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Jan 18

It’s been almost three months since we’ve been in our new house and it still doesn’t quite feel like home.

There are things I miss about our old home (all of the colors and art and light!), and things we got to bring with us (each other!! Our cute furniture and things).

I think the thing is, it just takes time to make a house feel like home. I’m working on being patient. ❤️

Most of the furniture in this space is from @article. They partnered up with me to help furnish our home. I 100% recommend this loveseat. It’s been a favorite in our home for 9 months!

##ourarticle #cigarloveseat #tuveplanter #kirunbench

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Jan 13

Some days we paint in the backyard with @brandicarlile and some days we paint in the kitchen with pride and prejudice.

I’m a fan of both.

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Jan 10

Who is that dramatic, foxy lady? Oh it’s just me, deep in a hole of burnout, milking any small thing that brings me joy (hence the melodramatic puffy sleeved pose 😂🙈).

Behold, the closet I have been remodeling for four months which will now live partially finished for the next three years.

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Dec 18

A tale of three bathrooms:

The masterpiece it is today (that is the only reason I regret moving),

The budget remodel, featuring all white tile because I was more interested in the next person who would live there and what I assumed their tastes would be,

And the bathroom as we bought it.

Obviously the star of the show is the incredible handmade tile from @fireclaytile. I am forever grateful that I got to partner with them to create such a gorgeous piece of art.

I’ll write a blogpost with links to all the colors I used and also my tips for working with contractors to install such a detailed pattern, but for now we just sit back and appreciate 😍

#banyanbridgesbold #fireclayfloors

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Dec 15

Are those dovetailed joints I see? The workmanship! The artistry! The deliciousness!

I’ve got a recipe for @krusteaz gingerbread waffle recipes in my blogpost (linked in stories).

Spoiler alert: they’re delicious and about as structurally sound as my new house. You can’t win ‘‘em all 😂. Swipe for an a-frame, a winter cabin and the flat iron building.

#MakeKrusteaz #sponsored

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Dec 14

A MOMENT of color and sanity amid the rest of my to-do list. 😂

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Dec 8

If you stick with me through the journey of painting and repainting and then back to scratch and painting again, you win the award of most patient viewer. Major props. Awards coming soon.

First mural in this house done and drying ✅🙌🙌

#swcolorlove #banyanbridgesbold

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Dec 4

Enjoying this house in all its phases. Deeply grateful it no longer smells like old cat pee 😂.

No color yet but i PROMISE it’s coming!

(Also looove the warm glow emanating off of Pete!)

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Dec 3

In honor of my new gutters, I thought I’d add some light blue to my feed 😉.

This is one of those corners I loved from my old house and still look back on. The simplest mural, greenery, art and some classic furniture from @article.

We left all of our fancy or pretty furniture at the old house to stage it while it was on the market and only got these chairs moved to our new house this week!

I wish they looked this good in my current living space! Today I’m tackling our first paint project to help make them (and us!) feel more at home in our new space. Any guesses?

Follow along in stories and for links to these chairs and table from @article!

#ourarticle #turoychair #narrosidetable

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Nov 30

We searched that tree farm until we found the Pete Davidson of trees: slightly scruffy, definitely overgrown, not quite sure why everyone loves it so much but definitely has some charm.

The magical tree that has not one, not two, but 3200 Christmas lights on it, plus or minus 24 cafe lights.

It may have taken all of Garrett’s patience to move it plus 5 hours and a full audiobook to light it, but I think it’s safe to say that this is our best tree yet.

Swipe for the before, and another swipe for Garrett’s first reaction to it. And I quote “it’s got a lot of dead branches on it…. <grimace>” 😂😂

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Nov 28

We have prints in the shop! I repeat, we have prints in the shop!

With work from so many people, research to find the local printers we love and a LOT of color correcting, we’re live. From now through Monday, every order in the shop will come with a free 8x10 print (featured in the first image).

Can you tell what murals inspired each of these prints?

#banyanbridgesbold

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Nov 18

@krusteaz says it’s ok to play with your food.

#MakeKrusteaz #sponsored

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Nov 16

The collab of my dreams is happening with two of my favorite humans on the planet— @frankie.zombie_, @home_ec_op and yours truly, creating some colorful magic in Charlotte. And we could be doing it for you!!

We’re opening our 2022 books and accepting new clients that are interested in a wonderfully distinctive, art forward, curated interior design collaboration!

If you are in the Charlotte, NC area, dig what we do and are looking for a multi-room design by us three misfits, well then we would love to hear from you! Let us know ASAP because we’re designing this month for projects that start in January!

Link up in my bio to submit your potential client request. Let’s make some magic happen!!

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Oct 19

The past two days I got lost painting with my BFF @bobbimadethis for a client who is amazingly like 10 minutes away from Bobbi in North Carolina.

We brought color and fun to a playroom a bedroom for the luckiest little girl.

I may or may not have missed my flight due to some last minute color corrections, but I think we can all agree it’s worth it 😂.

Check stories for some shots of the “before color correction”!

#swcolorlove #banyanbridgesbold

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Oct 9

This mural was so hard to capture on camera, but it is one of my all time favorites. It has so many surprising moments with the wrap around and fun angles.

Thank you so much @maechenmarie for creating something so beautiful with me.

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Oct 5

A commercial is being filmed in this basement today, which feels like a very fun way to memorialize this space.

I can’t wait to create another fun kitchen in our new space, and am kinda excited that i still have some leftovers of this tile gifted by @thetileshop. You know I’m already scheming about where we can create this photoshop transparency layer design!

#mytilestyle #banyanbridgesbold #myeclectichome #designattractor #bohoismyjam

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Oct 1

The spot I’m gonna miss the most ✨

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Sep 23

Back home and it feels so good. And slightly anxious and depressed, which is kinda the same thing as a 2021 “good”, amiright?

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Sep 22

Sooo deeply grateful to be included in the uniquely curated home of @abinteriors, who had me laughing so hard I cried and treated me to the most relaxing mural install I’ve ever had.

Thank you so much Andrea, it was such a pleasure!

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Sep 11

Retro patio vibes are making me SO excited for our new backyard. I’m obsessed with the idea that you get to enjoy it when you’re outside and again from the other side of your windows. It pulls double duty.

Thanks for letting me be a part of your space @sarahgeorgerclark! And big thanks to @alicenpnwland for helping me paint this one so quickly 😘😘

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Sep 4

This mural was such a pleasure to paint. The combo of the bright colors and the classic stripes brings me to my Mural roots and just sparked so much creativity.

Also, how amazing is this mudroom?? Which cubby would you pick?

And yes, the paint was still drying. I think it always is when I get to the photo stage!

#banyanbridgesbold #swcolorlove

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Sep 2

I spent the last two days at a summer camp in Maryland painting squiggles. 10 year old Racheal is VERY impressed.

Jessy, it was a pleasure getting a peek into your life and meeting your people. Thanks so much for being so spontaneous and creating something so fun with me!

#banyanbridgesbold

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Aug 31

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Aug 29

This piece for the creator of @kindnesscville has a soft spot in my heart. It feels delicate and busy at the same time, which just makes my heart sing 🎶.

#banyanbridgesbold

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Aug 27

I spent the past two nights at @streetransom’s safe house for juvenile survivors of human trafficking.

With helpers who answered the Instagram call, we painted four walls and helped this space feel interesting, calming and playful.

I have to also give some major props to @kat.arnold.19, who has been working for 6 years to see this project happen, and will finally see the doors open in the fall. Thank you for bringing me in on this project. Congrats!! 🎉🎉

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Aug 23

It’s magnificent and I love it. @fireclaytile thank you so much for working with me and letting me play with your beautiful colors.

#banyanbridgesbold

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Aug 20

I have been traveling so much lately so my time with my kids is getting more and more precious. I partnered up with @squishmallows to create a food truck with the kids and it was SUCH a fun project.

I thought I’d be making it myself but they were invested from the beginning and have been playing with it ever since!

We are big fans of Squishmallows in our family and often give them as gifts because they’re so soft—I consider it an excuse to buy myself a new cuddle buddy.

This line of fun food Squishmallows has been a great addition to the kids’ playtime and a cozy addition to family movie night! Find them and others at Claire’s, Homegoods and Squishmallows.com.

#squishmallowsquad
Made by Kelly Toys, a @Jazwares company. #sponsored

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Aug 18

Remember how I took a sledgehammer to my bathroom in FEBRUARY and still don’t have a finished space in AUGUST? Yeah, me too.

What you might not know is that it’s actually been a FULL YEAR since @fireclaytile sent me these gorgeous tiles and @buildwithferguson sent the @kohler fixtures and @misenohome hardware.

A full year. A year full of forest fires (we couldn’t do the original bathroom because it needed to be a refuge for my dad and his partner), a pandemic and a lot of other fun projects on the side.

But we’re here now, with a partially completed bathroom and a countdown until we move. More progress coming soon!!

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Aug 18

We bought a house!!!!

Hahhaha OH MY GOSH. We weren’t seriously looking for a house, but two nights ago I was doing my nightly round of “Zillow and chill” when I found this gem.

24 hours later we had an offer in and today we found out it was accepted 🎉🎉🎉.

We have an inspection on Friday. Fingers crossed it all goes well!

As most of you know we’re currently renting. We’ll stay in our current home while we prep this house to move in (sadly those orange shag rugs are hiding a plethora of stinky secrets). If all goes smoothly we hope to move in come fall.

Thanks for celebrating with us! Now please excuse me while I do a deep Pinterest search on “how to make orange countertops work”.

Also major thanks to @jodidobberealtor for making this happen with zero notice!

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Aug 16

What is the weirdest place you’ve read? As a kid I’d find myself in the weirdest places (in a box, under a bed, etc). As an adult, all of my favorite places are outside: under a tree, in a hammock, on a rooftop 😂(not really, don’t try that at home kids!).

I like to add an extra layer of whimsy to my daily life, and today @nativeshoes did just that by making it feel like I was walking on clouds (seriously, they feel amazing). Plus, these Jefferson shoes are made out of repurposed ALGAE! How much weirder or whimsical could you get? They have a great collection of colors and styles, go check them out at @nativeshoes. #livelightly

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Aug 16

I was asked this week to do a source round up of all my jumpsuits. Here ye are. Sources tagged.

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Aug 14

This is the LEAST efficient snd MOST inspiring way to display my paint. We all know where my priorities lie 😂.

Also this is only about half of my supply which means a change has to come, so I shall let it live here forever 😍

#banyanbridgesbold

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Aug 11

There are so many things I love about painting, but my favorite is the infinite chances to get it right.

Something doesn’t feel right? Paint over it! Still doesn’t feel right? Paint over it! STILL doesn’t feel right? Go buy more paint and paint over it!

Life lesson: keep trying. Enjoy the quirks. Embrace your “imperfections”, cause they’re evidence that you’re human!!

I LOVE how this mural turned out. It feels playful, delicate and interesting. Thank you so much to Kristen for having me!!

#banyanbridgesbold #swcolorlove

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Aug 8

My littlest sister moved into her very first apartment and has been living with white walls that she can’t paint for 6 months. I finally took it upon myself to start curating an art collection for her, starting with something of mine!

Using online framing from @joann_stores, I uploaded the file, picked a frame and a week or so later had art for my sister! I’m “feeling empowered to free the digital downloads that have been trapped on my computer!

This is a great gift idea or an easy way to tick “print and frame photos” off of your to-do list!

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Aug 6

The sun is orange, the skies are hazy and I’m just going to let those things remind me of what has to be one of my favorite murals to date.

I’m currently working with another client who wants a piece in this style—I can’t wait to see what their version of this piece is going to look like!

#banyanbridgesbold #swcolorlove

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Jul 27

What have I been doing for the last 31 hours? Painting trim, and only trim 😂. I’ve got to catch my ride to the airport but I’ll be sharing all the photos and video soon!!

#banyanbridgesbold #swcolorlove #colorfulinteriors #newyorkmurals #muralartist

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Jul 21

You know that feeling when you’re doodling and you go off page? That’s how I feel this mural is. A continuous story between walls. A mystical trail leading you someplace magical. You know, like the basement bathroom. Magical ✨

Thanks so much Lauren for letting me go to town on your basement! You two were a pleasure to work with. Please throw out that hard boiled egg 😂.

#banyanbridgesbold

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Jul 14

It’s just paint!!! Do you know how many times I’ve repainted this wall? How about how many sections of this specific mural that I had to repaint until I was happy with the work?

I don’t know and I won’t count because it absolutely doesn’t matter! All that matters is that I enjoyed the process and pulled myself out of a funk by focusing on creating something.

I created this mural as my submission to the Swap Meet event hosted by @bludot. Last year they started this swap meet event to help inspire people to get creative while they were in lockdown and are bringing it back this year!

Search your house or create something cool to submit! July 16-29th you can upload your items to their website and offer trades for @bludot product.

They’ll then go through and choose a bunch of trades that they love—last year they gave out almost $100k in furniture 🙌.

If you need a sign that it’s time to get creative, this is it!!

#banyanbridgesbold #homemurals #mural #getcreative

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Jul 10

Paint and imagination. We had these fenceposts that were full of concrete and IMPOSSIBLE to remove, so I used some spray paint and “yarn-bombed” them. Now they’re hammock poles.

A bunch of rad accounts are sharing their outdoor spaces to give you some ideas for your own! Check them out and remember that you don’t have to be FLuUush with CAAash🎶 (ala John Ralphio, Anyone? Anyone?) to have a good looking outdoor space.

Check out the other designers!

@barij
@bellybaila
@homemadehappinest
@home_ec_op
@katepearcevintage
@kate_decorates
@melmitchia
@mochagirlplace
@msviciousdesign
@myeclecticnest

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Jul 9

I left for a trip the morning that I finished this kitchen and got back recently. You better believe I’m spending ALL DAY EVERY DAY down here!! 😂

Seriously, it’s magical. I’ll post a before and after video in my stories so you can get a feel for the space.

This chandelier from @blueprint_lighting is the piece that makes this whole space feel complete, and they have a coupon code for you to get 25% off any purchases! Use banyanbridges25.

Light was gifted (sponsored).