Mission Accomplished.. A Boat , A New York Apartment, A Beach Cottage....

Before Christmas I was hired to pull together a condo for a client that sold his house on the Isle of Hope and moved to a condo  on Tybee Island. His long range plan is a farm house and land but for now he is creating a "nest " for work and a place for his grown children to visit. He had been doing some serious pondering and had so many pictures and art that were very  important to him. His goal..a boat..an apartment in New York..and a beach cottage for his girls.
I am all about "surround yourself with the things you love" and make "your home ...your style".
 In my opinion, cookie cutter design is boring. It takes making it personal to makes it wonderful!!!!
I met with the client and he shared the research and limited budget.


WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO ?.............................Save him money..Pick out paint colors... ..find places in his condo for 70 pieces of art....and get it done  before his children arrive on Christmas Eve.

I took a deep breathe, divided all the art and prints into categories and took off to shop in the "tiny budget mode".

Can I just say..the design fairies understood my situation (not   to mention I had NOT done my own Christmas shopping) and I was able to accomplish the mission. We still have his own bedroom , a great back splash for his kitchen and a few odds and ends to wrap up. We are planning a visit to his storage unit to see what treasure are waiting for us.

what luck finding the great neutral down filled throw pillows.....

the throw was on sale and added a punch of the color that seemed to be in most all of the prints and photographs of New York

the old school desk is a family piece

the children's desk(when they were small)  complete with their glitter graffiti  .Used it as the night stand.

all these old hats were his fathers hats.....

the painting on the right hung in his mother's  hallway for as long as he can remember.......

I love this one especially

his collection of different ship  prints and the old photographs of New York 



his father was in the ship building business



we needed to removed the screens and wash the windows.....

Clean windows are one the most underrated parts of  good design............

the paintings , the shutters and chest were part of his "stuff" we put to good use.

found these fun throw pillow to work with the awning stripe shams from my store.http://janecoslick.myshopify.com/collections/accessories

love this.....and hung it... art project that had survived the years!!!!!

              Home Sweet Home...for now...

Emmaline's Birthday Surprise!!!!!

Anna called me to help create a birthday surprise for her niece's 13th birthday. She painted an old sleigh bed the color of her favorite scarf

The guys brought the bed and mattress up stair to what had been an empty off white bedroom...walls and carpet.................

She want to create a fun bedroom ( we had three hours) for Emmaline as a surprise. Of course she had IRONED the beautiful white sheets and pillow cases and the room had the beginnings of  her magic.
Her other inspirations were 2 beach house blue pom pom euro shams, a fun sock monkey with polka dots and stripes and a yellow green fan. I walked in with a green scarf and and an eggplant jacket on and  I was perfect for the room.....color...color ... and more color!!!!!



the soft freshly ironed sheets................



Anna knows I am ALWAYS up for creating fun and happy spaces. (especially for a surprise)  We had such fun making this room for Emmaline. We took off to my storage unit and my office to pull and dig and grab some pieces for the room.

The Isle of Hope table, The Jellyfish Table, and The Luscious Little Table from  my on line store janecoslick.myshopify.com were thrilled to be included. Some of my "I dont know why I love this piece so much" storage unit treasures together with  things we pulled and grabbed and pondered (for 10 seconds or less) filled Anna's car and my truck.

the monkey looks thrilled at his  seat on the new pillows ..............

a vintage piece of string art (a gift from one of Anna's friends) had all of the colors plus some....................

The Luscious Little table in key lime parrot green and some art from the wall of the office...pondering fabric but a wee bit short on time...............

the monkey likes it here too!!!

a funky shot across the bed into the sitting nook

the jelly fish table in beach house blue worked great with the shams

Looks like we succeeded in creating a " Happy Place" for the birthday surprise................................

Even the pup seemed to like the room..............

a visitor feels right at home.....

she also dressed for the space...............

Happy Birthday Emmaline!!!!!!!!!!



A good time was had by all!!!!!!!



OK................The Photos

Not sure what happened ..me or the machine....nothing would upload. New post.... new outlook.. and thanks for all your great energy. I can't believe how great my "shrinking" is working.
I have always believed ..."surround yourself with the things you love"...I have decided to ROTATE them because I do not have room for all of the things I love....at one time.

sorry about the cord showing....all photos are the real thing!!!









Removed the closet to the left of the bed....(who needs a closet)...... so the bed can center on the wall........in anticipation of my funky merry go round headboard. The sunshine streams in to the room to warm the winter soul.





White uncomplicates it all.

Throw pillowsTarget(last summer). Euros Ralph Lauren . Homegoods..lime green throw pillow( last year). Pinecone Hill Blanket(yummy soft cotton polka dot security blanket...) Using what I have .. works for now. Blanche Nettles Powers is the artist.http://www.blanchenettlespowers.com/. She is a wonderful artist and good friend.  Will be filling the walls in this room with several of her pieces. 





The security guard!!!! Love palm tree textures ..Camp Palm Tree is coming to life.!!!!

a few things that make me very happy.................

my favorite bowl.. my favorite vase.. and the amazing jdvintage.net/   art who creates wonderful art from shells and old  bottles .

zinc beveled glass.. I love prisms and these pieces of vintage beveled glass create amazing prisms  when the sun shines through.. On the window sill they go............

Moving to Camp Palm Tree...................

You 've heard..."Next to death and marriage...moving is the most stressful thing".
Next week it happens!!!
Of course the cottage isn't ready and I have 2000 square feet of furniture to move in to 621 square feet...( not to mention my clothes, my pink bike and my 4 cats)
The closet is still wet with paint and old footed tub has not been refinished. I had forgotten that the bottom was still rough where someone had tried to clean it with muricatic acid and pitted the bottom.
First thing on the list tomorrow morning...call a professional.




Here is the security guard. I just love love love palm trees!!!!

 






It is definitely a happy place..I give it that much. I am using what I have until I can dig deep into my storage unit to find the 65 or 66 favorite things I own.( that will pretty much fill up the cottage) The serious problem with that is..."I love it all so much and I enjoy my things". I am a serious treasurer hunter and right now my storage unit is full and my office is full and my truck is full. My favorites are on loan to friends who need styling and in my other shed on Isle of Hope(that may turn into a cottage at ony moment..but not this month)
When I sold A Bohemian Cottage in September I left it full of furniture that I love and miss . The new owner loves it as much as I so it's fine. I have been restoring and furnishing and designing and creating for years. ....and leaving favorite things along the way.



I found this photo Richard leo Johnson took 12 years ago looking into the living room dining room and kitchen. I scanned it to share.That man is so talented !!!!





HATS for the sunshine....where is that sun screen? It is going to be 78 degrees today and  I will be walking the beach pondering my future. Sometimes there are bumps in the road of life and I need some time for some serious pondering!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

               

 Wish me luck . I will share some photos of the process.........

The Christmas Gift of a" Bellamy" and a Happy New Year!!!!

Happy Belated New Year and here is the Photo of the Christmas gift of  Bellamy art!!!!!! I love it that you wanted to see the gift.

. I would have been back sooner but my computer has been sick and at the doctor!!!1 I got it back yesterday....

It was perfect and they loved it. It worked with their beautiful furnishings and finished off the room beautifully!!!

I love what they have done with their home . The great ottoman came from Habersham Antique Galleryhabershamantiquesmarket.com The coral was from my mother's collection and the silver tray was/is mine. My  mother and I bid on it at Wexler's Auction house in Washington DC. When we got home I could tell it  had to been a Butler's tray. I used to serve things to my guest and always wanted to have it engraved.... "The Butler died". It was so heavy and could I only dream of the world of Butlers...
I live in 640 square feet and this  tray is 3 feet wide.....Scaling down is not always easy but as long as the things you let go of go to a good home..it is less difficult.
I began my journey in a 3000 square foot house( where the tray lived) to 640 square feet my new home!!!!( Not much room for much!!!!)

The Bellamy Rooster was the other gift for their kitchen. They are starting a collection of roosters.......

This Bellamy Oyster was a wedding gift from her to them. It is unique in its colors and looks amazing in their house.It pulls out all the great colors in their home. 

On the Happy New Year note .. I got to visit with my good friend and  buddy "Putty" on NEW YEAR'S DAY and eat collard  green for money  and blackeyed peas for luck .

Is that a beautiful face or what!!!

Happy New Year from our house to yours!!!!!!!

SIMPLE BUT IT MEETS OUR NEEDS!!!!! ( feral cat colony at my cottage )