THIS AND THAT

Remember me?  Yep.... kind of fell off the grid there for a moment but it's summer so I am sure no one noticed:)

We took a little spin up to Chicago [Naperville] to to visit my husbands Dad who is 98 but first we dropped off Cami at her favorite "home away from home"!

Dog Days

Where I can safely say my phone battery dies everyday while I am watching her on "doggy cam":)

Her best friends Mom sent me this....

The cutest huh?

We stayed at Hotel Indigo right on the river and it was very nice!

Y'all.....this visit was just a little depressing.  20 years ago I might not have felt that way but at my age......I see reality looming in the future.....

And I am not happy about it.  This is not what I have in mind.....

Lined up in wheelchairs watching [and I use the term loosely] movies, and playing bingo.  In your room you have a bed, chest and chair.  So look around and drink in all of your pretty decorating because in the end.....it's not gonna really matter.

I think I need to stop exercising because I do not want to live this long.  Here is the text I sent my sister....

I noticed that the ratio was 10 women to 1 man living there and same with the caretakers.  I turned to my husband and commented how important "we" [women] are to society.

This is how I closed out that night....

We saw lot's of family....my brothers daughter Cat who lives in the city.  Since we live in Atlanta we drive everywhere and decided to drive into Chicago....what the heck were we thinking?  And that is what everyone said to us.  Stupid tourist.

And how ironic that I picked up this book to read....it's good but of course you know how it is going to end which is sad.

Are y'all ready for some good news yet?  I mean right?

Well next Monday one of my projects is getting photographed for Southern Home!

It's owned by Hoffman Media and I am pretty pumped!

I went house hunting with a friend....which I could do everyday all day.

All stairs will now be painted white with cute runners [this one from Dash and Albert].  It won't hurt to have brick floors at the bottom either.

This homeowner painted these dining room walls.....yes please.

Of course I love a good gallery wall but grids are my jam....

The one she ended up purchasing had these window treatments in the bedroom.....we were all fighting over them until she turned and said "um I'm keeping these babies"....

Oh yeah....of course....right.

AND.....you might notice that I had a little blog refresh!  My favorite girl Shari from Little Blue Deer worked her magic!

I like to just call her up and say "do your thing".....

OK....enough about my life.  Back to deliveries, design plans and getting through the Atlanta humidity with my hair.

Shabingobabe

NEW DESIGN PLAN

Crikey I am so glad it's Friday.  How about you:)

I have to tell you that we watched the last season of the Netflix series Bloodline.  Y'all it was painful.

I remember watching the first 2 seasons and it was slow but season 3 took it to a new level.....like watching snails crawl.   Not only did it creep along.... the storyline was all over the place and the acting sucked.  I wanted to punch all of them in the face......for wasting my time.

  

I've got a new design plan to share with you today.

  

A friend of mine bought a place at Manchester by Hedgewood Homes.

I've been helping her put together the kitchen, lighting and furniture plan!

We are changing this suggestion a little by flipping the dining and LR.  There is actually not a balcony but a large window so we are putting the DR table there.....

In the kitchen we are doing white cabinets with a black island. Similar to the picture below.  White Carrara marble on the island and honed black granite on the perimeter cabinets.

With 2 of these Circa Lighting pendants over the island.

Pretty excited....and warming up the space with these barstools.

Dark hardwood floors and my go to white BM White Dove throughout!  I'm nothing if not consistent :)

For the sectional I turned to Lee Industries.

I love the modern lines of this piece.   She wanted navy upholstery so I'm not mad at that!

Two of these chairs from Bernhardt Interiors.

And one of these bad boys from Lee Industries.

# 1 is the Bernhardt chairs

# 2 is the navy sectional

# 3 is the modern chair

I am liking this Dash and Albert rug....for the living area.....

The finishes are for the DR chair selections...

I found this table below at Four Hands.....

And deciding between these 2 dining chairs.

You can see here how the table is going to be in the bump out which is not shown in the original floor plan.  The Circa Lighting sconces below go on the small walls in the bump out.

Looking at this Noir piece for between the 2 Bernhardt chairs under the TV.

I am undecided on the DR chandelier......but it will come to me!

We ordered this Bernhardt Interiors bed upholstered in dark gray velvet!

Thinking about one of these Emma Hayes wallapers on the bed wall only...

From Bradley USA

In the powder room maybe this Lindsay Cowles grasscloth wallpaper?

With these Circa Lighting sconces....

The sconces will be going up the stairs and the chandelier [bottom right] will be in the foyer.  The polished nickel sconce is for the master bath.

I am pretty pumped about all of this......

In other news Cami got her summer cut!

In this shot she has a cow squeaky toy in her mouth that my neighbor gave her.....for 10 minutes.  Then she called me and said her dog wanted it back.

Huh?  I had to trick her into letting it go.  How mean was that..... right?

Shaboomchakalaka