After the Fire House Tour

Today, a reporter from the Hoover Magazine and a freelance photographer (who just happens to be the photographer for the Auburn cheerleaders - War Eagle!) came to visit. They interviewed us and took lots of pictures. She brought lots of equipment. While the house was as clean as it ever gets, I thought I would snap a few photos. Below is proof they were here :-) - photography equipment!

Let's start with the front porch. Mark has been deep cleaning/pressure washing/planting flowers for two weeks.

Our bottom front porch is an L shape. To the left, we have a teak table and six chairs. The lanterns are from At Home. Mark ordered the table and chairs and glider from various places online. The glider is possibly made by the Amish??

On the right of the porch, we have three Pottery Barn Palmetto wicker chairs which I have just discovered .  .  . they have evidently discontinued!! What?? The cushions are from At Home. We actually have new Pottery Barn white cushions BUT the neighbor's cat keeps sleeping on our porch and gets up on the chairs with muddy feet. We've been covering the cushions as a protection against pollen and cat!!

Most of our outdoor pots were purchased at Old Time Pottery. Some plants were gifts and others were purchased at Home Depot. The ceiling fans were all purchased at Dan's Fan City.

The wreaths on our doors are from Amazon! 

Many of you have already seen photos of our kitchen and family room. These rooms are used often. The stove and ovens are all Wolf and they are from All South Appliance. The dishwasher and refrigerator are KitchenAid. Dishwasher is from All South. I can't remember where we got the fridge.

The bar stools are from Pottery Barn. They are Payson Leather Counter Height Bar Stool, Gray Wash Leg, Vintage Midnight leather. 

All of our lighting is from Inline Lighting in Pelham, AL.

Most everything in our family room is from Pottery Barn. The sofa is a cameron roll arm and it is covered in a durable fabric. A lot of people sit on this furniture every week. Our rugs are all from Boutiquerugs.com and I have been very pleased.

Our walls are painted Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray throughout the house . . .except for one room.

Our entry hall and dining room are the first things you see when you enter our home. Our dining room furniture is almost 40 years old and we purchased it at Birmingham Wholesale Furniture and it is made by American Drew. I have recovered the dining room chairs multiple times - the most recent being right after we moved back into the house last summer. Our artwork in the dining room is from High Point Furniture in Jasper, AL.

You might notice that we have plantation shutters and no drapes. We don't have lots of extra fabric in the house due to my horribe allergies.

The tulips on the table are from Publix! I should treat myself to fresh flowers every week. The entry hall piece is from Hoover Antiques - both the chest and the mirror. The plant was a "coming home/housewarming" present from our dear friends. I bought the basket at Walmart and it is actually really nice! I think the lantern came from At Home and I have spray painted it numerous times. The antlers came from our (hubby's family) farm.

Let's move to our bedroom.

I thought the chair above was a total loss. It is an antique that we have had our entire marriage. It was in the middle of the fire. My brother-in-law took it and cleaned the wood. I found this cool fabric at Joann's - it is velvet with gold and silver. I love this chair. I got the little table at Amazon! The top books are about the Alabama Gulf Coast and the little plant is from Target. My devotion book and Bible are on the bottom shelf. We need some artwork on this wall but I have no idea what to buy.

Here are some other views of our bedroom. The dresser and bed tables are from North Carolina. I can't remember which manufacturer?? Hickory? Our bed and bedding are from Pottery Barn. The picture over the dresser is one I bought years ago and it was hanging in Mark's office before he retired. We don't have rugs in the bedroom due to my allergies.

 

The bedside lamps are from Lamps Plus online (I think). We have small windows on one side of the house because we overlook each other's courtyards. Everyone has full sized windows on the side of the house over their own courtyard and small high windows that overlook the neighbor's courtyard. It affords some privacy.

This is the powder room - the only room that is a different color. It is Sherwin Williams Green Bay. These photos do not do justice for the paint color. The prints are paper prints by an Alabama artist. The corner cabinet is from Wayfair.

I LOVE the mirror in the powder room. It is from White House Interiors here in town. We replaced the faucets with gold to elevate the mood :-). Everything - ceiling, back of door, baseboards, crown moulding are all painted this color.

This is our bathroom. The penny tile is Calacatta Vecchia Penny. The shower walls are 2.5 X 16 artison frost Matte with Mapei warm gray grout. The shower trim is schluter jolly, brushed brass and the niche shelf is montauk quartz.

We bought the mirrors at White House Interiors. The monogrammed towels came from Amazon. I think the matte gold fixtures came from Ferguson.

The cabinet is painted Sherwin Williams Mindful Gray.

Ripping out the giant bathtub and replacing it with floor to ceiling mirrored cabinets was the best decision ever. I also really really love our shower.

Our screen porch (or is it screened porch?) is right off the family room. Our bedroom is literally on the other side of the wall behind the chairs on the right. These are the same type chairs that we have on the front porch from Pottery Barn and these have the white cushions. The little white bench came from Hoover Antiques. The fans are from Dan's Fan City and the wreath is from Amazon. Our porch ceilings are all painted Sherwin Williams . . .maybe Windowpane? They are considered "haint blue." If you don't know about painting porch ceilings haint blue . . .google it. Very interesting!!

This is our little courtyard. Mark's grill and smoker are against the house. The iron furniture came from Frontera in Birmingham. The firepit came from Absco Fireplace and patio. I made the cushions and I HAVE TO MAKE some new ones this year!! Antlers are from the farm. The firepit is a table when not in use. I think this outdoor rug might also be from BoutiqueRugs.com.

Let's head upstairs. The piece at the top -- barrister's cabinet - is from an estate sale of a longtime family friend/relative. We bought it when we were dating for Mark to put in his office. The clock is from World Market. The railings are new and they were custom made for the space.

If you turn left at the top of the stairs, and walk down a short hall, you would enter into this bedroom. Yellow blanket is from At Home (I think). Bedding is from Amazon. Bed is from . . . maybe Haverty's?? Little table to the right of the bed is from Target. Chest of drawers is an antique from family, as is the mirror. There is a little blue velvet chair by the bed that came from our church when we did a remodel! Lamp is from Lamps Plus (online).

I think that big picture is from World Market.

This is the jack and jill bath. Mirror came from At Home. Monogrammed towels came from Land's End. Cabinets are painted Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze. Picture to the left is of our church and it is done by local artist, Sherry Arias. Lighting upstairs is also from Inline. Cabinet tops are quartz and I can't remember the name!!

Upstairs bathroom floors are rhodes ivory blend 12 X 24. Shower curtains are from Pottery Barn.

Here is my office. I should post a picture of what this looked like on the morning after the fire. It was horrible. I love my office. Rug is from Aldi - $49.99!! Bookshelves are from Pottery Barn - I think they are called Aubrey and they are black. The desk is an antique. The art above the desk is from Smallwood. There is another one of those Pottery Barn Palmetto chairs. Our kids think it is weird in my office but the chair is so comfortable. The little table to the right of the desk is from Amazon. The cabinet on the left of the room is from Southeastern Salvage. Artwork is by our family. The desk chair is from Target and it is Vinsetto Modern Mid Back Office Chair with Velvet Fabric, Swivel.

The artwork in the hallway is from our travels - Ireland, Italy, Israel, Austria. Germany, St. Martin, and Nassau. We will hopefull add artwork from Egypt and Greece and Istanbul later this year.

The other bedroom upstairs in the room that was hardest hit from the fire. The chimney is on the other side of that wall and lightning struck the chimny and then spread. Chest of Drawers and mirror are antiques from family/friends. The lamp is from Lamps Plus. I think this bed came from Macy's or Rich's and was made in North Carolina. The artwork on the far right wall are prints that I bought years ago. The red throw blanket is from At Home. . . or maybe Walmart!! The comforter is from Pottery Barn. I have no idea where I bought the little table.

This bedroom has an on-suite bath. Cabinet is painted Urbane Bronz and top is quartz. Rubrum Lily painting was done by my sister-in-law, Alice. Shower curtain from Pottery Barn.

Wall tile is Andor Ivory 8 X 24 and it is the same in both tubs upstairs.

The last room upstairs is our "loft" area. It is a second living room/family room space. The chairs and sofa were purchased from a furniture store here in town that is no longer in business. I don't remember the manufacturer. We bought these three pieces around the same time we bought our dining room furniture . . .40 years ago! They have been recovered many times but this fabric is my favorite. I love those big blue and white checks. The sofa is a red recycled leather. A family owned business about an hour north of here has recovered them every time.

The tree in the far corner is a fake fiddle leaf fig from Amazon. The canoe painting is from High Point Furniture in Jasper. The cabinet under the tv is from Wayfair. The bookshelf is an antique from family/friends. The two fish paintings over the bookcase were painted by another sister-in-law. The rug is also from Boutiquerugs.com

The cat in the sunshine is Harvey.

The little table on the front right is an antique that was damaged in the fire/water and my brother-in-law (same one that worked on the chair downstairs) sanded off the water damage and refinished it for us. The lamp is old. The bike is my recumbent bike that I ride every day. The photographs are of Mark and his brothers when they were little boys . . . fishing. The colored pencil drawing of three boys fishing was drawn by a man who was in the day program at Church of the Reconciler. He had no home and was sleeping in shelters or on the street. He was very talented. The door goes onto our top porch which is the only thing we haven't re-decorated. We need to get with it - hahaha!

So there you have it! Our home . . .we lived through the fire. We lived through 16 days in a hotel and a year in an apartment. We are happy with our home and we give thanks to God for all of our blessings! When the magazine is published this summer, I'll let y'all know. We may have a little article or a big article .  .  . who knows?