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Lifestyle Lust: EmersonMade

Erin Gates — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:46:23 +0000

When I got my most recent issue of Boston Magazine Home I was delighted to see Emerson and Ryan of EmersonMade on the cover at their deliriously adorable farmhouse in New Hampshire. I’ve seen peeks inside their home before but I still loved this spread and figured that sicne a whole lot of you don’t live in New England I’d scan it in for you to see!

If I didn’t like them, I’d hate them. How perfect does their life look?

This kitchen kills me- the bead board and raw beam ceiling, wide plank floors and check out that industrial size fridge!

Vintage chandy in the “game room” and more country details from the kitchen.

The details.

These beds are the same beds Emerson’s mom and aunt slept in as kids. She painted them yellow and I ADORE them.

The Nest also featured photos of them (by David A. Land). The living room is perfection!

Her now famous pantry. I will never, ever be this organized or this organic. If I had a pantry like this it would be stocked with PopChips, ugly soup cans, Wheat Thins and other mass market products because that’s how I roll, unfortunately.

DYING for this little Mod dress from their spring collection! Looks like the perfect thing to just pop in with a great necklace and flats on a summer day!

Fleabags

Erin Gates — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:59:07 +0000

I love the name. I love the simple, almost country style. I love the “Sartorialist” style photo campaign. Meet Fleabags, the creation of two clever women who wanted a beautifully designed, totally green carryall that functions both as a tough grocery bag AND a high-fashion accessory.

They have a few new styles and fabrics too. I know y’all really did not dig the Navajo trend, but here is another example that it’s alive and kickin’.

Napa Blogging: Frog’s Leap

Erin Gates — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:20:20 +0000

Yesterday we spent a lovely hour at Frog’s Leap winery- my favorite in Napa Valley. Not only because I enjoy their wine but because the grounds and buildings are the stuff of Martha Stewart-like dreams but also because of their fierce sense of humor (and the amazing winery dog Abby). The first time I visited this property years ago I went bezerk over the building- a LEED silver building using reclaimed wood, gorgeous muted (low VOC) paint colors and natural fabrics. If it didn’t cost a bajillion dollars to open a winery I would in a heartbeat after seeing this place. It’s one of those experiences that makes you rethink your life and aesthetics. Instead of a sleek modern kitchen, I am now coveting the one in this building with it’s chic country appeal. Instead of busy, shiny city life, organic farming now seems intriguing. (I go through these phases all the time with each now exciting experience….)

Take a peek and promise me you’ll go if you visit Napa!

The building (and my folks):

The main tasting area with a gorgeous huge table and glass doors that open onto an expansive porch (photo does NOT do it justice!)

The fab fab fab stair runner and kitchen I am DYING for. DYYYYYYIIIIINNNNGGG.

The library and it’s delicious window treatments

More yumminess.

Abby (who I want to come back as when I die) and Drooly Cat. He drools. On nice furniture, I might add.

Nice furniture, case in point.

The details.

Even the rustic outbuildings are perfection (the paint color on that door??? Yes!)

Organic wine vines

Organic garden

Ready to go “awwwww”? Abby’s “ball” is a green apple. How cute and country-perfect is that?

Stick a pitchfork in me, ’cause I’m done. Maybe this will become “Elements of Stylish Farming”? :)