lighting

A lighting fixture can make or break a room. Many awesome ones can also break the bank so I was thrilled to see this beauty from Lowes on the fabulous blog the Green Room Interiors.  At $189 (including the bulbs) I think that it is pretty perfect.

It would also look glamorous in a slightly vintage brass finish.....future DIY potential.

Please share your favorite fabulous lighting finds...

Fun sheets

I love the look of crisp white cotton sheets but the assortment at Biscuit Home is too fun to ignore.

I hope that your weekend plans include some FUN!

tortoise shell

I have loved tortoise shell for as long as I can remember so I am curious to see if these frames from Nate Berkus at Target look as fabulous in real life.

If you see them in real life please let me know.

Laura Trevey

I had the pleasure of meeting Laura when I was in NY for the Better Homes and Garden Style Maker Event.  After returning home I fell in love with her water colors that are available on her Etsy site.

How perfect would these 3 be for a boys room.....

Pretty flowers for my bedroom...

And a cute crab for my beach house..

 Oh now I remember that I don't have a beach house.

To find out more about this artist, mother, passionate blogger etc you can check out her great blog BrightBoldBeautiful.  It is full of color and inspiration for "living beautifully".

I hope that your week is off to a great start!

fall table

This morning is foggy with a touch of rain and cold here in Nashville.  This table setting by Roger Higgins on Style Blueprint has me in the mood for Fall cooking.

Is it just me or does today feel like Friday?

vintage frasada

I am so inspired by the colors of this frasada found on MILLE.  Time to start designing Fall 2014.

summer blues

I am loving summer! My youngest turned 8 and my oldest turned 20 and summer feels much easier than it has in a long time.

I am also loving these summer feeling interiors featured on Habitually Chic.

I hope that your summer is off to a great start!

brunch

I have just returned from a wonderful time away with our family. It was great to be with out a phone and computer. But I was so excited to return and see this piece on our friends Ben and Gen beautifully photographed by Nashville's Tec Petaja.

To see more photos and the full story head over to the fabulous Matchbook Magazine!

Hugo Grenville

I am loving these paintings by Hugo Grenville that I found on Marisa's blog.

The days seem to be flying by faster than ever.  I hope that all of you moms (and teachers) out there are hanging in there as the last weeks of school seem to be the busiest.

Aunt Lilly

Please forgive me for not blogging in forever! I have not wanted to post until I could write something about this amazing woman...

Words are not my strong suit so I found a few of my favorite photos of her...

And thought it would be fun to share a little personal story about her..

Many years ago our rehearsal dinner was at her house and she used these pinatas adorned with strands of pearls and yards of tulle as centerpieces.

That very same day her house was shot for this fun book...

The next Christmas she sent us the book and we opened it to see this written on the first page.

and this on the second...

This book makes me smile every time I look at it.  It is the best "regift" ever.
I snapped this photo of her front door a few weeks ago.  I am sad that I will probably never walk through that door again.

but I am thankful for all of the times that I did and I know that she will continue to inspire me to live life more passionately.

west elm sale

Having our Nashville store next to West Elm is a dangerous thing.  Here are some treasures that are now on SALE!

vintage knobs

The Atlanta store is open but I still have a lot of details to finish. I decided to use vintage knobs as hooks for the dressing rooms and had fun perusing Etsy for fabulous knobs.  These are some that I loved but didn't end up getting....

1. beautiful colors on plywood

2. shinny red

3. vintage bunnies

If anyone has any tips on turning knobs into hook....please share.

blue and white

I am obsessed with all things blue and white lately. Perhaps it is the new store that is mostly blue and white and pink. Perhaps it is the hope that Spring and blue skies are coming soon. What ever the reason I can't seem to get enough.

I found theses goodies on sale at our West Elm.  I got the cups to hold our shiny red pencils at the store and the bowls for candy.

This fun Mara Mi paper table cloth is available at Target stores but not on line.  My friend Gen had the paper napkins at her house and she nicely parted with one that is going on my inspiration board.  I am tempted to run out and find this table cloth...just can't figure out what to make with it.

And of course Oscar de la Renta has some fabulous blue and white in his new home collection...

I know that pantone is loving green this year but at the moment I am feeling blue. I hope that your week is off to a great start!

children's chairs

I am loving these images of children's chairs from the collection of Patrick Parrish of MONDO CANE via Partners & Spade.