2012 Southern Living Idea House

Have you seen Southern Living's Farmhouse Renovation yet?  It's the magazine's 2012 Idea House

Design: Tracery Interiors Photography: Laurey W. Glenn

Checkout the gingham wall treatment in the sitting area by artist Katie Hesse - I love this!  Want to create this in you own sweet lil casa?  Here's the link so you can get your DIY on! 

I sure wish I had a pretty little porch like this!

I really like how the hardwood floors continue right into the master bath.  

The creative folks at Tracery Interiors came up with a deliciously eclectic assortment of bathroom vanities in the farmhouse. 

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Daily Dose of Nola

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Hungry for This?

Good morning lovely readers!  Hope you are having a great day so far!  I have a not-so-very busy day today with Nola and her mommy.  The forecast is for an incredible 67 degrees (F)!  Wow!  So, we plan on taking Nola for her first stroller ride.  Hopefully at our favorite park in Hingham along the water, if it isn't too windy out, and enjoy the breath of spring air while it lasts! 

I found this fab kitchen on Tracery Interiors website and had to share it.  The Bertazzoni stove is spectacular on its own, but then that amazing fabricated steel hood is like the icing on a wedding cake -  sweet and delicious perfection!  Then, as if that's not enough they added that amazing skylight roof to flood the kitchen island with natural light so you can bake cookies or just sip coffee all day long basking in the sunshine.   Still, the Tracery Interiors team wasn't done yet.  Why not toss in antique bricks laid in a herringbone pattern to line the walls behind the stove and underneath it all? Antique terra cotta tiles bring the visual warmth down to the floor.  Stop it already!  I'm turning green with envy!  But, there's still more, a surprise for you dear reader, so scroll on down.

Ta-da!  Isn't this the most amazing room to store dishes in?

Now that's a great Butler's Pantry!

A functional pantry and back door...

Naturally, a splendid kitchen deserves an equally splendid family room.

WOW!

Have a fabulous day today!!

xoxo,

Millie

Photos via traceryinteriors.com

Color Watch

I know, I know-- everyone is going crazy for color, but I've still got a case of the hots for gris, gray,  greige, or whatever we're calling this fabulous color now!  I love a faint aqua tint to the gray myself, probably because that's the color of my kitchen tile. (below) Ummm,maybe I should have swept it first!

But, I digress!  I don't think anyone does this look better than Tracery Interiors.  Their moody mix of neutrals in light and dark shades just makes my heart swoon!

Okay so this look (above) is EXACTLY how I would like to redo my lower kitchen cabinets. The bonus? It just might help hide the perennial juice and coffee stains left by nameless goblins that I am constantly and forever scrubbing off the white cabinets with those Magic Erasers.  If I'd known how reliant I would be on those little white bits of toxicity, I would have bought them by the case! As it is, there is a spot by the Keurig that has a permanent coffee stain running down the front of the cabinet.  I have tried everything, yes, of course I repainted it!  But I can still see it. Grrrr!  

Okay, so now to the important stuff, here's Nola! She had her first pediatrician appointment yesterday and gained 4 oz.  She's not only beautiful, but healthy too!! Okay I admit it-- I'm obsessed with this little bundle of joy!  There's nothing that brings out the best (and silliest) in us then a new baby in the family! Babies are the most beautiful thing we can ever bring home!

The sun is out here in chilly New England and the forecast is great -- 65 degrees on Thursday!  Bye-bye snow!  Fourteen days til spring!

Have an amazing day today!!

xoxo,

Millie

Photos: traceryinteriors