Since we bought the store, we've been squirreling away vintage holiday items. They are finally out and ready to be given a home for the holidays.
Sometimes I need special cues to start the day right and put me in a jolly mood. A little orange juice in a holly-covered glass each morning may very well prime me to spread better cheer.
Read MoreLast weekend, I attended my sweet cousin Jenny's wedding. It was a visual joy I thought you'd enjoy seeing. She married on her family's ranch with a reception in her actual hay barn. We barn danced all night to a live country band. Nothing like the tall pines and wide skies of East Texas.
Read MoreOwning the store means a ton of tables are at my hands, and I get to indulge in one of my greatest joys, holiday table setting. The night of a dinner party, you can find me running around my house grabbing things from bookshelves to spruce up the table. I'm always thinking, "What little element would bring my guests joy?" For the setting below, the jumping off point is a cheery color combination, blue and green with hints of yellow. I kept picturing a turkey and mashed potatoes being lovingly placed on this table, and it made me smile.
Read MoreAshley Daly and Ashley Palmer here.
First, a little about us:
Ashley Palmer: Numbers lady, fearless in the face of refurbishing, cherishes family heirlooms like her great grandmother’s dresser, hones her eclectic style with equal parts vintage, handmade and farmhouse.
Ashley Daly: Can’t believe Palmer would rather do the books than marketing, loves cocktails in vintage glassware, “tastefully” situates brass animals throughout her home, describes her style as New Mexico writer’s commune.
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At the moment of writing this, our dear friends Sarah and Adam Heatherington's Lortondale home is up for sale! We've had it on our list to take photos for a home tour, so we ran over there as soon as we heard our time was dwindling. We are so happy to share this thoughtful home with you.
We always say our clients are stylish people, but this has never been more the case than when we worked with local blogger and house renovator Emily Netz. Emily and her husband Jeff recently renovated their 1920s Tulsa home (which you can see and read about here) and Emily designed and furnished nearly every space except for her boys' room. When it came to this room, Emily felt stuck on how to create the space she had imagined in her head and wanted an extra pair (or two) of eyes to help bring it to life. We were more than happy to help!
Well, I can't believe it. Our kitchen is actually done. Done, I say! It's been so long, I'm ashamed for you to look back to see the date of the "before" kitchen post.
Okay. It was April 30th.
So that means the kitchen's been about six months in the making. Now to be completely fair, our kitchen has been functional since mid July, but the "finishing touches" took nearly as long as the bulk of the demo/installation. But whatever. It was our first renovation and we went at it without a general contractor and it's done now, so who cares if it took six months? Who's even counting, right? (I can say that now that it's over, because I did care. I was the crazy woman counting!).
The difference between minimal and unfinished decorating
I've been lying in bed thinking about this quite a lot over the past year. My life ritual is to swing from one extreme to another, then gently wander my way into middle ground. I did this with boyfriends. I did this with work. I'm doing this with my bedroom decorating, duh. So my once packed bedroom became quite a blank canvas this past year. And it's from this place, I have been contemplating the difference between minimal design and something not quite finished.