~~~Weekend Project: "Summerizing" the House!!!~~~Part 1!!!!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Monday everyone! I know most of the country is caught in the grip of HEAT! We are supposed to be up to 100 by Friday. UGH!!! So, on Sat. I decided to get out my collection of shells and do some summer decorating around here. If I can't BE at the beach, at least I can feel like I am, right???? I started in the living room and that is what I will show you today. Tomorrow we will move on to the foyer and dining room. Don't forget, you can click on any picture to enlarge and get a better view! This is my coffee table in the living room (that you have seen 100 times, LOL). I just added some starfish and a shell to the vignette.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcVkseBanb_RzXBRMfeCA-Mk8yMlFzwy_p2Krt0BRf6FtFLdxa5bczxj7U9mJFJmqGKCNIQ_INdjk7d-PVM_Kzxbyk4b7K1QLTEuKH-JWTRSPSEjaS39Ax_tfEDqeIl1hP2anOsNQI23r/s1600/IMG_7933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgET96Ky-WYlkBvSScGZgQIIJTIg95UPLcE0kSUb8Mk9Z6NFcUL4CSRvSnrgPgrxO92DUKyXqf-JKnAMCCU0gRzbYbDYkEAIrROyC2Zr4CT0aGn_9Oyxi2kHviRJdZPW9KA2uSn7VMde9hQ/s1600/IMG_7934.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div> I got this new starfish when we went to OBX in June. I have been collecting shells for a LOOOONG time, probably 30 years or more!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmfd2AFHu_9lgtFzBR-eKgdUFmo_4TGD3z5o8-oj2tgVydGhL7Y06wWyJax_lt9E1Y4OnOCyMytZnQV_JrbEnR4YdTNLYCh6nwb78jAZv6nWcGtBquQwAVsNNL-TYhqI1wu4oOrezPoIn/s1600/IMG_7935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div> This one has a bluish cast to it. Love that!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5q8vVIrwZVE6y_wtIOY1FdfUvHbUNanhhrmzKDb_otHe5KD7jQ-bi02rnqPLpzFy4bMVhjSLjkHI0gdz_mmibKmJa3PomOTvvOfYujmPRVQnmMtxPfaf8W72GYdhWOILOq_yv43ylPKQ/s1600/IMG_7936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div> I got some new pillows for the sofa. The pond is right off the deck outside the living room doors so when I saw this koi pillow I HAD to have it. I just LOVE it!!!!!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghgU0JJve_bWfclVR7mgAMbZjagLQ7_hCehjAb-3tYbLEpStFveZazGoiBmIaEvexoE-97iOmCqYk3IKDFEOffOegUQJaqTzlywMCDUw4ySMpw0xLYkw756HtaOPuGgMiEdnS8bSDKMwys/s1600/IMG_7937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div> And the blue looks so pretty for summer with my blue and white porcelains around the room.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrT_qmv0u7hMfX-B9QVHqk0Lcu0A3XK7xnrRwhyz9_KxJj8KXu5HgVlmqN8USzF08J5iQkhn_FYqel5qkJ8iWrj368YoXoEIYvn5Qt84wkDdzuF89vwNqUvFieWTb8iU3UwXHj_8BkTne/s1600/IMG_7938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div> I have had these 2 shell pillows for a few years.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICE_Y9sozZjH82hAJ2X-tcNvYKpVKbC1bw9iBxDar22E-uYNALEhHZDDtdvmUDq5O79tuWcQogeK7fl06XKV-ky2wzXv0TVwNY40MacSrdTqnvcowqWA3nqwu04ce9lIg-Ypy9SjeMaD2/s1600/IMG_7939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div> I love having a cream colored sofa: I can just change out the pillows and have an entirely new look!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nk6qGhxyZSJOQkD6FxW70cPU2ybZQISujwu3VKujS48OHhzuhNeZV5vxUIoPBxZ792DFjdD1a0BfMfqA70IOaUcAmX1RzzJG81pyUhKamPMi3gA1pVND6rDFM6JmTKoHRiZyd2x2-Rsn/s1600/IMG_7940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5rUYw-e9Yv8dpEziuii2PJlQ1PthBxOLV_3qGx5xCDby3GAIAwY5BErTZldPFVUrLPG3uxSkEsnZ5-XR-PUlYaTm1gIPqvW9b9N7MifkI7fsfOcKjnhUFbb9cFIm9O9K2Rcadag82_uF/s1600/IMG_7943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div> Whoops, didn't notice the throw was messed up....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkA9IzhaN_2f7OoekzhpeMUKHuSNZPB0zTBtl0-6ZMO26WcIZKebuzYqBm5FpPgAFa797BfqiuK8LD1PIMOH1BzWJKFt8nmaxSwTVQH0Ipr9y9pEeqlmRKpBs1Uxwo7H8iCxQScDCk6r8L/s1600/IMG_7944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zQ2aIypPZqUxIFdYtb2gzj4OLucXGcReSH0sgbV5E4LBgxKA18Avq7CIGjAIGeinxDKgGtrFysP0iLM4PKIFWJ2bNg6E02kIl6zc4nznPWGPKRRT9ZsWxerErqmBdYKQGDlRKNSWp9W6/s1600/IMG_7946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div> I have nevr shown you this "birds eye view"! This is from the bridge upstairs. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DQxhlaOrN8vZ4WYPAvqhcKZX7qS9hLKnxocjDV4-k1s5RBrBhc1s2FZr1CSeFazWAcc2GW7wUoYvozf1-ClpeKcdzT3MsnHFeFdhK75NL8Z4YTCy_w9UF7i9iwjuWckwLApXbWc6oZLW/s1600/IMG_7956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div> The sun shing through the skylight.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BJ8bcOJDAjyW2tq16OlQDugEHb_A31RTsgUrlXptvAczx10QV2mY0EDhowRYu3yKVxCglNgqP4zkytudYM39qBfZrscbDPl3ENrNrtMEhdVv04zWRQiqH5PXGP3FfjkGdx4fKz7bQH1s/s1600/IMG_7957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ds3BLY5P3bdOhbs4cGTTcCa3EvFl5DyOAh2ashwSyE-w3kZCrXm3DKiqW35J878sWM9ukZ3tXbu-ct8ec_FFbD4u40JEKbjfRsCzruYGCE3ADfVu80v0VCnf_j4dycPLHyMc8qfZCub-/s1600/IMG_7958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div> There is a railing on each side of the stone wall of the fireplace. The wall goes up 2 stories.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tZVVAl-I0eDkrqaSDsMwVDGXBVal1LKCXUVJErf7FO0b_ZUfxzmivLkNPCps59-jGOw77tIPv7J-sJavkthg1lObWxhZCxcSMx6WfnqMrdAV1OiZsqYjzILwbr6hDaR9AjB12gjepjhv/s1600/IMG_7959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" /></a></div>So, please come back tomorrow for the rest of the tour:):) I love surrounding myself with beautiful treasures from nature! I say, if you have a collection, SHOW IT!!!! I really enjoy my shell things in the summer. Try to stay coll now. Thanks so much for stopping by!!!! XO, Pinky

~~~Weekend Project: "Summerizing" the House!!!~~~Part 1!!!!

Happy Monday everyone! I know most of the country is caught in the grip of HEAT! We are supposed to be up to 100 by Friday. UGH!!! So, on Sa...

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