Summer Breeze

Hello to everyone! Has your week gotten off to a good start?

Wanna come to the beach with me?

Put together with minimal color, it's so relaxing, and soothes the ache in my heart for the coastline.

Recently found naturally colored starfish (these have not been bleached), I've been so inspired by the pale grey of them, I hope you are too!

Place mats in a blue-grey tone and fun pattern, I have had these for a while. Sea grass chargers, another old standby...

The pale blue dinner plates are from the Dollar Tree, white salad plate Ikea, by way of Goodwill, bread plate and dipping bowl, also Goodwill
How about a fun twist on a hurricane idea? Shop the house, it's just a matter of putting things together in a different way. I use these glass vases all the time for flowers or column candles, but for this centerpiece, put a little sand in the bottom, an actual float, and a taper candle. Giving it some height was easy by putting the vase in a milk glass bowl and laying in some seashells. Even after the dishes cleared, these are still the centerpiece on my dining table. Loving how they look, and you'll get that, because I took a kagillion pictures of them! :)

Two glass vases filled with tiny shells and curly willow, are a simple companion to the hurricanes, and layering in some netting, shell balls, and votive cups, really add detail.

I love this faux coral, I wish I had gotten one more from Kolh's, coral seems to be hard to find this year.

I almost forgot to show you the great plates I found thrifting! Only two, but they were so beautiful! The embossed pattern is spectacular! I wish they had some kind of marking on the back, but they don't. Knowing where they are from would have been great!

Everyday flatware, and glass ware

Sea urchin pitcher and little creamer, they were a TJ Maxx find last year

Haven't Susan's evening photos been fantastic? Inspired, I snapped a few photos with the lights dimmed:

Bright light hurricane

Candlelight hurricane

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you're inspired!

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