of these places....
they were still there.
I just think that they are cool, 
in a 'time traveling'  kind of way.



I thought this water tank was super clever,
and to the point



I have always loved wall mounted faucets.
Have you ever noticed that all the gunk gathers
 around the base of you faucet? 
Have your next faucet wall mounted 
rather that in the counter top 
and you will eliminate the gunk problem.







Check out the Catchpole & Rye below.

Have a great weekend.
I will be around to visit.
Hugs & xxs

Another Fabulous Source For You
CATCHPOLE & RYE

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Friday, August 2, 2013

MR STEAM'S SEXY STEAM SHOWERS


 I have thoroughly enjoyed steam baths.
When living in NYC I belonged to a health club and took a steam 
3 times a week for my chronic bronchitis.
It worked.
And in addition to my lungs,
my skin improved,
I lost weight, because it increased my metabolism,
(I was only 25 and probably had a great metabolism)
I was detoxified from my long and late hours spent in the discos,
including my dancing whip-lashes were cured with just one 20 minute steam.
(hehehehe) 
 ,

A Residential Steam Shower.


I really would love to have a steam bath/shower at home.
Who wouldn't?


Especially if he is included in the steam shower package.


Most of these images are from the Mr. Steam website.

...While you are viewing these images and videos 
you are listening to Brazilian sambas.
What could be sexier than that?





The above image is from a collection of images in Houzz that feature steam showers.


You feel so amazing after a nice steam and a cool shower.
You feel incredibly clean
and SOFT,
not dried out.



I love the ceiling in this shower.
Not the blue but the style of it.
Similar to a barrel vaulted ceiling.







I don't know about you 
but
I no longer play all night at the discos-


My body hurts 
worse now than it did after a crazy night of dancing so hard 
that I gave myself a whip-lash.

I would LOVE to have 'a good steam' at home!!!





Would you like to have a steam shower at home?


MR.STEAM aka Mr Feel Good

The History of STEAM

HOUZZ ; words on the perfect tiles for a steam shower

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Friday, July 26, 2013

The Layers Of This Onion or What Really Happened

I see a lot of this............
long roads in a rural setting.

*I am really putting myself out there for you
About
  The Layers Of  This Onion or What Really Happened
   
How do I put all that I want to communicate to you into words?
The last months have taken most of the layers off on this onion,
I am finding my 'CORE.'
                       
                                                                        ~~~~~~~~
           
I arrived in Maine on October 20 - 2012

I moved to my mothers home because
we needed each other. 


1st to go

Starting with my cabana at the beach in Delray, 

~~~~~

My beloved horse 
2nd to go
Georgian Gentleman
(barn name ; Hershey)

Then my showroom in Boca Raton
3rd to go

Which had meant so much to me.
The timing could not have been worse!!!

Just when I finally pulled everything together, 
after a life time of working in the field of interior design....
My career dream had been realized 
only to fail due to a dying economy in Boca Raton
(and everywhere else on the planet)

*


*

OOPS....

On the subject of the house sale ,
while I was selling the contents of my home...
I was robbed of all my jewelry.
I am telling you , this one about did me in.
I still try hard not to get upset when I think of it.
It was my nest egg.
Not anymore!


And then there is the new distance between 
me & my one and only child.
Andi.

Andi's Pinterest page 


This one is the real killer.
I have never been separated from her before.
Not even college, because she attended Univ. of Miami.
Virtually down the road.
Just a one hour drive if I needed my 'Andi' fix.

Now it is much different.
Much.
And it is painful. 


So, here I am in Maine -

with 2 nickels to rub together 
and what is left of my old life in boxes.


Maine is
PARADISE
if you do not need to make a living.

When I first arrived, I woke up everyday thinking;
Who the hell am I?
and 
Where am I again??

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have wanted to live in Maine for 20 years...
...watch out what you pray for...
you just might get it.
~~~~~~~

I have been doing much searching of my soul,
under my soul, through my soul, and around my soul.

What does this all mean.
It had to be my fault.
Am I a failure?
Do I have worth?

I haven't posted because 
I wasn't emotionally capable.

The (material & emotional) loss,

there's still more feelings that I still can not express.
That is why I 'see someone' 
to sort all this out in my head.

It's helping.

I have literally been brought to my knees...
which as it happens ,
can be a very good thing.

I have become quite active in my community...
and have met some truly authentic individuals 
who have enriched my life in more ways than I can express.
(and I try and tell them as often as they will listen)

I can hardly get into the difficult job market conversation
which is virtually none-existent for someone with my design skills.

I do love 
what I used to do....
I need to start up my own thing,
maybe a fabric/wallpaper design shop.






*

Anyhow,
about my 'journey' ...

Recently 
I had ordered a book that was suggested by a very close friend of mine
who is aware of the depth of this 'journey' I'm on.

What does all that has happened mean?
What do I do now?

~~~~~~~~

Below is an excerpt from this book
which is mainly about the human condition of 'EGO'


In regards to EGO....
if  the universe wanted to knock me down a few pegs....
BRAVO!
Well done!
"Presto Chango"

Renee sans ego.

Yet there is still the very middle of me left.
The stuff in the center that no one can ever take away
from any of us
'The Core' that is deep down inside us all.

Now I guess it's time to get down to some emotional work.
My values.
My faults and my goodness.

~~~~~

All that was familiar for so long is gone.
My existence is completely different than what I have been used to.   
My comfortable home with everything just the way I liked it....gone.
The bits & pieces I do still have are boxed up in my mothers art house.
* a free standing building that houses my mom's artwork


'The  stuff ' for the most part
is gone.

 I am dealing with it today,
and I will do the same tomorrow and the day after...
....back in February I couldn't see the tomorrows.

Perhaps today I'm a better me ....
without 'the stuff'.

I am here 
&
It's beginning to be 'alright' you know.
Really, it is.


I am settling in here and can envision my life here as well.
Finding my niche is what has me frightened.
But the locals are very encouraging.
*
Everything is different.
Design...different.
People....different. (thank g-d)
Dress....different.
The seasons ...different.

I am just trying to find my way as graciously as I can.
Yet I feel sometimes ...like 'I AM' 2 left feet.

~~~~~

**Please do not feel badly for me...
(I no longer feel badly for me)
there must be a reason for all that has happened.
I just know there is reason.
&
 I know more will be revealed to me.....in time.
Maybe not in 'my time'...
but sometime...
hopefully sooner than later.

****

I know I have faults,
but I am 'good'.
I am trying to evaluate my core belief system.
Get rid of what I do not need 
and focus on what is real , 
true, and good in me.
* and in everyone else

After all....isn't that 'the stuff' that really counts ?


That's all for now.....
I hope this post has made some sense.

I'm off to polish up my core and
make a gratitude list.


Can you relate in some small way ?


p.s.
I am sorry for not commenting lately, 
or visiting, and mainly just being M.I.A. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Thank You Mom
*Can you imagine my situation without her ???? 

But Mom,
stop all that baking!!!

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Monday, July 22, 2013

A Sea Captains House in Nantucket


Since I live in a coastal town 'DOWN EAST' in New England
I was drawn to these adorable nautical knobs.
I looked for the source but could not find it.
(I did however find a rope pull at Anthropology)


I love the tall thin mirror above the sink.


What do you think of the rosie terracotta paint color?
I think it is great.



The designer has done a fabulous job bringing in contemporary 
touches to this traditional home.


What is it about painted floors that is so charming?



Above are the rope pulls that I found.

I am trying to get back into the swing of blogging again.
I need to start talking to you again about what is really going on....
but are you ready ?
Am I ?

love to all my blogging friends
oxo






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About Renée Finberg

I have been in this business since the age of 22.

I love what I do and cannot imagine my life without Design.

Design Challenges are great.

And because of those challenges

I have imported fine antique pieces from Paris,

Designed and Manufactured Furniture,

Created Fantastic Window Treatments,

And solved all kinds of spatial & architectural issues

With my unique style.

If I can't find it, I create it.

My rooms would make excellent movie sets.

I am a visual, tactile and audio sensitive individual.

Creating is what I live for, not math, not spelling, not science.

Just Great Design.

Just imagine how it would be if each of us,

If only for a few hours of everyday,We could be in a space that is our very own.A place that is exactly the way we want it to be

Surrounded by all the things we wanted to see,

The atmosphere we wanted feel, smell and the sound we wanted to listen to.

Private Paradise

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