ADAC Opens its Doors

If you live in Atlanta and are exposed on any level to the world of design, then you most definitely have heard of ADAC. Until now, ADAC was a place for designers to visit, but the general public wasn't allowed access. As of tomorrow, October 1st, any and all will be welcomed inside the campus consisting of 550,000 square feet with 60 showrooms offering 1,200 of the industry’s finest product lines including furniture, fabric, rugs, lighting, accessories, floor and wall coverings, antiques, fine art and framing, kitchens, bath, tile and stone, and home theater product. It is an exciting venture for ADAC and the entire design community.

To kick things off there will be two weeks of events open to the public as well as designers. For a detailed calendar of events you can visit ADAC's website. You can register for any of the events listed by going here. On Wednesday, October 10th, I'll be speaking along with five lovely ladies, Shelly Hart of Design Indulgence, Erika Ward of BluLabel Bungalow, Claire Watkins of High Gloss Blue, and Helen Young of Whitehaven; moderated Wendy Shannon at With a Southern Twist. We'll be dishing about what is in, what is out and what is hot in the world of blogging and design. Please join us! It's a really fun group and I'm sure you will be entertained.

Breakfast Nook & a Second Season

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Every time I finish a new project I always get so excited. My design projects are like babies to me. I love and nurture them until they are all grown up. Well…not exactly (raising a little one is way harder) but you get the idea. I think any designer that is passionate about what they do becomes very attached to their projects. Especially when the clients are awesome to work with and have great style. This was the case with my latest project. I’ve been working with these clients for the last few months, and it has been a total joy. They came to me asking if I would design their breakfast nook in their new home. They moved to Atlanta from Houston and didn’t have anything that they wanted to keep in their new breakfast nook. It was so much fun to literally start from scratch on their design.

I built their design around this fabric from Kravet.

I love using botanical posters from The Evolution Store in my designs. They make such a statement in a room.

To give the room that warm and fuzzy feeling I shopped at local antique stores for accessories and one of a kind finds.

I found the cute little footstool at Target. I’ll be reupholstering the top with plain burlap, but in honor of the London Olympics I left it in my photos.

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SEASON 2

On another note, Elbow Room got picked up for a second season on HGTV!!!! I’ve already started designing with Chip and the rest of the team. I’m looking forward to another fun season. Last year I was so bad about taking behind the scenes pictures while we were on set. I’m going to try to make a point to capture more of the good stuff on camera this year. We have so much fun on the sets and I’d love to be able to share that with everyone. We start filming in mid-October. We are still accepting applications so if you live in the Atlanta area and need a renovation please apply. You can apply here. Good luck if you apply.

LiveJournal Tags: my design,elbow Room,breakfast nook,kravet,the evolution store,target

Saw It. Loved It.

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Just found this piece of art through a random google search. Saw it. Loved it. Got inspired. Don't know the artist and didn't save the link from the blog but I'm just dying over the colors. A master bedroom redo may be in the future after seeing this...if only I could convince the hubby.

Happy weekend!