Interior designer Carolyn Espley-Miller decorated her Carpinteria, California beach house with white walls, antiques and slipcovered seating to create a soft, clean look. View the interview and more photos at House Beautiful.
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Chic Hamptons Cottage
This once dark and cramped Hamptons cottage got a make-over and now it’s light and bright. Designer, Leslie Klotz, knew that this cottage had potential and that many of it’s faults could be fixed. I agree….she did a beautiful job transforming it. You can see the rest of the photos and read her interview at House…
Chic Coastal Rooms
This room makes me want to take a few days off from work…….. Beach house charm. White with pops of color. Casual and fun. Dreamy bed…..via Coastal Cabana Love the staircase bookshelf. How romantic is this bathroom? Photos via Coastal Living and House Beautiful
Chef Tyler Florence’s Kitchen
I always look forward to my House Beautiful magazine arriving in the mail! February’s issue highlights, Chef Tyler’s kitchen, and it’s GORGEOUS! I love the masculinity of the dark marble used as a back splash. Great organization ideas, too! What do you think of it? House Beautiful
Holiday Place Settings using Basic White China
I was so happy to have found this inspiration for using my white china for the holidays. House Beautiful sent Pottery Barn PB White place settings to 15 designers and told them, “make it your own”. Here are just a few inspirations that I found lovely. View more at House Beautiful.
Red and Green Christmas
House Beautiful has, well ….beautiful ideas online to use red and green for your Christmas decorations. I love the festive twist they used in making different areas of the Greenwich home they decorated bright and very Christmasy. Are you using red and green this Christmas? I am! Would you decorate with feathers? I’m not sure…
Warm Up Outdoors
It’s getting cooler and cooler by the day and what better way to warm up, than by a fire outdoors. Coastal Living and House Beautiful have great ideas in creating a space outside that you can enjoy during the cooler months. Here are a some that inspire me to start collecting firewood and prepare to warm up on a chilly fall…