Jennifro

Out and About

Last Saturday we took Jayne antiquing to Lucketts, Va to some of our favorites stores.  We had a super day.  The weather was great and the company even better.

We let little chick come with us since she was dying to have a day with the girls.  There are far too many boys in her life, so this was a nice break for her.

I hadn't been to the Design House before and it was awesome.  There were so many amazing rooms--all completely furnished and put together.  I went away a bit depressed since I always leave feeling like I want to redo everything in my house.

I saw a really cool room with damask textured wallpaper and they had painted over it in black. I should've gotten a picture because surprisingly, I loved it!  Since everything else in the room was light, the black was a really great backdrop. I am now determined to put wallpaper somewhere in mi casa!  I'm thinking Nick's office.  Watch out Nick--make way for roses!

The only downer of the day, was the pickins weren't so great.  The week before had been their yearly sale, so from what I could tell all the good stuff was gone.  To tell you the truth, sometimes it's nice to come home empty handed (I can't believe I just said that!).

I love what they've done with the front of the store--cuter green than before and really creative artwork.  Beekeeper's Cottage (below) is always cute, I think.

This was a cool vignette.  They had a ton of reproductions blown up huge and I liked the effect.

I've always loved these stairs.  I'm so tempted to do this in my attic but won't decide just yet.

I think this picture is darling.  The colors worked so well with her outfit.  Such a cheery photo.

Oddly enough, this was Jayne's first VA antiquing trip.  I hadn't realized that she'd never been before.  The majority of her time spent out here was pre house-decorating-marriage days. When she was young the LAST thing she wanted to talk about was decorating stuff.  Now that she's a big girl--things have really changed....

...atta girl.