House Proud on The Nate Berkus Show

Last post about Nate Berkus, I promise! Thanks everyone for watching :)

My Date With Nate

My appearance on the Nate Berkus show is airing THIS MONDAY (Jan.31st!). Oh my.

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A quick little recap of our NYC adventure with Nate...

Jan.12

10:00AM - Consult Urbanspoon and decide on delish breakfast at Sarabeth's. Follow it up with a brisk walk to Central Park to burn off some nervous energy.

12:00PM - Bye bye Lucerne Hotel & hello CBS studios!

12:30PM - WHOA, my own green room (that isn't really green)

1:15PM - hair & makeup, and a run-through with the panelled wall mockup. Two minutes after this photo was taken, I almost spilled an entire bottle of carpenter's glue on my shoe!! Yikes!

3:30PM - waiting, waiting, waiting and then it was showtime! Sorry, no photos in studio. You'll have to watch and see how it turned out!

4:15PM - All done and packed up - but stop for one more quick photo with "Nate"... the fake Nate that appeared on the show too :). Bye CBS studios!

Jan.13

9:00AM - up bright and early and head to our favourite store, Fishs Eddy. Stop into Eataly and admire the pretty packaging.

11:00AM - check out ABC Carpet & Home. Love the herringbone floors. Hmm, that wood frame around the wallpaper in the Barbara Barry display has me inspired to do something similar in my own home...

12:00PM - meet up with one of my favourite bloggers, Mrs. Limestone! And yes, she is just as lovely and humble in person as she appears on the blog.

4:00PM - So long New York! We had a fabulous time!!

New Date for Nate

For those who care, the air date for my segment on The Nate Berkus show has changed to January 31st! One more week of waiting to see if I made a fool of myself :o\

Coming Soon: On The Nate Berkus Show

If you follow me on Facebook, you'll know that we weren't in New York just for some fun and games. We had some business to take care of... with Nate... as in this Nate:

*sigh*. Yes, HandyMan and I got to spend some up close and personal time with Nate Berkus! A few weeks back, I was contacted about appearing on The Nate Berkus Show and I'll tell you, his baby blue eyes and wide smile are just as entrancing in person :)

Nate has featured the homes of some fabulous bloggers like Stefanie, Joi, Rebekah, Janell, and Michelle and I was incredibly honored to be asked too. They wanted me to appear on a segment called House Proud where viewers get to show off their homes. They sent us a flip video camera and we went to town, filming our kitchen, bathroom, Chloe's room, office, and master bedroom. Best to give them too much footage and let them decide what to keep, right?

I'm not comfortable on camera so had to practice, practice, and practice a lot over the last two weeks! {Thanks HandyMan for being director & camera man!} I even whipped up this tutorial on how to make panelling because the plan was for me to do a DIY on stage with Nate and show how it was done. Me + Nate + MDF + carpenter's glue + nail gun = recipe for disaster on national television, don't you think? At least that's what kept running through my head!!

As soon as I sent off the footage and some before & after photos, I got the call... would I be interested in flying down and filming the segment on January 12th? And that's how HandyMan & I landed in New York for the past few days, enjoying our brief brush with fame! I'll be doing another post on how the shooting went and more about our adventures in New York, but for now - set your PVR's for January 26th and see how it all turned out :)