What the heck have we been up to?

Well, May is a gigantic month for us..Design House, Mother's day, Spring Market and Memorial Day.. so June and July seem like a good time to calm down a little, regroup… shop shop shop, to get our spaces filled back in, and start preparing for the next Design House.It's time to start thinking about trends and palettes for the fall, and the general direction we would like to see the house go.The summer is also the time...

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Sneak Peek: Cheryl's Kitcken Confidential

I'm having fun going through all my pictures to put together a timeline of our kitchen renovation. We have lived in our house for 7 years now and started this project in 2010 and finally we will have a kitchen soon.Ken and I are both in the food & beverage industry so days off sometimes are non existent and when you are off you can barely function because you just worked 5 12-14 hour days. We are both crazy...

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What's new this week in store & online!

The summer is a time to wind down a little bit -- the Design House is closed until August, we are concentrating on refilling our spaces and getting reengergized. This week, we have a few favorites back in our online store and the shop is full of some great pieces this week.Here are our new finds for the week...Our favorite metal sign is back in our online store in a big way!  This reproduction of a gas station...

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Interior Decoration Competing Philosophies

Interior Decoration .I've always had an interest in philosophy, but lately I'm passionate about it. I tend to spend any free time I have studying the words and thoughts that are the foundation of our culture. (This is part of the reason why I haven't been blogging as much). Unfortunately, I find "philosophy" isn't a great conversation starter with most people. So, I was glad to find this today....

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Oooohhhh Atlanta!

January and July…January and July.January is the month we purchase next years Christmas items…(see blog post about the Christmas buying), and July is back to Atlanta to find all of our art, accessories, and gift items, to carry us through the fall at the Design House.It's always fun and exciting to see what new colors are trending and whats new in the marketplace.  The best news is Amy and I have a blast shopping...

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Trending.....

We are seeing wall stencils everywhere.  Who wouldn't love them? If you mess up, you paint over.  It's less expensive than wall paper.  And if you hate it five years down the road, it is an easy fix.  Some wall stencils that we love:Via:Via:Via:Via:V...

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Interior Decoration Personal Memorial

Interior Decoration  (photo via Happy Chic)This week I find myself asking, what is the appropriate response to the passing of an ingenious artist? I was sad to read of the passing of Cy Twombly on Tuesday. Strange that I wrote about him just recently and discovered that I was introducing his work to many of you. Well, yesterday I felt called to visit the Twombly museum here in Houston, as...

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HOW TO WORK FOR A PSYCHIC BOSS: “The Fifth of 5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself When Determining if You Are Working for a Psychic” By Scott Hathcock

Scott Hathcock“The Fifth of 5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself When Determining if You Are Working for a Psychic”Well, here we are at the end. I promised five questions and I am delivering on that promise.  Some business and motivational books would even have me over deliver and surprise you with a sixth question, but I’m not going to.  Instead, I’m going to actually address this last question to you and not...

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HOW TO WORK FOR A PSYCHIC BOSS: “The Fourth of 5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself When Determining if You Are Working for a Psychic” By Scott Hathcock

 “The Fourth of 5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself When Determining if You Are Working for a Psychic”If I didn’t lose you after that last post, then I will assume you are in for the long haul.  If I did lose you after the last post, but you couldn’t stop yourself from reading this follow-up post, then let me address you now.  If that last post was polarizing then this post promises to be humanizing, because...

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HOW TO WORK FOR A PSYCHIC BOSS: “The Third of 5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself When Determining if You Are Working for a Psychic” By Scott Hathcock

Scott HathcockWorks for a psychic medium/furntiure CEO“The Third of 5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself When Determining if You Are Working for a Psychic”Wow, I tell you the water cooler chatter about this series has been intense! If you should choose to come out as a follower of this blog please do.  It is what your gut would have you do. And, I would embrace this phase in your life (of new found freedom) and engage...

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HOW TO WORK FOR A PSYCHIC BOSS - “The Second of 5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself When Determining if You Are Working for a Psychic” by Scott Hathcock

Scott Hathcock(Works for a psychic medium/furniture CEO)Since I am finding this therapeutic myself and sense you are enjoying this series, let us continue.  I realize that I’m not giving you any time to digest each blog before I post the next.  And, I’m not giving you anytime to practice what we’ve already learned.   Hopefully, you are not even having time to question my authority on this topic. ...

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The Look For Less...At Lucketts

Vintage items and looks online have become very popular.  One Kings Lane is a good example of new and old items that are updated daily.  We often check and get excited when we see similar and awesome items that come into the store and happen to be much cheaper.  Example: This fish drawing for $149 online.Our Example: Dealer Pat from Twig House brought in several lithograph prints ranging from $35-$65....

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