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I'm sure all readers of this blog know about the "thrill of the hunt."  I love poking around estate sales, glancing up and down alleys, and making frequent stops at the resale shops.  Coming home with a bargain that I'll be able to turn into something is a thirst that is never quenched.  However, we all know that can lead to a pile of stuff we never get to because, we are out there getting our thrills as we chase down that next great deal.  Staying close to home these past few weeks got me poking around in my own stuff.   And this is what came of that. I had sample piece of this Osborn & Little fabric.  After turning it into a pillow this is all that remained.   I bought a strata lounger about a year ago at TFA. This week I decided it could use a pillow.   The trim is something I have had for at least 10 years.  The colors in the trim are a deep purple and a dark green.  It worked bea...

I received a phone call from an out-of-state friend tonight asking me if I had gotten the latest issue of House Beautiful.  This would be the one: Sept. 2010. She told me the pillow I blogged about some time ago was in this magazine. I had already been through the magazine at least twice and did not have a clue what she was referring to.  I was doubtful she did either but I took my magazine and started paging.  "Near the front, left hand corner of the page", she said.  Still not finding it.  So upstairs she goes to get her copy and give me the page number. No real page number but probably around page ll.  Telling me it was the Arhaus ad got me there.  Left hand corner...bottom of the page.  I had to admit there is a definite resemblence.   Maybe  not exactly but pretty darn close. You be the judge. You can read the entire blog here.                ...

With the demise of so many shelter magazines my subscriptions have been drasticly reduced.  Although I have filled the void with some wonderful design related blogs, I still miss turning those slick pages to see what will delight and surprise me next.  I tend to devour the ones that are still published by reading the details related to each picture. House Beautiful's June 2010 was barely through the mail slot before I had my feet up on the ottoman and my fingers flipping the pages. Page 26 showed six objects under the heading THE BEST. This pillow was one them.  I might have bypassed this page in search of something more interesting but I'm eager for pretty stuff on slick pages.  So it's no surprise that I read the caption too.                             The surprise came when I saw the price.   Who pays that for a felt ...