It’s been a long and crazy past few days. Delayed Flights. Movers. U-Haul trucks. Lots of Coordinating. More movers. Furniture deliveries. Curtain hanging (thanks to Mom’s help and creative ingenuity) And at night yummy dinners. Long walks across the Brooklyn Bridge. a new Church on Sunday. All is good. We were even compelled to play “i spy” out my apartment window…

Back with more for all my lovely readers, family and friends when life allows for more “down time”. 

Happy Monday!

xo! julie

A little bragging for good ole’ Alabama. This is an old excerpt from the Today Show, but nevertheless I thought I’d share because I just came across it. The house featured in Auburn isn’t exactly my style, but the things they say about Auburn and the State of Alabama are SO true.

Auburn…has #3 schools in the whole nation

near 3 of the top golf courses

and a phenomenal place to raise family

check it out @ about 1:45 of the clip.

The Today Show

It is all coming together. As we all know the “design process” is always slow and evolving. It is never finished, you can never really “check” it off your list, if you know what I mean. That keeps it fun and exciting, right? It is a test of our true patience, at least for me. After 4 weeks of waiting, waiting, waiting, and improvising in crazy ways (like having a box top act as a curtain in my bathroom window) it getting there. 

Today, the rug went down…

and thanks to my Mom (who is a total saint), the curtains went UP!

She is totally convinced that “Phil the curtain man” (who hangs curtains for her on her jobs in Auburn is totally worth the arm+leg that he charges). And quote, “she would not do it for a million dollars”. Like “Phil the curtain man”, other workers of the trade at our house are more commonly referred to like this: first name + task they complete. For example; Bob the painter, Jason the rug man, Kris the sewer, and Joe the tub man. Now back on topic. The fabric is Kravet. It was steal (27 yards) from mom’s friend Mrs. Patty. She really made my day because full price for this was NOT really going to fly!

The hardware I really wanted from Anthropologie was on backorder for forever. Curtains lying folder on the floor do not do much good. But I scored an equally satisfying option from the grand ole’ Target. Best part being that the price was SUPER cheap! The rings, by Umbra, were even on sale

So, with the rug down, curtains hung, and bed made…It is finally getting there. For now this pillow is calling my name. Five o’clock this morning was a long, long time ago. Night!