One Belle Avenue, Second Life

The home and garden sim, The Nest, is having a Gatcha Event this week! So many cute things are available! I had so much fun exploring the gatchas and exploring The Nest sim as well - some of the stores on the sim are participating in a Sidewalk Sale.

The Gatcha Event and Sidewalk Sale will end this Friday, September 9th, so get over there and get your shop on!

Barnesworth Anubis, 50L

Bitter Vanilla, 25L

Cheeky Pea, decals - 15L; Hanging Flowers - 45L

Cleo Designs, 70L

Clutter, 50L

Comfy Within, 99L

crackberry, 50L

croire, 40L

eklectik, 35L

fucifino, 45L

johadez, 30L

kusshon, 85L

La'Licious Designs, 50L

Mary's LL, 10L

meberry, 40L

nik naks, 35L

nocc, 30L

R(S)W, 65L

second spaces, 50L

Sway's, 33L

Tranquility Way Station Designs, 50L

What Next, 50L

Wunder, 35L

And by the way, Fucifino is in the Gatcha event and is participating in the Sidewalk Sale!  Many items are available for sale, at least 50% off!

I was just going through my Tumblr one day, browsing all the fun stuff that is always there, when I came across this house with these awesome windows. I just couldn't get over the windows. So, I closed Tumblr, logged into SL, and started building and stayed at it, until the next day, I was finished with the Paesano House.

The Paesano House is 187 prims, with custom sculpted doors, windows and railings. It has one large master bedroom, a back deck, perfect for some outdoor living, and a large living area with a menu-driven fireplace.

If you have been following my blog, you know that I like to decorate and that's how I decided to give you a tour of my new house.

Front of the house

The Entry Way

I used the Still Water Table and Art set from Cheeky Pea in my entry. The table fit perfectly beneath the window. It's available this weekend for Super Bargain Saturday!

Looking into the living room, with the fireplace

Looking out to the bedroom and back doors

A reading area set up in the bedroom

Making myself pretty

This makeup table is another item available this weekend at Cheeky Pea, as part of Project Themeory. It's called 'Getting Ready for the Party'.

Close up of the table

Where all the magic happens ;-)

The back of the house with the deck

The Paesano House is available now @ [fucifino].  Take a TP and check out the demo.

Credits:


Entry: 
blonde Potted Yucca
Cheeky Pea: Still Waters Hall Table
Cheeky Pea: Still Waters Art


Living Area:
[fucifino] Basic White Libreria
Cheeky Pea Canoe Shelf
Second Spaces SUYS Mismatched Dining Set
Cheeky Pea: Leftover Letters Table
Art Dummy!  love heals. (chair)
MudHoney Brooke Sofa - Texture Change
Cheeky Pea - Sofia Desk
Fluid Furniture - TeaTime Endtable
[fucifino] Golly G Coffee Table
La'Licious Standing Candle {Lg}
Barcode - Bay Branch
nocc. tulip flower pot_salmon pink
Little Boxes Wall Box
Awesome Blossom Potted Teacup
MudHoney Garment Frame
La'Licious~ Pitcher Of Flowers {Texture Change Vase}


Bedroom:
Art Dummy! hang your heart here (vintage chaise) ver. 2
LISP - Laptop  texture change - Rezz on floor
what next Pile of Children's Books
LISP - Glass Bowl of Roses - copyable
Cheeky Pea: Boho Stand Lamp
LISP - Activity Pouf  - Pebble 4
LISP - Floor Mirror with Lanterns White
what next Ciel Old Decorative Picture Frame
what next Ciel Small Photo Frame
what next Ciel Star Candle
what next Ciel Mini Heart Topiary
what next Ciel Wicker Basket 1
what next Ciel Ladder Shelf
what next Ciel Stool
LISP - Masala Chai Chandelier - touch middle for on/off
what next Summer Print #2
what next Justa Bear
MudHoney Madera Bed
MudHoney Telling Time End Table
Cheeky Pea: Getting Ready for the Party

Deck:
Cheeky Pea: Garden Hutch
Cheeky Pea: Cardigan Bay Deck Set

**side note** I know red isn't everyone's favorite color so I am currently working on a more neutral version of this house as well to be release in the near future

So today was one of my favorite events - Super Bargain Saturday.  I love the great mix of home and garden and fashion items. I tend to buy way too much on the weekends!

Cheeky Pea created a new house for this event called, Bella's House.



I rezzed it crazy fast and started to decorate!

First up, my favorite room in the house - the bedroom:

This room was so fun to decorate. I really liked the French doors that lead into the room.  Also, a little different was the window at the top of the wall instead of center. After a mini thinking session, I decided that I really liked it up like that.





Next on to the main room. I set up a living room on one side and a little kitchenette area on the opposite (picture and info will be shown later). This week, Awesome Blossom released for SBS a couch version of the Oversized Knit Chair. I love this!  It's so cozy!  It has some cute animations too - for singles and couples. But I will just show you the single because that's how I roll.



*A closer look at the Oversized Knit Couch. Also you can see the coffee table that La'Licious has out for SBS today.



So onto my kitchenette area, as I was going thru my inventory, I realized I need some more kitchen items. *adds to the to-do, I mean, to-buy, list*


And one more photo to show you the entrance into the bedroom:


To the left, I set up a little desk area.



This is such a cute house!  It's on sale for 60L today (and Isla usually keeps her sale items available the entire weekend).  So get this exclusive SBS version while you can.  She plans to release the house with texture change (and different textures) in the future for 750L.

I so plan on living in this house for awhile :)  Can't wait to finish decorating it!

I'm not going to say this challenge was hard for me, because it wasn't.  It just required me to go shopping, so I guess it was hard on my L's.  :-)

My inspiration came from the open front COCO jeans. I mean, I was tempted by dresses but as I huddled in my blankets, I just couldn't find the power to click pay on them. *Side note* The shirt from artilleri comes longer but then you couldn't see the undies. 

Now on to the rest of the pics!








Credits:

Sweater: JANE -  tailgate sweater.charcoal
Shirt: artilleri Carlita top *yellow*
Jeans: COCO LooseStyleDenim - GenevaBlue
Socks: JANE - lil piggies socks.rugby.yw golden
Boots: BOOM Button Boot (olive)
Glasses: Fishy Strawberry College Glasses
Hair: TRUTH Avery - cocoa
Skin: tres blah - {Tan} Blessa: Excuses - Dark Brows
Poses: #1 LAP: Poofy Dress Pls., #3 LAP Not Listening, #4 LAP Poise

Furniture:
La'Licious Shabby Little Loveseat
La'Licious Shabby Little Rug
La'Licious Shabby Little Table
nocc. Gerbera orange
SunnyM. Little Book Pile (store closed)
MudHoney - Shabby Heart Floor Lamp
nordari - pinbee. - candy.
Awesome Blossom Amelie Skybox (modded)
Trinity_TriLevel Circular Table(DT)
what next Spring Flower Planter (natural)

The Snowflake Experience (TSE) is an event with over 60 vendors collaborating to help raise money for Toys For Tots. Each vendor will donate a portion or the full amount of their profits to Toys For Tots. I took a tour of the sim tonight while watching Santa Claus is Coming To Town. It's full of candy canes, snow, cabins and, my fave, gingerbread houses!

There are many exclusive items for this event, which starts December 4th, some of which I will show here today. There were so many goodies at TSE, I won't be able to fit it in this post today. Along with the vendor shops, there is a grid-wide TSE Hunt (search for those red and white candy canes) and for all those gacha lovers out there, there will be a Gacha Festival on December 10th.

Hit up the Snowflake Experience Subscriber, available at the aRAWRa mainstore, for more info about the event.

And now onto the goodies!













Credits:

Photo 1: La'Licious Santa's Easy Chair from the Snowflake Experience
Photo 2: Olive Juice- Cozy Christmas Fireplace and Wreath
Photo 3: Cheeky Pea: Festive Holiday Bench from the Snowflake Experience
Photo 4: what next Noel Armchair from the Snowflake Experience Hunt
Photo 5: Caribou (free gift from Baffle at the Snowflake Experience); Cheeky Pea Star Shadowbox Frame from the Snowflake Experience Hunt
Photo 6: Magoa: Snowflake Frame, Fireplace, couples rug available at the Snowflake Experience


*Outfit featured in the photos:
Jeans: SC Surf Couture - Belmar Skinny Jeans - Original
Shirt: JANE - drew long sleeve tee.wh cream
Sweater: MAKNIE Hateween Cardigan Blue/Green
Boots: Reek - Autumn Boots - Sienna - FLF
Glasses: Fishy Strawberry College Glasses
Hat: Belle Belle Christmas Hat
Hair: TRUTH Aloha - cocoa
Skin: LeLutka-Natasha/HUSH

***I'll be posting more goodies from The Snowflake Experience in the coming days (my inventory is overflowing!). Let's get our Lindens ready to help give a lot of kids a wonderful Christmas this year!***

The moment I saw Awesome Blossom creator, Clementine Ishtari, plurk about her upcoming skybox - The Story of Home - I got excited. Some people are shoe people, some are skin people (I fall into that category), and some are house people. I collect skyboxes and houses like people buy outfits. I am constantly changing my homes around and that's why I think I like skyboxes so much. I just keep stacking them in the sky.  I've currently have 5 skyboxes up in different phases of decoration.

I instantly knew from the picture and ads how I would decorate the place. It reminded me of my first apartment after I had graduated from college. It was small yet open and homey, with hardwood floors and cracked plaster walls. The place simply charmed me as has this skybox. The skybox comes with a sculpted radiator, ceiling fan, wrought iron patio railing and a "Home Begins" wall decal. The skybox and included items is 36 prims - not too shabby (Skybox itself is 26 prims)!

So I'll now shut my mouth and get to my pictures.





Bed: Little Boxes Cozy Cabin Bed (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)
Trunk: Little Boxes Siesta Hope Chest
Dresser: Little Boxes Dresser Natural and Cocoa Patchwork (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)
Art: Barcode - Sketch Scene Frame, Sketch Bird Frame
Shadow Box: [croire] butterfly shadow box gacha (neutral) (widow) (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)
Awesome Blossom - Hanging Flutterby
Table: Cheeky Pea - Breakfast Table
Radio: artilleri - The Levine radio *pink*



Table and Chairs: The Loft - Castara Dining Table & Chairs
Table Accessories by The Loft
Rug: The Loft - Castara Rug
Chandelier: The Loft - Castara Lighting
Shelf: LISP - Gatcha - Daisy Pots (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)
Shelf: Awesome Blossom - Fall into Autumn Shelf RARE (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)
Shelf: Cheeky Pea - Sweet Shelf
Dresser: Little Boxes Dresser Natural and Cocoa Patchwork (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)



Easel: {what next} Medium Easel & Canvas (October Edition)
Canvas: [ARIA] Mela canvas trio
Art: La'Licious~ Still Life Art {Series 1} and {Series 2}
Books: [ARIA] Mela  four book pile



Fireplaces: La'Licious Shabby Chic Fireplace {Gold}
Candles: AMBIANCE Hacienda Candle Trio (House&GardenHunt)
Candles: {what next} Fall Candelabra
Gourds: Insight Designs - Decorative fall wooden gourds
Shadow Box: [croire] butterfly shadow box gacha (neutral) (blonde) (from Albero Gatcha Festival)
Box: Insight Designs - Box of Nostalgia
Plant: BamaLama Fly Home Safe (Hide & Seek Hunt Prize)
Sofa: LISP - Art Deco Sofa - Texture Change
Chair: LISP - Art Deco Texture Change Chair
Table: artilleri - Elgin side table
Rugs: [croire] rugs from the attic (1000 subscriber group gift)
Lamp: LISP - Woodland Nouveau Floor Lamp
Bookcase: LISP - Fiery Chilli Bookcase
Sideboard: Second Spaces - Claire sideboard



Patio Set: La'Licious - For The Birds
Place Settings: {what next} Garden Party Picnic Place Setting (with sandwich)
Plant: {what next} Flowers & Blue Pot
Drinks: {what next} Garden Party White Wine & Glasses
Umbrella: Belle Belle BBQ Umbrella

** Story of Home Skybox by Awesome Blossom is still available for 250L **


*note: some of these items were only available during special events/sales.