Thursday, October 22, 2009

What's A Servery?

The vote is in! My Modern Creole room made it to the next round thanks to each and everyone of you! The next vote takes place on October 26, and y'all know I will give you a heads up ha ha.

In the meantime after all the color we saw at Apartment Therapy's Room For Color Contest, I thought I'd post something pale. In my search, I came across these images, and forgive me, just did a little cut and pasting today.

I guess you can say, you've been served! In a good way of course!

Thank you again my gentle readers, friends, fans, enemies, Face Book friends, family, and most of all Alberto for helping me make it through another round of voting.
That's the good news - the bad news is that you will be asked to do it again!

And now for the burning question of the day: What's a servery? Is it a made up word? No it is not! Read the official definition HERE and see more images.


From Martha Stewart: The small dining room can be accessed through the double doors in the servery. The space includes freezer drawers for storage, plus an ice maker and warming drawers for entertaining. Two dishwashers ease clean-up, and the marble floor can be vacuumed and washed with a damp mop. The wall color is matched to the cupboards, and the gentle, cool tones make a cohesive whole of many diverse features.

See how clever storage, fine materials, and surprising details make this space shine.

Martha did not want the cupboards to look like ordinary built-ins, so she designed a pair of long counters with marble tops; on one of them are glass-sided cabinets. They look so light and keep the area very airy in appearance.

Here is a view of two of the islands and the ovens behinds them, looking into the kitchen from the servery. It's where Martha sometimes has breakfast.

The office functions as a media center. There's a large-screen television for watching programs and DVDs, plus a computer, printer, and scanner for email, projects, research, and accessing recipes. Several small cubbies hold messages, paper, and supplies. At the desk, you'll also find telephones and a Sirius satellite radio.

A very well-used part of the kitchen is the cappuccino counter; there's the grand machine and two grinders -- for regular and decaffeinated beans -- for fresh grounds. On the machine, Italian cups stay warm, and everyday dishes and the like fill shelves.

Martha keeps a vintage juicer near the deep vegetable sink, where she rinses and preps produce. She has a few paper towel holders around the room, and old enamel brackets with milk-glass shelves hold kitchenware. The windows let in sunlight, which at times is tempered by translucent shades.

And one last burning question: Is a servery the same as a butler's pantry?

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The Polls Are Closing Soon - But You Can Still Vote!


Three hours left until the polls close for this round of voting in The Room For Color contest at Apartment Therapy!

Go HERE to vote - Pleeeeeease!

This is some crazy contest! I don't know how politicians do it!
One morning I saw an innocent post at Apartment Therapy, and took some photos of my most colorful room, my office. I was half asleep and in my pajamas, and didn't make too much of an effort to style the photos. I did it as a lark, a fun little thing to be part of the blog community.
Lo and behold because of all of you I made it to the next round.
And if you go HERE you can see the chart of the next rounds to come!
This is worst than intramural high school sports!
I have been begging you all to vote for me, and if I make through tonight, I will have to continue to grovel for votes.
The prize is a good one - a trip to New York, and you all know how much I love my old hometown and how often I miss it!
So I'll be up for awhile watching the returns come in.
Thank you all who posted for me today: Brooke - Velvet and Linen; Jenny - My Favorite and My Best; Girl World Decor; Renae - Renae Moore Designs; Nathan - Laurel Street; Mitchell - Optimism and White Paint; Kwana - Kwana Writes; Emily and Lauren and the girls - Material Girls; Caroline - perch.; Joni - Cote de Texas; Fifi - Fifi Flowers.
Sorry if I don't do links - all of them are on my blog list - I'm just worn out from all of this excitement!
And thanks for the dozens of e-mails I got today, and all the comments too!
And thanks to my campaign manager Alberto for working Facebook, and our mailing list!


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Brackets: South

Round 1

Winner Apartment_098_rect540_square72
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Voting Ended
on 10/20

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Voting Ended
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Voting Ended
on 10/21

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Voting Ended
on 10/21

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Viasul Vamp! Vote Now
until 10/22

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Vote Now
until 10/22

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Voting Begins
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Voting Begins
on 10/22


Round 2

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Voting Begins
on 10/23

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Voting Begins
on 10/23

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Voting Begins
on 10/26

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Voting Begins
on 10/26


Round 3

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Voting Begins
on 10/27

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Voting Begins
on 10/27


Round 4