Today I'm sharing some mid-summer decorating. Think black and white...and Yellow!
This is my favorite part of summer. The part immediately after the Fourth of July. For me, that's when things calm down at work and I get to actually enjoy summer. I love the heat. The humidity, well, not-so-much. It's the family vacation, going to the beach, sailing, biking, picking summer flowersand produce, and sunshine part of summer that I adore. It's the part of summer where the red, white, and blue decor from the 4th of July gives way to a celebration of my somewhat checkered past. However, it's not as black and white as it may seem. I succumb to bad humor sometimes, I could blame it on the heat but it's more about me than mercury.
In the dining room, Jadeite "Jane Ray", Mackenzie-Childs, and vintage marmalade jars join the edited collection of ironstone on the hutch. Vintage linens from my first kitchen, 30 years ago, are retrieved from drawers in the pantry for display
On the cabinet in the dining room, photographs of favorite summers, long past.
Gentle reminders about integrity, achievement, and other life advice is scattered throughout our home during the long days of summer when life moves slowly enough for people to actually read them. My Grandmother's typewriter (a recent gift from my mom), with a quote by one of my favorite authors, sits on the cabinet just inside the front door. Old alarm clocks, and a few of my old paint brushes join summer flowers, picked from my garden also bid family,as well as guests, "Welcome".
Hydrangea, solidago, daisies, sun flowers, larkspur, snapdragons and Queen Ann's lace in one of my ironstone pitchers.
I love my black white and yellow summer decor and I hope that you're enjoying a relaxing Sunday as much as I am. I'm thrilled and thankful that we finally have "cooler" weather. I never thought that I'd call 90 degrees "cool" but it's a vast improvement over what we've had for the last week and I'll take it!
xo,
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