life so far
My step-mama wanted me to let you know I made a very bad outfit choice. Horizontal stripes are never a good idea. I agree.
I was recently in Baltimore for the Association of Bridal Consultants annual conference- we stayed at The Tremont Grand Hotel. It was a beautiful hotel which was actually slated for demolition a few years back. It was originally built as a Masonic temple in the 1800′s and there is a lot of the original architecture left. I snapped a ton of iPhone pics…. by far the most impressive space was the ladies lounge.
Beautiful, right?
I love black steel framed windows… they seem so European and elegant. This photo is from this blog post which is chock full of other beautiful examples of black windows.
Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg is one of my favorite spots in Northern Virginia and one of the reasons I love living in Virginia! When I was little we would cut down our Christmas tree from a farm down the road and then walk around Oatlands… it is beautiful at Christmas. Next month I am going to have Holiday Tea at Oatlands, I am very excited! My cousin had her wedding at Oatlands and it was beautiful, the gardens are stunning. Below are some photos I stole of their website… enjoy!
Try and make it out to Oatlands if you have a chance!
I have not had a free minute in the past week- between going up to NYC for my sister’s graduation and working day and night on my final presentation that is tonight for my Interior Design class. Here is a SMALL glimpse of what I have been working on:
Kitchen Plan:
Power Plan for the Kitchen: (yeah a little crooked, I’m gonna fix that before tonight)
They are part of a house that I have been designing all semester and have to present tonight. I would put up the entire floor plan but I don’t have it scanned right now.
I’ll be back posting like crazy this weekend! (BTW, I also just got a HUGE client that I am organizing, I think I mentioned it a few posts back…. she is a hoarder and we are are completely packing up here entire life…. it is taking up a lot of time and energy).
Kiawah Island, SC, a private Island off the coast of Charleston, SC.
Some day I WILL own a house here. It is my favorite place on earth, I would be perfectly content to never leave the island if I could.
Today to my surprise I noticed I was quoted in the Washington Post Home Section. In last week’s addition they had a small blurb on great movie decor, which inspired me to post some pictures on the great decor in the movie “Somethings Gotta Give.” {Here is the post.}
They asked readers to email in talking about what other movies have great decor. I immediately emailed them to tell how I loved the house from the Father of the Bride movie. You may or may not recall I have talked about my fascination with the FOTB house before {here is a post about it.}
I had forgotten I had emailed them until I was flipping through the home section today and say my name. I was like “Oh, that’s me… {long pause…} HOLY COW, THAT’S ME!!” I was very excited to say the least.
You can view the article here.
I was in Columbia, South Carolina for Christmas and attended Christmas Eve Church at First Presbyterian Church. I wanted to share with you some of the beautiful architecture:
