For Friends and Posterity...

The countdown is ON! 36 weeks always feels like such a milestone to me.



Yesterday I discovered that self-portraits are impossible to take. Also, I found out at my doctor's appointment that our little princess has decided not to flip yet. The stinker is still hanging out feet first! I'm not worried about it. If anything, it gives me hope that I'll squeeze a few more days out of the duration of this pregnancy. As excited as I am to snuggle her when she does come, I know that my life will turn upside down shortly thereafter!

In other news, I bought two car-fulls worth of furniture yesterday for $15. Not joking. I love my Wednesday auction! Here's load #1. Load #2 is getting picked up this morning.



Lots of stuff for clients, some stuff for my home and even more stuff for my basement. Just cuz.

Also, I'm leaving town today and as a result posting might be a little lighter than usual. I promise I'll be back in full force after Thanksgiving, rested and ready to knock your socks off!

Have a great weekend!

Adorable Aqua and Red Nursery

I have been so drawn to aqua and red color combos lately (here and here). So of course, I loved seeing this adorable nursery Cara emailed me about. She wanted to share her fantastic results with my pelmet box tutorial:


The fabric is Alexander Henry's Country Cross Stitch (available at JoAnn's and at Purl SoHo). The red trim is 1/4" bias tape.

The wall color is Baby Bird by Porter Paints.

The crib (and not pictured dresser) are from Wal-Mart's Baby Mod line, which I've used in other client's projects before. I love the furniture line and so does Cara.
Cara found the adorable vintage chair for $10. It was in pretty bad shape when she bought it!


She had it reupholstered in Fabricut's Bonomi Chevron in Sky.


Doesn't it look comfy and perfect for a nursery?


The two pieces of art on the wall are from Etsy sellers. The Stay Calm poster is by sfgirlbybay and ASL poster is from TwoSarahs.




The toddler bed was a $30 resale shop find. Cara sewed the adorable pillow and quilt on the bed.


The white bookshelf is from Target (here's a similar one). Cara hodge-podged some Martha Stewart paper on the inside back to give it some color.


And check out this mini quilt! Isn't it adorable? Apparently there are plans to make a whole wall's worth of different mini-quilts! WOW!


Great job, Cara! And thanks for sharing your beautiful photos!

Delicate Moulding

For those of you interested in trying the frame project I recently posted about, might I suggest stopping by your local AC Moore craft store for some of this moulding?


I spied this little display today and wished I had known about it a few weeks ago. The strips are thinner and more delicate than the decorative moulding pieces available at Home Depot and Lowes. $1.99 for a 24" length.

Think of all the frames you can fancy up...

Low Bed

Hi friends! How was your weekend? I'm building a bed today. It's just another Monday at Pearl Street!

I was originally thinking of a big, curvy upholstered headboard for this room, but I then I revisited my "Bedroom" files and discovered these two images that feature a low upholstered head and footboard. I'm in love.

Source unknown - Norman something?

Design by Timothy Wealon

I found a vintage crate bed at a used furniture store, complete with a solid wooden headboard, footboard and side rails. The height is a little off, so I am building up the head and footboards with some wooden slats before I upholster the whole thing in this really cool tapestry fabric that I got at my local discount fabric store.


And don't you worry, there will be lots of nailhead trim for good measure.

I'll be sure to take lots of pictures for a tutorial later. You guys are going to flip over this bedroom!

Channel Back Chair...

This vintage channel back chair was my favorite price (F-R-E-E) at the furniture auction last week.


It is really well built and has the softest down cushion imaginable, which my very pregnant body appreciated after a long day at the auctions.


The fabric is in bad shape though, so new upholstery is in the chair's not-so-distant future. Trouble is I can't decide whether or not to ditch the channel design. Would you believe that I couldn't find a single channel back chair in my design files? Obviously this style is not super en vogue, but can it still be considered chic?

Either way, I want the new vibe of the chair to be modern and spunky. I'm hoping for something as cool as this red-trimmed striped number from Erinn Valencich.


What say you? Rock the channel or go for a straight back?