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Good morning, dear friends! Thank you for the lovely messages after Friday’s design story, I enjoyed reading your takes on decorating with found treasures very much! It is clearly a topic that resonates with many of you, and it makes me happy to know that.
For this week’s finds, I gathered a bunch of different stories, home tours and shopping ideas, with a focus on things that are not only (and hopefully) entertaining and inspirational, but also packed with useful decorating advice. We’ll get to be frugal and playful and reuse those tester pots we have lying around and paint with decorative artist Tess Newall; learn to style a comfortable bed with decorator extraordinaire Emma Burns of Sybil Colefax & John Fowler; and for those of you with a weakness for botanical prints, there’s a great source for herbarium specimens I return to time and time again for my projects, and a cute-looking and versatile metal drinks table that’s a budget-friendly option to the more expensive versions out there, design reads, fun and colorful cushions, and more. I hope you’ll see something you like!
The One Day Box – A Life-Changing Love of Home by Flora Soames
Scandinavian meets American Country: A Tour of Shawn Henderson’s Home in Upstate New York
Loving this Glass Urn Vase
Manageable Paint Projects Using Leftover Tester Pots with Decorative artist Tess Newall
A metal tripod base drinks table that goes with every decorating style:
I have the same table in our living room:
An Enchanting Lake Michigan Inn That’s a Masterclass in Pattern
Travel to fascinating Portugal from the comfort of your home with Patterns of Portugal- A Journey Through Colors, History, Tiles & Architecture, by Christine Chitnis
Tips on how to choose and style a bed with Emma Burns of Sybil Colefax and John Fowler
A favorite Penny Morrison pattern on a beautifully made Gobi Blue Pillow Cover:
A stunning Primitive Farmhouse Hutch (I might paint the stenciled back a creamy white):
A rare find Silk Suzani Throw
Blue and white with a subtle pattern, Faded Blue Indigo Batik Pillow Cover
A classic and versatile piece: Antique Mahogany Federal Style Secretary Desk
My favorite source for herbarium specimens and botanical prints
Houses with History | Exploring Kettle’s Yard: University of Cambridge’s Museum of Modern Art
Wow, that hutch is amazing, and not too expensive! If I didn’t already have a piece like that for my dining room, I would have already bought it!
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Thanks, Diana! My sentiments exactly!