Somebody REALLY loves blue and white

Looks like somebody loves blue and white more than <a href="http://belclairehouse.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Suze">The Suze.</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnc1vwvCwGCKOGz_ksKPpEZvvOSPFcY2e9umVZvg5wEA5wxYRr1cOo5aellY7sHjLeWPB4d7BDeQLPlRNUtLIOqh96qQrkvPDlsME7uqaMsG_fk23QUxwdyZgqRlKD0iM7ppydCJ3Mbfc/s1600/chateau+de+groussay+tente+tartare+interior+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnc1vwvCwGCKOGz_ksKPpEZvvOSPFcY2e9umVZvg5wEA5wxYRr1cOo5aellY7sHjLeWPB4d7BDeQLPlRNUtLIOqh96qQrkvPDlsME7uqaMsG_fk23QUxwdyZgqRlKD0iM7ppydCJ3Mbfc/s400/chateau+de+groussay+tente+tartare+interior+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo via <a href="http://habituallychic.blogspot.com/">Habitually Chic </a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Check out this tour from <a href="http://habituallychic.blogspot.com/">Habitually Chic</a> (<a href="http://habituallychic.blogspot.com/2011/01/chateau-de-groussay-part-i.html">here</a> and <a href="http://habituallychic.blogspot.com/2011/01/chateau-de-groussay-part-deux.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/GcuC+(Habitually+Chic)">here</a>) of the over-the-top Chateau de Groussay. The photo above is from the garden tent</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, which is completely covered in blue and white Delft tiles.   </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Amazing!</span><br /><br /></div>

Somebody REALLY loves blue and white

Looks like somebody loves blue and white more than The Suze. Photo via Habitually Chic  Check out this tour from Habitually Chic ( here an...

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Colouring outside the box with orange

<span style="font-size: small;">Left to my own devices I would choose orange as either an accent or a main colour in decorating a home.  I am happy to see bits of orange in artwork, but that's as exciting as I can get about it.  To give orange a chance I decided to explore how others have used it to create stimulating decors.  Of course, no matter what you do with orange it will be vibrant and commanding. It is not a sit back colour!  I find  that people who love orange have personalities very like the colour.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1bLKfjPTZ0weHMl-RI8RRD9FxPXcohYlZtPPI6KJxL8eLYc_vAGNJOKWdOOjlSjjoApQyvmwGscbYllXt_Epw57a_X5HeIyMznfzIloIDnTZZ4FzbOIddKhSx5TS4eYmzGgG3P4-qb4c/s1600/living-room-wall-color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1bLKfjPTZ0weHMl-RI8RRD9FxPXcohYlZtPPI6KJxL8eLYc_vAGNJOKWdOOjlSjjoApQyvmwGscbYllXt_Epw57a_X5HeIyMznfzIloIDnTZZ4FzbOIddKhSx5TS4eYmzGgG3P4-qb4c/s400/living-room-wall-color.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://interiordesigningblog.com/living-rooms/how-to-choose-the-best-colour-for-your-living-room/"> source</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">An orange sofa  begs to be noticed.  For most people furniture is a big ticket item, and cautiousness is often the ruling factor when purchasing  because you don't want to tire of it quickly.   I love the freshness of this room because it reminds me of eating melon on a tropical island. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDJpNCoZst5fDBG19HGEn9iY5_iy6Y67fSAHZ-k7URZLIgLS-xlrNHX-udyJoxzhH6fJjGCX78bLKCEK_cIjje7USzDG7XAXA7gYB9atUc_frAtwMQiPTdLZvZwVnRekB9LCj9e5tMbBe/s1600/18563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDJpNCoZst5fDBG19HGEn9iY5_iy6Y67fSAHZ-k7URZLIgLS-xlrNHX-udyJoxzhH6fJjGCX78bLKCEK_cIjje7USzDG7XAXA7gYB9atUc_frAtwMQiPTdLZvZwVnRekB9LCj9e5tMbBe/s400/18563.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://arhzine.com/tag/rooms/">source</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is the wallpaper the accent wall or is it the orange wall? Circles and orange is about as energetic as you can get.  I love circular motifs.  How many circles are too many for you?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLNADm4q6Re26YglSWU_4I6wLvwqO3UI9zj4M3NpRTyL35nKt1JclQGAA3h7vIZouLGQ6S-4C6ngY9SlO_y9NNW1rLi9KGH9z5Fl2_QQNEg5lPiMxI3g6slqzMGmTuYQDy3c_NhmcrWAE/s1600/orange-kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLNADm4q6Re26YglSWU_4I6wLvwqO3UI9zj4M3NpRTyL35nKt1JclQGAA3h7vIZouLGQ6S-4C6ngY9SlO_y9NNW1rLi9KGH9z5Fl2_QQNEg5lPiMxI3g6slqzMGmTuYQDy3c_NhmcrWAE/s400/orange-kitchen.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">I like the way orange looks with gray.  But then again, I love gray with anything. You better love orange if you decide to put it on your cabinets. </span></div></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyIzydkBlgh8EPXhuwOW_v4CWS7nSf13THv8l-eKPqNm4gjYpW2nFykhkvNlwedpwm4iBSgAULINru_JZ8Ai1hxTZcsdDFPkAZ64HCruVDNrqoHuOY3dqjI9qWt7J5GlG7yiGvK8RRN3Q/s1600/living-room-colors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveKhAWLGk7Af5nevxUrdUJOtEab49vDh4PxKTjF5FCuy0kJ0aG1tX27zzGEF6EdGdA-zGVg4hPKVjeQGeuZGCdh-jf3GmSw-Hkca7Tg0tJ_8skMo0PGz3LmeO1ESvtPBHZ56nxDy75b3M/s1600/Orange+Retro+Dresser.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/65206/Tineke-triggs-contemporary-bedroom-san-francisco"><img alt="Tineke triggs contemporary bedroom" border="0" height="749" src="http://st.houzz.com/simages/65206_0_8-8610-contemporary-bedroom.jpg" width="500" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/professionals/6849/tineke-triggs" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">tineke triggs</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Freshness prevails when orange is used with beige and a bit of blue gray thrown in. </span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/35137/Astoria-Guest-Retreat-eclectic-bedroom-los-angeles"><img alt="Astoria Guest Retreat eclectic bedroom" border="0" height="460" src="http://st.houzz.com/simages/35137_0_8-7877-eclectic-bedroom.jpg" width="500" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/eclectic/bedroom" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"></a> <a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/professionals/4488/Domicile-Interior-Design" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">Domicile Interior Design</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Just a little does the trick to liven up this very neutral space. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveKhAWLGk7Af5nevxUrdUJOtEab49vDh4PxKTjF5FCuy0kJ0aG1tX27zzGEF6EdGdA-zGVg4hPKVjeQGeuZGCdh-jf3GmSw-Hkca7Tg0tJ_8skMo0PGz3LmeO1ESvtPBHZ56nxDy75b3M/s1600/Orange+Retro+Dresser.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveKhAWLGk7Af5nevxUrdUJOtEab49vDh4PxKTjF5FCuy0kJ0aG1tX27zzGEF6EdGdA-zGVg4hPKVjeQGeuZGCdh-jf3GmSw-Hkca7Tg0tJ_8skMo0PGz3LmeO1ESvtPBHZ56nxDy75b3M/s400/Orange+Retro+Dresser.JPG" width="400" /></a> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/m/1790660/116988413/s/0/aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5zeWRuZXliYXJ0b24uY29tJTJGMjAxMCUyRjA4JTJGb3JhbmdlLXJldHJvLWNoZXN0Lmh0bWw=">source  </a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">This is a funky colour on a very traditional piece of furniture but it works for me.   Accent pieces should have some energy to them.   </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCzFgKt5HjP8QsKx_KMZoNw8Pg0Pt79R8btAUKWgVTbYGrk5hTrpNnbFrnRSaD8Wlo7P4QjFpjU9oEVVB4B51ODv3RTVqhxrB9dGzK_xXRTOrzbdWt88CK-FFLJjIM96ga_JvdOkQYZgB/s1600/imagesftyu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCzFgKt5HjP8QsKx_KMZoNw8Pg0Pt79R8btAUKWgVTbYGrk5hTrpNnbFrnRSaD8Wlo7P4QjFpjU9oEVVB4B51ODv3RTVqhxrB9dGzK_xXRTOrzbdWt88CK-FFLJjIM96ga_JvdOkQYZgB/s400/imagesftyu.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://modernfurniturepics.com/kids-room-furniture/kids-room-in-purple-and-orange-44%20">source</a></span><br /><br /><small><span style="font-size: small;">Purple and orange make a striking combination which works very well especially for a child's room.</span></small><br /><small><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></small><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKitiweKbg45Aod9_jVNmhNjRGlyehewAA16P3WJ_Vrni_adEUSmYUT-NabTGD_vDaDbCplctezXfL2hsI-wZEsKzeLNyGZzIv0P3-yQxm0LWc_pQ6dGuiYlUKT8grY5kH8LUODRV9bxT/s1600/orange-3-decorpad.com_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKitiweKbg45Aod9_jVNmhNjRGlyehewAA16P3WJ_Vrni_adEUSmYUT-NabTGD_vDaDbCplctezXfL2hsI-wZEsKzeLNyGZzIv0P3-yQxm0LWc_pQ6dGuiYlUKT8grY5kH8LUODRV9bxT/s400/orange-3-decorpad.com_.png" width="380" /></a></div><small><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><a href="http://passport2design.com/orange-is-golden/">source </a></small><br /><br /><small><span style="font-size: small;">Take your cue from artwork when you want to add an accent colour in your decor.   </span></small><br /><br /><small><span style="font-size: small;">or ....</span></small><br /><small><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></small><br /><small><span style="font-size: small;">if you love orange just a little bit, let it  perform its magic in an artwork as it does in my dining  room .</span></small><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaO33mvUZu1DrKObTx3TmWVjgekNjTN5o_2nn8clfMjU_tpuDhUTlyLnfRpudxyCbJtKfymp_rA1dGUNV76cNPncGv9YCYbZ64Odz6HF7WJ0QFE_mbEp7ydsBGENPTLgN12Dw8QZKJR11/s1600/DSCN3986622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaO33mvUZu1DrKObTx3TmWVjgekNjTN5o_2nn8clfMjU_tpuDhUTlyLnfRpudxyCbJtKfymp_rA1dGUNV76cNPncGv9YCYbZ64Odz6HF7WJ0QFE_mbEp7ydsBGENPTLgN12Dw8QZKJR11/s640/DSCN3986622.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><small><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><a href="http://pages.videotron.com/harrison/">Artwork by Carolyne Honey Harrison</a></small><br /><br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/orange-paint">House Beautiful</a> for a slide show of decorator's top picks for orange paint.</div>

Colouring outside the box with orange

Left to my own devices I would choose orange as either an accent or a main colour in decorating a home.  I am happy to see bits of orange in...

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The French Blue Bedroom found its way back to me

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Remember this gorgeous <a href="http://belclairehouse.blogspot.com/2011/01/french-blue-bedroom.html">french blue bedroom</a> I posted last week?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorYTeY27Z6FHy8xEWC1EsFTu3Z7u0nIVaQUeqVMWz3aila_g4pW01daFMPFzse-ugc7r06BvyRA_RFqf-j4ArtDTLyX2SQUMRd57f7tk59Wt6qPPexlGoSdsdcjSY0fgwJ1NmruvnTYU/s1600/DiscoverInteriorDesign_viaCitySage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorYTeY27Z6FHy8xEWC1EsFTu3Z7u0nIVaQUeqVMWz3aila_g4pW01daFMPFzse-ugc7r06BvyRA_RFqf-j4ArtDTLyX2SQUMRd57f7tk59Wt6qPPexlGoSdsdcjSY0fgwJ1NmruvnTYU/s640/DiscoverInteriorDesign_viaCitySage.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br />As fate would have it, I stumbled upon this room the very next day in a beautiful book given to me by The Suze for Christmas called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982379919?ie=UTF8&tag=thegift03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0982379919">Stealing Magnolias: Tales from a New Orleans Courtyard</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thegift03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0982379919" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7C9J3aPS_5EngtR_DW0BUTR7GGfwhyHwSQyriov3Ft_6FBDPNbwydZUM3n9qTENM1hrUz41F7cYWZpJTVC7-pB83obICnjUzp8YM7DkC228vRAzNZ10tUY1ecRNShXdkEe3fe_JZ9YU/s1600/Stealing+MAgnolia%2527s+Cover+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7C9J3aPS_5EngtR_DW0BUTR7GGfwhyHwSQyriov3Ft_6FBDPNbwydZUM3n9qTENM1hrUz41F7cYWZpJTVC7-pB83obICnjUzp8YM7DkC228vRAzNZ10tUY1ecRNShXdkEe3fe_JZ9YU/s400/Stealing+MAgnolia%2527s+Cover+.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><br />I will get to the room in a moment, but I must talk about this book first.  It is beautiful. As author Debra Shriver explains, it is a collection of "musings on the spell that New Orleans has cast upon me." It is as she says,"part-love letter and part-scrapbook."  She captures the magic and intrigue of New Orleans through pictures, quotes, history, traditions, recipes as well as her own impressions.  It is really an all-encompassing guide to the The Crescent City through the eyes of someone who not only loves her city but is in awe of its magic. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMSP5CoZ0VneTuUFP_kZQLVA5ZxeCdwXI5TCO57qIC8gcNhgzkQiUeLoonJu4ELhk-b6Hc9h4EKzEjj-f-9-ihz_aUPsWTZ3532ZgnI32ZeN3vaI620Zh95_cW4whPT5jzg2b6qUMUeOJ/s1600/Stealing+Magnolias+pg61.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMSP5CoZ0VneTuUFP_kZQLVA5ZxeCdwXI5TCO57qIC8gcNhgzkQiUeLoonJu4ELhk-b6Hc9h4EKzEjj-f-9-ihz_aUPsWTZ3532ZgnI32ZeN3vaI620Zh95_cW4whPT5jzg2b6qUMUeOJ/s640/Stealing+Magnolias+pg61.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><br />In Chapter 3 of <i>Stealing Magnolias</i>, titled The House Finds Us, the bedroom that I left to fate in a previous post found me. I should have known my dream bedroom would be in New Orleans. If you hadn't gathered by the monogrammed valances, the bedroom belongs to the book's author.  I will go ahead and commit to this being my dream bedroom. The blue, the silk, the fact that the windows look out to the streets of New Orleans, yes, I could wake up here every day. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-mDsawLZn92Us26J6hEQwUFR68uoLXWkS1E29J8VDGVV2rHodOzNJLzrczJu_g606vNIPI86HlGcMB1J3MgpGPMXZhHEUpk_y6R4gimdD_NEikmZxpMMjJTgR9xLnOQ7efFRqyJYTWuG/s1600/house-beautiful-oct-08-debra-shriver-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-mDsawLZn92Us26J6hEQwUFR68uoLXWkS1E29J8VDGVV2rHodOzNJLzrczJu_g606vNIPI86HlGcMB1J3MgpGPMXZhHEUpk_y6R4gimdD_NEikmZxpMMjJTgR9xLnOQ7efFRqyJYTWuG/s640/house-beautiful-oct-08-debra-shriver-4.jpg" width="470" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From House Beautiful</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBPezJbXVcA30DJowQFPya4mj6cZGUw9t-1SV4am6Y-W_ntG3VtbwJ3ECvZDBGTSWOrlBXpjYsWqQ_i_t8b_jNN5IkftPlJIGoKSowtkMhJ9Q4Rfn7XA7S5d1tJI3Dd4OGYF0Gtdz5OK0/s1600/SilkStealingMagnolias.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBPezJbXVcA30DJowQFPya4mj6cZGUw9t-1SV4am6Y-W_ntG3VtbwJ3ECvZDBGTSWOrlBXpjYsWqQ_i_t8b_jNN5IkftPlJIGoKSowtkMhJ9Q4Rfn7XA7S5d1tJI3Dd4OGYF0Gtdz5OK0/s640/SilkStealingMagnolias.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close-up of the beautiful silk embroidered silk fabric that inspired much of  interior's color palette<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><div><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijs_vzlWAZYp6NGRfLUl-XyUfmpxP19V0DRb7129JIag8upVG_8UMSO6TeguIdgTJtBLYPx7LNkW6P3HNGJUBRz19mcfGPwmGtVRoXjiTjrQvTIQfyTE9J5yZpfbXrd5RV0v7DNKifY60F/s1600/stealing-magnolias-by-debra-shriver-copyright-c2a9-2010-published-by-glitterati-incorporated.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijs_vzlWAZYp6NGRfLUl-XyUfmpxP19V0DRb7129JIag8upVG_8UMSO6TeguIdgTJtBLYPx7LNkW6P3HNGJUBRz19mcfGPwmGtVRoXjiTjrQvTIQfyTE9J5yZpfbXrd5RV0v7DNKifY60F/s640/stealing-magnolias-by-debra-shriver-copyright-c2a9-2010-published-by-glitterati-incorporated.jpg" width="486" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the author's parlor</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKOBafNHc7KROurnP9PpHu0ufSGlOPZU0rDJX0bqNacQiJ0hAPMQKVgL_Vu2-Pa71exRIQWgRe1EtTKqnQtf6-HcIahq4DoGXp2MBP0Z-6U1qcjABYF97TH9R_sDk7JfCYP3pUwoSqOP-/s1600/stealing-magnolias-by-debra-shriver-copyright-c2a9-2010-published-by-glitterati-incorporated-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKOBafNHc7KROurnP9PpHu0ufSGlOPZU0rDJX0bqNacQiJ0hAPMQKVgL_Vu2-Pa71exRIQWgRe1EtTKqnQtf6-HcIahq4DoGXp2MBP0Z-6U1qcjABYF97TH9R_sDk7JfCYP3pUwoSqOP-/s640/stealing-magnolias-by-debra-shriver-copyright-c2a9-2010-published-by-glitterati-incorporated-21.jpg" width="420" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">custom <i>toile</i> dining chairs illustrating scenes from New Orlean's history </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>I can't wait until I can actually sit by the fire in a cozy chair with a cafe au lait and read it from cover to cover.  If you don't have any plans this weekend, I suggest you do the same. <br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>

The French Blue Bedroom found its way back to me

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