United Breaks Guitars

I know they broke my husband's too. But they paid for it immediately, right when he went to pick it up in luggage claim. Of course, he's 1K, and it was less than $200, no Taylor guitar that.

Hey, a kitchen designer in my area.

I noticed her comment on houzz. pderas. Peggy Deras.

blogs

http://kitschykitchens.blogspot.com/

http://kitchen-exchange.blogspot.com/

http://ApplianceNotes.blogspot.com/

static website

http://www.kitchenartworks.com/

and she pointed me to this canadian kitchen designer, useful spaces.net

who pointed me to http://kitchensync.typepad.com/

Edited to add:
http://www.kitchenandresidentialdesign.com/

Search for the true bed

The one true bed. No longer made by Pottery Barn

Another bed she really likes, but it's $1320, and made out of PINE.

\\http://store.wellappointedhouse.com/scadaybedtru.html

She'd like this, if it came in the right size. This is actually a toddler bed.

http://uniquewoodentoys.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=17151&category_id=365

http://www.thefurnituredomain.com/1528btwsr.html

Roman Shades

I put new, larger windows in my kids' rooms. We've got sheet tacked over them for privacy.

I couldn't think of what to do for window treatments that would be modern, and appropriate in a child's bedroom.

I actually paid Jennifer the amazing decorator to come over, to give me some ideas of what we could do.

This time she didn't have anything amazing that I hadn't thought of before. Well, she had some things I hadn't thought of, but I didn't go for them.

So, I think we're going with roman shades in a neutral color, no pattern.

Just now I started looking for made-to-measure roman shades on the internet. duh, why didn't I think of that before?

JCP

http://www.jcpenney.com/products/C046482.jsp

Is going to cost $100 to $300 a window, depending on fabric. There's a sale going right now. All the fabric choices are polyester. Not sure that is a problem, actually.

The Shade Store

http://www.theshadestore.com/category/shades/roman-shades/view/all

Is going to cost me $850 per window.

They do have cotton, linen, silk, etc.

Candice Olsen said linen could break down in the sun, I think.

smith+noble

quick quote $475 per window, cotton canvas

100% hemp, or bamboo or silk or linen, $609 per window

Need to find a bench

Something to place at the foot of the bed, so I have somewhere to sit and put on my shoes. We don't have room for a chair in there.

I actually want one WITHOUT storage, so it doesn't fill up so much visual space, helps keep the room from feeling closed in at all.

And, I definitely want an upholstered bench. The bed is wood, and I'd like something soft to sit on.

I like this Lola bench from Z Gallerie ($350), but it's four inches too long. Otherwise, wow, button tufting, tapered legs. Definitely MidCentury, though on the Hollywood end. However, I need a smaller bench: equal or slightly shorter than the 64" width of my queen bed.



Z Gallerie is in that niche of selling things less expensive than Pottery Barn or Crate and Barrel or Restoration Hardware ($800-$1100), but still having a certain pretention to style. I wish I could think of more places like that. In the Midwest ten years ago, something in that niche would have been Bombay Company.


Cost Plus World Market is in that price range.


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Crate and Barrel alternative. Not as delicious, but nice and clean and sparse, $300 Parsons-style leather upholstered bench.

Swimming

Paddled around for an hour.

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