Interview with a Cover Girl

I'm checking out at Whole Foods with my sister. She is thumbing through magazines and I see the top half of Garden & Gun magazine. What I see instantly triggers my memory of a design project my friend Rachel did this past fall. In the next split second as my sister pulls the whole magazine into view I scream and scare the check out lady -- it is rachel's design and she is on the cover!!! I freaked (and of course bought it). I can't believe I am friends with a cover girl...

Seriously. How cute is she?! I sent her a quick Q&A...

Q: What is the funniest response you have gotten from being on the front of Garden & Gun?

A: One guy said "I hear you were on the cover of Guns & Ammo"... YES. Those duck hunters LOVE interior designers...

Q: What is the hardest part about being an interior designer?

A: The little details. Getting every single selection perfect, ordered, delivered, fabricated and installed in time. Making sure all the right people are there at the same time - the electrician, the drapery installer, the painter, etc. Sometimes I feel like I'm conducting an orchestra.

Q: What is the most fun?

A: Renovations. I love going through a house and knocking out walls. The whole process is fascinating to me. It's easy to build something new and make it look beautiful, but to watch the inside of a house transform from something mundane to something fabulous - I can't get enough.

Q: If you weren't an interior designer, what would you be?

A: Either an event planner or a stationary/greeting card designer. Love that stuff. Oh, and I've always wanted to do a book on tape. Seriously.

Q: Something silly about you?

A: I have "animal gender dyslexia"... at least that is what Hoyt (her husband) calls it. I literally cannot get it right... Example: "Oscar is such a good boy. How long have you had her?"

Read more of Rachel's reaction {here}

Read more about Ronnie Dunn's (yes, Ronnie Dunn as in Brooks&Dunn) house {here}

check out Rachel's blog {here}

subscribe to Garden & Gun {here}

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two unrelated notes:

1. today is the hub's bday. Happy 26th to David! If you get the chance I'd love your help wishing him a good one. Head to his website {here} and give him a shout on his guest list. he would love it!

2. my joie de vivre list is featured on A Pair of Aviators, head on over and check it out