Great Deal

In the End Zone

I just have to share this amazing deal in the Bob Mills' End Zone aka As Is Room.

This piece of furniture has been my favorite thing in the store since day one.

It's big and it's expensive at $2,387.99. It's made by Four Hands a wonderful furniture manufacturer

that provides furniture for stores such as Restoration Hardware and us!

I showed this piece on my blog in April.

The color is a pale minty grey blue. Very subtle. 

Well, this big piece has been moved around the store so much that it's gotten a stress fracture in the carrera marble top.

Yes, a crack across the middle of the top.

But because of this flaw which really wouldn't bother me one bit....it is now....wait for it....wait for it....

$399.99!

If I had room for this it would be coming home with me but I do not.

But maybe one of you does.

If you want it come see it at

3600 W. Reno

Oklahoma City

I want someone I know to snap up this amazing deal.

It's long....I think about 72 inches so be warned you must have a large space for it.

If you want it...call me at 405-410-4854

or come by the store and ask for me!

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Carrara Marble in Kitchens

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I'm obsessed with Carrara marble in kitchens.

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I've spoken of my obsession here before.

That's Brook's old kitchen of Velvet and Linen fame.

So pretty...and yet she has moved on to a bigger and better kitchen. 

I'd be happy with that one.

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This looks like the best apartment ever.

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Very old world vibe in this kitchen. Notice the bun feet?

Lots of marble on the island.

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This kitchen is covered in marble and I adore it!

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Love the simple vibe of this kitchen.

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The stove and the stove nook plus the marble and cabinets I think are so great in this kitchen.

Plus its my dream to have a vintage stove like that. 

Here is why I am thinking about marble today....

Two years ago I bought a little sofa table to use as a kitchen island in my galley kitchen.

I loved the look of it but it lasted in there only two months.

It was just in the way.

It now is in my back bedroom used as a tv console.

At which it works nicely.

But I couldn't give up my wanting an island even though my kitchen is small.

So one day at work last August, we got in a new little bedside table.

A very small bedside table and it occurred to me that it would be just the right size to

work as an island in my kitchen.

That got my wheels turning trying to think if I had such a table already.

I came home and realized...I had this table that really was kind of in the way in the hall.

I'd been using it as a phone table for a phone that never gets used.

I took it into the kitchen and it was perfect!

It just needs some wheels on the bottom so it can roll around.

I would have taken a photo to show you today but the batteries are dead in my camera and

searching the house found me none.

Anyway...that's an old photo from when it was in the hall.

So then I think...if it just had a marble top!

I went to work the next day and asked one of the girls if she knew where I could get a remnant of 

marble to make a top for my island.

She called up her Dad who works in construction right then and he said...

"I've got a piece right here. I'll throw it in the truck."

I couldn't believe my good luck!

 I thought she'd just tell me where was the best place to go looking for 

such a thing...not get me a piece!

So she hauls it to work for me a few days later. It's bigger than I need.

It's like 20x30. I wanted 18x18.

Now...here is the problem. 

It was free! free! can you believe it?

But the cost to get it cut is going to be like $150 which is why that has not happened.

I hate spending $150 - that ruins my whole do this for no money thing.

So I've been at a stand still on this project ever since.

Although the table has been in the kitchen all fall and its working nicely.

I can't justify spending $150 to get it cut when I was trying to do this project for little or nothing.

What to do? I'm sure I'll have to break down and pay the $150.

I also still have not installed the above kitchen faucet.

It's been sitting in its box for almost a year at my house.

These projects are just a small beginning to all the things that I need to do around here

and guess what?

My Christmas tree is still up.

Yes, now its at the embarrassing stage.

I was going to take it down today.

But I did nothing instead.

Which wouldn't have been so bad but I did nothing yesterday too. 

There is always tomorrow, right?

Not a great start to my New Year. 

I'll admit I was very tired from all the activities of the last part of 2013.

That's my excuse. I needed to rest.

I'd been sick too...but I'm well now...so I really don't have an excuse.

But really, tomorrow the tree must come down!

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I'm also thinking about uncovering the brick chimney in my kitchen.

Doesn't the brick look wonkey and charming in that image above?

Last thing I need to be doing is chipping away at the walls though when I have so many 

other things that must be done.

Also, Sherwin Williams is having a sale this weekend and it would be the perfect time 

for me to buy more paint so that I could paint my dining room to match the living room.

I can't seem to focus at the moment. 

I know...make a list and just go down the list, one thing at a time.

One thing at a time.

but start with the tree

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Kitchen, Glamourized

Is this Heaven?

No, just a gorgeous kitchen.

But I could exist for eternity in this space.

I happened upon this kitchen over at The Kitchn

Wow! The over the top glamour of this place!

I love everything about this kitchen.

I go along thinking I'm pretty happy with my own little galley kitchen and then I see a kitchen like this

and suddenly my own seems so dreary and small.

Doesn't hurt that it's open to a family room.

I love the wood floor and the rustic beam above and of course the chandeliers, carrara marble.

Notice the pair of lamps flanking the sink.

Oh...doesn't that look great? 

This is the before...hard to believe it's the same space.

The owner, Shawna had the brilliant idea to take the space underneath the stairs and turn it into a pantry!

Here's that heavenly shot again.

See more photos and read all about this kitchen over at

http://www.thekitchn.com/shawnas-glamorous-custom-kitchen-194453

There are lots more kitchen tours on that site.

I was lost inside the site for a good hour looking at kitchen tours.

I just love a good kitchen tour!

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Inspiring Kitchens

All these photos from my Kitchen Pinterest board.

Most of the kitchens I pin are small but have wonderful details.

I'll never have a large kitchen. I'm really fine with having a small one.

My own kitchen is galley style and serves my purposes well.

But there is no reason why a small kitchen can't be the very nicest kitchen there is.

These are some of the more recent kitchens I've pinned.

All of them with wonderful details.

Even a rough painted white brick wall can be elegant.

Today, I drug this chair home for my back deck from Pier 1.

Yes, yellow...I know...not really fitting my usual color scheme.

But you see this one was a bargain!

It had been damaged in shipment....and the wicker was coming terribly unraveled on one leg.

I can fix with a little work and some hot glue.

Actually, I've been thinking about getting this chair for three weeks.

What held me back was the color. 

But tonight I decided...a yellow chair was better than no chair....so I brought it home.

Why couldn't a brown one have been damaged instead?

I have to say it is very very comfortable and at 75% off....I couldn't say no.

I'll make it work somehow.

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Kitchen Islands

Contemplating

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This is one of my favorite kitchens of all time.

I'm contemplating how I will turn my little Early American table into my dream kitchen island.

I bought legs and casters to make the table taller. It needs to be about 8 inches taller.

I brought home my stuff and set to work only to be stalled when I turned it over and discovered it once

had casters on it and there are large metal lined holes in which these wheels attached.

This ruined my plan for screwing in leg extensions. Back to the drawing board.

Not sure what to try next. 

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I am noticing that quite a few of my favorite islands are shorter than cabinet height.

Like this one.

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This one has always been a favorite of mine.

I love the metal top and I thought I might paint mine black but right now I'm leaning towards 

keeping it the natural wood color.

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This one is a table in the middle of the kitchen. I love the wood tone with all the white around it.

Looks like it has a marble top which would be good for mine.

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I love Courtney's whole kitchen. Her black island inspired me to paint mine black.

But my kitchen is tiny and I think black might be too much in my space.

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This one is just about the size of mine. See how the legs were extended on it to make it taller?

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I'm definitely adding towel bars to mine.

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This one I've always loved. Just including here for good measure.

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Debbie Dusenberry's (Curious Sofa) very stylish eclectic kitchen includes

this cute salvaged island. It appears to not be very tall.

Perhaps I can just add large casters to mine and call it done.

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Love the stainless steel top on this one. This island is the color of mine.

I guess I'll make a trip to Lowe's and Home Depot this afternoon and search for 

options on what to do since my first attempt fell through.

My Mom came up yesterday and we went to the 

2012 Symphony Show House in Heritage Hills

I planned on giving a glowing report of it but I was very much disappointed.

I only liked one room in the house.

The artist's studio out back was very cool though.

Anyway....I have photos from the tour book I could share.

I was walking through this house and thinking...oh...my blog friends would rip this house to shreds.

It has faux painting all over the walls...animal prints everywhere...incredibly gaudy.

My Mom agreed...she did not like it either.

It's a gorgeous home...but it needs to be decorated be someone who knows what they are doing.

The so called decorators that did this house decorated it in a mix of bordello meets oil baron.

The theme was "The Jazz Age" since the home was built in 1925.

But the master bedroom bath took it's cues from Elizabeth Taylor.

Sorry? Uh....Elizabeth Taylor was not around in the 20's.

There were so many things off about what era they were trying to reproduce,

I thought - did none of these designers bother to google 1920's?

(It's the least they could have done)

Obviously, they did not have a clue.

Anyway....let me know if you want to see this monstrosity and I'll scan all the photos and 

share.

You will be horrified.

In other news....

My Mom was here of course and I'd told her about my Craigslist find of this...

I'd forgotten that she'd been wanting a sideboard and hutch in this style for her 

sun room.

I remembered after I posted about it. So I mentioned it to her over the phone.

She didn't seem that interested till she saw it yesterday.

She said that "Yes, she wanted it."

She would not let me put it outside to ruin.

It was just what she had been wanting for the sun room. 

So...darn....I lost my potting bench. I'll have to search for something else.

She said..."Have Charles make you one."

Charles is my brother in law.

That is a nice thought...but it will never happen.

So I've got to find something else to make into a potting bench.

I was happy that my Mom was excited about it.

It's not very often that I can give her something she can't get herself.

She'll be refinishing the whole thing.

I know she will do a beautiful job.

Then she saw my little soon to be kitchen island and had a fit over that.

I told her I have to make it taller some how and she did not like that idea.

She wanted it too. But I know I'll probably never find a table to fit in my small kitchen again.

So I didn't let her have it.

But I fell guilty about it because it would make a very nice table for her tv.

Leave me a comment if you want me to share the Symphony Show House.

I'll have to scan all the photos tonight.

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