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2018 Shopping in London...
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2017 Anniversary Haus...is on the Market
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In a perfect world, I would be a fixer-upper/flipper. Nothing. Nothing gets my creative juices flowing like a new nest waiting to be feathered. And in Colorado Mike and I have now purchased and flipped 6 homes since 1996. The market is like a swinging door with Buyers and Sellers constantly moving and shaking. Plus, it is an International market which means your field of draw is even larger than most. The other thing that makes flipping in the Rockies so much fun is that there is a new store in town. Not brand new but new to me as...
2017 Moving Forward...
Never looking back, we turn another page in the story of our business. We three have enjoyed every minute of our time as a retail storefront but in May we will close our doors to what is now admittedly going the way of the dinosaur...retail storefront shopping. Pressing Events was the store HOME & PAPER is the business. Sadly, we will bid adieu to MacKenzie-Childs to focus on a limited and supremely currated assortment of online offerings...those tried and true accoutrements that Nancy simply must have in her home...Blue and White chinoiserie, antique Flow Blue, Majolica, EMMA BRIDGEWATER, ST. NICOLAS ornaments, both...
2016 Anniversary Haus: A Final Wrap-up
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Apologies to my mother and a handful of other people who might be reading this for taking so long to write a post, but I have spent this summer, when I haven't been taking care of Pressing Events, trying to increase my people skills ...so, this Blog has been on the back shelf and getting a tad dusty. But please, do come in! Yes, this is our Ski House, thank you Alexandra Ferguson! We love her pillows :) The time to return to Houston is fast upon us and I need to post the final reveal on Anniversary Haus. It...
2016 "Mi Casa Calvert"
2016 Annette Joseph Style Austin Benjamin Moore Billingsley Calvert Home Chaz Architects Emily Jenkins Followill Fixer Upper Horns and Hill Country Mi Casa Calvert Musings Rough Hollow Segreto Secrets Sherwin Williams SPANISH Oaks
Mi Casa Calvert is set to debut in mid June right after Holly and I return from our Photography Camp in Italy with Annette Joseph Style and Emily Followill. As promised in January, I said there would be white walls, Benjamin Moore Classic Gray to be exact, paired with Sherwin Williams Pearly White on the cabinets and trim. A big thank you to all the bloggers and Pinterest folks who tag their favorite paints. Know that I went to school on them and I am pleased! And yes, I too agree the samples do look the same here but I can...