Bring on Fall And the ICE CREAM! I’m delaying. Dallying, really. I know everyone’s screaming for pumpkin spice, but really?! September 7th? Do we really want to do pumpkin from now until Thanksgiving? Besides, unless you want the faux variety, the real pumpkins have yet to make an appearance. That does…
50 Shades of Grey (Minus the whips…)
Bouquets from a Suburban Garden, Whips, and an MRI… just another week at the House of Valentina!
Find Happiness at the French Chateau Elan
This place will make you happy… They have nailed the wine, cheese, and atmosphere! While some may say that our generation is among the unhappiest, we have found a place that nearly guarantees your happiness. Think of a long driveway with vineyards all around you, plump grapes glistening in the late warm…
15 Ways To Make OLD STUFF Look COOL.
OLD is The New NEW Grandma has more than the best cookies at her house. If you are lucky yours might even have an attic stuffed full of really cool old stuff. My clients regularly struggle with knowing how to incorporate vintage items into their modern homes, but its easier than you…
VIDEO + NEW SHOP ITEMS!
Why buy a piece when you can BUY THE ROOM?
Perhaps the World will Look at This Little Mirror of Itself
Our lives are full of thousands, millions, even billions of tiny micro moments that, when all put together, create our wonderful lives. Some of them are planned out to the very smallest detail, while others are brief bursts that leave as quickly as they came. When we opened the House of…
A Guest Bedroom Makeover You Will Want To Stay In
Guests are nice. Some even arrive with flowers and chocolates to thank you in advance for your hospitality, but in essence, guests, by sheer definition of the word itself, are meant to leave after a short stay. (Otherwise they turn into squatters and no one likes those.) But what if you could…
The Best Home Design Books You Can’t Live Without!
The Best Design Books You Can’t Live Without!
Let’s SAVE This Real Estate DEAL with less than $350!
Let’s Save This Real Estate Deal! With Less than $350!! Our homes are one of our biggest investments, so the last thing we want to do is cost ourselves money when we are ready to sell. When I wrote my dear friend, Amanda, about her current listing in North Highland, California, she…
A TUB for TWO!! Renovating Roxburgh!!
A TUB FOR TWO! Bring on the champagne and bubbles! With major demo done, we are well on our way to seeing Roxburgh come back together. Ignore the dust because this house is being built with a tub for two… or at least one. Bring on the champagne and bubbles!
Alice in Wonderland & the Return of Chintz
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland I just sent all three of my kids off to school for their first day and I can’t help but feel a little sad that they won’t be running around, playing some epic battle…
Introducing MY MOM & a peek at the House of Valentina Shop!
Without a doubt one of the top reasons we stayed in Atlanta was to be near family. Wait. Let me rephrase that. THE top reason we stayed in Atlanta was to be near family. My mom and I have daydreamed for years about working together in design and real estate and now…
