Monday, May 31, 2010

Decorate with Decals!

Vinyl wall decals are a fun and inexpensive way to jazz up your home. Wall decals have become a popular way to transform a room; instead of painting or wallpapering. Use them in the bedroom, living room, kitchen... Any room that you want to have a new look. The Mibo Tile Tattoos from 2jane.com were mentioned in June's Real Simple as a "Five-Minute Wow" for the bathroom or kitchen tiles. Decals are super easy to apply and just as easy to remove. The following pictures are of decals found on Etsy. Enjoy!


Big floral decals for kitchen cabinets. (wiwicoco)


Colorful tree with custom name decal; great for a kids room!
( NouWall)

I think this is fun and really cute! (by surfaceinspired)


Is it wallpaper? Nope. They're big Bloom Decals from byrdiegraphics.


For the Beatles fans out there. (by walldecors)


A simple, yet eye catching, addition to the dining room. (by walldecors)


Huge, fun flowers for the living room. (by popdecal)

2010 Minimalist Living Room Trends

2010 Minimalist Living Room Trends2010 Minimalist Living Room Trends

2010 Minimalist Living Room Trends2010 Minimalist Living Room Trends

2010 Minimalist Living Room Trends2010 Minimalist Living Room Trends

Egyptian Living Room Designs and Furnitures

Egyptian Living Room Designs and Furnitures

Egyptian Living Room Designs and Furnitures

10 Beautiful Living Room Interior Design Ideas

Beautiful Living Room Interior Design Ideas
Beautiful Living Room Interior Design Ideas









The living room is the most popular place in a house for the entertainment of guests, and where families come together to end their day, relax after a long workweek or to enjoy a television program together. In most cases this room is on the main level of a home and sees a lot of activity. This is why it is imperative that this area to be decorated and made into a friendly atmosphere to ensure the comfort of visitors. When planning a living room design, the first and most important factor to decide is the purpose of the room. One thing to remember when designing your living area is that you have to be comfortable in the room and like the style since you will most likely be spending a lot of your time in the room. Finally here are a few living room Interior design ideas that will really get you in touch with the style that you want.

Jerry's Amazing Adventure!!

HFGuy recently came back from a tour of Europe and Jerry, the High Fashion Home bag (not me!! grrr!), was able to accompany him throughout. They visited Rome, London, France, and Barcelona and took pictures while sight seeing, which can be seen on our Twitter account! So head over there, get a free account, and start following us (fyi, you get updates via our twitter of when our blog is updated).
Jerry at Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Church in Barcelona.

Jerry resting while on the London Bridge.

Jerry in front of the Colosseum in Rome.

Free Home Bar Designs From Bill B, Cincinnati, OH

Home Bar Designs

Thus is the free home bar designs from Bill B, Cincinnati, OH: "I use the straight bar plan, but soon after I decided to make a bar Also back using kitchen cabinets. Once again the bar the bar needed to move forward A Few feet so I decided to make small corner bar to include one end. In any case the bar is very valuable for planning and building plan my bar, I find the framing, materials lists, and photos is very helpful when i planned .. I build my project a bar in A Few weekends and plan very helpful Pls I 'd go pinch of trying to Decide the size or location for something That my friends love the bar. This is a great gathering place for Some person or party central.

I used maple shelf from the closet to the bar again. The bar itself is made from plywood and solid maple and maple veneers with a bar rail and the copper, and copper including the sink, wine refrigerator and an enclosed barn red wine (which may be converted to a refrigerator barrel at some point). The doors to the storage components were ordered from a company that does the replacement kitchen cabinet doors. In all I spent a fraction of what would have cost to build and could not be happier. "
Free Home Bar Designs

Sunday, May 30, 2010

New TriBeCa Digs for Daniel, Daniel Craig


BUYER: Daniel Craig
LOCATION: New York City, NY
PRICE: $1,900,000
SIZE: 1,121 square feet, 1 bedroom, 2 poopers

YOUR MAMAS NOTES: According to the Wall Street Journal and just about everyone else, bewitchingly bodied British actor Daniel Craig and his long time ladee friend Satsuki Mitchell have plunked down a wad of cash for a 007 style penthouse pad in New York City's celeb friendly TriBeCa neighborhood. Your Mama knows that we are a little late to the fiesta on this one, but dealing with our fried Fiona Trambeau's recent antics with booze and men has put us a bit behind the eight ball. Deal with it.

Although his acting resume goes back to the early 1990s, Mister Craig, who has been much in the tabloid news lately since it was reported he was spotted at a homosexual drinking establishment called Roosterfish in Venice, CA smooching on another man, is most widely known as the latest incarnation of James Bond (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace). Your Mama confesses that we've never seen a James Bond film–hush up, we do not want to hear it–so we haven't actually seen Mister Craig in action on the silver screen. We have, however, seen these photographic morsels of dogs in heat goodness. Have mercy, blossoms, pass the nerve pills. We don't know or much care if this gay kissing bizness has any truth to it or not but it looks like Bravo tee-vee executive and budding talk show queen Andy Cohen just might like to test drive that car to find out what's what in regards to Mister Craig's proclivities.

Anyhoo, according to all the previous reports, Mister Craig and Miss Satsuki have proffered a fat roll of cash for a 1 bedroom and 2 pooper penthouse in TriBeCa last listed at $1,900,000. The two-floor pied a terre measures, according to listing information, just 1,124 square feet. We don't know if Mister Craig is coughing up the full asking price or some lesser number, but a few flicks of the well worn beads on our bejeweled abacus shows the asking price represents a cost of nearly $1,700 per square foot. As if that weren't a tough enough financial pill to swallow, listing information shows that monthly carrying costs for the condo will run Mister Craig a hefty $2,265.

Instead of opening into a public hall or directly into the apartment, the purdy penthouse is accessed by an elevator that opens onto one of the penthouse's trio of terraces. This is all well and good when the weather's fine, but Your Mama fears it would be bit of a bother when it's snowing and seven degrees.

The front door of the penthouse, if you can call it that, opens directly into the dining area which not only has a wall of glass with a terrace and city view, but also a vaulted ceiling of glass that soars 20' high. Your Mama feels a little iffy about these glass ceilings. More than likely these expanses of glass in the ceiling are treated with some chemical or film that diffuses the harsh light of the direct sun but we still can't help but feel that sitting at that table in the middle of the day might feel a little too much sitting inside and oven, cooking like a Christmas goose.

The main living space, an open plan living/dining/kitchen area with red tinged chestnut colored hardwood floors, stretches 34-feet from the terrace at the front to an even larger terrace at the back. Both end walls are floor to ceiling glass that gives the penthouse a kind of sexy fishbowl feeling, which may or may not be a good thing depending on how one feels about being seen lolling around nekkid on the living room sofa by folks in neighboring buildings. The wee kitchen area has glossy, flat fronted white cabinets that just about conceal the Sub-Zero refrigerator, a chunky Viking brand range, a built-in under counter wine fridge and white marble counter tops streaked with subtle gray veins. It's not a big kitchen, but most New Yorkers don't care much for a big kitchen and, besides, it's plenty large enough to unload dinner delivery from Nobu and Odeon.

A staircase fashioned from floating hunks of hardwood treads and a glass and steel banister climbs to the penthouse's only bedroom, a pleasantly airy if not particularly private aerie with chestnut colored hardwood floors, two closets–one a walk-in, thank heavens–a private pooper in which the terlit and trough sink are divided from the shower and bathing tub by a frameless sheet of glass, and a small balcony that hangs over the largest of the penthouse's three terraces.

We don't see it called on on the floor plan of the unit, but listing information indicates the condo is equipped with a washer and dryer as well as additional storage in the cellar, which is a good damn thing because as far as Your Mama can tell there are only two closets in the entire apartment and they are both located upstairs in the bedroom. That means Mister Craig and Miss Satsuki's guests will be flinging their coats around the apartment willy-nilly when they come over for dinner. That or they'll have to pay their house gurl extra to tramp up and down the stairs every time someone wants their cigarettes–or nose candy–out of their coat.

Mister Craig reportedly spent £4,000,000 for a two-floor flat in a house near London's Regent's Park in late 2008 so it's unlikely he'll be relocating permanently to his new, nearly closetless penthouse in New York City anytime soon.

Baby Room Decor Ideas from Paidi

When it comes to intelligent children’s furniture, Paidi, the German company tops the list. In business for more than 70 years this company has ideas for kids rooms which never seem to run out! The images shown below give an overview of what exactly to expect when you walk into a Paidi store.

Modern parents can have furniture in their child’s room that is functional and practical. Paidi specialises in developing a child’s rooms from a child’s point of view. Keeping their ease and usage in mind, the space in the rooms is spared and the corners are utilised very smartly. The wooden shelves give enough storage space whereas the cot for the toddlers can be used as couch when they grow up. These multi-utility children’s rooms are trendy, comfortable and spacious- the three most important aspects while designing a kids room.

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Kids Study Room Furniture

Let kids know their work is top priority. Define their space, experiment with colors and pack it up with their essentials. Giving a space where they can spend maximum time, doing homework or simply brain storming is an invaluable gift. Pbteen specializing in teen beddings and decors, is one such thoughtful company.

Their website is flooded with ideas on designing teen rooms of any type and shape. It has a large range of furniture and accessories designed to stay. Guys and girls both can find a enough stuff that suits their tastes. If you are experimental or seeking inspiration, they have several options to play around with. Take a look:

bright colorful study room

gorgeous teen study

useful study room ideas

study room ideas

utility study rooms

wooden study room

eco friendly study room

dark wood study room

blue white study room

We came across another sweet one (not from PB Teen) while doing research for this post and thought we will just add it in too.

study room by Araiel
By Araiel