Spring Outdoor Table Setting with a Carved Watermelon Whale Centerpiece
Welcome to the 610th Tablescape Thursday! Thanks so much for all the comments on yesterday's post: Where Would You Like to Live for the Rest of Your Life. You gave me so many awesome ideas and suggestions, I have a lot to think about. I LOVED the idea of renting for a while in any place I may be thinking of moving--brilliant idea. I know from the comments that so many of you are also struggling with this decision, trying to decide if you should stay where you, … [Continue Reading...]
Where Would You Like to Live for the Rest of Your Life?
If you could live any place in the United States, where would you live? Over the past few years, I've been thinking of moving away from the Atlanta area and finding a cute cottage someplace where fall and winter still happen, but are short-lived and don't usually involve snow. I envision an adorable cottage that looks something like this one, only grown-up size. You may remember when I shared this cute cottage in this post: My Dream Home. I've … [Continue Reading...]
Beautiful Screened Porch with Seating, Dining, Sliding Windows, Even a Vented Grill
Welcome to the 591st Metamorphosis Monday! One of the things in life that makes me the happiest is when I get an email from a reader saying they have added a screened porch to their home and found my previous posts about my porch to be helpful. Recently Nancy emailed to say, "As we were building our porch, we tried to incorporate the 9 things you recommended. We were able to include all 9 things plus a couple of extras." Pssst: If you've been considering adding … [Continue Reading...]
Incredible Auction Finds & Dining with Faenza Garofano Carnation
Welcome to the 609th Tablescape Thursday! I wish I lived near Jackie so she could teach me her ways. During this lockdown we've all been experiencing, Jackie scored some amazing deals on both furniture and dinnerware via some of the auction houses in her area. She had been hoping to update her dining room table and chairs. Jackies was able to acquire the beautiful table you'll see in today's table setting for just $200! To top that off, she found her chairs, 10 … [Continue Reading...]
New Additions to My Summer Wardrobe and Big Changes at Lilly Pulitzer
Since I left Georgia with only cold-weather clothing in my suitcase, I've been gradually building a small summer wardrobe. It's given me a good excuse to do some spring/summer clothes shopping, so I'm not complaining. Over the past few weeks, I've purchased quite a few casual summer dresses. I love casual dresses for hot summer days! While shopping online, I was thrilled to discover that Lilly Pulitzer has started carrying a lot more styles better suited to women … [Continue Reading...]
Roving Desk Organizers & Going Pink
Welcome to the 590th Metamorphosis Monday! Running a tad behind this morning due to internet issues. We changed cable/internet providers after my son's previous provider couldn't deliver anywhere near the service/speed promised. Unfortunately, the technician for the new provider arrived this morning just as we all sat down to work at our computers. We (the 3 adults in the house) are back up and running now and looking forward to consistent, faster speeds. I … [Continue Reading...]
A Bag I’m Adding to My Summer Wardrobe & Beautiful Card Holders for Small Bags
If you've been reading Between Naps On The Porch for a while, you know I'm a handbag "hound" as one of the YouTubers I follow often refers to herself. lol. I've always loved handbags, but in the last few years that passion has definitely ramped up, probably from following so many handbag lovers on YouTube and Instagram. I end up typically buying one or two handbags a year, occasionally selling (to Fashionphile HERE) or giving one away if I find I'm no longer … [Continue Reading...]
8 Spring-Summer Table Settings with Floral Centerpieces
Welcome to the 608th Tablescape Thursday! Since I'm not at home with access to my dishes, I thought this week I'd share an outdoor setting using this beautiful picnic basket I ordered recently. Unfortunately, it still hasn't arrived. I hope it arrives soon because I can't wait to take it on a picnic. (See more of this basket here: Picnic Basket.) So instead of a picnic, how about a floral celebration! Everything here has been blooming beautifully, so I … [Continue Reading...]
Nancy’s April Favorites and The Ones I’m Buying for Myself
Each month I share my favorites from the month before, the products/ things I love and that add significant value to my quality of life. For this month's favorites, I thought it would be fun to share my daughter-in-law, Nancy's favorites. I ask Nancy for a list and after reading about some of her favorites, I've ordered quite a few of them for myself. Several of Nancy's friends have been singing the praises of this air fryer. Have you heard of air fryers? I had … [Continue Reading...]
Springtime Fun: Let’s Go On a Picnic!
Welcome to the 589th Metamorphosis Monday! Recently, we went picnicking in beautiful Smith Gardens. We had sooo much fun, we are hoping to do a lot more picnics this spring and summer. I thought it would be fun to upgrade our picnic supplies, so this weekend I went picnic shopping and found the cutest baskets! I wanted a picnic basket that would work for four adults and found several that I absolutely loved! For this week's Met Monday, I'm … [Continue Reading...]
