What's in a Name

Some may know this already, but the name of our store actually came from our house. The original plan was to have our store above where we lived. After thinking about it longer we laughed at that thought, but the name kinda stuck...Vertical House.

Our house is under going a restoration. We are about 90% finished with the downstairs. And we basically started from scratch. During our first walk through of the house it was nothing but mold, dust, bad smells, and even a puddle 'o' piss in the kitchen...it was PERFECT! Not then of course, but it would be! We knew it! The house had been rented out for 30 some odd years as a duplex. I'll be nice about this...um, you could tell it was a rental. We took everything down to the studs and started all over. The goal was (is still) to restore the house to it's single family resident, gorgeous, potential...and maintain the integrity of the home. So we're a little less than half way there.

I've got our restoration all over the internet, but it's always nice when other like minded folk appreciate what we are doing. One such doll is named Liz! She has a glorious little blog filled with kind, beautiful words and sweet photos documenting her life and what inspires her.

The other day I saw that this cute little icon on flickr had favorited several photos of our house. After clicking on her stream and having an eyegasm for her new sofa, I clicked the blog link to read about it! And the rest, as they say, is history. I added her on flickr, and she asked to feature my home on her blog! But of course! What an honor!

So, yesterday, on my dad's birthday, Liz featured our house :)





Thanks so much Liz for everything!




*Ashley

Jennifer & Kelly Engagement Session

Jennifer and Kelly were brave to smile for a couple of hours during their engagement session photo shoot. It paid off to see the beautiful frozen waterfall on Monte Sano. The two lovebirds are sealing the deal in March in a beautiful location in Guntersville. I can't wait!











You can view the entire set on here: Jennifer & Kelly Engagement Session

Ashley & Mason Engagement Session

I've spent the past two days uploading the 140+ photos from this engagement session. I went to high school with Ashley and Mason, and it was great to hear they (finally) are engaged! They are both such beautiful people that it was a breeze shooting them with the camera.

You can see the entire set here: Ashley & Mason Engagement

Ellie

A few weeks ago, Ellie, her mom (Tammy), grandmother and I tried to brave the FREEZING winds to do a photo shoot. In the end, we all decided it would be best to try again on a warmer day. After all, this is Alabama, and those mild days appear among our winters.

And Saturday was that day! Ellie is such a sport for the camera...and sometimes even quite the ham. Several times she showed us her fantastic winks and big smile! She was such a pleasure to work with and even a down right riot. Thank you Tammy and Ellie for such a fun day...and Ellie is quite the lucky girl with such a cool tricycle!

I used the fish eye lens during most of the shoot because kids always add such a fun element to it.







You can see the entire Ellie set here

l o v e

I had the wonderful pleasure to photograph my long time friend Stephanie and her husband, Sean. She is pregnant, so technically, this is also my first maternity shoot! Sad news (but happy for them!) is they are moving to Portland in a week and a half. Stephanie is a fellow photographer and she is just as good on this side of the camera, too! Thank you to Stephanie and Sean...you two are so in love that it made my job super easy. I'm going to miss you guys, but I can't wait to hear about all the new adventures you'll have...especially when Lentil is here!







You can view the entire set on Flickr, here

Many New Arrivals in our Vinyl Section

We have been buying records like crazy this month and last! Click here for a list of some of the new arrivals. We cannot guarantee that all of these will be there when you arrive, so if you are interested in purchasing one and want to put it on hold until you can arrive just email: verticalhouse@gmail.com.

www.theverticalhouse.com