good morning....or should i say TGIF.  i can't believe another week has passed and i am just getting here.  it's been a long week of more moving, lots of rain, and kids that are itching to do things b/c they are out of school.  i am trying to find a balance between work and entertaining kiddos.  i'm not doing my best at the balance....but i hope we find our rhythm soon!!  in other news, it's the weekend, which i couldn't be happier about!!  i hope y'all have a fabulous one :)

please excuse my absence...life has been chaotic.  we have decided the next move will be done w/ movers...it's too hard and we are no longer spring chickens.  our body has ached every night from going up and down stairs w/ furniture and boxes.  thankfully, we are officially done (just don't look in our cars b/c we look like hoarders).  tonight, i'm dying to make these and sit by the pool b/c we have earned them....i hope y'all have a relaxing weekend.

*images courtesy of carolines mode, casa tres chic, birch and bird, atlanta homes, studio m, a lovely being, a perfect gray

did y'all have a nice weekend??  we had a b'day party for taylor...cannot believe she is almost 6 yrs old!  i started this blog right after she was born....which means i have been doing this for almost 6 yrs...crazy stuff!!

*images courtesy of pretty stuff, birch and bird, creative index, philip gorrivan

is anyone else so happy it's friday!!  we are heading to a music festival with the kiddos which should be interesting to say the least :)  i hope y'all have a wonderful weekend!!

*images courtesy of modern hepburn, anetteshus, philip gorrivan 

i am thinking for our new house that i want to use pale, neutral colors....much like what's going on in these images....but don't hold me to it....i change my mind almost everyday :)  i hope y'all had a wonderful weekend.  i went camping....and survived!!

if you need me, i'm be surrounded by boxes and packing paper.....my house is complete chaos and i've having a hard time focusing!!

good morning...i've been traveling a lot lately and i always find myself hooked to oprah radio.  do y'all ever listen to it?  it plays her old shows....and it's good stuff.  but beware, on one road trip i found myself crying like 4 separate times....gets a little awkward when i have to answer the phone and i am be sobbing!!  i swear, every time i get home from a trip, i have some life revelation due to oprah!!  

i don't think i ever shared with y'all the completed kitchen i designed for clients on sullivan's island.  it was a new construction and the homeowners wanted something a little more modern feeling even though they live at the beach.  i love how this guy turned out!!
i also thought it would be fun to share the clients' last home that i designed to show how we changed up the style a little.  the previous home had much more of a coastal feeling.....which i love equally :)

*images Shannon Darby Design, bottom BHG/ Shannon Darby Design

 

i wish i was daring enough to do a dark exterior.....i think it would be really cool.  i just tend to lean on the safe side....but part of me really wants to take that leap......

*images courtesy of breakfast in the morning, the inspired room, design sponge, house beautiful, brooks ballard, the stroller coaster