cb2 contest

there’s a contest going on over at cb2.  the prize…have your home photographed by the famous interior, portrait and fashion photographer todd selby { + get $10,000 worth of free merchandise from cb2 for your home.}  the contest is called “the selby is in your place.”  todd also has a recently published book by the same name.  todd does such an amazing job of capturing the beauty of a home as well as the unique people who live in it.

there are some pretty cool homes that have been entered in cb2’s contest.  one of them belongs to my talented friend barbara.  barbara and i worked together a while back, and i was always so amazed at the designs she would come up with.  she took thinking outside of the box to a whole new level.  of course, with her background of working as a visual merchandising manager for anthropologie, i wouldn’t expect anything less.

here’s a short tour of barbara’s atlanta midtown condo.  her place makes living in 700 square feet look fun! 

to look at some of the other fab homes or to enter your own home click here to go to the contest link on cb2’s website.  once you get to the website scroll down to view the other contestants.

if you would like to vote for barbara’s “creativity in 700sq ft” condo follow these simple directions…

click on this link - {link}

next, click on the “vote for this place link.”  if you have a cb2 account already then you can use that to vote.  if not then you will have to sign up for one.  it’s really easy.

best of luck barbara.  you have my vote!

LiveJournal Tags: midtown atlanta,cb2,todd selby,the selby is in your home,anthropologie,contest

what’s on my nightstand

i did a guest blog yesterday over at sincerely, cecelia and due to my hectic week last week and then my labor day vacation i totally forgot to post about it.  {so sorry cecelia.}

take some time and click over to cecelia’s blog if you get a chance.  i’m dishing about what i keep on my nightstand on her weekly “what’s on your nightstand” series.

xo,

cristi

LiveJournal Tags: guest blog,sincerely cecelia

a little sneak peek

for the last few weeks i’ve pretty much been M.I.A. from blogging, twitter, facebook, etc.  i’ve had a good reason though.  i was busy putting the final touches on my plans for a model home that i’ve been designing for a development in houston, texas.  well, last week i finally got to install it.  i have a lot of photo editing to do before i share the whole home on the blog but i do have a sneak preview for you until i get them all edited. 

thanks so much for sticking around in my absence.  i’ll be back soon with more pics of my design.

LiveJournal Tags: my design,model home,houston,tx,interior design

go jump in the lake

over the weekend billy and i headed over to historic grant park to the 8th annual summer shade festival.  it was a gorgeous day and we were loving the slightly cooler weather.  the highlight of my day was getting to see the booth belonging to the local art company “go jump in the lake.” 

i’ve used their rustic signs in the past and have always loved them.  most recently i used one of their “lake” signs in a model home’s nursery.

{images – charm home}

all of their signs are hand crafted and made to look like they’ve been exposed to the elements for years. 

their signs with quotes on them are my fave.

         

i loved the wall of local atlanta neighborhood signs too.  it really reminded me how many great historic neighborhoods atlanta has.

if you get a chance check out their website or purchase a sign from their etsy shop.

LiveJournal Tags: go jump in the lake,historic grant park,summer shade festival,atlanta,etsy

dining table envy

over the weekend i picked up one of my old house beautifuls.

i had forgotten how much i loved windsor smith’s home that was featured in september ‘09, especially the extra large dining table in the kitchen. 

i love how it functions as a dining table and as an island.  i wish my dining area was just a smidge bigger.  i love large, farmhouse-style dining tables, but my dining area is not large enough to hold one.  totally envious of windsor’s dining space though.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i’ve been working little by little on my condo all this year.  i haven’t gotten much completed due to a lack of time, but it’s slowly coming together.  i’m looking forward to picking out something to add to my place from csn stores.  i’ll be reviewing a product soon for them and i’m really excited to pick out something fun.

**all images – house beautiful

LiveJournal Tags: windsor smith,dining room,house beautiful

giveaway update

last month i did a little giveaway from csn and jan from the life of a future domestic goddess won.  i thought i would share her entry/stairway project with you all because she used the credit that she won from csn to complete it. 

here is what her entry looked like before

during…

and the awesome after…

she painted her stairs black and added a rug and light fixture from csn.  if you want to hear more about her entry/stairway update you can visit her blog here.

thanks for sharing your makeover

with us jan. it looks great!

LiveJournal Tags: giveaway,the life of a future domestic goddess,csn

it’s that time again

with the 2010 college football season just 2 WEEKS AWAY i once again have orange and blue fever.  if you remember this post from last football season then you know i’m a huge auburn fan. 

here are some more images that i found for this year that will hopefully get you in the mood for some auburn football!

…or, if you aren’t an auburn football fan, then just sit back and enjoy the pretty orange and blue images.

{image – here}

{image – sarah richardson}

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{image – southern living}

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{image – tobi fairley}

{image – james michael howard}

WAR EAGLE!!!

LiveJournal Tags: auburn football,james michael howard,tobi failey,southern living,sarah richardson,college football