(This is a little preview of the room, taken with my janky camera. Professional ones I swipe from the professional photographer to follow as soon as I can lift ’em. Sources: Pac-Man… ok, Sawtooth Tufted Ottomans, Console, and Lamp Shade – Mecox Gardens. Lamp base – Circa Lighting. Nude sketch – Celadon Home in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Carved wood mirror – George Lowell.)
To say the last few days have been a hot mess would be an understatement. For one thing, I actually don’t remember the last time I washed my hair. For another thing, my light fixture still isn’t hung (uh, oosies) because the bomb diggity one I’d chosen months ago somehow just didn’t come in. An awful lot of scrambling, rigging, troubleshooting, cursing, and favor-soliciting went on this week, but I think it just might turn out alright. It always kinda does in the end, right?
COLOSSAL THANK YOU’S to my favorite 3-men-and-a-little-lady at Mecox on Clark (Josh, Brad, Ken & Annabelle) for letting me pirate their store… to wonderful, WONDERFUL Don at Jayson Home & Garden for his endless patience and kindness… to cool, creative Pam at Urban Totem for lending me a last-minute, GOR-GEOUS Italian chandelier and fielding my frantic phone calls… and to sweet Carlos, who’s meeting me at the house in about 5 hrs to hang said fixture out of the goodness of his heart. I also may or may not’ve baited him with peanut butter cookies. Oh, and a big grazie mille to most determined Michael at Home Depot on Halsted who, at 7:00 a.m. this morning, whipped out a hacksaw and made my almost-disastrous, ill-fitting tension rods work. I really love it when people do stuff like that.
The showhouse opens tonight at 7pm and runs through July 3rd. There will also be a TON of great workshops hosted by local leaders in architecture, design, yoga, green living and all kindsa feel-good stuff. House tour AND workshop tickets can be purchased online at: www.1046sheridan.com – all proceeds go to Designs for Dignity, and the Citizens Lighthouse Land Trust of Evanston. Make a day trip of it (!!!) After you see the showhouse, you can meander into town and pick up some GREAT jewelry at the Mexican Shop (801 Dempster) – known for their cool, funky, unique accessories at insanely reasonable prices… marvel at Urban Totem’s antiques (1937 Central)… and last but not least (!!!) swing by the Sixteen Candles house (3022 Payne – marked “B” below). Tell Long Duck Dong and Farmer Ted I said wassup. “Dang ma I GOT my headgear on!”
Gitty up!
Good job it looks really great:)
Fabulosity Stephanie! Dang. I’m bookmarking this as a plan for next weekend or the weekend after. Would love to see it all put together. Congratulations!