Edit: One of my favourite photos, for the Blog Hop, cos my bedroom doesn't often look quite like this, with three Beach Cottage kiddos!
G'day fellow beach cottage lovers, how you all going? A good week at the beach cottage, busy, but good, no trips to the ER or skate parks…nice winter weather, sun and running on the beach…and in case you missed it, found myself on Apartment Therapy (click if you wanna look)
So how about a little look at my new bedlinen? I'm never going to be a Tidy Bedroom Queen – I'm telling you lovelies I had to do a huge amount of frantic scrambling around tidying up for these pictures, so you better give me some comment luv for my efforts. Kinda the blog version of having someone over for dinner, you have to get your act together and get it tidy. Purging was good though. Once I'd started I got right on into it and threw out a large garbage liner full of clothes that I don't like, or ever did like and was for some eason holding onto.
Funny that isn't it, how you hang on to this stuff "just in case". Rummaging around in the storage boxes under our bed I came across a black 50's style dress I had bought when we first came to Australia, it was trendy then. Think Hepburn. I was coveting scenes of me flitting along in said dress, tanned, carefree…cute little pumps…get the picture? But hmmm, people, me and the dress, my white bits and the arms made me look far from Hepburn. So there it stayed in the box. See it under the bed?
Until today when I let go of it. Ahhhhhh. But then thought, 'what if I go to a fancy dress 50s party' (cos I go to so many of those), ummm I think I'll keep it. Whaaaaat the heck! You'll be pleased to know it went to Vinnies for someone else to wear to a fancy dress party or perhaps skip along the beach all carefree. Someone with better arms.
Back to the bed.
I came across this wonderful bedding from Margaret Muir. There's something addictive about white bed linen, is there not? I instantly fel in love with the pattern on the crispness of the white and loved how it hinted of the romantic without that OTT feeling you so often get with that whole ruffly romantic thing.
Do you like it? I am pretty happy with it, though two of the buttons fell off the first time I used it so I wasn't so pleased about that, but the percale luxury is quite nice to climb into when you're exhausted at the end of the day.
And how about your weekend? Well think of me, I am treasure hunting tomorrow and I am making theseandtheseto fulfill my ever-increasing chilli-lovin addiction
….see you all next week
chair, free
vintage suitcase side table, old treasure found & painted
bed, budget repro
vintage door, garage sale $5
drapes, IKEA
Pitcher, Wheel and Barrow
linen, Shabby Chic, Margaret Muir
bolster cushion IKEA
if you'd like to read some Beach Cottage bedroom decorating ideas on a budget, you can go here
i just found your blog yesterday thru a link from the inspired room. i love reading about your life by the sea & the photos you’ve shared are pure eye candy! i live in the outback of australia & dream of living near the beach – one day! but in the meantime, i’ll enjoy the experience vicariously thru your blog
Oh, it looks just beautiful. I love the bed linens, it’s modern and romantic at the same time. I wish this were my bedroom!
LOL on the straightening up. That was too funny about it being the blog version of having someone over for dinner. Creating beautiful pictures is a LOT of work. I appreciate your efforts!
OMG! Are you kidding me? You are fabulous! Your bedroom shines in comparison to some of the RMS rooms! I LOVE that pintuck duvet, and the suitcases painted white – this whole thing screams beachcottage to me (and that’s a good thing!!!!) Love this – you have so much inspiring talent!
Lovely Lovely. I could kill you for that door and those trunks! But then, all your readers would kill me. Where would we be without a cottage ‘fix’. Actually, I have kept the doors only from my grandmother’s robe that I finally threw out. Will do something with them one day. Great pics today and congrats on Apartment Therapy.
I lurve the doona cover….for some reason I can’t seem to do white in my bedroom, only because the kids seem to run in with their dirty hands and wipe them all over it so I am forever washing it. The pintuck (for want of a better word) looks so beautiful on the fabric. Your bedroom looks gorgeous!
Your bedroom is a vision of lovelyness, we would never have know about the pre-event cleaning buzz if you didn’t admit it.
Do you think perhaps there is some lucky lady out there blogging this weekend about a lovely audrey style dress she found at vinnies with the cutest matching shoes?
Am in Byron for the weekend totally beaching it up to celebrate a new job starting soon with almost a big enough paycheque to afford more white paint.
Congrats on Apt.Living!!!
This room is scrumptious! Honest I think I felt my blood pressure go down when I started my tour!
Robin
All Things Heart and Home
Your bed linen is indeed gorgeous and your room divine…it was well worth the clean up for the photos, now you can bring all that other stuff back in from the hallway, or am I the only person who does that?
Have a wonderful weekend, treasure hunting sounds fun. I of course have The Tea Party event on the blog tomorrow and in real life am off to peddle my wares at a Handmade Expo.
Enjoy, Kiss Noises Linda
O.K….so sorry but now I am going to blame you…I was thinking about painting our iron head board white(it is black) and now that I have seen yours,well,I will just blame you and your lovely blog!!! Wonderful post,all the best,Chrissy
Thank you for the delicious eye candy and giving me a place to go that is clean,pure, white…I live in a mahagony,cherry, burgandy, beige world…my men could not live in white. but you give me a place to sneak off to. thank you for the inspiration!
From California: I think every girl needs a “costume” closet. I’ve got Medieval dresses, clothes I bought in Jordan and Tanzanian and Kenyan wraps. Who knows when you’ll need such things.
Love the pure white. Working on turning my daughters room into a beach theme. She has lovely Yellow walls, one with great stripes, that we did 5 years ago. Starting small by repainting garage sale dresser (replacing the handles cost as much as the dresser) and shoppping for shells. I think the white comforter would be perfect!
Sarah, I hate to think what white would look like on my bed once the pets all decided on a nap. I do have a blue and white quilt on mine at the moment, and I just got it fresh and crisp out of the dryer. Of course, it will be washed again next week. And so it goes. You must have clean kiddos or you clean an awful lot. Or maybe you don’t have pets in the house. The cat hair…oh my lord!
Brenda
Late Wednesday night I got the strange urge to clean out a couple drawers and part of my closet. I agree that it is strange how we hang onto stuff “just in case”. I weeded out things that I haven’t worn for several years and I know I won’t ever be wearing again. Feels so good to finally get rid of them.
Years ago my MIL gave me an old black velvet dress from the 50′s. It fit perfect but needed to be hemmed much shorter. It has long sleeves though, and I wore it to an office Christmas party.
On our bed we have a white down comforter. I’m so ready to redecorate our bedroom. I’d like it romantic, but maybe more of a sexy feel and not frilly. Creative decorating ideas do not come easy for me. Your room looks so cozy!
It looks so pretty! The bedding is so fresh looking without being too sweet. And it dances so well with the taupes and other neutrals.
Ha – not having a blog, I never really thought about what takes place just before the photos I admire are taken. But when you liken it to the straightening that happens BC (before company) I get it!!!
Hello Sarah – first of all, may I just say that your new blog design is oh so lovely! And, I love your bedroom! Those linens are absolutely gorgeous and go well with your shabby chic decor. You scored big on that cool vintage door – wish I could go garage saling with you! The pink flowers are so pretty too. I love everything about the room!
I love your monochromatic, neutral color scheme in your bedroom. You nailed the “beach cottage look”, while making it your own!
But the favorite by far is the vintage door – gorgeous! Coming in second place is the pitcher with the flowers in it! All very pretty and comfy-looking.
I’ve come over to visit you on this chilly Melbourne winter’s afternoon and walked in on your beautifully decorated bedroom, felt like a warm fresh breathe of air to me – love the simplicity, yet lots of character and I know thought put into placing each and everything
I took some photos of my latest bedroom changeover but am now feeling it’s very boring compared to yours – I think my photos will be going to the recylce bin!!
Hope your weekend is going along well and your pickling has been a success.
I went to the Post Office yesterday!
G'day! I'm Sarah, I live in a tatty old cottage, near the sea in Australia with a battered old deck & a big old fig tree out the back...stripped wooden floors, old sash windows & a jumble of vintage furniture. [Read More …]
G’day ladies, oooh have I got a good Beach Cottage recipe for you or have I got a good recipe for you. Well it’s actually not Beach Cottage, I cannot claim that… So, a couple of months ago I met up with a couple of blogging friends, AllConsuming and Mrs W for a lil [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
i just found your blog yesterday thru a link from the inspired room. i love reading about your life by the sea & the photos you’ve shared are pure eye candy! i live in the outback of australia & dream of living near the beach – one day! but in the meantime, i’ll enjoy the experience vicariously thru your blog
Just lovely! And that door! WOW!!!!
m ^..^
Of course the room is beautiful, as always, but I must say that I am lovin’ those fresh flowers! Glad you popped by for a visit…..toodles
Oh, it looks just beautiful. I love the bed linens, it’s modern and romantic at the same time. I wish this were my bedroom!
LOL on the straightening up. That was too funny about it being the blog version of having someone over for dinner. Creating beautiful pictures is a LOT of work. I appreciate your efforts!
Good for you for letting go of the dress.
nice fresh flowers…. love the bed!
Congrats on Apartment Therapy. Absolutely love this room. Adore the big white door/ex mirror thingy. Wonderful. xx
I love your bedroom. It’s looks so soft and serene
And those striped cushions look familiar 
The vintage door is a nice touch — it makes a really unique piece of artwork.
Hey, your beach tassel is NOT pathetic!! It’s great, and it’s one of my favourite tassels in my tassel post
Good luck in our giveaway!!
Kelly
the vintage door is my fave
I love your bedroom – absolutely beautiful!!
gorgeous – gorgeous and stunning
Do I like? No dear, I LOVE! Those white trunks are yummy. What an ethereal, dreamy place for a nap, peaceful indeed.
I can almost hear the sweet, old tunes wafting in from another room.
Well done!
OMG! Are you kidding me? You are fabulous! Your bedroom shines in comparison to some of the RMS rooms! I LOVE that pintuck duvet, and the suitcases painted white – this whole thing screams beachcottage to me (and that’s a good thing!!!!) Love this – you have so much inspiring talent!
love it…. especially the trunks… I may have to borrow that! Have a great weekend
Michelle
Lovely Lovely. I could kill you for that door and those trunks! But then, all your readers would kill me. Where would we be without a cottage ‘fix’. Actually, I have kept the doors only from my grandmother’s robe that I finally threw out. Will do something with them one day. Great pics today and congrats on Apartment Therapy.
What a gorgeous room. Lovely linen! I love the story about the Hepburn dress (she’s one of my inspirations).
YOur beach bedroom is LOVELY!!!
Just breathtaking! Did you know you were featured in the Washington Post Home section Blog Watch on Thursday? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062400879.html
I lurve the doona cover….for some reason I can’t seem to do white in my bedroom, only because the kids seem to run in with their dirty hands and wipe them all over it so I am forever washing it. The pintuck (for want of a better word) looks so beautiful on the fabric. Your bedroom looks gorgeous!
Oh yes, I love all white…and you do it so well…always inspiring me to return to the simple, clean, uncluttered basics of a white palette. Thank you.
Have you seen those vintage style white pitchers at IKEA yet? They come in three sizes. I bought two, but could buy a dozen. Love them!
Simply lovely as usual.
Makes me think I ought to attempt to do something with my bedroom, which seems anything but restful at the moment.
Is the link for ‘Kelly’s Corner’ supposed to go to ‘All recipes’ ?
Your bedroom is a vision of lovelyness, we would never have know about the pre-event cleaning buzz if you didn’t admit it.
Do you think perhaps there is some lucky lady out there blogging this weekend about a lovely audrey style dress she found at vinnies with the cutest matching shoes?
Am in Byron for the weekend totally beaching it up to celebrate a new job starting soon with almost a big enough paycheque to afford more white paint.
As always such adorable photos & such a lovely bedroom.
Have a lovely weekend
love
Alison
x
Congrats on Apt.Living!!!
This room is scrumptious! Honest I think I felt my blood pressure go down when I started my tour!
Robin
All Things Heart and Home
I feel calmer just looking at your gorgeous room. It is so lovely!
Very pretty!
Congrats on you mention in the Washington Post yesterday!
I love the crispness of white but I am too scared to actually take the plunge – can I keep it clean?? Can my bed buddy Gypsy keep it clean?? LOL
You might just inspire me Sarah to be brave enough to tru it. I love what you have done with your bedroom.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
Your bedroom is just a dream! My dream bedroom! You have such a talent. You never cease to amaze me. I could spend hours on your site! A-M xx
Love it! Those painted suitcases are perfect! Congratulations! Take care, Caroline
Your bed linen is indeed gorgeous and your room divine…it was well worth the clean up for the photos, now you can bring all that other stuff back in from the hallway, or am I the only person who does that?
Have a wonderful weekend, treasure hunting sounds fun. I of course have The Tea Party event on the blog tomorrow and in real life am off to peddle my wares at a Handmade Expo.
Enjoy, Kiss Noises Linda
The bed linen is gorgeous. Love the suitcases too.
Alison
O.K….so sorry but now I am going to blame you…I was thinking about painting our iron head board white(it is black) and now that I have seen yours,well,I will just blame you and your lovely blog!!! Wonderful post,all the best,Chrissy
I’m seriously IN LOVE! Fantastic style!
I am in awe of your room and your new bed linens. Absolutely beautiful- great job!
Thank you for the delicious eye candy and giving me a place to go that is clean,pure, white…I live in a mahagony,cherry, burgandy, beige world…my men could not live in white. but you give me a place to sneak off to. thank you for the inspiration!
Absolutely beautiful. Very serene.
I want to fall into that bed right now! The whole room is so gorgeous, of course.
From California: I think every girl needs a “costume” closet. I’ve got Medieval dresses, clothes I bought in Jordan and Tanzanian and Kenyan wraps. Who knows when you’ll need such things.
Love the pure white. Working on turning my daughters room into a beach theme. She has lovely Yellow walls, one with great stripes, that we did 5 years ago. Starting small by repainting garage sale dresser (replacing the handles cost as much as the dresser) and shoppping for shells. I think the white comforter would be perfect!
Just gorgeous!
I miss living close to the ocean. I just moved from San Luis Obispo, CA. sigh.
Sarah, I hate to think what white would look like on my bed once the pets all decided on a nap. I do have a blue and white quilt on mine at the moment, and I just got it fresh and crisp out of the dryer. Of course, it will be washed again next week. And so it goes. You must have clean kiddos or you clean an awful lot. Or maybe you don’t have pets in the house. The cat hair…oh my lord!
Brenda
I’m cracking up reading of our similarities:
Late Wednesday night I got the strange urge to clean out a couple drawers and part of my closet. I agree that it is strange how we hang onto stuff “just in case”. I weeded out things that I haven’t worn for several years and I know I won’t ever be wearing again. Feels so good to finally get rid of them.
Years ago my MIL gave me an old black velvet dress from the 50′s. It fit perfect but needed to be hemmed much shorter. It has long sleeves though, and I wore it to an office Christmas party.
On our bed we have a white down comforter. I’m so ready to redecorate our bedroom. I’d like it romantic, but maybe more of a sexy feel and not frilly. Creative decorating ideas do not come easy for me. Your room looks so cozy!
Quite lovely. I love bright airy bedrooms. I keep painting the rooms in our house lighter each time we paint. Pretty soon they’ll be all white.
Oh, how I love your new bedding! It looks so cozy! Have a great weekend!
Rachel
It looks so pretty! The bedding is so fresh looking without being too sweet. And it dances so well with the taupes and other neutrals.
Ha – not having a blog, I never really thought about what takes place just before the photos I admire are taken. But when you liken it to the straightening that happens BC (before company) I get it!!!
beautiful room. Love the bed linen.
Talented girl!
Hello Sarah – first of all, may I just say that your new blog design is oh so lovely! And, I love your bedroom! Those linens are absolutely gorgeous and go well with your shabby chic decor. You scored big on that cool vintage door – wish I could go garage saling with you! The pink flowers are so pretty too. I love everything about the room!
Blessings,
Marie
I love your monochromatic, neutral color scheme in your bedroom. You nailed the “beach cottage look”, while making it your own!
But the favorite by far is the vintage door – gorgeous! Coming in second place is the pitcher with the flowers in it! All very pretty and comfy-looking.
i hope that you are writing a book or looking for a publisher or something because as i truly hope you know, you are very very talented.
swoon!
xo
Beautiful, so glad you commented so I found “a beach cottage.” I’ll be back
love love your room! It is cottage perfection. Love the white and all the details. OH, and your new bedding is great!
Hi Sarah
I’ve come over to visit you on this chilly Melbourne winter’s afternoon and walked in on your beautifully decorated bedroom, felt like a warm fresh breathe of air to me – love the simplicity, yet lots of character and I know thought put into placing each and everything
I took some photos of my latest bedroom changeover but am now feeling it’s very boring compared to yours – I think my photos will be going to the recylce bin!!
Hope your weekend is going along well and your pickling has been a success.
I went to the Post Office yesterday!