October 04

What went wrong or right. Southern Living Idea House continued.
So we have made it through the gravel pit, found the right door (the left door actually) to enter and discovered a famous basketball player picked it out. Now let’s discuss the other misfortunes this home has made me endure (and a few surprises.) The home is entirely too large for a complete play-by-play, so [...]

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What’s the idea? Southern Living Idea House
I was excited to discover new and interesting design inspirations at the Horseshoe Bay Southern Living Idea house. I had no idea what I was in for. Overall the design and materials the builder used were lovely, but the misses were big, especially in the layout and function. From the gravel pit of an entrance [...]

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Too Tall

5'9" and my mother-in-law still can't see who's come to call. Function and design have to go together.

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August 23

Customer (self) Service
Customer service, two simple words that when put together create one simple statement. To serve one’s customers. One of the great joys of owning your own business, is that you get to personally decide what level of customer service you wish to provide. It’s much like the golden rule really. Do onto others…however there is [...]

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May 24

Is 35 middle age?
I did it, I broke the cardinal rule and told you my age! Truth be told, I feel more like 65! You know those emails that go around about “remember when..” well in a tech savvy world where social marketing is big biz, I remember my first experience with computers in the fourth grade, when [...]

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April 13

Spring Cleaning?
Ever notice when you begin to purge in an effort to start anew and clean up your home, things always look way worse in the beginning? You get determined, or just plain sick of it and dive in, only to find yourself 3 hours later surrounded by stacks of papers, mismatched shoes, a picture of [...]

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February 16

The Magic Hour
As a work at home mom, I spend many days juggling my businesses and my laundry (truthfully my businesses win and I am stuck wearing the 2nd and 3rd string clothes if you know what I mean.) But the hour between 8 and 9 when the little ones are all snug in their beds and [...]

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January 21

Austin Working Mom
The title really can have two meanings seeing how one of the businesses I own works around kids, but the way I am referring is being a mom and having a job. It’s no news flash that is can be challenging having a job and being a mother at the same time, but owning a [...]

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October 20

Color Trend in 2011
So I, along with about 100 other designers, stagers and others interested in our industry, dropped by West Elm in Austin yesterday for Benjamin Moore’s presentation Fran Mooney’s Style Color Trends. It was exciting to see some of their new colors and what bold simplicity is coming in 2011. The theme for the year is [...]

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