my dream kitchen

if i could build my dream kitchen i would build one with very few or no upper cabinets.  i like the look of shelving but think i could do without them completely.  while i was browsing through my kitchen inspiration files i realized how many kitchens i have saved that don’t have upper cabinets.

{meg ryan’s home in elle decor}

i love the task lights above the sink in this kitchen.

{elle decor}

so pretty.  this one is neck and neck with my favorite one.

{lonny}

{elle decor}

{elle decor}

{living etc}

{unknown}

{unknown}

and my favorite…

{ellen pompeo’s home in elle decor}

LiveJournal Tags: kitchens,ellen pompeo's home,meg ryan's home

I'm sorry...

... for being so impatient with life, for not rejoicing in You, for wanting it so badly that I forgot that the world goes on, for doubting, for not having peace, for not knowing what you want me to do, for sometimes not listening, for being so lost that I can't see you.

"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,"   -Acts 3:19

market: part 2 and a winner

we have a winner!!!  congrats to jan from the life of a future domestic goddess.  looks like she’s well on her way to getting the new duvet that she wants with her new $60 credit from CSNstores. 

thanks so much to all of you who entered the giveaway.

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market: part 2

i started sharing some of my pictures from my trip to the atlanta market yesterday, and i’m going to continue with some more today.

roost steals my heart every show.  all of their pieces have so much detail.  catalog images don’t do them justice most of the time, so it’s so nice to get to see them in person a few times a year.  felt was a big theme in the roost showroom this year and i was loving it.

sea life is very hot right now so bliss studio was dead on with their showroom.  they got my vote for the most inspiring showroom color scheme.  the blue and orange was beautiful.

vintage, vintage, vintage.  it was vintage heaven at vagabond vintage.

studio a is a new line carried by the southern accessories today rep group.  the recycled bamboo knot furniture pieces were so unique.

and the showroom where i saw my favorite piece of the whole market pretty much stole the show.  regina andrew.

 

and that’s about it for this market.  there were plenty of other showrooms that i visited, but i either forgot to get photos of them or my photos didn’t turn out well. 

hope you all enjoyed my little virtual walk-thru.

LiveJournal Tags: giveaway,atlanta market,vagabond vintage,bliss studio,regina andrew,studio a,roost

market: part 1

if you haven’t signed up for the giveaway yet you still have time.  make sure you enter to win $60 from csnstores.com.  the giveaway ends at 6pm tonight and i’ll announce the winner tomorrow.

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this post about atlanta’s market from last week and the week before is slightly overdue.  it has taken me forever to weed through all of my photos.  i didn’t realize i took so many.  i snapped photos of cool things that i saw, but i also took photos of merchandise that i ordered.  all in all i have about 500 photos to weed through.  way too many!

i’m sure you all would get so bored if i showed you everything so i’ve narrowed it down to my favorites.

first of all, parquet flooring and rustic wood flooring in general was in quite a few showroom…barreveld, vagabond vintage, bobo, and more.  i noticed it in january’s show but i think it was in even more showrooms at this show.  it was very lovely.

{parquet flooring at vagabond vintage}

my favorite find for a new vendor was soleil de province.

they had amazing french style furnishings, linens and accessories. 

bobo always has such a beautiful showroom.  i could stay in there forever looking around.  i love the mix of antique objects mixed with the new ones.

and go home had some very cool vignettes.  the ghost bamboo chairs were fab!

to be continued…

LiveJournal Tags: atlanta market,go home,soleil de provence,bobo intriguing objects,giveaway

Fabric Scraps and Wine Racks

Last week I found myself working on my rag quilt from many months ago.  Y'all know how long it takes me to complete projects, right? A long time. I got the idea from one of my favorite Southerners, Amanda, from Kevin and Amanda. Love this girl. I'd move next door to her if she were in Texas.

Speaking of Amanda, she's the genius behind Fonts for Peas. If you missed it the first time around, she turned my handwriting (named after my babies) into a font. Click here to be taken to where you can download it.

In house news...this weekend workers began bricking and doing the stone work. The cabinet designer emailed us the final design plans for the kitchen and bathroom cabinetry at the end of last week. We corrected a few things, added a wine rack, and sent them back. They're scheduled to go in mid-week. Keeping my fingers crossed on that one.

Thankfully, the builders gave us September 30th as our closing date. I could not have been more excited. It made my weekend. That leaves us roughly two more months in this apartment. Can I get a hallelujah?

Hope everyone had a great weekend, too. :) Oh, and stay tuned for a fabulous giveaway on Wednesday!

In 86 days...

...I'm hoping to be cooking Southern Hubby his breakfasts here.

 In 86 days, I'm hoping to be greeting my guests at this door.

In 86 days, I'm hoping to be moving furniture up these stairs.

In the next week, I'm hoping we get some brick and stone up.

After the next 86 days, we will be in mid-October. That is the estimate that our builders gave us to have our home completed. I'm chomping at the bit. I literally cannot wait. 

I'm dying to be 'home'. I can't wait to bake again. I want to set up my craft room. I want to entertain again. I want to sit in our backyard with a glass on wine on cool nights. I'm so excited to do all the things that make a home a home.

But I'm trying to remember that this is a good problem situation to have. I need to look at the bigger picture here. My waiting is nothing compared to some people's real problems. But patience is something that I've always struggled with. I'm praying and working on it, cause that's about all I can do.

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.

                                                          —Philippians 4:11

 

will’s bedroom and playroom revealed

i’m so excited to show you all a project that i completed about a month ago.  this project was so much fun to work on.  my client was AMAZING!!!  she was so fun to work with and so open to new ideas.  she was also super sweet.  i miss our daily emails and conversations.  it’s so hard to end a project because i know that i won’t be talking to my clients on a daily/weekly basis.  strangely enough i usually talk to my clients more than some of my friends.  that’s just the way it is.  my clients become my friends…they know about my life and i know about theirs.  it’s the absolute coolest relationship.

anyway, onto the stuff i know you want to see.

will’s room

so here is how will’s bedroom started out…(will’s new room was moved into caroline’s old room),

 

this was the design concept for will’s new room,

and here is how it looks now…

i had LH Photography come over and take a few photos for me because i’m definitely no photographer.  here are the LH photos.

 

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the playroom

next up is will’s and caroline’s playroom.  the playroom was originally will’s room and it looked like this.

it’s come a long way.  here is my original design concept.

and here is how the room actually turned out.

and the LH photographs.

LiveJournal Tags: my design,lh photography,kids' rooms