Beyond the Curb Home Tour with Elizabeth Cook (Atlanta)

Hi everyone, I'm Christina Dandar of the Potted Boxwood, and I am in Atlanta, Georgia with my friend, fellow SMU Mustang and all-around creative genius, Elizabeth Cook. Elizabeth, thank you for having us. I'm so happy y'all are here. Welcome back to my Georgia home. Georgia home. This time we're in Atlanta, the big city. Round two. Round two. I mean, tell us about this beautiful quaint porch here. It's lovely. Thank you. The porch has been so nice to have as a small extension. We do kinetic sand all the time on the porch. What I did from a design perspective out here is I painted the swing and our planter the same color as our shutters, which is Barrow & Ball Vert Deter. It's beautiful. My favorite shade of green. I have pansies planted. I have some faux flowers from Gradient Road. I love mixing the two together, especially as a busy mama, too. It's so nice. That's one less thing you have to think about that always looks good, but we love coming out on the porch. And I also just loved the kind of painting everything the same shade. I feel like it was an easy thing that added a big. Oh, a huge impact. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Oh, my gosh. I cannot wait to go inside. This is Art of the Entry doormat. We love Art of the Entry, Charleston-based female-led company. But this is the cleanest my house is ever going to be, so come on in. Okay. Ninety percent of our house is from an estate sale, an online auction, a sample sale, or a thrift store. And so that's why hopefully it'll be kind of a fun tour. It's a little bit different than these beautiful decorated homes that I know you usually go into. Ours is my attempt at creating a layered family home on a budget really for my family. And I'm lucky because Atlanta in particular is really unique because it has such incredible estate sales. Oh, my gosh. I could only imagine. It's been dangerous being so close to them. Okay. Well, we have to talk because I know Emmy Ruth is a good friend of yours. She's an amazing artist. And she did your dining room, I believe, in your Columbus house. But she painted your entry. This is not wallpaper. No, not wallpaper. But I think it's even better. I live hand-painted murals because of the originality and how you can tweak things from different papers that you admire. But Emmy Ruth is really talented. She's from Columbus, Georgia, my hometown. And it's just incredible what she can do freehand. And so she came in here and painted our entryway in like a day. And then we had fun on the ceiling. And we painted other elements throughout the house. But we're just huge fans of Emmy Ruth. And in this space, the mirror is ‑‑ I kept the online auction tag, but it's so funny. Because it was making me chuckle. It originally came from Alex Hiltz. And then from then it went to Daniel Rawlins. And from Daniel it went to myself. Oh, my gosh. So you see the chain of names. Full circle. Yeah. Full circle of tastemakers and Alex is an amazing chef. What a good crew to be on the same card as. This is probably the only time we would be. No. Everything in the rest of this is from ‑‑ the sideboard is from an estate sale here in Atlanta. The lamps are hand-me‑downs from my grandmother. This pendant right here, I always admired the silhouette. And then I had Emmy Ruth splash it with paint when she was at our house. Oh, fabulous. It belonged to my husband's grandmother in Savannah, Georgia. And then all of the blue and white is really from Frontgate. They have great staple blue and white pieces. We love Frontgate. Yeah, I know. That's fantastic. And I love how you just have it right there. What a pretty entry. I mean, you're immediately just like, this is something special, you know? And then it just ties in so fabulously with your love of this green. Yeah, I love this shade of green. This is the same color that we did our shutters outside and did my last dining room. And this house, you know, I love the mural work. I love decorative touches. But I also will say that this house isn't as, you know, grand as probably the last two. Well, you're in Atlanta. I'm in Atlanta. Compared to Columbus, I think. Yeah. This is ‑‑ I feel so lucky to be in this home. But it's a different type of home than we were in last. And I thought maybe it makes sense to kind of play into the type of home that it is. So I really tried to have fun and do things that were less serious. The dining room, hanging the plates, I know adds a little bit more of a decorative touch. But as we walk around the house, you'll notice kind of how I've just had fun knowing that it's not necessarily our forever home. I worked with Rebecca Fry. She had just left Sarah Gilbane and opened up her own design firm in New York and really admire what she's doing. And Rebecca helped me pick out the fabric in here, which was so helpful. I worked with her kind of like the expert style where you have a phone consultation. Oh, that's amazing. And it was so helpful. And then from there, this rug was from the Kravitz showroom sample sale. ADAC does a great sample sale twice a year. I got it there. The chairs and the table are both from an estate sale. This table is also from an estate sale. It's from Charles Loudermilk, which is a really esteemed Atlanta businessman. And I picked this up at his home as well as a ton of our plants, Christina, believe it or not, outside of the home. He had a demolition sale at this beautiful house in Atlanta that looked similar to Monticello in Virginia. Oh, unbelievable. And it was sad that they were tearing it down. But at the same time, everything was going to be gone. And so it's nice that pieces are living on in people's homes around the southeast. And if you were to walk outside, tons of our azaleas and pea gravel even come from his home. So it was mature plants and it was less expensive than going to the nursery, believe it or not. Well, it's fantastic. It's really beautiful. Yeah, no. Anything else of note in here? I mean, the chandelier I thought we should maybe talk about because it's so beautiful. Where did you get that? And it's almost unexpected in here in a way. It's like a nice modern touch, I thought. The chandelier is from Aaron Lauder for visual comfort. And it's the Lore chandelier. I always really liked this chandelier. And we had it in our last house and was able to move it. But the first thing I did when we came into this house is I really painted everything. It was a blank canvas in the sense that the walls, the trim, everything was white. And it was kind of like an off-white. And so I came in, painted everything. I changed all the hardware. We have modern, modern hardware everywhere. I changed all the light fixtures. And that made such a big difference right off the bat. And I think for anybody watching, those are just easy cosmetic changes that instantly elevate your home. Well, you are so good about tips and tricks and things like that. And can we talk about this blue and white for a minute? It's so different because I love how it has that kind of lace. I know there's a way to call that, but I don't remember what it is. So these plates belong to my great-grandmother. And my grandmother, who I do these cocktails with Grand Episodes with on my Instagram. They're so darling. Everyone needs to watch. Yes. I love my grandmother. But she had a really stylish mom. And her mom had so many pretty pieces that my grandmother luckily kept. But the thing that's comical with my grandmother is that she is not a hoarder. She is somebody that if she has excess of something, it's whoever's closest to her gets the items. And I happened to be at her home when she was getting rid of these plates a long time ago. Oh, good for you. Yeah, I know. I just lucked out. It could have been myself or the mailman. But I have always adored these plates. And I have so many blue and white plates hung around the walls. Like this is actually from Mario Boato's collection when he was at Stare Auction House. And the same thing. Oh, this one's the same. My great-grandmother. But I have these scattered around the other room. And the thing is with these blue and white plates, Christina, it's kind of embarrassing. I don't know if I should really tell you guys this. But as a design enthusiast watching, I feel like you'll appreciate it. Is when the first State of the Union for COVID happened, there was also the Mario Boato auction going on online. What was more important? And so I just thought survival of the fittest. Right, right. The less eyes are on the auction. And while people were watching the State of the Union, which I kind of was like tuning into both, I won these plates and have carried them with me from our last house and this house. And they always make me smile and, you know, laugh at that story of getting them in the State of the Union. The State of the Union. You know, such a serious time. Right. And such a dreary time. But that was really exciting. No, no. Yep. The State of the Union. Because otherwise, I would, you know, I'm sure I would have lost out. No, not at all. Oh, my gosh. And then we're immediately transformed into your beautiful living area. Tell us about this room, especially the screen. I remember this in your hallway at your old home. Good memory. This is our family room. I mean, every room in this house is so lived in and so loved. This is where my family congregates every single day. But I did a few things in here that are kind of interesting. I had gotten quoted to put a grass cloth wallpaper in this space and it was expensive. And, you know, the biggest thing that I love talking about is you buy a home that's so pricey and then you want to furnish it or you want to furnish it a certain way and the numbers just keep adding up. And so as a way to get the aesthetic that I was hoping for but alleviate some of the cost, I ended up actually doing society social peel and stick wallpaper in here. Which I love well. Yeah. I love it. And I think it's, that's what I have in my apartment. Oh, my gosh. It's great. And the only thing different that I did with the peel and stick, did you put, I put actual glue behind mine. Did you do that? We did. And I say we. My handyman, Victor. Shout out to Victor. He did not put up any glue. And, but I will say mine has not peeled. The key from what I know is to make sure you have flat paint. Okay. And to make sure like nothing shiny and no texture to make it really last. Yeah. Y'all hear that. Well, Roxy with Society Social is doing such cool things and love having this paper in our home, our Georgia home. Absolutely. The chest is hand painted. Right when we purchased this house, there was an estate sale in Atlanta. And there's this old school designer named Jackie Lanham that did this beautiful tuxedo park home. And I picked this chest up and a few other items around our house and have always liked it. The lamp I purchased for $5 from a designer sample sale. The picture is from America's Mark Cash and Carry. The hurricane is from Amanda Lynn Ross going away sample sale in Atlanta. Wow. You name it. This tortoiseshell mirror was in our last house. It was from an old Vogue editor, Slim Aaron's Muse. Stop. And I have it in our bar. Above it was from a bunch of designers had ordered too many of the visual comfort pendants above, wall lights. And so I ended up picking up a couple from them. The thing about Atlanta is that there's so much talent. There's a lot of design talent here. And so sometimes you're able to catch those designer sales here and there. The picture is old Casey Hughes. I got it at a pencil and paper conference, creative conference. Oh, fantastic. And then, I mean, everything in here is pretty much from an estate sale, especially the accessories that you see. But this little nook came from our last house. Yes, I remember this. And I was able to reuse it and repurpose. And I love reimagining spaces with pieces that you already have. And one thing that we did differently in this house with this little kind of vignette space is I put an Annie Selke rug. I love the rug. Layered it on top. It's the Mark Sykes for Annie Selke collection. I've always really admired it. I mean, such funny stories. I paid for this Bunny Williams lamp. It was a sample sale find from a sample sale they had four years ago on the way to my rehearsal dinner. True story. I remember you telling us about that. And not to regurgitate similar stories. No, but there's new people that might not have seen your Columbus tour, so I think it's fun. You know, for the love of the antiques. So, that is one thing I think, Elizabeth, you do so well. You love the thrill of the hunt, and you find the best things. And we also have to talk about above your TV. This is so cool. What is this? So, that is a papier-mâché fig from Casa Gusto. Casa Gusto is this incredible store in West Palm Beach, and they have really beautiful hand-painted items, in my opinion. And they have these great papier-mâché frames that I've always really loved, but a lot of people use them in their homes. And so, these figs is something that I don't see as often, and I like the 3D dimension of them. And again, this house doesn't need to be serious. Well, you have a young family. And we have a young family, and I love the figs. You know, it's wild, and it makes me smile. And I also, our last home had fig trees that my family would go and pick the fig off of. And in this house, we actually got fig trees from Charles Aldermuck's demolition sale that are in our backyard and have really enjoyed them. And so, I kind of love carrying on the fig, you know, notion here. I think it, well, it just makes it all the more special and personal to you. Should we do a quick peek in the bedroom downstairs? Sure. And of course, it's just so, every minute of it, this is so beautiful. Well, also, yeah, I guess before we get to the bedroom, we have a lot to talk about. This, just the way you styled this hallway, Elizabeth, it's beautiful with the plates and the majolica. And there are your lampshades. Do you have different sources for where you like to get those? Yes, I love tasteful toppers. Tasteful toppers. So, I get a lot of lampshades from Etsy. And then I'd say, outside of Etsy, there's a great lampshade store in Atlanta called Edgar Reeves. And Edgar Reeves had a $25 lampshade sale. What? Maybe two years ago. And you'll post some of the times when the sales are happening. Elizabeth's really good about that. If I live in Atlanta, you have to follow Elizabeth Cook. Yeah, if you enjoy wanting to, following sample sales or knowing when estate sales are, I really enjoy sharing. Because the truth is, is that it's so expensive to furnish your home, and you want it in a certain way. And this is kind of my DIY resourceful attempt of making it the house that I want with what we're willing to spend. And so, I've done different things. Like these lampshades actually came with the house, these sconces. Oh. And I was already, I was planning on changing them, but I liked the black. I paired it with a $15 Vaughn chandelier from an estate sale. And I put up this Sanderson wallpaper. But instead of changing out the light fixture, I had Emmy Ruth hit the lampshades with, to mimic this back wallpaper right here. Oh, yeah. And she did a really nice job. And so, it kind of blends in, and you don't notice it. And I think it's cooler than what I even was thinking about purchasing originally. Oh, it's so cool. And the Sanderson paper, and I love the shade. I mean, you really just thought of everything. Did you have to do a lot of structural work to the house? No. So, this house structurally was in great shape. It was one of the nice things. When we moved to Atlanta, we moved at peak season, I'd say, of the market. And there wasn't a ton of inventory out there. We had put in six offers on home, and we kept losing out. And this house, I feel like it was kind of comical because structurally, it was in really good shape. I like houses, to be honest, where the floors are falling through. It's not very logical and not very good for your… For the budget, maybe? For the budget, exactly. And my husband is way more practical. And he loved this. It was in structurally good shape. And when we came to look at the house, I had had a really rough day. And I was wearing, I think, his T-shirt. And my son had had an accident. He was two years old at the time. We just looked like such a motley crew coming to see this house. And I think the real estate agent was like, oh, man, these people need a home. And really were so kind to us. That's so sweet. We felt fortunate. Walls. Is this a paper? So this is a wallpaper. This is a Faro and Ball wallpaper. It's soft. It's so subtle. Yes. And we have a couple of Faro and Ball papers throughout the home. But I think that they do really pretty papers that add charm and maybe a little historical charm as well. Especially the one we're going to see upstairs. I can't wait. Another Mario Boada plate. I mean, you've got to have the plates. Yes. And, I mean, the lamps are from Melanie Turner, an Atlanta decorator. She had a big warehouse sale. I picked those up there. This chest is from a dealer in High Point that I just connected with. The chests are front gate. The lamps are Bunny Williams from an old sample sale. I mean, I actually have this beautiful bench with a water house fabric that's going in front of my bed. That's fantastic. It can't all happen at once, right? It's still in the work room. Facebook Marketplace. I mean, my light fixture, my pendant. Facebook Marketplace is another, like, very cool resource to find things. And I always put in super nice zip codes across the country and see what they have. Not a bad idea. See, Elizabeth's savvy like that. Put in the nice zip code. Whether you just want a small rush or you're really looking for an item, it's kind of a fun. Well, I guess we should go see the kitchen next because I think your kitchen is absolutely darling. And you know what? You really maximize every inch of it. Well, it's a smaller kitchen. And so we tried to think how we could really effectively use the space. But I just wanted it to be light and happy. And we adore this kitchen. The mat has been terrific. It's from Annie Silky. And then I have Fresh China from ProVista, a female-led and run company out of Georgia. A question that I get a lot, Christina, on Instagram in particular is about laminating my chair cushions. I have two young children that are... Young. Yeah, young. And these are our kitchen chairs. And so I really wanted to do something that would make my life easier, be functional. And most people go and have their fabric sealed. And this is like a six-week, $600 project. And so I ended up... You know, everything adds up when you start decorating a home. And so I ended up going to Hobby Lobby. And I purchased laminate for $399. And I took it to my workroom. And I think that they were very confused by my request. But they did it. And I feel like it looks good and does the trick. It's functional. Yeah, it's functional. And you can still see the fabric, which is amazing. The interior designer is watching. I'm sure going to cringe. But it allowed me to do other things, like add the throw pillows I wanted. The bee fabric from Schumacher, I'd say, is the hero fabric of our window seat. If you look up, Christina, I have a few bees on our ceiling. We call our kitchen the beehive. The beehive. And it's kind of fun because it almost looks like that light fixture. It's like a little hive too. I know. Oh, it's fantastic. And this is like a great family home. This kitchen is great. Did you have to do a lot of work to it, or was it pretty much ready? So the kitchen was in good shape. We painted and have had to replace different things as you do when you come into a home. But luckily, structurally, it had already been updated, which was a huge head start. Yes. When we made the move. Yeah. Did you drill this into the tile? It's a little risky, but we did. I drilled it into the grout. I know. It was super risky. But it looks good. No cracked tiles in the process? No cracked tiles. And they say that when we take it down, I can just refill the hole where the grout is. Okay. And it'll be okay. So hopefully that is the case. But I had picked up that platter at a Peachtree Battle estate sale and just thought the blue and white was fun. And there was just such an open space there. My biggest problem, Christina, because of the amount of great sales here in the South, is limiting and restricting myself from hanging too much. I was about to say, you were just like, I would just have a whole garage full of things from estate sales around here. Yeah, I do. And even like this, knowing that you were coming this week, it was a nice push to get a few things situated that I had been lingering on. I got these sconces at estate sales. And then both of those plates are from different sales. And then the ones on top, there was a great antique store in Atlanta that closed. And when they closed, some of their items went to this off-site warehouse sale. And I had picked up for next to nothing. That is just, see, again, your talented eye and savvy shopping, you know, persona that I was not born with. Well, for people listening, I feel like this was a really helpful tip. And something that I recently learned is our stair runner is a Stanton fabric or Stanton carpet. But I actually got 75% of this carpet was a remnant from an old install job of an old Phoebe Howard project. And she had leftover rug, and they weren't using this piece. And, you know, a lot of designers don't have a lot of uses for the pieces that they no longer need anymore. But I needed to purchase about 25% in order to make the landing. And so it financially helped me a ton because I purchased 75% of this runner for $25. And then the rest of it, you picked, like, just bought for $25. And so, you know, the installation was the expensive part. Right, right, right. Okay, these I remember from your Columbus house. We're down the hallway, and you have a cute story about these botanicals, if I remember correctly. Weren't you watching, like, The Bachelor? Yeah, yeah. It's so funny, the things that you remember, and it definitely makes it personal about our house. But these are hand-pressed botanicals. They were from a book at an auction house in London. And during the pandemic, I won the book, had it shipped to Georgia. And my husband and I, during Hannah Brown season of The Bachelorette, framed each and every one of these. The frames are from Michael's. And in order to make them look a little nicer, I took sandpaper, and I wiped sandpaper on each of the frames. It gives it a more matted look for anything that's shiny. The whole project had 68 botanicals, was less than $500. Okay, this was less than $500. It's almost better than, I mean, I think it's better than wallpaper up here. But again, you have the Society Social, which I, you know what your color is? I know I have the cucumber. Ooh, I love the cucumber. I have cashmere here. It's really pretty. It makes such a difference. Yeah, I think it helps add a little bit of, it's not physical texture, but it appears like texture. And my sister has wheat, the wheat color. The wheat color. See, peel and stick wallpaper. It makes things easier. I love this little window nook. It's so darling. And then this is fantastic, too. So both of these prints right here are old Mary Maguire. I got them for, I won them for $100 at an auction in New York. And then it's paired with two Mr. and Miss Howard dressers that I got from a dealer coming in from High Point. And then the lamps, my grandmother had gifted me for Christmas years ago. The sconces are from an estate sale with Jackie Lanham. And the fabric is all from a Sister Parish warehouse sale. You know. The quadrille throw pillows right here, that fabric, that's actually from a designer sample sale in West Palm. And I'm like just stuffing fabric in my carry-on bag. Right. For one day. As you should. But you know what I've noticed? In the last seven years, my husband and I have made three city moves with this job. And so nothing in life is permanent. And I think you should buy what you love. Agreed. Put up what you enjoy and makes you happy. And this is so darling, your sweet son's room. Yes. What was your thought process behind this room? So this room all came together because the fabric is a Sister Parish fabric that I'd gotten in their warehouse sale. And before I had moved into this home, I purchased the fabric. So that is what I used as the anchor knowing I was going to do Cornice Ford drapes in here. And then the bed I got for $60 on Facebook Marketplace. I loved the old antique kind of wooden beds for little boys. My son is three years old. And the pillows are a mix of Pepper Holmes, Sister Parish. The linens are for the company store. It's a matched south picture above his bed of a special place to our family. And then this little side table is from a designer warehouse sale. Like for example, just to give you all an idea, this was originally a $1,600 table, which is... Oh my gosh. But I bought it for $35. And then it was like not a pretty colorway. It was a bright yellow, basically. And I spray painted it pointing from Fairwind Ball, which is our trim color around the walls. And paired it with a lamp from the Kravitz showroom sample sale as well as a Brunswick ottoman that I got for $100. Now, do you like to buy... I feel like this is always a good question. Do you like to just get it color matched from Fairwind Ball or do you buy the actual Fairwind Ball paint color? Well, I... It kind of varies? Yeah, it kind of varies. I actually... I'm a big color matcher, to tell you the truth. Yeah. I love a color match. And most Benjamin Warren Sherman Williams stores have the color already available when you walk in there, which is kind of helpful to know. But the rug is Annie Selke. This is made goods from Habitat for Humanity. It's my favorite store in Atlanta. Oh, wow. Habitat. And then the bench is Coley Home. So we've purchased a few items like the rug and the bench that have helped put this room together. Yeah. And then the rest of it are just finds that come across and it's just absolutely darling. And then we have to just take a peek in this bathroom here just because that's Pepper Home as well. You know, we did one of the founders of Pepper Home, her tour of her home in Brooklyn. And I just think it's so precious. I think their company is doing such neat things. Yes. And love Pepper Home. We have Annie Selke mat down here. These have been super helpful. Instead of a traditional bath mat, having these, especially with young children, I don't have to... Yeah, it's more comfortable and I'm not changing out quite as often. Wheezy towels. And then I did something kind of quirky when we moved in is all of the bathrooms, we did renovate all the bathrooms when we moved in. But again, the price tag to renovate and put in new vanities is pricey. But what we had here, I wanted to change out and ended up driving down the road in Atlanta one day and I halted. It was like the first time I saw it at a state sale. And it was this place where a bunch of contractors were buying vanities, wooden vanities. You're kidding. And so I purchased it directly from the source. And then we painted it. I mean, it was just raw wood and then painted it and added the marble and everything. So is that marble on top? Yeah, it is. But it made it harder. You know, one for punishment, basically, all the extra steps that I added. And then whichever way you'd like to go. This is our guest room to the right. My daughter's room is to the left right here. So, yeah, let's look in your daughter's room and then we'll go check out the guest room. I've stayed in one of Elizabeth's guest rooms before. Oh, this is so precious. Tell us about this room. I love the twin beds and the ceiling. Yeah, my daughter's five. She loves art. And I wanted it to be a place where she could really dream and be imaginative. And I thought that this upstairs, in particular, of this house was really charming. We painted it the same color that we had in our last home, this great fair on ball pink, which I can share with you in the credits. And then the ceiling is borrowed light. And I had Emmy Ruth do clouds on the ceiling. Beautiful. Then everything else that you see around here is from an estate sale. These beds have traveled with us to every home that we've had. I originally got it at Leland Little Auction House years ago. The drapes, you don't want to maybe look at this drape, Christina, because we had a small snafu with a Roman shade this morning. That's all right. This is, yeah, where are these from? This is precious. So I got the fabric at one estate sale. And then the trim is old countenance from Daniel Rollins. She had this old canopy bed, fabric upholstered bed. And I had purchased the fabric from her years ago when she was cleaning out her Atlanta home. And it came with two custom lampshades and then some of this fabric right here. And this fabric coincidentally matched, mimicked this fabric that I picked up in an estate sale. So that's the thing about I think sometimes buying what you really enjoy that's within your budget because you never know where you're going to be able to use it. Eventually. That's true. And so I ended up pairing these two together, which I felt like made it a little bit more. No, I think it gives it, it makes it a little more bespoke and just has so much personality to it. This really sweet room here. And she has Farrow & Ball wallpaper back in her bathroom. We're going to take a little baby peek at that. And then something that they did, the builder did for this home, and this was prior to us moving in, is there's some dead space up in the second floor. And he created little alcoves. So they're hidden, Christina, but behind her closets are kind of little play areas. So we have small playrooms in between my son and my daughter's room where they can go from one room to the next without actually going through the hallway. How cool is a little child to have hidden playrooms? I couldn't even imagine. It's been really fun for our family. And have you enjoyed your move to Atlanta? Love, love being in Atlanta. We really enjoy Columbus, where I'm from originally, and it was nice to be there. But it's also great to be here in Atlanta. And we wanted to make the move before my daughter started kindergarten. Felt like it was less, you know, less. Yeah, it kind of makes the transition easier. Absolutely. And now this is the guest room, correct? This is the guest room. I painted the walls healing aloe, Benjamin Moore. And then this room is probably one of my favorite rooms in our home. I was about to say, I love this. The headboard. Yes. So the headboard's a prime example of reimagining pieces that you already own. This was fabric from curtains that I loved from the state sale. We hung them in our last home. And this home, there was no place for those curtains, sadly. But I loved this Pierre Frey fabric, and I wanted to be able to figure out how to reuse it and see it in this home. And so I took it to my workroom here in Atlanta, and they turned it into a headboard. And then I have two Roman shades in this space that correspond with the headboard, which has been a fun way to keep it. As well as they were even able to salvage the trim. And the trim was fantastic. I mean, like I said, if you have not seen Elizabeth's Columbus home tour, it's going to be so fun. Go back and watch it, and you can see how she repurposed so much in just like a different style and a different capacity. You buy to last, right? You don't just buy to buy. And I think when you buy things that are a little bit older, they're usually made better as a rule of thumb. And so some of these items that I've picked up at estate sales, I feel like the quality is just so great compared to the price tag. So it's made it more doable in our stage of life. And then I've also done, again, I'd say it's some quirky design things. But as somebody that really cares about, you know, I'm an impatient person, if y'all haven't noticed, about coming into these home tours every couple years. I like projects, and I wanted especially this home to feel settled because we have made these different transitions as a young family. And so I got to work when we made the move. And one thing that I did is it's really expensive to change the tile in the bathroom. And so I ended up painting it. And there's a paint called Styx, S-T-I-X, that you can paint on anything to change the colorway. Wow. So you just painted the tile. Yeah. And, you know, again, I think decorators who are following and watching this are cringing. No. But it was a way to just make it work. Make it your own and make your style. Right? Because there's nothing worse than, you know, I mean, I live in an apartment, for instance. You can see my tour, too. But you can still make it work. You know, even though I live in an apartment, I have my peel-and-stick wallpaper. I'd switch to a light fixture. You can still make things lovely and your own. And I think you do such a good example of being like, listen, I have a young family. And we moved into Atlanta, which is not a cheap city to live in. And you have just, like, the most maximum style. And you're crafty with how you do things. I love sharing tips and tricks. And I'm really proud of this space. It's come together in, again, kind of a comical way. Because it's a series of different estate sales and sample sales. I mean, these lamps are from Susan Gottfried, which is a famous philanthropist and tastemaker outside of Philadelphia. And it's paired on a Ballard Designs dresser. So, you know, the high and low is all over this home. These drapes are. . . Yeah, the drapes are so interesting. Aren't they? Isn't that pretty? I'd never. . . So, this fabric right here mimics the trim work right here. And I thought it was really sweet. And I got this. . . Again, this was an old Jackie Lanham project that she had decorated in this home. And I'm sure Jackie won't see this video, but, you know, I wish she would. Because I think it's. . . I hope it makes you smile to know that these pieces are being. . . Yeah. Are being reused and reupholstered. These plates were from a Melanie Turner project that I got at her warehouse sale. The lampshades are from Slightly East, another really cool female-founded business now out of New York. And then. . . I mean, what questions? What can I answer? I mean. . . You have shared so much. I feel like we have so much wisdom here. Two dozen wooden frames that I got from an estate sale here in Atlanta. This beautiful home. And I got them for a dollar apiece on the last day of the estate sale. The last days of estate sales are usually marked down. And then I grabbed the frames knowing that I would do a future gallery wall. No. I painted the same color as our trim work here in my playroom. And it's all family photos. Wait, this is so special. And then if you look up, Christina, there's this daily reminders guide. Which, a lot of this is intuitive. When you're upset, just take deep breaths. When you're overwhelmed, write them down. But I like having this physical reminder of different things to do. Regulate. Regulate emotions, yes. And I feel like one of the biggest gifts I can give my children is knowing how to regulate my own. In hopes that they'll follow suit. But. . . I say that as a teacher, too. A former teacher. It's very important to have those reminders. This is amazing. Oh, my gosh. I have not been here since November. This was not. . . Tell me about this. This is so great. Well, this is our playroom. Again, I have two young children. I love wicker. A ton of this is mainly baskets, home wicker. I used to work with mainly baskets. And we reuse the pieces from our old playroom. And we put them up here. Now, something I did differently in this house is that it's year-bridge green on the trim. It's pointing on the walls. And I have two Annie Selke from Mark Sykes rugs on the ground. They're fantastic. And this is just a fun place where my kids can color, do Picasso tiles, watch a movie. And then it leads out to kind of an alfresco area outside of our home. Beautiful. I absolutely love it. Oh, something that I mentioned in our last tour but is kind of neat is all this fabric is from Jane Reitzman. Jane Reitzman was a New York socialite who changed her name from spelling J-A-N-E to J-A-Y-N-E, which I always thought was really clever. I think that's unique. It makes it stand out. It says a lot to me about her and the pizazz that she has. But she was really good friends with Jackie Onassis, and her family put up her estate for auction maybe six years ago, five years ago. And I had purchased a ton of fabric from it, including this Pierre Frey fabric. So I wouldn't normally put Pierre Frey in our playroom. However, I got it for not that much, and I love the blue color. It's incredible. And I think it's so happy. And it paired with the wicker. I think it's fun to use what you have and use it in different ways and just make it all work together. I mean, this is fantastic, Elizabeth. I'm so impressed by you. And just, you know, we've come a long way since SMU. Since our dorm days. Since those times. It's true. Oh, my gosh. Thank you. And you know what? I'm going to show this because I think it adds to the fun of it. This is a playroom. Oh, yeah. I know. I think it's good to be like this is real. Real true life. Real true play in this room. So, oh, my gosh. Elizabeth, thank you so much for having us. This has been a true treasure and delight. And everyone should go follow Elizabeth Cook on Instagram and be sure to see all of her finds and updates.