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first off...

a big thank you 
to gabrielle blair (aka design mom) 

for featuring the remodel of house #5

 on the stir @ cafe mom, and for the 

mention on design mom.

you can read the post here.

and a big welcome to my new readers!

*smiles*

also...

summer is coming to an end, and with it will bring some

big changes to my world. 

you see, for the last 11 years, i have mostly been

"just a mom". even when i was working alongside my

husband, the majority of my time was spent with my kids.

i turned down a lot of design work so i could

focus my energy on my three little kiddos.

(if you look closely, you will notice that my little man, grady, loves to "enhance" family photos by crossing his eyes. 
it's 70% cute, and 30% aggravating.)

but starting next week, 
all three of my little kiddos

are going to be in school.

all day.

every day.

it's going to be a little weird for me, i will admit.

but, i am also really excited to have the opportunity

to take on some more design work.

(more details will follow in the coming weeks.)

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also...this weekend, i scanned another big pile 

of magazine clippings from my design files.

there are some fun,

random, pretty pictures, like

this great staircase...

quite a few pictures of gorgeous window treatments,

a ton a white kitchens...

(wow---i had no idea that i was so obsessed

with white kitchens! i have dozens of pictures of gorgeous white kitchens that i am going to be *dumping here in the 

next week or two)

and, a lot of pictures of gorgeous 

outdoor spaces, that are making me feel a

little sad that summer is coming to an end.
(so, i'm going to make sure that
the kiddos have some big fun this week
before they head back to school!)
happy monday everyone!