I love baskets and today I am revealing my favorite ways to use baskets with lots of photos. This is part of the French Country Friday series so scroll to the bottom to see the other blogs that are joining me. I love using baskets in my home, and I think they are great for […]
Stenciled Basket
Have you ever stenciled a basket? It’s a bit more difficult than using it on a flat surface but it’s looks great. Case in point, this fabulous Fortnum and Mason basket from London. It came like that. Doesn’t it look fabulously luxurious? I decided to try my hand at painting my own. I taped on […]
Mountain house guest room
It’s time to go back to the mountains again for more of our tour there. This is a house we bought for retirement. It’s always been my husband’s dream to have a place in the mountains of NC. It felt like a crazy idea at the time, but that’s what we did. You can find […]
Girl Bedroom Updates
Here is an area rarely seen by the public. It is the habitat of one of my daughters. Usually the room is a tad (read that – A LOT) messy. Like in my other daughter’s room SEEN HERE, I like to have a table by the window. They can have a snack and look […]
Country French Baskets
Country French design is full of French baskets. Some of my baskets are French baskets, some are English and others are American. Some are new, some are old, and some are very old. One thing I want to point out is that the basket does not have to actually be French to give a room […]
Basket Case
What is it about baskets? I just adore them, but I’m not sure why. Maybe they just add a certain casual, warm French feel to a room. And I wonder about what was kept in them years ago. I found this one at the antique auction. When I brought it home it looked like this. […]
A Fresh Bouquet of …Hats?
I have a large French basket and needed to fill it with something. It’s about 3 ft. tall, so I needed something that wouldn’t get lost in the basket. I used to have silk flowers in it, but was ready for a change. I thought about what I could put in it. Someone suggested […]
