by christina britt lewis | photography by angela statzer these are people who think long and hard before making a decision. they only buy what they love and they keep things for a very long time. so when they asked me what color their new sofa should be, i hesitated to say "NAVY BLUE!". i showed them some nice, safe neutrals similar to their old sofa below, that i knew would look great for many years and we could breathe some life into with pretty pillows... we work hard to get our own personal opinions out of the way so that we can really listen and focus on YOUR own personal opinions. our job is to give you a home YOU love. it makes no difference to us if the sofa is beige or blue, we only care that YOU love coming home. but then...hehehe...she asked something like "yeah, but what would YOU do? what do YOU love?"... BIG love to my old friends at the cococo for making this GORGEOUS, sexy, luxurious, comfortable, to-die-for chesterfield. does it look familiar? they are the best of the best. and BIG props to these brave people for choosing something so FUN and FABULOUS! we hope you LOVE your new sexy sofa for many years to come. we hope you love the gorgeous rug you already have all over again and keep it forever... BIG LOVE to kim at homegoods in huntersville too. when i realized that i didn't love the end tables i had gotten, i left things in the capable hands of my people and made an emergency run to homegoods. and...um...chick-fil-a. kim asked me what i was hunting for, as she always does. told her i needed two matching end tables. like now. and there were none on the floor. so she runs to the back room and comes back with a table leg. she said "i've got two that look like this. do you like this?" i said "that's the prettiest table leg i ever did see." or something. she said, "ok, i'll be a few minutes. i have to build them." and GIRL BUILT ME SOME END TABLES! look how perfect they are with these gorgeous lamps they already have, but have never found a great place for... while i was getting tables and chicken and waffle fries...i mean...salad. i was getting salad. angela and kelly did THIS... these bookshelves already looked pretty good, so i was PSYCHED OUT OF MY MIND that they made them look SOOO much better! everything is art. you know? everything, if you choose to see it that way. uncle bill moved this big beautiful mirror to over the sofa so that it now reflects natural light, trees, and life instead of the ceiling fan. mirrors will double your view and act like a window if you make them. that's art too, i suppose. MORE BIG LOVE to kat at lowes who helped me realize that a real, beautiful fern would add more life and happiness and SPRING to the fireplace than the grate and wood i had gone in to get. she kept me in budget too! we are so ridiculously grateful for all of the people who help us do what we do. pottery they love and have collected over the years... they have this pretty built-in window seat that was calling out for something interesting. the strip of wall was too high up and too narrow for art, really. so... pretty plates we collected from here and there... kelly came up with this clever way to hang them so that they overlap each other. she's brilliant like that... ....some photos do not require explanation. our client's happy words...
I'm really blown away. There is a crazy mixture of thought.! Like "what were we thinking before? Why didn't we do something sooner? What a great scavenger she is! This looks amazing!" Love the bookcases, Love the plates over the window, Love the mirror moved and totally love the trees over the mantel. Love the wire basket (would never have thought that would work and it looks great)! My pottery looks great and the two small pieces that you got from the kitchen that are in the ottoman basket....the kids made those when they were little so it brings something very personal into the room...We are more pleased than we could have hoped for so thank you and your team very very much. 10 years ago, we decided to start over and do what we love for a living. every day since, tim and i are grateful for the people who make it possible for us to do our thing. without YOU, we are just dreamers. YOU are the ones who make dreams come true. YOU are the gift givers. we are ridiculously grateful. Comments are closed.
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