Hip Update

Here’s something to keep in your handy file of Tips That You May Need One Day:¬† When recovering from hip replacement surgery, do not go up and down the stairs five times in one day. Gee, how did I learn that?

Actually, I’m coming along nicely. But the process is far more boring and annoying than I had anticipated. Basically, you are allowed to lie in bed. Period. Trust me, anything you can do in bed, such as watch entire seasons of shows you thought might be good, surf the net, you name it, gets tiring quickly.

Hence, my thought that, since I was feeling pretty good, that it might be a good idea to have a bunch of friends over for lunch. FAIL!

While everything is good and my new, bionic hip will soon have me prancing in high heels again, I am hoping you’ll bear with my limited posting for a bit longer.

The project so far

In the meantime, I’m spending today making my son’s Renaissance mask for his Romeo and Juliet segment of English. All from bed, don’t worry. I’ll post a the completed project later. It completed design involves chicken bones.

At least I’m putting my design talents to some good use! But this brings me to a non-design related pet peeve which we can all share in….

Keep me company today by posting your own rant-comment on how many times you or your child, was given a school project that is clearly meant for the parent to complete. Tri-fold science displays in second grade? Dioramas depicting Pre-Columbian life in fifth?

Fire away.

Design Hole is 2!

Happy Birthday to Design Hole! It’s two years old. My, how time flies. Speaking of old age, my hip recovery is coming along fine. I’m still a bit blithery and I’m constantly battling my desire to give in to the urge to test things out just a bit more than I should.

Just A Quick Note

I thought you’d like to know that Jennifer’s surgery went really well. She’s trying her best to follow the doctor’s orders and not go up and down the stairs more than once a day. Thanks for your emails and kind thoughts. She has some guest posts planned and they should start in a couple of days.

Hip replacement is not for faint of heart. Fortunately, Jennifer a tough and determined cookie.

She also asked me to pass along that she recommends The Duchess for great interiors and costumes. She liked Rickie Gervais’ apartment in Ghost Town.

Thanks again for all your messages.

High Heels

“High heels, high heels, high heels.” This has been my mantra the last few days as I’ve been preparing for surgery tomorrow. In about eight weeks I will once again be wearing high heels. Forget about the pain being gone – one has to set one’s priorities. I think I really need these Missoni pumps to help me recover (tiny hint to Misterarthur).

I’ll also be able to devote more time to Design Hole, which I’m very anxious to get back to full time. Here are some things to look forward to:

A Hallway Transformation

I’m in the midst of an exciting hallway project – a complete transformation. I’ll be writing about the project in a series of posts – moving from design inspiration, hiring the contractors, lighting to paint and artwork. I hope to give you a new appreciation of what interior designers do – where we get our ideas, find painters and make creative decisions. I’m using Benjamin Moore’s Aura paint for the first time and am looking forward to writing about that, too.

Design Dilemmas

I’ll be restarting one of my favorite series – Design Dilemmas. This is a chance for you to send me your project and get some free advice. So start thinking about what needs sprucing up and send me those photos!

More Rooms – More Trends

I’m planning on adding more topics featuring photos of rooms. Red rooms, blue and white rooms, rooms that depict a trend or show ways of hanging artwork. A picture paints a thousand words. You’ll see lots more examples that you can use for your own homes.

Everyone loves to know what’s up and coming. I’m hoping to be recovered enough to attend this year’s Salone in Milan. And ICFF in New York. Both are in the Spring. At any rate, I’ll be writing a lot more about new products, new trends, and whether they’re worth following.

In The Meantime

I won’t be posting tomorrow, but Design Hole will be back on a daily posting routine by mid-week next week. I have some great guest bloggers who’ve written some fantastic posts. It’s always fun to read a different point of view. So be sure to check back every day to see what’s going on.

So this is Jennifer signing off for a few days. Just think of me wearing my high heels.

Design Hole News

As most of you know, I’m going in for a hip renovation in a week. I was born with something called Hip Impingement, which I would never have known if I hadn’t chosen to be athletic. That’s enough detail. Suffice to say that I need a new hip.

Anyway, I’m going to be limiting my writing for the next few weeks. I have guest bloggers who have written some great posts I know you’ll enjoy. I’m not going away! But I need to get through this brief bump in my road to design world domination.

Thanks for your patience and undestanding.