OUR HOUSE
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ORC Week # 6 – An Intense Emotional Week
It’s been an intense week since the last One Room Challenge update. I was in NYC to visit the 911 memorial, something I’ve been wanting to do since staring right at Tower Two falling down that fearful day in Manhattan. Then the last day there again another horrible terror attack took…
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Guest house renovation update – Picking a color scheme
Have you ever felt like your home renovation takes forever? It’s been a long very windy road but we’re finally getting close to the finishing line in terms of the actual renovations. I’m eager to move in to my office space and Luke is feeling particularly impatient and asks me every…
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Week # 5 – Going all out
There were some hick ups this week… The black Platner chairs we had purchased that were going to be the main accent pieces in the library, turns out will not show up. The manufacturer had been mistaken about the inventory and there are no more chairs available until after our dead…
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Picking paint colors – Week # 3 ORC
This week we had to paint. The house sits on a ledge high up a mountain side with the sun glaring in from three sides but with a steep hill behind the house. The front terrace pool bounces a weird blue light in to the house so it’s by far the…
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Colorful Design plan for the library – Week # 2 ORC
I’m really excited to get this library done. I was all set to go with a soothing green library and loved this green, orange and pink scheme below. Then… I’m really excited to get this library done. I was all set to go with a soothing green library and loved this…
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Intriguing inspiration for an unusual teen space
The bedroom I designed for Luke when we first moved in here was bland. He told me NO color, just white, please make it plain, maybe just a little gray. Our previous house in Virginia had so much color he needed me to tone things down for the LA house. It…
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The irresistible blush pink sofa – Splurge vs Save
My new Jill Inc. office is still on my mind. With all the negative events happening in this country and in the world right now I feel the need more than ever to have a space with a comforting vibe. The first item on my must have list is a blush…
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Dreamy inspiration for my new office
The home renovations here have been at a standstill for a few weeks due to various issues. It’s thankfully finally back on and the house is waiting for stucco. However after all this wait (two years all in all!) I can’t imagine what it will be like working in an office…
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Our guest house renovation – almost there!
In May we started the final part of our house renovations and it was to turn the garage in to a teen room/guest house as well as a big downstairs office for my company. It went wickedly fast at first. If I just went off to a short meeting I would…