Saturday, March 31, 2012

Stuff…tropical {ish} and such….

The Garden Conservancy held a few garden tours in our little town…

always fun. Always something to inhale and learn…

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This lovely home was a LEED certified home. Green through and through…

loved the use of rain chains throughout.

They all spilt into the ground or pots… which were collected by two 8,000 gallon cisterns buried in the yard… used to water the lawn.

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AND… to continue with the stuff…

Can I tell you how much I love my little handmade phone sleeve…

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Embroidered in Kashmir and stitched together in Canada.

Leather lined. Find yours made by the talented Virginia Johnson… here

small indulgences

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Matches my new lumbar pillows…

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…and that’s important…no? Okay.No.

BUT it matches this little wooden handmade horse….that I just could not leave in the thrift store….

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Have a fun weekend….

…Giddy up Gee Gee…

Monday, March 26, 2012

The evolution of a sandy toes beach bungalow…Or…the art of beach living…

Sandy toes, surf boards, art… family

The stuff of which a good beach home is made no?

Enter friend Julia, Artist extraordinaire, her family of 5…

…and the story of a sandy filled beach house…

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The 1960’s original two bedroom home…smack on the rolling Atlantic Ocean…where Jules’ husband David grew up…

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A few decades later…and with David’s influence…The beach bungalow has grown a bit…

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The Beach home has the soul of an art studio….

note the ship porthole in the front door

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The devastation of three hurricanes…destroyed much of this home…. But not it’s family or it’s soul.

And today the once tiny, once quirky beach bungalow has been renovated once again.

Still retaining the soul of an art studio…just all grown up.

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Come join me in a tour of this unique and beautiful Vero Beach place…

On the very end of a lovely, quiet, once sandy, lane…

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The backyard is truly wet and wild and ever-changing…

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The colors and the mood of the liquid salt sea…

is reflected in… and inspires every corner of their home…

Custom made crystal drip lighting…I can taste the salt.

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IMG_2197-1The kitchen…overlooking the coconut edged Atlantic…has a granite imbedded with the texture and color of the surrounding turquoise sea…and the backsplash is a seemingly color changing gray/green glass.

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organic elements meld beautifully with modern shine

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And the spray of sea salt enrobes everything (literally….it is the color used on the upstairs walls)

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The upstairs bath has a beautiful sink made by a fellow artist and friend Glenda Taylor…as a matter of fact, Julia’s fave things to point out in her abode… are the art of her fellow artists…and her talented family. The home explodes with the color of creation!

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Turtle handle for sink vanity (originally a door knocker)…and shower wall and floor made of wood grained porcelain and green glass tiles

It is always the details

…no?

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Master bedroom and bath…Ocean breezes

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Closets throughout the home are spacious…and…artsy…Antlers hold a bevy of jewelry

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Downstairs are three children's rooms and a bar/kitchen/hangout area….and art…lot’s of art…

you can get there via elevator (the porthole door…remember the front door of the old house?…is an elevator)

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OR…you can take the stairs…

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Julia’s collage work of family…door to my heart… is at the bottom of the steps…welcoming…

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Kids rooms are packed with color and personality…and yes. Art.

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Darling pink bath in Daughter Greta's room…

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Downstairs bar and hanging out area…Yes please.

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…Which opens up to outdoor areas with outdoor kitchen and fireplace…pool and fire pit…and the ever beckoning sound of surf…

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Upstairs again….there is another turquoise ceiling lanai… overlooking the sea

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Art and home….

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Visit more of Julia and her artist friends at Tiger Lilly Studio and Gallery in Vero Beach…

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Hope you could taste and feel the salt…too.

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