One Day...

"One day I will have a house with Ann Sacks tile" has appeared on this blog before. I would like to add to that wish. Soooo.... One day I will have a house with a master bath that includes Michael S. Smith for Ann Sacks tile. Has a certain ring doesn't it?

DIY Starburst CONVEX Mirror

Did y'all happen to catch Cassie's recent project?  This girl has mad skills with a glue gun! :)

I would love to have one of these 40-inch babies in my backyard!  I love how she chose a convex mirror for the middle.  Go here to see how she did it!

Color At The Lake...

If I have said it once, I have said it 20 times- I heart Kay Douglass. I was so excited to come across her lake house last night on Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles. I love that she uses so much white, yet bright color. While I love pretty neutrals I crave color in doses just like this. One of these days I am going to have a fuschia wing chair.

LOVE the color cowhides.

More images HERE.

Sponsors

After a hiatus from sponsors I have decided to start accepting ads again on Haven & Home. If you are interested please e-mail me @ mstronginteriors@aol.com.

A Happy Morning Snack

Rainbow Staircase Designed by Ab Rogers as seen in Dwell Magazine

New Michael Kors Shoes

Yesterday was a great day for my feet- I bought these new shoes!  The first pair look awesome on and the second pair are super comfortable.  Score!

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IF...I was going to...

If I was going to spend $700 on a new purse how would I ever pick a color?

It's a good thing spending that on a purse is a non issue for now....right? Speaking of bags, I recently had a sweet reader remind me that this bag from a previous post could make a good diaper bag....

Hmmm, now that is something to think about.

Bags Coach and L.L. Bean Signature

Running

Hi all!  I've missed you! I was out of town 3 days for work last week and it's so good to be home.  We spent the weekend hanging with family and wrapped up Sunday evening with a BBQ at my sis-in-law's house.



Also, I went running a bunch.  I'm thisclose to having my pre-pregnancy body back- just in time to start getting baby fever again!  Running, lifting weights, and eating clean is bringing sexy back baby! Ha!  I've been wearing the same old running shorts and sports bra forever, so I treated myself to two new pair of shorts from Lululemon and a couple of sports bras from Academy.  Nothing like looking cute to get you motivated to get into the gym:)



I love to run while jamming out to my ipod, and the perfect selection of booty shaking music is especially helpful to keep my feet hitting the track when I want to give up, am out of breath, and don't think I can keep going.  And I love when the message in the song improves my mood or self esteem.  Or just makes me feel good and happy!  And I always start with this old song- do you know it? What are your favorite workout songs?  I need to download some new ones- I just downloaded this and this!

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Quiet Time

The Lord replied, "My Presence will go with you and I will give you rest."

Simplicity

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

The Light

Hi, sorry for the absence yesterday, we were dealing with a very large pine tree that tried to take out our house. We are fine, Harry (dog, the only one home at the time) is also fine although I think he needed a Xanax and the house is fine for the most part but it was craziness nonetheless. Anyhoo, I had several e-mails about the light in the soon to be nursery...I found it in an antique store months before Patrick and I bought our house 4 years ago and it stayed in the back in my car for a lonnnnnggggg time but I knew I wanted it. The store thought it came from a restaurant probably from the 50's but that is all I know, sorry I wish I knew more.
I do love this light, but it is not staying in the nursery. I have another light I want to use (if it ever comes, I am starting to doubt I will ever see it). This light will go to a good home though, our guest room! I can't wait to have a different light in there, it has been neglected for way too long.

"Did you get a new lamp?"

I've had to laugh because the last few times my sister-in-law has been over, she's asked, "Did you get a new lamp?"  I guess I change lamps about as often as I get my hair highlighted!  But since Home Goods sells lamps for about $40, it's hard not to indulge in a pair every so often.  But I REALLY like my new ones, so they may be here awhile.



We started with this lamp from Pottery Barn, but the glass lamp shade broke and I haven't been able to find a replacement.

So I replaced it with a light blue/aqua bubble-shaped lamp.

Then, after the drapes were hung and new pillows (Ikat from Crate & Barrel) were added, I swapped the blue lamps for silver, but wasn't crazy about the shape and they were too lightweight and I was afraid James would knock them off the table.

Enter new lamps!  Love the curves and how sturdy it is.  Also, the tan linen lampshade goes well with the drapes.

My new lamp reminds me of this one from Pottery Barn, which is $200, just for the base!

Do you find yourself switching out things like lamps and pillows too?

The Nursery, 30 Weeks-She's A Beaut Clark

Today I am 30 weeks. I am pretty sure it is best for a nursery not to look like this at this point- as in nothing has been done. What if I told you this is actually after I cleaned this room this weekend? After yesterday you are probably beginning to think I am messy, but really I promise I usually am not. Once the office moved out of the house this room became the momentary junk room and I am not going to lie, it was nice while it lasted. But now we are in our 3rd trimester and it is time to kick things into gear.So this past weekend we made a step in the right direction. Taaa daaaa, our new rocker. Taking a line from one of our favorite movies I found this chair on Craigslist and promptly e-mailed it to Patrick under the title, "She's A Beaut Clark". He did not seem to see what I saw.

However, being a good, supportive husband he drove with me an hour on Sunday to check it out and low and behold look what left (craigslist) grandma's dining room and came home with us. Initially I was not planning on buying a rocker to recover, gliders these days are so ridiculously comfortable it is hard to think about other options. But the ones I really liked were all on the (too) high end for our budget and I liked the lines, arms and tufting of this chair. Also, I am excited about getting to use our own fabric and this one is very comfortable as well.

Not that the fabric will be anything wild and crazy. Currently I am thinking a solid grey/linen something with a darker welt but we will see.....

Silhouette Temporary Tattoos + Discount Code

Hi all! Just wanted to pass along an awesome promotion run by my favorite craft-cutting machine Silhouette:

I don't have any tattoos (was always too scared that I'd regret it later and a scardy-cat about those needles!) but temporary tattoos are loads of fun- because they are removable:)  And don't kids love to wear tattoos?!  

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Here's how it works:

Using promo code HWH, you can get:

1 Silhouette SD and 2 Packages of Temporary Tattoo Paper

for only $199 (that's $120 in savings!)

Also, you can get 25% off of all other products in the Silhouette shop (excluding gift cards and download codes).

The promo is good from June 21-29, 2011.  Sorry, but the promotion is only for U.S. residents.

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So, spill it- do you have a tattoo?  What? Where? I'm actually so curious to know! :)

(Last) Week In Review

I had intended to post a week review on Friday but last week was crazy. This sort of crazy...Not that I mind being busy with so many fun projects going on. Here is peek at what I was looking at last week. The days were filled with lots of upholstery decisions...

I am pretty sure my long standing love affair with plaid will never die, this sofa only fanned the flames.

LOTS of paint decisions (first coat looking good)...

Sometimes with paint you have to get hands on, a different client got this picture of an early morning sampling session. After detailed studying and debate over brick leading to the perfect choice it is important the trim looks just as good!

I have a few clients building which I have mentioned before I love because it is like watching a dream come true in front of your eyes. Two of these are dream homes coming together, one is a vacation home being rebuilt after the storms.Inside one where a brick arch makes me so very happy...

Arches of a different kind welcoming you in...

A new (at least to me) fabric that immediately caught my eye...

And some more fabric that called my name...

I am starting this week with a clean office and can't wait to get right back to it!