HURRICANE SANDY and my date with nate
WE INTERRUPT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MONDAY MAKEOVER TO TALK ABOUT HURRICANE SANDY LIKE MOST PEOPLE I have a healthy respect for Hurricanes. I grew up in Florida…I remember Camille… HURRICANE coverage was more limited then, predictions were more general… and TRUTH be told… to a CHILD….it was kind of fun. This hurricane is NOT going… Read More HURRICANE SANDY and my date with nate
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
VESSEL SINKS….Who knew!
YOU KNOW MY FONDNESS FOR AQUA…RIGHT? WELL, I have been thinking….If I can’t have my DREAM sink in the kitchen…. since I can’t have my dream sink in the kitchen…. perhaps….I could have a version….thereof…in the kids bathroom. Our plan is to take the kids bathroom cabinet AND our bathroom cabinet and link them with… Read More VESSEL SINKS….Who knew!
MONDAY MAKEOVER – SPIT RENOVATION
IT IS A QUANDRY “HOW MUCH should we invest in a kitchen that we Neither OWN Nor DO OWN and would GUT renovate, if our ship came in…???.” This is in fact the position we are in with our kitchen. The LAYOUT is fine…unless we can take down a wall… And taking DOWN a… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – SPIT RENOVATION
A MONTH
GOODBYE If EVER there was a month that ran the gamut… ….filled the spectrum the highest of highs and and the lowest of lows… this was the one… LIFE IT just keeps going…and going. I am Blessed. We are Blessed. and I am Grateful.
SYMMETRY feature friday
BALANCE THE YIN AND THE YANG…. HOW MANY PAIRS CAN YOU COUNT IN THIS PHOTO….? I am the FEATURE FRIDAY at 6th Street Design School today so if you would like to see more symmetry and me head on over!!! and if you would like to see the KIDS ROOM CONTEST WINNER ME !!! AT THE WASHINGTON… Read More SYMMETRY feature friday
FIXING THINGS like hearts
I AM A FIXER I am a Mother and Nurse. I see something that is broken…and the wheels start spinning… .”How can I fix that?” ….make it better, hurt LESS…be more beautiful, more functional… ….but HOW does one … fix a broken heart? Times like these… I long for the days when I could pop… Read More FIXING THINGS like hearts
LISA MENDE DESIGN giveaway!!!
I LOVE MY BLOGbecause of my blog I have friends now from as far away as Croatia and as close as Charlotte…. ….which brings me to my blogger buddy:LISA MENDE I am 100% certain that if there was a “sville” at the end of Lisa’s townCharlotte… ….that we would be BEST buddies. We share so many… Read More LISA MENDE DESIGN giveaway!!!
2012 WASHINGTON POST KIDS ROOM CONTEST WINNER – ME!
FINALLY I can tell you!!! I found out last week… I got a call last Wednesday…. It was the Washington Post….and they said…. “Lesli…YOU WON!!!” (story here) todays paper There were 2 winners, one by the # of reader votes ….. and a Judges favorite (ME!!!) …okay I know this is not discovering a cure… Read More 2012 WASHINGTON POST KIDS ROOM CONTEST WINNER – ME!