I’m still working on converting my Kentucky cottage into a beach house. As we drove around in beach communities this week, I took quick photos from the passenger seat of details that make a house a beach house, like this one. It’s not always the beach, it’s the little things: like starfish, confederate jasmine on...
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Listening to: The Wind – Cat Stevens LOVE this post from Simply Lovely about her vacation. She makes a list of highlights from her beach week. My favorite, “Replacing work shoes with flip flops, TV with books and our car with bikes.” -Joslyn of Simply Lovely. Go check her out, with tea of course.
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I accepted that I won’t be living near water for a while, so I have decided to bring the water in. I’m finding inspiration from this book that my husband got me for my birthday, and pages from Coastal Living, jelly beans, sea glass and paint swatches. We are screening in our ordinary carport so...
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Drinking: water Listening to: Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root Go check out Simple Blueprint’s post on her vacation to the Maldives. It is the best recipe for this cold weather.
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Drinking: Green Tea Latte Listening to: Dave Matthews & Orchestra Baobab, So Damned Lucky. Hooked on Houses has begun featuring Before & Afters. This one sent in by Meadowbrook Farm is my favorite. It reminds me of the Dreamsicle Cottage we rented once at Seaside and our first little house we rented in Georgia. This should...
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Drinking: Stash Vanilla Nut Creme Tea Listening to: Julia – John Lennon I’m starting to get that land-locked itch again. Listening to music about the sea, boiling salt water on the stove and searching for blue everywhere I look. This photograph by Maya Lee Photography is for sale on Etsy here. Of course, all I...
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