tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post8617200393206725586..comments2023-10-10T04:20:19.314-05:00Comments on Mrs. Blandings: Everything I Needed to KnowMrs. Blandingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16347927058318098383noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-18009702243616265722009-01-10T12:11:00.000-06:002009-01-10T12:11:00.000-06:00This is great inspiration! I'm working on a wall d...This is great inspiration! I'm working on a wall display and am constantly looking for new ideas. Thank you for a great post!beauty commahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06969077232747267691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-48182712814785974712009-01-09T14:33:00.000-06:002009-01-09T14:33:00.000-06:00I am sooo coveting the chinoiserie lantern...just ...I am sooo coveting the chinoiserie lantern...just beautiful....great post!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171054999389018364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-71935465097398436242009-01-07T17:06:00.000-06:002009-01-07T17:06:00.000-06:00I have a bartender friend, ex-art school boy, who ...I have a bartender friend, ex-art school boy, who needed some extra cash so he got a part time gig pasting stuff for John Derian. Woah did he laugh at me when I'd fork over $80 for a plate to hold my keys (or nothing). "I used to make those things for $10 an hour." Paperweights I understand being simple, but the domes? That's really gotta take skill. Or be at least worth $15-$20 an hour.Hollister H. Hoveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01128979028209086149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-64163059666655192422009-01-06T19:26:00.000-06:002009-01-06T19:26:00.000-06:00I forgot to say the post is wildly creative! So co...I forgot to say the post is wildly creative! So comprehensive and very original.<BR/><BR/>I was caught up in the collective design unconscious thing :)Style Courthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034129367345351303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-50152284562901603752009-01-06T17:48:00.000-06:002009-01-06T17:48:00.000-06:00you are so right, i would say something like; "if ...you are so right, i would say something like; "if only it had another bird here and one right over there".<BR/><BR/>who says we can't improve upon perfection, even if it is only in our very own minds eye.<BR/><BR/>you are the best !Renée Finberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089653023972180206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-66813313596015234842009-01-06T15:13:00.000-06:002009-01-06T15:13:00.000-06:00Patricia, I would never have the time to do a proj...Patricia, I would never have the time to do a project like this b/c I'm so tied up ironing my linen napkins!The Peak of Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811933436075145329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-51440753326189040802009-01-06T11:20:00.000-06:002009-01-06T11:20:00.000-06:00I tried decoupage, too. It all depends on how shar...I tried decoupage, too. It all depends on how sharp the edges of your image are, how good your eyesight is and how steady your hands are. The rest is easy!Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-70523097316653167812009-01-06T10:47:00.000-06:002009-01-06T10:47:00.000-06:00Looking again at the Parish-Hadley print-room type...Looking again at the Parish-Hadley print-room type wall jogged my memory;<BR/>years ago, The World of Interiors had an article on a print room (or print rooms( and had an address for the frames and bows and all the accessories for a classic print-room. <BR/>It may have been the Victoria and Albert Museum but for sure, it was in The World of Interiors - a long time ago..bevglenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567555501403444820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-79753111734263961312009-01-06T09:22:00.000-06:002009-01-06T09:22:00.000-06:00Mrs B, this sounds like the time I practiced doing...Mrs B, this sounds like the time I practiced doing your silver leaf vine technique, what a mess I made of it! (not on the wall). However, two of my favorite botanical prints came from a calendar, I had them matted and framed, and voila! Love Gambrel's Powder Room! I have a friend who does amazing decoupage, I mean astounding. Some people have it ........you of course are one who does!Karenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-64502367319360683822009-01-06T09:12:00.000-06:002009-01-06T09:12:00.000-06:00Emily - my only regret is that my scanner isn't bi...Emily - my only regret is that my scanner isn't bigger as I would have loved to show the room as it is in the book. And while I could have used the "right" side of the page to show the paper, I couldn't give up the tassels on the lantern.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-921949075530689362009-01-06T09:06:00.000-06:002009-01-06T09:06:00.000-06:00Renee - you have to love a girl who would look at ...Renee - you have to love a girl who would look at that paper and thing, "It just needs a little something..."Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-42542242130965908662009-01-06T09:05:00.000-06:002009-01-06T09:05:00.000-06:00Debra - I think Megan of beachbungalow8 parents ac...Debra - I think Megan of beachbungalow8 parents actually did their basement powder room with New Yorker covers - fab.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-68779252406810311002009-01-06T09:04:00.000-06:002009-01-06T09:04:00.000-06:00Courtney - I was there yesterday before the post, ...Courtney - I was there yesterday before the post, I swear! Now I feel like a copy cat. Didn't that hallway turn out terrific?Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-43000460581417777382009-01-06T09:03:00.000-06:002009-01-06T09:03:00.000-06:00Patricia - now I want one of those bags. Your mot...Patricia - now I want one of those bags. Your mother is the best.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-80104584355939703112009-01-06T09:02:00.001-06:002009-01-06T09:02:00.001-06:00Joni - A girl after my own heart!Joni - A girl after my own heart!Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-67475115079511272002009-01-06T09:02:00.000-06:002009-01-06T09:02:00.000-06:00Susu - thanks so much. The little I know about pr...Susu - thanks so much. The little I know about print rooms could be held in a teaspoon.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-39965342825624481152009-01-06T09:00:00.001-06:002009-01-06T09:00:00.001-06:00Aria'z Ink - so glad you stopped by!Aria'z Ink - so glad you stopped by!Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-12464344841562591412009-01-06T09:00:00.000-06:002009-01-06T09:00:00.000-06:00Darling M - I'm puzzled. I don't know why this wo...Darling M - I'm puzzled. I don't know why this wouldn't have worked out as it sounds wonderful. I just read Haskell Harris's post and for her map wall she thought it worked better because the paper was thicker, which I can see. I wonder if your paper was too thick which created a heavier edge? The size of the scissor should not matter too much, so using larger scissors that are more comfortable in your hand should be fine. Durwin Rice "taught" me to decoupage through is book and he has a good reminder that if you need to cut into the image to get that tight edge it won't matter as you are gluing it down anyway. Also, the seal does help blend it together. It had to have been something technical as your eye is unerring, so I know it wasn't placement. Darn. I hate projects that don't go the way I want them to.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-17838525361260429092009-01-06T08:59:00.000-06:002009-01-06T08:59:00.000-06:00I am so thrilled you picked out this picture from ...I am so thrilled you picked out this picture from RR - it was the only one I commissioned for the book. Temple Newsam recently did a more authentic furniture plan, and insisted I use a new photo. <BR/><BR/>The idea of Lady Hertford cutting up this wildly expensive book seemed to me to capture the spirit of excess and over-the-topness of the Regency period.<BR/><BR/>Great post - makes me want to sharpen my scissors!<BR/><BR/>EEEEmily Evans Eerdmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434821015450147843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-16727667576421824732009-01-06T08:55:00.000-06:002009-01-06T08:55:00.000-06:00Victoria - This image is from Gambrel's previous h...Victoria - This image is from Gambrel's previous home in Sag Harbor (his current Hamptons abode is in the December issue of World of Interiors) which was originally published in Elle Decor, June/July of 04. It was a stunner.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-82878928660674517542009-01-06T08:35:00.000-06:002009-01-06T08:35:00.000-06:00this post is so fabulous.i think i could spend mor...this post is so fabulous.<BR/>i think i could spend more than a month in the first room.<BR/>they are sooo 'period'.<BR/><BR/>and the paper, how clever she is to improve on what i consider perfection. <BR/>chinoiserie !!!Renée Finberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089653023972180206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-26155363556510181932009-01-06T07:57:00.000-06:002009-01-06T07:57:00.000-06:00I love the powder-room. For years my husband and ...I love the powder-room. For years my husband and I have saved all of the quirky New Yorker covers. We thought we might use them in the powder room in our first home. We never did it- but still a fun idea!Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767701070804383829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-41923340133625413222009-01-06T07:11:00.000-06:002009-01-06T07:11:00.000-06:00In case you are interested:http://gardenandgun.com...In case you are interested:<BR/><BR/>http://gardenandgun.com/blog/diy-map-wallpaperStyle Courthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034129367345351303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-38631002275094984442009-01-06T07:06:00.000-06:002009-01-06T07:06:00.000-06:00I've always loved this room; I'm going to look fo...I've always loved this room; I'm going to look for the Ferdmans book!<BR/>I also am planning to make a screen with copy center enlargements - the outsized ones that architects use. I'm also imagining a dictionary illustration blown up to,say six feet high by whatever it takes. Or a room papered in blown up line illustrations of elaborately carved panelling. I love Kinkos!bevglenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567555501403444820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487945587083638331.post-16635510094021365572009-01-06T06:47:00.000-06:002009-01-06T06:47:00.000-06:00Haskell Harris just did a post on how she covered ...Haskell Harris just did a post on how she covered walls with map-printed wallpaper and Elmer's glue :)<BR/><BR/>The Newsam drawing room is one of my favorite parts of Emily's book.Style Courthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034129367345351303noreply@blogger.com