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There’s going to be a little change around our Southern Pines shop in March. TEOT is teaming up with local fav, Kataphora Boutique to bring a blended shopping experience to our local shoppers

Then it was black and white, which I call the tuxedo look which tends to be a little more buttoned up – naturally. Here’s what I think is going to have a moment or a year in 2019, white upper cabinets and natural wood lower cabinets. ’s kitchen of the month in the January issue is, you guessed it, white + wood. It’s the warmth for the cool, classic white kitchen.

For the Cali Chalet, the design lover in me, immediately gets to work on the challenge of updating a 90’s contemporary house to suit our family’s personal style. so I thought we should rework the arched windows into a wider grid that harkens more to the 60s era cabins that pepper the hills around this little lake town. In reality a whole new face of windows for the front is not in the cards, but the roof legit needs to be replaced and in that project lies an opportunity to straighten out the current hipped gable accents. I’d love to hear your thoughts on those gables and if you think I should leave well enough alone, or do you think it is worth it to straighten them out since we’re up there replacing the roof anyway?

The feathery plumage of the pampas grass is the preferred variety. I love it because it evocative of a feather, and it’s dried… meaning it will last and last! And yea, Pink Pampas grass is a real thing, Though Betsy bought some seeds via Amazon and they never made it through customs. This plant is invasive so be warned before you go making it happen in your yard.