a little taste of our town....

i thought i would share a house that is featured in our town's magazine, charleston home...it's an 1895 cottage located on sullivan's island. the quirky couple refurbished the entire cottage and painted it entirely white. it makes me realize why i like white so much...and it allows you to show off color soooooooo well. i adore the texaco sign in the kitchen. its just a great house and thought you might enjoy seeing it. the couple is really interesting and owned a great kitchen store on King St. before trading in their downtown address to move permanently to the beach! all the pics and the article is found here.

my kind of fan....

sometimes its hard to try and give your "designer" opinion on fans...because truth being said, they aren't really something "designers" tend to gravitate towards. however, i LOVE with all my heart and soul the industrial fan by RH. as much as fans are not suppose to be details/ accents in a room, i love what this says...old school, tons of character and just plain old cool.... i am trying to convince a client to use these in their home and i was happy to see it last night when i was flipping through an old Elle Decor (oct 05")...its in SJP's south hampton home.

one year....

my little girl/ drama queen is turning one tomorrow! i can't believe a year has flown by...kind of brings tears to my eyes!! so this memorial day, as well as many, many future ones, we will be celebrating having this little munchkin being brought into our lives. i don't think we ever knew how much our lives would change for the better. happy memorial weekend!

keep rollin', rollin', rollin'....

you remember that limp biscuit song...that's what i feel like today. i wish i could do a video of how i would dance to it back in the day....keep rollin, rollin, rollin (the motion you do is: driving a car w/ one hand on the wheel kind of pimped back as if you had on a sideways hat) and then on the whooooo part (i don't think i spelled that sound right...i would call my husband to ask but i think he would think i was seriously crazy...ok anyways, back to the motion you do- a downward fist pump into your side). WOW, i really have lost it!!

the purpose for me writing about this is- i think that song dictates my day thus far...rollin' to the jobsite real early this AM w/ workout clothes on, a hat, day old mascara under my eyes, oh and how can i forget- a kid attached to my hip- to tell the painters at this jobsite that they painted a room wrong....needless to say, jobsite peps and the owner of the house (aka my client) show up real early too and so i just had to roll w/ it....

you can be my benchwarmer....

how cute is this...love the idea of the old school locker bench for seating and at this price, you might be able to afford it!!

i love fabric....

love, love, love fabric- i could look at them all day. before i went out on my own, i worked at an interior design firm for 7 yrs and one of the ladies who worked w/ me made me aware of a habit i have. whenever we would receive new samples or i would be meeting w/ a rep, i would have to rub my hand over the samples i was looking at. strange. anyways- right now (actually for awhile) i am really drawn to linens- in particular printed linens. basically, if you sit sea cloth (or quadrille for that matter), raoul textiles, victoria hagan, or lulu dk in front of me- i will be a happy camper.

ralph lauren...

working on a house at the beach draws me to ralph lauren's home collection...i mean, the man can work some fab furniture. the pieces are just visually stunning. that tufted ottoman has me drooling and then pushing the contemporary envelope, the red dining room chairs are nothing short of sexy....