Rooftop Shoot

Last week we had lunch with our friends Jeff Roedel and Cody Wilhite. Right after our lunch, we wanted to show Jeff and Cody a rooftop in downtown Baton Rouge that we frequent for it's one-of-a-kind views overlooking Third St. Once we got up there, Cody started snapping away and here's what he shot...

Exploring Lamar

Yesterday, we got the privilege to explore Lamar Advertising, one of America's leaders in marketing, with the lovely and lively Mrs. Winifred Reilly (see if you can say that last bit five times fast lol). Though she'll never admit, Mrs. Winifred is the queen Lamar and everyone there seems to adore her. Getting a tour of the entire facility was absolutely eye-opening and meeting the people that make this world-wide company run, immediately inspired us to renew our mind on what we thought "big" was. Thank you Mrs. Winifred and thanks to all of the warm folks we ran into at Lamar. Below are some pics of their handsome Baton Rouge headquarters. 

Home Update

We just recently bought a Dyson Animal Complete and after a few uses, we can attest to the fact that it's worth every penny. It glides across our laminate and tile with ease and leaves the floors white glove clean. The attachments that come with it also makes cleaning Elsie, our Brazilian cowhide, a breeze!

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Veronica Rusk, a really good friend of ours who we've known for years offered us her services to restore a pair of old chairs that date back to the 50's. Originally, they had a dark stain that was unattractively weathered with green upholstery on the seating. We asked her to sand them down to their natural glory and we found some rather handsome white full grain leather for the new seating. A couple weeks, some elbow grease, and tah dah…here's one of the gorgeous chairs done by our amazingly talented and beautiful friend. 

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New Home, New Stuff

A house ain't a home until you've got some cool stuff in it! A few weeks ago, we closed on a cozy place in Prairieville, LA. It's a four year old house with four bedrooms & two bathrooms. The layout is really open, and the rooms are all generously sized. When we bought it, there weren't any necessary renovations that needed to be done, but we chose to invest a bit and really make something to run to, not run from. Originally, the walls were a basic beige and the floors were carpet in the living room and bedrooms. In the bathrooms and kitchen there was ceramic tile. The first thing we wanted to do was paint the walls.

We chose Sherwin Williams' Emerald interior paint in "true white". Pay the extra money for this amazing paint! It'll save you time in application and will hold up nicely thru the years. The next thing we did was rip up the carpet and look for some flooring that matched our desired aesthetic and price point. Searching all local warehouses and stores we couldn't find anything that fit both of these criteria, then our mom made some phone calls. She found out there were "pallets on pallets on pallets" of high quality laminate at the Habitat For Humanity Re-Store in Brewton, AL. Brewron is about 30 minutes from our mom's hometown of Atmore, AL, which is also where our grandparents reside. We came to the decision pretty quickly to rent an economy van and ride out there after they told us the brand and finishes of laminate they had in-stock. A German brand, Krono, is the manufacturer and the "color" we went with is called "wild apple". The floors are light in color with interesting hues of swirling grays in them. They're different and they looked great when we saw them in-person, so we loaded them up and took them back to Louisiana!

After getting them laid, we planned to take the same economy van and make the trek to Houston to buy some living room furniture from the IKEA there. Days before were slated to make the run to Texas, we went to New Orleans to peruse stores for other home stuff. We walked into Hurwitz Mintz off a hunch that we may find something worth while and we ended leaving having purchased a sofa and a chaise of serious quality, beauty, and savings. The coffee table you see here we got from Overstock.com. It didn't take awfully long to assemble and it just fits the room perfectly. The lamp we picked up from Lowe's and the rug is a Brazilian cowhide that we got from Tandy Leather. We'll be keeping you updated on all the interior transformations that our new home is undergoing, so check back soon for more!

Tony Mose

Officially art collectors! Commissioned our first piece yesterday with Tony Mose at his uptown New Orleans gallery. He is extremely gifted, very humble, & his friendly spiritedness makes him an absolute joy to be around. We've got Tony sculpting something just for us to fit our new place and we can't wait to show it once he's done!

Lunch

Had a late lunch with our bros @onlyfated & @djmidastouch…we smell a tour brewing! In the meantime, we'll be with him in N.O. tonight as he does his magic on the 1's and 2's at Republic for the @tydollasign show.