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
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
If there were ever the perfect cake to serve to me on my birthday, this would be it. Source: call-me-cupcake.blogspot.com via Jeanie on Pinterest ... 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I noticed all the potential hair images I had been collecting years ago and realized that with Pinterest, these dusty & outdated tearsheets were obsolete.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
Sometimes a change of venue requires one to look at old furniture with a pair of fresh eyes. The client's secretary served as a home office, bedroom dresser and dressing table - as New Yorkers even our home furniture must multi-task. However, when the client upgraded her zipcode, but downgraded her square footage the secretary needed to work ... read more
Ain't Google grand?! Although I have alerts on apartmentjeanie, partyjeanie and photojeanie rarely do I receive any relevant information. Usually someone named Jean has been photographed or another woman named Jeanie said she was going to party like it's 1999, but nothing that is germane to me or the biz. Today, I decided to search my name - ... read more
