I have to admit, I've been looking forward to this issue for awhile.
For one, the Christmas edition is hands down my favorite when it comes to all the home & lifestyle magazines.
But this one is special because it features a fellow blogger's home.
Lauren's blog was the very first blog I ever discovered.
Up till then I knew what blogs were but had only seen the very big, commercialized ones.
I had never seen a regular (albeit a fabulous designer's) blog.
Written by a working mom about her own home, which at the time I started reading Lauren's
was in the basement of her mother's house while she was house hunting for her own.
She shared images of homes & designers that inspired her,
shared stories about her family and motherhood, and her up and coming business.
I was hooked and within days was reading a slew of other blogs too.
In the past three years her blog has become one of the most popular,
but I feel like I can say I "knew " her when.
Congrats to you, Lauren! You, your home, and your family look gorgeous!
images from Better Homes and Gardens scanned by me
awwww Tessa- THANK YOU for such a sweet post!!! I really appreciate your reading - even when i was in "the basement" :)
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU,
xoxol,
lauren
I love the framed artwork in her foyer - how wonderful! And that greenery around the entrance to the kitchen is so festive and inviting. I can see why you were looking forward to this issue.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for this issue! I saw it on the newsstand a few days ago ... for some reason I never get mine in tehm ail until a week or 2 after it is available to everyone! Looking forward to it!!!
ReplyDeletewonderful! thanks for the first look - my copy has not come yet...
ReplyDeleteI too follow Lauren and am so excited to sit down with this wonderful magazine and sip a cup of tea while getting my holiday-inspiration fix.
ReplyDeleteKaren
i've been looking forward to this issue too! i'll have to pick it up this weekend at the grocery. thanks for sharing the pics!
ReplyDeleteOooohhhh I can't wait to see it. Mine didn't get here yet. I will be waiting on the mailman today.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!
Ashlyn