Queen Anne’s Lace grows wild around here. If you pick it, it smells like carrots. That’s because it is a carrot, pretty much. It’s sometimes called wild carrot, although there is another kind of wild carrot around here that makes more carrot, less flower. You can eat the carroty root of Queen Anne’s Lace. It…
I can never have too many hand towels. I prefer the cotton terrycloth ones. Any cotton towel that is absorbent is useful. And I have a lot of rather useless un-absorbent synthetic towels that I bought anyway because I like the picture so much. This set has chinoiserie designs embroidered onto cotton terry cloth. Quera…
I can never have too many hand towels and kitchen towels. These from the Chinoiserie Collection by Two’s Company are adorable. Perfect to give and wonderful to receive. Two’s Company set of two Blue Willow Dish Towels 81847 Spring Set of 2 Blue and White Dish Towels with Tassels and Embroidery Blue Willow and Blue…
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….
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. Shower Curtains and Shower Curtain Hooks There are two different shower curtain in the Kali Collection. They are both made of…
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. The Gold Koi & Silver…
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…
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. Laura Ashley Cassidy Comforter Set A sunny buttercup yellow background is the perfect showcase for these romantic blue roses. A…
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…
I found another bath collection that goes with my blue and white. The colors are perfect, shades of blue and turquoise on a bright white background. I really like the border patterns. The Peri Home Capri Medallion Bath Collection includes a Liquid Soap or Lotion Pump Dispenser, Toothbrush Holder, Tumbler Cup, Tray and Wastebasket made…
