Spring Cleaning..

Snow day..

My town has been shut down today. Snow covers everything!

The little Guinea Fowl are trying to stay warm.
They have a heated roost but choose the snow.

Another Guinea bracing against the wind.

Unfortunately it wasn't like this at Christmas time.

Channeling Martha Part 2.

Everything I do has some relation to Martha Stewart.
Its like six degrees of separation. I think the only thing not is maybe video games.

I found this mirror. I was trying to emulate Martha's acanthus leaf mirror that hung in the formal dining room at Turkey Hill. MS partnership with Bernhardt offered a almost exact replica of the original. It was more of a white wash finish than luster.

This is my homage to her over mantle looking glass.

And another.

I put stacks of books everywhere. I'm running out of room. This marble table top has deep veining similar to her brown room dining table.

I have a center table like Martha's Skylands main hall table. However I noticed that in the September premier its no longer the large round table but a long faux bois table.
I also have my faux bois cachepots.

Valentines Decoration.

Cherubs and copper luster.

Paper heart doilies.

Finally can get to that pumpkin. It had been buried under piles of snow. It also looks like two clay pots were left out. Pulverized by the winter wetness.

Valentine wreath. Handmade of course.

I love this little container. Usually you can find it missing all its red hearts. Probably due to the dishwasher.

Room Shots 01/12

Two old but new to me Paris porcelain compotes.

My game fowl set up high while I paint the cabinet. The drab color didn't fare well.
Back to the paint store for a solution.

The most used area of my room.

Pretty green damask drapes from the Cotswold's.

2010, more painting..

I'm repainting the cabinet that houses my Lara Croft collection.

A lovely beige or drab.

Valentines heart in window

Channeling Martha.

I adore Martha Stewart. I have for over 10 years! I can't tell a co workers who won dancing with the stars but I can reenact every scene word for word of the Martha Stewart Living show. Well at least the first 4 seasons before it became a daily show. I also notice tons of details. My most recent was in the original Martha Stewart Christmas book on page 100 and 101 the photo of her Turkey Hill library If you look very closely at the crease of the book at the window you see a little elf on the window sill. It appeared years later on her blog of holiday decor behind her Noahs arch. Its neat to think she had that elf for all those years.

I love my new high backed sofa. I chose the fabric and leg after Marthas brown room Sheraton style sofa in Bedford. But the high back is an homage to Turkey hill. I also have a faux throw draped on the back.
At her Turkey Hill home in the north parlor she had a high backed settee. It was the first thing you saw when you entered the room. I bought one made not of damask but English chintz. Its the first thing you see when you open my bedroom door.