Local Spotlight

If you missed our book signing last January, for Hugh Acheson's new cookbook, A Turn in the South, be sure to pick up the most recent issue of Garden and Gun.  The magazine features Acheson hosting a "classic Southern Supper," while demonstrating his idea of a Holiday Table.  Garden and Gun collaborated with Publix to fulfill Acheson's dinner menu.  

We also had another local favorite with a Magazine Feature, Barbara Westbrook.  House Beautiful most have been reading our minds on "Collections."  They did a spread on what Interior Designers Collect, associating the collections to paint colors, and they featured Barbara Westbrook!  

Collections

When using the term Hoarder, one usually associates the use as a negative connotation.  But, in reference to the following pictures, the "Hoarders" of these "Collections," were able to turn hoarding into a positive term.   

To finish out our previous post on Collections, here are a few more images-

Stripes

Two days away from Thanksgiving and still focusing on stripes, I have used this post to show how often stripes are used in our table settings.  From Plates, to tablecloths, napkins, wallpaper, and runners, you would be surprised how often stripes are incorporated. 

For fun, here is an inspiration board of the Striped Products we love...

Collections

As we head into the Thanksgiving Holiday, we thought we would base a post on Collections.  During this time, we are often visiting family members and setting the table with our own "collections."  Here are a few images that caught our eye...

Stripes

As we continue the Stripe theme through the month of November, here are a few inspiring Interior Shots.

Miles Redd, an Atlanta Native, designed the last Interior Shot.  We recently attended his book signing at Travadavi for his new book, The Big Book of Chic.

Mark your Calendars...

We are excited to announce the event we are having next week, the book signing of Sally Bedell Smith's Elizabeth The Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch, Monday November 19th at 6:15 pm.

Sally Bedell Smith has worked for numerous publications

such as, Time Magazine,  TV Guide, The New York Times, and 

Vanity Fair. She is now the best-selling author of five books 

including books on William S. Paley, Pamela Churchill 

Harriman, Diana- Princess of Wales, and the Clinton and 

Kennedy White House years. Her latest work, which her 

Royal Oak lecture is based on is Elizabeth the Queen: 

The Life of A Modern Monarch.

Thanksgiving

As we all know, Thanksgiving is this month.  You might now know, 248 million Turkeys were raised in the United States last year.  Therefore, there will be many Turkeys on the table this Thanksgiving.

Another fun fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the Turkey America's official bird.  He thought the Bald Eagle had "bad moral character."  Here are a few images we found inspiring for our own table settings-

Stripes

This month, instead of focusing on a color, we are going to focus on a pattern, Stripes, in honor of the Election and our American Flag.

Black Interiors

To end the month of October, we have a few more black interiors to share with you.  As we said before, black is technically not a color, it is a neutral, but we all call it a color for a ease of use.  As we focus on black interiors, I also have four interesting facts on the color black:

1)  In most cultures, the spotting of a black cat is considered bad luck, except in England, where it is considered good luck.

2) Black is associated with heaviness.  For instance, most people think a black box is heavier than a white box.

3) Black is associated with sophistication and power.  For example, tuxedos, limousines, judge's robes, and priest's wardrobes. 

4) An old wives' tale says that if a woman is buried wearing black, she will come back to haunt the family.