Hee, Rachel Ashwell fun.

I'm such an addict!

I have been stroking the sheets all day long since they feel so nice and cool and smooth. These are the $5 fitted sheets I got at Target last year or a couple years ago ... which is still 2 years AFTER they clearanced out! Man, this stuff was out JUST as I was getting interested in the Shabby Chic stuff, I'm so sad I missed out. Cuz her older Simply Shabby Chic stuff at Target is way better than the current flimsy thin dorky donkey quilts she gots and the rough ole stiff sheets.

Who would not love this pattern? (Oh, yeah, a straight, beer-guzzlin' scruffy trucker man, probably. With a Doberman.)

I'd love an additional set or some pillowcases (pillowcases!!!!), but I only occasionally see them on eBay, for the nifty sum of $120+shipping, or more.

Nice. Not.

I would have made my own damn pillowcases out of the flat sheet, but not 5 minutes before I came upon the fitted sheet and give an inner shriek of joyful disbelief, I saw another lady with the flat sheet in her cart. I was happy to find the fitted sheet, though, since that's more useful, and that's when the lady came by again and said she was hoping it was a queen sheet because that's what she needed. I knew it wasn't, what she had, and I really wanted it, but didn't feel like arguing or getting into it with her and just hoped she would discard it and I could snag it! But no luck. I was glad they only charged me $5, but man, I would SO LOVE to get my hands on another set of these sheets.

On to the fun! Somehow I found this freaking hilarious post on a the blog by "Your Mama" with pictures of stars' homes and other info.

Oh my - outstanding. Please, seriously, go read that post. She had this picture:

which, like, she and I both found seriously underwhelming. Rachel Ashwell lived in THAT? And now she's trying to rent it out??? For $20,000 a month??? Wuuuuuuuuuuuut. That looks almost boring and dumb. But "de-boned sheep carcass cum beanbag chair in the living room," indeed. Ha!!

This is NOTHING compared to the pics in her books, and on the freaking tags, and such of her Simply Shabby Chic stuff at Target. Yikes. Then again, if she's trying to rent it out, it'd probably be all sparse and not totally spruced up with her bestest jobses.

The page also had a link to Oprah's site with more pics, probably somewhat more flattering:

Well, I've seen better pictures of her before, at any rate. The hair. Yowch.

The blue is pretty, but if Malibu is anywhere as dusty as down here is, um, open shelving would NOT cut it. Unless you like dusty seasonings in your foods.

Wow, that TV is really small.
And the couch, quite white.
I like those cane dining chairs, though.

I guess this bathroom is ALL white ... but she used the stool to turn the sink instantly into a vanity.

Apparently, no closet - and these are her actual clothes! Well whaddya know, even her ENTIRE WARDROBE IS ONLY MATCHY-MATCHY SIMPLY SHABBY CHIC PALETTE. Lol to my head off.

The Oprah site had this captioned as her daughter's bedroom, the smallest room in the house, but this looks more like the big bedroom from the first blogger pic, based on the coverlet. (Arrowhead drinking water product placement!!)

Anyhoo. I really SHOULD go clean now. :0