It’s official! We have lived in our house for 15 years now! Can you believe it? That sounds like forever to me! I thought it would be fun to show you a few before and after photos. And when I say “before” I really mean “before”! Starting with – before there was even a house!…
Today, I am posting pictures of my dining room to show the changes I have made over the years. If you have visited my blog before, you know my dining room is currently red… But it wasn’t always that way… This picture was taken our first Thanksgiving in the house – 1999. We have a large…
The warm weather these past few days has me thinking about spring flowers! Since they haven’t started blooming yet, here are some shots of flowers in the Caribbean… Love that pink! An ocean view doesn’t hurt either! I love hibiscus! I never get tired of looking at orchids! Especially ones this color! And these irises…
I am always checking out furniture when I go on vacation and I try to recreate the look in my home. I love the coastal look of this chair. This particular one was at a hotel restaurant in Turks and Caicos, but Stanley Furniture has some similar ones which LOVE! Here are some great island looking…
Last week, I couldn’t decide how to hang my 3 new Pottery Barn ledge shelves in my dining room. Instead of setting up a “bar” underneath, I decided to hang them the original way I had planned. Anyway, here is the wall before the shelves went up: (The blank wall on the left – Before)…
Since many of the British Caribbean Islands still embrace the tradition of Afternoon Tea, I thought I would recreate the feeling in my house. I love going to afternoon tea when on vacation. I should actually do it more at home! Afternoon tea or “low tea” is not as formal as high tea. Afternoon tea is usually taken…