Quiet Time

Coming off a great week to be reminded of this.

Where I Lay My Head

Almsot every surface looks likes the surface of my bed.  We're temporarily sleeping in Luke's nursey while the construction's going on.  It's working out pretty well actually. Please excuse me (and the mess!) while we get settled!!! 

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Hello NY, Let's Go Shopping

I am in currently in New York for Fashion Week and while the looks gliding down the runway are for Spring, I am in a fall shopping state of mind.  Some inspiration....

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OH. MY. GOSH.

 

We spent the weekend moving & it was crazy.  Really really crazy.

 

We moved into this:

(Well, minus the boxes...  We threw them there in an attempt to get some normalcy happening upstairs.)

 

Our new house is pretty much down to the studs. 

{You can spy our kitchen through the dining room in this pic.  We're expanding the kitchen 2 feet closer into the dining room & a wall will be going back up.}

 

There's a lot of this (below) going on because we're trying to live here through the construction.

 

(our foyer, quarantined ;)

 

We live up here now:

 

{The upstairs loft living room.  There are 2 bedrooms & a bathroom off of the living room.  Dave & I are squatting in baby Luke's nursery for now.   We're eating most meals outside or at the little table on the left.  }

 

We still have a few things at our old house to do & touch-ups there of course, but we're almost completely done.  It's pretty surreal.  I haven't really had a minute to think about all of the design decisions I need to make for the new place.  There are sooooo many coming up that I'm really excited about but I've got too much other stuff on my plate to even really go there right now.  I'm trying not to delay anything constuction-wise!!

 

And....

 we have a new office! 

 

Check it out:

(The Garage = stylin' new digs for Lauren Liess Interiors ;) ;)

 

rigggggght.

 

Although I'm kind of in love with working basically-outside.

 

Here's my new spot:

 

We epoxy'd the floors last week before moving everything in.  

My job was to sprinkle the sparkles. 

(I had waaaaaaay too much fun with that.)

Have a great week!!! I'll keep you posted!




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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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