Chris Barrett

I was flipping through my House Beautiful magazines last night and realized that I am in love with the style of Chris Barrett.  I have collected numerous images and gutted a few magazines that were of her designs.  Her 1929 Spanish style bungalow was featured on the front cover of House Beautiful as well as a nice spread inside.  Her home is only 1050 square feet (320.04 meters) and extremely charming.  I love how everything is white or cream (a clean canvas) and then she adds dark woods and interesting antiques even worldly treasures, finally she adds the color with flowers, food and pillows.  All of which can be changed on a whim to suit the mood or season.  The roses on the front of her home are Eden Roses, must get some. 
All image sources for this post are from House Beautiful and Chris Barrett.  Enjoy, Heidi

The following are some of her other projects. 

I'm pretty sure that most of them have been involved in past posts here on Heidi Claire.

Georgous!!!

The Romantic Country Life.

                                     Found Here

               Found Here

                              Found Here

                  Found Here


                         Found Here


              Sorry, no origin.


                           elle Decor

                           Found Here

                  Found Here

                         Found Here

Old World Inspired Kitchen.

                    This might just be the perfect kitchen for me, I just cannot stop looking at it.  The only thing I can find that I would change is the way the door swings on the fridge.  Enjoy, Heidi

                                                 Southern Living

                                                Southern Living

                                              Southern Living

                                                      Southern Living

                                               Southern Living


                                                   Southern Living

Houses that ROCK!

High ceilings, exposed wood beams, enormous windows flooding the room with natural light and the bare stone walls.  Yep, it gets me every single time.  Enjoy, Heidi

                                               House and Home



                          Unknown Origin


                                               This one is my favorite.  Desire to Inspire


                              Found on French by Design

Ballard Designs

 I fell in love with Ballard Designs many moons ago.  They just keep getting better and better every year.  This living room is perfection in my book.  The moment I laid eyes on it, I immediately thought of the idea of keeping the wall over the mantle bare in order to project a television image onto it from the ceiling.  When I asked my audio/videophile husband about the idea I could instantly see the wheels turning and head noddling, that it was a profoundly good idea.  So into the dream house file you go, living room pic. 

Enjoy, Heidi

Ballard Designs

Ballard Designs

My heart going Boom Boom Boom

Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles

Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles

Found on Garden Rooms

Found on Tear it out

Secret Passage.

Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles

Just like in fairy tales, a secret door that reveals a room full of treasures.

Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles

I love how you would never know that there is a room behind those cabinet doors.  I think that this is going into the plans of Operation Dream House.

Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine

Here is another one and by the way, the kitchen it is in is to die for as well, so I took the liberty to share those images as well.

Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine

Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine

                                                      Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine

David Duncan Livingston

              Seriously? Wow!  I just don't think that anything can top David Duncan Livingston right now in my Goth obsession.  Enjoy your weekend my fellow bloggers.  Love, Heidi 

David Duncan Livingston

David Duncan Livingston

David Duncan Livingston

David Duncan Livingston

Dream House Collage

This is one of the things my obsessed mind does with photoshop. Almost all of these images have been on previous posts, if you want to find their origins.  Enjoy, Heidi