Shabby Apple Giveaway!

I was going about my Saturday....a rare one where we

have NO obligations - no soccer games, sleepovers, 

social engagements, playdates etc....NOTHING,

when all of a sudden I realized I promised a giveaway

yesterday and didn't deliver!  Sorry!

I have hosted Shabby Apple giveaways before and they

are always fun.  Shabby Apple is an online boutique

filled with beautiful vintage-inspired dresses, 

skirts and accessories.  There is so much 

goodness!

I am definitely a dress girl - somedays, especially in the

spring and summer, a dress is just an easy thing to 

put on and go!  You always can count on looking

put together when you wear a dress.

I recently got the 'DaVinci' dress {pictured on the model above}

from Shabby Apple and I love it!  This is a dress

that can either go casual or dressy, depending on how

you accessorize it.  Plus, it is SUPER comfortable!

Shabby Apple has generously offered to give

ONE lucky Forever*Cottage a $50 credit

to use to purchase your very own cute dress!

To Enter:

1.  Visit Shabby Apple

2.  Come back and tell me what dress

floats your boat.

3. And for fun, and an additional entry,

tell me what would be the first thing

you would buy if you ever won the 

Powerball.

I will close the giveaway on Monday at 

6:00 PM PST....

Have a great weekend!

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Powerball....

via

No we didn't win.

But yesterday, as I paid for my groceries, I took note

of the lottery machine near the customer service desk.

I had NEVER before purchased a lottery ticket....

Weird?

But yesterday, for some reason I felt compelled to do so.

I inserted some loose $1 dollar bills I had in my wallet and

began pushing buttons - immediately the machine told

me I had not put in enough money so I dug around

and added the appropriate amount - a whole $4.

I remembered that the news had mentioned that 

the Powerball jackpot was alot {whatever specifically

alot was, I did not know or remember}....but really what's 

another 100 million give or take...

I mentioned to my husband that I had purchased

lottery tickets last night and he told me the drawing had

just happened - who knew they drew Powerball numbers on

Wednesday night??? For some reason I thought I was

beating the weekend rush by buying my tickets on

Wednesday - humph!  

Turns out there is another drawing on Saturday and

the jackpot is something like $400 million bucks!

If I win, I am buying furniture and fabric.....,

beginning with the secretary pictured above....

Come back tomorrow for a fun giveaway I am 

hosting over the weekend - you may not

win Powerball but you can be a winner here

at good old Forever*Cottage......

It's a good giveaway,
but if I understand if you'd rather win Powerball,

me too.

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Accessorizing......with taxidermy and other 'manly' things...

I spent another day styling in THIS client's home.

Today we worked in her formal living room.....a space

that is dominated by a beautiful baby grand piano and 

her hubby's prized deer head.....

So how does one ultra-feminine chick who loves all

things roses, vintage and frills decorate around taxidermy?

Very carefully.

Thankfully this client has quite a nice collection of vintage objects so we 

styled her bookcases with lots of 'manly-ish' accessories... {very technical decorator

terms I am using tonight}.

What does that mean, you ask?

Today, it meant old books, vintage hunting signs, a vintage

wine demi-john and an uber-cool old telephone box among

many other things...

Having such cool stuff makes a stylist's job easy!

Of course, I added some feminine touches so the room

really represents BOTH husband and wife.

Not many rooms can pull off vintage donkey statuary but this one does!

How cute is that face?

And here is the prized deer head - I love the frame around it!

These are the kinds of rooms that make my heart sing.....

they are personal and speak to the people who

live in the home.  Many a chi-chi foofy designers would

snub their noses at this room but in my opinion,  it's these

kinds of room that make your house a home.

My buddy Marc says it best......

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One entry, two ways......

Remember last week when I said I was working with a e-Design

client on an entry/foyer project?  Well, I wanted to share with you

a bit about how these e-Design projects work.

Working via the internet is really

a different design process as I have to rely on the client to 

accurately represent the space and communicate how 

they want the space to look.  Often, this means many

emails back and forth, Pinterest board following and

sharing photos of the actual space.

The design board above was the first design board

I submitted to the client.

The board below is the final design board that

the client will execute.

Quite different, huh?

Ultimately, the client wanted a more neutral, traditional space

than the first design board indicated......

I have to say, I love the process of working across the miles 

with appreciative, lovely and fun homeowners.  It is really an honor!

You too can get in on the fun - my late night emails, quirky comments

and over-accessorizing!  Email me at jill.hinsondesigns@gmail.com

if you have a space that could use my help!  I would love

to work with you!

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