a little shopping

Thanks for stopping by today!

 Sorry for the lack of blog posts...I have quite a list of things going on 

and now that spring is here.... 

 the garden is screaming for attention

so I just had to get outside and get a little dirty

 I have most of the vegetable beds planted

 and I'm hoping to experiment with a few new varieties of vegetables this year

....especially some really interesting new tomatoes

but today....lets go shopping!

I haven't really shared much about vintage shopping on the Internet

but....if you like vintage 

you will love 

Second Shout Out

there are dozens of sellers

 with all the things I love...like rusty buckets

pillows and pottery

and I have been selling there too!

here are a few things from my shop

if you like vintage ....

visit Second Shout Out

today

here

 and next Tuesday

I will have a really fun post to share

along with some other really creative and talented

bloggers

It's a chance to build my dream home!

hummmm

where will I live?

and

what will it look like

better start working on this one right away

see you soon

Kelley

Cover Girl

About two and a half years ago...when I owned this house,  I was contacted by a magazine editor who loved it and she wanted to photograph it!

Well guess what, somebody finally did 

and she's now officially a 

"Cover Girl"

As many of you know I sold the house completely furnished.

When I stopped by for the photo shoot I sort of felt like a ghost...coming back to haunt my old house...that lasted about 5 minutes 

and it was back to business as usual

This is the first issue of a new magazine 

which will come out twice a year.  

It's more of a book format and 

has no advertising. 

It can be found at book stores and magazine stands in most states.

The stylist for this shoot was Sunday Hendrickson 

and we really had fun. 

Sunday definitely knows what she is looking for 

as she styles on each room.

I have to say I was relieved to see there would 

not be a single bowl of green apples 

or the usual pair of "Wellies" on a stair step!

Sunday's styling is very natural, 

relaxed and real

The writer is Marie Albert and she really captured all of the details about the house

and the story correctly.  I really like her style of writing too....

I spent at least an hour speaking with Managing Editor Janet Mowat,

 who was so kind and interested in the story behind this house as well! 

LA based photographer John Ellis took all the shots for this article.  

Sunday did a great job on the kitchen shot. 

OMG there all all my great  "egg" signs!

What is it about these old signs....they are just wonderful.

I brought quite a few things for the shoot too...including lots of oranges, lemons and limes

from our orchard in Ojai

We all thought the shot above might be the cover...

which I think would have looked great as well!

The colors of the tulips and the quilt are so great together!

I styled the little cabinet  with Roseville pottery and  lilacs that Sunday brought.  

I added a new/old sign I bought a while back 

that says

 "flower plants for sale" 

There are also some fresh limes from my garden!

The side bar in the photo above gives the reader detailed instructions 

on how to create the slip covered headboard 

I created in the guest room.  A really nice idea.

Below is a photo that I took right before 

we put the house on the market for sale

and here it is in the magazine...over two years later!

Thank you so much to the Harris Publishing Family,

 Sunday Hendrickson 

and John Ellis... 

and especially to Malia....the new owner of this wonderful little house!

It's been a pleasure!

happy decorating

~kelley~

The New/Old Bath: why color matters

I have to admit to being somewhat of a sucker for the color of Jadeite. It must have something to do with Martha Stewart.  I collected it for a while in the 90's but found I enjoyed the color more when I use it as an accent color in fabric and knobs etc. as opposed to having too much.

This is a nice little bathroom with a large shower and wonderful vintage inspired toilet and pedestal sick from Waterworks.  The fixtures are brushed nickel from Rohl.  I like the simplicity of the mirror but it was really lacking in some pumped up vintage color to compliment all of the nice black and white tile work.

Enter Rejuvenation catalog.

One of my all time favorites for vintage inspired lighting & in the last few years they have begun reproducing bath and kitchen fixtures to compliment the period lighting.  The Jadeite green is so fun in this little bathroom.

Along with a pair of sconces, I purchased a toilet paper holder, small towel hook (which doubles as a flower vase holder) and the tooth brush goodie.  I like ice cream buckets for trash cans!

The floor tile is a small 1/2 inch mosaic of tumbled marble and the walls and shower are just simple 4x4 porcelain nicely arranged

I added the fun vintage post cards, all found on ebay, of various locations around Newport Beach.  We had them framed with little photo edges and a really narrow black frame

Here is a close up of one of the post cards:  It says  "Yachting, Balboa, California"

Bath hook as vase holder, Nantucket inspired!

I used the simple Jadeite glass pulls on the cabinet doors and more Nantucket inspired baskets for extra towels

The detail in the shower is really simple but using the 1/2 inch tiles as a detail is a great idea and very inexpensive.

Here is a close up of the sconces (not the best photo) but they are porcelain and very 50's.  I found the great green "No Vacancy" sign and thought it would be fun over the mirror.  I am such a sign junky it's not even funny anymore.  Some one please help me!!!

Take a look again at the before picture and I think you will agree that in the New/Old bathroom color really matters

Have a wonderful weekend and try not to get too crazy out there!

smiles : )

kelley