Pink Delights!

Hello everyone,
    It is a lovely warm spring day here and I have just had a stroll through the garden-everyday brings wonderful little changes as buds unfurl and new blooms pop.
   Today,however is Pink Saturday again at How Sweet the Sound so I have some Pinks to share with you.

  The photo above is from our garden a couple of years ago and some of you have seen it but it is one of my favorites. The lilacs are in bud now and soon the garden will be filled with their beauty and wonderful aroma.

You know I love my afternoon tea!








I love this blush pink Antique rose.I have been pruning all my roses the last couple of days and I can't wait to see them bloom again.


 That's it for my 'pink delights' but there is lots more to see at Beverley's How Sweet the Sound for you to enjoy.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend,

Carolyn

I'm in the Garden !


Hello everyone,
       Spring has finally arrived here so you may have noticed I have been a little bit absent lately- well I am in the garden,finally!
  My rubber garden boots were a yard sale find last fall for $1. but my husband thought they should have paid me to take them! Ha Ha!

I am happy to be able to pick a few bouquets from the garden now.-
These boots were made for gardening!

I am so happy to have Andrew working with me in the garden since he is now semi-retired and works from home. There has been many,many big wheelbarrow loads raked of the beds even though many of them where cleaned up last fall. Gardening is definitely a labor of love!!!

Although there is not a lot of color in the garden yet- everyday now there will be more and more.
We have thousands of daffodils ready to burst into bloom.
I am happy to have the bees buzzing around the blooms.
Puschinia scillaides or striped scilla.

crocus and scilla.
Tiny bouquets for my kitchen windowsill.


My husband and son had to build a new roof for our terrace as the old one collapsed under the weight of the snow that we had this winter. I can't wait for to enjoy our meals out there again soon.


A collage of some of our early spring blooms.

Well, I hope you will be patient with me for awhile as I post a little less for a week or so but there is a lot of spring chores to do in our 2 1/2 acre garden. Ah! but soon there will be lots of beauty to share with you.

I hope you are enjoying your spring too!

I am joining My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday today.

Take care,

Carolyn
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Styling Part 5 of 5: The Princess of Styling

I'm not sure if it's because I am entrenched in Wedding mania...Royal Wedding mania that is...but I can't help but crown Emily Henderson the Princess of Styling.

I've posted about her before on my blog when she won Design Star Challenge and launched her new HGTV show Secrets From a Stylist.

Well after doing my recent dive into accessorizing and stylizing rooms, I realized there is really nobody as great as Emily! Look how she styles the rooms below with high and low accessories...she finds most of her pieces at vintage stores and flea markets, and mixes them with some high end furniture. Although a lot of her furniture pics are also vintage that she recovers.

All hail Princess Emily!
 All images above by Emily Henderson.

Check back tomorrow for pics from my Royal Wedding viewing party :)

Styling Part 4 of 5: How to style a bookcase

Happy Wednesday!

This is going to be the last post on styling before revealing the princess of styling...although that's not a fair hint since I've gushed about her many times before on this blog. But from the photos I post tomorrow you'll understand why.

The same tips for styling a table top can be applied toward a bookcase. Of course books are the main course in any bookcase, but think of decorative objects surrounding books like the garnish!

Objects can include:
  • photo frames
  • candles
  • book ends
  • vases
  • boxes
This is a great way to display your treasures without seeming too cluttered.

Check out these beautifully styled bookcases. And my favorite trick is to paint the inside of the bookcase a contrasting color to your walls. This will give your books and accessories a beautiful backdrop to pop against.








 

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