Sitcom Style

I picked up this book at the library today. It has some awesome pics of TV sitcoms.

This kitchen is from 3rd Rock From The Sun.
Carrie Bradshaw's Sex and The City bedroom and entryway.
Check back for more photos.

Images from Sitcom Style ISBN1-4000-5178-9 2005 by Diana Friedman

Sleepless in Seattle Houseboat

I know it's been blogged about many times before but Tom Hank's Seattle houseboat ranks among my top picks.

There is a great post about this house and many other great movie/tv houses on http://www.hookedonhouses.net/. Be sure to check it out. I have a feeling that I'm going to be spending a lot of time there.

image from www.hookedonhouses.net

Favorite Set Designs

Due to a lack of home projects right now, I thought I would post a few of my favorite tv/movie sets. The set of a movie is just as important to me as the movie itself.

This apartment of Leonard and Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory) is one of my current favorites. I could seriously live in it. Love the leather sofa, the books, and all the scientific props located throughout the apartment.

Image from www.bigbangtheory.com

Dining Dilemma

I dream of having a set of matching chairs. I mean, is that too much to ask?

I don't want to get rid of the table. It was my grandma and grandpa's. Every holiday meal was shared at this table. But this dining room doesn't exactly scream...hip, urban couple live here.

The Pottery Barn catalog does nothing to help this discontent. The tables are all set perfectly for entertaining but if I really stop and think about it...it's a perceived lifestyle. I could replace my furniture and I still would not use it. It's not my lifestyle. We would still eat in the living room 99% of the time. It's just the two of us and with our crazy schedules, it just doesn't work for us.

In the five years that we have been in this house, we have used the dining room ...maybe five times.

In our Florida condo, we didn't even have a table and chairs unless you count the patio furniture. We had a breakfast bar with stools and didn't really even use that. A girl can dream but it's hard to justify the purchase of furniture that would never be used.

I have even thought about re-purposing the room for something else but I can't figure it out. The room is placed between the living room and kitchen so it's just a pass through between them. Any thoughts?

Vintage Valentines

Amaryllis In Full Bloom

My mom gave me this kit from Smith and Hawkin for Christmas. I got it started Christmas night and now it's in full bloom.

Amaryllis: Also called the Belladonna Lily.

Stop Making Sense

How I ever let Talking Heads slip into the recesses of my mind, I will never know. I loved them so much that I forced (perhaps forced is a little exaggerated. Begging until she relented might be more apropos) my mom to take me to a midnight showing of Stop Making Sense in Manhattan.

I thought I was the coolest because the movie had not been shown in Ohio yet. It was definitely worth almost getting mugged on the way back to the hotel after the movie. Thanks to that, I had bragging rights for quite awhile among my outcast cast of friends. I digress.

Over the years, Talking Heads, were pushed to the side for new things (foolish me). Anyway, Psycho Killer was featured in the movie "Julie and Julia", albeit it was sung as "Lobster Killer" by Julie's husband, and hearing it again brought it all back. I am officially re-addicted. After 25 years, it's as cutting edge as it was then. Wow, unbelievable but it really has been that long ago.

Find all things Talking Heads here: http://www.talking-heads.nl/

Farm City:The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter

Novella Carpenter has a menagerie at her farm that includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys,rabbits and pigs. She doesn't live in the country or even in the burbs but makes her homestead in the middle of an Oakland ghetto. Her tales of urban farming are intriguing, hopeful and at the same time, brutally honest. It's a must-read for anyone interested in the slow food movement, organic gardening, urban homesteading or to those that just dream it.

Be sure to check out her website at: www.novellacarpenter.com