Home Tour Heaven

On Sunday- I am going to do something that I love.

I try to do it every year about this time.  

Only this year I have volunteered to participate rather than simply spectate.  

I am going to the Park Hill home tour.  

Seven exquisite homes built between 1928 and 1938 will be spotlessly cleaned,
 fabulously fluffed and admiringly adorned with blossoming bouquets-
so that several hundred beautiful house junkies 

(like me ;-)

can become inspired and dare to dream of living in a home as lovely as these.  

I will be a tour guide of sorts.  I will stand in one room in one particular house and spout about the type of architecture, the year it was built, who may have slept there and other interesting little tidbits that many homes of history carry and reveal through their four layers of vintage wallpaper and several dozen scratches to the original hardwood floors.  

While doing my homework for this very important position (and because I found it fascinating), I found some wonderful things about each one of these stately homes.  

For example, one of them has kitchen countertops made from limestone that once adorned the old Denver courthouse building.  

Another houses an antique apothecary cabinet that has been painted cotton candy pink! 

Can you guess which house matches which interesting fact?  

Here are a few more:  

The dining room of this Italianate and Spanish Colonel Revival home is decoratively painted in chartreuse with a tinted glaze made from coffee grounds.  

This 1932 Tudor style home boasts a rustic picnic area said to be reminiscent of 

-the Provence countryside-

with tree stumps fashioned into seating and ornamental lanterns hanging from the tree branches.

One of these houses has been featured in two home design and remodeling books.

Know which one?

And one of these magnificent places has a master suite that encompasses its own floor

-half way between the main and second floors.  

What luxury.

Here is the teaser-I am not going to tell you which house matches which fact

-at least not until next week -

At which time I hope to not only have a few more interesting facts 

but also 

to provide some spectacular photographs.

I hope you will stay tuned. 

Ode to Autumn

Ahhh Autumn....

It seemed to me that all of these photographs...

somehow seem to go together.

Perhaps it is because they have similar colors... or...

perhaps they simply speak to the spirit of autumn.  

Welcome


Photo credits: Country Home 2008, Country French, Cottage Living 2008

The Last Few Days of Summer Vacation

The kids go back to school next Monday.

Where did the time go?

I thought that I would reminisce on these last few days of summer...

...by posting photographs that remind of sweet summertime.

So long my sweet summer.

Until we meet again-next year.

On a Wing and a Prayer-Before and After

Weekends always get me thinking about projects.

So-in preparation for this weekend-I thought that

 I would post one of my (many) past weekend projects.

These are wing chairs that I purchased on Craigslist for $50

after I slipcovered them in velvet.

This a photograph of the same wing chairs before

I slipcovered them in velvet ;-)

Above is another view of my rendition.

And as a bonus...

I thought that I would throw in a photograph of what I affectionately call my

"thrift store vignette"

because all three of these items cost a mere $6 total!

I would love to hear about your weekend projects 

and 

even see a few of your thrift store vignettes.

I hope your weekend is filled with love and laughter.

Classic and Timeless

When I was a college student in Boulder, Colorado...

I worked for -what was then- a primarily family owned company called 

Laura Ashley

It was located on the charming and slightly famous 

Pearl Street Mall 

I think that if that darling little shop were still there-

I would be too.

I do still hold onto a lot of Laura Ashley things (especially catalogs)

and I am always amazed by the timelessness of the designs.

Couldn't you just see these delicate and crisp floral fabrics (from a 1990 catalog)

adorning a modern master bedroom 

or covering a casual sectional?

I suppose this is the visual definition of 

classic

Rain Rain Go Away

Today is a rainy day....

I can't think of a better to spend it 

then to look at some 

beautiful, 

inspiring

images of rainy days.

Can you?

Wishing you an inspiring rainy day...

Images came from the following websites:

digital-photography-school.com

www.smashingmagazine.com

xoxoloverin.tumblr.com

ascenicworld.com

traceymcnee.com

No Rhyme or Reason

These lovely images came from here.