Jute Pillow Addition.......

IMAGINE GREAT THINGS - my latest pillow find...

 The urge to go 'nautical' hit me once again......I picked up these great jute pillows at wonderful boutique in Gig Harbor, WA - Imagine Great Things. Marge, the owner will be traveling to Bali and Vietnam in March to pack a container for the store. If all goes as planned, her "goods" should be in the store by MAY 2013. 

Most recent look - above

Architectural photography is a very time consuming task for the us 

'visual types'! 

What I should have done:

1. pulled the chairs away from the table just a bit

2. Shot up higher (similar to the photo below) - so much going on in the background.

3. My turquoise shelf needs to be hung :)

Before - The green dot pillows - Pier 1

I picked up this fabulously distressed table at my friends sale in Gig Harbor. The 'white washed' style of the table brought back fond memories of our recent move from Wilmington, NC. The only problem was, 'what should sit next to my new table'? So....I did a test run and brought the canvas chairs inside to see if they would work? They look great, don't you think? 

My canvas chairs began their journey outside on the deck.......

Places where I have lived.......

Gig Harbor, WA - today

{is this the end of the road?}

Wilmington, NC

San Diego, CA

Oklahoma City, OK

Jacksonville, FL

Pensacola, FL

Gaitherburg, MD

Des Moines, IA

Tulsa, OK

Rochester, NY

Lima, NY

Williston, VT
Huntington, VT
Essex, VT

Life by the SEA in Seattle, WA

Pictures of the Pudget Sound, Enjoy!

photos, J Bevin

 Gig Harbor,WA

 Gig Harbor, WA

 Gig Harbor,  WA

 Olympia, WA 

 Port Townsend, WA

Port Townsend, WA

My latest obsession = ship paintings

The Coast is Clear

My dear friend Corena has inspired my new love of ship paintings and everything nautical. Most of her finds have been purchased at estate sales or antique shops in the Gig Harbor, WA / Seattle area. www.Estatesales.net is a great place to begin finding spots to hunt for treasures in your area of the country. Above are Corena's beautifully hung nautical frames. The black anchor is one of my favorites!

Above are the beginnings of my 'ships at sea' wall collage. I am very particular about how each frame is hung :) My eyes are soooo very very sensitive to the spacing between each frame, the color of the frames and of course the size of the frame :) It is very hard and time consuming to get them to look right. The 'empty' space to the right of my new clock, oh... it definitely needs a horizontal SHIP piece to fill that space. Pardon the iron railing that is blocking your view....

This is a close-up of one of my paintings. Most of these were purchased for less than $40:)

The painting above is gorgeous and I really want it though it's around $200 - yikes.

I found this sailboat painting at a marine store in Gig Harbor, WA called Ship to Shore Marine. This store is a yachtsman's paradise.