Decor To Adore

I am currently still editing the 400+ photos I took of the interiors in the John and Mable Ringling mansion, Ca’ d’Zan (House of John) in Sarasota and will post soon. But today seems perfect to share the gardens. I had arrived quite a bit before the first tour of the day which was scheduled to begin at 11 am so I decided to explore. I took the time to stroll the extensive estate. The gardens, like the house, are Italian in style. The showcase is the rose garden which was completed in ... View the Post

You remember the wine rack bathroom right? It’s right off of the family room. This is not the wine rack bathroom. It’s what the wine rack bathroom wants to be when it gets out of college and grows up. So you may remember I took down the wine rack above the bathroom sink/mirror. Once the wine rack was down I removed the double stick tape frame from around the mirror since it was now several inches too short.   So we were left with a really large builders grade mirror in a truly tiny ... View the Post

The past few Sundays it’s been quiet as crickets here. I have to tell you that I am a bit like a turtle at times. If I don’t have positivity and cheerfulness to share then I just retreat into my shell. Lately I have been SO creative. Trying so many things to make our house a home. Yet each idea has been a project failure. And well, no one LIKES to share their failures. But they are a part of life. On Friday I finally shared one of my many recent project failures. Because ... View the Post

You may remember back in December when I shared our guest bedroom makeover. One of the things I truly didn’t like was the yellow glass light globes on the ceiling fan. Although my preference would always be to have a pretty light fixture rather than a ceiling fan I’m not ready to take it down yet until I live through a summer here. A ceiling fan might be a necessity if it’s really hot and humid. But the yellow light shades (also known as glass globes) had to go! “BEFORE” After visiting a ... View the Post

Yesterday I was on Pinterest looking for images of “Inspirational Women” for an upcoming art installation I am working on. Somehow I slipped down a rabbit hole and discovered Ivey Abitz. Oh my word! All of my favorite literary characters and fantasies such as Anne of Green Gables, Jane Eyre, and Mary Poppins somehow seemed to join forces to become a fashionable delight. The husband and wife team of Cynthia Ivey Abitz and Joshua Ivey Abitz  use lovely fabrics gathered from all over the world ... View the Post