Location: NW Nashville/Bordeaux
Drive-By [Photo] Shooting (MCM Architecture)
08/09/2009
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Phone Photo Friday
08/07/2009
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August Garden Flowers
08/06/2009My favorite flower in our whole garden—acidanthera—just started blooming! God is such an amazing artist.
Our “assorted” zinna have been going strong for almost 2 months now. Do you realize He designed all these crazy, colorful, stunning varieties of flowers for us to enjoy and to point back to His glory? He didn’t have to make any of these.
Jason planted this crepe myrtle last summer and it died back completely over the winter. It’s been busy growing like crazy since spring and now has these breathtaking fushia flower clusters.
I’m so thankful for this guy, who takes care of our beautiful garden and plants flowers just because he knows how much I like them. I am a very happy wife!
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Perfect Jeans
08/05/2009I have to admit, I’m pretty pleased right now. I found exactly what I was looking for—a pair of crisp, dark-wash, work-appropriate jeans—at Old Navy on clearance for $7.50. (I don’t even look at the regular-priced jeans anymore.) The jeans were almost perfect. They were about 1/2″ too long and the waistband was too loose. Don’t you hate that about ON jeans? The hips fit fine but when I sat down the waistband flung wide open in the back. After reading this so-so tutorial on bringing in the waistline on loose-fitting jeans, I decided to try sewing darts in the back.
(Sorry, there was a smudge on my lens … in ALL of these pictures.)
After that went pretty smoothly, I thought I’d also tackle hemming the bottoms to the perfect heel-length.
The darts don’t lay perfectly flat since the denim is so think. I think a shirt will cover it most of the time, though.
I wonder if I should have made them a little shorter since I usually end up wearing flats. I guess this is my motivation to wear heels more often.
No more “window to the crack” in the back.
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Drive-By Shooting (MCM Architecture)
08/04/2009
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Love Painting #2
08/04/2009The second “love painting” is finally done and hanging above the new mcm credenza in our bedroom. (Did you see Love Painting #1?) Hubby and I quite pleased with it and we’re already talking about doing more paintings like this.
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Phone Photo Friday
07/31/2009
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Dreaming of Pegboard
07/30/2009Hubby needed a little more convincing about the pegboard. (He already ok’d the cork-tile idea.) So, I searched through my favorite design/home blogs for some additional pegboard inspiration. Here are some lovely kitchen and hallway options I found:
1. The Haystack Needle: Pegboard Pots & Pans
2. Oh Happy Day – Weekend Project: Pegboard
3. Design*Sponge – Pegboard Wall Unit
4. Poppytalk – House Visit: Diani Fayt
5. Design*Sponge Sneak Peak: Christine Boukamp
What do you think of pegboard? Keep it in the garage?
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Awkward Space – solution!
07/29/2009We have an angled wall in between our pantry and hallway. (The green wall with the framed poster.) It’s part of the kitchen but essentially wasted space. We let shoes pile up in the triangular floor space. I’ve been wondering for a while how we could make the best use of that space.
Yesterday inspiration struck when I saw a picture from here of cork tiles used along a stairway. I love how it looks modern and clean but it’s also functional as a tack board! Then today, I read the word “pegboard” somewhere and inspiration strike #2! I remembered this picture I saw many months ago of pegboard used in a kitchen to hang pots and spoons. I love it! (I think I originally saw it here. There is another great example here.)
So my idea is to put a small wood shelf along the wall at about eye level with cork tiles above and pegboard below. It can be totally blank, clean and simple. OR, it can be used as a message center with photos and notes tacked at the top; odds and ends on the shelf and pegboard hooks below for hanging jackets, purses, scarfs, umbrellas, etc. when guests come over! I’m so excited about the idea! I just made a mock up so I can convince corporate that we need to do this:
(click • for credit.)
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Cute Crocs?
07/28/2009Is that possible? I saw this picture recently on one of the fashion blogs I follow and was surprised to read that these cute, simple flats are indeed Crocs:
I did a little investigation on Crocs.com and found some other cute options too:
And the best part? The Malindis are $29.99 and the Primas are only $19.99!
((click • for source.)
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