instagram

3 instagrammers i love

July 20, 2017

For this series of Instagrammers I love,  I’m heading back to my East Coast roots.  Sandra @oldsilvershed, has the most gorgeous storybook home in Cape Cod, overlooking the water.  She and her husband renovated this home to perfection with attention to every small detail.  But more than that, it is a house that feels like a home.  Believe me when I tell you there were so many inspiring photos to choose from that I was lost in Sandra’s feed for…

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Shopping Travel

lovely fairfield county, connecticut

July 6, 2017

While I love living in Santa Barbara, California, there are some things that just can’t be duplicated here on the West coast.  A part of me will always love New England…Connecticut to be specific, where we still own a home.  Here are a few recent glimpses of some of my favorite things about Fairfield County, Connecticut.…

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Collecting Shopping

favorite shop: simon pearce

June 23, 2017
www.simonpearce.com

My love affair with Simon Pearce started 30 years ago when I was given six small hand blown glass bowls as a wedding gift.  Years later when those much loved bowls went missing after a catered event, the wonderful people at Simon Pearce remade six more just like them.  No small thing since those bowls had been discontinued for years!…

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Decorating

3 instagrammers i love

June 10, 2017
Carley Summers

While I don’t consider myself or my home boho, I do love a controlled riot of plants and colors and can appreciate the talent that it takes to make it all work.  So here are 3 of my fave accounts right now…some you may know and some may be new to you, but all are chock full of inspiration!…

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Decorating

summertime blues

June 1, 2017

I have a confession.  I’ve never decorated with blues in my own home.  Yes, I’ve used aquas, greens, and a whole lot of white, but not the blues that you typically associate with coastal homes.  I’ve certainly used them in other projects but I guess I felt it would be too obvious in a Santa Barbara house.…

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Around Santa Barbara

springtime in santa barbara

May 25, 2017

After a winter of record breaking rain, we’ve had one of the prettiest springs I can remember since moving to Santa Barbara.  Yes, we do have seasons here in Southern California, although they are very different from New England where I grew up.  No late winter snow here!  California spring begins in late February and early March with flowering fruit trees.…

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Collecting

seeing sea glass…

May 18, 2017

Let me start off by saying I’m not an expert on sea glass.  I won’t go into the different names and categories.  There are plenty of good books on the subject.  I am however, an insatiable collector (read addict) of these colorful frosted beauties tossed on the beach by the sea.…

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