Wait & See

The last few weeks have been jam packed, but incredibly blessed. Tilley-Gray is at such a fun age, exploring and learning every single minute. I wish I could just freeze time right where it is right now with her. Every month she gets older, I always say "this is my favorite age" but it just keeps getting better.

We are busier than ever at Poplin & Queen and are working with such fun clients. Running a business is amazing, and sometimes Shannon and I get bogged down with all of the paperwork and bookeeping, but at the end of the day, I know just how lucky I am that I get to work everyday with my best friend doing something that I love. This weekend we are headed to High Point for the the furniture market. It's an exhausting but exciting time. I'll be sure to post some of our new finds. Last week, we found a rug that was perfect for a client's home and they loved it just as much as we did! Isn't it so pretty?

And then, Gray and I decided that it would be a good idea to put our house on Wilmington's Azalea Festival Historic Home Tour. Essentially, we opened our home to the public, left it in the hands of volunteers, and over 2,400 people walked in and out of our house Saturday and Sunday. I have been asked for the past three years to do this, and finally caved in this year. Thankfully, we left during the home tour because if I would have seen all of those people in my house, I would have probably had a nervous breakdown.These photos were in the paper Sunday morning. 

Being on the home tour was a great experience for us. The volunteers were wonderful and we were left sweet notes from some of the visitors about our home (including Grayson's 7th grade teacher)!

 I love our house, but we are quickly growing out of it, so we put it on the market on Friday. It is the craziest experience, even more than having 2,400 people walk through our home to look at it, because now we are having people walk through our home to make it their home. It's bittersweet because we have put so much money, hard work, and late nights in to it, and my grandfather built the built-in shelves that won't be coming with us.  It is our first home that we brought our first baby home to. Our neighbor's are amazing and I'll miss them so much when we move. On the other hand,  I'm happy because I know it's time to move on, and I know whoever moves into this house will love it and add more layers of happiness to it. So, where does that leave us now?

We aren't quite sure, but are praying that a great house will come along, or a great rental until we can build a great house (a summer on Wrightsville Beach would be wonderful, wouldn't it?) Keep us in your prayers that we make the right decisions and fingers crossed that our home sells quickly! 

We will just have to wait and see!

xoxo

Surf Style at Home

Thankfully, my husband didn't come with over sized leather furniture, sports posters, or deer heads, but he did come with about a dozen surfboards. Instead of cramming them all under our house and in our shed, I decided to hang a few of the nicer ones in our house as art work. We have a lot of long walls in our house and 11' ceilings, so hanging these surfboards was great because they took up empty walls that would have taken us a long time to fill. 
I love seeing boards used as artwork in other homes, especially the bottom picture of skateboards hung in Michelle Adams (former Lonny magazine editor) NYC apartment. 

 

I might be the last person to know this, but thought I would share anyway!
Diane von Furstenberg designed a limited collection of bathing suits, cover-ups, and even surfboards for Roxy (think the great DVF prints at the Roxy price)! I love the prints of the bathing suits and wouldn't mind one of these boards on our walls! See the full collection here.

Baby Swagger

She's got moves...

Tilley-Gray dancing from Lindsey Cheek on Vimeo.

A New Outlook

Gray and I are quickly growing out of our little bungalow, and unless we find an incredible deal, we will more than likely start building a home in the next year. While growing up, I moved 17 times before I turned 18, so I would love to build a house that I love and stay put for a good long while. One thing on our wish list when we build a home are steel windows and doors.  I'm not sure they will be in the budget once we add all of our "must haves" but they sure do make a home beautiful. 

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Happy Valentine's Day!

I couldn't get my Christmas card act together (after all, I had a big birthday party to plan!) so decided to send out a Valentine's Card instead. Millie took the photos and Erin pulled together a card for me to send out to all of Tilley-Gray's little buddies. I love how it turned out!

I have a hundred names for her, but from the start, she's been our little nugget. 

Such a sweet photo of our darling girl.

 Hope you all have a great Valentine's Day!

xoxo

Take a Chance on Love

Carmen Johnston, a garden designer and founder of the garden event company, Nectar and Company, created this stop-motion video on how to create three DIY bouquets for Valentine's Day. From the adorable couple, to the styling, to the music, this is such a treat for Valentine's Day!

An adorable  reader (thanks Ivey!) sent this video over thinking I would love it, and she was right! 

Mom + Daughter in Paris

We went to Paris two years ago, and on the very last day, we lost our camera. (you can read about our adventure here) Devastated, we still have our memories and a fantastic excuse to go back to Paris soon. 

Seeing these pictures made me think that the next time we go to Paris, it will be even more magical with Tilley-Gray along our side. An Oklahoma City mom and daughter were visiting Paris and hired Dublin based photographer, Doreen Kilfeather to document their day. Are these not so precious? 

Paris is such a special place to me that I would love to have family photos taken there.

Would you hire a photographer while vacationing with your family?