It has been a week – on a personal level, with a car break in, plumbing issues lost driver’s license, and health related concerns, and yet I am buying a bouquet of flowers, and sprucing up the house, to do my best in staying positive or even optimistic. Photographs of pretty things help, especially these lovely ones. Hang in there if you are having an equally tough week. {featured image source and full credit}
Although many states, or countries are lifting the shelter in place to boost moral, moods and the economy, I am still considering staying more at home, and focusing on projects around the house which will certainly boost moods or moral if done as suggested in these topics of decor interest on this Wednesday. {featured images and article full credit}
I’ve been doing a bit of sprucing up. You know, minor changes which ultimately can result in greater ones. So, it’s no surprise to anyone, again, that I share some of the ideas I have incorporated in my efforts to update my mother’s home. Tell me what you think? {featured image source and full credit}
June gloom is how Californian’s see this month – due to the relentless heavy fogs along the coast and sometimes even inland. Surprisingly, we had a few gorgeous days at the start of the month, so we took to the streets, parks, and sandy beach walks soaking it all up. Today, the fog has rolled in as expected, and we are once again indoors, wearing sweaters and socks and all things winter related. For this very reason, I felt the need to share some beautiful things to help stay focused on positive thoughts… {featured image source and credit here, here, here, here}
During lockdown, like most of you, I’ve spent some of my time contemplating Springish(now) cleaning and sprucing up the house, in this case where my mother lives. So we talk, once a a day about my vision and she simply stares at me. I can tell she isn’t too thrilled about the idea of brightening her beautiful living and dining room first and then we’ll talk about tackling other parts of the house. So she said, show me what you are talking about and of course, here’s what’s happening this beautiful Monday in the city after experiencing some unbearably high winds over the weekend, which had the Golden Gate bridge howling – so eerie if you ask me. (Take a listen here) But before you go – check out some of my favorite ideas I want to throw around and 54 more from here in case you are also in the mood to create a new living room space or just go outside and enjoy the weather – it’s summer and some of the restrictions …
Dreaming of owning a home high on a hilltop, say somewhere along the French Riviera? I do. Actually, anytime a film is made along the French coastline, I stop and watch, no matter how cheesy the story, like this and this film. So, naturally, I did a stop and watch with this amazing home tucked somewhere high above Cannes and had to share my admiration of the craftsmanship. The decor is truly in line with the environment, sixties inspired. The view isn’t bad either. featured image and source full credit
Not addressing current affairs here does not mean I am not struggling with our present environment. I am one of many who processes the right approach better when I am in an artistic element. Featured images source and full credit
I love the end of May in the city. Because it is the only week before the actual summer we get sun, warm temperatures, and no wind or very minimal. Everyone is out this week, walking naturally this year, or sitting six feet apart at the beach or the parks. So with that mood, I feel the need to share a few lovely things on this Wednesday. Featured image source, 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5
Hello everyone! Welcome back to Monday. Hope you had a lovely-enough weekend. I did nothing the entire weekend, except nurse a few really serious mosquito bites inflicted upon my body at the battle of my backyard on Wednesday last week. Even through repellent, those annoying beasts feasted on me as if they’ve suffered a famine of sorts during COVID. So, as always, I am easing into Monday – with some beautiful decor style from a high-rise apartment in New York – which by the way, if I were to live in a glass-house such as this one in San Francisco, this is what it would look like. What style of home do you prefer?
Hope everyone had a sweet Mother’s Day. I spent the day with my mother, like normal since early March. But it was nice. I made crepes, which she totally appreciated it. Then did some ‘office work’ for her bills and paperwork, helping her yet again, relearn banking and her favorite quicken to maintain her finances, she says, which always gets me laughing. Then we prepped a roast to be pressure cooked-yummy-for dinner, and I baked her a cake. So all in all it was grand, minus a few disagreements naturally. The weather wasn’t the best to do more – like my normal walks across San Francisco or enjoying a homemade sandwich in a park. So I stayed in Saturday and did much editing. This week will be a busy one for me – so I figured I’d ease into Monday with some cool articles of interest: How do you ease into a Monday?
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