ready, set, SHOP! (m21 on OKL)

just a matter of hours until our tastemaker tag sale drops, so please join moiself, Marianne from Haven & Home, Kelly from Kelly Market, Caitlin from Sacramento Street, Marisa from Style Beat and Camilla from Effortless Style, as we rock your style world.  getcher credits cards out and ready, because  it's gonna sell out fast...

here's a few sneaks of what i'm offering:

since we have almost 7 whole hours 'til 6pm PST/9pm EST when the sale starts, you can warm up for it a bit by visiting one kings lane's live.love.home blog to find out a few fun facts about the personalities behind the tchotchkes!

behind the glamor: a CA home + design "small space big style" showhouse update

the california home + design magazine "small space big style" showhouse opens to the public in 3 weeks, and this is the state of the bathroom i'm designing:

now if i hadn't done construction before, i'd probably be sobbing hysterically right now, and calling it "small space, big bummer", but honestly, whenever construction is involved, you've got make it ugly before you can make it pretty, so in reality, things are humming along just fine. my shiny new tile from walkon tile and specceramic is on site, the custom wallpaper i designed with black crow studios is being printed, plumbing fixtures from snyder diamond are en route and the warner brothers studio facilities cabinet and furniture shop is making me some special goodies, so we should be good to go on september 14th. oh, don't get me wrong- it'll be a nailbiter right to the finish, but hey, that's how construction projects roll, and somehow, through the dust and the chaos, beauty always emerges...

i must admit, i got a tad worried onsite today today after seeing how far my second floor design-mate, Molly Luetkemeyer, has come with her rocking mezzanine office/lounge, but molly patiently talked me down. ok, she really didn't talk me down, but she did make me feel less stressed by making me laugh and laugh and laugh. it's a good thing her mezzanine office/lounge and my mezzanine bathroom aren't middle school projects or our teacher totally would have seperated us for talking too much with our neighbor... love that molly loot!

molly loot getting inspired. remember when pinning meant this, not something you did on the internets?

so remember, the showhouse opens to the public on september 14th- be sure to join the cool kids up on the second floor, where it's gonna get loud!

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GREAT NEWS! PUPPIES WERE ADOPTED TOGETHER TO A LOVING HOME!

neighbors of mine found these adorable puppies wondering in the middle of the street this past sunday. both were wearing brand new collars, but no tags or chips, so we suspect they were dumped. they are two little boys, sweet as can be, and estimated to be maybe 8 weeks old. they are some sort of smallish dog mix (chihuahua/corgi/lab?), so we don't think they will be more than small-medium dogs when grown, and are already learning basic commands like "sit".  they are adorable little sausages, and can be adopted as a pair or singly.  please share this post far and wide so we can find them loving homes!  contact me if you can help them out!

ps- again, this is not a adoptable pet blog, so please don't send in pet photos, but you know i have a weakness for our four legged friends and my neighbors can't keep these little tykes, so i promised to help out as much as possible. thanks for understanding.

the dog days of summer

it's getting hot in hurr

so let's shave off all our furrs

two great tastes that go great together! (one kings lane & maison21)

save your shekels!  m21 will be selling some fineries from the atelier on one kings lane on august 23rd, in a group sale along with some other amazing design bloggers: stylebeat, effortless style, kellymarket, sacramento street, amber interiors and haven and home; so many diverse blogs and divergent design points of view, so we promise something for everybody, and at every price point too!

mark your calendars for august 23rd and we'll see you on OKL!