{"id":53992,"date":"2017-04-23T12:43:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T12:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=53992"},"modified":"2017-04-23T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T13:24:10","slug":"seven-on-sunday-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/23\/seven-on-sunday-84\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Sunday morning to you. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Here the sun and beautiful skies have come out after a few dreary, rainy and cold days.\u00a0 I have a full weekend planned and setting up for a luncheon I am hosting this week so plenty to keep me busy today. Here we go with my Seven on Sunday-<\/p>\n

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1 SHUTTER COLOR IS DECIDED!! Thanks to all who chimed in about my shutter paint color last week. I hemmed and hawed and something about my final choices was not quite right. So…….I kept on trucking and knew I would find just the right color.<\/p>\n

It had come down to Silvermist or Nimbus Gray but I wanted something with a tinge more blue and a bit less gray.\u00a0 Yes my husband thought I had lost it with the amount of time I was putting into it and yes, my persistence paid off.<\/p>\n

I found “the one”. And\u00a0 am100% sure about it. I even love the name, Nantucket Fog. As I started to do some research, it appears this is also a favorite of many designers.Here you go…..<\/p>\n

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And here it is on a piece of wood to get an idea of how it will look on a shutter, love it! Its a true blue\/gray a little deeper than some of the others but I took. many’s advice about the strong fading sun and think this has just enough contrast.<\/p>\n

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2.THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DENTAL OFFICE Oh my…I have never seen such a chic dental office..have you? Mine sure does not look like this, this is downright dreamy!! Summer Thornton is the mastermind behind this beautiful office, incredible!!<\/p>\n

I always have said if I owned a traditional office like a doctors office (or dental) that I would really work to make it feel like an upscale private home and that is exactly what she did…..brava to her!<\/p>\n

Click here to see this incredible space and others.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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3 OFF SHOULDER TOPS Loving this new style…so fresh and pretty, and they just scream chic summer dressing. I had to give in and buy a few to jumpstart my summer wardrobe. You dont’ have to wear them completely off the shoulder but these are all beautiful looks for warm weather dressing.<\/p>\n

Ordered this, it is so darling and I thought the price was a mistake, $35.00 really? Click here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Got this a few weeks ago, love this color!!! A beautiful top dressed up or down. Click here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Love navy and white together and this simple navy peasant blouse is not only so reasonable but makes dressing a cinch, click here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Considering this one, love pink and with white slacks would be perfect for a daytime or even evening outing.\u00a0 So delicate and feminine…beautiful! I have a few showers coming up and this would be perfect. Click here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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4 INSTAGRAMS OF INTEREST. No theme in particular this weekend,\u00a0 just a random group of fabulousness! You can see I had a hard time this week narrowing it down…..<\/p>\n

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My fave of this week is this gorgeous picture….it is a sure sign of a very devoted Enchanted Home customer!<\/p>\n

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5. FABULOUS PILLOWS. I have worked with Studio Tullia. and my backyard and patios in the summer are a testament to just how much I love their pillows!<\/p>\n

Some of the new arrivals from Studio Tullia have me swooning and daydreaming about a little tweaking of my very own:) Click here to see more…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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6. PROVENCE PLANTER MAKEOVER! So with the planting season on our doorstep, lots of us are starting to think about coming out of hibernation and the great outdoors. Of course that means sprucing up our patios and of the first impression people get….our front doors!<\/p>\n

So happy the Provence planters are coming back in about 2 weeks! I love giving “Provence planter makeovers”. This is a recent one when a customer needed some direction on her front door. A beautiful home that deserved an equally beautiful front door welcome. The planters presently there were way too small and actually dwarfed everything around it. When it doubt go a little bigger, not smaller.<\/p>\n

She wasn’t sure about the color Provence planter she wanted, but we both decided black was the way to go. So stately and elegant, and it accents her black shutters beautifully. Take a look at the mini Provence planter makeover-<\/p>\n

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And even tried using two smaller Provence planters by the front door…..<\/p>\n

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OR Boxwood balls<\/p>\n

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7. SUNDAY’S SURVEY The other day I had forgotten my phone aka my lifeline. I was heading to an appt. and already running late,\u00a0 had no time to go back and get it and felt the anxiety rising in me about not being reachable. The shock and awe of realizing I had left it behind was telling:)\u00a0 I contemplated turning around but didn’t because it would have delayed me and I couldn’t be late.<\/p>\n

So the strangest thing happened, I went to my appt. anxiety and all, then ran a few errand afterwards and you know what? I LOVED the freedom it gave me,\u00a0 I also loved the idea of unplugging (a happy accident) and taking in everything around me instead of hearing the beeps and rings go off and being distracted by my phone as is often the case.<\/p>\n

There was something incredibly freeing about it and I really enjoyed the 3 hours or so that I didn’t have my phone. Make no mistake when I got back it looked like a mini airplane terminal with all the sights, sounds and lights going off at once from various people trying to reach me (and that includes solicitors). But I realized not only can I live without it but I actually liked being without it. And vowed to start doing this on a regular basis. Even if for an hour, it is good for mind, body and soul.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Do you regularly “unplug” or is it just unimaginable? I will be curious to see what you have to say on the matter……<\/p>\n