On my way with the Apartment Therapy Fall Home Cure 2009 and I put together my floor plan for my living room. I’m no architect so please bear with me! haha
I just dont know where to place everything with out blocking the stairs, front entry way and the two openings to other rooms….. any ideas guys?
Living room floor plan
I’m jumping on the boat and blogging about my journey. Picked up the book and dove in head first. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Then head over to Apartment Therapy. They even have a Flickr pool to share your spaces and inspiration.
Week 1 was about creating your vision. I grabbed some images of spaces that I want to move toward in redoing my living room. My flickr set is also out there.
Apartment Therapy Fall Cure 09 Inspiration
Apartment Therapy Fall Cure 09 Inspiration
Apartment Therapy Fall Cure 09 Inspiration
Apartment Therapy Fall Cure 09 Inspiration
I have been madly in love with the LD Tuttle Shifter Dust boots for a long time now and I couldnt find a pair that was more reasonable in price (read: I’m a cheap bitch…lol). But my luck has changed and Nine West has come to my rescue.
LD Tuttle Shifter Dust Boots - img via extraskinny.com/
Nine West Thebna Boots $189
So glad that I got the Sundance Channel. I discovered the series “The Day Before” and I am so enthralled. Read below:
“…documentarian Loic Prigent unveiled rare and refreshing glimpses behind the doors of some of the world’s leading fashion houses. In this four-part documentary series, Prigent chronicles the final 36 hours prior to crucial seasonal runway shows featuring creations by some of the fashion world’s leading designers.”
I caught the Sonia Rykiel episode and I am just left drooling. I want so bad to be a part of it. Even if I was the little peon who was treated worse than a maggot on shit, I would wear a smile on my face for the rest of my life!
The Day Before - Sonia Rykiel - Sundance Channel
So, how many of you, like me, have upgraded your tv package to include the Sundance channel just to watch this show? Man shops globe is such a great show. I sat there with my jaw gaping open at some of the pieces and places he discovered and visited. Keith Johnson has one of the best jobs I could ever imagine. He is one of the buyers for Anthropologie and is responsible for some of their beautiful displays, furnishings and art, all of which can be purchased, which I did not know. I know have to set aside a much larger budget when shopping Anthropologie!
So, you must watch this show or catch some of the episodes on the Sundance website. I just wish it was like 2 hours longer! AND in HD!
Man Shops Globe on Sundance Channel
Wow, these pictures were taken 7 freakin years ago! Holy shit…I looked good! But thats not what I want to brag about here. I just wanted to share my jeans with all of you. I had a lot more time on my hands then with only one child (complete with t-ball stand in background lol) and no mortgage payment yet….ooo the freedom. I was always playing with my wardrobe and doing whatever I could to get creative. I sold the jeans long ago on ebay, but the memory remains.
What do ya think of those?
DIY studded jeans
DIY studded jeans
I am so obsessed by books, it’s scary. I love the stories, I love the book covers, I love the smell of the ink-stained pages. I am hopelessly a literature addict at heart.
To keep track of what I have read, am currently reading and every book I want to read, I use Goodreads. So, if you’re a member or you sign-up to be, add me as a friend (jmdezines@gmail.com). My current read is Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. It’s an amazing book and I can’t wait to read more by her.
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
I took my title from Rachel Zoe’s newsletter – The Zoe Report. If you haven’t signed up for it, you must!
So, with fall approaching, I have my eyes set on all the boots and outer wear springing up. I love these Fornarina Suede Wedges at Urban Outfitters, which carry a $200 price tag, not bad. But Nine West has these Jurra Suede Wedges at $99. The downside is that the Nine West shoes don’t ship until 9/19, but if I do wait until then and decide to shop in-store and purchase these boots from their Vintage America Collection, I can take advantage of their Soles 4 Souls campaign. You bring in a pair of gently worn shoes to donate and get 15% of your purchase that day or a later on-line purchase. I love the fact that Nine West is doing this.
Fornarina Suede Wedge Booties $200 Urban Outfitters
Jurra Suede Wedges $99 Nine West (Vintage America Collection)
I know I have had a lack of posts recently and felt that my blog needed to take a backseat to my real life for a while. So many changes go on in ones life and some are for the better and some are for the worst. I like to take those changes that seem that they’re for the worst and bring something good out of them. One wise woman said to me in life that if you cant laugh your way through things, then you’re doomed, poor girl, doomed. So I have my humor and look at things with my humor in hand; burst of laughter ready at the go.
Soooo. With change comes more change! At this new state of change that has emerged, I feel the need to change my surroundings. I want to update the interior of my home. Make it my own.
I bought my house about 5 years ago and feel it needs a change as well. So heres a bit of what I am thinking about:
Vogue Living
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Marburger Farms via Style/Swoon
Oh…the pain I feel when I “window” shop and reach into that “virtual wallet” and find nothing but cobwebs. I will survive. I am dying over the sequin jacket and the leather disc jacket. The fun that can be have.
The funky sweater is soooo fantastic too. I think I would sleep in it and never take it off.
Hey topshop….anytime you wanna throw a girl a bone, hey!
Topshop Trophy Blazer $370
Topshop Frill Blazer $90Topshop Shaggy Festival Cardigan $125
Topshop Leather Disc Jacket $310
Topshop Drape Neck Jacket $110
