Sharyn testing different glitter colors on a piece of cardboard that mimics the brown paint they applied to the floor in the areas they wanted to cover with glitter.
Monthly Archives: December 2009
The view looking down at the living room from Sharyn and Eddie’s bedroom (which is entirely open, accessed by a spiral staircase supported by a refinished tree trunk, and has a big cut-out in the middle that you can peer down into the living room from). That’s a mannequin that keeps watch over the place (there’s another half-mannequin in a vintage swimsuit down on the first floor, as well). See that stream of color running through the marble? They did that themselves with just some chisels, paint, epoxy, and glitter. I will explain.
DIY GLITTER STREAM
What you need:
Chisel
This vanity is my favorite piece in the entire house, and that’s saying a lot. When Sharon found it an an antique market the veneer was falling to pieces, but she had it covered completely with mirrored panels for a fraction of the price that she would have paid had she found it in this condition. She is my DIY inspiration.
The refrigerator in our guest cabin at Eddie & Sharon’s (I want one just like it). I don’t know who that man is in the corner, but he gave me a bit of a scare when I woke up in the middle of the night.
(By the way, I did ask them whether they minded if I took pictures, and they said not at all. I suspect they’re used to people photographing their house.)
Vintage plaid shirt, ancient Frankie B jeans, vintage belt & jewelry.
On the porch outside the cabin, next to the neon palm tree.
(I have really limited wireless service here, by the way, so I’m working extremely quickly whenever I do get a connection. Apologies if there are any typos!)
We arrived in Tampa last night only to discover that it was a) raining and b) frigid (hence the continued presence of my puffy Gap coat).
We stopped for porterhouse steaks at a steakhouse near Hernando (where we’re staying), but I was pretty anxious to get back to Eddie & Sharon’s because…well…it’s the coolest place I’ve ever seen. Above is the guest house that Kendrick and I will be staying in for the next few days, decorated with assorted string lights and a big neon palm tree.
Free Mosquito Ringtones
Link: Free Mosquito Ringtones
Yet another fascinating thing I learned while in Ohio for Thanksgiving: there is apparently a website that provides kids with ringtones outside the audible range of hearing for most people over the age of 30 (the eardrum and inner ear become less active as you age, making it more difficult to hear high-frequency sounds). This means that you can receive phone calls in class without teachers knowing. Not that I endorse this kind of behavior.
Anyway, Kendrick’s family and I played with this site a bit, and it’s CRAZY: people under 30 literally plugged their ears from the sound while the “grown-ups” looked around in confusion: “What? What? I don’t hear it!”
UPDATE: A reader just emailed me to say that the service is $19.99/month. I didn’t know that - I just played around with the free downloads on the home page. I wouldn’t recommend actually purchasing the service…just thought it was fun to play with :) Also, I’m not affiliated with this site in any way at all.
I think pasta machines make a really cool gift - I got one for my dad a few years ago, and he and I have had a lot of fun learning how to use it together (fresh pasta really is a whole other thing. You barely even want to put sauce on it…my favorite way to dress it is with butter and mixed sauteed mushrooms).
There are tons of options in a wide range of prices; the CucinaPro 150 Imperia Pasta Machine (pictured above), which gets great reviews, is $57.70 on Amazon.
Holiday Decor Tips with Kristan Cunningham
Decorating your household for the holiday season this weekend? Then you’ll want to check out the video above, in which I get holiday decor tips from design expert Kristan Cunningham (including some great DIY suggestions!).
Tonight at the Carbon Holiday Party over at The Box, with Dr. Bobby.
So beautiful! I once dyed my hair dark brown with the goal of having it look like this (hint: it didn’t).
I miss Julia TONS - we haven’t seen each other in wayyyy too long - but we will be doing some serious catching up when I return from Florida.
