As a professional organizer, I am quite decisive about what should be kept or discarded. I know right from wrong, left from right and black versus white. But why is that I cannot discern the fine line between collecting and hoarding?! This elusive distinction is what keeps me in check - most the time. Although the inexplicable (well, it is ... read more
Source: fab.com via apartmentjeanie on Pinterest For a person who doesn't eat poultry and has never been to a KFC, I'm crazy about that Colonel. This advertising figure encompasses 4 of my obsessions: vintage food promotion, nostalgic americana, bobbleheads & of course, the Colonel Sanders. finger lickin good, xxoo. ... read more
Source: budgetwisehome.com via Meredith on Pinterest I'm moderately obsessed with the idea of dividing up a pastel colored map and framing the individual sections in inexpensive frames - of course in the same color and hanging in the accurate order. I'm currently trying to strong arm a client into this idea for his guest room with a New York City ... read more
In hopes that I will post on a more regular schedule, I am instituting a new weekly blog concept called, 'my Monday morning obsession'. Whatever idea, design or image that has been lolling around in my brain for more than a New York minute (as I have a very short attention span) is subject to inspection, introspection and hopefully ... read more
Source: touchofmodern.com via Rita on Pinterest I admire creative thinking inside the box or in this case in the cube. ... read more
Anyone who as entered my home, watched my Small Space Big Style episode or been within earshot of me at a Mexican mercado knows I'm mad for oil cloth. The combination of colors, the juxtaposition of fruit & flowers and the diversity of choice is so appealing that I can't quite control myself when I see it. Years ago, I happened upon a stash ... read more
It will probably take longer for me to write this post than it took for me to create a sweet magnet board from a discarded cookie tin found on the trash pile my dogs were scouting as a potential toilet - that included bringing home & thoroughly cleaning. This cookie tin caught my eye as the *tempting* selection seemed so dated and it was - ... read more
Source: anthropologie.com via Dustin on Pinterest hello lovies, I know I've disappeared like the Easter bunny, but it wasn't out of lack of love for you. The apartmentjeanie team has been up to our extended eyelashes with stylish re-designs, massive organization missions and chaos conquering. I've even neglected my pining duties as curator of ... read more
Source: vixenvintage.blogspot.ca via jeanie on Pinterest I can't stop thinking about this mouthwatering kitschy kitchen! I was trying to save it for a *Wednesday Wall-covering Wrap-up* post, but I fell prey to its pretty pink perfection and wanted to my readers to be able to drink it in immediately. xxoo. ... read more
Have you ever had one of those interior decor epiphanies after looking at same design element for the 6205th time? Recently I noticed all the potential hair images I had been collecting years ago and realized that with Pinterest, these dusty & outdated tearsheets were obsolete. What I really needed was a better way to store my growing ... read more
