Haus and Home: June 2013

June 26, 2013

Lake Burton Home by Pritchett + Dixon

Following up my recent post about boat houses, is a featured house that one of the boat houses belonged too. So with every beautiful boathouse, most likely comes an equally impressive lake house. Famed Atlanta architect team of Todd Pritchett and Craig Dixon from Pritchett + Dixon Architects are staples in Atlanta Homes mag and have designed numerous lake properties in the area. Atlanta is around 5 hours to the closest beach, so some people opt for lake houses instead since they are closer and there are an abundance of lakes within a 2 hour drive or less.

June 22, 2013

Officially Summer

Wow it's so hard to believe yesterday was the first official day of Summer! I feel like we have been in Summer since Memorial Day! Here are some of my favorite summer things!

Take me to the Sea

Fun getaways

Boating with Friends

Croquet Parties

Outdoor entertaining

Outdoor oasis

Italian frozen cocktail bar with champagne, sorbet & limoncello

Fun fruit drinks Here is the Recipe

Colorful tunics dressed up or down

Summer essential shoe-Jack Rogers

June 18, 2013

Relaxed Casey Key Florida Home

Coastal Living featured this beach house in Casey Key Florida that was designed for a carefree and relaxed environment for family and friends. With four children and 3 dogs under one roof, this home was designed to withstand abuses that come with lots of energy. Lots of white is throughout the house with pops of blue help keep this house looking clean and orderly.

Vintage furniture with chipped pieces and allowing her children to ride their skateboards on the new hardwoods help keep this house low maintenance with a "put up your feet" kind of feel.

White denim slipcovers on the sofa make it easy and carefree where they can be washed in a little bleach every 3 weeks. Sofa from Posh on Palm and slipcovers by Rachel Ashwell.

The cabinet's blue paint matches Benjamin Moore's Blue Allure allows the white dishes to pop.

The kitchen was gutted with colors to match the rest of the house with white cabinetry and stainless steel appliances as well as the touch of blue.

Custom made benches for the Restoration Hardware teak table make it easier for more people to sit and gather at the table.

The owner's love of antiques continued throughout in the master bedroom.

An outdoor face lift of sage green was given to the previous gray cedar siding giving the home a Key West feel.

The previous bath was tiny, so during the renovation they used space from the screened in porch to extend the bath to allow room for free standing tub.

June 15, 2013

Beautiful Boat Houses

I wanted to post this earlier but we lost power for 3 days due to the horrible storms in Atlanta. Today's feature are beautiful boat houses which I figured all the guys in our life would love, and a great way for them to store their beloved jewel-their boat!

Boathouse at Camp Wild Air, Upper St Regis Lake, NY

Pritchett + Dixon

Boathouse on Spitfire Lake

Preferred Rentals

Blackberry Farm

John McCubin

June 11, 2013

Gentlemen Styling Ideas

Fun styling ideas for the gents in your life. What guy wouldn't love a wall to display his vintage toy collection, or a side table made with bicycle wheels?