This Request Goes Out to Shelly and PVE

Several months ago, during an open house, Babe and I seized the opportunity for a peek-see inside one of the homes we had been admiring/stalking down the street.

I became instantly obsessed with the beautiful paper they had covering all their books and the following morning slipped their cleaning lady a properly written note begging for insider info regarding the materials used. I was pleasantly thrilled when one of the men of the house called me within 30 minutes of my covert operation and generously gave up his trade secret.

My little project would require an X-Acto knife, a cutting mat and a 36" ruler for cutting precise lines.

And rolls and rolls of vellum all of which were found at Pearl Paint.

My new acquaintance Paul was lucky enough to have one of his assistants in NYC do all the labor. I, on the other hand, could not keep my help from laying down on the job.

So I called on my old high school book covering talents (minus the doodles of polo ponies and Madison Clark's initials) to get the job done.

I won't lie, it took me weeeeks...

And, naturally the dénouement was much more striking in Paul and Eric's floor to ceiling built-ins...

But, j'adore how it dressed up our little Parsons shelf. And, all my toiling has paid off in compliments and drools received from friends and guests.

Kindness of Paul Sinclair and Eric Berthold for so generously sharing their design secret.