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Monday, July 7, 2014

Summer House Tour, Part 2

Let's continue the tour! It is hard to believe that summer is half way over but I wanted to show you what I have been up to. We will go upstairs to the guest room and bath then take a little stroll outside! This is the guest room as you see it from the doorway. I wanted to do blue and white and tan up here.

This new shell pillow is from Kirklands this year.

This bedside table has a shell and the other one....

has my 1 piece of blue coral. I got this MANY years ago, probably almost 30 years when I first started collecting shells.

This was a free dresser from as friend who was getting rid of it. I like the charm of it. It is old but it kinda speaks to me. We have plans to get new bedroom furniture in the master so our furniture will come up here one day (soon, I hope)!!

Just 1 shell added to this vignette.

In the bath I have these coral embroidered towels from Pottery Barn last year.

LOVE this shower curtain from Target!!!

And a summery piece on the wall.

Now we are outside at the pond. We have about 30 fish now and they seem to be very happy. Joe has made a wondeful habitat for them. They even have their own tunnel made from flue liners that they can hide in or just swim through.

We had water lilies in the pond at the old house but never had any blooms because there wasn't enough sun. Now they are BLOOMING and we love them!!!

This hydrangea only has this one bloom right now but it is HUGE!!!!!!!! I have never seen a bloom this big, ever! I am going to amend the soil so that I will have BLUE hydrangeas. I miss the 15 bushes I had at the old house!

This is a gardenia. It started out as a tiny plant in a 4 inch pot and now it is a BUSH! The pink you see behind it is a geranium in a pot on the patio wall:)

2 buds right now that should open any day.

Thanks so much for your visit. I am jinging thes parties:

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Judy @ DIY by Design for Sizzle Into Summer Wednesday

The Dedicated House – Make it Pretty Monday
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Ivy @ Ivy and Elephants for What's It Wednesday

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Claudia at Mockingbird Hill Cottage for A Favorite Thing.
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Sunday, July 6, 2014

~Summer House Tour, Part 1~

Good morning my friends! I thought you might like to follow me around for a Summer house tour. I have decorated many spaces with my large shell collection so thought I would share. We will start in the foyer as you walk in the front door. You may have seen this last year. I put starfish in front of the flameless candles, it is so pretty when they are lit.

I added a shell to the ivy here.

When you look to the left you see this little vignette.

Some shells in a glass dish

To the right is the dining room.

My LARGE, faux shell holds LOTS of my shells, some coral etc.

2 large shells flank the centerpiece

Shell and driftwood candle holders that I love. I found them at Home Goods 2 years ago.

shell pillows on the 2 arm chairs

This is the credenza as you walk towards the living room, kitchen and breakfast room.

another large shell and a seafan

and some starfish on the buckets of my fisherman

I keep the 2 goldfish here since the real gold fish are in the pond that you can see from the living room.

A summer vignette on the coffee table

One of my FAVORITE pillows!!!

And my embroidered coral pillow from Kirklands last year.

Now we go into the kitchen, briefly. Not alot of shells in here, more garden themed pieces.

My watering can lamp, also from Kirklands this year.

This is the buffet area of the kitchen

I made this birdhouse several years ago

now we are in the breakfast room

I love this sectional and have had it for over 20 years. I really need to replace it but can't find anything like it:(

The round table in the corner is staying here now. I have had the hibiscus tree in this corner but we decided not to bring it back into the house this fall. It is TOO messy. I may donate it to the clubhouse.

Got this shell in a shop on the way home from our vacation at OBX. (The Outer Banks)

I bought this pedestal bowl in Florida this winter and fill it with lots of textural objects.

I'll share my summer mantle in another post but here is a tiny peek. I will also share some other rooms, this got to be too picture heavy. Please stay tuned for Part 2!!!!