Feverish Pink

I was painting with my daughter yesterday. Her room, which she has waited eons to transform from a perfectly adorable apple green and fuchsia to an in-your-face lime, and the aforementioned Feverish Pink. With a generous dose of zebra stripes thrown in for good measure.

She's 11, going on 17. She plays soccer, sings, and likes a boy. She has academic ambitions and dreams of pop star fame.

For a little while longer, her dad and I can give her most of what she wants in life. So he hooked up her very own pc, in her newly created computer nook, and I gave her zebra, lime, and Feverish Pink.

She did have to help, though. And she rolled the paint on with such an expert hand that even I, the pro, was impressed. If not for the obnoxious color choice, we might not even have needed a second coat!

Truth be told, I can't wait to slap that second coat on, just so I can move on to installing the silver curtain rods I picked up at IKEA for 75% off, and hanging the silvery satin and fuzzy zebra panels I sewed for her today. Photos of the whole endeavor will be forthcoming.

Later on, Linnea might very well say "Feverish Pink! What was I thinking?". But for now, it's her dream come true. And if her mom has anything to do with it, she will have her dream room. So that later on she can say, "Feverish Pink! I can't believe you let me have Feverish Pink, and lime green, and zebra stripes! Thank you, mom!"

Changes

Wow, I'm so proud I made it back here before a full year had passed since I last blogged... This blog has been one of those things I meant to get around to, but something always seemed to come up.
Cheryl and I have been junk partners for a year and a half now. During that time, we have grown a friendship that I'm sure will prevail, no matter what other changes occur in our lives. We've gotten to indulge our junk habit (okay, feed our addiction is more like it), nurture our creativity and expand our horizons. We've learned how to back up a trailer, and set up or break down a booth in under 3 hours.
But now The Cottage Junk Co. is taking a hiatus while we both pursue other aspects of our professional and creative lives. We hope to be able to take the Cottage Junk Co. in fun new directions in the future, and for now, we will be junkin' here on the blog and on our website (sorely neglected though it's been). You will hear from us again soon.
Rikki

Girls' Day

Recently, The Cottage Junk Co. took their show on the road - all the way to Fort Worth! Cheryl had planned the ultimate Girls' Day, including lunch at Joe T. Garcia's fantastic courtyard (see picture above).
Believe us, it was a working lunch: After spending the morning junking and gathering, our wheels were turning like crazy! Topics of discussion included a gorgeous blue-and-bronze fabric we had just laid hands on, some good junk that followed us home from Canton (including our first-ever bed-to-bench conversion, made possible by our carpenter Hunky Steve), and what find was awaiting us around the next corner.
Well, we never did find that fourth chair to round out a mismatched set that will be featured in our booth for the June market, so we did what junkers do: we found another solution. In this case, the solution was sitting in Rikki's living room!
One of the perks of junking for a living is that it has a tendency to spill over into your home and your life. We know, when we have the knee-jerk reaction "I want this in my house!" that we're on to something good. Right now, Cheryl is babysitting a Bergere chair we just treated to a new finish and upholstery job, and Rikki is coveting a blanket box with a beautiful worn white / heavily distressed finish. Both pieces will be in our booth, so go ahead, break our hearts - take them home!
Another perk is getting to have Girls' Day once in a while! It is necessary in order for us to keep bringing you the good junk and unique furniture that is The Cottage Junk Co. signature style. We scour out-of-the-way places and secret spaces to bring together a unique look for your enjoyment and inspiration.
So if it brings us the same enjoyment and inspiration, that's a good thing, right? And if you spot us at the Cheesecake Factory, giggling over coffee and two shared slices of cheesecake, it's safe to assume we're hard at work, bringing you more good junk and inspiration.

Happy junking!

Cheryl & Rikki