by christina britt lewis photography by angela statzer we LOVE talking people out of buying new things. let us show you how great the room will look with your old things... and if after that, you still want new things... we won't fight with you. a few fun finishing things were all this room needed...
to make all of the old things feel new again. we love that. xo... christina angela kelly uncle bill sarah our sweet new intern one | gather your masterpieces two | grab your scissors and some blue painters tape three | cut straight pieces of tape and stick art to wall all happy gallery style four | stand back and remember that art is anything that moves your soul five | see the rest of jenna's room
xo... christina for all (BIG LOVE and GRATITUDE for the nester who inspires us with her taped feathers and general fabulousness) by christina britt lewis photography by angela statzer everybody is busy. this is just a moment. this too shall pass. but you guys, college visits, TEDx Charlotte stage design, and book writing... in addition to redesigning 2 homes and meeting with 3-5 new clients per week... has me kind of FREAKING OUT! like HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO ALL OF THIS AWESOMENESS freaking out. and THEN... tim tells me my in-laws are coming for a surprise visit tonight. my sister reminds me i'm hosting my mom's 70th birthday party on saturday. my sofa is being repaired. i have no sofa. george won't stop barking. there are 2 mountains of laundry, 1 clean, 1 stinking up the entire upstairs. and my fat jeans don't fit 'cause we are living on grilled cheese and takeout over here. that's the whole story. not pretty. so this is why... i have not responded to your email or voicemail yet. i will think murdery thoughts if you say to me, it must be so much fun to shop for a living. i cannot think of anything to write about this redesign... the only way i could ever pull any of this off is with the help, patience, support, encouragement, and love of my people... tim has 2 careers and still makes time to dream my dreams for me until my dreams are real. cole keeps this home running and keeps us all laughing. i found camden sewing a hole in his shorts the other day, the boy gets stuff done. my mom says perfect things at perfect times and drops everything to save the day. angela and kelly are the best thing that ever happened to this little company. tracy grubbs and nick fry are the reason the TEDx stage is going to be brilliant. karin solomonson is the business coach who makes your vision your reality. ridiculously grateful and ridiculously late,
again. xo... christina by christina britt lewis photography by angela statzer sometimes we just edit. this room had too much furniture. so we took some away.... we found the matching lamps in different rooms. and the fun chairs looked unbalanced off to the side. pairs need to stay together and they are happiest all symmetrical. or i am happiest... whatever. best thing to put on bookshelves? books. best thing to put on your coffee table? something fun and interesting that you already have. when you don't have a beautiful musical instrument, sometimes we grab a big pretty bowl from your kitchen cabinets and fill it with jenga pieces or dominoes or legos or something fun that invites the people you love to play. happy sunday, beautiful people!
tomorrow, the dining room. hope your day was filled with lots of fun with the ones you love. xo... christina for all by christina britt lewis photography by angela statzer they were happy with their master bedroom. we went to austin to redesign the rest of the house, but we couldn't keep our hands off of it. sometimes it takes so little to make something so much more beautiful... we stole that white table in the top photo for jenna's workspace. they used it as a desk so we wanted to make sure they still had desk space. with the $1200 we didn't spend in jenna's room and workspace, we bought a $159 desk, the 2 paintings above the bed, and still had enough left over for them to go away for a weekend or whatever. this is why my own home will never be fancy. going away trumps getting new stuff for us. every time. simple. sexy. right? everything else, they already had, just redesigned. how fabulous is their bathroom floor?? xo...
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