Welcome to 11 Magnolia Lane.
We are three friends who blog (along with our guests) about well, everything.
Read how we got started HERE.
We Are~
Favorite color: Pink (but not for decorating, white for decorating!)
Decorating style: Yard sale/Thrift Store Chic mixed with a shot of Pottery Barn, Ballard Designs, and of course, dumpster diving!
Favorite drink: Amy’s husband’s Martinis (given the geographical challenges that presents, I drink a bunch of chardonnay in between trips to Virginia)
Favorite Piece of Clothing: any one of my cute, colorful, breezy spring/summer dresses. I probably would have worn a caftan in the 70s–one piece dressing is just so easy but it still looks like you really made an effort!
Best Vacation Spot: Any. Beach. At. All.
Blogs Mostly About: DIY’ing and decorating my house
Favorite Trends: quatrefoil patterns, stripes, harlequin diamonds, mirrored furniture, burlap
Favorite Quote: It’s a toss up between “I believe happiest girls are the prettiest girls” (Audrey Hepburn) and “A woman should be two things: classy and fabulous” (Coco Chanel)
Can’t live without: God, family, and friends!
Favorite Colors: Red or black
Decor Style: Traditional
Favorite Drink: Tropical Vodka Fizz and Pinot
Favorite Clothing: My Cabi Lou Lou jeans
Best Vacation Spot: Hawaii
Favorite Trend: Rose Gold Accessories
Blogs Mostly About: cooking, healthy meal planning and fashion trends
Favorite Inspiration: “Be joyful even after you know all the facts” (Jane Goodall) AND “I cook with wine and sometimes I even put it in the food” (Anonymous–because I always cook with a glass of wine!)
Can’t Live Without: God, my family and my cookbooks
Favorite Color: Light Blue
Decorating style: White, white and more white
Favorite drink: Lemon martini
Favorite Clothing: My jeans or my cowboy boots
Blogs Mostly About: Decorating and entertaining
Best Vacation Spot: Bermuda (because I honeymooned there with my husband)
Favorite Trends: (for fashion) scarves, bling watches, fun high heels (for home) texture, neutrals, white bedding, mirrored furniture, repurposed antiques, and I totally love seeing chandeliers everywhere!
Favorite Inspiration: ”When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.’ (Erma Bombeck)
Can’t Live Without: God, my family, coffee and these girls I blog with!
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Hey ladies!!
Are all of you in Warrenton??? I live here in Warrenton also!
Janet xox
http://theemptynest-janet.blogspot.com/
PS…if we have already discussed this fact…pardon my memory failure. I’ll blame it on age..Ha!
Oops, sorry, Janet, just saw this comment. Terry’s in Warrenton, Amy just moved from there to the beach, and I live in Nashville, TN (we moved from North Carolina this summer). We’re all scattered now!
Ladies, this is an amazing site, beauitfully done!
What a wonderful blog!!!! I found you from Thrifty Decor Chick, so glad she highlighted your kitchen and I came over to see it up close!! Love love love,……….
We loved having you link up to our “Strut Your Stuff Saturday.” Hope you’ll be back soon! -The Sisters
Love your style…and plan to incorporate many of your ideas in my new house build!
I just came across your blog. Regarding the textured walls under the “Master Bedroom Makeover”. Our house has the same textured walls. I hate it. We bought the house last year and there are spots all over that need repaired but I have no clue how to match it up. Do you know what the textured print is called? Or how do you match it up so when we paint it doesn’t look different than the rest of the wall? Any input would be helpful
Hi April! I know, I feel your pain
. What is in my house is called “knock out” (or “knock down”? something like that…) I saw it in a spray on can once at Home Depot near the spackle…You may or may not have the same thing, but that might be a way to repair your walls. We have used spackle before and just tried to make it look the same (by not doing too much sanding), but maybe the real thing would work better? I hope that helps! Good luck and let me know how it goes…Amy
Congrats on this amazing site, all you ladies are so talented and do beautiful work. Your blog and all the DYI’ing inspires me to do things myself and to start really decorating or remodeling areas of my house. Thank you & keep posting please.
Monica–Thank you for your kind words! We’re thrilled that you’re finding inspiration here. Keep stopping by! ~Christy, Amy, & Terry
What beautiful homes… I love to set a beautiful table and try new recipes. I want to completely redo our dining room and I am getting such inspiration from these blogs, maybe too much my husband is flinching! Have some obstacles though, tile floor, fireplace, walls all taupe shades and now I am into the new shades of grey. Want to find a very large dining room table, that’s the first decision… what type??? All of you get my creativity sparked, but overwhelmed. I am so happy to have found this blog, thank you.
Just saw Christy’s kitchen makeover in the magazine and decided to check out your blog. Love it. Definitely going to bookmark it on my Macbook at home. Got great ideas. I have two great friends that I call my Ya-Ya’s. That’s what you all remind me of, Ya Ya sister’s!!