House on The Mediterranean

This beautiful house is located in Malaga, Spain. It seems to be sinking into the vegetation which keeps it cool in summer. Inside, most of the furniture is either French or English, a real delight. I love every room of this house but I have an issue with the kitchen, though. You might guess what it is. Anyway, hope you enjoy today's tour, my friends!




































All images from here.

Summer House in the South of Spain

This inviting summer house is located in Sotogrande which is a large residential development in Andalusia in the south of Spain, right next to the Mediterranean Sea. And just in case you are interested some regulars and inhabitants of Sotogrande include Tony Blair, José María Aznar and Sarah Ferguson.
Spanish interior designer Sylvia Melián is the owner. Most of the items displayed in her rooms were acquired in Tánger, flea markets in Paris and some antiques from Portobello Road in London.
I really love the way she has combined colours and textures. Tour time, dears!

















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Enjoyed this tour? Let me know!
All images from here.

House on a Cliff

Good morning dear readers. Glad it's Friday? So am I. Today we are off to Spain once again. Built on a cliff with stunning views of the Mediterranean, this stylish house combines traditional and rustic furniture. Subdued colours, airy and elegant. Care to have a look with me?


A grand porch with arches by the pool. A complete living room and dining room were set up here to enjoy the outdoors.




A white living room. Louis XVI chairs, modern sofas, antique lamps and candlesticks, and baskets all combine to make this welcoming atmosphere.






The kitchen leads out to a sunny patio.

Notice the angle of the island in the kitchen. It encourages you to walk out to the patio.






The master bathroom has it's own terrace. I'd dry my hair in the sun!







All images from El Mueble.

Summer House on the Mediterranean

Last night we were out for a walk. It had been raining a little during the day so we were enjoying some fresh air, the smell of wet grass. Everything perfect and peaceful. Suddenly we heard an extremely loud sizzling noise right ahead of us. The first thing I thought was, oh, yes, fireworks celebrating a goal for one of the Brazilian football teams, wich is very common here. But immedeately afterwards we heard a loud crash on the ground right in front of us. Ohhh that made me jump out of my skin! It was a massive branch (the size of a big tree) that had fallen some 10 meters ahead of us. What impressed me most was the deafening noise. Nobody was hurt and I'm glad we were just strolling and not walking rapidly, otherwise we would have been squashed like two clueless frogs trying to cross a highway. Shudder!

So, to calm my nerves down a bit, (nah, just kidding, when I was certain everyone was ok I realized what an awesome moment it had been!), I need something soothing like looking out to the sea from the terrace of this breezy summer house in Spain. A stunning view, simple decorating in white and blue, stipes, nautical touches, rattan and easy to clean tiled floors.




















Have a great day, keep your hat on, and beware the Jabberwock and those angry branches!

All images from here.

Winner and I Need Your Help!

I’m sorry I’m late in posting this! The winner for the beautiful Junk Beautiful Outdoor Edition is Karen! Congratulations! However… Karen, I do not have your contact information. If you could leave a comment for me and provide your user name on the Junkmarket Style site and email address or blogsite, I will be in touch so that I can get your shipping information and we can get the book sent to you! If I do not hear from you within one week from today, unfortunately I will have redraw another winner! Congratulations again and I hope you enjoy the Junkmarket Style books as much as I do!

I’d also like to thank Sue Whitney from Junkmarket Style for the interview and also providing her Junk Beautiful Outdoor Edition to the lucky winner! Thank you so much Sue!

I’ve been getting a few questions lately about resources that I’ve shown on my blog and in going back and researching them, I have not been able to ascertain the source of them. Unfortunately when I posted them, I either did not cite the source or it was not available to me at the time.

If any of you can help me determine where these items came from, I would be very grateful and so would the readers who are looking for them!

The first item is this “Biggy Piggy”. My original post had it listed for $59.00. Does anyone know where we can find this item?

This piggy was shown in my resources post here.

The second item is this bedspread…

One reader would love to know where to find this bedspread and unfortunately I did not have the resource for this either!

This bedspread was shown in my Purple post here.

And while (hopefully) some of you can help me with with these resources, I’d like to share a few photos from my weekend in San Francisco. We were touring around the Exploratorium area where I love the homes.

There are a lot of homes in the area like this. Iron balconies, columns on the face of the building, single garages and Mediterranean colors.

The texture on this building coupled with the turned columns on the balconies was interesting to me.

The famous Palace of Fine Arts. More about it here. Check out those carvings up top and those massive columns! This whole area is so beautiful. If you ever get the chance to visit San Francisco, try to stop by and see it.

These homes look directly across to the Palace of Fine Arts. What a beautiful site to wake up to!

While this building is not big on architecture, I found the blue shutters against the white surface interesting amongst all the other houses in the area.

I love the art deco tiles arched above the entrance here, however, the ironwork in the doorway is more art nouveau. Do you like the mix of styles? I’m not sure I do.

This house was actually up the hill from the Exploratorium area. I believe it was on Divisidero Street, home of many mansions! I love the arched window and balcony above. Absolutely beautiful.

The art deco details of this building are even above the doorway and garage entrances.

I find the wooden bump-out on this building interesting, considering the rest of the building is stucco. It’s very cathedral-esque, especially with the arched windows underneath. Do you like this?

A young Jewish couple was getting married here (they are seated on the bench). What a beautiful place to get married!

Enjoy the rest of your week! I’m off to Colorado for my niece’s wedding!