by christina britt lewis half way to high point, the school called. camden was throwing up, i was an hour away and tim was in new york city. these are the moments when i question every choice we have ever made. thank God one choice we have always made is to live close to my parents. one call to grandpa and he was on his way to save the day. um...again. so one of our favorite client's in the whole wide world who baked us those cookies we posted on instagram graciously agreed to wait a day for her nursery redesign. those cookies tasted as good as they looked. slightly lemony perfection. we love her for her patience and her cookies, but also for her approach. she is crazy cool, has fine taste and knows what she loves, she just needs us to finish things and pull it all together for her... so she bought some things that made her happy... we bought a few more nicely priced things to finish what she already started and hung it all on the wall. oh we redesigned the furniture placement a wee bit too...by "we" i mean "i" this time. we had to divide and conquer this day. so angela and kelly tackled initial consultations while i got to see if i can still fly solo. i channeled my inner angela with these iphone photos. i have learned so much from that woman. camden was fine by that night. but i will forever question our choices. my parents were always there. before she was a designer/model/actresss, my mom was a nurse who quit working the night i was born and didn't go back for 22 years. not only was she there when we were sick, she knew what to do. not only was my dad at every game, i'm quite sure he was at every practice. nobody cheered louder. we do two redesigns a week and i don't make it to every game. i will be redesigning a home in dallas while tim and cole represent at camden's soccer awards banquet. i was editing these photos when camden left for school this morning and i don't remember what he was talking about while he ate his cereal. i think it was cereal. it might have been a banana. i don't know. my mother would have known. sometimes i feel like i do what i love for a living at the expense of my babies. sometimes i feel like the worst mother in the whole wide world. just thought you should know. XO..
CBL by christina britt lewis | photography by angela statzer angela is a trip. she makes me laugh till my face hurts. you see her reflected in the faces of the people she photographs. we are laughing because she is laughing. you see her reflected in the things she photographs too. she finds the beauty, whimsy, and artsy in every room because she is beautiful, whimsical, and artful. it all just comes naturally to her AND she can assemble a light fixture from ikea... angela styles, shoots, edits, and uploads the photos of every redesign for us. seeing what we do through her eyes makes me proud of what we do in a way i never was before. she makes me sing that josh grobin song...you lift me UUUUP...she helps me let go of all of my notgoodenough and see the beauty. we all feel that way. notgoodenough. when you find somebody who makes you see beauty and feel good enough... keep them. nomatterwhat. sometimes she makes kelly and me stick our heads through a hula hoop too... lewis and cory, owners of virtuoso painting company, did more than make these walls kelly green. they saved the day for us on this redesign by hauling the heavy stuff and making us laugh more than usual while we tackled two rooms in one day. *phew* lindsay wanted a canopy in her room. we knew uncle bill would make sure it stayed in the ceiling because he's THE BEST OF THE BEST HANDYMAN in charlotte. he won Charlotte Magazine's BOB Award AGAIN, people! BIG LOVE to all of you who voted! come celebrate with us at The Fillmore Charlotte on may 31 at 7:00 so we can hug and kiss and thank YOU in real life! WOOHOO!! back to the canopy...
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happy monday, beautiful people! always remember you are good enough. in fact... to us... YOU are the BOB! xo... christina for all by christina britt lewis | photography by angela statzer lindsay is fun and feisty! she loves her bedding. she loves her painting of a dragon. and she knew exactly what shade of green she wanted for her walls and we are so happy she insisted. because how fun is this kelly green room? with her happy duvet and sweet dragon as inspiration, a hula hoop and some ribbon, and uncle bill, we did this... big thanks again to our partners, virtuoso painting company... tomorrow... reDIY | hula hoop canopy our inspiration... happy saturday!
xo... christina for all by christina britt lewis | photography by angela statzer remember this fun super hero art from logan's room? lilly was ready for change so she passed it on to her sister. lilly wanted something a little more serene, so we made her a room that feels like that perfect little boutique hotel on the beach that you hope to stumble upon while searching trip advisor when you should be working. is that just me? first our partners, lewis carroll and cory nobles, made this beautiful color happen... then we redesigned...
we came home from vacation reminded that going away is good for your soul. we agree with seth godin... instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life that you don't need to escape from. but to set up a life that you don't need to escape from, it helps to get away from the life you are living for a while so that you can stop and see what really matters. it helps to spend a weekend here... status quo antagonists who see beauty in what they already have. and we're not just talking about the sofa... breakfast in bed... think of it as eight weeks of therapy in one weekend and oh so much more fun. think of it as a quiet weekend away on a beautiful island, breakfast in bed with mimosas, no awkward group therapy, plenty of solitude, time to reconnect with each other and do whatever you want, and the beginning of a better story for you and yours.
how do we make our homes and lives ones we love? how do we let go of the things that make us so mad and keep us from happiness? how do we live all up and in the moment? how do we find time for each other in the middle of all the work? how do we live a better story? how do we feel like lovers and not roommates? how do we love coming home? these are the things we talk about. these are the things that matter. these are the people who came away with us to kiawah... |