PSA: campaign dresser on craigslist for $50

someone please buy this. cause I'm about to and I don't need another campaign dresser. and when you do purchase this beauty, I want pictures of the transformation. thnx.
 

6 Drawer Dresser - $50 (Bala Cynwyd, Pa. 19004)

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/fuo/2894486725.html

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console sink

We're redoing our powder room this summer, and I've got console sink fever.

my inspiration board  is looking like this so far:


from here: Ted Tuttle in Elle Decor


from here: Mark Sikes


from here: Santa Barbara Magazine


from here: The Royal $uite at the Plaza Hotel

Is there a way to DIY a porcelain and chrome console sink?!? Otherwise... this aint happening. Console sinks are $$!

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DIY Starburst Mirror

(if you happen to have an old empty circular frame that happens to fit on top of an ugly mirror from home goods shaped like a Chinese throwing star of death)

Well I sure did.

It really bothered me that I could see where the 4 corners of the shelves met. Made my head go "fjdosapfjeajes"

I had a thought... that maybe this frame would be perfect if I could find a mirror to put inside it. Found this frame in a yard sale about 2 years ago and Trevor was all like "that's ridiculous" now i'm all like "HAH"



then literally the next day, I found this at HomeGoods. The law of attraction really works! Mainly at HomeGoods.


boom. perfect.


spray painted the bojangles out of it... first using frog tape (thanks mom!) and wax paper to cover the mirror


liquid nails sticks to glass, btw


push it real good


this is interesting looking. no other way to keep it centered when you can't drill into the middle of nothingness. and shts off centered I get that "fjdosapfjeajes" thing to the head.


hung!


you know I can't resist a before and after....

before..

after!

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moroccan umbrella stand

Mona Ross Berman is fantastic and lives right down the street from me... I had no idea until I was searching for small cute Moroccan tables and found this one in her portfolio.



HOPE SHE DOESN'T MIND when I copy it, flip it upside down, and shove umbrellas in it.

jk Mona.

Her work is beautiful. She designed Skirt in Bryn Mawr for crying out loud.

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bamboo craigslist find

well well well.. lookie what the cat dragged in  


10 bucks. No idea what color to paint it/how to make it look not-disgusting. Tips are welcome. 


And here are some tips to find "bamboo" things on craigslist, because for some reason bamboo things are hardly ever listed has bamboo.

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velvet sofa on the brain

When we moved in, we bought an amazing sofa off of craigslist for $250. It's HUGE. It's an 8 foot by 8 1/2 foot L-couch. It was so beautiful. Brand new.


Looked something like this



 enter..... the monsters (aka moose and otter). now it looks like this: We are far too in love with the couch to get another. We are also far too cheap. Instead, we're thinking about having it slip-covered in a cotton velvet. Velvet sofas look so cozy and are (apparently) relatively easy to clean and wear really well. If you're into wearing sofas out. Which we are.
I want it to be the kind of couch that you lay on and immediately fall asleep. Mainly cause it will be a funny scene when we have people over.. "Can I get you anything to dri..?" Zzzzzzzz. 



from here: Main Street Chic


from here: Robert Passal



from here: Elle Decor



from here: Chicago Home


from here: Architectural Digest



from here: Design Sponge: Karen Barlow


 
from here: Momoy

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this weather sucks

so lets talk about pretty green summer things like this discovered by Beth at Chinoiserie Chic on 1STDIBS here: Metal Bamboo Patio Set


Ordering cans of this

from amazon.com


and this fabric

from Ballard Designs


to plaster all over my outsides


boom 
done 
life complete

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