Fab Faux from the Faux Museum

<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFC2Wqw1JS_qLUH0umOA0wWHgMbY0UdmkqC0sy3uD55oW8PD_DjUaA25L5x8uY5KLR1sASS6NKXCgOUDNCwYHsBjGKbUBkb8VNEnduBgnNBez1eU_JIy-ySVZWROE1Psw1EokqdycBByhg/s1600-h/FauxMuseum-aboutus-BOD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFC2Wqw1JS_qLUH0umOA0wWHgMbY0UdmkqC0sy3uD55oW8PD_DjUaA25L5x8uY5KLR1sASS6NKXCgOUDNCwYHsBjGKbUBkb8VNEnduBgnNBez1eU_JIy-ySVZWROE1Psw1EokqdycBByhg/s320/FauxMuseum-aboutus-BOD.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A few weeks ago I received a nice big package at my post office and inside were a collection of "faux" art frames by the <a href="http://fauxmuseum.com/">Faux Museum</a>. These classically inspired frames are made from sturdy mat board and arrive flat. Simply fold up the sides and attach with the black tape strips provided and voila - an easy and elegant frame! They having hanging hardware on the back and also come with a small mat board easel to prop them up. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4029598350_227d627809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4029598350_227d627809.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My favorite is definitely the Rustica Frame based on Northern European style of the Flemish and Dutch Renaissance trandition. The faux work is quite excellent and it really does look like a rounded wood<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">frame, versus just a flat piece of board.  <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3535/4029598548_f6a8495870.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3535/4029598548_f6a8495870.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, as you can see, flat as a pancake!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4029599178_5152286d87.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4029599178_5152286d87.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a closeup detail of the Florentine frame.  <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2451/4028845357_5ae7e9c4d8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2451/4028845357_5ae7e9c4d8.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Currently, these pop-up frames are available at The J. Paul Getty Museum and on their <a href="http://fauxmuseum.com/">website</a>. The prices are really quite reasonable - between $9 for a 2-1/2"x3" frame and $50 for a 16"x20" frame.  A pretty nifty little giftie, I would say. <br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a><br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">tweetmeme_url = 'http://yoururl.com'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Fab Faux from the Faux Museum

A few weeks ago I received a nice big package at my post office and inside were a collection of "faux" art frames by the Faux Muse...

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Linda's Kitchen: Inside the cabinets

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqhpjSue3vNmgld-lXwa0POiQ514Btgdkc0QAJbuwP2gwhWOyLixcHHPiCfnZtVbAkIcXcjFmmbUzWRkG99kWipygGdCDdobbAcLZHbFl2sIbiKb7Sc7R452S52liROry3DEIUZ29_pVK/s1600-h/KDRS807SSS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqhpjSue3vNmgld-lXwa0POiQ514Btgdkc0QAJbuwP2gwhWOyLixcHHPiCfnZtVbAkIcXcjFmmbUzWRkG99kWipygGdCDdobbAcLZHbFl2sIbiKb7Sc7R452S52liROry3DEIUZ29_pVK/s200/KDRS807SSS.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br />As I <a href="http://chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/2009/10/lindas-kitchen-its-not-pretty-but-its.html">shared last week</a>, we have removed all the cabinet doors and all the hardware from cabinets and doors to prepare the cabinets for painting. We got one set of cabinets primed and this week, while I was supposed to be continuing the priming job, I decided to try out the paint color that I've selected, which is Farrow & Ball's Cooking Apple Green.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/4023302875_61a89a9b17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/4023302875_61a89a9b17.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /></div>Isn't it pretty? My absolute favorite color, ever! And I'm putting inside the cabinets. Oh, and on the ceiling. My kitchen cabinets are not, as I've mentioned, very high end, to say the least. They're a combination of nasty knotty pine on the outside with paneled back walls, and particle board side walls and shelves. Hard to paint, but I think two coats of primer followed by two coats of paint will cover it up well enough.<br /><br />I decided to upholster the particle board shelves with burlap, rather than paint. My thinking is that it will be quicker and easier. Oh, truly, it's not quite as quick as I'd thought, I only got three done today. But still definitely quicker than painting several coats of paint!!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/4024061724_0827577354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/4024061724_0827577354.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /></div>And so, before I've finished actually priming and painting, I'm already putting in the covered shelves and styling... See what happens when a decorator is left to her own devices in a DIY project? We get distracted by the pretty!<br /><br />My volunteer staff, aka my pal Rob, had today off. He's turning into a slacker as that's twice in one month!! Really, I am just kidding. I could not do this without his kind help, giving up part of nearly every weekend for the past almost two months.   I finally got him to pose for a photograph. Here he is in his own kitchen at his weekend house on Cape Cod. I was shooting his house for a story I'm writing on it. He's totally my Ty Pennington!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/4024060626_6055e7302a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/4024060626_6055e7302a.jpg" /></a><br /></div>So, this is a pretty exciting week in the kitchen saga (nearly two months, getting scarily close to saga range!!!). I am going to be picking out my new kitchen appliances!<br /><br />I have mentioned before that my blog is now part of <a href="http://www.nehomemag.com/">New England Home magazine's website</a>. My kitchen makeover has become the focal point of this new partnership and I can now announce that the third party in this relationship is <a href="http://www.ferguson.com/index.shtml">Ferguson</a>, a kitchen, bath and building showroom.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ferguson.com/index.shtml" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.ferguson.com/images/logo_ferguson.png" /></a><br /></div>I'll be visiting their showroom on Friday to work with them to select my new range/oven, range hood, dishwasher and refrigerator. So exciting! I'll have a blog post on that process next week. Very exciting!! Am beginning to hope that I'll have it done by Christmas!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a><br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">tweetmeme_url = 'http://yoururl.com'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Linda's Kitchen: Inside the cabinets

As I shared last week , we have removed all the cabinet doors and all the hardware from cabinets and doors to prepare the cabinets for paint...

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The Skirted Roundtable - On the FTC, Bloggers Endorsing products and disclosures

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/3026007275_d70fbf771f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/3026007275_d70fbf771f.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><br />Last week at The Skirted Roundtable, we talked about the new FTC Guidelines for blogger's endorsing products and disclosures of freebies.<a href="http://skirtedroundtable.blogspot.com/2009/10/endorsements-disclosures-and-economics.html"> You can listen to our podcast here</a>. <br /><br />Here is an<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/fashion/15bloggers.html?_r=1"> interesting article</a> in the New York Times on the subject.  Some bloggers will be publishing their formal policies on the subject, and others are scoffing at the whole thing - after all, how will it be regulated? <br /><br />I am not sure if I will be publishing a "formal" disclosure policy, but for now I will say that if I post about a product that I've received gratis (whether for review purposes, or as swag at an event) I will always say that I received it gratis. I never write a post for pay unless I clearly state that it's a sponsored post (which I've only done once) or is a post about one of my sponsors, all of whom are clearly showcased over there on the right. I've been asked to do it, and I never will. I'm a capitalist and a firm believer in making money, but I'm also a firm believer in honesty and openness and maintain those convictions here on <a href="http://www.chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/">::Surroundings::</a>. <br /><br />So, take a listen to our <a href="http://skirtedroundtable.blogspot.com/2009/10/endorsements-disclosures-and-economics.html">podcast</a> and let us know your thoughts!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a><br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">tweetmeme_url = 'http://yoururl.com'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

The Skirted Roundtable - On the FTC, Bloggers Endorsing products and disclosures

Last week at The Skirted Roundtable, we talked about the new FTC Guidelines for blogger's endorsing products and disclosures of freebies...

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