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2 years ago

Loved this tour. Of course she had me at white button down!


My painters start on my LR in Maine next week. It was funny to hear her say she was glad the PO painted the woodwork white so she would not have to feel bad about doing it. Looking at her wall color in her LR.... any ideas what that is? Should I do that instead of grasscloth maybe? Just leave the grasscloth for the lil hallway and the landing?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EZDLeEbs7w

Comments (16)

  • 2 years ago
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    I am going to guess its custom. She has a similar color in the powder room, that she describes as a minty green with blue.

    The living room is hard to capture as it changes as she moves around the room.

    Can you try to contact them?

    ETA: While I can appreciate wood in other peoples spaces, I love the airness of white woodwork.

  • 2 years ago
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    Oh my goodness, I love everything about this house and decor, even the (gasp) painted woodwork.

    Seeing everything else, I’m happily surprised they kept the wonderful purple bathroom.

    Around the 27 min mark, I was sure I was all swooned out, but then …. that original built-in greenhouse! Ahhhh. I really, really, really want that.

    I took a quick look at her personal and business IG accounts after watching the video, lots of good stuff to see. And she has great legs.

    Thanks for sharing, Ms Mtn! I enjoyed watching while lazing in bed surrounded by neighbor’s cats and sipping coffee.

    PS: This is a room I saw on IG and really like (someone else’s house) with her wallpaper:



    ETA: Forgot to mention the vintage Kantha quilts on the one sofa of hers. I’ve actually been recently looking for them on Etsy — I’d like to drape a couple over the Olives and maybe get one for our guest room window seat.

  • 2 years ago

    I liked it and the painted woodwork. Did anyone count how many times she said "love"? I mean, it's a fine word, the best, but it started bugging me.

  • 2 years ago
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    LOL Bunny, I was also struck by how monotone she was — funny how much she can ”love” things without really expressing enthusiasm. Okay, now I’m done being catty.

    She has two things I have wanted to emulate and still haven’t done.

    Crazy messy bookshelves. I don’t know why but I love this.


    And the bar display. I just don’t really have the right spot for it, but I am newly inspired to look again. We rarely even make cocktails but I guess I want to look like we do.



    One of my fall projects is to reorganize some bookshelves. Maybe in my ”organizing” I can create that overstuffed bookcase look that I am oddly drawn to.

    I love kantha quilts too. I have one covering a sofa in our upstairs den. I had one in the living room too but I got tired of tucking and re-tucking it because our sofas are jumped on by dogs a lot.


    ETA I also loooved the purple bathroom.

  • 2 years ago
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    I also love the messy bookcase look-- it reminds me of my old physiological psych prof/advisor's office. I am not sure you can style it that way- maybe? I think it may work best when it evolves organically.. and it may require a chaotic mind?

    I was watching a video of a friend prepping for an estate sale at the home of a man who had had a ton of books and art (he had been a curator of art at the white house in the early 60s). The pieces and the house were in complete disarray in preparation for the sale and it made me tense-- but in stark contrast, the messy bookshelves felt cozy and looked to have been well loved.

    Loved the video -- I did not that she "loved" everything lol but there was not one room or one thing that didnt work for me. I am not sure I buy the "playroom" for a 3 yo -- but I like it.

  • 2 years ago
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    Yeah that is not a playroom, cmon.

    I thought she said "love" less than most HW hosts and i liked her tone/manner. Plus I have a girl crush on her.

  • 2 years ago

    LOL yeah the playroom was laughable. ”Here’s where the kids have 4 SF for playing.”

  • 2 years ago

    While I like many of the individual furnishings and works of art I didn’t like any of the rooms. Too much stuff, not enough curation of it all and I didn’t care for any of the colors or wallpapers except that faint, ethereal blue. I repainted one of our spare bedrooms in a similar color, PPG’s Filigree.


    The ”playroom” reminded me of the chairs in the living room that had two pillows each taking up the entire seat, making them as uninviting as possible.

  • 2 years ago
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    While I like the look everything overall, the living room furniture did not look comfortable. How are guest supposed to sit on the daybed? The sofa with that straight back looked uncomfortable.

    interesting to stack the photos on the bench but they are actually items for sale.

    i like how she constantly changes her art. I have little knick knacks that I will move arouund

    If they stay put, i forget to look at them.

  • 2 years ago

    I wish my mother and MIL had passed along such lovely things.


    I was counting the number of times she said ”sort of”.

  • 2 years ago

    Well, I'm pretty easy I guess. Loved the home and really liked her as well! Lots of interesting art, color and pattern in the rooms. And dang, some really nice hand-me-downs from their families. Just a wee bit jealous. I am now following her on IG and I like her art and her personal style very much. (Jeez - I sound like I also have a little crush.)

  • 2 years ago

    Eld, I agree that living room seemed uncomfortable. Like a waiting room, almost.


    Did anyone else notice that there was a price tag dangling from one of the patio chairs?


    But I still liked a lot of it. Just didn’t see a lot of ”curl up and get comfy” spaces.

  • 2 years ago

    Sue, i did notice that price tag. Its really a charming home.I sort of love it.

  • 2 years ago

    I just hope she has someone dedicated to dusting everything!

  • 2 years ago

    I didn't want to be the first to get snarky.... of course it's a lovely home BUT. I also thought the daybed was very uncomfy looking and I did not care at all for her touches like stacking the art. Truth be told I have a stack on the floor behind a table , but that's because I have yet to figure out where to put these pieces; not for display.

    Some of me might be jealous that my family didn't leave me collections or models.... but part of me might not have really enjoyed those either.

    I loved the screened in porch.

  • 2 years ago

    Just didn’t see a lot of ”curl up and get comfy” spaces.

    The sectional with the kanthas seemed like the comfy place.

    The LR was formal, no doubt. It is not really a very large home. We actually went to some open houses the last time we were in Charleston, two in that area. I almost wondered if this was one we saw ... but i would not have forgotten that greenhouse.