guilt-free shopping on gilt

it turns out getting accustomed to west coast time isn't as difficult as i thought it would be. 

especially if you have a reason to pay attention 

to the time difference.

and by that, i mean watching the clock to make sure i was on time for the pieces by lee kleinhelter for gilt home sale today! 

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it started at noon east coast time, so you best believe i was sitting in front of my laptop, coffee in hand, ready to click away at the fabulousness at 9am.

 

if you aren't familiar with lee's work 

(which begs the question, WHY?! must remedy. stat.)

here are just a few of my favorite spaces she's designed:

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 (via cottage living. RIP. possibly my fave issue EVER bc of this very feature!)

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isn't she fabulous?

i had the pleasure of meeting lee 

(along with the adorable jonathan adler, ahem)

at her totally chic home decor boutique last year, 

at a party for j'adler himself. 

i went with my sisterwife, jenny, of mfamb fame. 

more on her very soon. 

prepare yourselves.

this is just a peek at what happens when jenny and i attend a party together.

 we look fabulous. take pictures of ourselves in the car. 

and everywhere else, too. 

sing and have a dance party en route.

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jenny makes sweet, sweet love to any plants nearby.

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quite possibly the worst picture of me ever? nah. i'm sure there are worse out there. but still. 

(i was still working off some baby weight, ok?) 

cocktail in hand. photobooth in action. 

jenny in pants.

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lee's adorable dog, ryder, often found in the office 

at the store. SO sweet.

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...and yours truly. in all my blonde glory. 

yup. i'm a blonde underneath the brunette, folks. 

i like to switch it up. 

and rock a fupa, apparently.

(update: the fupa is gone. mostly.)

anyway, back to the lesson at hand:

the gilt sale is on now, and by the time you read this, 

there are probs quite a few items sold out, 

(boo! don't you hate when you go to buy something and see the dreaded "in other members carts" tag?! argh!)

but if i had an unlimited budget 

and lee had unlimited quantity, 

here's what i'd scoop up today:

(all images via gilt home)

for the entry.

for the dining table. on the patio. 

for my desk. 

probs for the entry. or by the porch door.

or anywhere. these guys are TOO cute.

entry hallway. this is delicious.

ooooh. two in a sitting area? one tucked in a nook? 

in the master? a bunch for dining room? 

anywhere. 

this thing slays me. entryway? hallway? anyway? 

for one of the bedrooms. would want to put it in birdie's room once she gets a big girl bed, but i'd probably be selfish and 

put them in the master. 

birdie's room. or on a console table in dining or entry area.

this coffee table is dooooooope.

this is so gorgeous, i may have to get two. 

over the dining room table, or seating area a la lee?

and there she is. the dream table of all dream tables. 

entry. hallway. dining. master as desk. whatever. 

i need this in my life. like now. 

love these in a pair in our sunroom. 

ahhhhh! i want it all!

oh man. this guy is so good. he can give in my master sitting area, or in the sunroom. or anywhere he likes. 

so. 

when i win the big california lotto, 

i'll be making all this happen.

until then, i'm working with jenny & her incredible craigslist-whispering-skills to find some similar items on my budget.

you should, too. 

she's very affordable, and trust me when i tell you, that girl's GOOD.

if you should find yourself in need of some fab new pieces for your pad, hit up the 

pieces by lee kleinhelter for gilt home sale; 

its on until sunday night.  

xo

wwyd

i have many skills.

cooking, baking, being creative; 

shopping, buying, traveling, luxuriating;

mommying, chauffering, doctoring, wifeying, marenting; 

acting, learning, partying, playing, impressioning, ridiculousing...

you get the picture.

i am not, however, necessarily skilled when it comes to 

interior design.

i'm working on it, but when one's budget requires extreme creativity, and a lot of d.i.y. love... i sometimes get lost. 

thank god i have friends who are gifted at this!

jenny, callie, erika, bri, nicole, erica, i'm talking to you.

and YOU!

i have a few pieces of furniture (everything) that i am ready 

to take into the next phase of their lives. 

for some of them, that phase is a furniture farm in oklahoma, where they can run and play with other pieces of furniture... 

and for others it is up to me to breathe new life into a piece. 

i have ideas...but would love to hear yours. 

up first is an old gal in need of a serious facelift.

thanks to a tip from the fabulous aforementioned erika, 

i scored this lady for a mere $70 at a local goodwill. 

seventy bucks! 

thanks, erika!

  i love her lines, but would really love a modern fabric to reupholster her in; we need to balance out the frou frou factor.

i've even thought about painting the legs... black? white? 

hmmmmm. the possibilities.

my fabulous sisterwife, jenny, has incredible taste, and thus has inspired many of the wonderful breaths of modernity into my previously mostly french country home. i needed some oomph!

(must post on said items soon.) 

i still adore things aged and authentic, but i've also loved more modern styles for a while now, and just haven't known the best ways to inject them into my decor.

hollywood regency? midcentury? swedish? antique? southern glam?

yes.

when i told her what i thought i wanted, jenny suggested the following fabric, and i just love it. 

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its a great knockoff of this brunschwig and fils fabric that i adore, 

and its a bazillion times cheaper.

 here is the inspiration pic we were pulling from for my living room;  isn't it fabulous? 

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...but for my settee, is it too much en masse?

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 hmmm, i dunno...kinda diggin' it...!

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esp as a dotty injection here! bam!

or...shall i take her in this fabulous direction, a la lee?:

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perfect white goodness gives mucho flexibility when one has design ADD...ahem. what was i saying? ooh look! something shiny!

i like the opportunity to play around with color/pillows...though i suppose we could do that with any fabric, no?

or shall i simply have it make a statement, without saying a word?

#popaculla

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i'm thinking fun, but not ridiculous. modern, to balance off of the shape, but not too edgy.

so, unfortunately i'll have to save my stack of 

sex fabric for another project. 

bummer. 

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what do you think?

help a sista out. 

and when i finally get her all shined up and purty, 

i'll take a pic & share her with you. 

for your consideration of our next installment of wwyd:

put that in your french country pipe and smoke it.

xo