Glamorous Make-Up

This is where I want to get dressed for work each day.

These silver leafed walls are divine.

The dressing table is not too bad either.

{ love it }

I would change the chair and the chandelier,

but the rest is just fine by me.

Oh,

I would add austrian shades on the window,

loosing the crystal beads.

 And do a fabulous antique area rug in neutrals.

You know, I get this often,

people come to me with previously designed homes and want me to work miracles.

I only wish they would come to me with something like this!!!

It is almost always a nightmare.

Just a few changes would soften it up and really make it my own.

How about you?

What might you change in this room

to personalize it to your taste?

...if that is possible.

I know this is way over the top for many.

I live glamorously in my head, so why not in my dressing room?

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Cupcake Pedestals

How cute are these?

Serving cupcakes,

I don't think this is very glamorous considering how 

beautifully they can be adorned.

So much work goes into these little cakes.

Shouldn't they be put on pedestals?

Nothing like a few barn yard animals on your table.

But if you live on a farm in real life

or just in your mind (like me)

it is a great idea.

Do you know someone who bakes beautiful cupcakes?

Do you like her?

:o  hehehehhe

If so......

this might be a fabulous gift for her (or him).

XXXXX's i am off today

yippie!!!!

a set of 6 is $ 42.00
and, like i said; if you like her 42 bucks worth
you can go here to purchase

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Whoa......

I was sweating bullets all weekend.

On Saturday I designed an entire 

family room around one particular fabric and area rug.

*They are very specific colors

The place was 'bought and paid for'

if you follow me.

All case goods, upholstery, and the area rug.

They are all special orders

which mean NO CANCELLATIONS 

or money back.

If I had found out today 

that the fabric was discontinued,

I would have been 

scrambling around, and freaking out 

trying to come up with an alternate.

And 

I already knew that there wasn't one 

with the company I had ordered from.

I would have had to EVERYTHING all over again.

I just couldn't take it-

redesigning, re-selling, blah blah blah.

However...

 it was Good News for me 

today after I spoke with the factory.

Yippie!!!

I must say,

 design and the tedious details 

can be more of 

a thrill ride 

than you might like.

Certainly more than I like.

But, that's just the deal. 

Hope you had a great Monday XXX's

I am going to sleep now my eyeballs are on fire.

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The Girl Was Andy Warhol's Muse ~ Her Name Was Edie Sedgwick

(see previous post)
Edie had drug and alcohol problems, and I believe that she was taken advantage of
....because of her drug use.

Including by Mr.Warhol.

And so she was DEAD at 28!

This picture of Warhol is quite apropos, regarding Edie, don't you think ?

Edie Sedgwick's Biography

(in this pic above)
This is Edie Sedgwick When ' They ' were through with her, and shortly before her death at 28 years of age.

*Edie Sedgwick had dimples and a big shiny smile in the beginning.....
You won't find many pictures of her with her great big dimples and her shiny smiling eyes.
This story is still sad to me.


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Who Is The Girl ?

Who's the girl in the black and white photo on the wall?

I know.....but do you ?

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If It Isn't Fabulous, It's Meaningless

Letting go........

This is an example of the freedom in Design

Hutton Wilkinson

experiences everyday of his life.

*check out the conch shell wall planters, I have never seen anything more faboo!

Have you?

Click on these images and look closely at his every little detail.

It is not home design, 

it's a 'living stage design.'

What could be better?

I am not sure there is anything better than beauty.

My life is so incredibly stressfull......

(I haven't shared with you yet but I take care of my ex-mother-in law.

She is 94 yrs. old and is suffering from severe dementia. Need I say more?)

So, to me this break at the design center was just what I needed.

And look....is that Hutton Wilkinson over there on that sofa?

Yes it is.

I will just get a 'Glam Shot' for my design blog with him.

How do we look ?

I asked Hutton Wilkinson if he had one sentence that best describes how he feels about Design,

he said; " If it isn't FABULOUS, it's MEANINGLESS!"

Don't you love that ?

(I am smiling)

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OH SUSANNAH, DON"T YOU CRY FOR ME...FOR I COME FROM ALABAMA WITH A BANJO ON MY KNEE....

suzani's

The reason for the title is to help you memory challenged gals out there remember the pattern name.

Suzani.

I am challenged daily with remembering names.

For instance, there is a woman that I regularly see, she doesn't look like her name.

Do you know what I mean ? 

Every time I would run into her I would call her by the wrong name. The same wrong name every time.

Debbie.

Her name is 'Diane.' But she looked like a 'Deb.'

As you might imagine this was a tad embarrassing for me.

Finally I decided to use something that my first boss taught me.

' Name association.'

Anyway, back to Debbie... Oh, I meant to say DIANE.

Desperate and embarrassed at this point I was forced to use 'name association.'

Here is how I did it.

Diane is 'loaded' , not on booze, with money. Her husbands.

She dresses over the top. Everything is the most expensive that you can find.

She drives a JAG, her hair is always coiffed perfectly, and she is thin and tanned (or sprayed tan).

She sports a golf ball sized diamond on the hand she wears her Presidential  Rolex. On the other hand, ears fingers etc she wears the latest trend in fine jewelry.

Did I mention she is (on the surface anyway) very very nice?

No really, she is nice.

I have never seen her face move out of a slight smile when she is talking with other people.

She has had 'work' done. I know that.

Diane, like me, is 'Jewish Lite.'

Hence the name I finally gave her to remember her real name.

PRINCESS DIANA.

Ta dah!!!!!

F@$^ ing Brilliant!

Easy as pie.

I have never forgotten her name since.

ps guys...I maybe Jewish, but I am no Princess.

(only in my dreams)

how to do name association - click here

The pattern on these pieces is called a Suzani Pattern.

I am digging it. They are so very sixties.

So 'Serendipity' , NYC (a restaurant)

Someone please pass me their frozen hot chocolate please.

I just need a sip!!!!!

Oh yeah, about Suzani Patterns;

(oh susannah...don't you cry for me)

The word 'Suzani' is the Persian or Farsi word for needle and refers to textile panels embroidered with silk thread. The suzani was an integral part of a woman's artistic expression in Central Asia for hundreds of years. Traditionally, as soon as a girl was born her mother would start embroidering the suzani for her. As the daughter grew older, she would join in the process. The suzani would eventually become a part of her dowry and be used to decorate her home.

They are HOT HOT HOT right now.

I dig them.

Do you like the pattern?

How do you remember names?

I just used this pattern in a different color-way on some pillows on the job I installed yesterday.

I will take pictures and SHOW &TELL you later.

xxx's to my friends out there.

 I am off today, and my feet will be up. :)

* credits:

the boots are from : www.shoeblog.com  www.stanistandesign.com

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What Do You Say?

Do you think this was a good a good choice for a lamp on this table? 

Do you like the black table in this room?

*meow meow, where's my bowl of milk?

Sorry so short tonight , gotta go to work very early for a whole house installation tomorrow.

This house and these people are why I went into the business.

I love doing homes, particularly when most of it arrives all at one time.

It is so exciting!!!

Everyone is excited.

Just like it says on my sidebar,

I am a designer because I want to make a persons home their favorite place to be in the world.

Even after going on vacation, I want them to feel that their house looks and feels better than anywhere else.

I love what I do.

Especially when the clients are nice, pretty to look at, and COOL people.

Tomorrow I will be in my bliss. 

xx's RF

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From This.....

TO THIS !!!!

"Howard Slatkin, an interior designer with rarefied tastes—every inch of his apartment 

has been as custom-designed as a couture dress."

"Slatkin says, describing the 6,000-square-foot residence on Fifth Avenue he created for himself in the mid-nineties by joining two apartments, then demolishing every room so he could start from scratch. The process took three years."

"The building is a classic prewar, as were the two apartments he took over, but now, the minute you step off the elevator, you are folded back even further in time, into a world where comfort and elegance reign."

I love his confidence.

No Fear.

Pattern upon pattern!!

Can you appreciate this design job?
I know not many people could see themselves living in this space.
But, do I know any of you who could ??

credit: New York Times

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Tommy's Old Place

"Stone Hill is the eleventh residence that upscale interior designer Cindy Rinfret has decorated for
Tommy Hilfiger. The world renowned fashion designer’s home on Round Hill Road in Greenwich stands as an example of true Fairfield County grandeur."

I came across this and fell completely for it. As it happens, this is the home of Tommy Hilfiger.

And from what I can gather he did not do his own home.

There is quite a bit of black. (which is my fave)
I just think black just balances things out .....at least in 'my world' it does.

This room is okay. It is a bit boring to me.
As Stone Hill is now on the market for sale, Rinfret will soon be helping Hilfiger decorate a new duplex penthouse in the Plaza Hotel of Manhattan. This home is offered by Sotheby’s International Realty Janet K. Milligan 203-869-4343

But this bathroom looks just right for me to get ready for Saturday.

Retail Hell Day.

I have a decent  presentation on Monday.So I will be working on it this weekend, along with meeting new clients as well. 
Did you know I often fantasize that I am  singing and dancing my way around the showroom with a new prospect. 
I am kidding.
Well, maybe if I had Madonna's body.....


PS Do you like zebra accents in a room?

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Anytime at all....

 I am missing NYC.

I am missing Carnegie Hill around 94th and Madison. It gets very quite there after 6pm. Just like it is quiet in the morning until about 7:45 am during the week.

During the weekend it is a perfect neighborhood. It is. It is quiet there, maybe just kinda' sleepy and very relaxed.

People are walking their dogs, taking their kids to the park.

Some just gettng the morning paper and a cup of coffee.

I miss NYC.

This time of year is so very cozy there. It is just great to take long walks down Madison, with someone you love, or even a run through the park (to get away from the one you love lol).

Or......You could sit and watch the world go by.

Sweet.

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I Am Just Not Feeling It

FOR HIM !!

Sure, he had a beautiful wife, and a baby on the way. It was a brutal murder, by someone who
"I won't even mention the idiots name."

It was clearly a horrible tragedy.

This is the home that Sharon and Roman were living in when the murders took place.
No one has ever moved in it since.
* Candice Bergen lived there before they did.

The day after the murders.

And here he is after his arrest when the child molestation charges was pursued.

It is odd, the La Bianca's were also brutally murdered (by the same group of idiots) the next night, after the Tate Murders.
I do not recall any survivors of  the La Bianca brutal murders giving drugs to a 13 yr old girl and then raping and sodomizing her. HMMMMM ? Do you ?
Did I miss something here ?

Our government's 1st mistake was giving in to all the initial pressure from Hollywood in the first place.
The era in which this all took place was a wild one in so many ways. But that does not excuse this. Does it?
And what of the 'tragedy' for the 13 year old girl ?
I know she is over it, and doesn't want to revisit it.
' The crime' is what this is all about. For a moment, remove the players and just look at the crime. It is a revolting, brutal thing to do to anyone. Ever.
Much less a little girl (or a young boy). How vile can one be to violate an innocent.

I really don't know what can be done now. 
Do You ?
It all seems ridiculous to me.
Roman P. is 75 yrs old now.
Was it because he was rich that he was not left in the slammer ? If so....it is sad.

The whole long story is sad.


images;

http://www.geocities.com/cean2/roman_by_polanski2.htm

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/drhaney/2009/08/3301-waverly-drive/

(manolomen.com)

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