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Dreaming of a coastal cottage

by Shelly March 8, 2011

House hunting is still in full effect, although we are still eyeing one particular property that needs a whole lotta love!  We’re working against a seller who is in full denial of what the home should cost, so it’s a bit of a tough situation.  Hopefully we’ll know more by the end of this week. [...]

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Wrapup and new ventures

by Shelly March 2, 2011

I’m back from a whirlwind two days at the Design Bloggers Conference that was held in Beverly Hills this week.  To say I am inspired and motivated (and EXHAUSTED) is a bit understated.  I’ve never in my life been around so many unbelievably talented people and learned so much in such a short period of [...]

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The big debut!

by Shelly February 25, 2011

This has just been the craziest week over at the Van R house.  Rushing around to prep the house, watch after a 3 year old (on the days she doesn’t have preschool), deal with client projects and general household upkeep has really taken it out of me!  I so admire those other design bloggers who [...]

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Time for a change

by Shelly February 20, 2011

Ok, before you start reading I want you to know that I am NOT trying to have a pity party!  I’ve been a bit MIA for a while not only because I have been busy with design projects…..but after months of trying to avoid what we so desperately did NOT want to do, we are [...]

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Front door style

by Shelly September 29, 2010

Our front door needs a pick me up! Can you guess what color I’m considering? www.salvo.co.uk welovedomino blog Brown Design Inc. Here is our door currently. I KNOW it looks pretty blue in the picture, but in person it appears more dark gray/brown.  For some reason the camera really brings out the blue more. And [...]

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