I fall to Pieces by amanda burdge

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Four weeks ago with a handful of mad skills, sharp faculties and a bag full of tricks ( or smashed oreos and dorito's with all the excitement I clearly cannot remember) I convinced the remarkable and amazing designer, Dayka Robinson to show me Atlanta, the insiders edition. Our first order of business was on Thursday night at an invitation only event to Pieces in Atlanta. 

Dayka and I Thursday night

The event featured Jonathan Adler, a designer dedicated to bringing style, craft, joy, and a general feeling of grooviness to your home. 

The event was jammed packed. Everyone maneuvered around precariously clinging to the cool iced drinks offered from the bar as if it were a mirage in the desert. Thank goodness for the invention of ice cubes, and liquor.

And on a HOT Atlanta night, we could have used a little more air conditioning! But thanks to the swift moving bartenders they quickly shelled out cool refreshments to help bring the temperature down and make us feel a little less like the packed sardines we were.

Dayka, who has been telling me about this awesome blog, Decor Demon, here having a conversation with none other than the author himself, Brian Flynn Patrick. His blog is fun, witty, and informative! I too had the pleasure of meeting him and cannot say enough about how gracious, and nice Mr. Brian is.

Dayka and Brian Flynn Patrick of Decor Demon

I also had the opportunity to meet blogger Niki McNeil of Single bubble pop. Her blog is fun, stimulating and focuses on finding inspiration from multiple disciplines, including design and art. 

After perusing throughout the store, and meeting some wonderful people and bloggers, myself, Niki and Dayka decided to head over to flip burger boutique, for a FANTABULOUS burger. If you haven't been there, you MUST go!

This burger boutique has all organic meat, and the BEST fries, onion rings and dirty vodka martini I have EVER had. If you like vodka, as you all know this is my weakness, it is worth a cross country trek, or a three hour drive from Nashville, for a delightful sip of pure heaven!

I have many, many, more adventures to discuss, so stay tuned for more stupendous and exciting escapades of me and Dayka in Atlanta!

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An affair with a chair

How great would life be to seat a glamourous life? To be looked upon as a curvy and alluring creature that is admired, swooned and coveted? Oh and it provides comfort and encourages conversation. I adore chairs, almost as much as I love candy. Here are some of my favorite finds:

Jonathan Adler

Victoria Hagan

  Platt Furniture

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Fyndes.com

Studio Dror (these chairs hang flat when not in use!)

Missoni Chair by Kartell

Charme Chair by Studio Archirivolto

Congratulations to us!

We have had many exciting changes occur over the past month. One very exciting announcement is that AB HOME now carry's the wonderfully charming, FUN, and colorful line, by none other than, Jonathan Adler! We hoped. We prayed. We crossed our fingers that we were WORTHY and IMPORTANT enough. So when the news broke that we had been "APPROVED", my girls and I skipped through the halls of AB HOME with joyous glee, smiling ear to ear. Could it be true? All this hard work, sleepless nights, and endless functions? Playing the bookkeeper, sales clerk, manager, assistant, stocker, receiving crew, and janitor? Has it really paid off? OMG, yes!!

We at AB HOME are so proud of where we are today! My staff and I have worked so hard over the past year to make this little company that could, into something GREAT! 2010 is proving to be a fantastic and optimistic year, and what better way to bring in the NEW YEAR, than with one of our most favorite designers. Did I mention we are EXCITED??

Well as a little treat I have posted a few of our favorite things from the JA line. We are doing a complete overhaul on our website (another new and exciting change!) and we will hopefully have all our new JA products up on the site with in a month! WHOO HOO! Hope all of you have a fabulous Saturday and I will continue to post about all our new and exciting announcements over the next couple of weeks!