How I Spent My Summer Vacation

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*sigh*

It’s beautiful.

This corner:

Went from this:

To this:

As this posts, I’ll be at the big reveal party.  Because there were a limited number of spots and because many of you are not local, we’re sharing it with you at the same time.

Come on in!

To the right we have the office, done by the fabulous Jen of tatertots & jello.  The details and how to’s for all of her projects will be on her site.

To the left is the formal living room, courtesy of designer extraordinaire (notice how I didn’t use “”, Brian?) Brian Clark.

And on the wall you can’t see, there’s a delightful family tree project that Jen and I got to help him execute.  We’ll talk more about that later (like next week…this post is going to be 8000 miles long as is).

Let’s go down the hall.

That delightful barn door and the mudroom just beyond it are the work of Amy from The Idea Room.  She’ll be sharing the details of her projects over there in the coming days.

And further down the hall, you’re greeted with the family room (on your left) and the kitchen (on your right) which are both the work of designer Brian Clark.

And just around the corner there in the kitchen is the dining area, featuring a pantry of epic proportions, by none other than Shelley from House of Smiths.

Upstairs is where things start to get crazy on account of me and Lara from Less Cake {more frosting} being on the case.

In no particular order, we worked on a nursery, a boy’s room, and a room inspired by the Make-A-Wish Foundation wish of a local girl who kicked cancer’s butt.

Lara and I will get into the details of our projects in the coming days/weeks, but here’s a look at our rooms.

The Nursery

(Crib from a reader and rehabbed by me, bedding sewed by me, art made by me with some design assistance from Lara, curtains modified by me)

(Freezer paper stenciled pillow, cut with my Silhouette CAMEO, pom pom trim from Pick Your Plum)

(Changing table purchased use for $20, rehabbed by me, broken board replaced, mis-matched shelves covered)

The Boy’s Room

(Valance and sham by me, duvet modifications by Lara, headboard by me, art by designer)

The Make-A-Wish Room

Ciearra’s wish was to go to New York and be a fashion model.  This room incorporates her dream and her favorite color…purple.  Brian also included pops of lime green, which is the color for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (the type of cancer Ciearra had).  You’ll find the word “courage” a few different places in the room.  This is in honor of Ciearra’s courage fighting cancer.  Any girl brave enough to walk into her first day of junior high 2 weeks late with no hair gets 1,000,000 courage points from me.

(Headboard by Lara, art above headboard by Lara, photos above desk from Ciearra’s photo shoot with Nigel Barker)

(One of the images from Ciearra’s photo shoot was abstracted and then painted tone on tone on the wall)

In addition to the kids’ rooms, upstairs you will find the laundry room, also by Amy of The Idea Room,

and the master bedroom by designer Brian Clark.

I love his non-traditional take on board and batten.

The yard was designed by our friend Cynthia Bee over at the Conservation Garden Park and includes some fun expected touches like an arbor made from old doors

and a hanging daybed with a magazine holder made from a basket.

Thanks for coming on the tour.  This was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I loved every second of it.  Who gets to do this with some of their favorite people on Earth???

If you have any questions, I’ll do my best to answer.

See you soon with details on some of my projects!

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