Mad for Plaid!

Yep, its that time of year again and I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!


My family to this day still makes fun of me for the unormal amount of plaid I wore when I was younger. As you can imagine, I'm pumped to see plaid coming back in a BIG way. Check out these images for some new and creative uses!


Plaid tile anyone?







In the bedroom.........I love the rustic coziness of this one. Very "Early American."



I love these Knoll chairs featured in plaid! It makes a classic even classier.



How about Plaid furniture? This piece is by Story and Lee, an offshoot of Stanley furniture.

Or plaid on the walls?

Don't forget the accessories......



These adorable plates can be found at www.pendletonusa.com

As much as I love plaid, I still know overkill when I see it. Please do not do this. Ever. :)

The New Patterson Square in Dayton

For those of you living in a city other than Dayton, OH, this probably won't interest you in the least :)

However, for those of us living in Dayton, it's nice to know what's going on every once in awhile. As part of the Downtown Dayton Partnership to increase residential living downtown, new townhomes are currently in the works. Charles Simms Development recently broke ground for a group of 18 townhomes known as Patterson Square located near the Dragon's Field and across the street from the LiteHouse Townhomes.


These townhomes look incredibly nice from the renderings and prices start at just $139,900!! Another great thing about Dayton is the affordable housing. At that price I may consider selling my house and buying a townhome! Well, probably not because I love my house too much. But I would love to live downtown.

For more information about this project, go here.

For more information about the Downtown Dayton Partnership, go here.

For more information on recent projects going on downtown, go here.

Dayton Women's Fair

This weekend marks the dates for Dayton's first annual Women's Fair! The fair is put on by Cox Ohio Media Group and my company (for my day job), Coldwell Banker Heritage Realtors, has a booth there. Be sure to stop by and check out the booth design I've been working hard on for the past couple of weeks, including all the graphics.......its kept me pretty busy! In our booth we are highlighting our HD Media gallery which contains listings with HD photos and videos. We are one of the only real estate companies in the US using this technology right now! We are also showing off the perks of our brand new website, www.coldwellbankerdayton.com


The Fair runs Saturday 10-9 and Sunday 11-5 at Dayton's expo center.


Come git yo'selves a fly swawt!! :)

Speaking of Presents.....

Here is another good one that my new fam got me as a shower gift! Brian and I planted our new "knockout roses" right by the front porch.

Love these! :)

A Gift From "Scott Style"

I want to show you guys one of my favorite wedding gifts I received. And since this is, after all, a design blog, its fitting that this particular gift comes from a fellow designer. One of my best-est buds from my Kent State days, Scott, refinished this beautiful antique dresser for me! He even added the two-toning. Scott is pretty talented when its comes to hands-on projects and has even designed and built some of his own pieces.


This dresser also has a round mirror that is also gorgeous but I'm not quite sure where to put it yet. I'm thinking of leaving it where it is (near the front door) but I still need to figure out what to do around it. Should be a fun project this weekend.

p.s. Please excuse the mess in the hallway from the photos. With Brian moving all of his stuff into the house, its a little chaotic right now!!

Wedding Woes

The only complaint I have about our wedding day:

High temperature ties 98 year record

Posted: 3:50 pm EDT September 3, 2011

DAYTON, Ohio -- Temperatures near and more than 100 degrees have prompted air pollution advisories for the Dayton and Springfield metro areas Saturday. Today's high of 97 tied the area record set in 1913. High temperatures have been lingering in the Miami Valley since Thursday, prompting early dismissal from several school districts and creating unsafe conditions for people staying outside an extended period of time. Storm Center 7 Meteorologist Erica Collura said the oppressive heat won't last too much longer. "Today should be the last day of temperatures above 90," Collura said. Temperatures above 90 are not unheard of in September, but records show temperatures reaching the upper 90s are at the height of normal temperatures for this time of the year. The heat from today may spark an isolated shower or thunderstorm, and more rain arrives tomorrow from northwest to southeast. Some of those showers may linger into Labor Day before moving east, Collura said.

article by WHIOTV.com.


AND the church didn't have air conditioning!! Ugh! Thank goodness we all survived.

Wedding Photos are here!

Woo hoo! Wedding week is over and we have returned from the honeymoon. Just got home last night around midnight. I was super excited to find some of our photos are up on the photographer's blog already! Here's a sample of the big day!! More pics from everything are sure to follow :)

CLICK HERE

Did I mention how amazingly talented Branton Hoblit and Kimberly Sink are?? If not, you're about to find out how much they rock........