The Simple Life
Embellish
Verb (used with object)
1. To beautify, by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
2. To enhance, (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions.
Design Diary- Painting Techniques- The Simple Life in California and Umbria, Italy
Rise Early Quotes and Mustard Fields
Good Morning Everyone
I’m on a new plan to try to wake
up early and start to work on my business before my girls or the sun has risen.
This morning for me the sun rose at 6:56 am so each day there will be a little
bit more light in the sky. Does
anyone want to join me and give it a try? I already feel kick-ass and I only
began this morning. Laugh with me
not at me o.k.
Red Walls
Probably all of you at some
point have considered painting a room in your home RED.
Maybe you already have… congratulations! I have not, shameful as it may be. Right now I’m obsessed with the right shade of blue.
I believe that there are many
ways to make a red room work. Here
is what made it work in my opinion in this space that I painted in San
Francisco.
Winter Bouquet Inspiration
I’m back in California and the
rain won’t quit. We have little
breaks and the sun tries to come out, but the air and ground are always. We are all thrilled, after 4 years of
draught, the rain is a big celebration. I like to go for long
walks and then scavenge for a winter bouquet. It is easy just to pick up Lichen, branches of Rosehips or fallen
Camellia blossoms. They are often
covered in dirt or mud. At home I
rinse them off and put them in a crystal bowl and an old olive oil bottle. Even if they faded or browned at the edges the effect is
still stunning.
Guess the Photo - Italy or California
It is a rainy day somewhere in
the world, now since you don’t really know for sure if I am in Umbria or
California today we are NOT going to play a little game, NOR are we going to
take a test. I don’t like to do
either of the above, in fact my friends and family think I should begin to like
to play games. I would rather read
a book or go for a run, than play a game.
Design View Modern and Antique
I love this photo for its beauty
and feeling of solitude. It may be
just that January feeling. This is
a palazzo in our main Piazza in Foligno, Italy. I know the view well. I like the contrast of the modernity of
white lights with the antique façade behind. It warms my heart.
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