25 December 2009 – 8.13 pm
just when it seemed this christmas day couldn’t be more perfect, who should appear at my door - sartorially splendid as always, accessorized with his signature perfect bow tie and poinsettia-red socks, and bearing generous gifts - but thomas jayne. to say more about our afternoon would be to kiss-and-tell (though we were of course well-chaperoned by three lovely gentlemen: rick ellis, tim adams, and my mr. jones)…suffice it to say that all [...]
24 December 2009 – 8.53 pm
already? though it doesn’t seem possible, if baby jesus, santa and frosty are all here, it must be december 24th.
and so: merry christmas to all, and to all a good night.
22 December 2009 – 6.02 pm
ryan rowlett - incredibly talented artist, and graphic & website designer – is almost done with our site updates….please remain calm! he is on the verge of a coding breakthrough that will eliminate the scary white rectangle that sometimes appears where navigation buttons would be. the occasional randomly appearing word “home” is just a test. soon [...]
21 December 2009 – 3.36 pm
…really truly matter, and some of this week’s work (for two of my favorite designers) was in that vein. for gwen driscoll (author of the fun new blog ragland hill social), repair work on her lovely client’s “ancestors”:
and for selena mcadams, finishing and matching little blocks to boost the back legs of a client’s gilded dresser, [...]
20 December 2009 – 3.20 pm
oops! here are some of the little details that mrs. jones failed to provide when discussing the recent front-door fix-up at the little pink house…when ordering the dutch door kit from fine paints of europe, a whole wonderful package full of goodies arrives:
and while i had been sure that lovely, brilliant emmett fiore had tucked in the [...]
18 December 2009 – 2.54 pm
nothing nearly as poetic as the twelve days of christmas, but this week seems to have become all about large quantities of things:
two little joneses taking eight final exams, twenty-eight wrapped packages for the 5th grade class angel family, fourteen coffee cakes for teachers, forty-eight special treats for friends, two projects left to wrap up, and one more trip to the post [...]
14 December 2009 – 10.35 pm
great retail news for us here in memphis…new outlets for two fabulous lines have just opened: a second worlds away (called “worlds apart”) location, at 2161 central avenue in midtown, and an amy howard store at 420 south perkins extended. (get all the details in my pal sally walker davies’s great finds column.) bargain buying opportunities abound for the most gorgeous, glamorous furnishings. here are [...]
9 December 2009 – 7.12 pm
as the first truly cold weather of the season hit memphis today, i was wrapping up work on these armoires, destined for a lovely client’s second home in sunny southern c.a. – only having made it as far west as her garage for now - and wishing for an invitation to photograph them on-site someday! they were [...]
7 December 2009 – 6.41 pm
never known as an early adopter of new technologies, mrs. jones has been biding her time, waiting for the perfect moment (well, actually, waiting for the verizon contract to expire) to avail herself of all that the iphone has to offer. and…it’s amazing. it is. just as advertised.
after an intensive tutorial session with will jones, resident 15-year old academic [...]
3 December 2009 – 7.30 pm
the process that mr. jones calls our ”selena-fication” continues. he’s referring, of course, to selena mcadams (brilliant, unerring interior designer & owner of spruce) who has been helping us pull things together around here, slowly but surely, for the past, well, years. the final touches in our living room: the little joneses’ silhouettes (by clay rice) are finally framed and hanging (thank you, too, chris garner!) and the inside of [...]
