I recently attended a design event. As I approached the venue I saw a room full of well-polished people. Nothing can make me feel more like my awkward 12-year-old self… just desperate to fit in. Nobody Special. I scanned the crowd and someone caught my eye. She was standing in the corner tightly clutching her purse. I made my way over to her. “What a crowd. Looks like a lot of important people.” I said, a bit cheekily. She responded, “Yeah, I’m not sure why I’m here. I’m nobody special.” ... View the Post
Summer Home Tour 2016
Welcome to Storybook Cottage Summer Home Tour 2016! I am so happy to be participating in the weeklong Summer Home Tours hosted by my dear friend Marty from A Stroll Thru Life. If you are stopping by after visiting Pam’s gorgeous home from Simple Details I want to say that I am so glad that you are here. Summer Home Tour 2016 I regularly like to make changes here at Storybook Cottage. It can be the smallest of things that inspire me. Earlier this spring I found a vintage Lilly Pulitzer ... View the Post
Palm Beach Style
There is perhaps a no better design that personifies the endless summer more than Palm Beach Style. Palm Beach socialite Jim Kimberly, his wife, and friends with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth, 1968, Slim Aarons. Palm Beach Style To understand how the Palm Beach Style first developed one must travel back in time. The first settlers arrived in the Palm Beach Florida area, then known as Lake Worth, in 1872. It was established as a resort area in 1893/94 by ... View the Post
Fashioning A Reign 90 Years of Style From the Queen’s Wardrobe
It has been ages since I’ve written a Royal themed post. Several of you have inquired if I was still going to write them. So here is Fashioning A Reign 90 Years of Style From the Queen’s Wardrobe. I did cover the Queen’s 9oth birthday on both Instagram and Facebook. But I will try to be better about posts here. The Royal themed posts always require a great deal of historical research. Such research requires an investment of time that I don’t seem to have as I enter into my last year in ... View the Post
New Updates and Curtains for the Garden Shed
Happy Monday my friends! Today let's talk about New Updates and Curtains for the Garden Shed. New Updates and Curtains for the Garden Shed Back in early March, I wrote about my desire to create a secret garden. The thing about enchanting gardens is that they do not happen overnight. Here’s a reminder as to what this area used to look like. Just two months have passed but the arbor is now covered is gorgeous pink climbing roses. On the other side of the arbor base, morning glories ... View the Post
Keeping Harmony in the Home and Garden
I adore this wee gnome couple sitting in our herb garden. It reminds the Mr. and I of ourselves. Keeping Harmony in the Home and Garden. Keeping Harmony in the Home and Garden A few weeks ago we made a trip to a big box store to pick out a storm door. We agreed that the almond colored door with bronze hardware would best fit in with our existing bronze lighting, almond siding, and newly installed gutter system. Last Saturday Mr. Decor went back to the store to pick up the door. He ... View the Post
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