In her shoes

IN HER SHOES: LIVING LIVELIER

You all ready know a little bit about this weeks featured lady. We got to snoop around her home last week.

Of course I had to bug Deb again and ask her let us in a typical day in her life. Of course she sweetly said yes!

Enjoy!
___________________________

Thank you Camila for including me the In Her Shoes series! I’ve had a ball putting this together…

The last time my daily life was chronicled was three years ago, for a “Day in the Life of Twins” segment that aired on the Today Show. A lot has changed for me since then – I moved from NYC to the New England suburbs, had a third daughter, and recently started a small garden and decorating company (and accompanying blog) with a close friend.

That was then…

This is now…
4:45a.m.
My youngest daughter (20 months) mistakenly feels this is an appropriate time to start our morning. My attempts to coerce her back to sleep with binkies, milk, and a gentle reminder that plenty of people are stumbling home from bars in Manhattan and haven’t even slept YET get me nowhere.

5:30a.m.


I acquiesce and decide we are indeed up for the day. My five year old twins join us soon after. The next couple of hours include a gripping episode of Curious George, some play, breakfast, extensive discourse over why it is indeed necessary to brush your hair before the leaving the house, and a quick log on to my computer to publish the previously drafted Living Livelier blog post of the day.

8:30am – We’re out the door! After dropping the twins at art camp, the “baby” and I hit our local hardware store to pick up some paint supplies for a little DIY project in her room. At this point I realize that only 4 out of the 5 of us made it out with shoes on today. Still, that gets me an 80%, and I can live with a B-.

9:45a.m. I slap a couple of white coats on this bookcase for my little one’s room, and then drop her with the sitter.

10:15a.m. While that dries, I head to a local showroom to look for window hardware for a client, and then drop her the samples.

11:30a.m. I supervise the installation of this kitchen shade. It came out great – the fabric (F.Schumacher’s Jaipur Tree in Sable) is amazing in person!

12:45pm I grab lunch with a friend/client and discuss ideas for the redo of the living room in her beautiful Victorian home. She convinces me to pose for this picture in the parking lot…

But in reality, I’ve only driven this beauty a few feet in the parking lot to pull up to my real ride, the permanently-smells-like-rotten-milk Honda mini-van.

Mini-Van, Mega-Fun – that’s my life right now!

2:00p.m. I take a few minutes to mod podge some trim on to my daugher’s bookshelves. The pattern is cut out of Jonathan Adler wrapping paper to match the hanging lantern on the other side of the room.

2:30p.m. The rest of the afternoon is play time with my kids. Lots of swimming with them and their friends!

5:30p.m. I work on preparing something that can pass as supper as excitement builds that Daddy will be home soon. While the girls wait for him to come up the walk, I notice (though you can’t tell in the photo) that my little blondies’ hair has started to turn green from all the chlorine.

6:00p.m. One of my favorite parts of today? Being labeled one of the “specialist people at the table” in this sign created by one of my 5 year olds. (Although 60% of the family has also been bestowed the honor and my name was spelled wrong, at least I am listed first.)

7:00pm Once Dad gets home, I head to CVS to seek out shampoo to tame the greening of my daughters’ tresses. They’ve got nothing, and I end up spending a small fortune on fancy salon shampoo for this condition. I convince myself this will all come back to me in the form of a super plush assisted living facitlity in 50 years as I fork over my Visa.

8:30p.m. Bryant Park Designs/Living Livelier Blog business meeting with the fabulous Beckies – our Vanderbilt University intern Becky and my talented landscape designer/interior decorator business partner Becky. Topics of discussion include the various projects we’re working on, our sponsorship of a holiday house tour for charity in December, and things our husbands have done wrong lately.

9:45pm. Connect with my husband for a few minutes, and trade stories about our days. Review some “constructive criticism” for each other, topics including number of recently attained parking tickets (him), and over-consumption of high fructose corn syrup and enriched white flour (me). Finally log on to some of my favorite daily blog reads, including HHFITD, Little Green Notebook, Elements of Style, and La Dolce Vita. Too tired to work on any of my own blog post drafts tonight – that’s why it’s great to have a business partner who has things covered!

10:00p.m. Settle in to bed to watch one of my absolute favorite shows, Rescue Me. I start to nod off almost immediately, which is a shame because Denis Leary really doesn’t deserve that kind of treatment.

Big thanks to Deborah for letting us in on her day. Love that she has partner to help with her company and blogging. Perhaps Jon needs to quit his job and help me full time. 🙂 Ah a girl can dream…one day.

Itching to see someone featured on IN HER SHOES? Drop me a line and let me know.

  1. Shorely Chic says:
    July 23, 2010 at 12:47 pm

    I love these posts, it's so interesting and real to be able to spend a day in the life with such a glam person.

    Love it!! Have a great weekend 🙂

    Reply
  2. Stacey @ Petite de Lis Paperie says:
    July 23, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    What a busy lady! I love her little girl's room…so sweet. I am also admiring what looks to be the master bedroom.

    Reply
  3. Tammy@InStitches says:
    July 23, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    What a busy lady, funny too !

    Reply
  4. Lauren says:
    July 23, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    This was so fun to read, thanks for doing these. I love her mini-van tshirt!

    Reply
  5. Liz @ It's Great To Be Home says:
    July 23, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    Such a cute post!! I'm off to check out her blog! 🙂

    Reply
  6. Deliciously Organized says:
    July 23, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    I really enjoyed reading about her day, she is such a hoot! I've always loved this series Camila!

    Reply
  7. pve design says:
    July 23, 2010 at 4:04 pm

    She looks like fun. I would love to be in the shoes of "Deliciously organized" here, or at least how their day goes! I always drool over being that organized.
    pve

    Reply
  8. diane@onlinefabricstore says:
    July 23, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    Here's an affordable trick to keep the green out of blonde kid's hair. This was passed on years ago by my hairdresser when my very blonde daughter emerged from the pool looking like lime green jello-o. Simply wet the hair, apply hair conditioner and leave on when they go in the pool. The wet hair absorbs the conditioner and is not able to absorb the chlorine water. It really works!

    Reply
  9. LindsB says:
    July 23, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    What a fun day- I love that she was at the pool by 2:30 with the kids!

    Reply
  10. twolovelyspaces says:
    July 23, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    I love this series. It is so great to see how other creative people actually live. Thanks!

    Reply
  11. Julie says:
    July 23, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    I don't know how moms do it. I'm exhausted just thinking about it!

    I LOVE the little girl's room.

    Reply
  12. Teresa Meyer says:
    July 23, 2010 at 8:29 pm

    Such a great post. I relate (although I only have one little one). I've never seen her blog before. Going to check it out!!!

    Reply
  13. Mackenzie {Design Darling} says:
    July 24, 2010 at 1:32 am

    You know I love these posts but this one was particularly fun to read! I love her sarcasm and of course the use of Jonathan Adler in her home 😉 What a busy day! Wishing both of you a happy weekend.

    Reply
  14. kayce hughes says:
    July 24, 2010 at 3:25 am

    Love this post! I can totally relate.

    Reply
14 Comments on IN HER SHOES: LIVING LIVELIER

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

get inspired with our own home tour

ON THE BLOG

My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.

Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.

On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.

laundry-room-nook-design-from-camila-pavone-interiors

In our new home, the basement was completely unfinished. It was literally one of those dark spaces that you see in horror movies and are terrified of getting locked into. However, with the square footage in this house, I knew I needed to make the basement another workable and liveable floor of the house instead […]

Laundry Nook Reveal

diamond-line-masterbrand-cabinets-lowes-waterscape-kitchen

The time has come to finally share our new kitchen reveal. For those of you that have been with us from the beginning, we bought a house right before the pandemic hit. It was a total gut job from top to bottom. We started our demo and then the world shut down. Enter the delays […]

From Sold to Home: Kitchen Reveal

new-farrow-and-ball-paint-color-picks-for-my-house

Picking out paint colors for a new home can be overwhelming. I find that many times when I meet with a new client the entire house is simply just painted white or a light gray. Now, I think there is a time and place for those colors, but with paint, there is just so much […]

How to pick out paint colors for your home!

fisher & paykel 36" range

What to look for when it comes to picking out kitchen appliances: Leave room in your budget for appliances. When it comes to kitchen renovations everyone knows that the cabinetry and the labor of demoing and installing cabinetry is going to eat a lot of your budget. However, the second most expensive part of a […]

How to pick out kitchen appliances!

mock-up-of-kitchen-design

I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that designing a kitchen is an overwhelming undertaking. I’m an interior designer and even I find it stressful to iron out all of those details. So, when it comes time to design a kitchen I always like to partner with a kitchen designer to make sure I’m remembering […]

From Sold to Home: Working with a Lowes Kitchen Designer

I'm Camila, A SELF APPOINTED STRIPE AFICIONADO WHO HAS A soft spot IN HER HEART FOR BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JARS, THE COLOR ORANGE, AND ELEPHANTS.

welcome, friend

ready to finally love your space?

stunning style for everyday living starts here.

yes! I'm ready!

@camilapavoneinteriors
let's connect