Sneak Peek

Here's a little sneak peek of the kitchen I've completed recently that I'll be showing later this week. :-)

As of lately...

Austin - Butler's pantry - yummy calcutta!
My poor little, neglected baby blog....and my neglected readers :-( If you're still here, thanks for sticking around. As I've mentioned recently, I am busy! This, unfortunately, means the blog usually goes to the back burner, it's just the way it goes. So I thought I would show you what I've been up to in photos. If you are a fan of the facebook page you've likely seen most of these client progress photos.

Austin - Kitchen island - calcutta so yummy I could lick it!

Austin - Main kitchen - gorgeous beveled subway tiled backsplash

Austin - Main kitchen - the perimeter marble is ah-mazing!

Austin - mudroom cubbies & checkerboard floor is in, yay :-)

Lights going in

Entry lantern - all wood yet to be stained.

Son's bath - so perfect!

Son's bath hardware and bianco cararra countertops

Gorgeous things going into the master bath.

Master bath floor and wall hug

Master shower ceiling

Master shower - all yet to be grouted

Powder bath - more calcutta and stunning brass - love.

Powder bath light fixtures and mirror going in.

Switch projects :: Master bath final cabinets approved.

Same project - one wall of adjoining closet that I am so proud of. This space is going to be stunning!

Same project - Master suite terrace stone going in and looking perfect!
These are just a couple of the amazing projects and clients I am working with right now.

We spent our Easter out at the ranch and got some much needed R&R. The drive to the ranch is through the hill country and is nothing short of beautiful. This is the only picture I took the whole weekend :-/ Hopefully my sister-in-law will hook me up with her camera snaps. I hope that you had a blessed Easter.

He is risen!

I'll be back soon with another kitchen remodel that's getting her jewelry (aka hardware) in a couple of days and then she'll be ready to photograph.

I hope you're having a great start to the week!

Weekend Recap

I've been busy. Really busy. Two of my sisters decided to come from Dallas to visit this weekend and it was exactly what I needed! A little R&R with my best friends (aka my sissies). Fiesta is going on right now in San Antonio, so there was no shortage of things to do. We went to Oyster Bake on Saturday. Oyster Bake is like the state fair without the rides and games. There's live music and tons of fair food. We ate our way through the booths - chicken on a stick, fried cheesecake, funnel cake, fried oreos, fried twinkies, chalupas...you get the idea. Yum! This baby inside of me was probably wondering what the heck was going on, it's ok, I don't eat like that all the time...one day is ok right?

We headed over to Gruene on Sunday for Gospel Brunch at the famous Gruene Hall. I've talked about how much I love Gruene here before. It is such a charming town!

If you live in Texas and you've never been to a Gospel Brunch I highly recommend it. You get a yummy southern style brunch - biscuits & gravy, ribs, mashed potatoes, etc. and an old school gospel band sings their hearts out. It's a pretty cool way to worship.

They ended the brunch on this...

We left there in smiles and milled around Gruene for a while.

I stopped into this antique shop. I always keep tabs on their milk glass pieces.

We strolled over to the general store and had ice cream from the old style soda fountain bar.

It was a perfect, relaxing weekend. Just what I needed! Thank you sissies for coming to see me, muah! I hope you had a delightful weekend as well. Now back to the grind...

With Silver Bells and Cockelshells?

Or pretty maids all in a row? I love to garden. I don't do it enough. I think this is something that I learned about myself when we moved into our first home. I didn't know how much I liked to garden. I planted 50 tulip bulbs in our front flower bed and obsessively checked and photographed their progress. I then realized, hey, I like planting things and watching them grow :-) In our new home, in San Antonio, we inherited these beautiful rose bushes. After a lesson from my Mama on how to trim and care for them, I was certain that I killed them! I had cut them back to sticks and just knew that we were going to have to dig them up and plant new ones this spring. Well, clearly Mama knew what she was talking about and they came back and more beautiful than ever. My husband and I are constantly commenting on how big the roses are getting...we're kind of nerdy about the yard like that. They are so beautiful and fragrant and I just love them! We've always kept a little herb garden. This year I am growing flat leaf parsley, cilantro, rosemary and sweet basil. Last year my basil plants were as tall as my shoulders and I pulled from them every week! It is one of my favorite herbs!

This year my husband and I have embarked on gardening vegetables. I'm not sure how this is going to turn out but so far so good. Below are our tomato plants that are doing awesome! Truthfully, we would need to plant tomato plants in our whole backyard to accommodate for how many tomatoes we eat in this household. We love 'em!

We've also planted carrots, onions, and poblano peppers.

I can't wait to see how we come out of this deal.

Speaking of gardens...

All of you Nancy Meyers enthusiasts out there...Do you obsess over the garden in It's Complicated? I do.

Sigh...maybe someday, but for now we'll see how we do with our little 4'x4' garden.

Do you enjoy gardening? What do you grow?

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