I haven’t shown pictures of the building process lately and wanted to give you an update. For those of you that missed it, we’re building a new city house, you can see previous posts on the new house, here and here. The city house is very close to Mr. CH’s downtown office, and we […]
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Texas Flip N Move with Kelly
This project was so much fun. I worked on a Texas Flip N Move house with Kelly of My Soulful Home last fall. The episode finally came out April 27, #904 and so now we can show you behind the scenes photos. Texas Flip N Move airs on the DIY Network owned by HGTV. We […]
Purple Pillows and Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey sure did a number on Houston. I had a headache that that lasted from Saturday until Wednesday. Yesterday was the first day I’ve felt normal in days. I actually fell on my stairs during the hurricane too, and strained the muscles in my chest, so that every time I picked something up, it […]
How our Dash and Albert Rug gets made
If you missed the earlier drama, I was in a rug design challenge hosted by Dash and Albert last month. You can read all about CLICK HERE. To short version of the story is that they had a design challenge with 40 rug designs and one of ours won, so they are making it into […]
Getting the Porch Ready for Spring
Today’s post is sponsored by hayneedle. At the end, I have links to all of the products featured. I love the look of a potting bench on a porch, but also they are great for potting plants, and you can also use them for serving food if you have a party. The one shown above […]
5 Years of Blogging
Today is my 5 YEAR BLOGIVERSARY. I can’t believe it’s been 5 years since I first hit the button that said “publish”. The time has flown by. I thought it would be fun to take a look back. 2011 Here’s my very first post. Can you tell I used to be a portrait photographer? MY […]
Why I Blog (3 Years and Counting)
I started this little blog 3 years ago on March 8, 2011. What I knew about blogs and blogging back then could have fit on my thumb, oh wait, my pinky finger. All I knew is that I wanted to share my love of design with other like-minded people. I knew that many of the […]
Home Exterior Details
Today I wanted to show you some of the details we selected for the exterior of our home. We used a gray brick for the front steps that coordinates with the gray stone used on the columns. I’m really happy we went with the brick steps. Although it was a significant expense, I think […]
