1896 :: First Known Use of the term 'CHEAPSKATE'

I rolled into work on Saturday morning
and finished up organizing  what I had to
on the presentation for Sidney and Rebecca..

Well....here they come......

for the record; 

THEY NEVER LOOKED THIS GOOD IN THEIR LIFE

(and that is not saying much)

Sidney proceeds to tell me that he can no longer do business with the company that I work for because he found a price discrepancy on two of the pieces that I had specified for their new (winter) home 

at 'FURNITURE-LAND' in N.C..   

I said;

" It is our company's policy to price match anything that you find for less money."

He told me that he couldn't check each piece that he was going to purchase.

I am wondering WHY 

would he drive all the way down (30 minutes) to tell me this????

I asked him to please speak with Laura Berger, 

my boss and the owner of the store.

So.... we all marched into Laura's office, I put their folder on Laura's desk.

He started off by telling Laura that my work was magnificent 

And that I had been wonderful....

then he proceeded to tell Laura the same thing, 

that he had found some price differences.

She and he (with his wife by his side and silent) went on and on....

blah blah blah.

about the free interior design services that we offer to our customers,

 and overhead, and the fact that we are right here if anything should go wrong with an item that is purchased... etc, etc.

You can be sure FURNITURE LAND will not be there to hold their hands if anything should go wrong.

Laura was  wonderful and gracious as one could be with an anus like this.

He proceeded to tell her to cancel what he ordered.

Laura tried to shame him into keeping some of it 

because of all my work...but, to no avail.

I felt sick and depressed.

What is wrong with people???

I was so blown away by this jerk and his wife.

Is it possible 

that I am an ASS MAGNET ?

Or is it my Karma?

I ran around all day saying;

"I need a karma cleansing!!!"

Needless to say...

I have enrolled in a class. 

I will be away from my blog 

for a 3 day crash course on

'karma cleansing.'

XXX's & love to my buds.

i certainly need you, don't i?

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I don't know about you.....

But, I am absolutely IN LOVE with 

the black door and trim in this room!!!

It is dramatic and elegant.

I want to do it.

And do it soon.

Your thoughts?

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Emilio Pucci And Capellini

                                         

This was EMILIO PUCCI’S shop on East 64th when I lived there. 

Looking in the windows was like looking in a candy shop.

The master at work.

A few Vintage frocks,

I would have loved a pair of these.

You know people have tried imitate his designs.....but you can always tell the difference.

Get  a load of this....

Emilio Pucci was so much the man of the 60's that he was commissioned

to design the uniforms for Braniff Airlines. 

Braniff Airways introduced imaginative new flight attendant uniforms created by famed fashion designer Emilio Pucci. The plastic bubble helmet, to protect hairdos on windy tarmacs, was an integral part of the Pucci-designed uniforms.

I wonder if they wore those nutty helmets? 

The new shop on 5th.

Pucci painted his first scarf in 1949. Hand-colored drawings for scarves from the 1960s and ’70s typify the vibrant colors and patterns that characterized his work.

Handbags from the ’60s and ’70s. Pucci once said of his designs, which defined an era, “I revolutionized fashion because of intuition. Certain things were in the air.”

Silk jersey and silk organza dresses in several silhouettes from his 1970 collections hang in a closet.

In 2001 the firm joined forces with Cappellini to produce a new line of furniture.

The designer’s daughter, Laudomia, and his widow, Marchesa Cristina Pucci di Barsento,

 continue the Archivio Emilio Pucci which is dedicated to preserving his dynamic legacy.

Did any of you own a Pucci dress or scarf ??

Did you like his dresses?

And what do you think about Pucci joining forces with Capellini?

I like the idea.

xxx

as seen in Architectural Digest
other credits:archivevintage.com,modculture.typepad.com,www.zimbio.com
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A Little More Law and Order Is Needed

ACTOR CHRISTOPHER MELONI’S APARTMENT

The Melonis. “She did a great job with the colors, which are in harmony with those outside,” the actor says of his wife, a former set designer who decorated the apartment.

*Interior Design by Sherman Meloni of Sherman Williams Design 

I am addicted to Law & Order. 

And SVU is my favorite.

I have always wondered about :

CHRISTOPHER MELONI.

How does he live , and is  he married, etc,etc.

His wife, who is a set designer.....drool drool.

I wish I were a set designer.

But that would mean I would have to move to NYC.

Let me just say, I would love to move back.

L.A. is out of the question....earthquakes, mudslides, and no real seasons,

Look at the macasser on the built in!

Gorgeous.

The spread here borders on hideous.

*just my opinion

Which is your favorite Law and Order?

Who are your Favorite characters?

Now, what I really need is 'STABLER' (Christofher Melloni)

to investigate my mothers late night phony phone calls.

Ring Ring Ring

"Hold on.....'Stabler"'....... it's 'Stabler' on the phone....

he has agreed that  he would to go to my moms blog to check out her situation!

*She has had some crazy late night phone calls.
And there are some really creepies on the loose.

credit:Architectural Digest

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To Laminate Or Not To Laminate

I ran upon this home while looking in the New York Social Diary.

I was instantly drawn in because I love Venetian Mirrors.

Above this classic beauty coupled with edgy chairs.

But this is what I really wanted to post about.....

the kitchen chairs and table.

The chairs are 'Louis' and the table is an old industrial table.
Don't these chairs look sparkling clean and white?
Is this very practical for a eat-in kitchen / family room with more than a few kids?
Sure it is......

Now you say, "but those chairs are white?" ,

"how is that practical?"

Laminate your fabric.

You can have 

white if you want it!!!

It is amazing....

you can spill dark grape juice, 

paint, markers, spaghetti sauce, or anything else those pesky little and big ones might spill.

Just wipe it off.

No stains. Ever!!

I love the crazy light fixtures above.

'Anything Goes'

I am not sure if the floors are Macassar wood

or Brazilian walnut or what, but it is stunning $$$$

Macasser on left and Brazilian walnut on right (or 2nd)????

How would you like to have this terrace off your master ?

Robert and Cortney Novogratz are self-taught designers (Robert was originally a stockbroker and Cortney trained as an actress) who have been enviably successful at finding bargain properties, reading the taste-zeitgeist very well while renovating them and then selling them on for fat profits. But there is another dimension to their lives that grabs almost all the attention: the fact that they have seven kids under the age of 13 – all their own, including two sets of twins—no blended family here. They’re like the Waltons of the West Village, if the Waltons were hip that is. Not surprisingly, they have a book out and their own reality show on Bravo, 9 X Design, coming to a small screen near you very soon You too will get a glimpse at the four washing machines, entryway that resembles a kindergarten cloakroom, and the magically uncluttered surfaces in their spacious, art-filled house on the West Side Highway—move over John and Kate.

*Okay..........here is my big question to you;

Do they look exactly alike or what?????

If you switched their heads of hair they would look the same. No?

What did you like most about this home?

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They have written a book.
The Book: Downtown Chic

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