Combining Blogs!!

Hi to all!! In the interest of shamless self promotion, I have decided to combine my blogs into one. All the great AtticRoute66 auction items, and ShopShelbyLynn clothing will have links on this blog.

Check it out. Personalityispreferred.

I know you will love it!! Ok, I hope you will.

Linky Party Modern Country Style

I love this pic of an Owl in our Owl House. Oh, and I love my Ghost Chairs. Still trying to decide. Do I sell, or do I keep? Can't decide. Modern Country Style, is doing a linky party. http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/ (I need to learn how to do the hyperlink with just the word, working on it). It is about defining your blog. Now, that I really need to do. So in definition, this blog is a way to show projects, and to shamelessly help promote, and start my great business: Atticroute66 on Ebay and Etsy. Link up. Let's see what everyone is blogging about.

More about Ghost Chairs

Love it.

Ghost Chair

Yay, best Goodwill find ever! 4 folding Ghost Chairs. Yay!! Now, to sell or use? That is the question. Made in Italy, possibly the Piretti Castelli Plia Chair. Sorry for the blurry Made in Italy pic. But hey -- look at the chairs. Need a good cleaning, and yes, they have a few scratches, but for the small price I paid, totally worth it.

Happy Spring & Bird's Nest

It must be spring. Loving this great bird's nest in my apple tree.

Storage Dreaming

When cruising Apartment Therapy, they have the greatest stuff. I ran across this amazing storage pic. from their Small Cool Contest, the one below is from 2009. I love their small cool contest. Anyway, I love the storage and that it is hidden behind curtains. I wonder if I could do something similar in a garage? Yes, a garage. Small Cool Contest coming up. http://www.apartmenttherapay.com/, click on by.

Easy Above Ground Gardening

I am looking for an easy way to do an above ground garden. By easy, I mean not building one out of wood. I want it at least 12 inches deep and protected from the ground and ground squirrels underneath.

These 2 have caught my eye. Oh, and also semi reasonable in price.

Trough gardens. At my local farm store are about $75, each. Not bad and good looking.

This amazing wine barrel garden I found via Sunset Magazine, here: http://freshdirt.sunset.com/2010/06/the-ultimate-whiskey-barrel-garden.html.

This serves the Brown-Forman Corporation in Kentucky, where the executive chef Mark Williams serves over 300 employees daily. Check the article it is wonderful, and if you haven't check Sunset Magazine out, it had some great articles on gardens this month on the newsstand.


Dreaming of getting started. Hmmmmmm. Oh, here the barrels are about $35 each.

Which to choose?

Outdoor Dreaming & Dining

My porch last summer, yep those doors. Need new curtains. I just buy the cheap Walmart polyester tab top curtains in the 2 pack for under $20. These have been outside for several years, and just need to be replaced.

Okay, still dreaming about doing my doors, 'nuff said. Except I love the wood screen door, I have one on the back of my house, but sadly it won't fit my front door. Lucky for me it is supposed to be windy, so no painting.

Garden troughs. I love above ground gardening. Hit up your neighborhood, or not so neighborhood farm store, here they are about $75.00, each.

I would so roast marshmallows in this fireplace.

Beauty. Enough said.

Love the pea gravel, love the raised bucket of drinks. Hmmmm, again at the farm store. No worries.

Enjoy.

Wednesday Inspiration

Just some Wednesday Insiration to get you thru hump day.

I love art. I have it all over my house. What I love in this room, is the step tables, and the creative couch. Is that 2 twin beds I see? Could be, not sure, but Love it. That's a capital Love.




I love leather chairs. They work anywhere. I also love a true white room. Just painted, okay a year ago, painted my whole house true white and love it.


The image below is from Sunset Magazine. I love the colors. I love the blue/green walls and the brown and leather. Here's the question, do you love or hate the really, really, really worn leather chairs? I am not sure, some days I love, some days I hate.

I love this!! I am still looking for inspiration in my guest room. This inspires me. Hmmm.

I love this look. Of course I would be the one on my hands and knees smelling it to make sure it didn't have any smoke, must, dusty smells. Come on laugh, haha.

Move around some furniture. Repurpose something. Be inspired.

Bottling Wine - Australian Cabernet Shiraz

The Hubs made another batch of his amazing Australian Cabernet Shiraz, will be drinkable in about 45 days.

Here it is getting ready to be bottled.

A brighter shot of the bottles.

Ready to be moved to the bottles.

Steaming the corks, sanitizes as well as makes it easier to get corks in the bottle.

Fun. Now, to finish the wine room, and other various projects, oh and to think of the garden, and list Ebay. Too much to do.

Happy Friday.

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Strips

Update: Chipped and nicked at dinner. Oh, well, back to my OPI.

Let me start out by saying I purchased these at my local Walgreens to try. Nothing free here.

I wanted a polish that lasted more than a few days. So I thought I would give these a try. They are $9.99 here, plus tax.

Now I have short nails, so one strip could be used on 2 nails, ie. left pinky, and right pinky. If you have longer nails you may not be able to do this. So for me this makes this manicure $5, since there are 16 strips.

Instructions are self explanatory, and it was really pretty easy. Took about 30-45 minutes. Which I am sure would improve over time.

Now will it last up to 10 days? Or even more than 3? I don't know. But, I hope so.

For colors you are a bit limited, but I liked this #270 Raise a Glass, kind of metallic nude/gold color. Champagne if you will.

Anyone have any luck with these?


Yes, I have short nails. But, I like the look.

Dianne Von Furstenberg's Bookshelves

I love bookshelves. These great pics are of Dianne Von Furstenberg's bookshelves in her home. Absolutely beautiful. Love them. I think I have found my inspiration to finish painting my bookshelves white. Yep, every weekend I need inspiration to paint. Still haven't painted. But hey, it's another weekend. :).

Enjoy.


Dianne von Furstenberg's Bookshelves.
Sorry, I don't know where the pics are from. Vogue?

Wine Room Riddling Racks

Ok, so still contemplating painting. Can you tell I hate to paint, ok I like to paint, just hate getting started.

Anyway, found these amazing riddling racks via the book "Downtown Chic", by the Robert and Courtney Novogratz, you know them from 9 by Design.

Back to the amazing racks. I am sure they are vintage, antique, and super expensive.

Now, to figure out how to make these. I need these in my wine room.

Also, in the wine room, we are doing a hanging door, we started that project a year ago, we really need to finish. Now hanging doors, ie barn doors are everywhere.

Can't wait to finish and post pics.

Stretching T-shirts on Canvas - Artist Harry Fonseca

I love art. Always have. I ran across this Coyote Cafe t-shirt featuring art by Harry Fonseca, an artist I admire, (he passed away a few years ago). I always loved his Coyote series. My favorite piece of his was "Rosie and the Res Sisters", and a lithograph series he did of Coyotes eating Cotton Candy, can't remember the name. Anyway, that got me thinking.......Could this be cut and stretched like canvas on stretcher bars? It would make a wonderful piece of art.

Currently it is for sale in my Ebay shop, atticroute66. I also have a Picasso Lady in Yellow, it would be fun stretched too.

Thanks.

Camping Cots - Beds - Coffee Tables

Years ago, wish I could remember when, there was a photo spread of Paul Mitchell and his lovely wife at home. In front of their big windows looking outside was an old fashioned camping cot with a feather bed top and a yummy blanket.

I really wish I had saved that pic. Anyway, in looking for some extra lounge type space I recalled that pic I had seen years ago, and went looking. I couldn't find it, but I did find a great idea from Martha Stewart using a camping cot. Use it as a coffee table with trays on top. How great would this be in a small house, then if you needed extra sleeping space, you are ready to go.

I love this idea. Must find somewhere to use it.

Two images below from Martha Stewart. Hey Martha, I don't Ipad or Ipod, but I would love an App to get your mag online, on my HP. Would love it. Just a thought.

Image below is a cot from Wally World (Walmart) for less than $34. I may need that for my guest room, so I can nap.

Cots, fun and functional.

It's Complicated Kitchen Garden

Still contemplating doors. :( Sorry, can't get motivated.

But, now I am contemplating a kitchen garden like the one in the movie "It's Complicated".

Lot's of work, not sure. Hmmmm.

Doors Again!!

Saw this photo today and it totally inspired me. You see, I have these 2 old doors that I have wanted to repaint, and they are kind of uneven, and sag. This old door is also uneven, see the bottom, yay, I am not alone, oh and I totally love the color.

Above photo via pinkwallpaper.blogspot.com, Mialinnman.blog.

My old ugly doors below, they originally were a blue/black really deep and have totally faded over time, oh, and the dog did some damage, he passed away several years ago. I really need to do these doors.

The other outside door. Doors are really in need of a paint job.

I am thinking of having them match the house. Maybe that would minimize the look of the non matching doors, although they are quite a bit apart.

I feel spring in the air. Now, do I feel like painting?

Great Finds - Eames Style

Found this great table at my local Goodwill. It was a song. I mean a song. Ok, $9. So, how could I pass it up. Totally clean, no smell, just perfect. So perfect, I passed it along to my lovely daughter and her boyfriend, and it sits below their mail slot, and looks fabulous.

Love it. A little piece of retro in any room is great.
No burns, no stains, nothing, just totally perfect.

Happy hunting.

Tutu Desk -- Tulle Desk -- Made!!

This Black and Spiro desk is the one that started it all. I love this desk, and Lauren if you are reading this I would love to make one for you. ;)

Anyway, love this desk.

I have been using this old wicker 2 door cabinet in a room that sees little use except for printing, and exercising. It is ugly. It has been around for 15+ years, and was originally brown, painted white a few years ago. It has held, TV's and everything. When it held TV's I had a thick piece of glass cut for it that I have left on. It is a little rickety but it serves it's purpose. You can see from the back that I cut a place for cords.

But now it is a desk.....

Ok, so it is really ugly.

Having been inspired by Black and Spiro it is now a white tutu desk. I love it. This is the view as I walk by this room and it makes me smile.

How can you not smile. The red bag on the floor is for computers, but I use it as a cord keeper, it keeps the clutter down.

I kept the glass and left the wicker top. I like it that way, and can put pics under if I want.

I left the back side open, because I need to open the doors, and I use it as storage.

An old chair I put padding and stapled fabric to.

The other side of the room is for exercising.

Yep, more exercising and storage. Old houses, small closets.

No pic tutorial. I just took some broadcloth from the fabric store and cut/hemmed to size. Then double the amount of tulle, and cut the tulle into 6" strips. Then bunch and hot glue every 4" with 1" of hot glue. Then, honestly, staple gunned it to the top, where the staples would be hidden. Super easy.

If you could sew, you could sew it and it would probably be faster than hot gluing. But, I don't sew.

I have to say it again. I love it.