About Me

You may recall Domino Magazine. They had a decorating contest and because of you, my dear readers, I won!
It was a HUGE honor and flattering and I got my 15 minutes of fame along with 10k!
I won for my bedroom renovation which I had planned for and saved for.....forever.

 My name is Catherine (I am liking "Cat" right now) and I am still a full time lawyer in San Francisco and probably will be as long as I can because I got to pay for Pooh's college (see below).  I became a lawyer because I was a very poor teacher, didn't know what to do next, was dating a lawyer so why not?

I dabble in redoing, designing, painting, fixing, anything creative or I would go nuts.

Lately I have been seriously considering selling everything, buying an RV and visiting every major and minor league ballpark in the country. Plus I would get to "redo " an RV.  I would drink many martinis. I love baseball and kind of fancy myself an older version of Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham.

I have a daughter who is in college. She is known as "Pooh" (one of her childhood nick names) in this blog.  I cannot give you her real name or your would immediately go to Facebook and see pictures of parties in my home I never knew about and other college escapades I do not want to know about. I love her to death. For 18 years I couldn't wait for her to leave home. Now I miss her to death.

In this blog you may hear  about other things. I may be in a bad mood. I may be sarcastic (more likely then not).  I may be sad, boring, ranting, amusing or just plain fabulous. I will misspeil words, not know a source, disappoint, leave out a link, and make many mistakes. Please forgive me in advance. I love "forgiveness in advance".

Please leave comments. Feel free to leave comments about anything. Ask questions. Email me (cgoldie123@aol.com). Link me. Tell me about exhibits, blogs, DIY, color, articles, from anywhere around the world.

In case you have not noticed I am a COLOR freak. I soak it up and cannot get enough.  Nothing can change your mood faster and bring you peace, excitement and loveliness like color.

And my advice for all you dear readers out there who want a change in their decor or want to create something is Just Do It and it doesn't have to be perfect.  Yup, just like the Nike commercial. I can't think of a better way to say it. Corney I know. 

First try just rearranging your stuff. Then find some fabric you love be it an from an old tablecloth, the salvation army, or a fancy designer.  Hang it on the wall, frame it, glue it to a chair, sew a pillow case. Just do it and it doesn't have to be perfect.

Paint a wall, a piece of furniture, a frame, slap on some trim, glue up some molding, re-caulk the bathtub (not my favorite but you cannot believe the difference!). Just decide on one thing and just do it and it doesn't have to be perfect. Believe you me I have redone a redo more times then I remember.

DEDICATION
"Just doing it" I learned from watching my mother (picture coming) who died when I was very young. I watched her paint and recover furniture, paint rooms, sew beautiful dresses and smock (are you kidding! who does smocking anymore), make fudge and take us kids all over the place by herself. She did not seem scared of anything and just did it.  And this was in the 50s my friend!
And this blog would not exist without my brilliant, beautiful, loving, hysterical, and fabulous niece (pictured above with her equally fabulous Boo). She started this blog (or it never would have happened), pulled me out of the doldrums many times and her insights are invaluable.  I love her to death. (she is a shrink and go see her cause your life will change)