Thursday, January 14, 2010

Preppy in Philadelphia!

Hello and I hope this blog finds you all cheery in pink and green.
SC is just finished preparing my Socialites and Valentines Day notes for newspaper. Can't wait to share the article! I came up with truly brilliant gift ides.

Mainly I'm obsessed with my house right now. I've lived here for 8 years and it's time to do some redecorating! So I called my long time friend Barrie Spang over in Cleveland as I only trust her to pick out my wall paper. What do you think?


I don't know the brand but Barrie knows I'm obsessed with Scalamandre. It's a preppy toile with a beach home twist, since I live at the shore. BOATS! I'm going to do the entrance in the yellow and the neutral one in my powder room. Do you love? Then I'm going to have A Socialites at the shore ladies who lunch party. I'm so excited. Happy 1/2 birthday to moi!

The Philadelphia Home Show is in town this weekend. And I'll be visiting the ever so glam gutter guys (we have gutter and roof issues, I know not as fun as wallpaper but still a must). You can check them out here click


XOXO

SC

36 comments:

  1. Love the wallpaper! How can it get any better than boats and TOILE? They will be lovely in your home.

    xoxo

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  2. My wife mentioned something about heading over to the home show. We did the gutter things six years ago. The mrs decided on an aged copper thing with the guard so I didn't have to go on the roof to clean them. The best thing is with the lifetime guarantee when ever the wind has caused havoc on them I just call them up and they fix them. Have fun at the show I think I'll be working late in order to avoid.

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  3. Gutter guards are the way to go. That was one of our first exciting purchases, along with new shingles, when we bought this house almost 13 years ago. And I love the toile. There's a company that also does "local" toiles, like scenes from New Orleans, New York, etc. but I'm not sure where I saw it because it's been awhile. Possibly an old issue of Traditional Home.

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  4. Love decorating...love toile...love you! :)

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  5. I love that wall paper! So perfectly preppy!

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  6. Ooo, love the toile with a seaside theme! I'm sure it will look gorgeous in your house. Be sure to show pics of the final product!

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  7. Beach, seaside, toile and preppy, it just screams you! I can't wait to see what you come up with. Be sure to do the before and after for us. Ya know we're an ogling bunch of chicks!

    Have a great fun day O~Preppy~One!!!

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  8. Love the paper, can't wait to see it up.
    :-)

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  9. Wallpaper screams YOU! So gorgeous! :-) XOXO

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  10. Loving the boat toile! Please let us know if it is indeed Scalamandre.

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  11. I love home improvements and the shows are A-Mazing!

    Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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  12. Your wallpaper looks gorgeous! Thanks so much for your sweet comment on my blog.

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  13. I love your wallpaper choices. I'm a huge fan of toile. I used burgundy and cream toile to make centerpiece mats for my picnic wedding. I adore the boat theme for the shore! Have fun at the home show.

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  14. I love! happy 1/2 birthday!!!!! CHEERS! Michele

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  15. Oh I love it!!!! I have picked out a toile for my dining room and am just trying to find the time to have it done. So pretty!

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  16. Love toile... and this is just a wee bit different for your shore living!

    Happy 1/2 Birthday Beth!

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  17. I am in love love with that wallpaper!! Cannot wait to see the after of your little spruce up projects!!

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  18. I just LOVE the picture of you holding your book. Your house is so elegant. Is that a noble ancestor in the background. You have impeccable taste Beth!!!

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  19. I'm so in love with the fun wallpaper prints available. I can't wait to see what you do!

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  20. Oh, the wallpaper is so pretty. I'm not a big wallpaper person but I love it.

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  21. I'm loving the toile! Hope it turns out well. :)

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  22. I love that wallpaper! It would look odd in my NYC apartment, but for a house on the shore... could it get any more perfect?

    xoxox

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  23. Toile rocks and I love the color!

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  24. Love to decorate - starting our guest bathroom with a beach theme - bought a poster of the Huntington Beach pier in CA (near our Home) about 3 years ago with the intent to do our bathroom and well you just motivated me.. at least for today....lol I like the boats...
    Love to you.
    kelly

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  25. oh i love love love toile!!! i bet it's going to look really cute!

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  26. I love the idea of a *beach house* toile and your excitement is totally infectious! Think of me slaving over my long neglected closets. Wait. Actually, don't even go there. Just enjoy!

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  27. Love the darker one. It's bold but not too much so... why am I laughing over the gutter guys??

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  28. love toile.love Scalamandrae. love your blog. on the waiting list at my local lib to read social climbers! happy house redo!

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  29. V. cute wallpaper. Funny, we're hiring The Gutter Guys to fix a gutter here this spring, too!

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  30. Love them both.You just can't go wrong with sailboats.

    Always Bumby

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  31. I love the wallpaper you have chosen. And, I love that you are having a "Socialites at the shore ladies who lunch" party." Oh how I wish I was a socialite and lived at the shore...

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Talk preppy to me! xoxo