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Guys....the House Beautiful issue comes out today and I am just plain giddy!  I had to put the whole place back together early this week and tonight is the big party!  I'm all in a dither and still have no idea what I'm wearing. Unfortunately I have to do a small job this morning zhushing my neighbors house for a party. Can't say no to a neighbor:) They put the bedroom on the cover....you probably saw this on my instagram.... So you've heard me blab on about how hard it was because....well..... first of all doing color is a real stretch for me...ha ha .  But I also had to work with certain vendors. That made it harder to get the exact look we wanted!  If you look closely there are 2 different styles of bedside chest here!  Ballard was a sponsor so the blue ones are from them. In the first image we used some from Perigold [these are actually Global Views] so it shows you how different it can look! Lee Industries ...

I can't tell you what an incredible weekend it was....I just kept looking around thinking how did I get here?  Friday night was the opening party for the House Beautiful concept house here in Atlanta! You guys know it all started back in February with my trip to Hearst in NYC with Ladisic and team.  Somehow I found myself designing a home for House Beautiful .....yeah....totally insane. Anyway.....so much happened since that moment .  I went to Highpoint in the spring and was invited to a special intimate dinner that Sophie Donelson [editor of HB] has hosted for a few years.....again looking around the table and thinking.... who am I? I started putting together plans and they kept asking for more color....it got to the point where I didn't know there was THAT much color .....I guess I had been sleeping in a cave. So....without running my mouth until your eyes bleed I'll just show some more images! How we arrived at the master bedroom plan..... The b...

Thanks!  I feel like you guys understand and can appreciate the stretch this was for me:) One of the many sponsors of the House Beautiful Concept House was Replacements, Ltd .  They sent all this beautiful china for us to work with! If you aren't familiar with them.....they started as a small company in 1981.  I can remember ordering a piece of my silver from them many years ago!   When I was at Highpoint last spring I saw some gorgeous tables set by designers and it was a moment! Starting with this one by my friend Lisa Mende! The one below by Denise McGaha Parker Kennedy Living So pretty....make me almost want to have a brunch:)  I came to my senses pretty quick though....haha MA Allen Interiors I couldn't go this year because of all the HB events but everyone was talking about this gorgeous pink table by Tracy Zeller! Madcap Cottage went with ...