FRIDAY THIS AND THAT

I am trying to get a fashion post together....but those take a lot of time and I am deep in "lighting hell" right now trying to get the decorative lighting together for 2 renovations.....

I love my clients.....yes I do.....but it's like herding cats to get them to focus.  Meanwhile I have the project managers texting me everyday...."we need lights"....haha

So we have a little of everything today.

Things are moving along with my #EPF project.

Picking paint colors....  The one in the middle is the BM color that I picked and the other 2 were color matched with SW....they were too yellow!  Some colors can't be translated through other paint companies.  One of those is my favorite BM White Dove.  SW can't match that one.

Here is the next one...a pretty renovation in Brookhaven.  

They are both supposed to be finished by Sept 30! You can see why I'm scurrying to get everything picked out!

When I was sick....I got flowers from a group of artist and designers.....I love my tribe so much!

Last weekend I binged this Netflix series called Say I Do.  So good....and I love all three of these guys!  Jeremiah Brent did all of the design and they were some gorgeous weddings.

I was at a clients house the other day and check out the containers at her front door!

I made a trip to ADAC and saw these spool chairs painted a pretty beige with a ticking....

Also.....I have had the silver bangles for 20 years....but sometimes I just throw a little color into the mix:) 

I posted this on instagram the other day and somebody asked me to do a post on my fitness routine..... 

Since Covid....when my gym closed I have been working out with a friend in her home gym.  It is basically a HIIT workout....high intensity interval training.  There are 17 exercises and we go through it twice [at 1 minute each].  I found an app that I downloaded which you can set to ring every minute.  So if she starts at #1....then I start at #3.

We change up the exercises every week....sometimes more upper body and others we do more lower.  Go here if you want to read about the benefits of HIIT workouts.

Before Covid I was doing this 4 times a week.....and I was doing pretty good until the tick bite!  I didn't workout for 3 weeks but I am back now.....

I will tell you this.....if you don't add weights to your exercise routine you can't change the shape of your body.  I have been doing them for 38 years and while all of my friends [my age] are getting knee replacements and such I do not have any aches or pains at all.  Of course now I will probably get one!

Also...my friend Cindy over at Rough Luxe Blog is having a progressive dinner with some other bloggers so if you like to cook.....head over!

And....Cami says HI.....

This weekend will be filled with work....walking Cami and giving her the all the attention that she demands :)  I mean she got me up at 4:00 this morning.....grrrrrrrr.

Shaylightingexpert

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BEFORE AND AFTER

What a week.....Life can be so funny....if you are on Instagram then you might have read that Monday was a crappy day for me.  

I use the term crappy because if I think back and put it in perspective it probably pales in comparison to people who are suffering so much more than me.

The first thing had to do with my divorce.....and what felt like some terrorizing from my soon to be ex.  It took most of the day to iron out.  I will say it's the first time I have ever tried deep breathing and then I remembered that petting a dog brings your blood pressure down so I grabbed Cami and just loved on her for a good 15 minutes.

You know what?  It really helped!

Anyway around 3  I called a friend to take me to pickup my car from the shop.  I had her drop me off because I knew it was ready.  I "be-bopped" in feeling so much better after handling my situation [and my love session with Cami] and threw down my CC.  He promptly said we don't take AMX.

No problem I came prepared and took out my check book.  He again promptly said we don't take checks.  Huh?  Well there you go.  I don't have a Visa or Mastercard [which taught me another lesson.....like I needed more lessons that day!]

So guess what?  I had to Uber home.  Yeah.  Icing on the darn cake.

Anyway......On Tuesday I helped my friend Rose with her installation.  If you don't know.... we help each other on install days.  It makes it so much more fun and Lord knows I needed the distraction!

I will show you the before.

We started with the bookshelves.  I would say we mostly worked with what she had.  We had gone to a flea market and picked up a few vintage items  to help warm them up.  

BEFORE

We started by taking everything down and grouping them into categories like books...family pictures and small items.

I will say there were some other bookshelves in another room that we pilfered a few things from.

 AFTER

Here is the after....What we added....some brown wood accents....that we found while at the fleamarket.

She had some blue vases and Rose had picked up a couple from HomeGoods!

Anyway they have a more curated look now.

So here is the before of the space before anything was done.

There was a sectional and Rose worked out a whole new floor-plan.  The sectional went downstairs into the finished basement!

Removing the furniture!

Laying the new rug!

 The new furniture plan!  2 sofas and 2 chairs....so warm and cozy.  Let's discuss...all the fabric on the chairs and sofas are performance.  Since this is her only living space she wanted something a little bit more formal.....

Details....

It's so pretty....Rose Kipper Interiors did an amazing job!

All of the upholstered furniture is Charles Stewart.  Made in America!

Rose managed to brighten up this small sitting room also.  We zhushed up the bookcases with what was left and she picked up a throw, the blue and white garden seat, and the rug!

The wall color wasn't changed but Rose added some textured Thibaut wallpaper to warm it up....

  

She found some pillows and a lamp at HomeGoods!  

Also on Tuesday I received so much love from tons of people!  My good friend Cindy Hattersley featured me on her blog Rough Luxe Lifestyle!  It's a series called Ageless style....with pictures and an interview.

If you want to know all of my style secrets....haha....head over!

After a sh*#y day the skies opened up and and I felt tremendous love from all of my social media friends.  I have only spent a little time with Cindy [at the mart once for 2 days] but she is such a kind person and has been incredibly supportive during this difficult year....checking in on me.  One day I will get to visit her and see her incredible house and all of my favorite California "blogging" friends.....

I hope you guys will be able to celebrate this Independence Day with family and friends....small gatherings only please:)

Shaywillsurvive

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