DIY Beach House Sign

It's a beautiful morning and I am sitting on the back porch enjoying the sun and breezes we get here.  I love that I can sit out here and work to the sound of the birds, the waterfall and the chimes - such sweet music to work with - if we could just have it year round. Ahh, yes...
Today, I thought I would share the Beach House sign I made for our Spring/Summer mantel with you.  I am all about keeping things as simple as I can so I used Chalk Couture's chalk paste and transfer to make a sign that would I would be able to use through both seasons.

Delicious Fruit Infused Water

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Here it is the last few days of July - some of the hottest days of the year here - as in most areas of the country.  With the hot temps and high humidity, I find I nearly melt down into my shoes when I go outside.  Working on any projects that require me to be outside is totally out of the question.  I also find that these days tend to make me feel quite lazy and laid back so basically doing any projects just isn't in the stars right now.  So, today instead of a project I thought I would share a nice refreshing cool treat that has become my go to for these hot summer days - Delicious Fruit Infused Water.

Simple Summer Vignette

Hi everyone.  Hope your week is going well. We are in the middle of a hot spell - temps in the mid 90's with the heat index in the 100's.  Needless to say this Mama is not spending much time outside until late evening.  So this week I'm bringing you a bit more of the summer tweaking I have been doing enabling me to still be productive but inside. I put together a simple little vignette for the ottoman in our family room.

Perfect Late Summer Morning

Good morning everyone.
Hope today is just as awesome for you as it is for us.

Wordless Wednesday - Summer Fun

It's Wordless Wednesday today.....

Taken at the Naional Whitewater Center in North Carolina - packing in as much fun as possible before heading back to school next week.

Beach Inspired Porch

Written by: Cathy Carroll for Vintage, Paint and more...

I am a bit slow about putting up this post on our summer porch - but, it has been raining and was really quite difficult to get any kind of pictures taken.  We had a couple of bad storms that actually caused a small water leak in our roof that is having to be repaired today - hopefully, before the predicted storms take place.  But, enough with that - let's get on to the subject at hand.  Our summer porch....

Beach Inspired Mantel

Summer is in full swing now....

and with that brings us thoughts of beaches and the ocean.

Living here at the beach really influences the way I do my decorating.        

This year I wavered between doing a 

full out patriotic decor or just skipping it 

and

going straight to my beach decor I love.

Throwback Thursday - Summer Entryway 2013

It's time again for me to come up with a summer decor idea for 

my entryway.

I have an idea of what I want to do 

and 

have even started working on it.

But, since it's Throwback Thursday I thought 

I would look at last years entryway.

Last year I used some really bright, hot colors 

reminisent of the beach 

and 

beach life here.