Blog By Knight
Musings on Life in your fifities, Tango, Mid-Century Modern, design, Bed and Breakfast, Atlanta, Navarre Beach house rental, 130 Krog Street, Wigwam Condominiums
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Maureen’s kitchen is almost finished. We have knocked out two of the kitchen walls to open the kitchen up to the dining room and the den. We put in a large Island to separate the kitchen from the Dining Room. It feels so spacious and inviting now.
We used Ikea’s new, Nexus Yellow Brown cabinets which have a sleek modern look to them. I think they turned out really well. The kitchen counter tops went in today. I used Corian, Canvas. I got it through Ikea and it was only 38.00 per sq ft, installed. Maureen had been thinking Festival would be nice. That is the white with the little confetti colored specs. I actually used Corian Festival in my kitchen which looks great in my loft, but it would be way over the top for Maureen’s, especially since we are using a colorful backsplash tile from from Susan Jablon Mosaics. You can mix your own custom blends on her website and voila, she sends it to you in a week or so.
Busy rainy day. I had to go to Ikea to pick up a few more cabinet knobs for Maureen’s kitchen, which BTW, is almost finished ( pictures to come soon). While I was there, I checked out their farm sinks to possibly go in a fun cottage kitchen that I am doing in Inman Park. This sink is the cats pajamas, in both looks and price. Have you noticed that it doesn’t usually happen like that? Whatever looks good, even if it is the simpler thing, is usually more expensive. But not the Ikea Domsjo Farm Sink It is 36″ wide with double basins maybe 8 or 9″ deep and the flat drain part behind the sink is fluted. It looks fabulous and it is a bargain at $299.00. They also have a 24″ farm sink but it doesn’t have that great fluted part.
The studio opening party and artist sale continues today from 12-5 at 658 Angier Avenue. Mary has displayed Felted Heart baby clothes and dog sweaters, blankets, onsies and other items and some things are 50% off. I bought some beautiful and comfortable handmade damask covered shoes for 65.00 from Ann Roth, and four pair of fantastic earrings from Tracy Tirrell. I have been eying Jacqueline Sanchez’s Lego jewelery but can’t make up my mind which piece to get.
Mary’s Felted Heart Business is ready to roll in the 658 Studio building on Angier Avenue in the Old Fourth Ward. She shares her space with Emile, a soap maker whose business is called “Mama”. It is a really great idea to share space with a soap maker because it smells divine in there! Last time I was there to drop off a few more decorative elements, Emile had just whipped up a tray of lemon soap and it had so much lemon zest in it that it looked kind of hairy which sounds bad but was really nice. MMMmmm…
I was scrolling through the list of on-demand HBO documentaries to find something to watch late last night and narrowed it down to one called Ganja Queen and another about child kidnapping in China. Duane’s chose Ganja Queen so we watched the story of Schapelle Corby, a 28 year old Australian woman who was arrested and tried for smuggling 4.2 kilos of marijuana into Bali in a boogie board bag.
It is late and I am tired and the production people are just wrapping up for the day now at 11:55 PM. Today Fizz City Films did a big photo shoot here for a Belk’s Christmas commercial. There were a million people - well at least thirty. And there was stuff and equipment and Christmas decorations everywhere.
I picked Amanda up yesterday morning from her red eye flight back from Rio. She had been going to school there for eight months and has been there since Christmas day. It is wonderful to have her home for a few days. She will be going back to New Orleans next week to finish up her last year of College at Tulane majoring in Latin American Studies and International Development. Amanda would have graduated last spring but she was a sophomore when Hurricane Katrina came through completely knocking her world. She had been looking forward to her sophomore year in a sorority, had gotten accepted into a special dorm for students doing community volunteer projects and was going to be taking pre-med courses that year.
Welcome to my blog. I'm glad that you stopped by. I love comments, so please introduce yourself. As for me, I was born in the 50s and love mid-century and retro-modern. My life has been extraordinary and I intend to keep living, full out, so that my mid-century years may be the best yet! I wear a whole lot of hats; Real Estate Developer, Business Consultant, Artist, Bed and breakfast Owner, Beach House Landlord, Tango Dancer, Ph.D. Psychologist, Mother, Wife, Sister, Friend and Lover of Dogs. I write about them all. Hop on for the ride. Fifty is the new thirty.
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