Modern House Minimalist Design

Imagine my surprise when browsing through one of the high end decor websites I came across these framed sea fans for sale. Source The price is $2250.00 for ONE! Are you kidding? I have been selling unframed sea fans on Etsy  for months now.  The above fan is framed in an illusion frame, again similar to the ones below I used in our own home.   Illusion frames are glass on both sides so the wall color shows through.  The sea fans also look wonderful using a mat and a frame of your choice. Source A couple of months ago I included light blue dyed sea fans to the other color options. Look familiar? The dyed sea fans sell on Etsy  for $32.00 each and the illusion frames are $29.00 at Michaels.  Of course, you can use the 40% off coupon at Michaels to save even more money.  These can easily be framed in less than 10 minutes and I give directions how to do this with each purchase. Some other colors available... Etsy Thank you to ever...

Hi everyone. Do you remember this frame I showed you recently? I added two intaglios  to the frame. I am still making reproduction  intaglios  from antique molds and selling them on Ebay and Etsy. Last week while out antiquing I found three authentic 19th century intaglios. They are in fabulous condition and you can still see some of the writing on the back. These will be  listed on Ebay next week,  but if anyone is interested in them just shoot me an email.      Our oldest son and his family from Orlando will be visiting next week.  We plan on spending lots of time at the pool, cooking out and doing activities to keep the grand kids happy.  You'll find me in the yard helping build a  fairy garden and dinosaur park, making cupcakes, cookies and watching  Beauty and the Beast for the fiftieth time. Being a grandmother is the best! Have a wonderful weekend. Hugs, Sherry I am partying this week a...

I hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to a fun weekend. The Open House party will be going on Spring break for a few weeks.   I'll still be posting and visiting you, the party will just be on a short hiatus.  I need a little breather and the time to catch up on reading my favorite blogs, returning emails and finishing some long overdue projects.  I'll be returning soon with more beautiful homes to share and a fabulous giveaway! ................. A couple of weeks ago I went to an auction liquidating the inventory of a very expensive home decor shop.  I was the high bidder on two beautiful Italian pottery pieces.  They still had the original price  of $395.00 each on them!  You all know I am  rather  very frugal and there was no way I would pay anywhere near that amount.  I filled one of the urns with seashells and a white sea fan from my Etsy   s...

I hope everyone had a good weekend.   Hubby and I did a little antiquing and shopping on Saturday, then ended our day out with a fabulous Italian dinner.  We bought this very large willow trunk at Hobby Lobby.  Actually, this is the third time we have bought this same basket. We bought two of these baskets last year while vacationing in Florida and left them at our son's house.  Our plan was to use them as end tables when we moved to the area. My son and DIL fell in love with these baskets and their local store no longer carries them. I knew from our conversations it was going to be a battle to get them back.  Yesterday when I saw another of these trunks I grabbed it quickly.  Now I just need to find one more so they can keep the other two! The trunk has found a temporary home under the table.  Can you see how large this thing is?  Love it! Did you notice the plaster capital in the center of the table?...

I want to thank everyone that left such kind notes on the post where I  mentioned my health issues.  I have faith that 2012 will be a good year! I have been trying to get a start on my long list of projects to complete in 2012.  Today I wanted to paint a small table and make a new chalkboard but the weather is not cooperating.  You may have seen the picture in my sidebar of the  Dyed Sea Fans  I have for sale on Etsy.  I have framed four of the blue sea fans in clear illusion frames and they now hang in our family room.  With the illusion frames the color of the wall becomes the background. Last year while visiting the beach I wandered into a very high end decor shop. This was the kind of shop where I rarely buy anything but I do get some great ideas for projects.  The shop had a wall of blue framed sea fans that I fell in love with. Are you sitting down?  You had better be sitting when I tell you the price was $450 each!....