Signs of Fall, etc

Bittersweet wreaths, from our vendor in Pennsylvania, will be showing up this week at good goods.  I've been buying from Ellen for about ten years and am never disappointed by the quality of her work.  Nothing is better when decorating for Fall than natural elements and orange bittersweet announces the season's change beautifully.  Inside or out, it's a perfect choice even without added decoration. 

Then for Christmas, we'll be expecting the wild rosehips.  I love these guys.  They are great on a door instead of the expected evergreen but I especially adore then inside.  Several sizes of these coming in so keep an eye out!!

xxoo
Cheri

We're in the Spirits..............

Bootique was a smashing success and we want to thank the continuous stream of visitors that joined us last Saturday.  Everyone managed to get in the spirit....

....especially after snacking on "season appropriate" appetizers.

                         Even the guys managed to find something interesting............

The second round of Halloween started arriving on Monday.  It's priced & on the floor!

 Our Hot Swash velvet pumpkins have been flying out the door.  A new order was just placed and will be here in about a week.  These are great and you can display them through November!

 Marlis brought us this "new" upcycled chair upholstered in a beautiful linen.

You can see even more at my buddies' blog here.  Go check it out!



XXOO

Cheri

Halloween Sneak Peek!

So, we're getting ready for the big "reveal" this Saturday, September 24th at our "Vintage Halloween Bootique".

Great food will be conjured up and some wicked libations, as well.  Here are just a few of the folks joining us....

Hope you'll be there too!!

9/11

Three airplanes took my daughter's innocence ten years ago.  For many in my generation it was the Kennedy assassination.  Pearl Harbor stole it from my parents. 

You never forget that.

Bubble, bubble, toil & trouble....

   

Such a fun season coming up!!  We're getting ready.  Are you??!

Restoration Hardware...............

Ok.  So Judy, my very good friend from Denver, asks me if I'd gotten the new Restoration Hardware catalog.  (Obviously, Judy is in a different tax bracket than I am....)  Whenever she tells me something has made her hyper-ventilate, I just have to check it out. 

 So check this out:

(click on any picture to enlarge it)

Lord have mercy.  I must have stared at this image for a full hour, devouring every detail.  And asking questions like...can I really put four identical lamps in a room?  Who came up with that chandy?  What is this?? Glamour?  Dreary-ness?  Is this appropriate for my house or do I have to move to some old castle to possess this room?

Calm it down a few notches.  This could be in a real home.  Like someone I'm friends  with.  Alright, maybe someone I passed in my car that time.  Not quite so mind blowing.  (unless you stood up too fast and drove the point of that chandelier into the top of your head...)  This I could live in more easily.  (I mean, if I had to..)  Again, symmetrical all over the place.  Loving all the framed "whatever they are".

"Caged" chandeliers. And my beloved neutrals.  Again, that wall crammed full of framed

sepia toned art.

Yes, yes, yes!!  MY lamp.  Give me industrial and I promise to behave.

Look at what happens when you put one on each side of your chesterfield.  Dang, friends!!  We've got this British gentleman thing going on here.

This bed.  Yipes.  This is the first time a bed has brought tears to my eyes.  Trunk inspired everything...

Would you take a close look at this desk/ shelving unit.  It's a huge steamer trunk.  Ok, there has got to be some way I can convince the DuPonts or Rockefellers that I am somehow related... it's only $4500...

...and when you've made a mess paying bills...you fold it up and hide everything.  Or attach a rope to the handle so you can pull your office around with you.  Genius!  Worth every penny.

This sideboard...oh my.  It's metal.  This industrial revolution we're seeing all over the place has just reached another level. I. Love. This.

Notice the huge canvas map hanging on the back wall?  Gaaaa!  I am biting my knuckle right now.  It's over 100" wide.  I have a big wall that has needed this so badly for years.

Will this never stop???  This is in the "Garden" section in case you needed to order a couple.  It's the smaller model priced at $1500.  sigh

So what did I get??  A pillow.....the St. Honore.

It was on sale....!

Rant over.

XXOO,

Cheri

Moms & Mimosas

Moms & Mimosas

Wednesday, August 24

All Day

Drop the kids at school and come by for a sale and mimosa.

Too fun!