do you know a designer?...

it's totally thrilling to see not only one of your industry peers, whom you admire, get featured in nationally recognized magazines, but it's doubly exciting when you know them personally. erika of urban grace interiors (here's her blog too) was a friend of mine from way back when in middle school in louisville, kentucky. we had lost touch over the years (i moved north, she south), and then by the miracle of technology that is facebook, reconnected only to learn that we are both interior designers (she is clearly a much more famous one!), love our dogs, and our families. she has great taste, so i'm always interested to see what she's been up to. we have been fortunate enough to have met up a couple of times while she was in the boston area, and I was so happy we did! I was over the moon to see her work in southern living magazine last month, and then my eyes widened when i saw her in the march 2010 issue of coastal living as i was flipping through the pages in bed last night. congratulations erika!...







as i continued flipping through the stacks of magazines i have waiting for me next to my bed, i bumped into a few other designers i wouldn't mind being personal friends with from an article in garden & gun...