Soap Dispenser Revealed

Summer flowers always dress up my guest bathroom with just the right amount of color.

Blue hydrangeas, correopsis, beach roses and a butterfly bush's blossom happily adorn a handmade stone

countertop. Do you remember a post awhile about my inability to select a soap dispenser for my guest bathroom?

here: http://braytonhomesteadinteriors.blogspot.com/search?q=soap+dispenser

 Yes, I finally selected one, do you like it?

 I like the way the dispenser compliments the antique pitcher and bowl my mother gave me, but it is new so functions well... 

Yeah, I think the room might finally be done...

Well, not really. Decorating any room is never finished, isn't that the fun of it?

I am so thrilled to have my vintage PIANO BABY from my Brayton Cottage shop

featured in Debra's fantastic Monday Marketplace weekly post at

COMMON GROUND

Karen

Yorkies as Artist Muse?

Of Course Yorkies have been artist's muses!

My yorkie, Krumpet is always inspiring me...

they are so well traveled, here in Provence...

captured  in oils whilst in Paris..

painted on glassware...

of course these sweet angels are muses...

Linked with the beautiful blog

FADED CHARM

her pics are gorgeous!

thanks for visiting,

Karen & Krumpet

Paris duo!

Krumpet & I dream of returning soon to Paris. Just had new passport pics taken, the 1st step correct?

Do you find that you did not like your current passport photo until you get a new one, then you want the old one back?

Well, Krumpet did not really accompany me when I have visited France,

 but this time, he will!

Cafes galore on the schedule, a bowl of water for le chein, merci.

Naturally we will EAT CAKE!

and wear scarves!

thanks for visiting!

Karen & Krumpet

Sunlight and color

Shopping in Paris part two

I know just where I would love to go again in Paris... 

where I want to dine...

with someone very special... 

how I would dine...

and what I would select...

always prepared for a day, at least, 

for casual shopping...

and what I would purchase.

More elegant shopping, 

wait, what in Paris is not elegant?

a splurge of a lifetime...

my retreat at the end of a Paris pink day, and coming back to the apartment with

more drawings to add to the wall that I sketched that day....

Ready to go?

Karen

all pics from Brayton Interiors on Pinterest

TAKE A WHIRL: A PARIS CAROUSEL!

Have you ever had a single experience that stays with you forever. Walking around the corner in Paris to this unexpected site is one of those lovely moments to me.

majestic, regal and fun all at once.

Have a lovely weekend.

Karen

please be safe all that are in arms way of the storm.

Linking with these beautiful blogs:

French Country Cottage

The Charm of Home

Laurie Anna's Vintage Home

Common Ground

Images: Brayton Homestead Interiors

a peak

Attending a strings concert this weekend !

some of my blogging friends know that I am

partial to the violin as my son played for years...

please tour with me one of my favorite concert locations

a private historic building that opens for music

with lovely grounds... 

then to rest...

 the remainder of the weekend like the

 Princess and the Pea

in this glorious room, well dream anyway...

linking with these lovely blogs:

 Common Ground

and Romantic Home

Images: 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 Brayton Homestead

 2 Etsy- battyazac

1 & 3 Deleuze 

lovely...

It would be so magnificent to tell you that I am in France

 and a moment ago took this photograph.

This amazing balcony has the most astonishing detail and is so inviting

I feel like I am there, don't you?

However, I write this happily, from the homestead.

Next post will be more of the Garden wedding. Enjoy...

Image: google

English Garden Wedding

There is going to be an

ENGLISH GARDEN WEDDING

and not only am I invited

but I am so blessed

to also be the

WEDDING PLANNER!

so to look my best I have chosen this great vintage hat for myself,

at Stella Designs, you see

this is my client's daughter's wedding, and has I had the privilege

to decorate their house and the grounds...

They also asked me to plan the wedding.

In fact the color scheme is similar to their living room below that I designed...

Think 1920's Art Deco, English Garden, a touch of French, meets young Great Gatsby's soiree in Newport, Rhode Island. I just love the William Morris English wallpaper with the curvy Swedish clock and custom made furniture...

My Party dress is picked, my shoes selected. Can you picture me around my house practicing
walking in these?

       I'll take plenty of pictures and post them.

Thanks...

Karen

Images: google, etsy, google. Brayton Homestead Interiors website portfolio, Nordstrom, google

Westminster Dog Show tonight

Hello,
To those of you that are reading this letter, I would like to apologize for the mess I made.

Maybe I did get a bit sloppy...

But, it was my debut on Westminster Dog Show tonight, and I had a lot of friends watching....

I hope you had a lovely VALENTINES' DAY. Remember it is on again tonight. Yes, Krumpet, the yorkie shown last night is not as cute as you!

Thank you,

~^-'~**

Pinkypoo

Images: google 1, Brayton Homestead Interiors 3 & 4