if i win

So I decided to let myself dream last night... What if? What if I won the 1.3+ billion dollar Powerball winning? Oh my gosh... First off, I think I would truly have a heart attack, scream... Shhh maybe pee in my pants and jump up and down for hours and hours and hours on end!!!! What would you do with all that money? Oh my gosh! My daughter said, she would buy a thousand horses. She also said I could get a new iphone, new car, new wardrobe... And we could build a house with 2 guest houses on the property. One for our friends and one for grandma. I then showed her a picture of this HGTV dream home on Martha's Vineyard. No joke she gasped for air and ran around the living room... Saying Yes mom! I lllloooovvveee that house. It's so beautiful! We can design one just like that... For us!

Ok Powerball its go time... I'm ready to win {wink}! I want to build a house just like this one! What are you dreaming for? 

truth

So I'm in a little bit of a pickle {maybe yes maybe no}... When the rooster closed I moved my office home into my backyard. I had a 12 x 10 shed from home depot built {tuff shed}. Then I had my carpenter work his magic... And transform it into the most adorable little office {see pictures below}... We added french doors, a big side window {for more air circulation and natural light}, put the original rustic rooster exterior shutters on it {had to cut them down}, put the old rooster front counter lights in... Two exterior carriage lights for back yard appeal... The interior has been insulated, drywalled and electricity was wired. No joke it's the cutest thing ever. I'm now in the process of cleaning  out books, shelves, files, drawers, samples and fabric and truly organizing everything... OMG 15 years of stuff has accumulated,  I know it's life... But I want it organized and clean {asap}! I still have a lot to do, but I'm doing it {smile}. So here's my dilemma... I'm going to throw out the 15 year mark again because its all that I have known... I always had my interior design meetings in my back office at the old rooster storefront. No brainer... Meetings were so easy. Now, I don't really have that anymore. Remember my office 1.) is in my backyard and 2.) its a 12 x 10 space.   Not saying my office isn't cute... Its absolutely to die for, but it's just too small and doesn't have a table for meetings. It's me, myself and I in there... With occasional kids sitting at the other computer doing homework or playing games. I'm making my office even better everyday so its very efficient and functional... And I love it, but is it appropriate to have clients over, use my cottage picnic table in my garden? That's cute... When it's not raining and the kids haven't thrown every ball and art project around. Ughhhhhh I'm in a little bit of a pickle... What do you all think? Help!?!?

{If you're interested in rustic rooster interiors design services... Please contact me at info@rusticrooster.com}

starting off strong

{recipe here} 

 {BLOOD ORANGE MOJITO}

INGREDIENTS

• 2 oz blood orange juice (at least one orange)
• 2 oz rum
• ½ - 1 tsp honey
• 4 - 8 mint leaves
• ½ - lime juiced
• 4 - 6 oz club soda

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Juice your blood oranges. Enough to make 2 oz of juice per cocktail.
2. Add the orange juice, rum, mint , lime juice and honey to a glass.
3. Muddle all the flavors together. Especially the mint.
4. Fill your glass with ice.
5. Fill the glass with club soda, give it a good stir and enjoy!