Moodboard Monday - Sky Blue

Good morning everyone!  Hope you had a nice weekend and are ready for the busy week ahead.

I have a gorgeous color for you to enjoy today - sky blue.  The moodboard is from the current issue of House Beautiful magazine which just seems to get better each month!  Gorgeous ideas there!

Hope these pretty pics and soft sky blue colors put you in the mood for relaxation today.......and will help you to 'keep calm and carry on'!  After all, that's what soft blue does......has that calming effect.......!

Enjoy!

House Beautiful

Carla Aston Blog

Tiffany

This Ivy House Tumblr

Daisy Bracelet

Asprey

Urban Electric Co.

Vintage Blue Dauphine Wallpaper

Ralph Lauren

Frontgate

John Stefanidis

Leta Austin Foster

John Stefanidis

Chinoiserie Chic

Tory Burch

Teresa Moolman Tumblr

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Sence of Style

Sence of Style

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Timothy Corrigan

A Girl and Her Pearls 

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Lazy Bones USA

Berthe Morisot

Walter Ernest Webster

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Pinterest

A Room of Her Own - Charlotte Moss

Sometimes all a woman needs is a reading corner where she can enjoy a little solitude and spend some time catching up with her reading!

Charlotte Moss

A Colorful Summer Home

This spectacular summer home on a Michigan lake was built to accommodate the homeowner's complete family - three grown married children and ten grandchildren.

The interiors were designed by one of my favorite designers, Elizabeth Schmidt.  Elizabeth was a friend of the homeowners and had worked with them on their other residence and knew that the homeowner loved these bright Lilly Pulitzer-like colors.

As you will see below, the outcome is a perfect blend of bright, cheerful and sunny colors and details resulting in a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere for young and old.

 Aren't these scrumptious colors?

Perfection!

Notice the whitewashed hardwood floors throughout.

The pantry is painted in Benjamin Moore's 'Swiss Blue'.

A farmhouse table is perfect for this space.

 This porch with a built in barbecue is nice to have!

 Master Bedroom with Benjamin Moore's 'Pleasing Pink' on the walls.

Master bathroom painted in Benjamin Moore 'Pink Carnation'

 Mudroom with baskets for the grandchildren's supplies.

The six granddaughters share a room with 3 four-poster beds with trundles.  Love it!

The four grandsons also share a bedroom with two bright red trundle beds which wasn't shown.

One of the three guest suites with balconies for the homeowner's three married children.

Guest bathroom

The grandchildren's playroom.

Elizabeth Schmidt Designs

To see another of Elizabeth Schmidt's designs, click here.

Loving these Farmhouse Tables

Loving these farmhouse tables - they seat a nice large group of guests and depending on how you accessorize them with chairs and surrounding decor, fit nicely into a contemporary, classic, country or cottage look.

Melissa Wyndham

Pottery Barn

South Shore Decorating Blog

Muskoka Living

House of Turquoise

Elizabeth Schmidt Design

Rosecliff Cottage

Rosecliff Cottage in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, is a cottage I have long admired.

A 1920's Gothic Revival cottage, it was owned by interior designer Cornelia Smithwick when I first came upon it a few years ago.  I believe it has since been sold.

The cottage began as a fisherman's shack and was added onto over the years.  However, once the Smithwick's took over the cottage (around 2000) they added the front veranda and surrounded the property with rugosa roses, lilacs, peonies and other cottage garden flowers. The front of the house faces the Atlantic ocean and the back yard was developed into a beautiful meandering path.

As their retirement home, Cornelia put her 30 years of design experience to work and filled the cottage with floral fabrics, lightening and brightening each room.  Surrounded by her favorite comforts and collections, it became their little haven by the sea.

Just love its charm!

This was the room that I fell in love with in a magazine 

(which I had to scan - hence, the faded look -

 it's really bright and cheerful in the magazine!)