The Suze Reviews (with booze) ~ Segreto: Secrets to Finishing Beautiful Interiors

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBFO0TPn6mZ0MGP9Tn1QFsQPvIHygNnYEvnI4MBUJlgrle6QKACxxHCwKdOhpyVGejl0lV2lsJLkZhxHN70n3_Iqpcerng35IVGfDMTaCEopkbLHiWnEx7dQE6jFN6RSsXCjCd5jsLCI/s1600/Front_Cover_Segreto_Secrets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBFO0TPn6mZ0MGP9Tn1QFsQPvIHygNnYEvnI4MBUJlgrle6QKACxxHCwKdOhpyVGejl0lV2lsJLkZhxHN70n3_Iqpcerng35IVGfDMTaCEopkbLHiWnEx7dQE6jFN6RSsXCjCd5jsLCI/s1600/Front_Cover_Segreto_Secrets.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Morning Y'all! Today, I have a book review for you.  Well, actually, I asked <a href="http://belclairehouse.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Suze">The Suze</a> to do a little review after I poured her a couple glasses of wine.*   She happened to be in town when the book <i><a href="http://segretofinishes.com/the-book/order-form.html">Segreto: Secrets to Finishing Beautiful Interiors</a></i> arrived on my doorstep and the style of decor I found within the pages was very suited to The Suze's style - elegant interiors with luxurious decor.  That's not to say it's not my style, because it definitely will be when I am of a certain tax bracket, but I just knew she would love it so I had her take a look first.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">* Just kidding it was one glass </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(two glasses) </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">of wine, but it makes it funnier to pretend she was <i>buzzed</i> (to use her lingo)</span><br /><br />Let me preface this by saying The Suze is not so much the "talker" that I can be, especially when she is deeply engrossed in the magical world of interior design books.  She's in the zone, muttering observations under her breath and occasionally gasping.  She sits taller when she looks at these books and raises her eyebrows and nods as if she's agreeing with everything on the page.  It's a sight we are accustomed to in our household. <br /><br />So here we are in my kitchen, The Suze has opened the book even though I've told her to wait until after dinner (she never listens to me).  Her words are in italics. Go.<br /><br /><i>I really like it </i>(quietly to herself)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWQD_CIdz2aukm0r1sCtU2soyJ4N2eAt20msym70d0xYng5XdToAwTzgD7Fef5Zh21jRayxOTaSKDkYwQLj__2_PFEYViJbjslLSi58ek0oTRZFx9h5WLuqABg_8lkpGN8ne6apBENQA/s1600/Segreto+Snoots+Kitchen.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWQD_CIdz2aukm0r1sCtU2soyJ4N2eAt20msym70d0xYng5XdToAwTzgD7Fef5Zh21jRayxOTaSKDkYwQLj__2_PFEYViJbjslLSi58ek0oTRZFx9h5WLuqABg_8lkpGN8ne6apBENQA/s640/Segreto+Snoots+Kitchen.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>I really like this.  Sometimes less is best</i><i>, but not less quality.  It's the yin and the yang.  They </i>(no one in particular) <i>usually don't get it right like this.  </i><br /><i><br /></i><br />(The Suze flips through the pages slowly, ignoring her wine - good sign)<br /><br /><i>I actually like it a lot.  This is getting it.  I really like it.  </i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglidgbqnew0HXtph3QjooEHaQdUpIRPj8qY3nZHd7pJyvjEVENoOaSI0_6HbwJNaN1P5Q3ljwrTpWkjBD6hahBPn_O_7rb1PxOtCO6cmrMPuIeftCFuMMY4xppDTtUu8RNE5k7f8uwo6g/s1600/Segreto+Brock+living.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglidgbqnew0HXtph3QjooEHaQdUpIRPj8qY3nZHd7pJyvjEVENoOaSI0_6HbwJNaN1P5Q3ljwrTpWkjBD6hahBPn_O_7rb1PxOtCO6cmrMPuIeftCFuMMY4xppDTtUu8RNE5k7f8uwo6g/s640/Segreto+Brock+living.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br /><i>I really like this Dick Van Dyke chaise.  It's a nice addition to seating.  But my family would Dick Van Dyke it.  </i>(Then she laughs because she realizes she has no idea what that means)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7I3AD6bB_ZPGFxpJxKR_otHvZbO2pNyyBDBwK5RWoPjnp8TqHkIz437yKgxKSkW0U3qfwWAa-luFiCENjgnT3BE8-R7inDS0rfsW9U2-GD9O1TjoAiw5voNpwZukPRQ-4-4UTvcsDZk/s1600/Segreto+John+Kidd+living.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7I3AD6bB_ZPGFxpJxKR_otHvZbO2pNyyBDBwK5RWoPjnp8TqHkIz437yKgxKSkW0U3qfwWAa-luFiCENjgnT3BE8-R7inDS0rfsW9U2-GD9O1TjoAiw5voNpwZukPRQ-4-4UTvcsDZk/s640/Segreto+John+Kidd+living.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />(upon seeing an adult beverage somewhere on a page) <i>Oh good! She likes to drink! </i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzoBpvf-VWf4CLimeXJ6PbztGFj1wWtc9iUFsjUxLnKZTFxfVDWuFFRw0kfzvv0UZOrZxla_f8VTJs18PjtcCGTt8hz2tm6niqOlAuZlaCgsigihH94RO-wR-_20QzLgjFfhedgNAjMwk/s1600/Segreto+Ellie+balle+kitchen+w.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzoBpvf-VWf4CLimeXJ6PbztGFj1wWtc9iUFsjUxLnKZTFxfVDWuFFRw0kfzvv0UZOrZxla_f8VTJs18PjtcCGTt8hz2tm6niqOlAuZlaCgsigihH94RO-wR-_20QzLgjFfhedgNAjMwk/s640/Segreto+Ellie+balle+kitchen+w.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br /><i>Pretty, pretty! This is well-balanced.  I wish I could find another word.  </i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVzRGU570bYSSR-Fmx3GYbgOX7JqSibxVoJbPUL79JC927jCPX6pP9Rvar5LGOx1fVgvt0vIelfLye6_H9wa7hrA3lRQ4lZKW3pkzuZPyUfv7bXik_8mB0dKivGUn-KdXXOU7S4Cp4vM/s1600/Segreto+Pink+Ribbon+master.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVzRGU570bYSSR-Fmx3GYbgOX7JqSibxVoJbPUL79JC927jCPX6pP9Rvar5LGOx1fVgvt0vIelfLye6_H9wa7hrA3lRQ4lZKW3pkzuZPyUfv7bXik_8mB0dKivGUn-KdXXOU7S4Cp4vM/s1600/Segreto+Pink+Ribbon+master.JPG" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br /><i>Love it! I could live there.  I really love that! </i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGbLFuNM7aRcP2KXvMUvKi2JVf-C3uSXDVKXGZLTexemjL4DhikpTMz-h9JWo_V7uICztPbN7c5Bp96a2BhfLhZQfF98XJ13HiO69mFPyhymHJnfgAoscch3STgbYPFaNQa4o0xdH10g/s1600/Segreto+Ellie+Balle+entry.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGbLFuNM7aRcP2KXvMUvKi2JVf-C3uSXDVKXGZLTexemjL4DhikpTMz-h9JWo_V7uICztPbN7c5Bp96a2BhfLhZQfF98XJ13HiO69mFPyhymHJnfgAoscch3STgbYPFaNQa4o0xdH10g/s640/Segreto+Ellie+Balle+entry.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br /><i>I LOVE this! It makes me feel weak.  It's very, very sophisticated and very, just good. </i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9rQ5uoasT-oRtDUqvFT16W8z3MTSdFzjfYyMK5DuFhy7u-HKe8ljhPzsmP2eYmuPTsr7p5XyPTrs8460jSTboQRIzMKGsnuaDjKxIeVZf0BcHYy9RElxQimyqhbKZZ7f8SwueBaEUJs/s1600/Segreto+Professional+Leslie's+house+046_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9rQ5uoasT-oRtDUqvFT16W8z3MTSdFzjfYyMK5DuFhy7u-HKe8ljhPzsmP2eYmuPTsr7p5XyPTrs8460jSTboQRIzMKGsnuaDjKxIeVZf0BcHYy9RElxQimyqhbKZZ7f8SwueBaEUJs/s640/Segreto+Professional+Leslie's+house+046_edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br /><i>I need a thesaurus (</i>pronounced tesaurus)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6uHTdGdlC4VkxvLvDKBdVr-Z1HJlyJnOoLkxerund0gCvA3cuge2OIYQDM3JU49__ph2OHvbWyJC3pgNneG5jkWOZ2j6UamGHvOQeAi5hVV9L6_7sTKaruImVyXK0habfTrugIgTD-E/s1600/Segreto+Wood+Lane+dining_edit_psd_psd.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6uHTdGdlC4VkxvLvDKBdVr-Z1HJlyJnOoLkxerund0gCvA3cuge2OIYQDM3JU49__ph2OHvbWyJC3pgNneG5jkWOZ2j6UamGHvOQeAi5hVV9L6_7sTKaruImVyXK0habfTrugIgTD-E/s640/Segreto+Wood+Lane+dining_edit_psd_psd.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><i>She's going to give what's her name a run for her money. </i>Who? <i>Oh you know, what is her name?  You know her.  </i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHua0iGDvLD2GAAcLU7RC-dDpIbVLmdPq0d0ilINKbFtUz-TZyx5gfrStNQGVQKpJ5CMYz6y_VYCAB-gAdX3ZFCqIUhdapdkrRKUAMIFOQVUedArVyMfDYhJ1J07jKVJlXooYx1AzVNo/s1600/Segreto+Blue+%2526+White.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHua0iGDvLD2GAAcLU7RC-dDpIbVLmdPq0d0ilINKbFtUz-TZyx5gfrStNQGVQKpJ5CMYz6y_VYCAB-gAdX3ZFCqIUhdapdkrRKUAMIFOQVUedArVyMfDYhJ1J07jKVJlXooYx1AzVNo/s1600/Segreto+Blue+%2526+White.JPG" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br />Then she got distracted trying to remember the name of the person whose work is apparently inferior to that of author Leslie Sinclair and her team at <a href="http://www.segretofinishes.com/">Segreto Finishes.</a>  And thus ends <i>The Suze Reviews (with booze).  </i>Hope you enjoyed it!<br /><br />But really y'all,  <i><a href="http://segretofinishes.com/the-book/order-form.html">Segreto: Secrets to Finishing Beautiful Interiors</a> </i>is a beautiful book.  I never thought I was one for decorative painting, but this book changed my mind.  It's a great compilation of the different ways one can use decorative finishes in the home. I found so much inspiration for my own new home in the images selected for the book as well as on the <a href="http://segretofinishes.com/finishes.html">Segreto Finishes web site</a>.  Plus there's an extensive list of resources at the end of the book.  That in itself is worth it's weight in gold.  So, yes, The Suze and I totes approve and recommend <i><a href="http://segretofinishes.com/the-book/order-form.html">Segreto: Secrets to Finishing Beautiful Interiors</a>. </i><br /><br />You can purchase the <a href="http://segretofinishes.com/the-book.html">Segreto book</a> directly from the web site <a href="http://segretofinishes.com/the-book/order-form.html">here</a> or on Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005HWINJQ/?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&tag=thegift03-20&linkCode=ur2&qid=1322765956&camp=1789&sr=1-1&creative=390957&condition=all" target="_blank">here</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thegift03-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. <br /><br />Also, check out Leslie Sinclair's blog <a href="http://segretosecrets.squarespace.com/">Segreto: The Secret to Beautiful Living</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you want moi and The Suze to review your book (with booze), <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/09958706492584850321">call me, maybe</a>. </span>

The Suze Reviews (with booze) ~ Segreto: Secrets to Finishing Beautiful Interiors

Morning Y'all! Today, I have a book review for you.  Well, actually, I asked The Suze to do a little review after I poured her a couple...

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