The spring flower that I find so bright and joyous is the nasturtium, whether the variety is bright orange, buttery yellow or even white. The nasturtium will grow profusely in all kinds of soil and gardeners up North know early spring is the time to start growing seeds in the greenhouse.
I’ve just spent a few days in the Panhandle with friends visiting what is called the forgotten Florida. We visited Apalachicola and the seaside town of Rosemary Beach. These are beautiful places and all that sugar-white sand! Port St. Joe Beach was, for me, an undiscovered highlight of the panhandle, where the beach is welcoming and quiet. My friends, Erin and Joe Payner, have settled comfortably into their oceanfront home after Joe’s retirement from the Air Force.
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With myriad styles and textures, there’s no reason for boring walls By Jennifer Tzeses |
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Tempaper Peach and Berry Medley Wall decals do the job of an entirely paper wall, yet you choose where to place them. Courtesy of Tempaper
Tempaper Peach and Berry Medley Wall decals do the job of an entirely paper wall, yet you choose where to place them.
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Wallpaper is a little bit like magic. It can add a sense of artistry to any space or makeover the mood of a room without changing anything in it.
“The best thing about wallpaper is that you can turn an empty, white-walled room into any dreamy place you want, whether the Wild West, the Caribbean or a Parisian palace. You can go anywhere,” said Carleton Varney,
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Southern Comfort: Designing With Unbuttoned Elegance
It’s an aesthetic that combines raw materials, family heirlooms and layers of patterns with a “wink and a smile” By Jennifer Tzeses |
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Designed by Lance Thomas, this living room exudes a Southern sensibility.
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Maybe it’s the hospitality or the historical elements homes with Southern charm just have a warmth that makes their style unique.
“Southern charm is an unbuttoned elegance,” says designer Lance Thomas of Thomas Guy Interiors in Lake Charles, Louisiana. “It embraces the humble, raw materials of the region and realizes them as timeless spaces with a story to tell. It feels collected, curated and classic. And just like people from the South [of the U.S.], a Southern charm-style home should always come with a wink and a smile in the design,” he said.
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Your Family Decorator: Springtime decor? Say it with flowers
Carleton Varney of Dorothy Draper & Co. loves hydrangeas and tulips but his favorite for Easter is the bright daffodil.
Carleton Varney
It’s Easter time, and the flower shops are filled with springtime blooms.
I’ve seen pots of pink, blue and white hydrangeas they need lots of water, so please give them a lot to drink and tulips of every shade. I like to display masses of tulips, bulbs and all, in clear glass containers. And, of course, there are pink, purple and white hyacinths.