Beach House

This cottage is in Del Mar California...its a cute little beach town in Orange County... I would love to live near the beach..
After the weekend we had...I wish I was laying on the beach right now...which I will tell you about in just a bit...

It is ocean front...sounds nice HUH!

It is about 3,200 sq feet...

The rooms are small, but adorable!

Look at that view!

I would love to have my breakfast here every morning...

Love the flooring!

There are 5 bedrooms, 5 1/2 baths.

Love all the white wood details...

This would be a dream backyard...

The average list price for this area is

$4,533,178...it was listed in 2014 and you can

find out more about it here.

And this is why I had a bad weekend....
My hubby and I were driving to Ventura Beach and the traffic came to a sudden stop...
The man behind us wasn't paying attention and hit us going 60 miles an hour.
The impact pushed us into the car in front of us...
We were very lucky...
Just very banged up and of course we have whiplash...
Are we having fun yet?

I had to go to the hospital to be checked out...but all and all I'm fine...
It could of been so bad...

Thank God my daughter and the baby weren't in the back seat...

The crazy thing is my son and daughter were just a few minutes behind us in separate cars.
They both pulled over to help...
And my older son was driving on the opposite side of the freeway, but didn't know it was us..

Pretty crazy huh?

Hope you had a better weekend than I!

Yellows Fabrics

( Artivos)

Sometimes a creative mind works in mysterious ways....especially mine....
I have these beautiful yellow and white fabrics that I adore and I found this gorgeous rug that was pink with a tad of yellow....that's all it took for me to envision a room that could look like this...

( Laura Terp Hansen)


Pink, white and yellow.... 
So pretty ....

This is one of the fabrics I adore from Duralee and in person the color is brighter and prettier...I took a picture of the sample below....

This is from Robert Allen...I love this!
 It comes in a variety of colors and I had pillows made for my sofa out of it in blue and white.....It would make beautiful curtains...wouldn't it?

This is the same fabric from Duralee that I showed above...its a lot prettier in person...don't you think?

Isn't this a beautiful door...its from Taos Mexico and I found it here.

It needs a pink pillow...don't you think?

Windsor Smith....
So pretty...
This room has been in magazines, all over Pinterest and blogs and I can see why...

This gorgeous baby is from Surya Rugs...

I took my vintage yellow lamp and put it with these wonderful fabrics...
It needs a different shade...

Which led to this...
Pulling out some of my vintage fabrics...

This vintage fabric would be a great mix ..

OK..
So on the topic of vintage...
I found this great pot a couple of weeks ago...see how my mind works..it led to this whole new subject on vintage finds....

And I found this mirror...is it just me or is this so cool.....
Wouldn't this look great with all those yellow fabrics...

This is another one of my vintage finds....
Wouldn't it make great pillows?

Windsor Smith brought these colors all together perfectly....

A Beautiful Mess Home

My daughter and I went to check out the new location of the The Beautiful Mess Home in Agoura, Calif.

Kimberley Fraser, the stores owner has done a fantastic job at styling the store...it has a hip feel and she has many items from up and coming artists..you can check out the web-site here.

Love this table..

Old domino's in a wooden bowl..so simple and yet a great look...

Isn't this bag fantastic?

She had an old cot with great pillows facing this sofa...

Hope you enjoyed the tour of The Beautiful Mess Home! 

Cameron Kimber and a Busy Weekend!

I fell in-love with Cameron Kimber's style.

 There is something sophisticated and refreshing about these images. 

He brilliantly directs the viewers eye to the point of interest in a natural way.

 

When I look at this design, which I love, my eye looks at the whole image, but it stops at the triangle he has created. 

The three rust baskets create the center interest and the bold fabrics  balance everything beautifully.

 

All of you know how I feel about blue and white pottery... 



 

The pillow fabric and the table share similar shapes. The textures complement the pattern in the fabric.



 

Love this wallpaper 






 

I love the mix of light fabrics and the dark wood on the furniture.
The spool chair is one of my favorites. 
Wish we could see a little bit more of it.

TG loves how Cameron's designs are comfortable, relaxing and elegant. 
 Exactly what I love for my own home and my clients. 
 Check out his work here.





I have a busy weekend planned. 

We are having friends over for dinner Friday night.

  I'm having Honey Jalapeno Chicken with Sesame Soba Noodles.

 It is so good!
 Check out the recipe here.

 I'm also going to serve carrots, orange and red, baby- bell peppers,  tossed in olive oil, salt and pepper and grilled on 450.

 I place them on fresh orange slices and tangerines.

 The warm veges and fresh fruit, So so good!


 

Honey Jalapeno chicken with Sesame Soba Noodles.





  We also have a photo shoot Sunday. 
We are taking photos of my living room.  I'm finally done.
Thank God!
  Helping out at Casa Pacifica this weekend, teaching the kids how to shop wisely. 
They have a mock grocery store set up and give the kids a budget. 
They teach them how to compare prices.
 Its a great cause.

What are you doing this weekend? 
 Are you going to need a day off to recoup from your weekend?

Thanks for stopping by and hope you loved Cameron's work as much as I do.