Group 3 Design

Ready for some eye candy? I know I am. Considering how chaotic our lives have been the last few weeks, slipping into dream world via some beautiful home pictures sounds like exactly what the doctor would order for me:) Want to go along? If so, keep reading and see what I've dug up this time!

Previously, I shared a few pictures from a home featured in the June 2011 edition of Southern Living from the article titled "7 Ways to Make a New (Old)  House". It's a new construction house on Daufuskie Island off of the South Carolina coast between Savannah and Hilton Head built in class Lowcountry vernacular style. It is pretty much my dream home. I decided to check out Group 3 Design - the architect firm of Rick Clanton who designed it - and found some beautiful homes to share with you. To start off, I'll show you the house featured in Southern Living. These first pictures are from the website:

Does this front porch not just scream "Welcome"?

I love some Spanish Moss, live oaks and a screened in porch!

Happy and Sunny.

I am in love with the two story kitchen and all the windows! Notice how the architect's shots of the kitchen shows more of the interior architecture versus the decor.

I'd love to have one of those deep farmhouse sinks.

Casual and relaxed.

Great details - including lighting and pull down window screens or hurricane shutters (?).

Nothing beats a great front porch and this one is near perfect!

Great idea to put a window to the breakfast area instead of a standard pass-through.

The following shots are via Southern Living and were featured in the magazine:

Lots of wood balanced with light watery tones.

One of my inspirations for blue ceilings. 

Nothing pretentious here! Just relaxing.

Somehow my screened in porch will "transform" into something like this...one day!

I can't just leave it at one house. Want to see one more? Of course you do! All the following images are via Group 3 Design's website :

How pretty is this?!

Lots of character.

How great to be just steps from the beach (sigh)!

Another great porch.

I would be here every chance I got with a good book or magazine!

These floors are just perfection...especially with all that natural light!

Great use of whites with wood tones and golds.

This wainscoting around the tub is just magnificent!

There were so many beautiful homes at Group 3 Design , that I'm going to use them as a posting series to help carry me over to the end of soccer season. I'm thinking there will be maybe two more posts from here. So, get ready to sit back with a good cup of coffee or tea and do a little day dreaming soon!

A Great Coffee Table Book!

This weekend I took the boys to the library to get a new stack of books for this last week before school starts and grabbed a few for myself. I'm going to buy a copy of one to have on hand...it was that good!

Paula Deen has always been my go-to girl for finding southern recipes that are hard to find elsewhere, but beyond that I didn't really know a whole lot about her. After reading through this book, I think we would get along fabulously! Not only is she just a beautiful lady (I just pray my hair will gray like that!), but I just love her accent as well. The book is written just like she talks:) I'd love to meet her. We both grew up in small towns in GA, had only boys, moved to the low country...her Savannah, me to Charleston... and felt like we'd moved home.

This book could be titled Low Country Style with Paula Deen, because it's not just Savannah style. It does a fantastic job at not only describing what makes up Savannah style, but also gives you great ways to incorporate it into your home by Brandon Branch. The photography is just fantastic as well.

Well, there's a little book review for you!
It's just a quick Sunday hello from me. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Herlong & Associates: Part Two

This is one of the things I love about the low country...the salt marshes.

As promised, I'm sharing some more of this awesome firm in Charleston, SC. Here's some exteriors of their work. It pays to hire a great photographer because what was already fantastic is just simply beyond words with the right lighting!

These porches are just fantastic!

Loving the low country detailing on this house with exposed rafters and tin roof.

This is about as Downtown Charlestonian as you can get without being there. Perfection!

See what a good photographer (who's also is knowledgeable in Photoshop) can do?

I love the look of shingled siding as well. It might be a toss up with the brick for my dream home.

More shingled siding.

Now, here's a few more pictures of interiors. Most belong to the houses above. See if you can guess which goes with which! To check is you're right and to see what the houses look like that don't have matches, click Herlong & Associates to see it all. They also have a plans page. (Ummmm....thinking I'm going to be perusing that asap.)



I want that table!


Hope you enjoyed getting to meet Herlong & Associates. I'll be hunting for another great place to share in the future, but tomorrow it's a reveal for you!