The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Sous Chef

We made it home with no problems! Maxwell is becoming quite the expert flyer and loves getting on the airplane. Always happy for a smooth trip. Also happy that we got home in time to watch the big game with Robert. Roll Tide!

One of Maxwell’s favorite things lately is to “cook” with me. Whenever I’m cooking, he loves to pull his chair up to the island and get to work too. He always has to have his red bowl, his coffee mug and a variety of measuring cups, spoons and spatulas!

He’ll stay up there forever just happy as can be mixing his dry cereal from one bowl to the next…

and he always has to have a whisk! I even bought a second whisk at the grocery store recently because he would never let me use the one I had!

Proper attire for cooking? Rain boots, sweat pants, pajama top and mardi gras beads of course!

Love my little sous chef!

back to AL

I’m traveling back to AL today after a 10 day stay in Naples.  We had a great time full of good food, bike rides, beach sunsets and family time. Unfortunately, it was also full of sick babies, an ER visit and lack of sleep. Everyone is fine and back to full steam now though.  Full details to come once I get settled back at home.

For today, so many iphone pics, so little time…

Finally, ROLL TIDE!!  Ready for a good game tonight!!

House Tour 5

The final stop on our tour this week – Spencer’s room!  When I found out that he was another boy, I decided to carry on with the navy and white theme that I had in Maxwell’s room but combine it with yellow instead of green.  I love how crisp and clean it feels…

The rug is one of my favorite parts and it’s from Pottery Barn Kids, as is the crib bedding.  The crib is from Land of Nod and so are the bookshelves and yellow pouf.  I had the yellow pillows on the bed made here in Birmingham at Sew Sheri using fabrics by Premier Prints.  The navy comforter is from Amity Home.  That is actually a bed from Target.  We had another one on order that would have looked more like a daybed but it kept getting delayed so, 1 week before Spencer was born, I cancelled the order and got this one at Target!  Even though the headboard and footboard are different heights, I think it looks fine as a day bed…and loved the price too!  🙂  The paintings were an Etsy find and I love them…and so does Maxwell!  A friend joked that I basically created Maxwell’s dream room for Spencer with all the “lallow trucks!”

I actually found the campaign chest on Etsy too.  I knew I wanted a campaign chest to use as a changing table but finding one proved to be difficult!  This one originally looked like this when I bought it…

I had a family friend build a base so it would be taller and then he also painted it in a glossy, navy blue lacquer and I LOVE it.  absolutely LOVE it.

This is such a happy room and Maxwell loves hanging out with his ya-ya in here.  Who knows…they both might end up sharing this room at some point!

That’s it for the house tour!  Hope you guys have enjoyed it this week.  Back to normal posts next week!

House Tour 4

Today you get to see Maxwell’s room!  I love his sweet navy and apple green room and I think he likes it too!

All of the fabrics are from Serena and Lily and the crib is from Young America.  The paintings above the crib are by a local artist, Sherry, and she painted the backgrounds of the circus train to perfectly match the fabrics in his room!  so fun!

The found the green painted table at an unpainted furniture store in Arkansas…go figure!  🙂  We got the mirror there as well.  The chest and changing top came from Once Upon a Time and the glider is Best Chairs.

I love how crisp his room looks with the white, green and navy.  I’ve spent a lot of time in this room with my sweet boy and it always makes me happy!  Tomorrow, Spencer’s room!  See you then!

House Tour 2

First, happy 2013!  Can’t wait to see what this year has in store for us all!

Continuing on with the House Tour…today is my office!  If you don’t know, I work full-time out of my house.  Supernanny Susan comes every day to watch Maxwell and Spencer (or will when I return from maternity leave in February) while I go into my office, close my door and try to be something other than just Momma from 9 to 5!  It’s a great set-up.  I get the best of both worlds and wouldn’t change a thing.  It’s even better that I get to spend my day in my window-filled, pink and green girly office space!

Needless to say, Maxwell is rarely allowed in here in reality!  He’s usually only in here if he sneaks in…and he always goes straight for all the buttons on the printer!  🙂

The chair is from Z Gallerie (you didn’t think I splurged for an Eames, did you?!) and the desk modules are from Ballard Designs.

I love my wrapping paper station.  It’s the little things!

You can also see my new carpet in here in that last photo.  I was living with the terrible, grey, cheap office carpet that the previous owners had in there.  About 6 months ago, I splurged and got this gorgeous carpet from Hiltz-Lauber.  It makes me happy every single day I step into this room!

The little chair prints (that you can only see one of) are by Anne Harwell.

That’s the office where I spend most of my days!  See you back on the tour tomorrow!