random (tired) yumminess

kelly green swan chair 

home office from a home tour in this month's Southern Living Magazine

(I need one now!)

great quote from quote blog--I will dig up her blog and link it!

picture of the kind and laid-back Daryl Carter from the other week

at Urban Electric Co. in Atlanta (yours truly is cropped out)

He had patches on the elbows of his jacket--I have a thing for professory blazers.

perfect creamy front door

soft contrasts

(both images via Farrow & Ball)

LOVE this monochromatic first look with the strong lip color

(J Crew)

chambray shirt & sequin skirt--too good

J Crew

(both via The Neo-Traditionalist

and a perfect sunny fall day

enjoy your Wednesday.....Julie

project runway ain't got nuthin' on her

Why have a blog if you can't brag from time to time about those you love & admire?

Please see the work of my beloved cousin Allie's work.  She is finishing up her BFA at Ole Miss and for her master project this senior year she's doing a "rags to riches" line of couture.  

Hello--here is her model in trash bags.  I'm speechless!

Her dish cloth formal:

Unbelievable brown bag skirt!

coffee filter sculptural piece

Is she not talented?  I am in awe.

Not only is she talented in fashion (and interned at Saks in Atlanta this summer doing displays--how cool!), but she is gifted in photography

(her photo self-portrait below)

gorgeous

And one of her real loves is the graphic arts

(she made this for me!!)

You're gifted, Allie girl!

And she is graduating this year---so if anyone needs to hire a gifted designer of all trades--please look up Allie.  I'd love to hire her myself :)

                                                                       Julie

so why not dream big? (darryl carter & new clothes)

That is what Oprah has always told us, right?  "Well, this dream came true for you.  Now you'll have to go and get yourself another dream", I can just hear her telling a young guest who is amazed at their new-found stardom.

Think about this guy, Darryl Carter, not too long ago when his days were filled with studying for the LSAT and reading over legal documents.

  Now, flashforward to today--he is launching his new line with Urban Electric and he recently designed furniture for Thomasville.  Not-too-shabby for this lawyer turned decorator.

I am tickled to be invited to meet this master of neutrals, among other things.

I have yet to read his book, but I am looking forward to snagging one so I can bend his ear for a minute. There is really nothing not beautiful I have seen from his rooms.  He seems to collect like Suzanne Kasler (I adore how he styles his tableware), and has a love of white and mixing like Vicente Wolf.  Yet I find him warm and classical and soft and strong at the same time.  (He kinda looks that way, too)

I am excited to actually have some events I need to "dress" for, you know?  My boys being four and two, I have lived in Target tops and yoga pants for years  (but I still had to wear some cute Converse and funky earrings with them--my mom always preached to us that "Life is not a dress rehearsal."  That has stuck with me--even in the baby fog years)

So I've got a few fun events coming up this fall and winter...

Darryl Carter at Urban Electric, big Arteriors sample sale, SCAD students' art at West Elm (Savannah College of Art & Design), Sherry Hart giving a little lesson on styling at the Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Christmas House, The Lavish Conference, and Better Homes & Gardens coming to shoot!  Aside from marrying Chris and birthing these youngins', this is about the best year of my life.  

I want to work with what I already have, but I do want a few fun things:

a sequins tank

j crew

some dark boot cut jeans

gap

love this ruffled military coat (cute with jeans or a pencil skirt and tall boots)

Ann Taylor Loft

And this heather gray jacket

j crew

With these pants...

J crew

a plan white tank

gap

And these amazing necklace..

J Crew

Can you picture it with some heels?

And a few more things....

Would love this with jeans

Free People

and these babies...

Free People

with some long, cotton socks

Free People

And a velvet blazer

Anthropologie

almost done...look at these!

Free People

And lastly, check out this outfit from Paris from South of Market's Blog

How great is her outfit!!??  Can I wear this at 37?  Maybe if the skirt was a little longer?

Happy Wednesday.......Julie

a little rock-n-roll retail therapy

I can't believe how much I missed pictures!  Are we not so spoiled with our instant gratification?  I know I am.  Five bucks paid to Goggle and I'm back with a little eye candy for ya.

I rarely post about fashion, but I am so loving some of the things Garnet Hill is currently offering I just had to share.  I love this look...but really I think I love this model and this braid.  (sidenote:  are you typically drawn to models with your hair color?  just curious)

These boots are so sexy and refined.

I start living in boots and dresses as soon as there is the first slight chill.  Yes, this look is

how I define rock-n-roll these days.  You can't much hotter than her.

And this coat!  Love it.  Okay, what about this coat with a white J Crew tee and black

leather pants.  I don't care if leather pants are in or out (nor do I know), but wouldn't that outfit be cool?

This piece of art is rockin, I think.  Remember this from Atlanta Home & Lifestyles Christmas House last year?  My client and I spied this at Stanton this week.  It was 1,200...now 199!  I don't see this working in many rooms...but it is incredible.

These are the bentwoods we got for her breakfast nook--I love the use of black metal here instead of wood.  Adds a little spice to their kitchen.

It's slowly coming together (capiz pendant and window treatments to be completed soon)  And we'll change the centerpiece...:)

I think this black moulding is really sexy.

via The Roof Over My Head

I am loving our new bar downstairs!  We paired black iron vintage sconces with two deals

from Ballard's Backroom (the stools and mirror).  The stools got four coats of white dove (leftover trim paint--semi-gloss).  I told Chris he needs to have the guys over and play cards.  He kinda laughed at me. I guess it isn't quite manly, is it?  (letters from Hobby Lobby)

For another texture, I love some black or cream felt pillows in a room.  Aren't these pretty?  (from PB Teen)

I love this white capiz table lamp, too.  Wouldn't this be nice as a desk lamp or maybe a countertop in a kitchen?  Somewhere unexpected.

And Anthro is rocking it out with this coffee table.  How unique!

And maybe this mirror...

In this bathroom instead of this white one (I LOVE this simple skirt.  When I rented a home in Little Five Points in my '20s I cut my green silk Anthro skirt and velcroed it to my sink!)

And these shades....somewhere!!

And I love these Old Schools from Emerson Made.  Bell bottoms are so rock-and-roll to me.  But I have always been a little on the hippie side.  Here is evidence below:

I pick up the boys from Mom's Morning Out and Wyatt has his entire lunch left.  I guess I can't blame a two year-old for not wanting sugar snap peas, organic carrots in a bamboo bowl.  Liam said, "Mom, why can't we get red boxes like Luca gets (read Happy Meal)."  Sorry, boys.

Thanks for hanging with this scattered post--Julie