Dear Carolina by Kristy Woodson Harvey

I'm super excited to share with you all the beautiful Kristy Woodson Harvey today!  Kristy and her mom Beth Woodson are a design duo from North Carolina that write the blog Design Chic.  I follow Design Chic on Pinterest HERE and read their design blog HERE.  Today I'm honored to share with you her new book Dear Carolina.  That's right, this designer and writer has become an author too.  I was anxious to get my hands on this book about a Southern design mom and her life's twist and turns as God knocks the socks off of her normal.  I loved the design vocabulary and fashion references but most of all I loved the moral at the end of the story.  

A book about love and life and what really matters most.  For an adoptive mom and a mom that has to give her baby up these two women's worlds get turned upside down in the best sort of way.  I loved that abortion gave way to adoption and what seemed like the harder choices gave way to the best decisions they ever made.  Kristy has hit the heart of every mother and woman trying to figure out what matters most in life.  I love so many quotes from her book but this one struck the cord with me:

"But what I did know, what my grandma been trying to teach me since I were little and sitting on her knee at church, was that people need Jesus."  ~Jodi

Seeing inside every mothers heart and head, Khaki unfolds the truth we all try to hide behind in our career facades.  That what truly matters is family and they come first "without needing to apologize for it".  

Beautifully written with whit and wisdom, Kristy reaches the readers heart and soul.  

G I V E A W A Y

Kristy is offering a $1,000 Shop Design Chic Shopping Spree to one lucky winner. To enter: Send proof of purchase of Dear Carolina (photos are fine!) to readdearcarolina@gmail. Every book is an extra entry!

Also receive a free e-copy of the Dear Carolina Companion cookbook, full of favorite Southern recipes from renowned bloggers and family members, and Dear Carolina printable quotes just for entering!

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San Francisco Home by Green Couch

San Francisco, CA

$5,495,000

5 Bedrooms 4.5 Baths

Listed by Rick Teed and Butch Haze with San Francisco Brokerage

This new construction San Francisco home was designed by designer Green Couch.  My favorite features of this home are the kitchen and bathrooms.  I love the clean designs, thick counter tops, and fixtures.  Those pendants in the kitchen alone were the first thing to catch my eye.  This home was designed for the modern family with bedrooms on one level and a guest suite, entertainment room and kitchenette on the lower floor.  An open floor plan with large windows bring in lots of light and maximize the space.  Located in the sought after Cow Hollow area of San Francisco, this home is under contract and I'm not surprised.  

What do you think of this home?

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Schooler, Kellogg & Company

Schooler, Kellogg & Co. is a Dallas based Interior Design firm.  Interior Design projects large and small along with selling antiques and staging homes keeps this firm busy.  What I love about this firm is it's classic, sophisticated design style that create a timeless look to every room.  Not only is their work beautiful but I am fascinated with how Ann Schooler came into design.  She started her career giving tours in Virginia and England of the great houses of Britain and their influence on American decorative arts.  She also studied at Parsons School of Design in a Paris summer abroad program so clearly her work is influenced by her European love of history and experience.  Decorative arts and lovely textiles with antique furnishings create rooms of warmth and style and Schooler, Kellogg & Co. knows just how to combine them all to make them a success.

Check out their website HERE.

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Shingle Style Beach Bungalow

So I saw this home on Prudential California Realty website as homes that they have already sold and fall in love with it.  After gathering all the images I am reading more about it and realize it's the former home of architect Steve Giannetti and Interior Designer Brooke Giannetti.  

She writes the blog "Velvet and Linen" and if you haven't taken a look at her blog you must.  

No wonder - that is why this home is so amazing!

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Carolina George

Carolina George is the combined team of Caroline Cummings Rafferty and Georgia Tapert Howe.  Caroline's background is art while Georgia's is interior and furniture design.  Georgia worked for designers David Easton, Haynes-Roberts, and Mica Ertegun.  Together they create stunning interiors and high-quality furniture for their clients.  A firm on the rise, they were named Elle Decor's Rising Stars and firms to watch in 2012.  Slightly eclectic, their work is a great balance of traditional and contemporary with a thoughtful eye for color and materials.

To see more of their work or shop their online store, visit their website here. 

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