Palm Springs, another beacon for modernist architecture, was our Sunday destination.
We started off at the Neutra Miller house which he designed for a woman who came to the desert to...Read More
Los Angeles Architecture Tour
North Carolina Modernist Houses Los Angeles Architecture Tour
We started over in Silverlake neighborhood again, touring another Lautner home, Silvertop (an interesting Read More
Modernist Architecture Tour
Los Angeles Modernist Architecture Tour
I am in LA on a “six day, five night, heart-pounding Modernist architecture tour”, to quote our guide, North Carolina Modernist Houses founder George Smart. And...Read More
Palm Springs, baby
Palm Springs, Baby
Hit one of my bucket list locations, business combined with vacay in sunny Palm Springs. Like Las Vegas, it struck me as odd to have this artificially created city spring out of a vast desert. How does everything appear so green, as in, how do they water all...Read More
Key West
The fam escaped for five days after Christmas. Key West combined the best of everything for our diversity of interests. Chill out by the pool if you want (which I did with a great read “Oleander Girl” – highly recommend). Or jet-ski (which would have been an activity better...Read More
All Work and No Play
REALLY looking forward to this Thanksgiving vacation, relaxing with Mr. F&F and the kids. Fast gear describes the last ten months and only by getting away can I actually slow down.
In order to clear the calendar for travel, yesterday we loaded in at a client’s house we’ve...Read More
Clovelly
Arlington Court
All Things British
Lucky to sneak a break from F&F and tour England with my sisters. We started briefly in London then a couple weeks in Ilfracombe North Devon, hiking and touring the British countryside. We packed it in for...Read More
Design Inspired Hike
Because I deserved it, I escaped the dining room table work mess for a design inspired hike and took my walking companion with me.
Buddy, my ever faithful companionThis clever way to disguise a guardrail...Read More
Summertime Workin’
Mr. F&F and I have changed venues but we’re still working, summertime workin, that is. Exhibit A.
my dining room table in the mountains…finances in disarray…seven months of finances...Read More
Pickens South Carolina Flea Market
Nathan, my new picker, had cool stuff like the old mail sorter & the drawer piece that I’m going to convert to coffee table
Pickens South Carolina Flea Market
I love what I do, I really do. However,...Read More
A Little Getaway
Mr. F&F was planning a trip to see his mom, so I bribed little man to go on a little getaway (slash buying trip) by staying here and letting him bring a friend.
Great Wolf Hell
This...Read More
Raleigh Store Product Preview
Felt like I was selling my soul to the devil when I arrived here…
Atlanta is a huge one…NYC in AugustEven though I’d researched green product vendors before arrival, I was overwhelmed...Read More
The Farmer’s Wife Greensboro NC
Brunswick County Parade of Homes 2012
I was a judge for the Brunswick County Parade of Homes 2012, the second year I’ve been asked. Treated to a lovely dinner last Wednesday at a restaurant with incredible intercoastal views, put up at a beach front hotel, treated to breakfast and lunch the next day. How could I say no? Enjoyed...Read More
Only in Asheville Part Two
Only in Asheville Part Two can you see a fashion show entirely devoted to orange. The Asheville Area Arts Council picks a different color each year for its fundraising ball and this year’s appropriately entitled The...Read More
Only in Asheville Part One
It took awhile to get back on track post summer living of relaxed schedules and my alter Asheville ego. After returning from Asheville we jumped right into school activities, moved back into our bedroom/new bath, traveled to Canada, gained six new clients for me, and generally experienced...Read More
