SOUTHERN LIVING IDEA HOUSE 2019

You guys are the best.....thanks for the love with my nieces shower!  

I'm sitting here right now and every muscle in my body aches.  If you watch my instastories then you might have seen I am working out at a new place!

Bach [pronounced Batch] Fitness is right down the street near my house....and y'all this is not your watered down version.   It's a H.I.I.T. class [high intensity interval training] and it kicks my butt.

In a good way.  

I worked with a trainer for about 15 years [I got a good deal since I worked at a gym] and when the recession hit I had to give it up.  This class is very weights driven and y'all I have to say this.....cardio is great for weight loss but if you want to change the shape of your body the only way to do that is using weights.

Just saying. 

If you are on Instagram then you might have seen some of the pictures of the 2019 Southern Living Idea House.

It was designed by the talented Heather Chadduck and built by Riverside Homes on Crane Island.... an island within an island which is situated on the western shores of Amelia Island.

I have always adored the "Low Country" look having grown up in the south.  Here is what I did....gathered as many pictures as I could on Instagram from Southern Living and Heather.....along with a few from the opening party to share with you!

This was the first image I saw and it kinda took my breath away.....

I love Heathers use of beige and cream.....as you know....having just completed the One Room Challenge I have a new appreciation for that combination!

This fabric below is from Heathers own line and I have tried to use it many times but so far nada....but I am not giving up!

I have been seeing a lot of painted trim lately and almost did it in my sisters house.  Wish I had now....

Yes please to this hallway.....

Upstairs hallway.....

These floors...Love!

How much love can I give this dining/game area?  Stripes....yes.  Gallery wall.....yes!

That sofa and how they upholstered it is fantastic!  With the birds and the stripe rug.....whoa mama....

So there you have it!  It's pretty huh....I think so.  I am sure it will be in their magazine soon!

If you were thinking you wish you knew more about me....hahaha....I was featured on Style Blueprint  as a designer crush!  The article was written by my good friend Lisa Mowry who I met the first time I was ever published so we go way back......

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JIM THOMPSON no. 9 AND HOUSE OF FIFTY

Have you guys seen the cover of Southern Living for May?

Seriously, it had me a beautiful.

Let's explore shall we?

Is this room so dang pretty?  Why yes it is.

Shall we see the before?

The perfect palette....nada.

BAM x's a 100.

Love....Love....Love the curtain fabric which is Bamboozle by Jim Thompson no.9  

Uh huh.

Top pillow fabric is Quadrille 

Animal fabric is Quadrille

Pink fabric is Brunschwig & Fils

Bottom fabric is Schumacher.

The room was decorated by Lindsay Ellis Beatty.

Bravo to Lindsay.....she wasn't afraid to commit.

Since we are talking about Jim Thompson no.9.....here is another little pretty I brought home from ADAC the other day.  It is called Enter the Dragons.

Yes...no?  

Here is what the print looks like.

It is so dang "Palm Beachy".  With all of it's mint green badness.

Could. You. Die.

Speaking of color people....

The new issue of HOF is beeeeuuuutiiiful.  I have it on my ipad....so I can savor every gorgeous picture and read all of the articles.

Who is proud of Janell???

OK......sometimes it is fun to see the inner workings of design decisions.

I had about 10 pictures re-matted for a client.  They were all ugly.  Not the pictures but the mats.    I was trying to keep them pretty neutral.  The problem was that the backgrounds of the pictures/etchings were different colors.

Some were very yellow, some pink.  It was crazy.  I used a small border of gray on a few to help with the difference of color between the mat and the image.

I laid them out to see which arrangement I liked the best.

Random...no.  I know my client and she would not dig this.

This is better but I had to tweak the middle row.

This works for me.

This is in her husbands office.  Gotta keep him happy right :)

We hung her old curtain rods.  We pulled off the 100.00@yd Schumacher swags, it was painful.  No can do boo boo.

I am so glad gold is back in style!

Instead we are going to go with navy taffeta silk panels.  Here is the rug that is going in there.  Don't hate on the accessories....can't really hook up this room until we install curtains, rug, and chair has been recovered.

This one was in her dining room.  We get new for in there...:)

So there you go.  It's a process people.  You know that.

I went to Scott's today.  Made it home with only a $5.00 purchase.

Whew.

Beach countdown....I'll be there in 48 hours...

Sha Ray

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