tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91632313373308934982024-03-14T01:55:55.369-05:00Riviera BoardwalkRiviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-33545986791412643622011-09-06T17:20:00.001-05:002011-09-07T11:48:59.188-05:00I Am BackThanks to my brother, I am back blogging. I am at a crossroads with my blog. I am taking a new chemo drug with side effects that tear my body up. What chemo doesn't do that? But this one, is for me by far the worst set of side of effects I have encountered.<br />
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But who wants to do another cancer blog since I am sure there are plenty already out there in blogland. I still hold interior design close to my heart and that was what caused me to start blogging in the first place. I still have so many interior design magazines to go through with beautiful pics to post and talk about with folks with the hope it will jump start them and give them the ideas they are looking for in decorating.<br />
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I do not pretend to be a crafter but every once in awhile I like to dabble in a craft project. I purchased some greenish blue paint and got my best friend to give me some shutters that have paint peeling off of them. I left them outside in the elements to increase weathering them. I want to slap some of my water based paint on the shutters and prop them up on both sides of my fireplace to serve as backdrops with black urns sitting in front of them. <br />
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This post reminds me for some reason of the movie <u>Julie and Julia.</u> I think it is partly because this post is so random and for the first time I really feel like there are people out there reading and listening to what I have to say. One thing is for sure, wherever this post ends up, it will not be to cook an entire recipe book full of great recipes. But that is not to say, I will never try to sneak in a recipe or two.<br />
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I am going to sign off for now. I will put in a picture of my " before" shutters in this blog.<br />
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More to come. Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-72262172541600630482011-03-06T13:19:00.000-06:002011-03-06T13:19:12.227-06:00Off the air for a whileMy computer is broken and I may not be sending out messages for some time since I have over 2000 I have not read yet.<br />
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love to all,<br />
nancyRiviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-31895236966829679052010-09-22T19:38:00.000-05:002010-09-22T19:38:04.744-05:00(eye) Candy and Cancer<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sooooo, let's talk some "Ccccccsssss", eye candy, chemo, and cancer.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here is what cancer and chemo can do to you.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">But the tumor is living in me so I have sort of learned to accept it and it has just become a part of me.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">But it is not like a cozy place to be and it is not my friend.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><u>House Beautiful</u>, 1999 Glamour issue, showed John Rosselli's ability to create a cozy place. His farm dwelling has gateleg tables stacked with books and candles.</span></em><br />
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<em><strong> Love, love, love, this table!</strong></em><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I feel the warmth that I don't feel from my cancer.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Thibault Jeanson was the photographer. </span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">So now this is what I looked like before the cancer and hope to look like again some day. Because I am hoping my surgeon tells me tomorrow morning that he can cut that lung lobe and tumor out. That would hopefully give me 5 more years of life.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> So here comes the Glam. Photographed by Susie Cushner!</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">These pictures make me think it might be possible for me to feel human again.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Wish me luck. </span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">later.</span></em></strong>Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-29016868790604786532010-09-04T20:24:00.001-05:002010-09-04T21:12:58.102-05:00A Warm And Cozy Home<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The "Skirted Roundtable Blogsite" recently discussed different shelter magazines and pretty much left Traditional Home Magazine out in the cold by indicating it was not as up scale as House Beautiful, Veranda and Elle Decor. Sure did make me sad because I love Traditional Home Magazine. If I were going to pick which magazine would be most likely to do a one page spread on Joni Webb's daughter's new bedroom, it would be </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Traditional Home magazine.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Why? Because to me the magazine exudes a cozy, homey, warmth. The magazine just invites you into it's homes and makes you feel like you belong there, having coffee or being served dinner. It is a great escape from reality. One can visit the magazine and believe one could achieve a home just as beautiful. </span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Joni Webb just did a post on her Cote de Texas blog site about rooms that were decorated in such a classical way that they are timeless. A good example is a home in Chicago, featured in the May 1999 issue of Traditional Homes magazine.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The furniture in the home was done in muted colors with a jewel box effect.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I just feel like I could plop down in the over stuffed settee and sip that cup of java. This home displays people's collections of all kinds. That is what makes it a real home and not just something that is staged!</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> That fireplace would go hand in hand with that java.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I cannot get enough of the orange/apricot color.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I like the open kitchen concept, white cabinetry and the skirted round table. </span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The dining room table is also round. The floor is limestone with terra cota inlaid marble. The drapes are hung opera style to allow light to come in through the transom and French doors. </span></em></strong><br />
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</tbody></table>Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-35829235143240322412010-07-11T18:47:00.000-05:002010-07-11T18:47:38.035-05:00The Ultimate Francophile<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwp_Y3CQ_KdDWKxAnm_LR-hQpW-wjU52fPRCrUFSm0TP2E6NsvgLFZ9yhLlP1ihsqmPr0ajnzjejMl8Hht2FwqrsnithFyKDxia2c4OP21C0-Dh-J5QNXV-aa_T2LtDw2ggmXtsrHId3P/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwp_Y3CQ_KdDWKxAnm_LR-hQpW-wjU52fPRCrUFSm0TP2E6NsvgLFZ9yhLlP1ihsqmPr0ajnzjejMl8Hht2FwqrsnithFyKDxia2c4OP21C0-Dh-J5QNXV-aa_T2LtDw2ggmXtsrHId3P/s640/002.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
Pictures are not always worth a thousand words. I think there are times when we can appreciate someone's words every bit as much as we can pictures. Traditional Homes magazine's May 1999 issue featured a story about a couple that in essence is a story that froze their lives in time, because we do not know if they are still living their dream life. <br />
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Their name was Powers and the wife, Bonnie was the ultimate Francophile in my book. Her husband was a OB/GYN and a lover of wine. Bonnie embraced his love of wine. The author of the article, Doris Athineos, did such a fine job writing this piece that I would rather quote her as much as posssible than paraphrase. She deserves the credit. The photographer was Jenifer Jordan and she did a great job on the pictures.<br />
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When Bonnie's husband began collecting Burgandy, Boedeaux, and Provence, she wanted to be a good French chef. At the time, she was 35 years old and had two young daughters. "To some, that would have meant a few cooking lessons at <em>Le Cordon Bleu</em>. But Bonie studied French history at the University of Dallas, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1990. She had to have a sense of the French before she could do a good job on cooking. After that, she could speak <em>francais</em> with the kind of accent that would elicit praise from French waiters and shopkeepers."<br />
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"Visiting Bonnie Powers in North Dallas didn't require a passport, but it should have. The flavors, fragrances, and colors of Provence would come alive in the French country-style farmhouse that Bonnie built and named <em>Le mas aux volets verts</em> (the house with green shutters). She made sububan Dallas feel like the South of France-even before the <em>Cote du Ventoux</em> would begin to flow. Her secret was to stir the senses the way a sous chef does roux. Bonnie was quoted as saying she "believed French life was all about wonderful tastes, smells, and colors, like the the warm, doughy aroma of freshly baked baguettes."</div>
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"In the kitchen cabinet were six different kinds of salt (<em>La Fleur de Sel</em> was her favorite) and sugar in different flavors and colors. She had two refrigerators for condiments like black olives with herbes de Provence, the cognac hard sauce, the tapenade, and green pepper corn Dijon mustard. A dozen copper pots dangled from a pot rack overhead. </div>
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"They decided it was more practical to live year-round in a Provential-style home in Dallas than part-time in France. Bonnie, with the help of builder, Chuck Shaw, designed and built a honey-colored stone <em>mas</em> that was inspired by the centuries-old farmhouses found in the Vaucluse area of Southern France. Austin chalk stone was too gray. Provencal colors were seen throughout the V-shaped house. To mimic the honey-colored stone found in southern France, the Powerses carted rocks from the Arbuckle Mountains in Oklahoma, just north of the Red River. The shutters were painted turquoise, because Provencal farmers were convinced that the color kept flies away." </div>
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"Bonnie gathered potatoes, tomatoes, onions, and garlic from her potager. A sample menu was <em>Troucha</em> (a Swiss chard omelet appetizer), ragout d' agne au aux artichants (lamb stew with artichokes), and <em>pommes au Muscat de Beaumes de Venise</em> (Provential-style baked apples) with lavender madeleines. For ten years, Bonnie kept a planning menu so her guests were never served the same thing twice. </div>
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"A pottery-shard inlaid tabletop by Robert Bellamy sat amid echinacea, English daisies, and steel blue echinops."</div>
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"Aromatic herbs dominated the wild garden known as the <em>garrique</em>. A melange of minty hyssop, rosemary, sage, and thyme added a spicy bouquet. A pebble path would alert the Powers when visitors arrived."</div>
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"In the couple's bedroom was a memory board with souvenirs from trips to Provence and Pais. The walnut hunt board, known as a <em>gibier. </em>was found in an antiques shop in Dallas<em>."</em></div>
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The drapes are cream silk with orange embroirdered flowers on them.<br />
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And here are my new custom Liz Claiborne Breda Orange/apricot velvety drapes!<br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">I recently read a blog that said if you do not blog for a whole month then people will think you have shut down your blog. I have not blogged for a month but I have not shut down my blog. I was taking chemo and was totally convinced I was dying. It does that to me every time.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">I have some little critters that take it upon themselves to nurture me and love me. They are more like people than critters to me.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">Their names are Honey, Sugar and Precious. Honey looks like she dipped her nose in the milk bowl and no one cleaned it off. She is very sensitive to people's feelings. She follows you to the restroom and sits behind the toilet and waits until your nausea passes and makes sure you are ok. </span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">Sugar is like a 5 lbs. bag of sugar....just pure love. She came from an abusive home. So if you put her on her back she will stay there until you move her. She loves to have her belly rubbed. She just loves being loved period. She hides from strangers and cowers under furniture and barks.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">Precious...oh yes, the man who sold her to us tried to warn us about her. She weighs 2.5 lbs. and when she looks at you it is like she has piercing eyes that look right through you, indignantly. She is a lover and she has no idea how small she is. Precious speaks to people and believes she is speaking English. If she wants something that does not belong to her, she will growl, grunt, gruff and bark loudly until she gets her way.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>Precious has delicate bones. Everything about her is so tiny. But the intense personality is what makes her so precious so it was not difficult to name her. She is what she is!</em></span></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">So what is up with the flowers? Well there is a wonderful grandaughter living with me. I have had her with me almost all of her life. When the chemo started to make me ill, she just took it upon herself to water the flowers as well as care for me totally. She never in the past, ever liked my caring for flowers. So this told me she not only loves me but appreciates beautiful things in life.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">I am trying to view all the blogs I have received which is considerable because I follow lots of bloggers. But I hope to post again soon. Here is wishing all of you a great day!</span></em></strong><br />
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<em>The title of my post is a quote from Barry Dixon. I just love it because when you are decorating or better yet re-decorating a home this is so true! These pictures are of a home in Maryland featured in the April 2008 Veranda magazine. The photographs were taken by Tria Giovan. </em><br />
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<em>Whether we act as our own interior designer or retain a designer's help, we have to make the decision as to what pieces of our furniture will make the cut and which will go by the wayside. The last time I did this before I sold my home, I found that I cound use most of my furniture once I had the pieces re-upholstered. </em><br />
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<em>I found a fabric almost identical to the damask of gold and salmon color on these chairs in the swatches book from my upholsterer's for $34. a yard. It was an outdated swatch book but since the upholster had already quoted it to me, he sold it to me taking a loss on his fabric. That being said I realized I could cover an Italinate chair and a barrel chair in that same fabric and have them blend together beautifully.</em></div>
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<em>I wonder how many square feet we are talking about here?</em></div>
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<em>Front view of the house.</em></div>
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<em>And the rear view of the house.</em></div>
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<em>later.</em></div>Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-89799770803080525312010-04-25T19:23:00.001-05:002010-04-25T20:10:09.864-05:00Lanterns, lanterns and more lanterns!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't lnow about you but I can never collect enough lanterns. They speak of romance and beauty. These came from Veranda, April 2008. Pics by Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn. Photographed at Atlanta Botanical Garden.<br />
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The Federalist's Hanging Outdoor Globe lantern, modeled on an 1850 Boston light and made by an New England craftsman. Hinkley lighting's hanging treanslucent ribbed glass Pear light. Based on a carriage light design, and Fourteenth Colony Lighting's #3632-1 is solid copper with seeded glass. </div>
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Vaughan's 38" Gothic style Castellated lantern with a verdigris finish. Fine Art Lamps' 44" Beekman Place lantern with handblown seedy glass. JH Lighting's L-2 French Lantern. </div>
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Arte de Mexico's black rust #PM 171-4 and it's 29" antique umber #PM M8-1</div>
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Carolina's Lantern's #21 copper Pawley's Island Lantern from from private reserve collection.</div>
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Fourteenth Colony Lightings path light echos style of 18th-c Copenhagen light.</div>
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A dear friend who lives in the country brought me a real bird's nest. A freeby! I went to Goodwill twice recently and struck gold both times once finding a cloche with a teak wood base that cost $1.99 and the other time, I bought a white metal bird cage, with a bent spoke and no way to open the cage and get inside but I figured I could find something to fit inside the bent spoke and it only cost $2.99.<br />
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A day or so after my finds, I had to go to the hospital for injections (complications of chemo) and I went inside the gift shop. As Julia Roberts says in the movie, <strong>Pretty Woman</strong>, "Big mistake, HUGE MISTAKE", because I bought a packet of blue speckled bird's eggs for $11.00.</div>
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Next, I tried all kinds of objects in the cloche but they didn't do anything for me. Finally, I placed a silk flower inside it and it sang to me! </div>
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Now for the bird cage. I went back to the hospital for another injection and stuck my nose back inside the gift shop and to my dismay there was a wreath with tiny green speckled eggs attached to it along the sides with blue ribbon and empty little bird's nests attached to the wreath that were just large enough to hold some of my blue speckled eggs. Below, you can see the bent spoke. So I bent the wreath and it slid right inside there. Next, I was able to unbend the wreath by placing my fingers inside wreath and re-shaping it. This is the finished product, a wreath with green speckled eggs attached to the sides of it and blue speckled eggs I placed in the center of the wreath and blue eggs placed inside the empty, tiny bird's nests along with the blue ribbon. I didn't try to close the spoke because it can be placed in a room in such a way as to not see the bent spoke.<br />
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Above, is a picture when I put my blue eggs in the tiny empty bird's nests on the wreath.<br />
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This week in Texas we are having for the most part, beautiful days weather wise...mostly blue skies and white clouds with a few gray skies thrown into the mix. But the late afternoons and evenings have consisted of temperatures dropping and even some severe thunderstorms. Now I don't know about you but when those temps start to drop, soup among other things sure sounds good. Meet Decatur, Georgia designer Ryan Gainey.<br />
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So I am looking at the March 2008 Veranda magazine and come acoss the garden meal he put together with four cooks all totalled. Seeing a picture of fresh figs and cheese is making my mouth water and that is just for starters. Throw in soup, salad, pie and shortcake and we are talking about over the top.<br />
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Garden design by Ryan Gainey. A Great Menu!</div>
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Photography by Robert Rausch.</div>
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Here is the fresh Blackerry Shortcake.<br />
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Below are the recipes.<br />
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later. </div>Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-12247121240450185192010-03-20T19:21:00.000-05:002010-03-20T19:21:58.627-05:00Can You Tell Me What This Is?As bad as I have been feeling, I have to admit I got my grandaughter to take me to the Goodwill store yesterday. That is when I spied this item I purchased. <br />
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Now my questions to you are, what is it? Should I try to polish the silver tray with silver polish or paint it with a silver paint to freshen it up? What liquers are you supposed serve in the glasses? How much should I try and sell it for?<br />
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<strong><em>She lives with her architect husband, Phillp Keller and six year old, twin daughters in a four-story townhouse in London. The 19th century manse is a serene place for her to and relax at the end of the day. She kept it eclectic and simple yet calming by furnishing it with furniture from her travels around the world along with finds from all kinds of places like flea markets to antiques shops to up scale, on sale items.</em></strong></div>
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<strong><em>She kept the white walls and preserved the original paneling. Note the plaster Italian horse on her mantle in her master bedroom. I love the cozy feel of the stack of books in front of the fireplace.The green pillow gives the room a little punch of color.</em></strong></div>
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<strong><em>This is not a stuffy, overdone home. As you can see the twins are having a good time!</em></strong><br />
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<strong><em>This picture shows you how french doors open up to her terrace. I love the graphic design of the pillows and the understated painted sconces.</em></strong></div>
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I like the simplicity of the table housing a butterfly collection. Note the unique lampshade and art work above the table.<br />
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<strong><em>The chest is from Seria and is made of inlaid woods. I love how she decorated it.</em></strong></div>
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<strong><em>There is a lesson to be learned here. Waight's mother taught her to knit at age five..Waight got her BA degree in fashion and her MA in fashion knitwear. She went to New York and studied and worked for among others, Gucci where she learned more about fabric and colors. She has managed to update one of the oldest knitwear manufactures in Scotland. You can never start too young teaching your children the talents you may have. </em></strong></div>
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<strong><em>As this picture says, Waight enjoys her laid back luxury.</em></strong></div>
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</div>Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-44560413498102961252010-02-28T19:08:00.000-06:002010-02-28T19:08:41.371-06:00THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE WORST AND BEST WEEKS OF MY LIFE<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow, what a week. This is my first post since the 20th. Last Thur. I went to get my chemo treatment and instead got a burning shot in each arm to try and build my white blood cell count back up. The chemo had done it's job--wiped me out literally.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I was told my white blood cell count should have been 1500 but was 500 and that my platelets were also low. I had to go back on Fri. to get another shot and then told I had to go to the hospital on Sat. and Sun. for more shots and tomorrow, Monday I will get my blood work done to see if the white cell blood count is up enough to resume chemo on this coming Thurs.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Today, Sunday, I have noticed my kidneys are throbbing and aching. They have never done that before so it scares me. I will have to stop by the Oncologist's office tomorrow and let him know about my kidneys. ugh!</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now for the best week. First, I received a beautiful pillow that Gina of The Shabby Chic Cottage made and sent me. She knew I had wanted it but could not afford it. She told me that her arms were not long enough to reach out to me and hug me and that hugs didn't last that long but that the pillow would be there for a long time. It has a French blue Fleur De Lis stamped on it. But what I love most is the calligraphy on it. I look at it and am amazed at how much love is represented in that pillow. It is so wonderful to have a new friend that will reach across state lines to send a love gift to me.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">BUT THERE IS MORE. Lauren from Pure Style has been keeping all of of us posted all week while BH&G did a photo shoot of her beautiful home for the next Nov. issue. People coming into your home at 8 a.m. and you there with a colicoly newborn! Exciting yes but it had to be stressful too. </span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">She had sent me some sweet cheerful notes this past year knowing I was dealing with cancer. They helped to sustain me. Today I decided it had been long enough and time for me to start blogging again. I don't know why I picked today but I invited someone to join Lauren's and Gina's blogs as a follower. When I went in to start my post for some reason I glanced down and saw that I had a new follower. I had to find out who it was so I could thank her or him. When I opened it up and saw Lauren I just started crying. That was like God giving me a Xmas present. </span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I feel so humbled by these two ladies because they are so talented, busy, creative but most of all so caring. These are large people in the blogging world and so they should be. I am grateful for their acknowledgement.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Peace and love to all.</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">nancy</span></em></strong><br />
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<br />Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-86761234214512230412010-02-20T21:47:00.000-06:002010-02-20T21:47:52.244-06:00Discovering A Top Notch Blog By Way Of A Top Notch MagazineThe March/April issue of Victoria Magazine featured a young lady, Gina Galvin, who has a wholesale business that "brings the past to the present era with French accents that speak of an elegance of days gone by." She is a happily married with small children. But nothing seems to get in her way of traveling when she needs to to promote her business, or taking care of a tons of different animals. Her blogs are mesmerizing. She has 2. The pics were taken by Marcy Black Simpson. She lives in a French style two story mansion surrounded by considerable acerage in Grand Blanc, Michigan.<br />
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What makes me happy is that she comes to Texas every year and stays in the country with friends and sets up booths in Dallas. <strong>Her blog is peacockparkdesign.blogspot.com.</strong> Login and visit and fall in love with everything French!<br />
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You can buy and assemble this ornate Victorian-style glass and iron conservatory and have it for your own. She makes things that have the same feel as a French Flea Market.</div>
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Don't you just love the bamboo rugs decorated with vintage calligraphy?<br />
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The pillows are picture post card images of elegant people from the past.<br />
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These are wooden vaudeville-era stand-ups-reproductions from Gina's collection-that perform in a dollhouse-size Parisian opera house.<br />
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Clematis vines twine around a latticework gazebo containing an antique cross centerpiece.<br />
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<br />Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-20883449902935596412010-02-13T16:53:00.000-06:002010-02-13T17:01:12.566-06:00Artichokes, Lanterns, a Gateleg Table and Art WorkRealizing artichokes keep cropping up in my recent posts, here we go one more time. Being too sick to take chemo until next week, means I feel too bad to go through my vast array of old interior design magazines to post beautiful pictures and the stories behind each designer's work.<br />
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Realizing I am anal retentive is not a good thing for me! It means that no matter how sick I am, when I walk past tablescapes in my home, I am driven to hopefully, change/alter them for the better. Which brings me back to the subject of my overabundance of painted artichokes.<br />
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Having a chemo brain means you tend to change subjects with no warning and that doesn't help either when you are trying to utilize your writing skills. Before I became so ill, I moved around a couple of pieces of artwork and tried to find homes for my many artichokes and then took pictures of them. While all of this was going on, I became impatient about selling my gateleg table on Ebay and incorporated it in to my living room. So now I have something to post about and share with you, without ever having to leave my home. Enjoy!<br />
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So I moved the new, large artwork, ( I was able to get thanks to Lauren of Pure Style sharing with me) to a place in the room where it stands out more. I placed my gateleg table underneath the art work.</div>
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I guess you can see that I removed my lanterns from the curtain rod that had them hanging in front of my window.<br />
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later.Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-43559301893662567962010-02-06T15:20:00.000-06:002010-02-06T15:20:33.709-06:00Master Interiors Illustrator<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Veranda Magazine April 2008 featured Jeremiah Goodman, and some of his illustrations of his famous client's homes. He prefers to be known by his first name. He was born in 1922 in Niagara Falls, New York. He studied at the New York School of Professional Art and at the Parson's School of Design. His first job was working for Joseph B. Platt a designer of commercial interiors. Right before he came on board, Mr. Platt designed the sets and interiors <em>for <strong>Gone With the Wind</strong></em>. If you would like a collection of Mr. Goodman's life time sketches and room portraits you can purchase the coffee-table <em>book Jeremiah: A Romantic Vision (2006</em>). When he found out he was going to be featured in Veranda, he offered to paint two magazine covers. These are the ones he painted. </span><br />
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later.</div>Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-22120903132334851812010-02-03T20:13:00.000-06:002010-02-03T20:13:47.489-06:00Gray, Orange and COTE DE TEXAS Type Lanterns<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>On day after day of gray days here in Texas, I decided to post some of my favorite gray/white pictures to remind me how much I love the color gray, and added a couple of pictures with orange in them for warmth. These pictures are from Veranda Magazine, March and April 2008 issues. Photos by Peter Vitale and Thibault Jeanson. Sit back and and enjoy!</em></span><br />
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<em>I know that the settee looks like it is a pink/peach color but in the magazine it is definately orange.</em></div>
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<em>later.</em></div>Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-56020020824272029322010-02-01T16:17:00.000-06:002010-02-01T16:17:12.982-06:00The Artichoke Fiasco<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my followers asked me what happened to my artichokes when I was spraying my wreath. We know that I got an artichoke stuck in my paint can but there is more to the tale.</span><br />
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I purchased the artichokes the day after Xmas at Hob Lob for half price. Why I waited so long to work on this project was because I kept thinking we would have some pretty weather but to no avail. I did finally get the artichoke out of the can and poured the rest of the paint into a bowl to roll the artichokes around in using tongs in order to coat them. WHEW!</div>
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It took several times of rolling the artichokes around in the paint to cover them this well. So here are the final results.</div>
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I know he looks mutilated. But what's a person to do? I would like to say I saved the trimmings but I would not be telling the truth. So let the cycle of good and bad weather and me trying to spray paint the wreath with $1. white paint begin!!!!!!!</div>
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After going through 2 cans of spray paint on the wreath and my artificial artichokes my sore finger gave up the fight. Everytime I sprayed the can would stop on me and I realized I was only able to get and utilize about half the paint out of each can. The little banner at top, would always dry a pale pink not white. </div>
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So I finally bit the dust and went back to Wally World and came home with a quart of white enamel paint and a cheap brush. I slathered that wreath with white paint using my brush. No more pink. But before I could do all of this, I had to stuff an artichoke into the can and it was stuck and would not come out. Why, you ask would I feel compelled to stuff an artichoke into a quart size can of paint? Well, you have to remember who you are dealing with...a chemo, pea brain!!!!!!!! So I had to pour the can of paint into a bowl in order to access it.</div>
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later.</div>Riviera Boardwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846584964190578779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163231337330893498.post-37685370028074949522010-01-27T13:01:00.000-06:002010-01-27T13:01:58.433-06:00Three Showhouse Room Makeovers<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Traditional Home Magazine, November 2008, featured two showhouses, the Lake Forrest, Illinois Showhouse and the Orchard Hill Showhouse in Old Westbury, New York. The article pointed out that,"showhouses are meant to inspire". The photos were taken by Edmund Barr and Bruce Buck.</span><br /></div>
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The room Liz McEnaney decorated, overlooked the home's gardens and she loved to garden so this was perfect for her. If you look at the picture below, you can see how she covered the walls with a hand painted mural of trees. <br /></div>
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Annika Christensen covered the walls above with gray grasscloth. And she hung a Swedish painting. She used a blue and white seersucker to upholster a Swedish antique sofa and chairs. An organically shaped lamp created movement and a clear Lucite coffee table kept the room airy.<br /></div>
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Kate Singer created a master bedroom in silver, gray, lilac and green. There was a vine motif hand-painted on the gray wall. There was a mirrored coffee table, a vintage settee, and pictures of women hanging on the wall.<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found my lamp shade at Pottary Barn and it was love at first sight! I had a beautiful mercury glass lamp with a plain shade and had enough Ballard Design "document" fabric left over to cover it. So before I could even manage to take a before picture of it, I manage to break it into a million pieces. On my b-day, my best friend bought me a $20. can (on sale for $10.) of what I thought was fabric spray because it was sitting on the shelf at Joann's beside the tiny, peel and stick lamp shades. Not to be defeated, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a $20. lamp for my shade. Back in the game right? I was still going to have my lamp with a shade similar to the Pottery Barn one for $20. as opposed to the lamp at PB for $80. and a $39. shade. Joke's on me again!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cover the shade with my fabric and it is looking pretty good and something just told me to contact the folks that made the glue to assure it could stand the heat of a light bulb. I still forgot to take a before pic of the plain shade but no problem, I mean we all have imaginations don't we? The answer came back saying, "I am not comfortable with this application".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well here is my beautiful lamp that is non-functional and I pray someone out there has a sense of humor because I sure don't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here is the glue and the lamp.</span><br />
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Here is the finished product that I do not dare plug in and turn on!<br />
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I think God is trying to tell me with "subtle hints" that DIY is not in the cards for me.<br /></div>
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