Living room goodbyes!

Looks rather bare, just before furniture is being taken out. We took the area rug up and the floors really shine through. I want some photos of the house when it's empty, and I will take those next week sometime. Time is short here (with house being sold) and it is strange to see it this bare.

Next house, a new look, some similar things, but we are ready for a new begining.

Dining Room, saying my goodbyes!

Saying goodbye to my dining room! We have about 15 days or so left in the house, and this dining room set will not be here as of this weekend. The dining room set is sold.

The chandelier is changed out because it did not convey with the house. We put a standard generic one as a place holder for the new owners.

I will miss this room. Those built-in cabinets sure held a lot of dishes! It took quite a few boxes to empty them.

I have been MIA because I was busy with open houses and viewings for my house. We signed a contract today and all ducks in a row for closing on July 31st.
I will post here when I can, but now we are clearing out the rest of our furniture and stuff in the garage.
We are excited to be moving South to Florida. We lived there before moving to Va 10 years ago and are happy to be moving near family and grand kids!

Happy Mother's Day!

My Mother's Day flowers! They were sent to me by my children. Of course I would rather see them in person, but we couldn't do that for this day. I am seeing them soon and am so excited! The are grown with their own lives, I still miss having them around when they were little.

More yard work!

Been busy in the yard! This is the view in the back of our detached garage. The constant rain has made everything green!

View in other direction, showing my herb bed on the left in the background. A few Maple trees near the pergola

A corner of the yard with new Leyland Cypress planted. The left side shows an Oak Willow, on the ground my Hostas coming back up. And to the right are my Magnolia bush and tree.

Our Dwarf Fig tree (about 5 years old) is full of figs already! (needs mulch!)

My herb bed

My River Birch tree, view to the back of the yard

View of back of garage. My butterfly bush and Rosemary plant

View from my dining room window looking over the lower deck into yard in front of detached garage, you can see my banana plants starting to come up. The back yard that used to be used for our vegetable garden, (gate is open) is now growing grass. You can see the pergola too. It had just rained a lot outside and I love the look of the dark greens that a wet yard has.

Wisteria blooms!

Our Wisteria plant blossomed! We had two plants in that planter on the corner of the Pergola that never flowered. We got a 2' branch from a friend's plant and just stuck it into the ground last Spring. The Pergola is 10' tall, so the vine climbed the post all last Summer and Fall. This Spring it is just taking off and gave us these beautiful blooms!

INSPIRATIONAL picture of fabric!

Ralph Lauren fabrics! I just love this stripe! This really strikes me as 'beach' for sure! Love the crisp feeling! The one thing about my style is that I do not like all items, fabrics, furniture and accessories to blend together. I have learned through trial and error and living with furnishings that I do like the drama of high or medium-high contrast.

So, the dilema is, I love off whites, and just love creamy off whites. So, if I do some fabrics like this crisp white in that RL stripe, then mixing in the off whites might take away from the crisp look. I could do this in a room with all naturals using it as an accent. Will be fun to explore this look! I love RL so I am motivated!