FRIDAY THIS AND THAT

I figured instead of not posting like I did last Friday I would just go ahead and throw together some randomness of my week....

Normally I have more design work going but lately it has just been building stuff and seeing a bunch of framing is not really that exciting right!

I think I have mentioned before that I had like 30 bathrooms to pick out tile, vanities, lighting and plumbing for and I am happy to say I'm on the home stretch! 

Well I have been moving forward with them all and I'm almost finished.  If I have to scroll lighting websites one more time.....haha

Let's start with my house.....I had my front yard cleaned up.....meaning pull out my dead boxwoods [sad....there is a blight that is killing them] and had a few flower beds planted with some pine straw put down.  

I am sorry to say that the last few years I have not paid much attention to the outside....

Thanks to that massive oak tree I can't get any grass to grow.  The canopy  covers my whole yard!  
I know somebody will ask....my house is painted BM China White and the shutters are BM Kendall Charcoal.

It's a little like making your bed....even though there are some messy parts of the bedroom....it always looks better after you do that!

That little concrete lamb has been sitting there for 20 years and it's covered in moss.  I'm OK with that!

So my friend Cindy over at Rough Luxe Lifestyle Blog did a post about this Target dress and linen wrap....Y'all it was so cute that I ordered them both!  I mean 19.99 for the dress and I think 24.99 for the wrap!

I did a mini version.....and actually wore that sucker 3 days in a row!

I needed some white shorts so I cut off an old pair of jeans.....

The dress is a pretty simple black knit and I probably would not wear it without the wrap.....you know my old arms and such:)

You can find the links on her blog!

After telling you that framing is not that exciting....here I am posting.  But....only to show you this project that I am picking out lighting for!

When you walk into the foyer you can see the family room, island and dining room.  Yeah....what does that mean?

That you can also see 4 light fixtures!

So it is important to make sure they flow.  This couple fell in love with the mercury glass bell jars I used over at Friar Tuck so we started with those....

Here is where we finally landed with some pretty Circa Lighting fixtures and I am pretty happy with it!
Another fabulous project by Ladisic Fine Homes.

And it was time for Cami to have her summer cut...

She is very snuggly when she doesn't have hair so that is the best part!

OK Y'all....what are your plans for the weekend?  I might scoot down to Madison and hang with my neighbors.  They will be leaving in 2 weeks to spend 4 months up in Nantucket and I am really going to miss them.  I think they feed me 3 x's a week.

Who's out and about?  Who is still scared?  I'm in the middle....I might not go to a theme park but I will go to dinner and stores.  

Shaylovesyou

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BEFORE AND AFTER EXTERIOR

I'm thinking after my fashion post everyone bought out the Gap!  Well you can't go wrong with the price and won't feel too guilty!

I'm going to show you how we change the exterior of this renovation [by Ladisic Fine Homes] with paint and landscaping!  I have posted a little about this before but since it was in Southern Homes I'm sharing some of their beautiful shots.

Seriously....same roof....some new windows!

Sometimes I walk through my neighborhood and see a dingy brown house and think that a good coat of white paint would be such a game changer.

This color is Farrow and Ball Ballet White and the trim is BM Coventry Gray.

Just cutting back the overgrown bushes..... 

It's so darn pretty now!

This was the back deck......

And is now the back porch!!!

Pretty Summer Classics furniture.

Changed out the oval windows and took off the small deck.

This was the before....while they were creating the paths.

I found those chairs on overstock!  They are out of stock but here is the link.

The pillows are from Serena and Lily.

The white garden stools are from Wisteria.

Can you even?  Lord I would love to bring in a crew to overhaul my back yard.  That's the thing about Georgia....I'm good putzing in the yard April and May....even a little of June but dang when it gets to July and it's Africa hot..... I'm so done.  The heat....the bugs....I can't take it!

I'm on my way to Orange Theory.....even when you get old you still have to work out...hahahaha.

Thought for the day....seeing a picture of yourself at my age.....For realz......I think I'm looking at my grandma....or I am in complete denial that something is wrong with the camera.

The struggle is real guys.  

Shayfab

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YARD UPDATE

Just when you think everything is perfect....well not perfect cause that can not be achieved without some major lottery winnings....but you know perfect in my tiny little world....here comes a problema.  Translation: problem.

We noticed the drains on the patio and 2 other places were backing up badly....well more like a small wading pool.

Yup.  Not good.

So this was my husbands idea of a temporary solution.

Um..... no. 
ayfkm?
Oh hell no.
Ghetto.

The ink was not even dry on the last check I wrote them....but I get the guys back out to fix it.....yes I know after it was all "pine strawed and pretty".

Dig it all up.

And then instead of putting the flagstone back down like before.... it made sense to repeat the same treatment.  It will be easier to get to those pesky buggers next time.

Before.

 And what it looks like now.

Since there is a slope here they added these boulders for steps....my favorite part.

Now the problem is how to get a lawnmower up and over all this.

It's always something isn't it?  So I finished paying for the other landscaping bill and boom.

I have another one.

OK....I am kinda excited to finally have a little makeover to post about.

Not today but soon.....

The before.

I did this bedroom about 12 years ago.....who keeps stuff that long?  It's shocking to me.

I persuaded her it was time for a little refresh....but damn she has gotten just a little opinionated since this room was done.

And.... she went and got married so now I got 2 people trying to show me they can do my job.

Think I will go to work with them this week and take over their office.  Show them how to do do things.....just sayin.

Stay tuned....

Happy freaking Monday.

Shalayingdownthelaw

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MY YARD

Hellooooooo?  Anyone there?  Yeah I kind of fell of the "blogwagon" as they say.  

After all it's summer and no one reads blogs right? 

 I hope y'all had mucho celebration last weekend with friends, family, food and drinks with little umbrellas.

I was deep into supervising the backyard makeover and Lord did I go over budget.  I am a "broke girl" and will not be buying cute summer sandals any time soon.

Let's get to a few before and after shots.

Here is the front yard.  All of this was planted about 20 years ago except the boxwoods [which these 3 have a worm right now that I am busy trying to kill!].  

By by.....

I put 3 of the large boxwoods in front with 3 smaller ones in a half circle and in the middle is a white Camilla.  Hopefully they will get bigger:)  Then Lenten Roses and assorted ferns.

Try not to look at the grass....they had to dig up a trench to fix the lamp post.  Who am I kidding....it's moss cause I have very little sun in my front yard!

This side was a hot mess....

After

I moved all the Yew over to this side.

So much better.....

Of course it never ends.....I need a new sidewalk so I have a reason to start saving again....

The base of that huge tree!

On to the back yard... 

So overgrown....believe it or not there is a gate back there!

See...all cleared out.

And then my vision....

A path.

From the patio....

Me: "So much better....as my husband said....a path to nowhere". 

In the fall....a shade garden under the tree right?

Another before...

And after....

Before....

I took out the roses....they were leggy and sparse.

Added another boxwood and a planter that was hidden way in the back yard.

One more before....

After

Now some random shots to put you to sleep....

OK....wake up!

I know....you are either into landscaping/gardening or not...

Of course here in Atlanta it will get too hot to be outdoors so I can stand at my window and look at it:)

Can you believe it is Wednesday already?  

This weekend is the Designer Tag sale at Westside Market with 7 designers [including me] who will be selling their "extra stuff".  I'll have things from my shabby chic days and every other style I've tried along the way:)

So come on down and say Hi!

Sheriky Freaky

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