Small Room Layouts
When a reader needed help finding small-scale furniture for her new living/sitting room I asked for her to send me dimensions of the room so I could really grasp the problem. We emailed back and forth and I was able to draw up a plan based off of three photos and confirmation of six or seven dimensions. The room was definitely a challenge. First off there is no separation of space between the tiled mud room and the living room. And secondly the room is a through space to get to the staircase and/or to the outside patio. I did two schemes with different color palettes but each carry out the same idea. In both I used a settee or a love seat which can seat up to two people. French and Dutch reproduction pieces are the best in small scales. In addition I found a slender coffee table that in one scheme is glass to open the space up, and in the other they are two smaller tables that can be moved around when having company for extra seating. I approached the challenge with dividing the room with either a screen or drapery. You could also use a French étagère, which is essentially an open framed bookcase.
View from den looking at living/sitting room. Tiled area shows the mud room
Scheme 1
Scheme 2
SCHEME 1:
1. Louis Sette in Natural Linen. Available through Zentique ($1,714) 2. Andalusia Rug in Horizon/Ivory color in size 5'x8'. Available through West Elm ($249) 3. Tanner Coffee Table. Available through Pottery Barn ($399) 4. Chinese Garden Stool in Gold. Available through Wisteria ($99.33) 5. Noel Chair. Available through Jayson Home and Garden ($1,695) 6. Tristan Side Table. Available through Jayson Home and Garden ($995) 7. Gilded Wood Open Screen. Available through Layla Grace ($1,438) 8. Standing Lamp 9. Picture Ledge or Artwork or Large Format Mirror
SCHEME 2:
1. Woodglenn Slipcovered Loveseat. Available through Layla Grace ($1,642) 2. Kite Kilim Rug in size 5'x8'. Available through West Elm ($249) 3. Chocolate Lacquer Cubes in Large 18"x18". Available through Jonathan Adler ($350 ea) 4. Chinese Garden Stool in Light Blue. Available through Wisteria (99.33) 5. Louis XV Upholstered Petite Vintage Armchair in Gustavian Grey. Available through Layla Grace. ($1700 for set of 2) 6. Rustic Block Side Table. Available through West Elm ($99) 7. Drapery. Available through Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn or similar. 8. Standing Lamp 9. Picture or Artwork or Large Format Mirror
Food for Thought: Skull and Bones Bacon and Eggs
Food for Thought
6 Ways to Make People Like You
Six ways to make
- Become genuinely interested in other people.
- Smile.
- Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
- Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
- Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
- Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.
people like you
Via: West Egg
You are not a complete dirtbag. Here are some ways to get people to like you more.
What Surprises the Dalai Lama the Most
Via: Elephant Journals
North American Grave Robbers
Generally the most common act of grave robbing in North America has taken place with regards to Native Americans burial grounds and has been a continual process over the past 200 years.This grave robbing was prevalent during the 18th century due to the idea that Native Americans were not considered "people" and were more or less deemed to be "savage".Therefore, their property and burial grounds were not respected and the bodies and artifacts in these locations were often sold or looted.
Modern grave robbing in North America also involves long-abandoned or forgotten private Antelbellum Period to pre- Great Depression era grave sites. These sites are often desecrated by grave robbers in search of old, hence valuable, jewelry. Affected sites are typically in rural, forested areas where once-prominent, wealthy landowners and their families were interred. The remote and often undocumented locations of defunct private cemeteries make them particularly susceptible to grave robbery. The practice may be encouraged by default upon the discovery of a previously unknown family cemetery by a new landowner.
North American
GRAVE ROBBERS
Football Tape
Clever Invention:
Football Tape
Now you can start a game of football at any time you wish. Just grab rolled up ball of old newspapers and use the football tape, and bam! Let's play! lol
Canadian Seamstress
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6.05pm, 8 August
road to nowhere
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Wednesday 13's Birthday
Wednesday 13's Birthday!
That's right! On the 12th of this month will be Wednesday 13's 35th birthday!! So go to his twitter or/and facebook & wish him a good one!!
P.s. I made an event for his bday on facebook, so click here!
Sorry! :(
I know I haven't made a blog post in a while but I've been busy :(. Last post I asked yall trivia questions & told yall that I was going to post the answers in my next post. I know it's been over a months since that one. But, here's the answers!!
1- C. Right to Remain Violent
2- C. Joseph Michael Poole
3- B. Bloody-Disgusting
4- C. 2004
5- D. Alice Cooper
For the trivia post click here.
What boredom does to a W13 fan :D Edited by me!
Picasso Eyes
Picasso Eyes
Lady Gaga as a Dude
Crappy Friends
Friends don't let friends go down the crapper!
Liv Tyler in Panties, Smoking
LIV TYLER
photographed by Bettina Rheims
How to be an Artist
Some thing's you can never teach.
Grandma's China Weapons
Grandma's
weapons are just like her China.
Photos by Olya Ivanova
olya ivanova
Checking out the work of Olya. Pretty standard pictures of people posing in day to day activities. Most of the pictures were taken in Russia.
Via: Flickr
Picture of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman for The Dark Knight Rises
Just one day after Warner Bros. revealed the very first picture of Henry Cavill as Superman in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, they've given us another treat with the first official photo of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.
Yesterday, a number of less official photos leaked from the set in Pittsburgh, so Warner Bros. proactively made sure that a better official picture of Hathaway's character turned up unannounced on the official site TheDarkKnightRises.com, and it looks like the spandex-clad thief has stolen Batman's Batpod! Mind you, the site clearly refers to her as "Selina Kyle" rather than directly as "Catwoman," which may be somewhat telling that like "Harvey Two-Face," Nolan is going for a more realistic approach to the character.
FIRST LOOK
Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises
Via: Superhero Hype
CATWOMAN
Opening Doors by Acting on Your Dreams
I would like to believe every direct action of a desired dream opens a new door that lights up another pathway for more things you want.
Frida Kahlo Paints Herself Best
“I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. ” - Frida Kahlo
Spock Facts
A figure as high-profile as Spock is bound to raise some confusion and misconception. Here, then, are some solid facts about Our Savior:
• Spock was born to a human mother and a super-human father, and spent His life learning to reconcile His humanity with that part of Him that was greater than human.
• Followers of Spock have been persecuted for years by those who would forsake The Original Testament, but have managed to remain strong and increase their numbers. Today, they meet regularly in underground meetings known as "conventions."
• Spock resisted temptations of the flesh, including the seductive Nurse Chapel and His intended bride, T'Pring. Knowing that His purpose transcended the need for common physical pleasure, Spock faced death in combat rather than be attached to the latter.
• Many volumes have been published claiming to contain "further adventures" of Spock, but only the 79 books of The Original Testament and the 6 books of The Motion Pictures are considered official church canon.
SPOCK FACTS!
The kinds of facts that help you live long and prosper!
Via: aalgar.com