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Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
WHADDABOUTTHISONEINPLUM?

PS great site, Maris - I can see where alot of my money is going to go here soon.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 6:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Goddess, Join Club O!!!!!!!!!!!! I bought all my sheets there, my duvet covers, you name it, that is my first stop.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
a little tuscan arwork?

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?keywords=mediterranean&CART_ID=87618440&PAGE=ENDECA

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh I love that summer wall tapestry. Thanks yall, great ideas. I have Overstock.com bookmarked. :-)

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oops, link didn't work. i'll try again

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 6:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
http://www.homedecorresource.com/html/bednbath/medbed.htm

the above shows a bed with rounded edges. if you do decide to make one yourself, you can go w/o the squared sides. plus fabric instead of paint on the headboard. if you do decide to make a bed, i can get dh to help you. he made us the most beautiful platform bed (with drawers underneath) and a beautiful headboard.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Home Portfolio

Go to 'home' or 'find products' or 'select a category' --tons to browse through!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 7:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh my, thanks for the links Abby and Hp! Abby, send your dh this way in a few months please. :-)

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 8:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maris joined a club to get the Big O??????

I didn't know ya had join a club for that

Very cool thread Mojo!!!! My bedroom is aubergine, I think yours should be too!! Very royal and queen like!

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 9:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mocha, I just sent you an e-mail. It's an e-mail I received today from Macys.com. They had some great bedding items in aubergine. Designer items are on sale, but still a bit pricy. Just thought you might like to look at the items to get some ideas.

Hope you get it. I didn't know how to post it here...so just forwarded the e-mail to you from my e-mail.

Hope you don't mind.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 10:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
p.s. mocha,

you really should just wait 'til you get back from vegas. then just use a portion of your winnings to let the designer handle it. :>)

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    

quote:

Oh I love that summer wall tapestry.




If you used that instead of a headboard (although I didn't look to see how big it was), you could do three walls in a nice rose pink, and the accent wall in egg-er-aubergine. :-)


Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol good idea Abby and I got your email, thanks. Lol Pamy. Interesting Prisoner. Or if I can find some fabric like that scene.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 7:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just making a note to myself,

sari material
parchment paint technique

Graceunderfyre
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01-21-2004

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 9:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ok so if I can be a bit nosey - as I'm looking for stuff for the update I saw this thread. . .what are you doing to do with those things?

If you mean sari material like what I wear there is no such thing - it can be made out of whatever the heck you want to use - I have silks, chinasilks, lace, cotton. . .my hs grad saree was just lace that you would use for a curtain from the fabric store. There are only 2 requirements I know of for the material, that it be wide enough to be tucked into your waistband and reach the floor and that it be 6 yards long.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, April 01, 2005 - 7:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sure Grace, and I thought about you last night too after I had this brainstorm. I did some googling and found a few sites that sold material to make the sari's but they were very expensive. Sooo one of my good friends suggested ebay and they have alot of lovely material that I can afford. Long story short, I think the material is gorgeous and I want to make some curtains and bedding out of it. Granny has so graceiously volunteered to do the sewing for me cause I can't sew on a button to save my life lol.

I don't have a definate color scheme in mind cause each material I look at I want lol. But it does have to go with the lamps I posted above. I also have to do something pet friendly but haven't figured out the mechanics yet.

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-21-2004

Friday, April 01, 2005 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
:-) aaaahhhh I got you! Well in that case - you don't want silks for your bedroom, esp. with boys in the house. The really thick silks are VERY expensive and none of it washes very well. When they are in the form of curtains or bedding, I'm sure you can take it to the dry cleaner, but most Indians I know wait to take sarees home to India because dry cleaners have a hard time with the silks.

Pier 1 Imports actually has a lot of stuff that is either made in India or very similar to it. I've gotten all sorts of pillows and shams and things like that over there. Also, Target/Walmart have a couple of designs for bedding/curtains that I have thought about buying. I should tell you that my bedroom is purples & reds Indian motiff, the only things that are actually from India besides the hangings on the walls is a comforter my mom made from a cotton sheet she brought back (the under side is frog flannel). Also, we've been collecting for our Living Room - it's going to be a traditional palace parlorlike room - the city my family mostly lives in hosts the Indian Summer Palace - so I've got pictures of it that I took for painting murals on the ceiling and walls. None of the furniture was bought in India - most of it is either from antiquing or The Bombay Company. I've reappolstered with material I bought on sale at either Hanncock Fabrics or JoAnn Fabrics - not sure it's been so long.

One thing I know, is JoAnn Fabrics is having this great sale right now where all sorts of awesome fabrics are $4-$12 a yard and some of it is very Indian. A lot of it is. When you are looking for fabrics that are pet friendly - keep in mind that most Indian fabrics are shocked with dye. So they will run the first few times they get wet - I have so many outfits that turn my skin whatever color they are when I sweat. So if you are afraid of them getting wet, it may not be a good idea.

Can I make a suggestion for your room? When I was a kid, my mom took the fabric she used to sew my curtains and bedding and made a border for the top of the walls with it. I think she made sure there were no strings hanging but didn't finish (hem) it because it was up so high nobody could see. She dipped the cloth into liquid starch and then she stuck it onto the wall. She used her hands to press out all the air bubbles and then used a hair dryer to hurry up the drying process. It stayed up on my walls for the whole 5 years we lived in that room. I don't think we did it again, but I know it was on their solid. I'll bet that would look nice with your sconces and lamps if Granny does end up sewing for you.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Friday, April 01, 2005 - 9:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh I love Pier1 Grace!! And thanks for the ideas, keep em comin lol. And I've seen that the thick silks are very very expensive but soo beautiful. I've also found some gorgeous fabrics on Ebay that I'm going to keep track of, especially the ones they have in bulk. I like the border idea too.

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-21-2004

Friday, April 01, 2005 - 9:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mocha - in our first apt. I used sarees for all my curtains. None of them matched exactly because why would I own 2 that looked exactly alike, but it looks pretty cool from the outside. I used chinasilk sarees which my mom and I bought here in the States. I paid between $10 and $20 for each of them and I know I've seen them for $5. You just have to figure out where your Little India is. Thus far, I've found the one in Toronto, CA and the one in upstate NJ are the best. There is also a traveling saree show that goes from hotel to hotel across the world that is super good. I'll have to see if I can find their website so you can see when they'll be in your area again.

If I could have, I would have registered for our wedding at Pier 1 & The Bombay Co. - but I don't think either one had it at that time.

Suitsmefine
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07-29-2002

Friday, April 01, 2005 - 9:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
there sure have been alot of people in Mocha's boudoir lately.....LOL!
I love the ideas you have come up with so far, Mocha....You lucky gal!




Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well while I still try to figure out the boudoir I decided to tackle something else. I was taking Angel outside to our back plot and went thru the patio doors. The icky old cheap verticals have got to go. Some of the thingies are missing and I'm just tired of it. So #1 and I did the measuring and I'm going to hope Target has some cheap yet durable curtains. Here are the before pics and yep my basement is a mess lol.



Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 10:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't know why those nasty things were even invented! They fall apart, look bad and are just plain in the way! LOL
Good luck. Do you have a Linen 'n Things or Bed Bath and Beyond near you? They have a good seleciton also.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 10:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Exactly Texannie. And yes we do, both so I'll check them out too, thanks.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hate those things too. Looks like a nice day there!