Al & Christina's Wedding

Last weekend Peter and I made our first trip to Louisiana, where we had the honor of attending Al & Christina's wedding. It was classic, elegant, colorful, and, without a doubt, true to the style of the couple. The ceremony was in a small chapel with beautiful stained-glass windows and absolutely gorgeous flowers. The reception was in a local museum. All of the food was exceptional; my favorite was the brie with honey. Peter liked the crawfish dip the best. Both of us enjoyed the glass bottled Coca Cola. Believe it or not, as the couple made their get-a-way we threw bird seed. Though it is very traditional, I have never had the chance to do that before. I loved it!

Peter and me at the reception.

Stacey, the happy couple, and us.

House Tour

As I previously mentioned, I have be rearranging the furniture and artwork in the house (for those of you that know my family- I think it's in my blood). Anyway, here are the results. The red room is now my office and our guestroom.

The twin beds are still in the teal room. Initially, I felt like I was breaking a major rule of decorating by separating the twin beds but overall the look works. The new furniture arrangement allows for more free space. Ma Scott's Orange Chicken surprised me when it gave the room a more finished look- but I like it.

Gigi's paintings were recently mailed to me with hope of ending up in the teal room but the oil paintings looked much better against the North Hampton Putty (which by the way, is a fabulous not-so-boring-neutral).

Our living room seems extremely limited in terms of ways to move the furniture. The architectural details - arches, walkways, built ins, fireplace- basically define where the furniture can be placed. I did manage to have some fun switching the lamps and bringing the armoire into room.

Organization Station

With the copious amounts of time I've had on my hands recently, I've taken to organizing and reorganizing our closets and furniture. In my master plan for the house, we're going to add some built-in shelving and cubbies in my closet but in the mean time I've settled for a pop of color and tidy shoe storage. Between the kitchen and dining room is this odd little hallway that has a large closet but no clear purpose. Initially, we only used the space to give the dogs water. I saw the multitude of organizational boards in a Pottery Barn catalog and they called my name. In addition to watering the dogs the odd little hallway now houses our Organization Station. I love it!