Uh....hellooooooo? A winner!

Yeah...I did sort of just drop out, with a giveaway going on and all......I will 'splain in a minute.  First things first.  The winner of the January "West Palm" giveaway is Cassie from Primitive and Proper!  Cassie loves to DYI...and she is good at it!!!  They just moved into a new home which you can tour here.

There check one thing off my list.

I had to go to Florida for a few days to clean and update our condo.  Yep...that might sound like fun [kind of like a sharp stick in your eye] but it wasn't.  Driving 5 1/2 hours in a car with 2 dogs breathing over your shoulder [with their bad ass breath] doesn't make it on my top ten list of exciting things to do.

They look all innocent here but don't be fooled.  The girl [on the left] always pukes in the car.  They do love to romp on the beach.  I took a great video of them playing and running....just have to put my technical hat on to get it uploaded on the blog.

In one of the bedrooms, we had bunk beads which broke.  I am guessing kids like to jump around on those suckers????  They were nice and sturdy ones also.  So we decided to put 2 queen beds in there instead.

I had to be very frugal [being that it is a rental and every penny counts!].  It had kind of a nautical theme from the start so I just enhanced.

Blue chest...the top was trashed.  Got out the chalk paint.

Needed something for over the bed.....instead of trying to find two crappy pictures, I saw this and we have a winner.

Shams from PB on sale for $19.00 each, lumbar pillows on sale for about $9.99 [remember I had to BUY double of everything], coverlets at Homegoods, and the blanket/ throws I got half price at Dillard's.

The old boating flag was already there and so were all the accessories.  Blue lamp was from Homegoods, as were all the decorative pillows.

I had every intention of painting the wall behind the beds, but I lost my "mojo" on day 3.  I washed every linen in that place [4 bedrooms].

I had to sew these starfish back on for the 20th time.  People.....why are you touching them?

I painted this [it was red/white/blue] and got a new lampshade for it.

Found this picture at the Goodwill for $5.00.  You would not believe how expensive GW is down there!  I was shocked at some of the prices.  Small cane barrel chair for $59.99!!!  Seriously.  Every time I saw something I liked it was out of my price range!

The chalk board was a bulletin board.....I got my husband to take it apart ["why are we taking this apart, it looks fine to me"...."why are you painting that....it looks fine to me".....] then painted it and put it back together.  Found the small table and chairs and sprayed them.  I had to put labels on the chairs saying "not for big butts".

I bought this when I first decorated the place 6 years ago....but I still love it!

Love this one also....

These yellow chairs are getting slipcovered in yellow and white ticking.  I got the fabric at Old Time Pottery for 3.89@yard.....score!!!  They just can't be cleaned anymore......

Laundry room....I painted those stripes.  Does anyone do laundry at the beach?

Just playing......

Sunset.....

Still have to go back in February.  They are cleaning all the tile floors, so I will have to make sure all the furniture is in place correctly.  Next time I want to buy real estate so far away....bonk me on the head please.....HARD.

I have at least 50-60 hours of blog reading to do to catch up.  Even though I came to a screeching halt for a week....I know you guys were out there blogging all this great stuff that I need to know about!!!

Good to be home......

Sha Fab!

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The winner and a design plan...

Happy Saturday to you!  What...only 15 days until Christmas.....No way!

Yep...way.

AND..... the winner of the giveaway is Michelle from My Notting Hill!  I love Michelle's blog....she actually featured me as a designer when I first started blogging.  I did not even know enough to mention it on my blog.  I was pretty green back then!  The good thing is she often comes to Atlanta [she lives in DC] on business and we have gotten to meet and have dinner.  Hopefully she forgave me for my bad blogging manners.

Went to Scott's on Thursday...boy it was a slow day there.  I know it is the holiday season and not too many people are buying things for their home.  What....I don't get that????  Pictures soon.

I am working on a whole house renovation so I thought I would show you my plan for the kitchen and family room.

Here is a picture of what the kitchen looked like about 2 weeks ago.

The cabinets and trim are painted Creamy by Sherwin Williams.  The walls are Ben Moore OC 8 Elephant Tusk.  The island is painted Ben Moore HC 142 Stratton Blue.

Here are the fabrics we are using.

How come I always manage to try for the blue first.  I am sneaky like that :)

This is the same house that this runner is going in.

The bannister  is going to be painted SW Iron Ore.  It is a wonderful dark dark gray.  Hopefully the inside front door will be painted also.  Here was my convincing photo to that effect...

Makes SUCH a difference!

Thank you all for the great response to my benches!  I keep going in the bedroom to take a peek at them....someone asked the name of the fabric and it's Riad by Windsor Smith for Kravet.  I totally cheated and had them recovered.

Last thing...I asked a friend of mine what she was up to this weekend and she said she had Cavalia.  I looked at her and cocked my head...."what is that?  A religious celebration or something".  She about fell out.  No it is a production like a circus but with  horses.  Whatever....how am I supposed to know that.

Anybody else heard of it?

Anyway, like the rest of you, I have laundry, bed making, and grocery shopping to get done today.  Need to wrap this up.

Sha Fab

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The winner!

Ok.....the winner of my giveaway is Hartmom!  She didn't want to win because she said she would feel compelled to redecorate her bedroom.  Uh Oh......

It's Monday and I have a list 3 miles long.  I am doing part of the bank installation this week.  I have about 15 lamps in boxes all around my house....crazy.

I was reading Janell's blog the other day.  She updated a black coat with gold buttons.  Go see.  She is so clever.....That was like an AH HA moment for me.  I have been eying the same coat she posted about at J Crew.

So I found a short purple coat at Nordstrom Rack for $49.00.  Score.  Then off to the button store I went.  I was all excited until I saw this....

Oh for crying out loud.  How can a person make a decision.  1st choice...not enough.  2nd choice...not enough.  So I walked out with my 3rd choice.  They could have ordered them but I was all about instant gratification.  Coat...check.  Buttons....check.  To sew myself or take to someone else?  5 little buttons.  I'm gonna do it!


Scott's is this week......Going to 2 Home Design store openings on Thursday afternoon.  AND....I am going with my friend Lisa to a preview of Sex and The Second City on Thursday night.  She said we might as well go to all 3 events...as long as you are going to put on mascara :)  I said I would have to drink one of those 5 hour energy drinks to stay awake.....

On another note I was awarded the Versatile Blogger award by 3....yes I said 3 different bloggers!
First was Danni and Julie from the blog T & G Interiors.  If you have not seen their blog and their design work...then you must go.


The Tiffany from Living Savvy felt compelled to bestow this award to me.....Tiffany is so creative, I mean she upholstered a chair for goodness sake.  That takes skills people!!!


And Megan from Nutmeg and Company.  Megan is a Canadian blogger who is renovating a historical home.  They own a renovation company so lucky her...when she needs a shelf installed....she has a hook up!


I am honored that they all took the time to give me this award and that they even read my blog.  I am still amazed that I have even thought of enough things to say for almost 2 years [February].


I don't think there is anything that people don't know about me but if your bored...here is another post where I  blabbed on and on about my life.  .....http://designindulgence.blogspot.com/search/label/Stylish%20Blogger%20Award


Thank you so much Danni, Julie, Tiffany and Megan.  You are in the will.

4 day week....Friday is a holiday......Whoop Whoop.

Sherika

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Am I still a blogger????

Holy smokes people....I forgot my responsibilities.  Uh huh.....like blogging.  Every time I get down here, it is like I have to put this whole place back together.  Can I just put this out here.....why do people think they need to re-arrange everything????  On second thought....I have done that a time or 2.  Whoops :)  But wait a minute...I am allowed because I know better than they do.  But so far....no one has made it look better....only worse.

Unfortunately, it has not been too much of a problem because IT HAS RAINED EVERY DAY.

Do you hear the bitterness in my voice?  I mean I would still rather be here than home......I get it, I am not trying to wine.  Maybe a little.....I actually do not mind when it isn't sunny but when it rains sideways....that hurts.

Ok....rant is over.  The winner of the giveaway is Casey from Loft and Cottage!  You need to hop over there so you can see the cool headboard that she is showing.....it could be a great DIY!!

Oh yeah...just in case anyone is interested...here is a picture of my new project.

I got two of these and had the decorative brass birds cut off.  Think I am going to gold leaf them and add mirrors.  Wonder how LONG this is going to take me....or where they are even going to go.  Do I need to know that before I start?

This is a picture of one with the birds on it.

The tips are black, which I don't like. 

I am trying to write this and my husband is watching a movie on DVD that he got in China.  Yes...I know it is bootleg.  But here is the deal.  It is such a bad quality...meaning that someone  filmed it in a theatre.  You can actually see the heads of people who get up to go to the bathroom.  And the sound.....it is so loud I am about to go over and grab that remote and slap him upside the head with it.  Just kidding..... :)  Maybe.  I can't think right now, my ears are hurting.

Hope you guys are having a swell Labor Day.....

Think it is supposed to be sunny tomorrow.

Later taters....

Sheriky Freaky

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A winner....

So that gangster Bri won the giveaway...she actually threatened me in her comment...so I started locking my doors, thinking she might make the drive from Nashville just for that orange pillow.  If you have not been to her blog Me you and a wiener .....well I am not sure what to say about that.  DO NOT have coffee in your mouth when you are reading it.  Maybe it is my sick humor but I so get that girl.  

 Scott's was pretty incredible this month.  Sometimes I can spend $50-75..... be happy and skip home, clutching my little treasures to my bosom.

No so this month.  Crazy things to be had......I could have spent the mortgage money, but then all those points I got on our anniversary at the Ritz would be gone, and I would be back in the doghouse so to speak.

I am going to tell you about this little number. It was owned by  Francis Elkins [1888-1953], a legendary designer of the 20th century who lived in the posh golf resort of Pebble Beach.  This light came out of her house, it was hanging over her DR table.

Now the reason I am telling you this is not for the historical value, although it was very interesting talking to this guy about her,  BUT do you see in the picture above how it is just hanging on that little S hook????  Really?

Well that thing was $7000.00.  Uh huh.  I do not think he realized how clumsy people could be.  I myself backed away when he told me the price [like he thought I could afford it].  I am sure that he is packing it away today [Sunday].  Don't get me wrong...I get that is it original, but he needs to be selling that on 1st Dibs.

So back to Frances. She is responsible for this chair style.

And lots of other cool stuff.

I am not really sure how this works, but I am guest posting Monday here at Room RX.  So I am posting this today, but some people will get it tomorrow.  Confusing.....figure it out.
She has quite the line up of guest bloggers while she is on vacation.  If you love black and white fabrics [who doesn't] you need to check out fridays post.  There were some real winners on that one.  So go on with your bad selves.......

I am getting all of the Scott's pictures organized for posting this week.  You won't want to miss :)

Sha Ray out.

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Guest post and a WINNER!

Like I said earlier...this was a short week and I am glad!  Today I am over at Vintique Object doing a guest post.  Camille is taking quite the vacation with her family this summer.  The subject was "Stylish Living with Kids and Pets", so head on over to see my thoughts!

Also, the winner of the giveaway is Gretchen Opgenorth from Gretchen O.  I met Gretchen at Scott's last month and she was recently on a segment of House Proud on the Nate Berkus show!  If you haven't been to her blog you need to go.

All this loot!

By the way it is Scott's this weekend...and I went yesterday and saw loads of cool stuff!  I actually bought a few things.  I know...I don't need anything but it wasn't much, I promise.

Oh and one more little thingy....I got a Keratin treatment on Sat so now my hair won't look like this when I step out into the Georgia humidity.  Although this is certainly a beautiful "do" for some reason it does not work on my head.......

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

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Winner

It's Thursday and you know what that means.....tomorrow is Friday...ha ha.  No seriously I have picked a winner for the spring giveaway and it is Sally from J'Adore Decor.  Sally is a Brit and a Navy wife.  They live in Virginia Beach with a "beautiful" toddler :)  She says she is an ordinary gal obsessed with interior design.  I say there is nothing ordinary about that....welcome to the "masses"....!

Thank you all so much for the wonderful comments about my article in BH&G.  Truly I am just a regular person living in America who got lucky.  I am not schooled in design.....but I am passionate about it, maybe to the point of nausea for some of my friends.  Sometimes when I am with them, I wait for all the boring conversation to be over and then I pounce on an opening to talk about design.  It can be something as simple as "I walked into my house.....and I am interrupting with "Oh house...let me tell you about something I did in mine :)"  Blaa...Blaa...Blaa.....on I go.  They tolerate me because sometimes they need me to help them WITH their house....so they are stuck.

Anyway...what I am trying to say is their are SO many talented people out there.  Really.  Stay true to your self...your style and work on any avenue that can lead you to your goal.  Whether it is to be published or make a lot of money.....I am still waiting for that part :)

Since I can not do a post without pictures...here are a few from a flea market I was at yesterday.  Some things I am going back for today...I am obsessing....whoa there's a news flash for ya....

Stackable...and painted....what's not to love?

In a bathroom to hang towels on.

Can NOT go wrong with a sign.

Kitchen...bath....yes.

Come on...you know you can do a whole room around this!

I thought this was going to be my new DR chandelier but I want glass and it was acrylic.

Cute...not old but cheap...that works for me.

Vintage artwork...what's not to love here...

This I might be getting......

More vintage art....

This I am getting and if you get there before me and buy it...I will come after you.

Along with this....serious love.

I loved this one also......

I sincerely hope everyone has a blessed Easter and is able to spend it with family or good friends.....

** Oh yea...the flea market is Kudzu Antiques in Decatur..whoops I conveniently forgot to include that small bit of info :)  You need to go cause there is some good stuff there....like we need more stuff :)

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