Mondays...

What is it about Mondays that I do not want to get up and start working?

Especially after a lovely holiday,

even mote when it is a bit gray out.

Have a fab week!

Karen

SHOPPING IN PARIS

Dreaming of shopping in Paris this summer. Been  a while since I have been. 

My new .com shop will be opening soon and I need to fill it up with French treasures...

would be walking around France as a free spirit with pink hair, 

really, 10 years younger and I would...

returning at he end of the day of shopping to my oh so chic~ decorated Paris apartment

by me of course...

with a handful of fresh flowers

and my Krumpet waiting for me, of course

stay tuned for

BRAYTONCOTTAGE.COM

linking with Marty @ A Stroll Thru Life

French Country Cottage

and

Common Ground

thanks, 

Karen

RICH DECOR : A EUROPEAN ESSENCE

Lovely thoughts of the holidays still linger... 

Warmth radiates from this golden dining room.  Loving the combination of European antiquities,  rich yet simplistically perfect. 

~

Will be striving to bring this essence to my interior design work for clients this year.

~

The beam across the room reminds me of the apartment I rented in Paris., here below. 

inside courtyard, dreamy...

DO YOU HAVE A New Year's RESOLUTION YET,
what are they?

Karen

Linking with White Wednesday at Faded Charm  and Common Ground

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

Love

I love to use handmade hearts for photographic backgrounds. Don't they look beautiful under the jewelry? I am celebrating Valentine's Day with love, jewelry, Paris and always pink...

LOVE

is full of glitter!

(photo from archives do not remember source)

Love for me, also, is almost anything French. Don't you love this bed? The screen behind the headboard looks like open hearts...

and this grand building I loved in Paris,

If ever

architecture could say love, this one does!

The grand archway relief detailed like the most beautiful of wedding cakes

the soft pinkish brick contrasted to the gentle patina of the limestone,

Happy Valentine's Day, and may it be

FILLED WITH LOVE!

Linked with the beautiful parties at:

Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground, Shabby Chic Cottage , Show and Tell Friday at Romantic Home, Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage, and Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound.

Images: Brayton Homestead Interiors 1,4 & 5

Paris Views

Can you see it, yes that tall thing?

Can you see it again? Right there above !

ummm..

Friends, I have to say how fortunate I am that have viewed

The Eiffel Tower in Paris

from below looking up

(pics from my Paris trip)

from the middle-

had this taken of me while going up the tower,

here almost midway...

and shot breathtaking views from

from the VERY TOP
of the Tower!

in all four directions...

I have even viewed it
lit up on a Saturday night from the balcony of my rented

PARIS APARTMENT!

but was I surprised when I saw it in
MY TEA CUP!

While sipping the last drop of my Earl Grey,
leisurely enjoying a pot of tea in the local cafe
I noticed
the tea leaves had formed the shape of the
Eiffel Tower
Can you see it?

Oh, good!

Merci

Linking up to White Wednesday at Faded Charm

enjoy...

Images: all Brayton Homestead Interiors

On Pointe

She tires after a long ‘On Pointe’ ballet session, her dance studio located in a marvelous Art Nouveau building in Paris. After so many pirouettes on the antique oak floor she wonders how many ballerinas must have danced on it before her to achieve such a perfectly worn patina…
Image: Country French Antiques.