Friday 31 July 2015

Buildings & boats & blue skies in Blue Rocks

welcome friends


Not far from Stonehurst, home of the red fishing shed, is another quaint fishing community called Blue Rocks.


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Can you spot the photobomber in this picture? :-)


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This is one of the first buildings you see when you turn down the little road that brings you out to the point…

br kitschy shed 

br boat planter 

I used my telephoto lens to snap this picture of an artist hard at work…

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This is the coolest little shop. Lots of hand painted buoys and other wood pieces that you pay for by putting your money in a little box.

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Mini Me :-)

br big house little house


Where do you want to go today?

br directions


Lots of little houses that I’m guessing are used only used in the summer, they don’t look very warm!

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br little house 3


br red house


br weather vane


br shed 1 


A shed, not a house ;-)

br storage shed


Two seagulls hangin’ out in a rock.

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You can’t have a fishing community without boats!

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br boats


br rocks clouds

Happy weekend!

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Wednesday 29 July 2015

The red fishing shed

A few weeks ago, I came across this picture of a red fishing shed at VisitingNovaScotia.com:

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Being the curious sort that I am, I decided that I had to find this red fishing shed in real life. So after checking out the Lunenburg Farmer’s Market last Thursday, I headed out on my mission. And guess what? Found it!

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And I also discovered that Stonehust – home of the red fishing shed – is an absolutely charming little village that ends at the tip of a peninsula with gorgeous views…
   

stonehurst tip 4 

stonehurst tip boat 1 

stonehurst tip buildings 

stonehurst tip houses 

stonehurst tip shed 

stonehurst tip boat 3 

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If our offer on the lot falls through, maybe we’ll move to Stonehurst instead!

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Monday 27 July 2015

Summer Fun in the house

When I got my cool buoy print from Minted, I also got one yard of fabric. It took forever to narrow down the choices to just one because there are a LOT of cool designs. I was originally going to go with something nautical, but then this colourful print by Simona Cavallaro called Summer Fun caught my eye. I love the bright & happy colours and the design – I think it looks like watermelon and sunshine and water and grass :-)

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Summer Fun (Also available in six other colourways)


While I was waiting for the fabric to arrive, I came across this little stool at a yard sale for $4.00, and just like that I had a plan for the fabric – turn this baby from dark & drab to bright & fab!

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Now, keep in mind that I don’t have an iron, I don’t have a sewing machine (and if I did, I wouldn’t know how to use it), and I live 1.5 hours away from stores that sell the right kind of decorative trim to finish things off. So your expectations are pretty low now, right? Good ;-)

To be honest, Brian did most of the work – I was the brains behind the operation and in charge of transforming the legs :-) There are so many tutorials out there on how to re-cover a stool, so I won’t go into all the details. Basically, Brian removed the brown pleather cover, wrapped the remaining piece of foam with the cotton batting, stapled it on with a staple gun, and trimmed the excess.

stool collage


And then I forgot to take pictures of Brian stapling on the fabric. But I’m sure you can envision how that went :-) Meanwhile, I was on leg duty. I covered the brass feet with painters tape and then Brian screwed the legs into some scrap wood so they’d stick up in the air for easy spray painting.

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I had it in my head that the spray paint was a primer & paint in one, so I didn’t prime the legs. Then after I sprayed on a couple of coats, I realized that it’s regular spray paint and I really should have primed. But oh well, that can be a project for another day if the paint job doesn’t hold up. The colour is Key Lime by Rust-Oleum.

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Once the legs dried, I removed the tape and Brian re-attached them to the stool. And that’s it! I love the green legs with the fabric, and how the stool adds some colour and pattern to this very white rental house. It also matches my shoes :-)

pm stool from front

I was originally going to put it next to the front door, but the dogs going in and out would get it dirty in no time flat. So I tucked it into this little corner instead, which actually works out better because I see it more here than I would if it was by the door.

Love those green legs!

pm corner 2 

pm corner 

Is it just me, or do the black dots look like watermelon seeds? :-)

pm stool from top 

pm2 through rails


stool before after


Thank you once again to Minted for the beautiful fabric – now I want Summer Fun everywhere in the house!

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DISCLAIMER: I was not financially compensated for this review. I received a sample for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. I will only review products that I would use myself or would recommend to my family and friends.

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Friday 24 July 2015

Want to go on a holiday?

Me too! Let’s go here…

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dream home 1

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dream home 7Designer: Barry Dixon | Photographer: Tria Giovan

This beautiful island cottage is in St. Barts in the French West Indies and was featured in Coastal Living. I’m green & turquoise with envy!

Happy weekend!

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