Shame On It

Or rather shame on me, because it took googling my own name + "kitchen" (in an aborted attempt to show Mrs. Meares some vintage love for her new fave color combo) to discover my pal Mary Kate Frank's amazing progress on her teensy studio apartment (before pic here):

Photos: Jessica Sokolowski for Time Out New York

 

She really went for it -- brava!!! Full story from back in October here.  Oh and promise I've got more up my bedroom sleeve than stripes, camp blankets, and jewel tones:

Photo: Jeff Hirsch for NY Social Diary

 

Remember those Brady Bunch spoof movies where Gary Cole as Mike Brady keeps proposing the same model of their split-level house for every project? Like a split-level gas station, fast food restaurant, and so on ... not the same sitchu here! MK and I are just kindred decorating spirits, and I will say she's the THIRD Scorpio gal I know to fall hard for that Schumacher monkey wallpaper.  What does it all mean?? I'll cross my eyes and stare at her Vasarely while pondering ...