Design Crush: Lauren Liess

 I love a good design blog, and this one is one of my favorites. I live vicariously through this lady, who bought a new home last year and has been renovating it piece by piece. She writes about her progress with honesty and wit, it has been so fun to see the transformation.  I hope one day to be able to do the same on this blog. So here are some before and after shots of her old and new homes...

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Here is Lauren Modeling one her textiles from her collection

Here is Lauren's Blog...

http://www.laurenliess.com/pure-style-home

All photos obtained via pinterst.com and purestylehome.blogspot.com

Picture Update

Lately, this has been happening

and with falling snow comes an eager spectator

We had a taste of what spring could be like about a week ago... this is our equivalent of spring cleaning

It was getting nicer.... for  a while

I was even able to keep some basil alive for more than one week

Well, back to the loft life for a while longer.... ready for spring...

Swoon: Wood and White

All images obtained via pinterest.com

Skirts

I have been wanting to do this to a couple of my tables for a while now. I love the look but I LOVE another opportunity to hide and store stuff...

All images obtained via pinterest.com

Design Crush: Rachel Halvorson

This lovely designer from Nashville has  my design imagination in full swing today.... I just love her style. She seems to have a knack for assembling spaces that look like they have been around for ages, while maintaining a slight contemporary edge. Here are my favorite spaces by Rachel...

Here is the lovely Rachel Halverson in person...

Rachel's Blog "http://www.nestegg.typepad.com/

Rachel's Design website: http://www.rachelhalvorson.com/

All images obtained via pinterest.com

Small Changes

Snow, cold, no car.... cabin fever commence! I have been getting pretty creative with my solitude the last couple of weeks, lots of crafts, art, and rearranging the loft of course...