Progress Peeks: Our Florida House

We’re back from a lovely week in Florida! You might remember this post, where I first gave little glimpses into our vacation home. Today, I happily have a few more peeks of the progress that we’re making. For starters, we’ve gotten some mirrors (like this Jonathan Adler one above) and some art onto our stark white walls. Our new piece by local artist Cheryl Maeder, makes me smile every time I enter the room. Speaking of smiles,  blue zebrine wallpaper by Rose Cummings, now graces our guest bathroom walls and ceiling! Beach inspired sconces, by Moth Designs were hung as well, and we made a lot of headway in our children’s rooms too. All of these shots were taken on Instagram, an absolute obsession for me, this app is perfect for my always have my phone, but never my camera self! So far, zhushing up this house has been a lot of fun, I’m getting to utilize many of the pieces and ideas I’ve written about here for years!

 

Collaborations Are Cool

Jess Constable, the brilliant entrepreneur and creative force behind Jess LC recently collaborated with artist Ann Shen, to produce a line of truly adorable totes. Jess then took this collaborative spirit one step further and asked me and some of my fellow (and favorite bloggers) to shoot some images for her look book. Here’s a sneak peek of what we did. You can view the whole look book and all the totes here.

Our House: Featured In HGTV Magazine!

HGTV magazine features zhush

It’s a “pinch me” moment for sure. 

Not only seeing my home, but also my children and (gulp) myself, in the current issue of HGTV magazine!

Getting all the sweet emails, tweets and texts from people we know across the country as they spot us has been a blast.

The best part of the whole experience was opening my front door this past winter and greeting not only the amazing staff from HGTV magazine, but also Annie Schlecter, the photographer who took these images (whose work I adore, even blogged about here!)

Annie is the epitome of talent meets cool.

And, the stylist,Lili Diallo, of Domino fame!

My kids and I basically fell in love with Lili and her beautiful French accent during the shoot (which lasted two whole fun days!)

 

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