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 [...]
25 October 2009 – 5.45 pm
the drumbeats are becoming too loud to ignore…we have no official corporate confirmation, but it seems that the beautiful truth is out there…anthropologie is finally coming to memphis. summer 2010, at saddle creek, or so the tale is told. it’s just too exciting! i think you all know what this means.
26 September 2009 – 7.34 pm
…two of the most fun days of the year, this tuesday and wednesday…”le cadeau”. on offer: gifts, antiques & accessories (katherine kaelin & karen klawinski), antique & estate jewelry (nikki mcvean & joanne hathcock), and art by adair parthenais & paige thompson. if you are in the memphis area and have not recieved your invitation in the mail, [...]
21 September 2009 – 7.31 am
this should come as no surprise: mrs. jones is all in on donny osmond to win.
premiere tonight: abc-tv, 7pm memphis time. dial 800.868.3405 to vote.
4 September 2009 – 7.05 am
hard to believe (or perhaps not?) that our little website is two years old! to celebrate, mrs. jones’s web designer extraordinaire ryan rowlett is working on some improvements and updates: new photos sprinkled all around, enhancements for the journal, and – oh my - a me & mrs. jones facebook page. so those kind readers who have [...]
no, we don’t need ryan seacrest for this…it’s the idal convention…the very best in every facet of decorative painting gathered right here for a week in memphis! it was an inspiring, exhausting, thrilling few days. tuesday kicked off with a great textures class led by gary lord of hg-tv renown. my favorite finishes are the ones he’s dubbed ”champagne” and “luster-rust”:
(very cool looks for the [...]
the current issue of country living has an inspiring article detailing summer workshops on everything from letterpress and photography to batik-dyeing and ceramics. (and you all know how mrs. jones has been craving a spot at one of natalie chanin’s studio weekends, also mentioned in the spread.) but this year, summer school is coming to me…the annual idal [...]
mrs. jones is not the only one doing a little public gushing over thomas jayne these days…super-chic ronda carman, who publishes the fabulous “all the best“, profiles my design crush in her latest entry. read and enjoy!
yes, he was…elvis himself. today. at starbucks. ordering a peanut butter & banana latte/extra hot/heavy whip. fresh from an early-morning appearance, he was clearly in a hurry, and mrs. jones gladly yielded her place in line. after a sincere “thank you, baby”, he departed to take care of business, confiding that he has a day job too: “can’t [...]
”beauty has no inherent usefulness, and yet without it, we could not endure our lives”.
this quote (attributed to freud) is one of mrs. jones’s favorite ways to justify her work and love of design. but when worried about feeding your family, or not having a warm, safe place to sleep tonight, who could seek or enjoy anything [...]
many thanks to the super-gracious ladies of the junior league of memphis sustainer garden club for having mrs. jones as the speaker at their luncheon today. and yes, for a shrimp salad sandwich, fresh fruit, and mini-eclair, she compromised her principles and told it all…how-to’s for re-doing concrete containers, terra-cotta pots and garden furniture. (actually, it was that raspberry [...]
you can imagine how difficult it is for mrs. jones to keep her mitts off the little joneses’ school projects. we are strong believers in a meritocracy, though, and so as our children earn their own grades, i must sit on my hands (and occasionally bite my tongue). our latin scholar, will, (appearing as hermes, messenger of [...]
28 February 2009 – 9.14 pm
imagine the excitement in our neighborhood the other day when the wienermobile made a stop!
(mrs. jones clearly has an affinity for this particular silhouette, seeing as it is so close to her little ginger’s unique physique. and of course you understand that a dachshund owner must also appreciate a good sausage-themed pun.)
driven by hotdogger ben kopish, the [...]
29 January 2009 – 12.06 pm
can it really be true? that domino is going the way of blueprint, house & garden, and cottage living?
10 January 2009 – 9.35 pm
well, not really. but it was fun to see in this month’s elle decor “little league” feature on stylish children’s spaces an idea that the always-genius selena mcadams came up with for a lovely young client’s room a while ago. here is one of a pair of chests from grandmother’s attic that we did over in benjamin moore’s berry [...]
21 November 2008 – 8.35 am
the phone started ringing here very early this morning, which can only mean one thing….my brilliant and beautiful friend, the clever wordsmith sally walker davies, has mentioned mrs. jones again in her newspaper column, “great finds”, today. sally is my go-to pal for oh-so-many things…plus she’s the destination diva! read her travel blog and “great finds” (most [...]
12 November 2008 – 9.38 pm
is it the fresh wave of election-season patriotism i’m feeling? or a little homesickness after a super-fun visit to chicago last month? it’s just that suddenly, i’m seeing this combination of sky-blue and bright red everywhere. i like it a lot.
(coat & barn in a recent anthropologie catalog…a ceramic spoon from pearl river…fabric from peter dunham, shown in house beautiful….chicago’s [...]
22 August 2008 – 10.15 pm
just 16 days until target’s goodies from john derian hit the shelves. (fair warning: don’t get in between mrs. jones and those particular shelves.)
domino has officially declared a “color revolution”….mrs. jones is so in! between the color spread and the news that john derian is designing a limited-edition line for target, it’s just too much! time for a cold drink.
1 February 2008 – 5.39 am
it’s just too thrilling…much sooner than anticipated, our local benjamin moore paint dealer, seabrook, is stocking the super new environmentally kind, high-performance paint line, aura. (and guess who has her hands on the new fan-deck with the 144 gorgeous new aura-exclusive “affinity” colors?) (thank you, seabrook becky, denise & susan!)
6 December 2007 – 12.18 am
the december/january issue of domino magazine just arrived — the little joneses know to give their mom a few minutes while she samples her first helping. it’s my favorite!
there are a couple of great wallpapers featured, but wait! before you order the paper and book your favorite paper hanger, mrs. jones wants you to call her instead! the gorgeous [...]
18 November 2007 – 11.14 am
it’s such a treat when the mailman brings new magazines…this week, some yummy ones arrived:
house beautiful (12/2007) on page 24, “colors for coziness”: sherwin williams’s humble gold #6380 is the headliner here. my talented and tasteful friend, interior designer robin selberg, has used that color beautifully for years! (the fine editorial staff at hb just didn’t know.) on [...]
6 November 2007 – 12.07 pm
oh NO…today’s wall street journal reports that “conde-nast publications…will close venerable home-design magazine house & garden“, with the december issue being the last.
dominique browning and “testy tastemaker”, i will miss you so!
