Dress give away at Down and out Chic

Check out this awesome bb dakota dress they are giving away at Down and out chic on July 7th. Get over there and register for it, I did !
http://downandoutchic.blogspot.com/2009/07/giveaway-bb-dakota-dress.html

Foyer

The first two photos are of my foyer. The bench has moved around with me and been covered in many fabrics over the years. Every foyer needs a happy doggie to greet you at the end of the day. The picture hanging above the bench has a stone statue of a lion inside of it.
(Yes, Leos live here !)
The other side has a mirrored table that I bought from someone on Craigslist. (I was a little obsessed with that site for a while) :) The wall sculpture came from a Chelsea House warehouse sale. I got it for $5 and painted it, what a bargain !
The bottom photo is a corner of the family room. Sitting on top of the round metal table is a wine rack that I turned into a magazine rack. The painting of our furbaby is by Jeremy's dad, Curley Granger. He did such an amazing job. Don't you think it looks just like her ?

Tiki Valance

Since it is the 4th of July weekend and I wish I was someplace tropical..............Here's my son's shower curtain. To continue his beach theme I made a tiki valance for the shower. I ordered grass skirts, stapled them to a wood cornice and trimmed it to the right length. Voila, easy tiki valance !
Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.

Beach Themed Room

My son's room was the most fun to decorate. We decided on a surfer/skateboard theme and surprised him with the room for his birthday. I found the bedding and planned the whole room around that. Imagine our surprise when it turned out to be back ordered for 6 months ! We painted 3 walls sky blue and put up a beach fence border at the bottom of the wall. I made roman shades with blackout lining to keep the morning sun out. The valances are blank skateboard decks that I painted and stenciled with hibiscus. The dresser was painted to match and the drawer pulls are skateboard wheels. Five more skateboards were used as shelving to hold books and pictures as well as the top for his nightstand.