Laury's Profile

Creepy!...especially if you've seen the movie about the psycho who was killing people who represented the seven deadly sins! It's not a place I'd want to stay!

I consider myself a 'maximalist' but now after seeing your home I think I'm not lol! I do not feel quite so guilty now about my collecting and I thank you for a look inside your interesting home. I never thought I'd say 'too much is too much' but here it is for me. I would LOVE to visit, but couldn't live here, and so I am really grateful to you for creating one of the memorable moments in my life when my taste and decorating style was significantly refined.....completely sincere here when I say Thank you very much! BTW, though your taste is different than mine, I consider your taste to be artistically amazing and not gaudy. Thanks for the inspiration!

When I decided to purchase red bubbleware instead of china the dishes collecting began. I've got enough now with that and red cape cod (the old Avon stuff), and some red ruby. I've also added Portmerion - Botanica Garden, and some mild glass. Oh and did I forget to mention some place settings of a cool old English pattern? Well I don't buy much anymore, but would add a few pieces if I found them. I collect Nancy Drew books for myself and my daughters. I have collected a few things that reminded me of my parents; ie: a lunch box like my Dad's, a Brownie camera like my mom's...etc. I have also kept my kids dance shoes as they have grown.... I guess I am an incurable collector, but some of my stuff looks great and some is waiting to look great, but hey, on to the next good deal! LOL

Yeppers, BKF... And for oven racks, soak overnight in a bathtub (NOT the acrylic ones...) with dishwasher detergent powder. If the gunk is really baked on, you might have to use a stainless scrubby but most of the magic is already done!

I would have loved this as a kid. I lived in a small house and it seemed that everywhere I tried to put my blanket tent was in my Mom's way and it soon quickly came down. You could set this tent up anywhere and it's so portable. I think this is a fab idea but would also like to see a teepee....and if you had several - viola! a tent mansion!!!

...so I'm not a mid-century fan at all but this place is why I regularily haunt AT...Love all the interesting objects to look at, and these two are fabulous at "propping" it. That is a real gift; to be able to take an eclectic collection and pull it all together without it looking trashy. LOVE your place guys!

At first glance I thought "so cool" and then I read the comments so I took a longer look and here's my take: The couch is neutral and is a great backdrop for the rockin' colors of the pillows which tie in with the bright lime yellow chair. Though the rug is not in the ballpark color-wise it works because the pattern is a different scale (I read here on AT that you should do three size patterns; large, med. and small, so this rug is the medium). The silver poufs are ok because they make the 3rd flash of bright color (ya know...better decorating uses uneven numbers of things...I think you can stretch that to include color too, if it works). The drapes are the LARGE pattern and quite obnoxious but it works because the rug balances them. However I agree that the wall color is wrong. It's wrong because it flows into the drapes and makes them the focal point and that works together to pull the pattern color of the rug into more emphasis. If you put those brights into the room, then those have to be the room's statement, so lighten up the wall color to read more like a neutral like the couch and then I think it's a vivid but balanced room.

I'm cool with tons of color...that's me...but my husband is seriously color-blind which means that what is pulse sensating to me is barf producing to him...thus I say yeh, you should consider other people's tastes in a neighborhood. Be creative, bright, happy, etc. but save the brash, bold, shocking for the interior because other people don't have to live there. I like creative but considerate is better to live with....and btw, our Walmart painted a bright yellow in their grocery section and I'm not sure why but it seriously produces a physical sensation in me...it's bad! Really makes my stomach turn! Weird huh?! I don't look at it if at all possible...However all that said, Vive la colour!!!!

A dream come true! Enjoy!

I love patina on almost everything. In our new kitchen we installed stainless steel counter top on each side of the cooktop...great for hot pans! The island has stainless on one side and 2 foot wide butcher block on the other. We went with maple but my friend did cherry and I like the look of hers much better. My butcher block is starting to gain patina...nice. Then for the rest of the kitchen we used square 12" marble tiles. I will have to admit that it is hard to watch the marble patina. I'm sure after we get everything done (we built our house ourselves) the patina look will come together and I would choose it again, but it is at this point, a work in progress. Forgot to mention that the counter edging is ceramic chair rail tile. It all presents as an antique look and considering we only spent a thousand dollars for a 20 x 12 kitchen, I am quite happy. Now just to be patient for the patina to age....sigh