Plexi-Glass House of Horrors

I have been on the hunt for a source for the acrylic legs that I will put on a club chair for the new showroom...... 

I ended up at the PLEXI-GLASS House of HORRORS

I was given a lead to go to this place in Miami -

in the design district.

*50 miles there and 50 miles back

First of all.....

I wish I could have video taped my drive down Miami Avenue.

OMG.

Scary.

The poverty is distressing, and that is another post all together.

Finally I find the place, 

I walk in and it is so packed with plexi-glass products

{and tons of porcelain}

that I had to put all my bags down in one place,

because if you moved or turned ....

UH OH ..... 

CRASH BAM BOOM!!!

-you would knock things down.

I wasn't in the mood for;

' YOU BREAK IT-YOU BOUGHT IT'

and 

HEY!!!! I thought this was a PLEXI-GLASS Company?@###!!!!

{these are the legs I need to have made into acrylic}

The woman who owns the place
has been there 40 years....
{at least!!!!}
She was 83 years old & her husband was right next to her.
They worked the place together.
{g-d bless their hearts}


I asked her for a price
on the 4 legs for my chair,
while she was working on the estimate

for my chair legs......

I decided to go into the back of the store where 

I could see she had some interesting antiques.....

including one of my favorite things 

in the world...

 ' Blackamoors.'

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YES. A PAIR!!!!

If only I had a client who needed or wanted a pair ....

What a find!!

I would be a HERO.

I walk further back and this place doesn't end.

I am not kidding. 

It really doesn't end!

And did I mention that only the very front of portion 

of what turns out to be a 2 story warehouse 

was air conditioned???

I still can't figure out how I ever ended up back here in Florida.

I hate hot weather!!!

I head back to the owner and she has a price for me-

it's over $2,000.00.

HUH???

I knew Miami was 'drug central'

but this was ridiculous.

What, I wondered was she taking?

My expression , which I tried to control, 

was one of surprise. 

I am sure of this because 

I had to pick my eye-brows up off the floor 

and put them back on my face.

Here are a few of the other things I found in this place.

which turned out to be a treasure trove of fine antiques.

*my mom , I am sure must know this place 

and this woman from her days working in design in Miami.

These were breath taking.

Big. 

{ 30 " high?}

See plexi-glass vitrine?

These images do no do any of these things justice.

The place had NO LIGHTS ON.

Some of the things photographed in this post 

were discovered by pointing my camera and taking a picture.

I used my camera flash like a 'flashlight.'

Another 'PAIR'

There they are in the warehouse.

What do we have here?

Let's look more closely....

Nice FOO'S.

But what I really like here is the piece above the FOOS.

I would design an entire powder room around it.

I would use this piece over the sink.

It has a mirror and 2 glass cabinets which you could display 

'priceless' items.

The surround around the sink would be designed/matched to this mirrored piece.

Talk about 'WOW FACTOR'....

very impressive indeed.

Have a Great Day!!!

Happy Hunting/Shopping for your latest project.

I hope you enjoyed my little 

'House of Horror' Adventure.

XX's

P.S. I forgot this one;

I am telling you....

the place had no end to it's treasures.

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Monday Miracles

It's Monday AGAIN!!!

Tell yourself that 

'today is going to be great'

I will see an opportunity, 

or an 'everyday miracle' that I may have missed 

if I weren't looking for it.

*maybe if we are all saying it together...

the world will change a little bit,

at least for us.

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

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A Little Fiction For You

A handsome man waves me over 

and tells me he is having a party on his yacht.

"Would you care to join us?"

Against all the steadiness in me, 

I wanted to say "no thank you'' 

but it is has been such a long hot summer...

I took the plunge and agreed to go by boat out to his yacht.

Besides....He is very distinguished,, an Italian Count.

{how bad could this be?}

Well here on the deck 

we get to talking and it turns out we once knew each other.

Many , many years ago....back then

I was flown over to St. Martin and re-did his casino there { The Maho Reef Club}

while working for F.S.Schumacher.

I remembered this suave gentleman clearly now.

It was all coming back to me.

I had a little crush.

He told me that there really was no party after all.

....and he had planned it that way

and that he had been following my career all these years.

Was I to be flattered or freaked out?

Hell.....I will go with the first thought.

BE FLATTERED I say to myself.

Then after cocktails , wine, and dinner....

it was getting very warm in the room!!!!

Very.

Antonio {his name} wanted to show me the rest of the ship.

So he did.

You could have knocked me over with a feather in the bathroom.

It was soooooo gorgeous.

And he was so smooth. Just as I had remembered him to be.

And finally the room Antonio really wanted to show me!!!

What shall I do?

Whatever shall I do?

Ladies....i need your help on this one!!!! please

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Slowly.....

I know it's not much, 

but there has been so much work behind the scenes.

My french chandie is up at least.

The draperies are up 

with the tiny greek key patterned soft valance 

with black & cream gimp along the leading edge.

I love them

It is coming along slowly...

Sept 1st might be the 'soft opening.

I went to the factory today and saw some of the pieces for the showroom...

EXCITING.

and my office is going to be a knockout too.

It is always nice to have a place to work that is stunning.

I am getting ready for tomorrow.....I am still hunting the acrylic legs xxx

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Clearly This Is The Future Again!

Here you can see it is sneaking in again.

Acrylic arms.

At 'THE TRADE' are doing acrylic feet on chairs and beds.

These chairs send me over the moon!

LOVE.LOVE.LOVE

And acrylic bed in this application is brilliant.

I am having issues with sourcing 

manufacturers of custom pieces and parts of acrylic furniture

Any suggestions?

XX's

make it the best day!

...look for something beautiful to happen 

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