Yesterday I told you about how we converted our dining room to an office a couple of years ago. I realized that I never posted anything before about this room here at Southern State of Mind, so I thought I’d share today! I really loved having a formal dining room. It felt so great to hosting family and friends in… View Post
Morning! How was your weekend? We had a pretty relaxing couple of days! Complete with watching the movie Cars at least 3 times, of course… 🙂 Please tell me it is a phase!?!? Today I thought I’d share some tips about how we created more space in our home. And no, this didn’t involve adding any rooms or removing any… View Post
Is there anything more fun than getting fun mail? Ok, Ok, Ok… so maybe it’s not the most fun thing, but it sure does beat junk mail. Or bills. Last year, as I was opening cute Christmas cards, I realized I needed a spot to display all of the cards with pictures of the precious children and families we were… View Post
I like jewelry. I blame this on my mother. 100%. Completely genetic. She is the queen of fun jewelry. So, it’s not my fault that I have a growing collection. I was born with the gene! My mom made herself a cool shutter to display her necklaces. Lucky me, she had an extra one. So now I have one too!!… View Post
You probably see them every time you visit a thrift store. Or maybe you even have one in your house. The old Armoire. It used to hold TV’s. You know, back when TV’s were big square boxes. I remember being so excited back when I bought this entertainment center. It was my first big furniture purchase out of college and I… View Post
To me, Jonathan Adler’s style is chic-meets-cheeky-meets-trendy-meets-vintage. So it’s perfectly fitting for one of his signature accessories to be a needlepoint pillow, don’t you agree? I absolutely ADORE all of his pillows, especially the Jonathan Adler Initial Pillow. I love the way the old school needlepoint pillows complements his modern designs. source Here are a few of my faves: NO WIRE HANGERS. AMEN. Nothing… View Post
Happy Monday! Hope your weekend was great and you are enjoying these dog days of summer. We managed to get a bike ride and some pool time in between all of the rain. Oh yeah, and I got my craft on, y’all. As you know, we have been so fortunate to visit the beach several times this summer. Sadly, the beach… View Post
It’s that time again ~ time for a little Summer Style Soiree! This time we are featuring Ralph Lauren- the all-time-favorite-American-Style-Icon. “I don’t design clothes, I design dreams” -Ralph Lauren While on maternity leave back in 2011, I was able to catch up on recorded Oprah shows from my DVR. To say I was fascinated with the interview she did with Ralph… View Post
Mr. Big Stuff went to “Camp Oma & Opa” yesterday so this momma had some fun! Let me back up a minute. My parents took our little man to the beach with them for the next couple days and we will be meeting them for the long holiday weekend. When they came to pick him up, he was all –… View Post