Last Summer/Fall, we remodeled our home of 8 years.  We dreamed about this for 3 years and finally took the plunge.  I loved our entire team; Builder – Linda Marquart, Interior Designer – Roz Murphy and Landscape Architect – Laura Tyson/Tyson Gardens.  You’ll hear a lot about them over time.  It was a great creative outlet for me although tough on our family because being up-rooted is never fun.

I collected pages from magazines for several years and had a huge file of ideas.  Then I got addicted to Pinterest.  I know I’m not alone on this one!  It was such a great tool because at every meeting I was able to show any trade a color photo of what I wanted on my phone or Ipad.  Now it is such a “shiny ball” for me – as is Instgram…but that is all for another day!

Roz was great to work with.  She truly listened to my ideas and understood what I wanted and my budget.  Let’s face it, we all have one.  Nice when a designer gets that.  We are still putting the final touches on interiors.  Will we ever be truly finished?  I might not be.  Please, don’t tell my husband.  But then again, after almost 20 years, he probably knows.

One of the ideas I had pinned was a framed vintage Hermes scarf.  It was just interesting to me to use it that way and so beautiful as well.

While finally organizing my closet this summer, I came across my Valentine’s present from 2005.  A beautiful Hermes scarf I just had to have and had only worn once….as a halter in Mexico…so guess where she is now.  Matching the cushions on the Kartell Louis Ghost Chairs in the breakfast room quite nicely.