The Loft Tour was...

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! to say the least! Josh and I absolutely loved it! There were a few people (especially you, Teale) that we kept saying "they have got to come to this next year", because we just knew they would love it! We saw some spectacular lofts. Three in particular. 14 lofts all together.

Before sharing my pictures though, let me tell you how the morning started...I asked Josh when I was getting ready Saturday morning to plug in my camera battery. I got real excited thinking that I we would get downtown early enough to take pictures and I could try out some of the techniques that I learned at my photography class (which I'm loving by the way!). He did. We get everything ready to go, I grab my camera and bag and we head up the interstate. Halfway to Birmingham I said, "you got the battery, right"? Well no! Josh said, "you just told me to plug it up, you never said for me to get it out of the wall". ha! Needless to say, I was a little bummed and secretly thought that he was just pulling my leg and when we got there he would be like, "haha, just kidding, here you go"! No such luck. But, we both have a camera on our phones, so I got a few that way. Well, I took over 50 pictures, but some didn't turn out so great.
Also, it was like 10 million, gazillion degrees Saturday! WOW! I can safely say that I probably lost 5 pounds from all the walking and perspiring I did :) It was all worth it though. Josh and I would both LOVE to live in a condo/loft downtown somewhere. But I want to actually renovate one ourselves...Josh on the other hand would rather turn-key. Maybe we'll get to do one or the other one day! Here are some pics...

Is this bookshelf awesome or what??

Wide open kitchen with a cool chandelier above the table...

We saw several convenient work spaces while on the tour...Love the chairs!

Exposed duct work...somewhat of a must for me! Love it!


And this bathroom...I don't know if the entire room was concrete or stone? It was super cool though!

The loft below can be rented for the weekend...Don't think that Josh and I aren't considering it :)



Love the open cabinets...I wouldn't mind glass over them though.

Good use of space for these books!


Josh saw this "tv" and said "whatever we've gotta do Amanda, whatever we've gotta do!" He thought it was pretty spectacular, ha!! This was at one end of the loft...The owners had purchased 2 units and renovated the whole thing. The main kitchen is below.

Love the tile in this shower.


Big windows...another must for me!

Some great closet systems...

Cool sinks...

Wonderful furnishings...And several had cowhide rugs?! I was seeing a trend...


This is the other end of the 2 unit made into one loft. In between both kitchen's and living areas were 3 (or 4 bedrooms) with a sitting room connected to the master bedroom. That's also where the book nook was.

And art....art everywhere! Some really, really cool pieces, and some that I would blush if my mom were in the room..ha!

This bathroom was ridiculously awesome!



Another great closet...

Ok...now I'm just going to let the pictures speak for themselves...there's just waayy too many. But feel free to ask questions if you have any :) Enjoy...

Main kitchen I mentioned above...









And I'll end with this piece of furniture...don't you love it?!

If I see that I missed a great picture, I'll post it later. I hope everyone has a great week!!