I was thrilled to receive a sweet little note from Lyndsey. You might know her…she has a blog called All Things Fluffy, Fashionable & Famous. Yeah. She rocks. She is also rocking a new house. And a baby belly. I am pretty sure she had to turn down being the surrogate for Sarah Jessica Parker. She’s that fab. I mean, SJP is pretty picky about her shoes. You can imagine that she ain’t puttin her eggs in the wrong basket.

Anyhoo, here is Lyndsey’s letter:

“Katie – Hey girl. I have to say I am quite the admirer of your blog (and your twin Sherry) and a fellow Georgian 🙂 I love both of your styles and I just bought a house so I have lots of things to do and I am impatient and want them done NOW NOW NOW 🙂 I have a couple of questions for you about several things and I was wondering if you would be willing to lend your advice. I don’t really need a mood board, just several questions about what color to paint a room and my house desperately needs a new color (it’s mostly brick but has some wood on it-it’s old built in the 60s).

So basically I am inquiring about your interior design expertise 🙂 and I love DIY! :)…
Let me know what we can work out girl. I am desperate for some advice 🙂 Thanks – Lyndsey”

Lyndsey already painted her shutters a nice black and was hung up on the color of the door and the spa green colored siding. I guess the combo of a deep red door, a gray roof, red bricks, black shutters, and green siding had her brain spinning on the color wheel. Here is the photo before she tackled the shutter reno:

She really liked the idear of a red front door so I tried to come up with a couple options that incorporated a red door…but my favorite was the last one (no red paint on the door – ikes!).

I recommended that she go ahead and paint the door since she was up to her elbows in black paint anyway. I love how the door in black really gives the facade of the house some depth. And the green siding actually becomes more of a relaxing oasis for your eyes. Plus I told her that maybe she could plant a couple trees on either side of the porch to allow your eye relief from going back and forth, back and forth, back and forth with the line of the smaller bushes. Note my photoshop skills with droppin in a couple trees…one bazillion points me.

And although option 1, a blue/red combo with an all-american feel and option 2, greige with an emphasis on gray…are sporting that red front door, they would require more work and I for one vote that pregnant people only sit and focus on growing that human.

So now comes your part – tell Lyndsey which one is your favorite. Voting is fun and burns calories. Sortof like growing someone else’s baby…but less stretch marks 🙂