Heavens Waiting Room - Palm Springs

i love it.  the old, the gay, the heat, the tacky, the stylish, the modern...  all of it.  when walker and i make it big, we are getting a house in palm springs.  PS is the perfect escape from this nastiness we call the nw in the winter (and fall and spring). 

we wanted to try something different so we booked the Ace. we moved after one night.  it was too hipster for us and we live in portland and own high top converse.  cheap modern rooms, everyone smoked at the pool, girls in jean shorts and boots (80 degree weather), the room next to us partying until 3...  The Ace made me feel taken and old and it bothered me.  the single libba at 25 would have been all over the it, the married libba at 28 wanted out. walker is grandpa-ish already (ask him to show you his running shoes), but way more laid back than myself, the ball was in my court.  we left and went back our staple.  The Colony Palms.  my waiting room.

i can't get enough of the restaurants and boutique hotels so we made an effort to try them all - in 3 days.   Parker, Melvin's, Copley's, Viceroy, Trio, The Riveria...  We ate, we sat by the pool, we drank, we rode bikes, we went on long walks and looked at ranch homes, we went on hikes, we had a great time.  i fell in love all over again - that was a lie.  i love him the same.  why do people say that?

love love love

some of the decor was cool

bubble tree

sunshine!

templeton bunny ears

bottom line - if you live in the nw, take advantage of the cheap flights.  your depression symptoms will thank you. 

Note - get to airport early.  it is tiny, but old people are slow and kinda dumb - no you still can't take water bottles through security... and those in wheelchairs are allowed to cut in line. jealous!

new bedroom

being married to an architect/builder is great.  however, unlike most men, he has an opinion on interior design (and clothes - it's weird).  most of the time it works.  however, our tastes are different, he =  modern, minimalist / me = all over the map, but doesn't want to live in a concrete box.  we have to meet in the middle on lots of decision.  the other night he told me the bedroom is all mine.  yes.  muahhahaha.  seeing this photo of kate spade's bedroom made me want to change ours.  this isn't the color scheme or direction i am going, at all, but it made me realize i want a change.

i do love the frames

currently, we have a platform bed (duh) and matching nightstands.  i hate platform beds, i dread making them, i sometimes wait an extra week to wash the sheets just so i don't have to make the bed up.  that was gross, but it is true.  first thing i want is a normal bed with a box frame and headboard.  i want walker to get a piece of reclaimed wood and make it, like this one.

can i get an A M A Z I N G?. via this bad boy is $5,600 - i got a guy (wt) who can do it for $600. tots awesome.

one thing i know we agree on and love is WHITE.  i love white walls, white trim, white dishes, white sheets, white decorations.  so fresh and so clean (thank you outkast).  so classic.  so over it for my sheets/duvet.  everyone does it.  I received a Kerry Cassill duvet and pillow covers from wt for xmas.  they are more girly than i normally like, but i love love love them:
          

 love the combination.  how in the fudge to you align three pictures on one line in a blog? 

light hardwoods, dark walnut headboard, colorful sheets, mirrored nightstands?  now i am stuck.  i have too

many looks. walker is going to kill me. 

clean. like the look. don't like platform bed. old brand new

to feminine.  like the nightstands.  don't like headboard. lonny mag

i am sure i will change my mind a few times before i do the bedroom (which won't be until the new house now)... i need to see the space before it comes together.  until then - this is what i got.

peace in Egypt.