Quiet Time- So Proud

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27

This past week my dear friend Bullen graduated with an AS degree from Jefferson State Community College.  He will also be only two semesters away from BS degree. Funding and prayers are needed! You might remember his story from THIS POST, but you can also learn more about his moving journey and mission HERE.  

Fun Fabric Client Bench

Yesterday this was delivered to a clients house.  I will get a better picture not from my phone but it looks great!  We had loved this fabric for a while but it is eye-catching and needed just the right place.  Finally it found its home on bench in a otherwise very calm room.  It was just the right punch the room needed.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Turning this Room Around Today

We started working with our clients to redo their living room a couple of months ago.  It's a pretty small space that they haven't been using (see empty room below) but it's also the first room you see when you walk in the front door.  My clients knew what they wanted & didn't want to do anything halfway so they kept it empty, waiting until the time was right.  When we met, we clicked right away  & I was excited about their fresh, happy style.  My clients wanted to bring their coastal roots into their home without it feeling over-the-top or themey. 

{The only thing staying is the chart}

One of the first things we needed to do was to lighten up the space & make it feel a bit less serious so we painted the walls a cream and the ceilings a pale blue.

Today's the day we're installing all of the furnishings & I'm so excited!!

For fabrics, we went with fresh blues & little hits of pink & orange that can be swapped in & out seasonally:

The curtains are in my Happikat in Fresh Blue Linen  and we'll be doing matchstick shades:

A seagrass rug will be layered with a vintage striped hemp one:

We're doing a pair of spool chairs in my "Squircles" in Fresh Blue Linen:  (Fabric coloway shown a few pics above in the fabric photo as "Circtangles")

The sofa is similar to this one but it will have a soft oatmeal slipcover:

We're flanking the artwork above the sofa with these accordian wall sconces with milk glass shades:

{They're on a SERIOUS backorder from mbwfurniture so they won't make the installation today}

{looooove!!!!}

...And we had a custom reclaimed coffee table bench made by The Lorimer Workshop.  (the best!!!)

My client has been busy collecting interesting artwork & accessories for the room & I really think it's going to feel like "her."  Anyway, I'll keep  you posted & will share pics when I have them.  Install days are always hectic but I love them!!  Wish us luck today!!

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Call Of The Wild-What Do You Think?

I was flipping through what will surely be one of my new go-to wallpaper books yesterday when I thought, "Ohhh, zebra, so fun!".  The very next second I thought, "Wait....is this really so fun or I am so emerged in all things design my compass is off?"  

Soooo, I thought I would ask you!  Thoughts?

Wallpaper Thibaut

My Next Project

 It is time to work on the porch again. Items on the list this year are: to repaint the stripes (they are in need of some touch ups), possibly paint the ceiling (although I have been saying that for years), repaint the swing and get a new cushion.

On the top of that list is to copy this idea somehow.  Every since I saw this photo on Pink Wallpaper I have not been able to get it out of my head.  I am thinking on basket in each corner...

The Back Gardens

We'd been having our yard edged & mulched & we ran out of mulch so our yard is pretty much "to be continued..." this weekend.  BUT  I wanted to share a few of the things that are budding & growing right now in our yard...  I just ran out & snapped these pics this morning & it rained last night so things are a bit wet & dreary-looking.  Below, I recently got these topiaries and plan on potting them in the large terra cotta pots.  (Both were impulse purchases but I'm really excited about them.)  They'll be about a foot or so higher once they're potted.

{Ignore the seams on my cushions...  They still need custom cushion covers.  I bought them last year because the insert dimensions were perfect but they had to be turned sideways to fit so I plan on having custom covers made when we're ready.. ie when it hits the money/ time priority list.  Also, the pots have silly pine trees on them that I can mostly hide but I loved the dimensions & finish.}

I can't wait to "pretty up" the back patio & add a rug & pillows. 

We bought a bunch of these little  peach rose trees to line some of our walkways:

We're turning this little spot (below) into a vegetable garden.  (You can also spy one of the peach rose trees, which smell like Heaven!!!)

{My potted veggies are just hanging out right now..  I'm pretending they're in the ground.}

{looooooove tomatoes from the garden...  last year we put our vegetable garden next to our house & our pest control people informed us that our house had a termite protection plan applied years ago & the termite juice would be in the ground for something like 9 years.. SO....  we ate nothing but I refused to pull them out. :(  That was painful to watch. }

I'm putting this rosemary topiary in the ground next to the chaise lounge where I always sit because it  it smells so good:

Our old vegetable garden will be full of lavendar, roses & dwarf holly bushes as soon as we finish planting them.  (ps- My lavendar actually lived through the winter!!!)

I think my favorite things might be these little moss patches I found...

{I might put them around the bottom of the topiaries near the sofa...  They say full sun on the tags but we get a lot of sun on our back patio and watering/ nurturing potted things is not my forte.  I saw some fried ones at the store so this might not be a good idea.}

..Anyway, I'm off for the day to present a design for the front porch of our client's bungalow.  So excited!!

 

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LULU Love

Loving Schumacher's new line from LULU DK.  I want to use this one upcoming children's rooms I am working on.  Makes me think of my long distance loves Camila and Linds...