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High Gloss Blue
www.highglossblue.com
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I am a twenty something interior designer in Atlanta. I work for my own company, Claire Watkins Interior Design. Good dogs, good friends and good chocolate keep me on my toes instead of my ass.
#37869 in All , #709 in Interior design

Doors - Italy

With their aged knobs, oversize knockers, studded plates and craftsman marquetry - how fabulous is each and every one of these doors! In Italy, the itch to reach into my pocket for my camera seemed c...

6 days ago

Italy

For the last two weeks, I have been in Italy with my mom and sister-in-law. After a few days in Florence, we headed down to the coastal town of Positano, where we spent a week in cooking school. Have...

15 may 12

Creating A Gallery Wall: 5 Tips From My Design Wars Wall

  Hello there!  A bunch of you have been asking about the gallery wall I created on Fridays episode of HGTVs Design Wars. I use gallery walls like this one in a bunch of projects because I ...

13 mar 12

High Style High Rise Home Tour

Always game for a good tour of homes, I was happy to hear about Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles upcoming offering - a high rise home tour,  benefiting the High Museum and fittingly called the High ...

06 mar 12

Atlanta Artist Michelle Armas And Anthropologie

Do you all read Armas Design, the blog by Atlanta artist Michelle Armas? Michelle is a talented artist with loads of witty style and her blog, Armas Design shares a little look into her world. I got ...

03 mar 12

From The New House: Naked Studs!

 Last week, via text, I got a picture of some naked studs hanging out in my house.   Cause for alarm?  Ill say.  After all, those are my naked studs.  When I went to check em...

29 feb 12

Painting The Ceiling: A Before and After

The timing could not have been more perfect when Olivia at 3M asked me if I would like to try out 3Ms ScotchBlue Painters Tape with Edgelock and write a sponsored post on my experience. Renovating th...

22 feb 12

Valentines Day Wishes + Big News

On this Valentines Day, I want to thank all of you for reading this blog, for each and every one of your comments, and most of all - for your continued kind support.   Next month, on Friday...

14 feb 12

Monday Inspiration via Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles Inspiration House

design by Lindsey C. Harper design by Lindsey C. Harper design by Laura Walker design by Laura Walker by Hammersmith / Mimi Williams by Jason Todd Bailey Hope you all had a great weekend!  Mine ...

13 feb 12

From The New House: Painting Interior Doors

Happy Tuesday! I love the look of painted interior doors, the block of color should be an easy punctuation to any space.  Unless you buy a house built in 1942.  My love for painted doors is...

07 feb 12

Oh So Easy Dinner Party Decorating

Have you had a chance to visit Inman Parks One Eared Stag (top image) for dinner or lunch yet?  Tucked away in the fabulous historic neighborhood that I am lucky enough to claim as my own, The O...

01 feb 12

From The New House : Next Time Ill Wear Safety Glasses

I decided to paint another ceiling blue.  I had a small accident. 

31 jan 12

From The New House: Updating The Bath

Check out that lime green in the before picture!  Would you believe that in college I actually painted my bathroom that color on purpose.  Yep.  I wanted it to feel like Key West. ...

26 jan 12

From The New House: Pictures Finally!

Welcome! Annabelle making herself at home in the freshly painted living room. BEFORE: The formerly -aqua- living room and mantle (with nasty tile) before my sister-in-law painstakingly stripped it. F...

26 jan 12

McAlpine: "American is a dream sewn up in cotton..."

McAlpine via Pinterest   Darryl Carter via Pinterest Ina Gartens House via House Beautiful unknown via Decor Pad Robert Stilin, LLC      "American is a dream sewn up in c...

17 nov 11

Oprah Abandoned Us, My Other Favorite Holiday Gift Guide

This holiday season there will be no crazy screaming during the 4 pm time slot.  No nutso tears of joy streaming from the eyeballs of do good women hand picked to sit in an audience in a Chicago...

15 nov 11

The Voice of The Designer in Social Media : Digital Atlanta Presentation Notes

Digital Atlanta is a huge week long event celebration of Atlantas social media community consisting of panels and seminars off over town with every industry represented.  The event, sponsored by...

10 nov 11

10 Things I Believe

Today, Im sharing 10 Things I Believe over at A Curated Lifestyle!  Please do go check out my list and a big thanks to Capella for having me!

07 nov 11

In Stitches : Jimmy Kimmel Halloween Candy Video

Watch the whole thing - youll feel guilty at first, but the kids at the end are hilarious. Happy Friday.

04 nov 11

Halloween Here, Houses and Some Photo Styling Pics

Halloween Flowers! Between styling photo-shoots every day last week (a few pics from behind the scenes below), catching up with my own clients in the evenings and mindlessly backing into a concrete p...

31 oct 11

Cottage or Bungalow: Which Is Better?

     Dear Glossies, I need your help.  Last night I found myself marking up a sheet of graph paper with a pro con list.   With the lesson we learned last time, our house...

19 oct 11

Look whos coming to HGTV...

  Me!  I just got the official press release that Design Wars, HGTVs new series featuring yours truly is set to premier on Monday, November 21st, 2011 at 8pm!  Stay tuned for my air da...

11 oct 11

The Old Sears Building: A Look Inside An Atlanta Time Capsule

So before the wonderful folks at Jamestown Properties undertake the enormous transformation of the building that began as Sears first retail store in August of 1926 into the planned Ponce City Market...

05 oct 11

October 1, 2011.  Mark your calendars.  City Hall East is getting a makeover and local chefs and musicians are throwing a party to send the old gal off in style.   Tickets are a l...

07 sep 11

Sunsets on Folly Beach Weekend With Friends, Irene Not Invited

Sunsets.  Folly Beach, SC.  Last weekend, as the wake of Hurricane Irene passed through Folly Beach, SC - I snapped a few pictures of the intensely, colorful summer sky.   Earlier that...

06 sep 11

House Hunting: A Lesson Learned

source I learned a valuable lesson in buying a renovated old house today.  Adam and I have been looking at houses.  We live in an area just east of downtown Atlanta jam packed with the orig...

01 sep 11

Claw Foot Tubs

Even in their simplest element, theres something so glamorous about a tub as the focal point of a bath.  Doesnt a claw-foot tub all but demand to be the central focus of a room...   We...

24 aug 11

Cashiers Garden Tour 2011: Mountain Views in Verdant Hues

  I grew up enjoying summers in the cool mountains of North Carolina, just a few hours north of Atlanta.  Its pretty magical there - in small upcountry towns like Cashiers.   From the ...

19 aug 11

Candler Park Living Room Before and After

The young owners of this Candler Park bungalow purchased the home in the historical neighborhood just east of downtown Atlanta in April.  After picking the beautiful blue gray paint color themse...

16 aug 11

Pretty Project Peeks

I didnt think I was allowed to talk about the show, so I havent told you yet, but I am busy, busy this week gearing up for my HGTV debut.  We begin shooting on Wednesday and I really cannot wait...

26 jul 11

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