Moodboard Monday - Glorious Flowers

Is there anything that is not enhanced by a flower?

Lisa Newsom

Veranda

Lisa Newsom

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Ginny Magher

Colefax & Fowler Wallpaper

House & Garden UK

Gil Schafer

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Yves St. Laurent

Susan Gutfreund

Solgarden.se

Romantic Cottage

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Chintz Chair

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The Vintage Table

Floral Chintz Fabric

Cecil Beaton's Cottage

Pip Studio

Interior Archive

Wall Mural

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Midfg

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Rikki Snyder

Floral headvase

Veranda

Charlotte Moss' Potting Room

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Sylvia Weinstock Cake

Sylvia Weinstock Cake

Dior

Dolce & Gabanna

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Giambattista Valli

Ralph & Russo

Patricia Avendano

Marc Jacob for

Louis Vuitton

Blue Sapphire and Diamond Floral Brooch

Oscar Heyman

Peridot and Diamond Floral Brooch

Van Cleef and Arpels

Diamond & Pearl Floral Brooch

Cartier

Gold sunflower in wicker basket

Jean Schlumberger

18th Century

Barbara Regina Dietschze

Matisse

Pink Camellia

Redoute

Pink Hydrangea

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This Ivy House

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And All Will be Well

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Claude Monet

A Room of Her Own - Gail Plechaty

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

Gail Plechaty

Sheer Perfection

'Sheer perfection' is an understatement with these ethereal couture creations........the level of creativity with couturiers never ceases to amaze me........simply stunning!

Marchesa

Balmain

Dolce & Gabbana

This is so gorgeous - I'm sorry I don't have the designer

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Marchesa

Christophe Josse

Dolce & Gabbana

Marchesa

Tuvanem

Abed Mahfouz

Chanel

Dysphoria

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Elie Saab

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A Charming Second Home

Would you believe, by looking at the cottage below, that it is only 774 sq. ft.? The overhang covering the outdoor living space makes it look so much larger, doesn't it?

Greg Presley and his wife, Lois, bought a run down cottage on Walloon Lake, Northern Michigan, with the idea of renovating, but upon inspection found too many problems, so they decided to tear it down and build a new weekend home.

As an architect, Greg was able to use several space enhancing ideas to make this small home live large.  It's amazing to think they can sleep up to 14 people here.  But what isn't shown in the article is the cozy loft above the porch that sleeps six!  I would love to have seen the space!  Also, the living room sofa is a sleeper sofa.  Bunk beds in the small room and then there's the master bedroom.

Greg said the high ceilings, tall windows and whitewashed beadboard interior helped to de-emphasize the cottage's diminutive interior.  

The kitchen was designed so that everything can be reached within two steps and the open upper cabinet gives a feeling of added spaciousness.

The living room/dining room are all in one space.

The living room is just a knockout - very striking and absolutely charming and cozy.

What a bright, light filled charmer!

There are two arm chairs opposite the sofa.

Red, White and Blue Maine Cottage

This Moody Beach, Maine, cottage has been completely refurbished inside and out and it looks fabulous!

This house also includes one of the bedrooms from my previous post on 'Cottage Bedrooms'.  I came upon this house by chance last week, as well as yesterday's farmhouse.  It was nice to see where all these lovely bedrooms actually reside.

While there were only a couple of interior images available, it's worth seeing.......!

Take note of the star window on the third floor with a walkout to the balcony below.

This attic bedroom is the room with the star window and the walkout to the 

balcony.........just lovely!