Coterie Blue Floral Paper Plates, Cups and Napkins with Gold Disposable Cutlery and Straws
I just love this set of disposable dishes! They come in two sizes and have matching napkins and paper cups. Continue reading
Lush Decor Yellow French Country Toile Bedding Set with Coordinating Grey Darla Comforter and Shams
Cotton toile is a wonderful look that mixes with so many styles. The old fashioned print is traditional and adds a cottage feel. Lush Decor makes mix and match reversible toile bedding, window treatments and a shower curtain.
The French Country Toile pattern that Lush Decor uses looks like a scene from an old village.
It comes in four colors.
Blue Sky Clayworks Blue Octopus Teapot
Blue Sky Clayworks has teapots, salt and pepper shakers butter dishes and cookie jars. They are made of durable ceramics. They are not just for display. You can really use these. Continue reading
CJ Online Creatures of the Sea Octopus End Table with Glass Top
24” wide x 21.5” high
A few years ago octopus images started showing up at the furniture markets. Both Las Vegas and High Point, N.C. had octopi on fabric, furniture, tableware and pillows.
This trend shows no sign of going away. Here are some ways to add this look to your home. Continue reading
Kali Blue and White Bath Collection from Saturday Night Ltd.
The Blue and White Kali Collection from Saturday Night Ltd. has window treatments, small rugs, shower curtains and hooks, towels and other bath items all in shades of blue with coordinating items in grey.
Vern Yip Blue Shower Curtain with Gold Koi
Shelf holds Gold Koi Vase, Liquid Soap or Lotion Pump and Toothbrush Holder
Vern Yip’s Koi Bath Collections are available in Gold or Silver. Or you could mix the two. The Gold Koi fabric has a rich blue background. The Silver Koi fabric has the metalic fish printed onto white for a more subtle look that would work with any colors or neutrals. Continue reading
Vern Yip Shangri La Bath Collection
Vern Yip’s new Shangri La Oriental Bath Collection is primarily black and white, so you can use it with any colors or neutrals. The shower curtain has a large scene, like a detailed transferware landscape of a romanticized oriental scene.
The Shangri La Collection – Beauty of the Orient
Shangri La, a fantasy of the Western world, is known as a mystical, harmonious valley in the Kunlun Mountains of China.
Laura Ashley Cassidy Collection
The Laura Ashley Cassidy Collection has bedding, window valances and a coordinating shower curtain.
The fabric is 100% cotton with romantic roses in shades of blue, white and green printed on a pastel yellow background. Continue reading
Lighting with Vintage Telegraph and Telephone Glass Insulators
Repurposed old glass insulators are all over Etsy. People turn them into candle holders and book ends. I have about a dozen of them that I put over inexpensive solar lights. They mostly block both the light and the solar panel, but I don’t care.
A number of lighting manufacturers make lighting collections that use reproduction glass insulators or are inspired by them. They range from rustic and farmhouse to modern or industrial. Continue reading
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Hampstead Toile Table Linens with Cobalt blue Chinoiserie print on aqua blue
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates historic area stores in Colonial Williamsburg, living-history museum in the historic district of Williamsburg, Virginia. The Hampstead Toile collection was inspired by an 18th century English fan found in the Foundation collection. It has chinoiserie scenes of pagodas, willow trees, stylized Chinese ladies and other traditional motifs in cobalt blue on turquoise blue green. Continue reading
