Tour Eiffel

This is my last Eiffel Tower – I swear.  This one was too cute to resist though and look how adorably it came packaged.  I ordered it from Inspire Company and for a dollar extra I could have it gift wrapped.  Who doesn’t like a present?  So even though it was for me I had it gift wrapped and had a little card attached.  From me to me.

It’s going into my Paris room.  It’s not really over the top with the Paris theme – just a few Eiffel towers and my favorite – a picture of moi in front the the real Eiffel Tower taken circa 1969.  That’s me with the red coat on the right.

I try not to get to locked into a theme when I’m decorating – or be too timid either – just mix it all up.  I wouldn’t know how to describe my style – it’s a little bit of Rachel Ashwell, Trish Foley and my Mother all rolled into one.  I have an addiction to decorating magazines.  I lament the dearly departed Victoria Magazine.  Gah!  I loved that magazine.  Right now I read Cottage Living, Country Living and Country Home (I can never remember which one it is I like better so I buy both when they come out), Martha Stewart’s Living, Romantic Homes – which was fabulous, then their Editor Eileen Paulin (no relation) left and there was a year or two where the magazine went rapidly downhill.  Now under the tutelage of editor Jacqueline deMontravel they seem to be getting their mojo back.  I also like Domino and Home Companion. 

I like having an open door policy with the things that make it into my house – I’ve never cared for a house that is totally decorated in one style and one style only.  All Shaker all the time.  Or all Asian.  I’m sure for the people that live there it must be very comforting and soothing.  For me I like to rest my eye on a beloved object and just hope that in the grand scheme of things it works in my little abode.

Edited to add a picture of the room just so you can see it’s not dripping in Eiffel Towers.  I’m not entirely sure how it got the Paris room moniker in the first place.  I just bought the vintage chenille bedspread.  I’m going for Grandma chic in the room even though it doesn’t look like I’ll be a Grandmother anytime soon.  I just want it to look like the kind of room you would stay in when visiting your beloved Grandmother.  I have got to get rid of those stupid round little tables.  They were meant as a temporary bedside table and it’s been about three years now.  On my to do list – find nice bedside chests.  And the cliched Monet print – okay time to move on from that.  Sheesh – nothing like putting your house on view to make you notice all its flaws.