At Last.......

Phew!!! it has been a busy few months in April I went to Germany to visit my boyfriend. In May my boyfriend came here and we all went to my friends wedding in Big Sur. June was both Michaela and Jakobs birthday so Jakob came back and we spent a few days in Montauk in between all of this I was able to find a few bits and bobs and manage to redo two chairs!

The mirror and chandelier I found on the street and the two chairs were a steal for $20 for both of them. Please excuse my PJ's was very excited to take the picture. The milk glass jar was fifty cents and the two decorative plates were one dollar each!

I am continuing with the black and white theme in my room hence the chairs being painted black and white. I wanted to put a toile to cover the seats but I could not find black and white it always looked a bit dirty..... grrrrr so I used a T shirt that I got in a goody bag from someones party and voila my chairs are complete!

Cheers

Shirley

May She Rest in Peace!

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Weekend Finds!!!

So I went a little crazy this weekend. I am trying so hard to save myself for the market in Germany, but that all went to hell in a hand basket yesterday! It started when I went to the flea market on 25th and 6th the outdoor garage and found a milk glass candy dish holder for $3 which now holds my jewelery. I than made my way up to flea market in hells kitchen and found my most coveted item "the eagle mirror" I have been wanting it forever!!! Which is exciting because I know it will compliment my new black wall and it was only $10 (yay!). I finally did the last leg of my scavenger hut of goods on 23rd street between 3rd and 2nd. I found the lovely creamer in a thrift store on 3rd ave for $5 and the gold tray at Housing works for $6 which I think will look great on the rast dresser I'm going to get from Ikea and paint black for my entrance way. I scored some new artwork for a song because they were at the City Opera and everything was 50% off!!! The pieces were $5 for the fruit and flowers and $17 for the girl a little pricey but she looks great on the black wall. Lastly I was over the moon to find the 4 nesting milk glass mixing bowls at goodwill for $6 which is amazing considering whenever I have seen them they have gone for waaaaay more!!

My hallway almost complete, I just need the dresser and hopefully the hicks pendant light (fingers crossed!) also some more pictures coming up the stairs but I can be patient about that. Well that's all folks!!!! I'm saving myself for Germany.

Danke!!

Shirley

Shoe Storage Lust!!

I love this and wish I had that many shoes to fill bookshelves. I definitely think I will try this in my closet at home. Once I'm done decorating my room I am going to "Pimp my Closet".

Here is a quick recap of my week I have been watching my friend's dog and running around on Castings, Job's etc. I wanted to introduce you to Willkommen Wednesday which will chronicle my attempt to learn to speak German I have been struggling a bit with the Key Wort (word) like Was means what and Wer means who very confusing I tell you! my new phrase of the week is actually I have several;

Was ist los= What is wrong
Wer ist das= Who is that
Wo ist eine toilette
of course all German W words are pronounced with a V sound so Wo sounds like Voh and Was sounds like Vahs hence the reason my boyfriend sometimes says Vhere are we going.....so cute!!!

xShirley

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Lust List!

So at least once a week I am going to share with you things that I am lusting for in my life. Right now I am obsessed with the Hicks Pendant Light from Thomas O'Brien.....I neeeeeed it, I can totally picture it in my hallway it will complement my black wall so well they are meant to be together. This may sound strange but I would like to have a luggage holder my boyfriend has a white suitcase that I think it would look great on, J'adore the one in India Hicks home. I am always looking for coffee table books and I must have Alice Neel's Painted Truth, I love that style of painting. Lastly I am coveting a long skirt preferably black, they look so cozy.

xShirley

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I have done it!!

I have been dying to paint the arm rail going up the stairs black and I had an idea to paint the wall at the top of the stairs black as well. I am not to keen on painting one wall but for some reason I had an inkling that it would look good. I LOVE it!!!! I will show you pictures tomorrow because unfortunately I have a terrible headache from the paint fumes and I am going to bed:(

xShirley

Thrifting!!!

I have some new additions to my bathroom picture gallery that I want to share with you the first one is Moby Dick I found this paint by numbers boat at Junk in Williamsburg for $10 it will be perfect for the beach house I will own someday!!! The second I bought from a street vendor for $5 I will call it royal court I love finding stuff like that for dirt cheap. Lastly the new addition I found yesterday is Nettie that is the name my friend gave her. I love her yellow dress and she was $5 also at the flea market on 25th and 6th. Of course in all of these photos there is a hint of seafoam green which compliments the tile trim in my bathroom. Yay! It's really rainy and gross today so I'm going to snuggle under the covers with my daughter watch movies and eat some popcorn. Yum!

xShirley