Flash back to Monday, when a designer friend called me and told me I should go check out a model home. What? A model home? Why? I had visions of faux foliage, mismatched pillows and ill-fated furniture placements. But, when I walked through the massive paneled...
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Christmas At Callanwolde
If you are counting, there are nine more hectic days until Christmas. Which includes Christmas dinner planning and shopping for the entire family in a very short window. Yes, I am that person. The last minute shopper (the night before Christmas kind) and if possible I...
The HGTV Urban Oasis 2014 :: Part 1
About a month ago I received an invitation from Scripps Networks to attend the Local media day for the HGTV Urban Oasis 2014 at the Mandarin Oriental in Atlanta. Of course, I RSVP'd and left it up to the gods that day whether or not I would make it out of the house....
The Ace Around Town – “Tastemaker Series” :: Julie Couch
It rained harder than I've ever heard it last night in Georgia. I fully expected Noah's Ark to float past our house, and wouldn't have been surprised if our street turned into a shipping channel. A flotilla of vessels floating past Casa B. In fact, it...
IKEA :: The “Ace” Picks The Good Stuff
As a design blogger I receive a lot of inquiries to review products, we may do some but we don't do a lot. It's a highly selective process, and if I do one, I feel obligated to do all. So when IKEA sent me an early preview catalog to look at, it sat on my desk for a...