Are you guys head over heels for the coastal theme during the summer?  I don’t have a lot of coastal decor.  One starfish, a glass fishing float, (faux) and a collection of shells from my littles.  The relaxation of that theme…soothes me though.  I don’t have my shells sitting out yet.  Usually I have a bowl sitting around somewhere.  I need to dig those out.  Oh wait, I do have a sign that says BEACH on our back door.  Pretty simple.  You know me, I love simple.

There have been times over the past that I piled a ton of stuff on our mantle.  Then I take it back off.  Simple just calls my name.  I admire other people’s collections…but it just doesn’t work for me.  That is the great thing.  We can all appreciate each other’s style.

I love to pair woven, summery, baskets with coastal.  The tray basket is actually from Ebay but it’s a Pottery Barn basket.  I love it.  When it came, I was so excited.  It was way bigger than I even imagined.  I love the color of it paired with the light and airy items.  It seems to give a good balance.  When something seems wonky and off balance, I pick at it, move it, and preen it, until it looks right.

Now that is bugging me.  I’m not sure where I put my shells.  😉  I will be searching high and low.  Don’t you hate that?  Deep breaths Kel…deep breaths.

I hope that you have enjoyed our little coastal mantle.  It’s refreshing to me.  Not too complicated and it sports a turquoise Ball jar.  Right up my alley.  On a little side note…I spent a big part of the morning in the company of the piano tuner.  What an interesting job.  Now our daughter is good to go.  God’s blessings, well…they make us rich and they add absolutely no sorrow.

Love from the coastal farmhouse,

Remember yesterday, when I told you about the “granny chic” afghan that I found?  Well…there was more.  So much more.  They were just hanging there, in all of their grandmotherly, mustardy, goodness.  I promise…they were surrounded by a heavenly glow and you could hear…”Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.”  (Kind of a high pitched, open mouthed hum.  Go ahead…try it. 😉 )  Okay…so not really…but I was pretty excited.  There were four panels and four pom pommy tie backs.  All for four dollahs!

Was your grandma rockin’ the pom poms back in the day? (On her curtains…not as a cheerleader.)  One of my Instagram friends said that the farmhouse that she grew up in, in the seventies, had curtains like this.  They are so fun.  The color is what drew me in, I must confess. You know, yellow + me = love.

I usually try to give you guys crisp and clear pictures to look at.  Today, in honor of the era that these curtains were born, we are being a little foggy and hazy.  I hope that you enjoy.  They just make me smile, child of the seventies and eighties that I am.

The Mr.’s first reaction…was about like our girls reaction at the thrift.  I think that they all thought that I was crazy.  Then I proceeded to wash them, dry them and drafted the husband into helping me hang them.  (He is so sweet.) I put one in the laundry room and the rest in the girl’s room.  That evening when we came back home and the one in the laundry room greeted us, I could tell that my husband was won over by her glowing goodness.  Thank you, Grandma…for your lovely curtains, whoever you are.

Love from the seventies,