The Brinkley's have moved from Austin, Tx across the country to Northern Virginia! This is where Matt (my husband and business partner) grew up. We moved here to be closer to Matt's parents, and are loving it! Especially right now as so many bulbs and trees are blossoming; it's a beautiful and auspicious time for a fresh start!
This isn't our new home, just one of the lovely historic buildings in this ridiculously charming Colonial town.
Davin enjoying this spectacular magnolia!
I think daffodils have to be the most joyful of flowers. As someone who grew up in Texas, they feel like such a delightful novelty, and I'm LOVING seeing them all over town.
We're staying in an Air B&B while we close on and renovate our new house. We were only in town for 2 weeks before we found and snagged the most darling house that we can't wait to move into, but needs a little TLC before we do.
We're also finalizing negotiations on a beautiful space to house the Shannon Brinkley Studio! It is walking distance from our home and in a great spot, PLUS is a beautiful old Victorian home that was a hotel in the 1800s. It has tall ceilings, crown molding, and a kitchen for my fabric dyeing!
I can't wait to spread out and make this as functional and creative a space as possible. So leave a comment below with your best studio organization tips and tricks and we'll give you a peak behind the scenes and share lots of photos as we set up our new studio space!
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Shannon, I wish you and your husband best of luck in your new environment. What an adventure!
I am learning so much from your school, classes and posts. I love it here. Thank you for sharing yourself and your talents so generously.
I use storage cubes that usually hold cloth cubes. Instead of the cloth cubes, I stack fabrics folded to fit the cube size. This way I can see all my fabrics and sort them by color, type or whatever. Also, my husband installed a roll up and down window shade to keep the sun off so they don’t fade. Plus the studio looks neater.
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I wish you the best. What a wonderful project.I love your emails. I had to resign as I developed severe heart failure and I spend a lot of time in hospital. Keep me on your list! I started quilting in 1970. Wow. Lynda
How exciting. My advice is ample counter space placed at the correct height coupled with sufficient LED alighting. Welcome to Virginia.
Hi Shannon,
I love reading all your color advice. I have learned plenty.
My “problem”, I match a beautiful pallet then I can’t decide which pattern, and then, where to put darks, lights, etc into the selected pallet.
I keep trying to convince myself to choose pattern first- but then it starts again! Lol
I appreciate all you do to keep us inspired!