SHOWCASING A PRETTY HOME

I know women everywhere do this but y'all trying to work and take care of all the bills and house maintenance is killing me.....

Plus you know how that goes.....you have to spend so much time setting up bill pay for everything and then for some reason it doesn't happen and you spend hours on the phone trying figure that crap out.  

I have an alarm system that once a month for some reason the app won't work and it's at least a 45 minute phone call to get that situated....only to do it again.  

grrrrr.....

I hate to complain because heck I am lucky to even have a house!  

You know how my friend Rose and I help each other with installs.....it just goes faster and is WAY more fun! I helped her on Tuesday with a new build that she has worked on for the last year.  The client had just moved in and of course that is when you have all this stuff and no idea where to put anything:)

When I walked in I was totally in love with the kitchen.....it's amazing!

I mean it's stunning....the quartzite countertops and the beautiful hardware!

I did not design it but here is what I know.....the cabinets and walls are BM China White.  The pendants are Hinkley and the barstools are World Market....[apparently no longer available].

I love the backsplash from Construction Resources.

The island is painted SW Iron Ore.

Are you drooling yet??

Right off the kitchen is the family room.....

Our biggest job were these bookshelves.  The client had a storage room full of all her previous used accessories from her former home.

Before...

The first thing we did was stagger some of the shelves.....thankful that they were adjustable.

After

I can say that we used mostly what she had only adding 2 things from HomeGoods!

The beautiful fireplace surround is soapstone.

Love the beams....and this room gets so much light!

This Bernhardt sofa got some love with mostly ready made pillows but Rose selected 2 custom ones to up the game!

The middle ones gave it the pattern that it needed.....

These guys were not impressed with us at all....

Below is the "friends entrance/mud room.

It is right off the kitchen and I love the brick floors and the dutch door.....great for the 2 dogs to hang out when she is gone....

Pretty Thibaut wallpaper and circa lighting sconces in the powder room.

And this laundry room is all that!

Some detail shots.....

This Circa lighting dining room chandelier has always been a favorite.

Love the tile in the 2 guest bathrooms....

And this performance runner is amazing!

Rose did a beautiful job on the home and I hope the client is giddy!

Answering some questions from my previous post....

The polka dot pillows in one of the bedrooms are Schumacher.

I purchased the mustard stripe throw at Westside Market.

So y'all....it's already almost mid July....whoa!  I am headed to Boulder for a few days next Sunday....it's been a minute!

My house is all tore up but that is another post. AND....my sisters kitchen is coming along but of course there have been a few small issues.  

Hey....life just keeps rolling along doesn't it?

Y'all be good....

Shayrollingalong

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BOOKSHELVES BEFORE AND AFTER

Well it's official.....I am overbooked.  Yup...I know when I wake up in the middle of the night visualizing finished rooms and thinking of what I need to order..... things might be out of control.

Whew.  Get it together Sherika.

I am so glad that y'all weighed in on the DR light situation.  I knew all along that one was my fav but it helped to do some persuading to my people in Boulder :)

Ordered.

On to other happenings.

My neighbor is having a party this weekend and she wanted her bookshelves "zhushed".  You know how you get to that point when you just start shoving crap on them....hoping that is the one thing that will solve the problem?

Not happening.

2 rooms and 6 bookshelves later.

Small tweaks....taking out the color.

Lucky for me she collects black and white art. Otherwise I might have said no.

Heading into the family room....

Just a little re-arranging.

I had very little left over which is a good thing cause you know how clients say this...."what do I do with the leftovers"?  How the hell do I know?

#notmyproblem

It's no secret that I am a minimalist when it comes to  bookshelves....as you can see with mine.....

My best advise.  Take EVERYTHING off. 

Perk: wipe them down:)

Then group in like items in an area....books, frames, "tchotzkies" etc.

I always start with the middle shelves first [eye level] and use your best stuff....then work up...and last....work down.  Books....are your best friend. 

There you go....in case you are bored this weekend.

Shaybusyashelloverhere

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BOOKSHELVES

Coming home from the beach gives me the same feeling I had as a kid after all of the Christmas presents were opened and it was over.....

I left kicking and screaming.

But so it goes....being an adult comes with hard decisions like responsibility and commitments.

So much going on right now but before I left I was playing around with my bookshelves.  It all started when I discovered a couple of throws from HomeGoods that somehow found their way in my cart.

Imagine that.

It led to a little playing around.....

  

My latest obsession....amber bottles.  It never ends right.

A few other things jumped in that cart....

I was shopping for client bookshelves but I am not sure I can let go of it all....

  There is that fine line in the fall....you have to shop before full on Halloween takes over on all of the shelves.

While were were in Florida I had a desert that rocked my world....

Fried Oreos.  It was my duty to order so that I could report this delicacy to you.  Holy "makes life worth living"......

Go here to experience!

And at Stinky's I decided to forgo protein and just have beer and desert.  I'm that kind of girl who likes to break the rules.

All of that desert eating led to this and can I just say [as you can tell by my time] I had to punch myself in the face to get through it cause it was Guam *#@! hot

And there you have it....

Shayray

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