[caption id="attachment_7330" align="aligncenter" width="400"] cocoaaatumbler[/caption] It has been a summer of amazing sunrises and sunsets. It's officially fall because we all know that SEC football means it's fall, right? We have welcomed it with a pot of chili, homemade pimento and cheese sandwiches and Greek Orthodox BBQ. Boom. So HaPpY lAbOr DaY y'all. Go out and have some. See you back here soon....
Read MoreAs promised, here are the Tuscan gardens created by Mark Montoya behind the Montgomery, Alabama firestation. If you missed part one on the artist go here. If you missed part two on the station converted into a home go here. NOW, we are all caught up and continue this journey to the heart of Italian alfresco dining spots without ever leaving our fair city. Walking...
Read MoreIf you missed part I of this post go here to read about the genius minds behind this renovation. Today it is my privilege to take you on a house tour of the old South McDonough Street Firehouse that has been loving converted into a jaw dropping home. David Keith Braly is the architectural brain and Mark Montoya is the creator of the...
Read MoreI have admired the work of David Keith Braly for years. David is yet another amazing artist who hails from Florence, Alabama. Florence, what do you add to your water??? David received his undergraduate from Auburn in 1979 and taught in the school of architecture. Five years later he began painting. It is the architectural element in his paintings that makes me love...
Read MoreWe had a really fun weekend in Columbus watching daughter Megan, aka project-housewife.com host the first annual River City Smoke-off. Project-housewife challenged John McLemore, president of Masterbuilt and her husband's boss, and chef Jamie Keating from Epic to a smoke off . [caption id="attachment_7131" align="aligncenter" width="337"] Rosie The Riveter for the win[/caption] They duked it out in the boxing ring all day long in order...
Read MoreMoving into a new house is both exciting and challenging. Exciting if you are able to see it in your head and you imagine how beautiful the end result is going to be. Challenging if you cannot see it in your head and you have no idea what it is going to look like OR you didn't realize that the new...
Read MoreIt seems that everyone is in picture hanging mode this week. I have a really neat trick that I have used/taught for decades on how to hang pictures gallery style. I thought it might be helpful to you; so we cut a little video to try and explain the process fully. Hope it helps! This is for when you are hanging single pictures...
Read MoreDesign wood. Never heard of it until a few months ago when this client's husband arrived on site with a truck full. Have you ever heard of it? I think it is a great business idea if you are looking for one since apparently it is no longer on the market. Keith says that it used to come in all sizes...
Read MoreI had a great time last week when Jean Allsop came to town. Jean is the acclaimed photographer of the book 30A Style written and published by Lynn Nesmith. She is also a magazine scout and spent the day photographing several of my projects. [gallery type="slideshow" columns="1" ids="7034,7030,7029"] Photo shoots are always exciting but they are also a bit nerve -wracking for me;...
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