Redneck Modern (Courtesy of Apartment Therapy)

While browsing on Apartment Therapy today (probably one of my all time favorite websites) I fell a little in love with the house tour of the day, Redneck Modern, which is an Eichler designed California contemporary. Be still, my heart!

The photos speak for themselves. This is my dream home. One day, one day, I too shall own a home like this.

Check out Hunter & Casie (the homeowners) blog, which shows the before, during and after (they did one amazing job!): Redneck Modern.

Apartment Therapy article here.

Full house tour here.

All photos courtesy of Apartment Therapy.

Big Screen Debut!

My buddy, Dan Opsal, is a regular participant in the Channel 101 competition. For this month's entry, episode 5, he shot part of his short in mine and sweet hubs apartment (our apartment is about 28 seconds in)! Very exciting! Our kitten, Abigail also got to make her big screen debut.

Dan is a very funny and super talented dude, so you should of course check out his previous entries in Channel 101, as well as his website (my favorite is his infomercial for his company).

Enjoy!



Original episode link here.

On the road again...

Well sweet hubs and I had a fantastic vacation. We are both completely exhausted but quite relaxed even though we are currently in the car driving home to NYC and I have managed to catch a bit of a chest cold. (thanks, crew of the celebrity century for sharing your colds!)

I'll be doing a full recap post later on this week once I have the 8 Gb of photos that we took sorted and am back in the swing of real life again.

Hope everyone had a fabulous week!

Ta ta for now!

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I'm on a boat!

Well, I'm not on a boat quite yet, but I will be soon!

Sweet hubs and I are officially on vacation! Off to Miami for a five day western Caribbean cruise with stops in Honduras and Mexico!

See you in a week, interwebs! This is going to be a laptop / phone free vacation!

Au revoir!

The Big Reveal! Part VI: The Living Room (ie. The Final Frontier)

The last post from the big reveal is the Living Room.  I love everything about this room from the steps and railings to the wall color and how our furniture looks in it.  It makes me happy.

When we started it was a big bland box.  It's quite the opposite now if I do say so myself.

Inspiration Board:  The paint for the living room is the darkest shade from the same paint chip that we used in the Foyer / Hallway and Kitchen.

The Big Reveal! Part V: The Bedroom

The bedroom at first didn't seem like it would be much of a challenge sheerly because sweet hubs and I were so stoked to finally have SPACE instead of having about 2 feet on each side of our bed like our old bedroom had, but arranging the furniture took a little bit of time and rearranging to get it right.  We're really thrilled with the outcome now.

It's so nice to finally have a REAL bedroom!

Inspiration Board:

The Big Reveal! Part IV: The Kitchen

We really didn't do too much with the kitchen - it's a little bit of a lost cause since we're renters.

Everything is in pretty good shape (sink and cabinets) although I despise "euro" style cabinetry.  The appliances were new, which was awesome, although I'm not a fan of white appliances, so we are making due.

We used the middle shade on the triple paint chip that I spoke of in the Foyer post - Behr's "Tide Pools", which made the cabinets look not quite so bad.  Luckily we also have a big window in the kitchen which lets in a nice breeze and a fair amount of light.

We always like to keep a bit of Georgia in our home.

The Big Reveal! Part III: The Entryway

Like the office, I didn't really do an inspiration board for the entryway.  It's a large space, but can't really be utilized too much.  We're finished with the space aside from one piece of furniture we're currently missing, which is a spirit's cabinet (hence why in the "after" photo the circular mirror is so high on the wall).

For the Living Room, Entryway / Foyer and Kitchen, we used one paint chip with three shades of color - for the Entryway / Foyer, we used the lightest color on the chip since that room gets the least amount of light out of the three, which was Behr's "Country Mist".

The Big Reveal! Part II: The Office

Here we go with part 2 of the apartment before/after reveal: the office.

Unfortunately the "before" photo of the office is kind of crappy, but you get the idea.  The space turned out really nicely after sweet hubs worked his magic.  He needed a space of his own to do his work since he's a freelance photographer and this room was perfect - it can be darkened for retouching if he needs it to be, but it has a big window that brings in a nice breeze and indirect light if he wants it to be a bit more open.

I can't take credit for decorating this room in any way - this is all sweet hubs.  It's perfect for him in every way.

The wall color is Behr's "Misty Surf" and the trim is Behr's "Bright White".

It's a BIG week!

Well folks, it's going to be a post heavy week this week.  Lot's going on and lots to share!

First off, it's mine and sweet hubs two-year anniversary today!  We will be leaving on Saturday morning for a week long vacation that includes a short stopover in Virginia, an overnight in a luxurious hotel in Miami, FL and then a five day cruise to the western caribbean that includes stop overs in Honduras and Mexico.  We're VERY excited!!

So to my sweet hubs, happy anniversary, love.  You're the best friend and partner in crime than a gal could ask for.  I'm one lucky dame.  Two years down, forever to go and I'm pleased as pie about it.

Next on the list, we finally have finished our interior design project of making over our apartment.  I know, we took our sweet time, but it's worth it, I promise!  I posted part I last night of our bathroom (check it out here if you didn't catch it).  There will be a post each day this week with each of the rooms.