Summer Fresh

July 26, 2011
fresh summer veggies

Hello all! I hope you are enjoying your summer. I have been busy with our Vacation Bible School program at church and trying to work, all while wearing a walking fracture boot on my right leg! My vacation of hiking the canyons of Malibu has taken a toll on my bad ankle. I get MRI [...]

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Happy {Right Now}

July 13, 2011
watermelon and sun flowers

Sugar-sweet summer watermelon & cheery sunflowers ~ these are making me happy right now.  I snapped this picture with my iphone so the quailty isn’t great and the colors in real lilfe are so much brighter. Yes, that was me who took a bite right out of the middle of the watermelon. I just could not [...]

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Happy Birthday America!

July 4, 2011
flag-fireworks2

Hope you have a wonderful July 4th! God Bless America.

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Dream House: Boy’s Bedroom

July 1, 2011
2011 Dream House YMCA Boys Room Tent

Best friends is the theme of the boy’s room I designed at the Lake County YMCA Dream House. It celebrates the timeless relationship between a boy and his dog. I was inspired by my own nephew Carson and his dog Lucky and books like, “Where the Red Fern Grows.” {BTW, if you have never read [...]

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Strike a Pose: Fashion Girl Room

June 28, 2011
2011 YMCA Dream House Girls Room

My “Fashion Girl” theme bedroom at this year’s Lake County YMCA Dream House seems to be a hit with girls of all ages. It is a study in contrast of plum, white and black which helps creates the haute look of high fashion. Wallpaper is making a come back and you see it here as [...]

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Dream House Opens Today!

June 24, 2011
2011 YMCA Dream House rear view

For the past 10 days or so I have been busy working on my rooms at the 2011 Lake County YMCA Dream House. Shopping, shopping, shopping! Of course, I had done a lot of shopping when I first got my room assignments and had my designs approved but there is always more last-minute shopping to do. [...]

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Siestas & Sleeping Porches

June 13, 2011
sleeping-porch-georgia carlee

Hello Friends! Sorry for the long siesta. I was in Malibu on vacation and although I took my ipad2 with me, I discovered it does not play well with wordpress, so I could not post. This week I’m preparing for installation at the Dream House but as I sit here writing, I am looking out [...]

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Pondering Porches

May 22, 2011
aaaa pretty porch corner

“In the language of houses, nothing speaks to us quite like a porch. Facing the street, an open porch softens the transition to the fully enclosed spaces beyond, telling guests: ‘You’re welcome here. Come on in.’ Overlooking a backyard or garden, it’s a private retreat that says: ‘Relax, Rejuvenate. Leave pressures behind.’” That’s the opening of The [...]

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