My sectional custom made by Barclay Furniture, upholstered in Knoll Rivington Palm, was delivered yesterday. I’m still in sneak peek mode on my Mahalo Lounge, so here’s a sneak. I’m pretty over the moon. The sectional is delicious and sized perfectly to my room. The fabric is gorgeous — this photo, un-retouched, does not do it justice. More to come as the room approaches the finish line!Heck yeah there is more →
A water feature — a bamboo fountain — for my home tiki bar — it’s perfect!
Every home tiki bar needs a water feature — and I finally found one I liked: The Design Toscano Cascading Bamboo Sculptural Fountain, found on Amazon (affiliate link). I love it — and my husband took one look and said, “It’s perfect!” Heck yeah there is more →
Wallpaper for the ceiling of my Mahalo Lounge — which should I choose?
The open-weave jute stinks. Literally. Thanks to the readers who alerted me to the concern, because of my many varied and obscure talents, sniffing ain’t one. I painted the ceiling of my Mahalo Lounge a beige, just to be able to see the room. But I can’t have just paint up there. Epic is a requirement. So following are my four wallpaper finalists. Which one would you choose? Which one should I choose?Heck yeah there is more →
I wallpapered the ceiling in the dining room — only 400 s.f. left to go
I wallpapered the ceiling. I’m pretty darned proud. Yes, that’s the dining room ceiling in my Mahalo Lounge, reverse-bird’s-eye view, artsy fartsy.Heck yeah there is more →
Captain Corus Cate’s dining room chandelier (a 1969 vintage Moe 2149)
1969 was a very good year for Moe Lighting. Last week, DH and I took down our “old” vintage Lightolier dining room light and in its place put this M-2149 Moe. Isn’t she a beauty? I bought her many years ago, cheap on ebay. I also got two sconces in the deal, and over the next several years brought my sconce tally to six “just in case”. The light looks fabulous, and it’s amazingly heavy. Oh, and if you can pause to peek above the light, you can see: I am wallpapering the ceiling too. What a pain in the neck, but it’s looking fantastic.Heck yeah there is more →
Open weave jute for the ceiling of my Mahalo Lounge — I find it at a great price (I think)
Yes, I have only one (decorating and blogging) thing on my mind these days: Driving toward completion of my Mahalo Lounge or at least toward the point when I can start serving cocktails with sufficient affect. What will I do with the ceilings? I already painted them, a kind of caramel color — Benajamin Moore Shelburne Buff — which reads nondescript in the photo above, but I assure you, does have some pigment to it. But the paint is just a place holder: I also want/need texture on the ceilings. There is so much of them — 45′ x 15′ of ceilings, in five beamed sections. With the ceilings commanding such attention, I must treat them as a “sixth wall”. Thinking and thinking and thinking, and looking and looking and looking, I finally found this open weave natural weave burlap on ebay (affiliate link). I think it might do the trick, adhered right on top of the paint.Heck yeah there is more →
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