Secret John Street Pins

My parents recently bought a property on John Street in Greenwich that has 3 cottages that my mom fixed up and a six car garage "party barn" that is next on the list. Plans haven't even been drawn yet for the main house but I can imagine it will be wonderful. My mom is looking to have a great, big kitchen, dining room and space for entertaining and lots of fireplaces (of course!). Below are a few of our pins pinned to our secret John Street board that is getting us very excited for construction. 

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My Life Lately 6.16.14

June has been busy busy!

+Business at johnnie-O is booming - we had a great opening party at the NYC pop-up shop and we had a great time at Seredipity's "Horsing Around" polo event

+Renovations on 2 of the 3 John Street cottages are underway with the one cottage completely done and the gate house cottage almost there

+ I've done a bit of shopping/splurging - the perks of saving money by living at home! (re: Celine bag, new luggage and monogrammed passport cover) New bedding up next!

+I spent the weekend at our house on Queechy Lake with my family - the pups love it up there!

+Went to the City Squash Bash, which is always a great event for an amazing cause

+Went to dinner at the Beatrice Inn (fabulous company and food!)

+I, unfortunately, lost in squash to Riley, which I am not okay with. There will be a rematch in the near future...

 

Hope you all had a nice weekend!

 

 

Landscaping and John Street Reno Update

It is finally feeling like spring has sprung! I took a trip over to the property that my parents are cleaning up/building a house/renovating cottages on and they have done a ton of work clearing out old trees and   the property looks amazing and huge! With the sunlight and the fact that the snow has finally melted and you can see the ground, it is all starting to seem real. Pictures below:

 The wires will all be buried and there will be planting along the fence along with grass planted everywhere. The shutters are going to be put on the cottage soon.

 A bunch of dead trees were knocked down hence the big pile of wood chips. It's been very rainy in Greenwich so there is a lot of mud but from the old 100 year old stone wall to the new house will be a huge front yard. 

Panorama view

 This is from where the old tennis court was looking back. The new house will be built here.

The adorable cottage! Interior pics coming soon! There is also a gate house that is being completely gutted and I will have pictures of that along with the 6 car garage/barn that will be converted to a "party barn." Next step is talking to an architect for the house. 

My mom is starting to think about planting and building the house now and we've been pinning to our secret John St. pin board amazing ideas. Check out some of our favorite landscaping and planting.

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My Life Lately 1.28.14

Hi everyone! Haven't done an update in a while so I thought I'd share a few recent pictures. P.S. follow me on instagram at metropolitan_musings!

My Life Lately

My Life Lately 11.7.13

+I've had some great weekends the past month and another one coming up (starting tonight - 4 day week woot woot!) in Raleigh. I had a great time in DC and went to a couple great restaurants in NYC. One of my best friends, Jen, was in town from San Francisco and we had a ball.

+My parents closed on a new house in Greenwich and the renovations have begun on cottage #1. I'll be sure to share lots of updates because it is so neat what they're doing. The property has three run-down (but old and charming and adorable) cottages and an old barn (which will become a party barn). They are starting renovations on the cottages and then plan on building a main house. The landscaping alone is a huge project. The property is stunning and I can't wait to see what my mom does with the place!

+I went to Boston for Tory's play, which was hysterical and we went to brunch at Gaslight in Beacon Hill, which was delicious and the perfect place for a cheat meal.

+ Riley was in town for the Ranger's game and it was fun to finally get parents to go to a game with me!

+One of my best friends, Juls, ran the marathon and even though I stood out there for an hour it was so worth it to surprise her on mile 22. I almost cried.... everyone's emotions were really high it was awesome!

+Is there anything cozier than a cocktail and a roaring fire on a comfy couch on a Sunday in the Fall??

+ New planner alert! Because I couldn't wait til January... May Designs have the BEST customizable planners