What's a cottage without beadboard?

Love beadboard!

When it was first used a very long time ago, it was considered an inexpensive wall treatment and used mainly in bathrooms and kitchens.

All that has changed, however, and it is now used everywhere - walls, ceilings, living rooms, family rooms, bedrooms, kitchens - wherever your heart desires.

And it always looks great!  It not only adds texture and dimension to rooms, but also adds a little bit of country whether in a most humble cottage or a very elegant home.

Images 1 & 3 Decorpad

Image 5 House Beautiful, Image 6 Bunny Williams

Outdoor Living

Getting back to summer thoughts, as I mentioned last week, I will continue with some outdoor living ideas.

I'm afraid I got a little distracted with those weekend art posts!

This week I will concentrate on weekend getaways again.

Images 1 - 7 BHG

Image 8 Pottery Barn

Leave it to Habersham!

I picked up the new issue of Dream Kitchens & Baths today and among all the wonderful kitchens featured, there was one standout that I had seen on the Habersham site some time ago.

It's the kitchen of Kim and Paul Dacier.  Kim designed the kitchen and with the help of  Habersham Home, came up with some beautiful details.

As always when decorating, it's the details that make a room and even though this kitchen looks quite opulent, it is beautifully planned and thought out.

I like so many things about it.....the wonderful mouldings throughout, the distressed finish which makes it look aged already, the beadboard, the island seating area, the seaglass tiles, the farmhouse sink, the lighting,  the darkened beadboard in the cabinets which feature the plates, as well as the eat-at island!

Let me know what you think of it!

All of the above images are in the Dacier home

The following images are of other Habersham projects in various locations.

All images via Habersham Home

Painted Coastal Furniture

Loving this soft, painted look in furnishings.......fresh, cheerful colors and very low maintenance for relaxed living!

Images 1 & 2 Stanley Furniture

Image 3 - 7 Cottage Chic

Wicker Furniture

We are experiencing a winter wonderland here on the east coast this week.  We have had a very mild winter and just a couple of days ago, I was beginning to believe that spring was just around the corner.  And then the snow came.

However, that has not dampened my visions of spring......I've been thinking a lot lately about sunporches, verandas, wicker furniture, painted and glazed furniture, colorful fabrics, cotton rugs, beadboard, springtime colors and summer breezes.  So, I hope you will bear with me while I ponder and plan.

Yes, plan!  I have been working on the interior design of a client's newly constructed weekend getaway and that also explains why my vision has gone so far past winter that I have barely noticed the mounds of snow everywhere and icicles hanging from our eaves!

Over the next while, I will be sharing some of my finds with you and am starting with wicker!

Enjoy!

Images 1 - 4 Maine Cottage Furniture

Image 5 Traditional Home

Fabulous French Country

Who can get enough of Charles Faudree's charming decor......he is a true master of french country!  So masterful with his placement of objects.......each of his rooms has a lot to enjoy as your eye scans the picture as a whole, but it never looks cluttered to me.  Perhaps because every object is so well chosen, collectible and part of a collection........every item is appreciated and his color sense never fails!

The rooms below are from different homes he has decorated over his career.

Enjoy!

Love this room!

The other side of the twin beds

Cosy!

One of his very elegant rooms!

One of his more minimal looks!

So cosy and inviting

What a great mix!

What charm!

Charles' beloved dogs on pillows

showing his fabric collection

All images via Traditional Home

Conservatory Living

We don't see many conservatories in this part of the world, but I have always loved them.

They seem to be a way of life in other parts of the world though, especially England.   And they are used in many ways, as you will see below.

Family room

Family room

Dining

Dining

Kitchen

Living room

Plants and pets!

All images via Vale Garden Houses