an evolution of a chair & news!

So first for the news....

You remember my dear friend, Anisa Darnell--

Well now she is a part of Milk & Honey Home, L.L.C.!!

I am too thrilled.  We both think we bring out the best in one another and hopefully bring out the best in our clients' homes.  So now if you ever need our services.....you'll get a team!

Here is just a peak at her skills.  Look at this chair she found for a steal at an antiques store.  Here is what she did in her words:

My chair before- pretty but not my taste...

The inspiration chair

(Atlanta Bartlett--Easy Elegance)

My chair painted, distressed and upholstered with linen and carpet tacks to look like old nail heads.

I love that she used carpet tacks!!

Thank you so much for the encouragement about the interview yesterday!  I was myself and did my best, and that is all I can do.  I'll tell you more when I know I can--but it has to do with TV.  Can you believe that?  I can't.

(Here is me yesterday with my hair done because they told me to get hair and makeup done!!  I am looking dead dog tired because I woke at 3 because I was so excited/ nervous.)

Have a good day--Julie

I love my anthro.

Yesterday I made a quick trip to my Anthropologie, as I so lovingly call it, the one at Perimeter Mall in Atlanta.  I love Lenox's Antrho, too, don't get me wrong--I'm just a Perimeter kinda girl.

The place never lacks for inspiration.  Just when I think I've seen it all they place something I've seen a million times in an entirely new way--it is all about their styling.  (Note to self:  Interview Antrho's stylists for the blog)

Check out the floor lamp above.  Huge, chunky & soft.  My kinda lighting.

And check out these lights in the bath section.  Love, right?  How cool would this be at your own home above your built-ins, or perhaps in the kitchen (like this home I saw on

Full House

That's all I got for now.  I have a big interview today-if it goes well then I'll have good news to tell, and if it doesn't then I'll have a good story.

Happy Tuesday!  Julie

Rachel McAdams' Glam Living Room (imagined)

The other day I was asked the question, "What kind of rooms do you dream of designing?"  

I couldn't help but admit I do dream of decorating rooms where the sky's the limit with resources and freedom.

I have loved Rachel McAdams ever since The Notebook.  She just has something--beauty, humilty, and that smile.  

I can't wait to see her new movie Morning Glory.

Here is a living room I imagine for a young and single starlet.....(she is single, right?  I can't keep up)

I know there is a lot going on here, but sometimes I think a room can handle a lot if you keep the colors fairly muted and neutral.

The mirror and the shell sconces on the top right would go above her mantel.  

The bookcase/cabinet in the back would be covered in the white and gray floral wallpaper you see on the top shelf.

The ceiling would be the blue/gray paint color you see on the far left.  I would paint her window panes the deep Orion Gray (Ralph Lauren paints).  

The walls would be BM's Decorators White for that crisp, true white.  The twist is I would have them be high gloss (similar to the picture below from Decorpad)

In the picture moulding beneath her imagined chair rail in her living room would be filled with the deep gray floral wallpaper you see on the left of the design board.

Oh, and these would be her floors!  (below, from Greige)

Hope you had a good Halloween!  We had a blast...Chris carted two little firemen around the 'hood.  These years when they are young are so precious!

If you want help creating the room you dream about, I can help you by creating a design board just for you & your family.  ($150 or $250, depending upon the room--you can view my design services on the tab above under the header.)

One more matter of business--Lavish! has added Jillian St. George from HGTV.com to our session panel.  I do hope you are coming.

All the best......Julie