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<\/a><\/p>\n1\u00a0 WANT TO LIVE LONGER? Don’t know if you saw this in the NY Times, but found this interesting yet not at all surprising given how reading so expands your mind. It is now scientific proof that reading extends your life. One great reason to make it a priority!<\/p>\n
Found the article fascinating. Said that even those who read up to half an hour a day have a significant survival advantage….a great excuse to make sure I continue with my current reading binge. Click here for full story<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT’S COMING NEXT TO THE ENCHANTED HOME. Besides the ornaments and planters,( late Sept) I will be getting in a beautiful container of exquisite silver and porcelains soon. The silver will be here in about a week and the porcelains in early Sept. Sales for both will be happening quite soon so stay tuned. Here is a little peek as to what’s coming in….<\/p>\n Some of the beautiful porcelains, also getting in a bunch of small pieces, a return of the gorgeous x large ginger jars,\u00a0 great little vases and jars (perfect for hostess gifts\/holidays) and lots of garden seats-<\/p>\n And for the silver getting in lots and lots of\u00a0 mint juleps since they sold out so fast and by popular demand gorgeous elegant candelabras plus more of the beautiful trays…this container is due in this week:)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. FABRICS TO LUST OVER. As we are getting closer and closer to breaking ground on P.Bluff….I am starting to envision places to use some favorite fabrics, and those happen to be part of the China Seas collection by Quadrille. Click here to see them all<\/em><\/a>. Here are some favorites-<\/p>\n Loving this possibly for the master or a guest room the pale aqua on white is gorgeous as is the new beige on tan (want to keep it very tonal)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And Bali Hai is a long time favorite, in fact just ordered some to be made into a tablecloth:) I will definitely use this somewhere in our new home, it’s just too pretty not to!<\/p>\n And then there is Birds II which is another beautiful fabric, thinking this could be stunning for a guest room in the pale blue color<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4. INSTAGRAMS OF INTEREST. Never at a loss of beautiful images to share with you…this weeks is pretty incredible. I love discovering new accounts, and this week discovered a few great ones worth sharing. No particular focus this week just a major accent on all things beautiful. Enjoy….<\/p>\n 5. A SMALL BREAKFAST ROOM PROJECT. So I LOVE my pug chairs, they are so stinking cute however if you can believe it we have had them for almost 15 years! They have seen plenty of sticky fingers, ice pops, pasta spills you name it..and have held up remarkably well given how long they have been here but are due for a makeover.\u00a0 Here is the breakfast room now-<\/p>\n I want to reupholster these wing chairs either in a beige colored velvet or a navy velvet….the green\/brown is neither here nor there<\/p>\n And these darling pug chairs which have brought us so\u00a0 much joy….are starting to look a little faded<\/p>\n So, its due time to have them reupholstered. I found some gorgeous fabrics in one of my favorite colorways, blues and browns with a bit of tan. These fabric have me thinking of doing two fabrics on one chair, a look I like a lot for breakfast rooms, not so much dining rooms. If I didn’t love the tall windows so much I would do panels out of one of these but they will just be done on the chairs and probably a few pillows.<\/p>\n So here is where I am headed…..problem is I love them all! Now that you have seen the room, what are your two favorite fabrics? Maybe you can help with my decision:)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n