Showing posts with label interior design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interior design. Show all posts

Sunday, July 26, 2009

If there is a Heaven, it would look like this

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The Viceroy in Miami is officially, without question, the BEST place I have ever been in my life.  No matter where you look, you are surround by such divine luxury, that it's hard to breath.  My visit capped off a glorious day of visiting all the vintage and antique shops that Miami has to offer, a few glorious examples to be seen below.  How insane is that horse lamp!!!!!!

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Trust me when I say that there is no better way to end a day than cocktails and a bite at The Viceroy.  I was the biggest dork snapping pictures like a tourist, but I didn't care.  These pictures can't even begin to explain the decadence.  

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That fireplace is roughly 15' high, and why, exactly, don't I dip all my furniture in rubber!?  It's ingenious!DSC02361

Can I get married again just so that I can have my wedding shower here?DSC02350

I'd like another cocktail please, and can you just rub this sun block on my back?  Oh, it's time for my spa appointment?  Well, you know, a woman's work is never done...

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This is the river of joy... what more can I say?  Well, this... that chandelier ~ no less than 15 FEET across and lemon yellow.

So, imagine, if you will, a day spent browsing some of the most phenomenally designed furniture of the last 60 years, having lunch with daytime wine,  more shopping, followed by this feast for the senses, yummy dinner, inspired cocktails and, let's not forget, riveting conversation the whole way through, provided by my fabulous MIL Rena!  Hey, Rena, when are we going to see that Taj Mahal Opera?

Do it again, ooh, ooh, do it again!

Friday, January 30, 2009

Upholstery, among other things.


I love so many of the new designers, but the really high quality stuff is so expensive. And the really crappy quality stuff is so expensive. Not to mention that whole contributing to global destruction and consumerism.
So I really love vintage furniture. Better quality materials, construction and prices. I have furnished most of my 3000 sq. ft. house for like $12 on craigslist. But I need to reupholster almost everything! Seriously, almost everything. I would love to buy everything vintage from 1stdibs.com where it's already refinished and reupholstered and fabulously perfect, but no such luck.
So here is a wonderously adorable website to check out. Nia at SummerlandStyle.com does upholstery, design consultation and sells her beautifully redesigned furniture finds. I will be eagerly awaiting her upcoming StyleGuide, which I hear may include some DIY videos on how to upholster my craigslist treasures myself! Ah, I'd rather wait till I can afford to hire her to do it.