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If there still remains a lake in Austin following a zillion consecutive days of 100+ degree temps and nary a drop of rain, then by all means head to this fabulous Lake Austin boat house.
Still in Hawaii. Karly's in charge next week, but have no fear: I'm sure she will steer the ship straight, whether there be high waters or no water at all.
Happy Friday, mateys!
Hello friends! First of all, I want to thank you SO MUCH for all of your helpful comments on my last post. After the debut of the big rug debacle, I know you're all wondering what the bleep I have decided to do. And the answer is... a lot of shopping. I have shopped for (more) rugs, and I have shopped for couches. I have shopped for end tables, and I have shopped for curtains, paint, and even sheets (oops). Obviously I am a very busy person. Unfortunately I have yet to make a single purchase, but I did spend a lot of time moving things around, making stupid mock ups on Olioboard, and drinking with Karly (aka, playing decorating party, aka tearing up my living room). The conclusion I came to was: that rug is too dark for my living room. But I be loving it in the dining room... Hooray!
I plan to snap some pics very shortly and show y'all what's happening now, but today I am too busy digesting BeerBQ to do anything that requires much any movement. Thus you shall be treated to the fruits of my obsessive compulsive shopping habits. Austinites, enjoy!
PAIR of brass and camel ultrasuede director's chairs for $75 here. Ummm, yeah... Hurry up before I change my mind and decide to replace the chesterfield with those beauties.
Ivory and chrome designer sofa for $300 here. I want this sofa sooooo badly. Sadly, it is completely incompatible with toddlers named Pig Pen.
Pair of red velvet and chrome chairs for $140 here. These would be so incredible flanking my tv and (ahem) new burlwood console table, but I have some dumb speakers to contend with (see picture here). How janky would it be if I put the speakers under the chairs??? Super janky? yeah. That's what I thought, too.
Awesome chrome Sciolari chandelier for $395 here. Do it.
Excellent black leather and chrome Design Within Reach sectional for $1750 here. If that's your style, the price is fantastic. Haggle.
Three Philippe Starck knock offs of Gio Ponti's famous Superleggera chair. Chrome and black wicker. These are so badass! $125 here.
Super cheap chrome and glass side table. $25 here.
In short, it seems that I am developing a chrome fixation. But know that I am holding back some goodies for my very own self because I am selfish like that.
Oh I also have some breaking news:
Alexis the couch slut and and her lovechild are now for sale. I'm not gonna lie -- I'm asking for a buttload of money. Like Ebay money. I feel crappy about this, but how else am I going to finance my living room redo??? So, if you are Mrs or Mr Moneybags and you want this set, let me know. I can't wait to get rid of it.
Toodles, buds. Back later with more updates.
Thanks again for all your help!!!
Craigslist is littered with asshats who think their doo stained sofas should fetch 1st Dibs prices, but you can't let that stop you from using the craig for good and not for evil. To be perfectly honest, it's been a while since I checked in and zoned out on tables and chairs. Today I had a few extra minutes to search for treasure, and I was a little surprised by all the awesomeness I found among the mirrows, rod iron, and chester drawers. Of course, much of said stuff was Knoll and therefore astronomically expensive, but I did find a few cheap and shiny gems. Warning, many crappy pictures shall follow. People, please learn how to use a camera so you can stop making our blog ugly. Thank you.
That's right. Smoked glass and brass coffee table. $65 here. Shazam!
Mirrored coffee table. Cool shape but those flowers are dumb. It wants to be painted black so badly. Can you help it? $60 here.
Neato chrome chair -- would look amazing floating in a room where you could see it from all angles. Gold star for decent photography. $60 here.
I actually opened up photoshop for this, just so you could see the majesty of this sweet little bedroom set in all its glory. $150 here.
It's got the Mediterranean flava. $35 here.
Pair it with this light. $50 here.
And this rug. $120 here.
And hey, why not this pair (yes, two) of square topped, vintage pedestal tables? $25 here.
Or skip the trad trend and get retro with a pair of square brass mirrored tables. I like these better for our room, anyway. $90 here. The hideous photography is free. You're welcome.
This will also go nicely in our fantasy room. Antique buffet with clean lines and pretty wood. $75 here.
In a totally different room (like, my living room) lives this huge heavy black lacquer 70s coffee table with BRASS base. $45. Within walking distance of my house. Why have I not bought this again? Did I forget to put the link in? Silly me.
Finally, this is not really cheap ($350 here) but I love the shape. The vaguely southwestern pattern/palette is potentially troubling, but I say you just Nagel the bleep out of that shit.
Perfect! And only $10.
And there you have it. Obviously I have rekindled my craig obsession, which is bad since I need more furniture like Oprah needs more celebrities to tell her how AMAZING!!!! she is. Now go buy one of these things, send me a picture of it in its new home, and I will post it.
As long as the picture is good.