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…
My mantel has pretty much looked like this since I cleared out the Christmas decor. (Before) Yes, I know I have to get some wood in there… AND get rid of those awful fireplace tools! (Before) Kind of boring…I really would love to paint that mantel too! (After) And here is the mantel now. (I…
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 asked your advice about hanging my 3 new Pottery Barn ledge shelves in my dining room. I decided to hang them the original way I had planned instead of setting up a “bar” underneath. You can read about that post HERE. Anyway, here is the wall before the shelves went up: (The…
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…
For Christmas this year, my husband agreed to let me change the tile in my downstairs bathroom and laundry room. The story on that is – HERE. Anyway, I have been bringing tile samples home. Here is gray choice shown in front of the Saybrook Sage green walls in the bathroom. Here is the tan…