Hi there, can’t believe the week is nearly over! Well,? after a very very long day in the city on Tuesday for my clients first round of delivery/window installations, it was? a definite success. You always hold your breath for the “big day” for a host of reasons…..will everything fit in the freight elevator all 22 floors up? Will it arrive in one piece! Will it look as great in the apt as it did in the showroom,etc……and indeed it did and even better!

I am having a lot of fun with this project because its a departure from my own home, transitional but GORGEOUS, sophisticated, a slice of heaven in the sky….only downside is when I go there, I have to walk up 22 flights (I do not EVER take elevators) but it’s worth it when you arrive…..the views they have are to die for). So more on that as we continue to make progress….here we go with random musings.

 

The chargers.

I featured these on a post I did on playing around with plates and got a lot of inquiries about them and yes they are for sale and are on my online shop! Incidentally as my online shop is about to relaunched any day now, I have decided to offer them up for a 2 day current promotion along with a bunch of other fabulous silver goodies, just started last night and will end Friday night .

Click here for details and yes they are beyond fabulous! Guaranteed to take any table setting to “the next level”. Here they are being used in various settings in my own home, I love them and use them all the time…….

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Around the house.

I have a lot going on around here Doing some fall landscaping/cleanup. Putting some finishing touches on my bedroom, it’s slow going but it is getting there. Finally got the wallpaper ordered and it’s going up as we speak? in that small powder room and loving it. I am actually going to feature it in a another round of “Come on in” early next week so you will get to see it then, Here is a tiny sneak peek……should be all done by later today.

 

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A fall themed dinner party.

We just decided to host a dinner/cocktail party for friends late Sept. My husband has been wanting to put this together for a while as there were people he wanted to have over so finally we just did it. Sent out invites and I need to get very busy. I have a lot of ideas going through my head. I am very tempted to repeat almost exactly what I did for my sons graduation party as it was so pretty, it worked beautifully and I know it now like the back of my hand:)

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?But then there is also this variation that I have saved ever since I saw it (thanks Howard)? and I could use my exquisite new chinoiserie melamine! To be decided…….

 

 

 

Flowers and orchids.

If you have been coming to my blog for 2 weeks or 2 years you know I love flowers, both real and good faux. I was thrilled to find a fabulous source for great faux flowers and do really well with them. The orchids are some of the best I have seen and once you add moss you have even the most skeptic critic fooled! I just got in the single stem orchids, this is hte perfect size for almost anywhere, a desk, nightstand, atop a stack of books…glad I ordered a lot of them!

Then to add to my flowers clusters I have added this beautiful pink/cream cluster, so pretty! Take a look (these will both be online within the week)

These are the two single orchids above the mantle (just trying them out in the tole pots)

Inspiration from my instagram friends.

I was floored at these darling cupcakes my buddy Marilyn from Pink Martini and Pearls made for an event, seriously there is no end to her amazing and awe inspiring talent.

My gardens bounty.

OK? so it was a small yield this year, but it was so gratifying to walk out in the morning and pick my own fresh basil, cucumbers, tomatoes, bellpeppers, eggplants and other veges. Nothing tastes like something pulled right from the ground especially a still warm tomato. Here is my most recent “crop”…..hardly enough to start my own farm stand but fun nonetheless:)

Shop News.

Well after talking about it for a long time, yes my new and improved online shop really is just about ready. I promise. I hope to launch it in the next two days but am reluctant to say an exact day as there is still work to be done and even when it’s launched, there will be “tweaking” that will be going on. Plus new products are coming in this week and next that are going to be added onto to the shop as they come in.

I ran into a few glitches and didn’t want to put it up before it was fully ready but we are really finally just about there. Plenty of wonderful new blue and whites are are being added and of course the gorgeous new tole and some exiting new pieces,plus a ton of amazing new gorgeous things from one of my all time favorites, Vagabond House,? so lots so really wonderful new things are happening!

And some of the GORGEOUS new Vagabond pieces I am so in love with (new things being added to my online shop)

Is this little syrup pitcher the cutest thing ever!

The super elegant pheasant and quail salt and peppers

These are wonderful to have on hand around the holidays, solid pewter bottle stoppers in elegant gifft boxes, the lab and duck or the pheasant

So in love with this very oversized carving/serving tray..the detailing is so exquisite!

So this week I am busy with phase 1 of my design project in NYC, finishing up an e design project,? and putting? the finishing touches on my online shop, so yes LOTS going on but all good things…..

But I am my best when I very busy especially as I am doing my best to adjust to my new role as empty nester,? easier which is said than done …..hope your week is going well. I cannot believe summer is basically over though with it being over 90 degrees it feels like its just getting started. Wishing you a wonderful day, thank you for stopping in.

Click here for my newest promotion on all things silver and beautiful…on for two days only (ends Friday night)