My first Churchill Blue Willow China from the grocery store
In the late ‘70s, A&P Grocery Store let you buy a plate, cup and saucer in the Blue Willow Pattern for 99 cents any time you bought $10 worth of groceries. They were made by Churchill. I bought eight. The other pieces cost more. I bought some, but mostly mixed in the white dishes I already had. Continue reading
Agate is a natural mineral with beautiful bands or stripes. It is a type of Chalcedony, which is Quartz.
I found these area rugs with a modified Blue Willow pattern. The Asian motif is hand-hooked in two shades of blue with off white.
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When I was looking for bath mats, I found these contoured Blue Willow Pattern mats to go around the toilet. They come in two versions of the traditional Blue Willow pattern.
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Bath Mats, Kitchen Mats or Doggie Beds
I was looking for bath mats and found these. They are all very similar, but sold by a lot of different companies. They are very well priced on Amazon, but the descriptions came from other websites.
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Set of CalamityWare Dishes
I was looking for a replacement piece of Blue Willow china and found something really fun!
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Pretty Snug, Southern Living January 2019
The January 2019 Issue of Southern Living has an article Pretty Snug in the Home & Garden: Beautiful Spaces — Inside and Out feature.
“10 new rules for cottage style, a small home can have big attitude. Birmingham decorator Fran Keenan certainly proves it.” Continue reading
Better Homes & Gardens starts with the article Fresh: Obsessed with Scalloped Edges
The January issue of Better Homes & Gardens starts with the article Fresh: Obsessed with Scalloped Edges
We’ve seen their swooping symmetry in architecture, furniture, and hemlines for decades, even centuries. What’s new is the way scallop’s structure has been loosened, scaled up, and repeated graphically in a way that’s bolder, curvier, and a bit more carefree.
Better Homes & Gardens, January 2019
The opening photo shows a Capiz Chandelier. I’ve never thought of Capiz as scallops, but it surely is. Continue reading
Signature Style: Creating Beautiful Interiors from Traditional Home Books
One of my favorite decorating books is Signature Style: Creating Beautiful Interiors from Traditional Home Books.
The book is about finding your own approach to design. All of the interiors are Traditional, but the eight different designers have very different approaches.
There are a lot of photos, as you would expect. But the designers explain their process. They let you know what to look for in each photo. Continue reading
LAGarden 78″x 39″ Door & Window Awning Canopy
LAGarden Patio Awnings are an inexpensive way to protect your entry, doorway or windows.
They are designed to offer good weather resistance wherever they are used. The awnings are inexpensive and install quickly and easily. Continue reading
