Best of Pottery Barn

Living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms. Well of course these photographs are the ones I like best but there are many others so maybe my best is not necessarily your best. However, I do have the feeling that your taste is similar to mine so I guess I'll stop worrying about it now.

Have an excellent Sunday!

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All images from Pottery Barn.

I have linked this post to Leah's Toot Your Horn party. Thanks once again Leah!

Living Rooms at Pottery Barn

Good morning treasured readers! We're having a heat wave here in Rio. It's not so hot right now but we've had 3 days with temperatures reaching nearly 50 degrees Celsius! (that's 122 degrees Fahrenheit). Talk about cooking in your own juices! Phew. One day we'll be able to swap temperatures around the world. Hey, USA, you cold? Here, have 10 degrees from Rio and you let us have minus 10! Sweet!

Now and then I love visiting Pottery Barn and having a look at the rooms they prepare for their products. Even though I know they are staged I find them really attractive. Don't you? Hope you like this selection. I'm loving all those pillows!

I'll be back soon! I'm going to visit a place like this...

I'm off to Florida you guys! I'm taking a much needed long weekend to visit one of my sisters and relax on the beach. So, I'm leaving you with ways to add some light-hearted, tropical air to your space.

oh...this is so me... natural wood tones and white

via the beautiful blog, this is glamorous




West Elm(top)/Pottery Barn ( 2 bottom) via Material Girls

Material Girls gave some really good advice on achieving this look:

• Rattan or wicker furniture
• Wood flooring
• Natural area rug- seagrass or sisal
• Mixing lots of texture and pattern is a must!
• Comfort is key- large upholstered furniture in preferably white or off white will give it a fresh, clean, and crisp look
• Animal prints!!!!
• A few leather pieces
• Try to stick with these colors- pale yellows, browns, golds, beiges, natural greens that have more yellow in them, soothing blues, whites, and splashes of red, black, and chocolate brown
• Wood furniture
• Lanterns
• Bamboo shades for your windows
• Table setting- they have these great round textured placemats at Crate and Barrel/ C&B Outlet or you could do wooden bowls
• Large floor vase with bamboo sticks
• A candle in a glass container with water rocks/stones
• Wood bowl with real fruit

But if you want more of a beach/nautical look, here are some of my favorite accessories:

• Faux coral- I can't say enough about it, I have a piece of it in my Living Room that I bought at Crate and Barrell and it just makes my coffee table.
• Extra large clam shells- I know we have done a high low feature on this before, but you can find them everywhere these days- they are very in style!
• Anything dark blue and white
• Stripes are always nice for this
• How about putting starfish in a bowl or in a jar?
• Shells on a stand or in a glass bowl
• A glass apothecary jar filled with sand...my mom (who inspires me every day!) has been collecting sand from the different beaches she has visisted while on vacation for the past I don't know how many years- she then puts the sand in different glass jars and labels them where they came from. It makes a really cute display and a great conversation starter about all of your travels!

Tips via Material Girls (more great info to be had)

via Home Decorating Reviews






Tropical island architectural genius! I love the use of stone! It must make the home feel so cool when coming in from the beach.

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