best in show....

osborne and little's fall collection has this playful pooch wallpaper. i think its fun...maybe not for my hallway, but a mudroom would be super cute....

austin harrelson....

my beloved magazines did it again...they introduced me to people i love. no matter how many times i may have looked at them, i constantly find things that excite me. this AM i was fumbling through looking for inspiration for my bedroom (wow does it ever need some help). you know how you always get caught up in this one article, well my eyes constantly go back to this house in domino's november 2006 issue...i have used it many times for inspiration for my clients...austin harrelson's florida home is so perfectly put together. its livable but classic...it constantly has me in awe b/c he has two small children and it looks so great...now i just wish he would share more of his work on his website...it's still under construction but his home is worth checking out.

the desk....

i have forever been in love w/ this one desk offered by williams sonoma home. i have wanted it for such a long time; its the legs- the beautiful polished chrome sawhorses totally grab me. you see it in many magazines (my hero designer uses it as her own desk, as well as in her client's homes). and now it seems like it has a couple of friends made by pottery barn and west elm that are giving it a try....

glenn gissler design

i love it when i stumble upon new designers....today happens to be glenn gissler whose portfolio is far from shabby. i am loving the simplicity of his interiors- they don't come across as over decorated. the pics above are of a bachelor pad; the black and white totally caught my eye- i think i am fixated on that letter "E" framed. also if you ever wondered who designed michael kors' west village apartment....now you know!

the back roads....

this weekend, we spent a lot of time on the road, well interstate, for the most part. on our way to pick up tay from my parents, we decided to veto the interstate and go back roads...now i am not going to lie, i at times put up a fight w/ my husband who loves the "adventure" of finding new ways to get places...i think its b/c i just picture us getting lost(aka into a fight) and then it just adds more time to the trip when i just want to get there the quickest way possible.

however, i did not protest on the way home and i discovered just how beautiful back roads really can be. we live in the lowcountry and you just take forgranted all of the beautiful things we are surround around with- water's everywhere, marsh grass, and historic preservation around every corner. hence, old sheldon church, a place that i dreamed about getting married but copped out b/c of my fear of rain (how lame). you can find her on the "back roads" of traveling to beaufort...and she makes your heart skip a beat and you swallow your pride for even thinking of protesting "back roads"......

some showhouse....

do you ever feel like "blogging" is such a silly thing? i mean at times, i think "why am i doing this"...and then there are times like yesterday when i sit and have lunch for two hours talking with the sweetest girl from UEco, who i haven't seen in two years but found me b/c of my blog. weird...but so worth it. we had the best time talking "design" and she is a bundle of information when it comes to cool designers....
hence, the reserve showhouse...brought to my attention b/c i was told i must check out beth webb (who i seriously LOVE but b/c i don't have a mac, i can't get the photos off of her site- story of my life, it pains me). but in a round about way, i found the atlanta homes and lifestyles' showhouse collaboration b/w beth webb and summerour and associate (fabulous, fabulous architect and design group on atl)...
so i'll let the pictures speak for themselves...yea, i know- it's great, right??!!

the bathrooms...

here are some of the bathrooms in the house that i am working on. the master is my personal favorite. we used a lot of marble in the bathrooms as counter tops, subway tiles, and then in a basket weave on the floor of the master. the tub in the master is waterworks candide in burnish. penny rounds were used in two of the guest baths (love them...great floor tile for anyone building or remodeling).