Beaux R'eves

Sunday, June 29, 2014

I've Been Featured on "How I Found My Style Sunday" at From My Front Porch To Yours!

Good Morning!  
We are here for the week in our beautiful 
Colorado home in the mountains.  
I can't wait to go hiking, fishing, 
shopping and relaxing.  

For a tour of our mountain home 
you can look here, here and here.  

I'm being featured over at Pamela's blog 
I was so thrilled to be asked to join her 
"How I Found My Style Sundays" series.  
Please pop on over and visit me!  

Until Next Time,
Beaux R'eves,



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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Borghese Lamps

We are back home from Florida.  
It was a short trip that makes 
me yearn for a REAL vacation!  
But that is coming soon enough,
as we take off on our road trip 
to our Colorado Mountain home this Saturday!  
YAY!  
Last year it was a family trip 
with all of Mr. Beaux's side 
of the family in attendance.  
This year it is couples only with 
his brothers and their wives.  
It is always hard to gather everyone together.  
I'm really looking forward to a relaxing, fun time!  
I wanted to quickly share 
my new lamps with you before 
I get busy packing for the trip.  
Remember the Estate Sale adventure 
that I told you about with my BFF last Saturday?  
 Well, remember that Saturday 
is usually Half-Off day?  
In this case is was kind of buy one get one free!  
We found these cute lamps in the 
Master Bedroom of an adorable Frenchy 
home where I also found some pretty 
Blue and White pieces.  
They are cast plaster with gilding 
on the details and such a great faded blue color.  
 Even the shades are perfect!  
Whoops the price tag is still on this one!  
They were $55.00 a piece but 
of course I only paid that amount 
for both of them.  
Maybe they didn't sell because 
of the chips on this lamp.  
But it didn't bother me, I can touch them up.  
The tag on the bottom reads "Borghese".  
I looked it up and I found out 
that the Borghese company manufactured 
decorative cast plaster items from 
the beginning of the 20th century until 1970.  
You can read more about it HERE.  
When I read the beginning paragraph 
I had to laugh - 
"Years ago at an indoor antiques fair in New England, I found an incredibly beautiful cast plaster urn shaped lamp base. It was robin's egg blue with gilded highlights and the patina was a knockout."  
It was as if he were describing these very lamps!  
Of course you know that I don't really care 
about the value of the lamps.  
I just buy what I like and what I can afford.  
But, I do like knowing the history behind it all.  

Hey, side-note:   
See the orchid in the picture?  
It is from Decor Steals 
and it came in the mail the other day.  
I put it in a clear short vase 
from the dollar store with some green moss.  
Looks pretty real doesn't it?  
And, I don't have to water it! 

Until Next Time,
Beaux R'eves,


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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Orchid Prints and a New Design Direction

Good Morning!  

I'm still here in beautiful Naples, FL.  
I wish we had a few more days 
here but we are heading 
home this afternoon.  
I sure can't complain 
about only having a few days here 
when I am the conference tag-a-long!  
I am just happy for the restful time 
that I had while I was here.  

Let's talk about what is going on back at my house.


Remember last week 
when I showed you my new orchid prints?  
I was so happy to have them framed 
and I couldn't wait to show you!  
I found these two prints one day 
when I was clicking around on One King's Lane.  
I was actually looking for something for 
the Master Bedroom when I found these.  
They were a good price at $99.00 for both of them.  
Unfortunately they were sold out!  
I was so disappointed!  
For some reason I felt compelled to have them.  
I searched around and found them 
on the William Stafford website 
who is the manufacturer.  
 Can you believe that they wanted $575 
for ONE framed print!  
Oh My!  
So as luck would have it, 
I saw them come up again on OKL.  
And, I missed out AGAIN!  
Sold Out!  Darn it all!  
Now I was obsessed!  
It was around Miss Beaux's graduation time 
and I was crazy busy, 
but I checked quickly everyday 
to see if they were available.  
Wouldn't you know 
that the day that all of my company left 
I sat down on the sofa with my IPAD 
and there they were!  
I snatched them up and I am so glad that I did!  
They are seriously more fantastic in person!  
I took them to Michaels to be framed. 
Of course I had a 60% off coupon...
I wanted a simple classic frame 
and mat that I could move 
anywhere in the house.  
I settled on these two linen mats 
with the flat gold metal frame.  
I know it's hard to see how pretty it really is all together.  
So now where to hang them?  
I am not trying to keep you in suspense 
but I have to first tell you about my new 
Estate Sale collection obsession.  
If you guessed Blue and White 
you are 100% correct!  
I have been secretly buying 
all things blue and white to 
decorate the kitchen and hearth room.

I have always resisted buying 
blue and white pieces because although I love them, 
my BFF collects it.  
I know that sounds silly.  
It does doesn't it?  
But I caved when I went to an 
Estate Sale where there were 
a ton of fabulous pieces!  
The great thing is 
that it is pretty plentiful 
around my area of the Midwest.  
And I can honestly tell you 
that I have not paid more than $15.00 
for any one piece yet.  
And, I love how they mix with 
all of my white ironstone pieces.  
So, where did the prints end up?
In the hearth room 
over the two build in media chests 
on either side of the fireplace.   

I placed the blue and white goodies 
with the Pottery Barn urn 
full of my hydrangeas from the garden.  
I am so happy to have my hydrangeas in the house!  
I hung one English blue and white 
plate above the print.  
I might hang more but for now it works.
I love the way they 
lighten up the whole room.  
I think the wall color 
could be lightened up a bit too 
but that is a Fall project!  
OK, what do you think?  

Click HERE to see what it looked like before.  

And, stay tuned for more changes that I have in store.  

Until Next Time,
Beaux R'eves,



Sharing at:
What We Accomplished Wednesday @ Green Willow Pond
Swing Into Spring Wednesday @ DIY by Design 
Vintage Inspiration Friday @ Common Ground
Home Sweet Home @ 
The Charm of Home
Treasure Hunt Thursday @ From My Front Porch To Yours 


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