Milk and Honey Home

November 23, 2012

For a girlfriend whose been there through thick-and-thin.

I imagine this was my first and last time seeing Madonna, but what a show and what a night.

Attendees were either middle-aged women in gloves gripping a beer in each hand, sunglasses and tutus in all their middle-aged glory, or men who came with other men. Not many exceptions.

We are middle-aged-ish, but no gloves. Jennifer did sport a mini sequin number, but she runs five miles a day. Me, no so much–yet, anyway!

proof of said women:

My friend, Jen, and me

Grateful for a getaway last week with my husband to Charleston. We both got reacquainted with one another and we both feel in love with this historical southern city by the sea. So much so we started looking at real estate. We just felt like we fit in.

We had a little star sighting. Lauren Hutton is even prettier in person, and the epitome of style.

Grateful to Lisa Mowry and Atlanta Magazine for featuring us in December’s issue…

what an honor!

Grateful for an amazing friend, Anisa–she is so kind & talented. Here a few pictures of her girls’ rooms:

(big girl’s room:)

forgive the cheesy watermark. Pinterest makes them almost necessary, though.

and the baby’s room:

I hope your tummies and hearts are full today. Don’t you love the day after Thanksgiving?

I’m signing off for awhile, and to be honest, might be signing off for good. I have just grown very weary of blogging lately, and I imagine my posts reflect it. I just feel God tugging on me in another direction, and I have no idea what that is. I need time away to devote to Him for discernment and prayer. You know when you feel those winds of change blowing in? Exhilarating and fear-creating all at once? The weathervane of my heart says those winds are close. My apologies for always been so deep and melancholy, it is just the was I was made.

Peace and love to my readers….what a journey.

xo,

Julie

southern cottage trad (peek)

November 15, 2012

I don’t know why I feel the need to label everything, but I can’t help it. Maybe I just can’t get Emily‘s style diagnostic out of my head.

Anisa and I totally do a style diagnostic. We look at their clothes and their home and do our best to study what they love.

With this client (and friend), we wanted to marry the traditional southern Greek revival home with the intimate, cozy cottage style they love. The house is large, like six bathrooms large, so tiny cottage it ain’t. But, why can’t you live in a grand cottage?

Like always, it ain’t done yet. I reckon I need to say fixin’ now, too, since I’m in my full drawl now.

But in the progress stage is where we all are, ’cause ain’t none of us done.

My motto: ”Progress, not perfection.” (I first heard Brad Pitt say this on Oprah, so of course it has to be good.)

This is currently what you see when you enter. Grand is appropriate, don’t you think?

The molding is new, and soon (tomorrow) it should all be white and glorious

Glorious and cottage-ish like this:

or this (Steven Gambrel)

just so you get the point here are a few more (uncredited) lovely entries…

I’ll finish that set with a favorite from Phoebe Howard (or her husband, but definitely one of them)

As you continue down the foyer you will enter the breakfast & keeping room (Oh, I really would love a keeping room. Do you have one? Do you love it?)

They plan to use this room as mainly a family game area. Don’t you love that idea? We had Don, our carpenter, construct a game table just for them. A coffee table was too low and a bistro table too high.

I gotta say…I love the idea of four chairs facing one another. No tv or fireplace as the focal, just each other. Lovely.