Tuesday, September 18, 2012

I WANNA live there Wednesday # 7

I live in a pretty incredible area - It's an historical neighbourhood loaded with tons and tons and tons of charm - and 20th century architecture, just steps away from the city center, it's also a pretty expensive neighbourhood ( in which I live in servants quarters basically compared to what I'm surrounded by.)

Because there's days I don't have furniture makeovers to show you - I've chosen Wednesdays to showcase and feature one home that's for sale around here.................( or apartment - or duplex - or teepee )
 

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Good morning everyone!

Ready to see what's up on the market this week?
Today's feature will cost you a cool 3,900,000.00
Let me know what you think!




Love how informal this foyer is - and love love love the floor and splash of color - so welcoming!
















sweet dreams are made of this - check out the pink en suite - lucky little girl!











the long and winding staircase











There's no picture of the grounds but this sits on a 20,000 sq. foot lot - so they must be pretty spectacular!

and today I'm including an apartment that's for sell - when John and I bought the place we're in now, there were 3 serious contenders - an apartment in this building was one of them



Is that a spectacular building?  Come on in - this lobby is straight out of the 1930's 



I wasn't doing furniture at the time - Can you just imagine me lugging in my decrepit old pieces through this space LOL - too funny



aren't the floors gorgeous?







Love the bay window






There's no balconies in this apartment building - but they do have a gorgeous roof deck that's shared 



The view isn't too shabby either!

And the value of each unit in this building has been going up 15% every year for the last 20 years - so a pretty sound investment in the end ............................ ( hmmm - isn't that what Bernie Madoff was promising? )
Looking at it again tonight maybe we should have grabbed it - 
This one is going for 435,000.00
2 years ago the one we wanted was the same price - with a 2nd bathroom - and an indoor parking spot ( which apparently we could have sold for 100,000 in a heart beat!!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!
See you tomorrow - with a sign I made and John's over the top ridiculous reaction to it

XOX
Suzan

Monday, September 17, 2012

Forever Young...................

Good morning everyone :)

A couple of days ago I told you I had a furniture week from hell, right?
And I showed you the disaster that happened when I tried to paint my My Coffee Table -
Well there was one other disaster that I'm about to show you, I'm not sure what happened with this one
because I PRIMED it - then actually painted it with Annie Sloan chalk paint - and normally I can paint a dresser in a few hours and have it ready to list that night, hope the calamities are behind me for awhile lol

Ok - so I started off with this gem

and couldn't wait to get started on it
here I was going to do my letter technique ( same one I do for my subway dressers )


Too cute, right - next I painted over it in the prettiest mint green - and then started to carefully remove the stickers.......................


Wow - just loving it - can't wait to paint my stars all over the place - better remove the last two sets of stickers


What the??????????? Really? 2 times in one week?  I've done quite a few subway dressers and reverse stencilling and have not seen anything this severe ( just going to chalk it up to Crap Happens )

Suzan says - Johhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnn
John says - oh oh - don't like the sound of that
Suzan says - It's happened again - I'm ready to quit this whole painting furniture thing
John says - Hold on, I'm coming
John says - Oh my God - CAN YOU PLEASE JUST PAINT FURNITURE WITHOUT ADDING ALL THESE DOO DADS TO EVERYTHING?????????????
John says - I suppose I have to sand this down too?
John says - I may as well just wear the sander on my belt loop
Suzan says - Thanks John - I really do appreciate your help

And here we go again

This time I painted it with my trusty Duck Egg Blue and White combo - and decided to put faded ( by dry brushing ) white stripes on the drawers -
I held my breath putting the tape on let me tell you - and completely stopped breathing when I pulled them off lol but it worked this time and I ended up with this

These drawers are bowed
Which you really can't see in the photos ( the stripes are making an optical illusion? )
I used the same hardware but painted it white - and the sanded them so they look old and chippy




I so wish I was a better photographer - because these pics just don't do this piece justice at all -
And I did a little something something on the inside




I made this as a nursery piece - because there seems to be a big demand for nursery pieces in the last few months -
But we all know how much Murphy loves to play with me, right?
Let's see if he throws his law at me this time!

And in the midst of all this chaos - I decided to to create a little something for John - just to keep harmony - and because he really is so good about helping me out when I mess up
I hung it in his closet so it would be a complete surprise

John says - SUZANNNNNN - can you come here for a second?
Suzan say - coming!
John says - What the hell is this exactly?
Suzan says - I made that for you - isn't it obvious what it is?
John says - no, not at all- and I don't appreciate it either
John says - stay out of my cupboard please
John says - you're driving me insane really
Suzan says - but you said you may as well wear the sander on your belt

and that's the appreciation I get for creating his very own sander harness - 
there's some weeks you just can't win


John says - and you can get the freaking knots out too, thank you very much

If anyone wants the tutorial for this handy dandy sander harness just drop me a line - I'll be happy to oblige!

Big hugs
Suzanna Anna Danna
XOX

Party Time!!!

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Bloom
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Katherine's Korner
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Common Ground
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The Charm of Home
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Rooted in Thyme
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A little knick knack
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2 8 0 5
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At the Picket Fence
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French Country Cottage
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Shabby Art Boutique
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Redoux Interiors
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Craftionary
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Chase the Star
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The Shabby Nest
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Miss Mustard Seed
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Finding Fabulous
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Life on Lakeshore Drive
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It's so very Cheri
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I should be mopping the floor
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My 1929 Charmer
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Making the world cuter
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Keeping it Simple
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Homemaker on a dime
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Lines Across
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Our Delightful Home
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Coastal Charm
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PJH Designs
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Knick of Time
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