Let me present and thus give credit where it is totally due ~ I am a better and happier creative gal having known them....Amen.
I have always had a "thing" for checkerboard....so when I discovered the wonderfully, whimsical Victoria & Richard MacKenzie~Childs many moons ago...well that was it for me. I will blog extensively about this super cool and over~the~top creative duo in a future post...they come from another planet and that planet's name is "Creative"....check them out here.
Please note my respectful nod to this wonderful couple.
The Barefoot Contessa
Ina Garten
I saw these on Ina's Food Network show and that was it for me....canister love! These bad~boys are gigantic and extremely useful. I love them. And believe me when I tell you that we eat all of that oatmeal in one week...it really does lower cholesterol....but I digress....I discovered these at my BFF...can a store be a BFF? Okay, found them at Target. Best part...the Target price.
Be sure to check out The Barefoot Contessa at her lovely website.
Cool Italian Country Wall Treatment
Kitty Bartholomew
I saw this treatment demonstrated on the old HGTV's beloved Kitty Bartholomew: Your Home. Good golly I miss that show. It is joint compound mixed with straw and tinted with universal color tints. I applied this to my dinning room wall and the powder room as well with a spackle spatula. Took forever....totally worth it!
Robyn Leonard is a wonderful artist and talented painter. She is a fellow Mom in my daughter's class...I met her six years ago and she never fails to amaze me. The first time I entered her home for her daughter's birthday party...I knew I was blessed to know her. She displayed a wonderful "FAMILY" painted sign over her fireplace....don't know if she painted it or not...but I went right home and painted my own and it has sat over our family room fire place from that moment on....cha, cha, cha. For a creative treat check out her fun website here.
Well, I feel better now that I have given respective credit where it is respectively due. It takes a village to keep the creative juices flowing....how lucky we are to have so many villages to visit.
Smiles ~ Ramona
4 comments:
What fun stuff! I love all the checkered things. :)
I especially like the "family" sign.
Oh, and I do believe we share a BFF in Target!
I love the stars and the big ole canisters; I will have to check out Target!!! Wa;lMart has them but I am mad at them right now, so I try very hard to shop elsewhere as much as possible! :) I am adding you to my favorites! Thanks for your nice comments at my blog; I hope you will visit often! Iwill be back here!
I love checkerboard patterns, too. I had a checkerboard floor in my first kitchen and I still miss it. I'm thinking of putting it in my mudroom here. I think it's so cheery!
Whatever happened to Kitty Bartholomew? I loved her! What was that daytime show she was on with Gary Collins? I watched it every day for years and now I can't remember what it was called.
HGTV needs to bring Kitty back!! -Julia
I am right there with ya ladies! Checkerboard is so wonderful that is should be considered the name of a color...you know....white, yellow, black, green, and our favorite color: checkerboard!
Yes, Julia...it is very cheery.
I think that show Kitty did with Gary Collins was called "HOME"...I think...It was a great show...and yes she needs to come back!
Smiles ~ Ramona
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