Tot's Kentucky Home

Hello

I hope your week is going well, we are well into January and we are still waiting for winter to get here. In Chicago today was gorgeous! Bright sunshine and in the 50's, I even worked outside. I think it will be short lived but I have been saying that for two months now. Everyday that we have this fantastic weather only makes the winter shorter and that is fine by me.

I am finishing up my road trip with you today. I promised you pictures of Tot's  house and you won't be disappointed. She has such an eye for detail but more than that she is such a warm and loving person. I so enjoyed my time at her house.

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Tot and Craig (her husband and partner) took us (Miss Donna and I)  to a great Mexican restaurant. We met her daughter Sarah there with her two beautiful children. The food and service was wonderful and we spent the whole evening laughing and having a great time.

The house has been featured in Country Living and also in the book they published. That was a few years ago and now Tot and Craig are redoing the whole house.

 She has changed her pallet to grays instead of white on the walls and it is gorgeous.

If you follow her blog, Time Worn Interiors you know they just put hardwood floors throughout.

She has an infinity for seashells and her collection is amazing.

I love them too, so my camera gravitated to them...

Especially the coral.

They have gathered the most amazing collection of architecture I have ever seen.  

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Here  I caught Donna daydreaming...

And of course we had deep discussions... as girls often do!

Not to mention the French linen sheets we slept on... pure butter.

I loved these Mohair French chairs... if only I could have fit them into Donna's little VW...

Now... the studio. I really had a hard time leaving this room!

This was memorable... not because of all the beauty I was surrounded by but the beauty of friendship and love.

Thank you Tot, Thank you Donna...

Blessings

Rebecca

I am linking up with Kathleen for White Wednesday

at Faded Charm

and 

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

See you there!

Road Trip 2012

Hello

It is the first road trip of the year for me and it started the new year off right. I love a good road trip. 

I am so lucky to have the opportunity to take off when I like or the road calls. In this case I needed to go to Indiana and pick up my merchandise from Christmas at the Horton's. So my dear friend Donna always opens her house so generously. I was anxious to see her house as she has been making good progress on her renovation. It looked fabulous!

If you follow Donna on A Life Reclaimed You know she and her husband have gutted their home that used to be Donna's grandparents and have been doing everything themselves for the last 4 years. Donna actually did the zinc top to this fabulous center island. It turned out awesome.

This is where I sleep now, when I am there. It will be the library when finished.

 It seems every time I go visit Donna it is for an event and we both work... so this time we decided to do something fun! 

Well, I thought going to Kentucky sounded like fun...

Me, Donna and Tot

They both have new "do's" - Donna just cut her hair and Tot has grown hers out... sooo cute!

 especially when it is to visit our friend Theresa or Tot as most everyone calls her. She recently opened a new shop in Glendale and we were dying to see it. Now Tot has a wonderful blog called 

Time Worn Interiors as most of you know and her talent is well known on the show circuit.  That is where I first met her, at the show in Roundtop Texas.

Her store front is wonderful.

and wait until you get inside... her talent for details and display is pure eye candy.

Tot attending to business

I loved this old vault...

Donna shopping...

This French Settee is amazing with gorgeous mohair upholstry

See the mirror and wonderful platter... they live with me now.

If you get anywhere near Glendale Kentucky you have to stop into this amazing little treasure of a shop

We had a great day of shopping, Theresa took us around to all the other shops in Glendale. This little town is so charming.

Thank you to my good friends Donna and Tot for such a great time. My next post will be on Tot's house... it has been published in a book and magazines such as Country Living.

How are you starting out 2012?

Maybe a road trip is what you need.

Blessings

Rebecca