I am alive and well and in Coastal Living's "The Ultimate Style Guide"

http://www.coastalliving.com/

How beautiful is this cover! I love Coastal Living Magazine and so do all my friends and clients.They are always saving pictures of what they love and want in their own home. This latest special publication caught my eye at Publix yesterday and I was so excited to find a few of my projects included. It has so many beautiful photographs and ideas that my clients have been trying to keep my copy.

  I have been out of pocket so to speak while my new computer and new home office(with no Internet access ) have driven me crazy.  I have so much to share  and catch up with each of you.

STAY WARM!!

How about a nice soak in the tub!!!!

Here is another photo of the new project. This is the second floor which was above the old hardware store and was apartments. I am so crazy about footed bath tubs for taking a long stress reducing soak.....It will be a while before this one is ready..................

New Year .. New Project.. New Attitude....

A new and very special project has come my way. I am excited about being able to create new and different things for an old hardware store.
I am excited about the new year and the clean slate it always brings my way. Of course I still write the year as 2010 until the middle of march..... Actually I have very few clocks in my life because I never want to know how behind I am.
I have so much to learn about so many things and I can't wait to get started.
In the construction business, the holidays are very unproductive and as a designer things are on hold as well.
. The New year always gives me hope.....and time to rethink the future and appreciate the past.
Happy New Year!!!

 

Christmas Giveaway Winner

Congratulations, luciahames you are the winner. Since there is no way to contact you please e-mail me your  mailing address. Thanks to everyone that stopped by and participated for the giveaway. Wishing all you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

It's Beginning To Look A Lot like Christmas

I went by my client's cottage to work on the design of her closet. Remember if you live in a tiny house you need a BIG closet!!!!
My client has beautiful things and wonderful windows but she also lives there and need place for the things of life..cookie sheets,sweaters, lots of great shoes, extra bottles of wine, makeup, extra sets of sheets and towels ..and a place to hide the presents from her friends that visit before Christmas.

Jane & Crystal Go Cottage Hopping

Hello friends. It’s me Crystal again. I promise I didn't take Jane's blog away from her. She asked me if wanted to do another guest post and of course, I said yes! So today I’m taking you on a virtual tour of  all the cottages I got to visit back in March this year. Jane was incredibly generous to have spent so much time with me that day. We had a blast and I didn't want the day to end. But first let me rewind a bit and tell how you I met Jane. I started the blog, Olive Rue, in Oct., 2008. This blog was nothing special just a place for me to showcase my photography endeavors, DIY projects, junking trips and anything that inspired me. In March 2009, I discovered Jane’s work and was immediately drawn to her style. You see, like Jane, I’m an old soul too. I’ve always told people I was born before my time. So as I read more about Jane’s biography what I was most impressed with was her active preservation and restoration efforts. I’m thinking to myself…here’s a woman that's truly dedicated to saving Tybee Island’s heritage. As of today she's restored 38. Now friends that was impressive to me.

Long story short, I blogged about her and to my surprise a couple of weeks later she e-mailed. I had planned to get down to Tybee in April, 2009 to meet Jane, but hectic schedules wouldn’t permit. So in March, 2010, an entire year later, I got to meet Jane for the first time. She was just getting her blog started and told me that Olive Rue was the first blog she ever followed. Ahh I was so very touched. So for any of you out there thinking about visiting Tybee, you should definitely go and be sure to  look Jane up while you are there. I know she loves meeting her bloggers. Plus she‘s very down to earth and as sweet as they come. A bit on the crazy side though ;-) Tybee Island is a wonderful place to visit and I know you will love it.

I can't believe Christmas is Saturday. Where did the year go? As I reflect back on the past events of this year, meeting Jane was definitely the highlight. I feel so blessed to have her friendship and it‘s one that I will always cherish. With this thought I wish you the very best for the season and the New Year to come. If you haven’t done so already don’t forget to enter Jane’s giveaway. You can click here to enter. Now let’s get on with the “cottage hopping” virtual tour shall we? Let me preface this by saying the following cottages you are about to see are beach cottage rentals. Jane and I didn't go cottage crashing. Rental info will be available at the bottom of this post.

Castaway Cottage
908 2nd Avenue
Managed by: MermaidCottages.com

The Shrimp Cottage

401 4th Street  

Managed by: MermaidCottages.com

 

Fish Camp Cottage

1213 6th Avenue

Managed by: MermaidCottages.com

Maddies on Jones Cottage

205 Jones Ave

Managed by: MermaidCottages.com

Tybee Tides Cottage

1212 Venetian Drive

Managed by: MermaidCottages.com

The Bead Cottage
Managed by: Tybee Cottages

The Breeze Inn
This is the personal home of Author Kathy Trocheck aka Mary Kay Andrews
Managed by: MermaidCottages.com

The Mess Hall
13A Cedarwood Ave
Managed by: MermaidCottages.com

99 Steps Cottage
Jane's personal beach cottage
Managed by: Tybee Cottages

Old Love Cottage
9 N.Lovell AveManaged by: MermaidCottages.com

This one sits right next door to 99 Steps. We didn't get to go in this one because it was rented. 

Bohemian Cottage
Jane's Personal Home

Well there you have it. I hope you enjoyed cottage hopping with us. I have so many more photos from all these cottages but I didn't want to over do it. Jane, thank you again for having me as a guest blogger. I hope everyone enjoyed these images  as much as I taking them. 

For more info on these rentals you can contact:

http://www.mermaidcottages.com/

or 

 http://www.tybeecottages.com/

More Pictures from Anna's Art Room!

Schools out for Christmas! The students have taken their cottages home! The students wrote me "Thank You Notes" for coming out to talk to the class.

Here are some of the interesting things they wrote:

"You inspire me to follow my dreams... I want to be a scientist"

" You make me want to keep going on even if I mess up"

" I want to be like you one day"

" Just do what I love no matter what"

"Never met a person who's favorite color is white. That is rad"

" Hope you can still build houses when you are older. Maybe one day I can do what you do"

"It's cool that you remake the old houses, and make them new that really inspires me"

" I loved the swinging beds and really love the 99 steps cottage."

"You have inspired me to love art! My house was the "Big Bang Cottage".

I WAS THE ONE INSPIRED....they have "the magic" and the open minds and the future ....
The future is in the children( I don't remember who said that) and I am delighted about the future of cottages.
THANKS ANNA !!!!