Jamie Drake Interior Design

Jamie Drake is one of my FAVORITE designers. His style is fresh, crisp and always colorful. His eye is impeccable down to the last detail. He is fearless when it comes to colors like fuschia, canary yellow, and acid green. Loves him!

Jamie do you happen to need an intern?? Im available!

Nick Noyes architecture by Nashville designer Amanda Burdge

This home recently won the prestigious AIA Sunset West Home award. Nick Noyes, the architect, is undoubtably creative and disciplined. His look is always in the details, (and there are always so many details), but yet the finished product is clean, simple and refined. Located in Healdsburg California, Nick chose to use Plywood as the wall surface. And while most people may not think to use this as their finished wall surface, it works in this room because of the windows, soft white palette and high ceilings. Its superb!

Expert designer Amanda Burdge on Cocktail Tables

Lee Industries, available at AB HOME Interiors

Platner Cocktail Table available at DWR.com

Design Within Reach Cocktail available at DWR.com

Motina metal leg table with 3" acacia slab top available at AB HOME Interiors

Metal cocktail with Nickel Finish available at AB HOME interiors

Cocktail tables are more then a surface to plop your water cup and cheese dip. They add style, function, and they are the Elmer's glue that holds a furniture grouping together. It creates scale and gives the grouping a purpose. They can also house beautiful accessories, books and the occasional cheese dip bowl.

More designers are taking notice to this work horse, and adding details that scream "look at me!" So many factors go into designing a room so doesn't it make sense to have a cocktail table that adds style and grace with absolute ease?

May Savings Event

So I cannot get this darn thing to come up legible. This is our current newsletter. We are having a fantastic SALE offering 30%-50% OFF until the end of MAY. We need to move out our merchandise to bring in the new. I am hoping to have the sale prices on the website by this weekend, however we have been slammed! Which is awesome, but I have limited time. If you see something on the website you like and would like to know pricing just send us an email and we will get back to you promptly. Thanks!! info@abhomeinteriors.com

Amanda Burdge on her favorite things from High Point

Undoubtedly eco-friendly, super fun and savvy! An intriguing lamp by Yanko Design features a crank handle in which a few turns creates 40-60 minutes of bright light using a process of magnetic induction.

This four-post canopy bed is part of Kincaid Furniture’s Alston collection. Seen here with a curved leather headboard, the group is made of solid European beech and comes in a dark chocolate mocha finish. Im seeing a strong resurgence in canopy beds popularity.

The new Magis table from Leif Petersen wowed everyone stateside, including me. The beauty of this table is it's versatility. It could easily be used as an everyday table or used in a formal dining room with a modern chandelier and a 1950's sideboard, insert martini here!

Laser cut leather makes this stylish, liquid silver ooze with classic sex appeal. This chair is uber cool and oh so Jetsons! And it feels like soft suede. Available at AB HOME Interiors 615-750-2763

Nashville decorator Amanda Burdge talks about Thistle Farms

Due to an overwhelming response we are starting this promo today April 30th! This would make an amazing Mother's Day Gift. Thanks for all your support!!

Thistle Farms is a non-profit business operated by the

women of Magdalene. Started by Becca Stevens, an

Episcopal priest who serves as chaplain at St

Augustines chapel,Thistle Farms is run by women who

have survived lives of violence, prostitution, and

abuse. Thistle Farms products are hand-made by the

very women they benefit. All wholesale proceeds

go back into Thistle Farms and the residential program,

Magdalene.

Into every product goes the belief that freedom starts

with healing and love can change lives. By hand the

women create natural bath and body products that are

as kind to the environment as they are to the body. All

sales proceeds go back into supporting the residents

that live at Magdalene, a two year reform program.

Through Thistle Farms, the women of Magdalene gain

much needed job skills, and responsibility. Into every

product goes the belief that freedom starts with

healing and love can change lives. Our dream is that

people will come to see Thistle Farms as a humble but

powerful business that is synonymous with womenʼs

freedom.

10% of all Thistle Farm purchases made

in the month of May will be donated to Magdalene

to help benefit the women in their community.

Join in our effort to make a difference one dollar at a time!

Shop @ ABHOMEINTERIORS.COM and click on

Thistle Farms

or visit us at:

7104 Crossroads Blvd. Ste 108

Brentwood TN 37027

615-750-2763

This would make an amazing Mothers day gift!

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Gardening trends by Nashville designer Amanda Burdge

Smith and Hawkin Gardening Planter

I have seen an increasing number of home grown fruit and vegetable gardens. Every time I open a magazine, the newspaper or flip on the T.V., I'm hearing about another garden. What brought it to my attention was the nagging feeling that I needed to run to Home Depot to buy some 2x4's and build a garden. Why on earth do I have this urge to build a garden, I thought? Never in my life have I had a garden or desired to have one. But as I see and hear more about them I'm beginning to think this is a trend that isn't going to go away. With many families struggling to make ends meet and the rising costs of food, doesn't it make sense to partake in this bygone tradition?

Is gardening a thing of the past?

During World War I and especially World War II, many Americans were willing to spend time each week gardening out of patriotism and solidarity with the troops. The government launched a nationwide campaign in the 1940s, much like the well-known “Uncle Sam Wants You” military recruiting posters, to remind citizens that gardening was an all-American way to contribute to the war effort. Household victory gardens reduced everyday demand for food at a time when the supply was strained by the needs of soldiers fighting overseas in Europe and the Pacific. Gardening was a way to win the war from the home front.

On March 20th, first lady Michelle Obama hosted the groundbreaking for a White House kitchen garden on the South Lawn. The 1,100-square-foot garden will include 55 kinds of vegetables, including peppers, spinach and, yes, arugula. (The selection is a wish list put together by White House chefs.) There will also be berries, herbs and two hives for honey that will be tended by a White House carpenter who is also a beekeeper. The chefs will use the produce to feed the first family, as well as for state dinners and other official events.

You may not have the White House staff to help you along your unfamiliar path of gardening, but there are several websites that can help. For starters look to the majors like Better Homes and Gardens and Southern Living. Also, look at Smith and Hawkin for supplies. Its worth the effort to try. You may find yourself a new hobby and your kids will love it!