I do not have an obsession with my dog

So last week I asked you to tell me what your design style is.

And this week...

A few tid-bits about ME!!

1.  I live off of diet pepsi and would be perfectly happy if I could survive on that, and THAT alone.

2.  I love anything vintage....furniture and accessories specifically.

3.  My dog thinks she is a real girl.

4.  Cleaning is my therapy.

5.  I would wear boots 365 days a year if it wasn't 110 in the summer.

6.  I LOVE houndstooth.

7.  I bake cookies at least twice a week and give it away so I won't eat it.

8.  Ok fine, I only eat an insy-weensie, itty-bitty, bite....of each batch.

9.  I don't blow dry my hair....I let it air dry.

10.  I wear my hair in a pony 75% of the time.

11.  I would LOVE to be a personal shopper.

12.  I started working out with a trainer 3 times a week, because that is the ONLY way I will do it.

13.  I have two older brothers and an older sister and, unfortunately, they live in San Diego and North Carolina.....I miss them every day.

14.  I hate the heat.

15.  Christmas is my favorite time of year.

16.  I want to decorate for Christmas RIGHT NOW.

17.  I prefer the mountains/lake over the beach.

18.  I have a roommate that has a two year old daughter named Aidan and she is the CUTEST little girl I have ever known....Aidan calls cookies, toooties...which is one of my favorite things in the world!

19.  I have had a boyfriend for two years named Johann.

20.   He is my boss' bro-in-law, and we also work together, so it was a TOP SECRET relationship for a year until we were discovered. :)

21.  I am 27.

22.  My "real" hair color is dark brown but I have had it blonde since I was in highschool...I just dyed it dark a couple months ago.

23.  I don't have to wash my hair as much as I did when it was blonde. :)

24.  Going to the movies is one of FAVORITE things to do.

25.  I want to live in an old, fixer-upper, farmhouse when I grow up. :)

26.  I also answer to Mere, Mermie, Mere-mere, and boo boo.

27.  Bailey-dawg has her own voice that I have given her.

28.  I do not have an obsession with my dog.

29.  I would rather not talk about an issue, than argue an issue.

30.  Family is everything to me.

A Family Room Facelit

I have a wonderful couple that I've been working with for the past two months at Ethan Allen, and we just had their furniture delivered on Tuesday...

The room is not completely done...

We still need some accessories in a couple of areas, the walls still need to be warmed up with a different paint color, and the bookshelves still need a little spruce up...

But I thought I would share the room with you all anyway!

Before

After

We haven't worked on the mantel yet, because she has her Halloween decor up... She did paint it out a crisp white however...THANK GOD! :-)

Oh, and how about that plaid chair?!!  Don't you just LOVE it!  There is another one on the other side of her media sideboard.

My clients hubby doesn't like ANY florals or plants so it is alittle bare for that reason...

I had some killer red tulips to put on her coffee table, but I got rejected on them!  Dang it!!  We still made it look cute...

I will share any updates we make to the room...

Hope you have enjoyed!

What's Your Design Style?

Hello friendly blogging buddies!

Did everyone have a good weekend?

I work on everyone else's weekend and have Monday and Tuesday off...so you know what that means....

WAHOOOOOOOO!

I'm having such a wild night full of Made For T.V. Lifetime movies, taco soup, and lots of snuggling with the Bailey Dawg...

Phewwwww....what a night!!

Anywho, I was thinking today about how I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about any of my blogging friends.

I want to know what your design style is?

My design style is Farmhouse Chic...

Farmhouse Chic evokes strong feelings of honesty, purity, and function.  A feeling of continuity and self-sufficiency.  Of being one with nature.  It's Nature and Nurture.  Caring for the environment and caring for each other. 

One day....hopefully sooner rather than later, I will will have a farmhouse with a wrap around porch, filled with weathered wood, slipcovered sofas, and a couple of rooms that look like this...

So, my friends...

What is your design style and how would you describe it?

Happy Sunday/ Friday!!!

Super Stuffed Baked Apples a la Mode

Hello friends! 

I baked a delicious dessert last night and I thought I'd share the recipe with you all... 

It was SOOOOO yummy so I hope you enjoy!

Ingredients

- 4 large McIntosh or Empire apples, cored

- 1 tablespoon lemon juice

- 3/4 cup brown sugar

- 1/4 cup instant oatmeal mix or rolled oats

- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, a healthy grating

- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

- 4 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces

- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts or walnut pieces or pecans

- 1 pint Slow Churned Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

- Whipped cream, in a canister

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Sprinkle cored apples with lemon juice. Mix next 7 ingredients and over-stuff apples. Bake 20 minutes in a small oven safe dish. Transfer apples to small bowls with a spoon and top with ice cream and whipped cream.

My apples were HUGE, so I had to bake them for about 30 minutes instead of 20...

This is what your oatmeal mixture should look like...

When you stuff your apples, make sure you press down and put as much of the mix in each

apple as you can, because the mix will flatten out when is bakes...

This is what your apples will look like when you pull them out of the oven.  Stick a fork into one of the apples and make sure that it's soft but not mushy...

Add Vanilla Bean ice cream and fresh whip cream to each apple...

Enjoy!!!!

DIY Numeric Stoneware Canisters

Hello Friends!

I have a very cool, easy DIY project to show ya today...

I get these ideas in my head, get determined, and will not give it up until I've done it...

It's really pretty annoying...

:-)

Anywho..I was cruisin' Home Goods today (this is what I do on my days off..cruise) and found these three canisters for $6.99 each..

Pretty good deal, eh?!!

Well, I had also purchased some stencils for a future project, so I decided to spruce up the ol' white canisters..

Since my stencils had ABC's but no 123's, I had to improvise alittle bit..

All you need is some tape, acrylic paint, stencils, and clear spray...

I had to make my numbers with the letter stencils by taping together different parts of certain letters..

Oh, and you have to tape the stencil to the canister to keep it in place..

Then I sponged on gray acrylic paint VERY VERY lightly...I mean SOO light that there was hardly anything on the sponge..

And this is how it turned out..

After the acrylic dries it will scrape off with your finger nail, so you HAVE to set the paint with a clear coat...

I used Krylon Crystal Clear..

It will make the finish slightly more rough than the actual ceramic finish, but you can't tell until you touch it..

This is how they turned out!!

I chose 1-4-3 because it means LOVE and it sounded much better than the simple 1-2-3 senario...

I think they are ADORABLE, and it only took me about an hour to complete them!

Happy DIY'ing friends!