The Best of Heidi Claire 2010.

As I flip through my pics that have been posted throughout the year I am astonished with the beauty that was created by so many talented people.  What a year.  Enjoy, Heidi

Favorite pool

                   House Beautiful                               Post title-Peace out.

Favorite Bed Room

Bella Casa Design                            Post title-Sweet dreams Guareteed

Favorite Bathroom

                                                     Image unknown   post title-Bathroom Bliss

Favorite Living Room


                                       Southern Accents             Post title- Beaming with Joy.

                                 Favorite Garden

                                           Southern Accents  post title Life is but a dream

Favorite Post
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                                               Chateau Domingue    Post title-Castle Decorating
Favorite outdoor room

        House Beautiful                  Post title-Out door Romance

Blogger's Favorite Wall paper and my favorite table

Canadian House and Home                Post Title-The Trestle Table

Favorite House

Atlanta Homes and Life styles                             Post title-My heart going Boom Boom Boom.

Favorite Kitchen

Tommy Smythe              Post title- Tommy Smythe

Old World Inspired Kitchen.

                    This might just be the perfect kitchen for me, I just cannot stop looking at it.  The only thing I can find that I would change is the way the door swings on the fridge.  Enjoy, Heidi

                                                 Southern Living

                                                Southern Living

                                              Southern Living

                                                      Southern Living

                                               Southern Living


                                                   Southern Living

Houses that ROCK!

High ceilings, exposed wood beams, enormous windows flooding the room with natural light and the bare stone walls.  Yep, it gets me every single time.  Enjoy, Heidi

                                               House and Home



                          Unknown Origin


                                               This one is my favorite.  Desire to Inspire


                              Found on French by Design

Secret Passage.

Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles

Just like in fairy tales, a secret door that reveals a room full of treasures.

Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles

I love how you would never know that there is a room behind those cabinet doors.  I think that this is going into the plans of Operation Dream House.

Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine

Here is another one and by the way, the kitchen it is in is to die for as well, so I took the liberty to share those images as well.

Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine

Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine

                                                      Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine

David Duncan Livingston

              Seriously? Wow!  I just don't think that anything can top David Duncan Livingston right now in my Goth obsession.  Enjoy your weekend my fellow bloggers.  Love, Heidi 

David Duncan Livingston

David Duncan Livingston

David Duncan Livingston

David Duncan Livingston

Beaming.

Exposed beams have a tendency to make me beam with delight.  Enjoy, Heidi

Found on a Life's Design

Arcobaleno

This one blew me away.  Check out their site, it is devine.

 House Beautiful

Sarah Richardson via HGTV

House Beautiful

Steven Harris Architects

If I lived here, I would have to pinch myself everyday.

Canadian House and Home

Perfect layout and size for my dream house, only I am thinking that a wall to close off the kitchen would be a good idea.

Rammed Earth or Straw Bales?

I found these images over at Nest Egg, one of my new favorite blogs. They are from one of her clients (her client has great taste, by the way). You all know that I am a nut for High/Exposed ceilings, but the issue I have been pondering lately is can I build my dream home like this but with rammed earth walls or even straw bale walls? Maybe one of you know a little bit about this. I have searched the net and researched the subject, but it is not as popular around here.

I watched Jamie Durie (love him, thank you Australia) do a job with rammed earth in California and the construction crew didn't have a clue. Come on America, we need to get with the picture and use sustainable resources. I will try my damnedest to make earth friendly living absolutely fabulous. Hope you all have a playful or relaxing or both, weekend. Love, Heidi

All images on this post were found on Nest Egg.

Castle Decorating

I had a dream last night that I was given the job to redecorate a castle and then it ended up being photographed for a very high end magazine. This is what it looked like. A dream is a wish your heart makes. Enjoy and have a special weekend, Heidi

Chateau Domingue

Phoebe Howard

Chateau Domingue

Lucyina Moodie

Restoration Hardware

Restoration Hardware

Sorry I do not have the origin of the beautiful image.

Laurence Pasquier via Sarah Kaye

Canadian House and Home

Canadian House and Home

Roche Bobois
Sorry I do not have the origin of this beautiful image.