My Work: Eclectic Style Model Home, Southern California

Hello my lovely readers! I'm still here, working away and keeping busier than ever. I've missed you all so much and have had some life-changing events happen recently that have re-inspired me to get back into blogging and connect more with the design world. I've been a busy mom to two boys (4 and 22 months) and am pregnant with our third - a baby GIRL due in September!!!

 I'm still working full time as a designer for a firm specializing in designing and merchandising model homes - an industry that's booming and keeping us very busy with projects. It's a great job and I've had the privilege of designing, from top to bottom and everything in between, about 40+ homes in the last 3 years. Needless to say, I have a lot of projects to share with you and look forward to doing so over the next several months.

 Today I wanted to share some raw/unedited/non-Photoshopped snapshots of a job I designed about 18  months ago. What really made this otherwise ordinary tract home stand out were the 13ft ceilings in the open living and kitchen area. I won't go too much into detail on this house (for lack of time today), but you'll get a peek at the Great Room, Kitchen, Master Bedroom and Home Office. I hope you enjoy and find some inspiration here! 

ALL IMAGE CREDITS: JULIE THIGPEN 

xoxo,

Hello!

Happy New Year! I CAN'T believe it has been almost ONE YEAR since I've written a blog post...I didn't write a single post in 2015! I'm still here, still designing and staying busy. I'm still working full time as a Project Manager for a design firm that specializes in designing and merchandising model homes for new-home builders. My boys are now 3 1/2 and 16 months. Needless to say, life is BUSY and I had to cut out certain things to make time for my family, one being Belle Maison :( But I'm still keeping my blog up in hopes that I'll be able to blog in 2016 every now and then. I'd love to share several of the projects I've worked on...I think I designed and installed 12 houses in 2015! I hope you are all well and wishing you a very Happy and Healthy year ahead!

 Cheers!

BM Archives :: Wrap In Style

Have you completed your Christmas shopping or are you like me, who will be scrambling at the 11th hour to get it all finished? I do love wrapping gifts and always try to leave enough time to wrap things with creativity and thoughtfulness. There are a gazillion ideas on Pinterest for DIY gift wrap and these were some of my favorites!

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