Outdoor Backyard Chic; No Pool Required

Every yard has Potential few bright pillows, a table for drinks, hang some outdoor lights...

Check out hose fans!

Lovely ~

Have a great day!

xo

Valerie

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Now THAT's a Backyard Pool! And Happy Earth Day!

Have a Pool Party to celebrate Earth Day! Surround your pool with chunky candles lit up at night, and remind everyone that your pool is earth-friendly and fun -- 

--and be sure to talk about recycling!

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If you can't have the Pacific Ocean in your backyard --

 or any other gorgeous natural body of water behind your home....

...take a look at these beauties! How great to celebrate anything -- the fact that the sun is out, the day is warm --  here!

This amazing pool is part of the Las Piedras Villas (and  Fasano Hotel) in Uruguay. 

In Germany, a Beauty:

Earth's beauty is certainly in evidence here:

You could actually have both: a pool and an ocean in your back yard --!

Luckily, happiness really does NOT require 

huge amounts of cash;  this image below is

 perhaps the most beautiful  pool scene of all...

Happy Earth Day, Happy Pools, Everyone!

xo

Valerie

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Gentle Color Celebration

Soft shades, pastels, colors that gently

 lighten and brighten... quiet happiness:

My daughter's colors would be the the bold primary hues today 
( tomorrow I am doing a post on those colors!)...in order to 
celebrate the fact that Justin Bieber and Usher are collaborating 
on both of their new albums. But after all of that extreme excitement,
 I  think she'd appreciate the calming side of Spring hues.
These are the Best examples! I feel the urge to throw 
some pastel shawls over my leather furniture right now!

Have a  gentle, lovely day!
xo
Valerie



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Sundays, Driftwood and Design

Sundays are Lazy Days... Driftwood Days:

“I was born to catch dragons in their dens / And pick flowers / To tell tales and laugh away the morning / To drift and dream like a lazy stream / And walk barefoot across sunshine days.” 
― James Kavanaugh, Sunshine Days and Foggy Nights


Lazy Sunday...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Have a Good One!
xo
Valerie



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