The Bomb.Com Update

I was sitting here trying to think of a way to say thank you again to all of those who joined me in my 100thPost/Birthday Celebration/Giveaway. Then it came to me! I would give you a partial tour of Chez Friz. I've told y'all before I'm a mutt when it comes to talent, but the one gift I do have is my friends. I've been blessed to make friends with some of the most creative people in the business. Two of these ladies you've met before. I did a home tour back in August and since that time, they have sold that house, bought another, practically gutted it and are now in the process of making it a showplace. They've gone for a different look in this home. A more pared down, grownup, sophisticated look and I love it. So this is my way of saying thank you to all of y'all for playing with me and to Liz and Fran for allowing me to use it as a back drop. If you're all settled in with your favorite beverage(def.: mar-ti'-ni), let's begin.I didn't photograph the whole house because we were so busy changing Sweetie Pie's clothes. ( Let me just add a footnote here.... Sweetie was a handful and a not an easy girl to get into the bathtub.) Sometimes I think I need a muzzle the way I can get off track. Where was I? Oh yeah, I just photographed the living area, dining room and one of the bedrooms. This is the buffet in the living area. I know...to die for, right?

Fran and Liz are going to shoot me for posting this photo. Liz and I didn't realize the vacuum was still out and there was just no way for me to edit it out. I tried David, I really did but then the effect of the room was lost. It has such a french salon look and feel to it. So shoot me Fran, it is still a beautiful room. Oh, but what a way to go!

Another shot of the buffet. To give you an idea of their talent, when I sold them this buffet, it was that awful, yellowy white you'll see sometimes. Then they got a hold of it(or as Cat Daddy would say, "they took aholt of it") and with paint and freehand embellishments turned it into THIS!!!

Liz has a sunny studio off her bedroom and I'll be taking photos of it the next time I am over there. This is just a part of her studio....just a part! Can you imagine? Are you drooling a little, my two favorite girls from Georgia? Get a kleenex and let's keep going.

I was standing in the hallway looking down to living area and I just clicked.

This is Fran's bedroom where Sweetie Pie, I mean I, was busy getting ready for the party. Nothing is safe from their busy minds. Even the chandeliers can be improved on by these two.

Isn't this just a lovely spot to sit and read?

Every lady should try and make room for a dressing vanity in their bedrooms. To me it is the ultimate luxury. It's just so girly. Who wouldn't feel beautiful putting makeup on here instead of the bathroom....or in your car driving down the highway. Don't give me that look, I've seen you!

I really don't need to say anything here, but because I'm me....I will! This is a room fit for a queen. Queen Trash, hmmm? I like the sound of that!

I love that they don't just do A chandelier. There are at least two in most rooms and in the living area, there are three. Again, not your everyday, garden variety types either. If it can be primped, they are all over it! The stock in prisms and beaded garland will never go down as long as these two have a breath in their bodies.

This was in their other house. It's a lighted musical/funeral/maitre d' stand they bought from us. Here it is just another beautiful vignette.

Peekaboo, I see you! Do you see me? That's the only thing about photographing mirrors. How the heck does one stay out of the shot?

This is a close up shot of their dining room table. They have a passion for religious items too, Ms. T.

Here is a corner of the dining room. They kept all the window treatments simple to allow the natural light to just pour in. That little church Liz got from me as well. It is a charming piece of folk art, all handmade. It lights up and the little stained glass windows are just beautiful. There is even a tiny bell in the chapel.

A final shot of the dining room and the piece de resistance! (I sure hope I spelled that right...I've been wanting to use that phrase forever!) Liz covered one entire wall in book pages, then glazed and sealed it. Isn't it Fab U Lous? Just no other words for it!

I hope you enjoyed the tour as much as I enjoyed sharing their talent with y'all. Like I said earlier, I'm just an ugly duckling swimming in a pool of swans, but you know what? I'm as happy as I can be with that. I'll close by saying to all my swan friends out there, a big ol' Texas thank you to you all for letting me hang with y'all!

XOXO