Client Snapshot - Living Room

Marianne Strong Interiors, Beth Hontzas Photography

Quiet Time

This sign hangs on the door as I leave Henry's daycare and almost every day it strikes me in some way. I think mostly because it is a great reminder that every day is a chance to make a difference.  In small, simple ways right in your own backyard.

Our Nature Box

I'm back from a whirlwind week of work & packing for our move! We leave our house Saturday and I'm bittersweet about it. 

 

We've been trying to take some time to enjoy our house as much as possible before we move & one of our favorite things to do is to take walks & spend time outside.  The boys & I have been working on filling up our "nature box" which is actually an old printer's tray:

 

 

 

 

We love coming home from walks & trips to display our finds in the nature box.  Some of the finds are from our beach trips this Summer & Spring, while most are from around our neighborhood.

 

 

Lately, we've been starting to see the acorns!! (yay Fall!! :)

Some are still green & a few are brown.  The seed pods are so pretty too in their own way.

 

I don't know the names of half of the stuff in the box, but of course we have our own names for our finds.  When we get our books set up at the new house, we'll look them up the old-fashioned way.

(I.e. "spikey balls" -  below)

 

The boys often come home with pretty little stones to add to the boxes.

{What are these green crazy things we found on a tree??!!!  seeds pods??  love them!}

Anyway, I hope you've been having a great week!  We have so much going on right now & it's starting to make me a little nutty in the head.  I'm forgetting things left & right and I can't seem to keep anything straight.  I am so excited about everything and, emotionally, I'm totally fine, but it's my brain that's going! :)  I'll be back as soon as I can to share pics on the DEMO going on over at our new place!!



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Client Master

 Hello there, hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend.  I wanted to share this master bedroom I designed recently.  Calm and serene with lots of texture to add warmth and interest to such a clean space.

Image Marianne Strong Interiors, Photography Beth Hontzas Photography

Quiet Time

Sometimes you pray for things and His plan you cannot immediately see.  Sometimes they are answered so clearly it makes you pause in awe.  I have had a lot of the latter moments lately and I am thankful and humbled.