The ChalkBoard Wall

You know, I have always wanted to do this ChalkBoard wall thing
mainly because I am just the wacky, ‘Creative’, with
“ideas bouncing around in my head like a pin ball machine” type.

Then I decided that it would work best if I could get someone
to carry it around…maybe on their back for me, or just prop it up
when I needed to remember something, or get back on task,
or write an idea down...whatever.
I don’t have an issue with carrying the chalk around in my purse,
chalk is the size of a lipstick.
And Don’t Even suggest a palm pilot or something like that.
I write BIG,
And am uncomfortable being confined.
I never did like coloring inside the lines in my coloring books.

So, I like this idea and finally, I think I have found the right application for me.
The Chalkboard I am talking about is in the picture # 3 with the
Tall Thin Chalkboard propped against the wall.
I can keep it right in my face when I want it,
or stick it in a closet when I don’t want to look at it,

or get someone to strap it on their back. LOL

Yes, this works for me. click on pictures to enlarge

pictures 2 & 3 are from flicker.com and picture # 1 is from Plaza Magazine

This Gorgeous Yacht Got Me to Thinking……

Well, It is Sunday ………….I think I should post something luxurious,

sort of a vacation yet still related to design.

This gorgeous yacht got me to thinking, which I do entirely too much of……..

Me personally, I am beyond sensitive when it comes to ‘SETTINGS’

or the atmosphere of a space.Wherever I am ….what I see,

what I hear, the temperature, the smells,and the sounds…all affect me.

I will be comfortable or uncomfortable.

I will stay or I will leave.

This 'HEAD' is worthy of duplicating in a home-

It seems to me that I would want to stay on this yacht all day ….

but if something made me uncomfortable or annoyed me,

I would swan dive right off that BOAT ( notice, now it is just a boat )

and swim to shore or ride ‘FLIPPER’ home.

You know, 'a thing or a person' can look good, look like fun, look like luxury, but it is only when you get into the galley or the bilge of the yacht that you will know the truth of the matter.

I grew up in Miami Beach on Palm Island and I do remember
Opting to swim home on more than one occasion.

Turquoise Foo Dogs

I think these guy's are absolutely gorgeous.

The 1st 3 foo dog pictures are of a very costly set. Click on them and you will be directed to the site. But don't get too excited....they are sold. And they sold for $1,506.50.

The last picture is of another set that sells for about 25.00 or 30.00 dollars. And they look it compared to real real deal........but if you have nothing to compare it to......

(Click on that pic and you will be directed as well.)

I have always heard some funny business about Foo's being bad luck.

I am not superstitious, but the way things are in the world right now......

I am not willing to take a chance. Are you ?

so here is my Little tip:

After a bit of research I found out that you just NEED TO GET A PAIR.

And as individuals.... they need to face opposite directions.

And WHEN YOU PLACE THEM they need to be able to have their ugly little heads

facing each other just like in the very 1st picture at the top of this post.

Later, Renee Finberg

Tiny Chest for Make-Up

I went with an art dealer friend of mine from Sun Valley Idaho to this huge antique show that shows and sells exclusively America Old West Antiques including these humongous (I mean 25ft x 15ft)Hand painted circus posters from the day when a circus was a circus….I am a bit off the track but I (who was born in Texas and tell no one! - I hate being a Little Cowgirl) after
3 days found myself drawn into all of it. It really was fascinating.
I brought the coolest corkscrew back. It was from an old saloon, imagine what went on around that corkscrew. Do you think someone like Miss Kitty from Gun Smoke used it?
I do.
The corkscrew hangs on the wall in my kitchen and people always comment on it.

Ok, back to the topic…..
I also bought some Cowboy Eye Doctors traveling medical box that he would have carried all the lenses in for exams.
It is designed in such a way that it has about 12 drawers , each measuring 5.5” W x 1.5”H x 13” D. The finished height of the piece is about 14”.
It has this great masculine leather handle on it.
I bought it thinking I would sell it to one of my clients.
When I got it home I was just sitting around starring at it and wondering if it would work well as a make-up box on my dresser.
YEP!! It certainly did.

Since then countless other women that I have worked for and with have all adopted this
Design Idea. It completely un-clutters your dressing area and keeps everything tidy and organized. I am not an organized person in the least. I love this thing.

You can find tiny little chests at craft shows, flea market, overstock .com and orientalfurniture.com, marshalls, tj max, ross….the list is endless.
Ladies, ( and you know who you are )

I promise, you will love it too.

PS all the above little chests are small and not actual large dressers-

my sister just emailed me that i was unclear. sorry.

as always,

renee finberg

Such a Deal for Classic Garden Stools

Wow, here is one of the many secrets I will share.
Remember the gorgeous green ceramic garden stools from a few post ago?
Well, here you go…..
These you can pick up at nearly ½ the price at a place called ‘Pearl River’.
These are 4 inches higher ( 19”)

You know there is a bronze one in this group.
Bronze can be slipped into a scheme easily as a side table- whatever.
And because of the metallic, it will add a bit of jazz or glamour.

The other colors are practical.
And before get a white one....-

they just happen to be selling the white one at the other place for 129.00

I would be cautious with the aqua/or turquoise stool.
I love aqua & turquoise……but,
All I can say is that it had better not be a shade ‘off’ the aqua color that you are working with.
If it is……….you might end up with a pretty nasty look.

: ) happy shopping