Wordless Wednesday

I am hooking up today with Dixie at French Lique, Texas for Wordless Wednesday. The words are Water and/or Wind. Enjoy


Stop by Dixie's place - French Lique, Texas to see more wonderful photos.

Met Monday -Family Room Chair

It is Met Monday hosted by Susan at Between Naps on the Porch. You may also want to mosey on over to Rhoda at Southern Hospitality for some thrifty treasure finds.
My Met Monday is small in renovation, however it is greatly appreciated by my family.
I have been in need of a new family room chair for some time now and hadn't quite found what I was looking for until a few weeks ago, when I was at the Decor Store with a friend of mine. This warehouse type store is great for decorators, staging, and anyone who loves home decor.
I spotted this chair below and captured it on my camera. I thought it would work really well in my family room with my Rowe sofa that I purchased a couple of years ago and the main ingredient it have to have was comfort. This chair seem to fit the bill and the price was right.

After taking the photo home and discussing with my husband who just trusts my judgement I decided to purchase the chair.After taking the photo home and discussing with my husband who just trusts my judgement I decided to purchase the chair. I did not need the ottoman. This is the chair I was replacing. Now you know why I needed a new chair. This poor thing had seen better days even with the chair cover and pillows.
I also purchased that cute little floral arrangement on the side table for $8.00 at the same store.
Here is the new chair in its new home. Doesn't it look great! The family loves the comfort of it and I love the look of it. It was meant to be.
The chair coordinates with the sofa well and the rest of the family room. I did not have to change anything else. Some times you just have to wait for that perfect piece and it is definitely worth the wait.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit today. Don't forget to check out Between Naps on the Porch for many other exciting makeovers. You may also want to check out Rhoda at Southern Hospitality for Thrifty Treasures hunting. Have a great time exploring and Happy Monday.

Expressively
Sofia

Tablescape Thursday Pottery Barn beach decor

Hello again and welcome to Table scape Thursday hosted by Susan at Between Naps on the Porch. Be sure to visit Susan and take a look at all the wonderful table decor.

I had recently been to Pottery Barn (again!. Seems like I have been there a lot lately). Well they had a very Beach like table scape done and I thought I would feature that today. Please excuse my picture as I cannot seem to lighten them up.



The used all sea blue salad dishes with brown plates and white chargers. They also have a grass linen as the table runner. There are a vast amount of different size and shape sea shells on the table.
The lanterns have a light blue candle with sea shells. There are other wicker and glass candle holders with the light blue candles. Do you see that white fish, it is also a candle. Again I apologize for the dark picture. The table is simple but very sophisticated. You feel like you are by the sea with the table decor. This table decor is something you can replicate very easily by visiting TJ Maxx, Marshall's and Michael's. At this time of year they have many sea shells, blue dishware, lanterns and blue candles.

Thanks for visiting, come again soon and don't forget Between Naps on the Porch for other great tablescapes! Have a great day!
Expressively
Sofia

Outdoor Wednesday

Hi and how are you doing today. I am a little late today in hooking up for Outdoor Wednesday hosted by Susan at a Southern Daydreamer. I am featuring a client/friends' backyard that has just been redone. It is beautiful and will be the setting for her son's wedding in July.

This is her deck complete with a new outdoor patio set from Costco. The table has inlaid slate of the rusts,browns, and grays. It coordinates beautifully with with flagstone patio adjacent to the deck.
Here is the stairs leading you to the flagstone patio. They also had their dining room window replaced with french doors that open up to the patio. The flagstone steps are gorgeous.
Here they left the redwood trees and this will be the setting the for wedding ceremony. It will be beautiful. I will be helping to transform this to a lovely wedding setting.

This waterfall feature is just fabulous and you can see it everywhere you walk in the yard.

This is the other side of the waterfall with a bench and a pathway that joins this area to the flagstone patio and deck .
I hope you enjoyed this backyard and I know they have been enjoying the yard and water feature every day. Thank you for joining me today and don't forget to stop by Susan at A Southern Daydreamer for other glorious outdoor fun.

Tablescape Thursday/Hooked on Houses - David Tutera

Another tablescape Thursday hosted by Susan of Between Naps on the Porch is upon us. I am also featuring this designer on Hooked on Fridays hosted by Julia at Hooked on Houses.
I am featuring some work by a party planner David Tutera. I have just recently purchased the latest book by this party planner. It is fabulous! He creates such wonderful table arrangements and creates a whole room of ambiance.
This is a summer look that is created with pinks, greens, and white flowers, highlighted by pink and white lighting. The candles are fabulous. He creates different heights to keep your eye moving around the room. I love this idea of floating flowers is a long retangular clear container. You can see all the flowers and various colors and highlighed by lite candles.
Here is another table scape with moss green tablecloth and copper brown charges. Look at the height of this arrangement. The slim candles at the top of the arrangement accompanied by lavendar candles all around the table. It is just gorgeous.
I am just loving this new book call David Tutera, "The Party Planner". It has such great theme parties and table decor. If you have a chance please check out the website at Davidtutera.com you won't be disappointed. Don't forget Between Naps on the Porch and Hooked on Houses for great ideas.

Thank you again for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed the eye candy. Have a great day and come again.
Expressively
Sofia

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday - Blogger's Choice








Thank you to Dixie at French Lique for hosting Wordless Wednesday. Join her for more wordless fun.

Thrifty Treasures and Met Monday

It's Monday again and today I am hooking up with Rhoda at Southern Hospitality for Thrifty Treasures and Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday since the item was re purposed.

I happened to be at the local High School's annual Flea Market and browsed around for quite a while, unfortunately without my camera. Some nice items but definitely not needed by me, until I saw this gem. I spotted this wire butler's rack from a distance and admired it. I realized my daughter could use this for her outside patio to hold her plants and add height to the space.. Since the high school students were running the flea market I went over to one of the students and asked the price. He said $10 and I said I'll take it!. You can't go wrong for $10. I took it home and decided it needed just a little sprucing up. I had two can of rustoleum spray paint in an off white color. I took the rack to the backyard and gave it a coat of paint. (Sorry again I didn't have my camera).
Here it is re purposed on my daughter's patio. We brought it over today.
It fits perfectly in this nook on the patio. Now all her plants, lantern and work bucket can be displayed and have their own space, instead of being all cramped on that small table you see to the right She is very happy!Thanks so much for visiting today. I hope you too will find Thrifty Treasures that you can remake and reuse somewhere. Stop by Southern Hospitality for more Thrifty Treasure and Between Naps on the Porch for great transformations.

Expressively
Sofia
P.S. I also went to an estate sale that was happening on my street and found an iron (black and decker) for $2.00. Sorry I didn't get a picture of it but it does work! This item all went to the same daughter.