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Blog about modern and eclectic interior design. Also, includes design tips and trends, and posts about contemporary art, architecture, books and photography.

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  • Holiday Blues

    Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 10:30 in Personal, holidays, modern style, color palette

    I'm not the only one who struggles with depression throughout the holidays, right? Why is that? I really try to enjoy Christmas time, but mostly it seems to bring me down. I hate that, but its the truth. Sorry to be such a downer today. Its just that...

  • 10 Years Ago Today!

    Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 11:07 in Personal, holidays

    (Mark and Me in the good ole' 90's)Was the day Mark and I got married! I'm a little bit in shock, that its been that long. I still think of myself as a kid, but kids aren't married for 10 years! Of course, I know we are so blessed to have become a fa...

  • Top Of The World!

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 13:47 in Personal, movies, videos

    My brother sent me this AWESOME video, today. If you are a true-blue movie lover, like I am; I know you will appreciate this collection of famous movie quotes. I think it pretty much covers all of my favorites. I titled this post after my favorite q...

  • You Can Believe I Was There!

    Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 18:38 in music, Personal, videos, creative heros

    I wouldn't miss this for anything in the world, so Mark and I went to see "This Is It" over the weekend. I can say that it was amazing! Perhaps, it help bring a little bit of closure too, I mean it was an incredible tribute. I loved being able to see...

  • Happy, Happy Birthday!

    Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 10:24 in Personal, shopping, fashion, etsy, lighting, 1st dib

    (lamps via: Decor 8 and chandelier via 1st dibs)To me!! Yay!I am one of those obnoxious persons who likes to tell everyone about my birthday! You know I want to wear a big button on my shirt that talks about it, or a birthday tiara. When I was a kid ...

  • If Anything Can Go Wrong...

    Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 14:58 in Personal, My Photography, round top

    It probably will, and at the most inopportune moment. You know that saying, right? Uh, well that describes my week, quite well. I feel bad about not posting anything for an entire week, sorry everyone:(Where to begin, about my week? First it started ...

  • Our Favorite Sing-Along

    Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 10:09 in music, Personal, videos

    Lately, Liam and I love singing to this song as we drive around town....

  • A Word Of Thanks

    Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 12:13 in Personal, inspiration, My Photography

    If you're wondering, yes; this is a re-post. I've never done this before, but I just wanted thank all of you for your comments. It reminds me of one my favorite things about blogging, kinship. So many of you mentioned cutting out pictures and ideas a...

  • I've Had A Bit Of A Revelation

    Posted on Sunday July 26th, 2009 at 22:21 in music, Personal, videos, inspiration

    Warning: Some May Consider This Post To Have Too Much Personal Information. Scoffers Look Away!I sat down to do some blog surfing and ran across this video. It is a Swedish dance group's tribute to Michael Jackson. (Found here) Its just fantastic! He...

  • A Quick Stop For Inspiration

    Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 10:52 in Personal, architecture, austin, My Photography, hotel design, a look inside

    On our trip home, we decided to make a quick stop in Austin. I say quick because we weren't even there 24 hrs. That didn't stop me from photo stalking;) (Annie, I hope you like these. Ha!) I've been itching to see the Saint Cecilia Hotel, since I fir...

  • Lost In Time

    Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 10:10 in Photography, Personal, midcentury

    Wow, I'm back! I've been gone for 9 days, visiting my family. We finally got home last night and I feel all out of sorts. Mark actually forgot which cabinet we keep our dishes in. I apologize for no posting, but I had spartan internet access, at best...

  • What Is There To Say?

    Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 20:29 in music, Personal, videos

    I'm still in shock over this.Michael Jackson was a major icon in my life. I was 7yrs old when Thriller was released. It was such a phenomenon that my view of pop music was foreveraffected by him. His influence over so many aspects of music are still ...

  • One Lovely Blog

    Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 08:09 in Personal, blogs i love

    I would like to thank Sparrow of Simon on the Side for giving me a "One Lovely Blog" award. I'm honored:)After receiving this, I am supposed to pass it on to 15 newly discovered blogs. It took me a while to compile this list, but I do like sharing th...

  • The Next Annie Liebovitz?

    Posted on Monday June 22nd, 2009 at 12:03 in music, Personal, My Photography, david byrne

    I say this as a joke of course:) Last week at the David Byrne concert, he announced that the audience could take as many photos as they liked. Luckily, I had smuggled in my point ant shoot camera. Yes, I was planning on taking photos dishonestly.......

  • Personal Questions

    Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 17:46 in Personal, Me, elsewhere, blogs i love

    I can never decide how I feel about personal questions. On one hand I wonder why not that many people ask me about personal things, on the other I feel somewhat uncomfortable when they do. Well, I took a leap and answered some for the lovely Nikk at ...

  • Monday Morning Randomness

    Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 08:09 in music, Personal, random thoughts

    Here are a couple of things that are on my mind this morning. First, I'm so excited about this concert, I can't sit still!!!Second, have you ever thought what your Ikea name would be if you were a piece of furniture? Well, wonder no more! Go here and...

  • Go With The Flow

    Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 13:05 in children, Personal, wall art

    So I've got a kid who obviously likes to express himself. I figuredwhy not just go with it! Far be it for me to discourage a kid's desire to be creative.I selected a few of my favorite school projects of Liam's and framed them myself.I just went to a...

  • Twittering Along....

    Posted on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 at 18:37 in Personal, twitter

    O.K. I did it, I did it.I am yet another Twitter participant.Actually, I signed up a while ago,but wasn't very sure where to go with it. So its essentially beensitting dormant.So, now I'm inviting anyone who want tofollow me to go here.I have to admi...

  • Cinco de Mayo: Tribute To An Amazing Place

    Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 00:47 in music, Personal, videos

    Café Tacvba - Dejate CaerUploaded by UniversalMusicGroupFeliz Cinco de Mayo! Click here if you are not familiar with this holiday.I dedicating this post to the people of Mexico and Mexico City whohave been struck by such a scary situation involving ...

  • Why DVR, Why?!

    Posted on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 01:15 in music, Personal, videos

    I couldn't believe my DVR shut off right before this performance! With some searching I found the clip online. I have to say, I don't agree w/ every choice Adam makes, but thisperformance was killer!! It could be that I feel that way, because of how ...

  • My Big Boy

    Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 10:50 in Personal

    Last week was Liam's 4th birthday, and I can't believe how big he's gotten. I think I've been feeling a little melancholy about it all!You know, when he was a baby and waking up every three hours, I would think "I can't wait till he gets older and I ...

  • A Special Place In Our Hearts

    Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 10:11 in Personal

    This news is so sad. First for the obvious tragedy of Natasha Richardson losing her life @ such a young age, but also because of the special attachment Mark and I have to Liam Neeson. When we were thinking of what to call our son, we didn't set out t...

  • A Slight Change Of Scenery

    Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 12:01 in Photography, Personal, fashion, Flickr, my products

    Happy Friday!I know some of you have had trouble finding my blog the last couple of days. I tried to switch my domain to dot com site, but it hasn't been a smooth transition. Last night, even I couldn't find it! Until I figure out what I'm doing wron...

  • The Liam Sofa

    Posted on Friday February 27th, 2009 at 00:02 in Personal, shopping

    Mitchell Gold's "Liam Sofa" on the left. My "Liam Sofa" on the right!I wonder if they would trade? I'm not that interested in plugging Mitchell Gold,I just thought this was funny. Around my house we try not to combine the wor...

  • Back Together Again!

    Posted on Monday February 16th, 2009 at 22:27 in Personal, blogs i love, blogger reunion

    Its been too long since we had a Houston blogger lunch.Luckily, we corrected that; this past weekend:)Paloma (on the left) organized a wonderful lunchat one of my favorite places, The Raven Grill.I even got to meet a few new bloggers!(Center: Courtne...

  • Sunday Abstraction: A Love Letter.

    Posted on Sunday February 15th, 2009 at 10:48 in music, Photography, Personal, videos

    Our first date was at a coffee shop.We have since spent many fun times drinking coffeeand contemplating the world. But....you know what I love the most isbeing with you.Te amoCarolinaLandon Pigg - Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop...

  • Feeling Giddy

    Posted on Saturday February 7th, 2009 at 15:01 in music, Personal, videos

    This video is a fun treat for Saturday afternoon:)Found via: Ill Seen Ill Said...

  • I'm Tired, I'm Stressed...Only Junking Will Help.

    Posted on Wednesday January 28th, 2009 at 22:55 in Personal, vintage furniture, found objects., houston shopping

    Junking is a real term right? If not, I'm sure you all know what I mean. Its the act of searching through and hunting for junk!! I have yet to figure out why I love it so much, but it does my soul good:)Many of you may have noticed that I have been s...

  • Kid Free Weekend

    Posted on Saturday January 10th, 2009 at 18:08 in Personal, bedroom design, blogs i love

    I'm off for a kid free weekend, so no Sunday Abstraction.I'm going to be occupied w/ other things!P.S. Check out the fabulous bedroom inspirations at Desire to Inspire....

  • Posters Of A Memory.

    Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 19:48 in art, Personal, design find

    Growing up, a favorite family event was watching old Spanish movies.We spent countless hours sitting in our living room laughing, and crying to those amazing movies.I guess because of that, I became a devout movie buff.There aren't many things I enjo...