Some Findings

Much of my weekend was spent perusing ideas for my house.

As much fun as it was, I am also left with a sense of frustration.

You see, I have become rather fond of a couple of fabrics that I would love to use in my home but they are very much out of budgetary reach for me.

First, is this gorgeous floral fabric, Misia, by Manuel Canovas.

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It's only available 'to the trade' which means that only a decorator can get their hands on it.

Not that it matters because the fabric is $400 per yard!

And, no, that second zero is not a typo.

 But, my very most favoriteist is this Schumacher fabric that I am seeing everywhere in the bloggersphere:

Chiang Mai Dragon in aquamarine.

It's like a Chinese rainbow of awesomeness.

And it would literally go with EVERYTHING in my house.

I want it real bad.

Again, it's only available to the trade.

Unless you find it online for "cheap."

(And yes that was sarcastic.)

Because it's still $140 for a yard.

That's a lot of clams.

Bleh.

Do you know what I could buy with $140?

A whole bunch of other cool stuff.

Like a yard of this Duralee Ponderosa fabric for $25

AND...

a yard of this Robert Allen Latticescape fabric for $10

AND...

This red Parsons sofa table from my favorite thrift store for a mere $50

AND...

two of these brass lamps for only $50.

Yes the shades are ugly but I would still have $5 left to buy some black spray paint and I would spray the ugly right out of those shades until I had more money to buy some new ones.

It's good to get some perspective, right?

But I do still LOVE that Chiang Mai fabric!

À la vie et à l'amour

-Cortney