THIS AND THAT

I'm feeling a little lazy today.....so this post is going out late:)  We decided to head to the beach on Wednesday since the rental was vacant and I somehow turned into a slug within 24 hours.

You guys know I have been going strong like a mad woman probably since August and its a good feeling knowing that my "to do" list isn't 20 pages long.

Whew.

But of course there is plenty to do here.....like why do people re-arrange things when they are supposed to be on vacation?

What I walked in to....

What it's supposed to look like!

I mean OK....I have been known to maybe refresh a rental but seriously I KNOW it looks better and that is the way it should be.  Let the professionals handle it....hahaha.

The next morning I was walking Cami and we were both coughing....I was thinking it was sand in our throat but somebody said it was Red Tide.  Huh?  I'm not sure I have ever been down here when this was happening but dang you can hardly walk outside with out hacking up a lung.

On our walk I started looking at all the beige houses....which in itself is not a bad thing but here's the deal....and especially in Florida!

They look so blah!

If this is your house I'm sorry......but here is some free design advice....paint the sashes and the front door blue!

See how much better it can look!  They painted the soffit and the front door! 

Last weekend we were invited up to Lake Burton with some friends...

I just bought the new iPhone and  it takes the best pictures!

A couple of us drove into the town of Cayton and wandered into a store call Dogwoods!

So many pretty things!

On Tuesday I went up to the Pinewood Forest Showhouse to start unloading my room....I'm a little late as it was over Oct 5th!  

I am still in love with this door.

I had to get all the art out and returned to Swoox [they were so patient]

I know it is a consignment store but I always want to move in.

I also had to go to ADAC and you know I love discovering new fabric lines like these below from Ellen Eden

And the ones below from Charlotte Gaisford

You are welcome :)

I also had a curtain install and these cafe curtains against this Cole and Son wallpaper made me giddy.

Started a new project with Ladisic Fine Homes and I'm pretty excited.  It includes a pool and covered outdoor living area....

I'm loving these Currey and Co concrete benches to use at the end of the pool....

Are you bored yet?

Just finished this podcast about Steroids....it was so interesting!

I love a good true story so if you have any please share!

Have I sunk to a new low just rambling on about nothing.....I have plenty to post especially about the House Beautiful project but that would require a little more bandwidth that I can gather this morning:)

Shaydragging

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More Florida

This just proves  how unorganized I am when posting.  You would think I would spend some time getting it together so when I do a post I have included all of the info you need to be informed and "wowed".  Well OK...not the "wowed" part but a girl can dream.....

 I am including a few pictures [the before of the "bunk bed room"] of our condo which  is located in Blue mountain Beach along 30A, in the Florida panhandle between Panama City beach and Destin.  If you ever saw the Truman Show [1998] it was filmed in Seaside, Florida also in that same area.

It was developed in 1981 and I am serious when I say this area is gorgeous.  Very family oriented.  There is 26 miles of beautiful beaches...planned communities and a bike path the whole distance.

Also on 30A you have the community of Rosemary Beach which was developed in 1995.

Gorgeous!!!

This area has become a very popular vacation destination.  It is located about 5 1/2 hours from Atlanta.  I had never been there before [after living in Atlanta for 16 years], and fell in love after my first trip.  Of course I wish I had either discovered it 10 years earlier or now as we bought when the prices were at their "tippy top"...if you get my drift.  Thankful for partners, and the fact that it is a rental so we haven't had to pitch a tent under a bridge yet.  Still....I must have been smoking crack.

Right down the street from Rosemary is another area that it just being developed..... Alys Beach.  The architecture is unbelievable.  For real.  Everything is white.  Even the grass.....:)

You need to go to their site and check it out.  You will be wowed!

While I was there I picked up this book by Lynn Nesmith called:

It is chock full of gorgeous pictures of homes along 30A,  Among some of the publications Lynn has written for  is Better Homes & Gardens, House Beautiful, and Traditional Home.
She actually wrote the article about a home I did in Rosemary [you can see the pictures on my portfolio].

So anyway....now that I have my "Florida Tourism" obligations over with....here is a before picture of the room that was "covered" in bunk beds.  It now has the 2 queen beds in it.

I think jumping from the top bunk to the full bed below must have been fun.....cause that is the part that broke.  And there is the bulletin board, the night stand and the little lamp that I made over.

 I posted about these curtains before, but that was back when I had 7 followers.  Using ready made white panels and added grommets,  I used rope to hang them, hot glueing a starfish to the part that was hanging.  Fortunately no one has tried to swing from that piece of rope.

I found this fabric [kind of looks like a bath rug] at Lewis and Sheron 6 years ago and had a headboard made from it.  The rest of the bedding came from PB.

I had about 3 weeks to do this whole place.....4 bedrooms [and a very small budget].  It was CRAZY!

If I win the lottery.....this will be my view forever......right?
 Along with a nice glass of wine :)

By the way..... the pedicure was wonderful.  As I said my toe nails were so long he did not even ask if he should cut....it was THAT obvious.  Here they are all trimmed up and ready to party.

Hope Monday is treating you right.....Freaky

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Uh....hellooooooo? A winner!

Yeah...I did sort of just drop out, with a giveaway going on and all......I will 'splain in a minute.  First things first.  The winner of the January "West Palm" giveaway is Cassie from Primitive and Proper!  Cassie loves to DYI...and she is good at it!!!  They just moved into a new home which you can tour here.

There check one thing off my list.

I had to go to Florida for a few days to clean and update our condo.  Yep...that might sound like fun [kind of like a sharp stick in your eye] but it wasn't.  Driving 5 1/2 hours in a car with 2 dogs breathing over your shoulder [with their bad ass breath] doesn't make it on my top ten list of exciting things to do.

They look all innocent here but don't be fooled.  The girl [on the left] always pukes in the car.  They do love to romp on the beach.  I took a great video of them playing and running....just have to put my technical hat on to get it uploaded on the blog.

In one of the bedrooms, we had bunk beads which broke.  I am guessing kids like to jump around on those suckers????  They were nice and sturdy ones also.  So we decided to put 2 queen beds in there instead.

I had to be very frugal [being that it is a rental and every penny counts!].  It had kind of a nautical theme from the start so I just enhanced.

Blue chest...the top was trashed.  Got out the chalk paint.

Needed something for over the bed.....instead of trying to find two crappy pictures, I saw this and we have a winner.

Shams from PB on sale for $19.00 each, lumbar pillows on sale for about $9.99 [remember I had to BUY double of everything], coverlets at Homegoods, and the blanket/ throws I got half price at Dillard's.

The old boating flag was already there and so were all the accessories.  Blue lamp was from Homegoods, as were all the decorative pillows.

I had every intention of painting the wall behind the beds, but I lost my "mojo" on day 3.  I washed every linen in that place [4 bedrooms].

I had to sew these starfish back on for the 20th time.  People.....why are you touching them?

I painted this [it was red/white/blue] and got a new lampshade for it.

Found this picture at the Goodwill for $5.00.  You would not believe how expensive GW is down there!  I was shocked at some of the prices.  Small cane barrel chair for $59.99!!!  Seriously.  Every time I saw something I liked it was out of my price range!

The chalk board was a bulletin board.....I got my husband to take it apart ["why are we taking this apart, it looks fine to me"...."why are you painting that....it looks fine to me".....] then painted it and put it back together.  Found the small table and chairs and sprayed them.  I had to put labels on the chairs saying "not for big butts".

I bought this when I first decorated the place 6 years ago....but I still love it!

Love this one also....

These yellow chairs are getting slipcovered in yellow and white ticking.  I got the fabric at Old Time Pottery for 3.89@yard.....score!!!  They just can't be cleaned anymore......

Laundry room....I painted those stripes.  Does anyone do laundry at the beach?

Just playing......

Sunset.....

Still have to go back in February.  They are cleaning all the tile floors, so I will have to make sure all the furniture is in place correctly.  Next time I want to buy real estate so far away....bonk me on the head please.....HARD.

I have at least 50-60 hours of blog reading to do to catch up.  Even though I came to a screeching halt for a week....I know you guys were out there blogging all this great stuff that I need to know about!!!

Good to be home......

Sha Fab!

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