Lesli DeVito's Profile

buffalo check. traditional with a twist. and NON Open Floor plan Kitchens...

I guess I need to develop a thicker skin. But when I read these comments, they make me sad. I went back and read the original article and it appears that this desk was done, for a client, by the person who wrote the post. Perhaps the client requested a painted desk. Maybe she wanted the "Pottery Barn" look. Maybe she likes distressed furniture and maybe the client said, "please paint for me an old desk, sort of Pottery barn-ish that is kind of distressed." In a time when many of my friends have lost their jobs, I admire someone who is creating something and making an income. I noticed that very few people have gone to HER blog to leave critical comments so I guess most of these comments are for the benefit of other AT readers? I guess I just wish people would remember that maybe she was proud of her work and very excited that a Site like Apartment Therapy picked up her story. Some of the comments that are critical are written from a good place, politely and almost to just show her the other options, but I find some of them unnecessarily cruel. If the objective is to have her "see the light" regarding preserving the natural beauty of old wood..maybe those words could be chosen better.

I like this space...the books look cleaner and I happen to like them organized by color...it's fun...no harm done...sumo guy is I guess an acquired taste, and it does not have to be mine as this is not my home. ..I admire the Novogratz's and think they are an amazing family..7 great kids and creative parents who have their heart in the right place, even if they miss a few...the home owner is happy, and to me, that is all that matters.

wonderful!

The fabric is a Premier Print called "Suzani" in CORN Slub and I got it at fabric.com for $8.48. I like the Premier prints, especially with kids, because they are a nice quality, fun prints, there is a color for everyone and most important...affordable, so when we change our minds...and we do...we have not spent an arm and a leg on fabric. I like too that in some colors you can also get different types of fabric, so for instance, the pink Suzani shams I made are just a cotton sheeting weight fabric , but the headboard is a heavier linen cotton. Thanks for All of the comments!

Thank you for all of the Thoughtful and heartfelt comments above. Wow, I was so excited to see my beds and my work and my home on Apartment Therapy but now I am feeling sort of crappy for painting the beds...oh well, I too have restored furniture my Mom painted, I guess maybe this will be a great restoration project for when the kids are gone I am an empty nester. I had NO idea about the taffeta...OMG I would have given it to the antique store down the street...Next time, if there is one, I will make sure to do a bit more homework. I was just so excited to have "new" beds for my daughter who is 14 and has been sleeping in our broken IKEA bed that I just did what I do.... I made it work for us!

I did not watch the Oprah show with much regularity, but happened to catch a few of her last few episodes. One revelation she shared was when she said something to the effect that after all her decades of interviews and after having met hundreds of people from every walk of life, the most famous to the most disenfranchised ..from Nelson Mandela to the guy on death row...there was ONE Consistent TRUTH , and only one that she said EVERYONE on Earth shares and that ....is the desire to be validated. To have had their time on Earth have meant something.
Personally, I think there is a direct correlation between how technological we become, and how intense the desires to connect become. It seems like the further we get from intimacy in our communication physically, we text to the person in the next room....the MORE intimate our far reaching internet communication gets. But thats just me.

I live in a town of 300, flanked by a town of 2000 and all wrapped up in a town of about 90,000. so small. I struggled at first...really hated it, felt like, after living in NYC and Boston, that I was living my worst nightmare, cut off from the world. Then slowly, I let go of my fixation on (my perception not necessarily the truth as I found out) lack of culture and the bad clothes and horrible haircuts and got to know the people...and I fell in love. Stripped of all the culture and the style and the trends...oblivious to what was in or out (this is pre internet and I do wonder if it is different now) these people were just a rich and interesting and amazing as anyone I met in any big city. They were so down to earth and I found that refreshing. I will always miss cities. and I have told my kids that my plan is to retire in NYC, but I love that this is where they are growing up. And where I am growing into myself.

I am always impressed by makeovers which involve primarily color..this to me is true art...love the green..love it all...