My favorite act of decorating desperation thus far was Domino's suggestion to gather all of my scattered bathroom supplies on a pretty tray and set it out on the counter for cute, easy access, which totally revolutionized my life:
My grandma gave me this rad, Pucci-esque tray a couple years ago, insisting I use it to serve my guests cherry cordials, but toothpaste and moisturizer are more my style. My guests are welcome to help themselves to a Q-tip. 
The whole set-up looks great with my framed portrait of Alexander Hamilton in the corner there, which just so happens to go great with Domino's recent article promoting federalist-inspired style. (OK, honestly, I had the portrait up before I started grieving Domino, but I think I can still use it to bargain.) Anyway, thanks for the great tips, Domino! I'm off to order that custom-made $25,000 china cabinet you mentioned, so I'll see you in my mailbox in a couple weeks, right? Right?!
23 comments:
love the post, and your bathroom looks great! :)
I need a Q-tip ... will be dropping by.
Wow. You mean to tell me that having three large medicine cabinets strewn with personal grooming products and devices ISN'T the Domino-approved way? Fascinating.
LOVE that portrait! I think now I'm gonna have to have an image of Ben Franklin gazing at me while I primp in the morning...
The tray idea is so cute and simple that I don't know why I never thought of something like that before. It looks great! Obviously Domino was a wise, wise magazine. I never read Domino, but I think I might be with you in mourning it....
Oh Domino! I too am mourning the loss of it's fabulousness... and the money I paid for my new subscription right before they announced their untimely demise. But they did send me a picture frame (my ordering gift) as a final goodbye... I will treasure it always.
haha, i love the alexander hamilton portrait. that seems so random.
i miss domino already! it's such a shame, where will i get my interior decorating fix now?
The bathroom tray is a great idea i should probably borrow from you.
also, i'm loving the pictures of the dress-up birthday party. spice girls and a pile of clothes can liven up any party!:)
I do that too! And no matter how haphazardly I throw stuff in there my bathroom counter area always looks pretty well organized. And it is so easy to clean the bathroom when I don't have to move 500 items from the counter- I can just throw them all onto my handy tray. GENIUS.
I am mourning Domino hardcore, especially since it was those pages I turned to after the demise of my all-time favorite "how to live your fabulous life" magazine, Blueprint. Blueprint was a Martha publication and she just never figured out how to market it to the right demographic (sadly, fabulous 20-somethings are generally not home during the day to watch the Martha Stewart show) and it went under less than 2 years after it started. I still have every issue.
So that's what brand of toothpaste you use eh? :)
I love using little trays to group stuff together. I have a tiny dish that's supposed to hold sushi soy sauce and is now holding the pairs of stud earrings I wear all the time, and a larger tray that groups together my lotions, cleanser, eye makeup remover, etc.
It's all about the Hamiltons, baby.
(ps, that tray is awesome)
I thought _I_ loved Alex, joining his page on Facebook and all, starting an "I heart Alexander Hamilton" club at the middle school I teach in, loving ten dollar bills as I do--but I don't have his PICTURE in my house! I'm such an amateur compared to you!
But it's the combo of Alexander love and Domino grief that compels me to write. You have a soul sista here in San Diego. Glad I've kept every issue for the past three years...
I love that you have a framed photograph of Alexander Hamilton in your BATHROOM.
I may steal that tray idea from you/Domino.
Much classier than my current system of using an unused mini-fridge to house such items
So cute bathroom!
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Your grandma gives some great gifts.
Sarah- I miss Blueprint too! I think I miss it more than I will miss Domino- had a subscription and everything. Which they replaced with the sucky Martha Stewart Living. Okay, it didn't totally suck but it was NO REPLACEMENT for Blueprint. I don't need to know how to make flower arrangements for my intimate gathering of 50. I need to know how to make my own napkins with iron-on transfer paper!
Like flies the magazines
are dropping.
I'd never even HEARD of Domino until now - I feel very deprived. I'm scared about how many publications are going under. I have an unhealthy love for magazines.
Your bathroom is so clean it makes me want to go back home right now and clean mine, dang it.
Alexander Hamilton is indeed the foxiest of the federalists. Love it!!! I need to just get down to it and frame a $10 bill.
Kitty-
I paid for my subscription right before they folded, too! That was salt in an open wound!
Sarah-
I know! Blueprint was AMAZING!
Heather-
Yeah, the tray thing is really helpful in my quest to pose as a clean and organized person. I can round up all my crap on a tray and voila! I'm neat!
lisa-
Yep, you caught me. I'm an arm & hammer girl!
anonymous alexander hamilton soul sista-
I shall come to San Diego to join you in grieving Domino and we will buy kleenex to cry into and pay with $10 bills and it will be glorious!
genevieve-
New favorite quote: "Alexander Hamilton is indeed the foxiest of federalists." hahahah thank you for this amazing comment!
Love this idea! I think a little basket would work, too.
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