Mostly Likely to....

... Write a blog about what what losers we were (are)...

So, you never know what spring cleaning will turn up. Hooper's mom apparently is doing some serious spring cleaning and found our senior yearbook. We thought yall might enjoy a little flashback...

Oh Hooper... friends don't let friends use curling irons...Sally Fields called and she wants her flying nun costume back. I really do not know where to begin...I could do a whole blog post on that collar alone...

 

I'm really trying to find something to rip apart here... but I'm looking pretty normal... The most tragic thing about this picture is this is what I still look like in my head... just not in my mirror... How bummer is that?

I wasn't at this particular match but I'm wondering if Hooper really smashed a winner down the line.   I'm just saying... For goodness sakes she's got a bum knee! What is she really capable of at this point? ... Not sayin' she didn't- just putting it out there...

Ok, so now you know... I was a cheerleader... I know laugh- I'm still scratching my head over this one. Apparently I'm such a good cheerleader that I do not even have to stand up. I can just cheer from the back of a pick up truck. Maybe even from the parking lot...  Yeah! Go Vikes! Go Big blue! We're # 1!

Awww... the embarrassing ads your parents place in the back of yearbooks... (Hooper had one too- she conveniently left it out..)  Now that's confidence... rollin' all out of that tank top and still eating an ice cream cone.

Speaking of adds in the back of yearbooks...

You are only really cool if you put an add in the back of the yearbook with your B.F.F. about how cool you are... So here it is for all blog world to see... We were (self proclaimed) awesome. We have cool quotes, cool drawings, and we documented all the wild things we did on this page. ( In code of course so our parents couldn't bust us.) Don't you wish you went to school with us?  We kept ourselves quite entertained reading all this stuff yesterday... We were such dorks!  (oh no, maybe we still are...yall would tell us right?)

Dear blog world,

It's been so fun getting to know you this year! We have had some great laughs. This year has been CRAZY! I hope we will always party together! Later...

L.Y.L.A.S, R.H.T.S, K.I.T., B.F.F.,

B.B.B.

~ A & H

Bamboozled

We, like everyone else, are obsessed with faux bamboo. It's light and airy, doesn't block views and a-la-Palm Beach, can be painted any color...All good qualities when decorating at the coast. Here are some of our favorite bamboo infused spaces...

If you're lucky, you can still score bamboo on Craig's List, at second hand shops, estate sales, etc... We scoured our town for some great local finds that just may find their way into our lucky client's homes...

Love this lamp, hate the shade. Add a printed pagoda shade and call it a day.

This little number is getting a fresh coat of chartreuse and will be making a statement every morning above a client's breakfast table.

This headboard will be lacquered in pink and will be the perfect centerpiece in a 3 year olds Asian inspired room. Stay tuned for that one. 

Imagine this painted white with this sunny fabric. 

We are bamboozled, are you?

Bye bye birdie...

~A&H

credit to:

Decorpad, Elle Decor, Apartment Therapy, Craig's List, Cottage Living, House Beautiful

Refined and Repurposed: Before and After

Once in awhile, I get asked to work on a space like this. The client has amazing taste, incredible accessories and furniture with timeless lines... oh, I love my job. This was such a fun project because everything was repurposed. The client wanted an updated space that was sophisticated and restful. A mother of three, she wanted a retreat just for her (unless she decided to entertain) in which case, her current room just wasn't fitting her needs. 

The long room had almost a gallery feel with everything oriented around the grand fireplace. The result of this long layout is that there was no cozy spot for conversation and the areas in the back of the long room were never used. It was an amazing room to start with, but just wasn't getting used to it's full potential. The walls are a soft yellow with heavy cream silk drapes. I decided to work with that and change out the fabrics and rug to give the room a more current look.

She told me to go all over her house and find pieces that I could work with. I found chairs, lamps and more chairs and went to town. 

This chair looked tired and worn out, but look at the lines! I saw it and dragged it out of her bedroom for a major facelift. 

I reoriented the furniture so that the room went from lending itself to no conversation to being the topic of conversation. The client is always put together (she will argue this, but it's true). She loves old style glamour (just like me) and so I started the room with one of my very favorite glamorous things. It may just be my signature. Can you guess?

What's a girl to do if a client gives her free reign to go glam? Silver and Gold, that's what. 

 The tuxedo sofa got recovered in a divine gray velvet. 

 Remember the gilt chair from her bedroom? Lucky me, there were two. The subtle gray and gold silk check updates the pair. 

 I loved her wall of butterfly etchings, so they stayed, we just created another seating space around them. 

 Funky fringe makes these pillows a little less serious. 

 I took this desk out of her kitchen and used it behind the sofa to showcase her beautiful coral and porcelain and now it has a purpose... she can write me an invitation to invite me over for dinner and drinks in her new space. 

 A little crystal antique lamp on this small marble top table is the perfect size for me to put my cocktail or um tea while visiting. 

 I love this chair. It is a totally unexpected pattern with a Moroccan vibe and the pillow was made from an old fur coat she bought at a yard sale. 

 The pops of turquoise in the antique foo dogs (the real deal) add another color to... 

 ... play off of her collection of blue willow china pieces. 

 The Greek Key coffee table grounds the hide and I love the dark elements. 

 Remember this? Doesn't she look beautiful? A Kravet fabric and a gazillion nail heads and viola!

Love the detailing.

 Her grand fireplace just needed more to bring down the scale, so we added a Venetian mirror. 

 Do you like it? What do you think? I want a mom cave like this one. 

Bye bye birdie...
~H

10 Years and Counting!

Read and I have almost been married for 20  10 years. It is quite a feat. We have decided to take a vacation to celebrate our love (ha ha).  Tin is the traditional wedding anniversary gift for the ten year mark. Wow. Really excited about this one. Instead of a gorgeous tin ring, do you think he would think it was weird if I left him at home and spent my ten year wedding anniversary with Kelly Wearstler? I could simply sit at one of her decorated Viceroy hotels. Don't care where it is, will travel. Here are some of the rooms where I hope to spend my ten year wedding anniversary. I love you Kelly, uh um, I mean, Read.

                                           

So where should we go? I am really thinking about taking Read along. Been anywhere good lately? 


Bye bye birdie...
~H


credit to: Viceroy Hotel Group, Kelly (the genius) Wearstler