Quilt Comfort

What could be more comforting than a warm quilt during these long, cold days of winter? 

Except for Image 2, all of these quilts have shades of pink and red - two of the warmest colors in the palette! 

In any color, though, a quilt often offers more than just comfort - if vintage, they could very well be a treasure inherited through the family, perhaps lovingly quilted by a mother, aunt or grandmother which also offers memories of another time and place.

Sometimes, quilts are used for decorative purposes only and hung on walls or draped across furniture and used for furniture upholstery, for effect. 

Whether used for comfort, color, effect or as a collection, a quilt in any room adds a certain sense of charm and hominess!

Tomorrow, I will offer ways of decorating with quilts!

Enjoy!

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Image 1 Veranda, Image 2 100 Ideas, Images 3 & 5 Bedroom & Bath

Image 4 (Betsy Speert) & 7 Traditional Home, Image 6 Better Homes & Gardens

Image 8 BHG, Image 9 Bedroom and Bath

When My Baby Dreams

I saw Adele Enersen being interviewed on The Today Show this morning and fell in love with her creativity.

Now expecting her second child, this very artistic Finnish mother said she missed her baby Mila so much when she was sleeping, she began watching her and moving items of clothing around her as she slept to create small scenes.  Using old socks, sweaters, scarves, books, flowers and whatever else she can put her hands on around the house, she comes up with the most charming scenes. 

Her first book, When My Baby Dreams, has just been published this month and she is already working on a second book.

Enjoy!

Bookworm

Darling!

Cotton candy

Tree trunks are husband's socks!

Elephant (old blue cardigan)

Love it!

She loves me, loves me not

Surfer girl

Up and away

Images 1 - 5 Time magazine

Image 6 Amazon

Merry Christmas to all................

Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Feliz Navidad, Frohe Weinachten, Vesele Vanoce, Feliz Natale, Hyvaa Joulua, Buon Natale to all of my readers and supporters with best wishes for good health, peace and serenity in the new year.

I will be back in a week or so!!

Holiday Havens

When the holidays become just too much - too much food, too much activity, too much noise, too much anything - a retreat to one of these rooms would be heaven sent!

Images 1 & 2 Traditional Home

Images 3 & 4 Southern Accents

Image 5 Country Living

Images 6, 7, 8 & 9 Country Home

Holiday Vignettes

A few holiday vignettes to ponder and enjoy!

Images 1 - 5, 7 & 8 Traditional Home

Images 6 & 10 Country Living

Image 9 Southern Accents

Holiday Dining

These are some of my favorite dining rooms from over the years.  Some formal, some informal - but all are charming, colorful and most importantly, inviting!

Enjoy!

Images 1 - 5 Traditional Home

Images 6 & 8 Southern Accents

Image 7 Country Home

A French Country Christmas

Here is another of Charles Faudree's wonderful homes - his weekend home, better known as 'The Roost'.

Even though I gleaned these pictures from one of my old Traditional Home magazines (2002), they still look as classic today as they did then........and the timelessness is what makes it classic. 

I was mesmerized by his talent then and I still am.

Enjoy!

All images via Traditional Home