Wherein the author enumerates and illustrates the five warm bodies that inhabit the Laurel Street cottage. You may consider me a model of self-restraint that I have waited over a year to post pet photos – I just thought you all might like to see the supporting cast!
Ella, Louis (aka 'Louie') and Sister; Richard, Louis & Ella (with Lobsters); Ella & Louis (Cat Surveillance); Ella!!!; Ella & Louis in a pillow sharing situation.
Louis on the (now totaled) green sofa; Sister!!!; Richard & Louis Thanksgiving morning, 2004 - pre-Katrina.
Sister holding court on the green sofa; Richard, Louis & Ella - cooking lesson; Richard in Napa, Richard & Nathan (that's me!) at Gloria Ferrer vineyard Spring 2009.
But even better is this 3 minute video wherein Web site vistors are shown the overall level Laurel Street goofiness (filmed right after move in, 2006). A happy, crazy canine family.
How do you like the new place? I was feeling kind of cramped in the old laurelstreet.wordpress.com, so a few months ago I started to slowly pack things up for the big move to LaurelStreetBlog.com. I underestimated the amount of heavy lifting and schlepping, but the good new is today’s moving day!
Scrapbook fodder.
I only spent one half of one Saturday morning designing the old site (that’s not a lot of time)… and since my old condo board (I mean Wordpress.com) had all these crazy restrictions on what I could and couldn’t do with the design of my own blog, plus there were about to press me for more maintenance fees – well, see Fig. A.
Figure A
So I’m inviting you all over for coffee and cake at the new place immediately. Old bookmarks will still take you here, but if you follow along with me on an RSS feed, I hope you’ll update it to my new FeedBurner address. Just click here to add Laurel Street to your RSS reader du jour (I still use Google. They own me.)
There’s still a few boxes here and there, but the door is aways open – come on over!
As traditional as my home is, I think I could find a way to work one or two of these into my front parlors. I love that they are at once modern but give a nod to the flourishes and embellishments of calligraphic script from the past (or a traditional fabric pattern – I can’t decide which is the influence here). Either way, I love them.
These stylish fireplaces are a product from a German company called Redwitz. These units are kinder to our environment than wood-burners as they only use bio-alcohol to add the romance of flame to a room. They don’t even need to be vented – just hang one on the wall.
Mazzetto blanco by Redwitz
Blanco Close-up
Mazzetto blanco
Mazzetto Nero
Nero Close-up
Mazzetto Rosso
Rosso
And they also make a round fireplace which I also like very much:
And despite the fact that 1/3 of the way through the whole project I thought, “You know, somebody out there does this way better than you. Find that person!” I am actually happy with the pillows.
I also learned a valuable sewing lesson. Do not combine plaid pillow construction with [variable] glasses of red wine. You [...]
This Cherry wood dresser was part of my childhood bedroom furniture set. It came out of my Grandmother’s attic when I old enough to have my own room. It’s from the 1930’s or 40’s and it wonderfully made – dovetail drawer joints – and it has seen me through many moves, many different apartments.
I know you will want this (I know I do) to protect your laptop with style. It’s like a trompe-l’oeil case for your computer! Each is handmade from leather and no two are exactly alike. These come via a company called Twelve South and while they are tailored for Macs they will fit many PCs as [...]
I know I do. And it all started with these glossy black doors:
Everybody loves this San Francisco house from Elle Decor – funny but one of the things I admired the most were the glossy black front doors. The hardware and center knobs are beautiful too… but that’s not what got me thinking about pulling [...]
Someone did say it and I made out like a bandit, despite the whole needle/haystack situation – $7.00 a yard!
I’m glad I persevered sorting through a mountain of remnants, though I had to do a bit of strategic misdirection against a couple of sexagenarian ladies that were eying my toile rather competitively. I’m totally kidding, but those girls did [...]
I get inordinate pleasure from little things – often inexpensive – around the house.
My duvet is from Restoration Hardware (not inexpensive, but worth the price as it gets washed every week due to frequent canine traffic and comes out of the laundry beautifully wrinkle-free).
But I struggled with their Euro shams. I didn’t want them too ‘matchy [...]
Welcome to the blog! It's all about cooking, gardening, design and DIY in, out and around our 150+ year old cottage in New Orleans. Since the house always has something going on with it (or falling off of it) I'm blessed with a never-ending supply of Web content to share. Have fun!
Welcome to the blog! It's all about cooking, gardening, design and DIY in, out and around our 150+ year old cottage in New Orleans. Since the house always has something going on with it (or falling off of it) I'm blessed with a never-ending supply of Web content to share. Have fun!