Cumumdrum at Heaven's Walk...

Good morning, everyone! 

Ok.  Now do me a gigantic, blog-sister favor and stand up, walk over to your 'creativity closet', pick out your fav Decorating Diva cap, and pull it on, girls....

because 

I need your help.

Big time.

I'm in a cumumdrum, as my grandmother always said.

These wire baskets have my head whirling.

They were another find during my recent antique market jaunt.

The large one I placed in my kitchen - and I'll share her with you in a later post (as well as my little vintage fan). But the smaller square industrial ones have me stumped.

A perfect project for Met Monday, don'tcha think?

As you know, I tend to decorate easily, simply, and sparingly. I'm not one to have a lot of 'stuff' laying about.

(But us beachy chics can never have too many sea shells, of course...!)

So, I ended up placing them on top of the bookcases in my study.

But there's just something missing.

I can not...for the life of me...put my finger on it.

Can you?

What in the world is it? Why can't my poor old brain working this one out?

An empty frame?  More flowers?  A picture?

Can you help this frustrated distraught sister in distress?

I would so relish any suggestions that you have.

Would you add something?

Remove something?

These poor Ball jars, who get dismissed to the basement now and then, always seem to find their way back upstairs to the main floor.  I just can't get enough of that aqua color. 

But, the question is -- should they live here on the bookcase?

Maybe it's the pink of the hydrangeas.....

I've recently stopped using so much pink and turned my eye toward blues.

Do I need a different colored flower?

Do I just need to find someplace else for the baskets? 

Or do you like them here just fine?

Like that Beach Boys song goes....

"Help me...help...help me, Rhonda..." 

(or just insert your own name here). 

And I thank you kindly, up front and in advance for your thoughts,

your creative ideas,

and taking the time to rush to the aide of a blog-sister in her time of need!

lol!

I'll be looking forward to reading every single one of your suggestions, sweet friends!

{Hugs}

~laurie

(Oh, and don't forget to pop in to see Susan at 
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday!  See you there!)

The Sound of Music

Good morning, heavenly friends!

I made a date with Murphy this morning.

Murphy's Oil Soap, that is.

 I love cleaning with that stuff.  Don't you? The smell is almost intoxicating to me. I have used it for years. The house always smells so warm, comforting and inviting afterward. Especially in the winter when the windows are always closed and the scent lingers for almost a week at a time. There's just something about that smell. Heavenly. I've always wondered why they've never made a scented candle from it....

(Yeah, yeah, yeah.  Call me crazy. Now you know that I don't have both oars in the water....)

But, as I was cleaning and mopping away - moving things out of the way to get waaay back in those nooks and crannies, 

I kept noticing the things in the house that I find myself swooning over - again and again. Things that I've placed around the house that mean a lot to hubby and me, that carry a boatload of memories.  Things that I'm so happy I discovered, uncovered, dug out, bargained over, bartered with....

...or stole.

(just kidding! don't get your knickers in a knot.)

But here they are --- a few of my favorite things at Heaven's Walk... 

(I do believe I hear Julie Andrews singing in the background.  lol!)

My vintage rockers on the deck...

....all my fav colors in one pillow next to my pale sea green linen pillow shams  
(not to mention the perfect pattern combo)...

...Yankee Candle in "Sun and Sand"... (seriously, it does smell like sun and sand!)

...a picture painted by my father years ago and I've treasured ever since...

...Ile De Tahiti coconut-vanilla lotion...

...a piece of driftwood twisted in all the right places picked up on an island in Florida...

...a small wire basket filled with shells next to an antique aqua Ball jar...

...our bed - simply dressed for summer...

...drifting off to sleep with an ocean-scented candle bowl filled with shells on the nightstand...

...new summer pillow shams on the bed...(just plain yummy)

...a seashell doorstop...

...starfish on the pie safe hung with a piece of twine...
(thank you, Sarah at abeachcottage, for that charming idea!) 

...and JOY...

I'd love to hear what some of your favorite things are! 

"...I suddenly remember my favorite things....and then I don't feel soooo bad!"  lol!

Peace and joy to you at your little slice of heaven,

~ laurie