You're Invited!

I am not quite sure why I wanted to put together a little gathering--it was just on my heart to do it so I did!  Sorry I can't pay for everyone.  Who knows, maybe one year it will by my treat!

I can't tell you how much Chris and I love this restaurant.  It is our date night place....and one of the inspirations for the design of our home!  Check out its glory:

(image James Camp Photography)

do you spot lotus flower love?

Here is the menu Jennifer prepared especially for us....

wood fired margherita pizza 

spinach - fontina - prosciutto - caramelized onion pizza 

pancetta bacon - slow cooked onion pizza

fromage & charcuterie 

salt & pepper fried calamari 

hanger steak - chimichurri sauce 

van gogh’s crab cake - vanilla citrus beurre blanc 

goat cheese ravioli - sweet tomato sauce 

white truffle & parmesan frites 

house cured salmon pastrami - grilled pumpernickel - horseradish creme fraiche 

mini red velvet cupcakes-cream cheese icing 

$25 per person

cash bar


Please email us if you want to come.  We'll have a blast!


If you out-of-towners want to make a little trip of it, I'll get a sitter for Friday morning and we can go shopping and grab lunch.




I probably won't post as often this week, for I am writing two articles for the holiday issue for Rue!!!  Aren't you excited?  The spaces, again, are to die for.  I'll do my best to snag a sneak peek for y'all.  

Anisa has a great home tour to show you this week, too.  Here is a sneak peek of the home she designed along with the homeowners:

And a little cuteness--look at little Wyatt's preschool photo.  I can just eat my boys' cheeks.

This and That Friday (eye candy)

So glad it's Friday today.  Aren't you?

Here is a little treat from Denmark.  One of my favorite blogs in the world, Sanctuary, posted this sweet and colorful kitchen the other day.  Do you not love the blue & green, the square tiles, and the rusticness?  (coined a word there)

I can't get over how much my aesthetic is born from all things from Sweden and Denmark (and that is my heritage...I mean, generations ago)  I know I will always love white.

On another note, yesterday I was receiving an abundance of emails.  Now I know why.

Those little Homegoods scouts must be sneaky.  They didn't tell me they were going to use this blog to help advertise their lamps.  Hope I can help....I do love Homegoods  

(feel free to contact me for my address so you can share the love, HG.  Just kidding...kind of)

Thanks to Sherry for sending me the link!  Y'all have to see her blog...and her work.  (Here is her bathroom below:)

Next, Anisa wishes to sell her table and chairs seen here.  (White round table & four woven chairs with white cushions, $400)

Lastly, I am trying to locate the wallpaper on the bottom left.  Can anyone help?  It it silver mylar with the cream graphic.  (Here is Frank Keenan from Cottage Living--Fran, if you or your friends may happen to see this post, I would love to interview you, too!  We love your style.  I can't find you...I've tried)

Have a great weekend!!!  Julie & Anisa

good bones, baby

This is a listing of a charming home in Mobile, Alabama.  Why am I looking at homes in Mobile, you ask? Good question.

Well, Katie (my online client there) was telling me a story about a home for sale in her hometown whose owners have some killer style.  I had a moment so I poked around to try to find it.

I didn't find that home.  But I did find this gem with a beautiful schoolhouse 10-light door and ebonized floors...

And some pretty amazing lighting.

double fireplaces!!

I find it really true that if you start with good bones...it almost doesn't matter what you put in the home.

It is like Giselle.  Put her in a paper bag and she's still a knockout.

                                Sometimes it is fun to look at real estate.  I did it for SO long, though, before we          
                                bought this home, I think I have had enough for a lifetime.  Are you a stalker?