~ Old & White :)

Two things I love are almost anything old/vintage or antique, and the color white. Which brings us to what I am doing right now, painting the backs of the bookcases, and touching up the moldings, in the studio. Nothing is quite as wonderful as crisp white shelves. Everything looks good on them. Even though walking into a fabulous library with wood shelves can be rather pleasant, white is the choice today. The ones in the family room used to have the accent red of the room on the back of them and that got painted white a while ago. It was nice for a short time, but the total white look called me back just as it is in the this room.

In the meantime, here is a bit of old. A few shots from St. Augustine. More photos to crop and resize for blogging soon, after I get this paint stuff done.

The Old House Village Gardens

The Halls of Lightner Museum

From their website: — the former Hotel Alcazar, built in 1887 in the Spanish Renaissance style. Railroad magnate Henry M. Flagler commissioned architects Carrere and Hastings to design the Alcazar and the Ponce de Leon Hotel (across the street). The two young architects later designed the New York Public Library and the U.S. Senate office building. After years of accommodating vacationing wealthy patrons, the elegant resort hotel
closed.

Lovely Garden Area at St. Francis Inn, for St. Francis of course.
(The best breakfast we have had yet at a B&B.)

I'm glad you stopped by. Come again.

~ Singing the Blues, Tiffany Blue

Ah, but singing the blues in a good way. I matched the little blue Tiffany bag perfectly and as stated previously...it was bright! Sweet Daughter came by for lunch and thought it was a bit too bright. So I knocked it down a bit with a light wash of white, after I thought I was done. :)

Some of my flea market/garage sale friends probably find old dressers like this one every other week for next to nothing. I was thrilled to find it at consignment store for about $100. It's the older, all wood kind and very nicely constructed with dovetails. It's been waiting patiently for its time to be transformed. I had no idea this was what I would wind up doing when I bought it. Now the whole room will have to take this piece into consideration as it becomes the new studio space. Those drawers are just what I need for storage.

BEFORE


AFTER

I guess I've been craving this color of so long, I didn't even mind it at full strength. But she was right. At night it was extra bright. If you search for a color match on the web, you will find a whole lot of people looking for that particular color. But none of the ones they listed looked quite right to me. But this did the trick. I wanted to match the bag.

In the before picture you can see that the hardware was really beautiful in design but dark. So I added a bit of the blue, then a touch of silver and lastly gold to finish them off. After all the heart on the bag is gold.


The next couple of pictures are of the murals of the icons in St. Augustine at the St. Photious Greek Orthodox Chapel on St. George. It was very small, but really outstandingly beautiful.

Those are our 2 little candles in the second picture. I hope many more people discover this treasure that seems so hidden in this old city.

Hope your weekend is fantastic.

(There is a girl bunny match to Beau Bunny, but she is not in the shop at this time. I'll post a picture when she makes it back there. Thanks for asking!)