I was running errands one day and on my way down the street at a quick pace I just had to snap this photo. Beautiful church surrounded by huge live oak trees. Wow! Continue reading “The Live Oak Trees in Charleston, SC Take Center Stage!”
This is the Saltmarsh Sparrow house plan by Flatfish Island Designs (FFID), this plan is 2,908 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. FFID is well known for their coastal plans – and they are fabulous!
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I just had a funny thought… for some reason, this photo just reminded me of Continue reading “From the Archives: Charleston Sunset”
I love this plan. Love the small porch, a perfect retreat! This plan is fabulous – master is down, which I love. So many wonderful spaces, check it out!
Continue reading “House Plan: Saluda River Club Cottage by Allison Ramsey Architects!”
When we head over the Ashley River Bridge in Charleston – I try to have my camera ready – Continue reading “Heading over the Ashley River Bridge… ahhh, the view!”
212 Needle Palm Court by Our Town Plans. This is a garage/guest loft combination that is the epitome of fine living! Oh, how I would love to have a special place for guests! This is a beautiful structure! Continue reading “House Plan: 212 Needle Palm Court (Garage/Guest Loft)”
Who needs a Swiffer when they have a Jack Russell with long hair that everything is attracted to?
Clearly I am not an architect or one of those wonderful designers of house plans. The house plans that make you dream about living in such a wonderful space. I love house plans and always have. My husband and I Continue reading “Yearly house plan poll… let me know what you think!”
Barbara Biel creates the most amazing hearts and crosses. No two are exactly the same. They are so special. We have bought them as gifts throughout the years but never bought one for ourselves. Thanksgiving we bought the cross, and I bought the heart this year for Fred for Christmas. They have larger of both that are amazing, but the small ones are magnificent and look so dramatic in the sun, don’t they?
This is the Pamlico River House Plan by Allison Ramsey Architects. This plan is approximately 2,875 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Classic design with amazing porches! The front porch measures 12′ deep. That’s a lot of space to spread out and really enjoy! The side porch is 10′ deep and screened which is so nice when things get a tad buggy…
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Snow in Charleston photos continue… back to normal posting tomorrow. Please bear with me. Snow in Charleston, SC is a precious thing! I love…
Continue reading “Contemplating the Snow – Charleston, SC”
Ah! The Charleston, SC snow that fell earlier this week was amazing. This weekend I’m sharing a few shots. There are so many (ok, too many) – it’s rare, so I had to document, ha ha… Fred and Charlie out and about – Charlie loved the snow – tried to eat a good deal of it. He was wild!
I have to say…
This may look like a regular snow day to most of you well-seasoned-in-snowy-weather peeps. But here in tropical, sunny Charleston, SC this was a rarity. A very welcomed one! I’ve never seen so many people outside enjoying themselves. You have to admit, it’s really cool as a kid, but as an adult, it’s JUST as much fun. We had about 5″ of wonderful snow – some areas around here received almost 8! As I write this…
This is the 59 Greenville Lane house plan by Our Town Plans. It’s a beauty isn’t it? This home is 3,466 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms (with an optional attic space that adds 1,098′ along with a bedroom, bathroom, bonus room, loft, mechanical room and storage!)
This home has wonderful deep porches, working shutters and so much charm – I love that steep roof!
What a fabulous plan! An open Living/Dining/Kitchen, along with a wonderful Laundry space and on the other side of the staircase a Study. Can you imagine how much time you would spend there? I can! Note the ceilings on the main floor are 12′. Pretty darn impressive! (Upstairs ceilings measure 11’3″ and the optional attic space is 9’6″) – Grand!
Just look at all these porches! Both screened and unscreened. There is a lot of time to be spent on these dreamy porches!
Click HERE for real life images of this plan – it helps to picture it!
A great upstairs configuration with a large master bedroom, a smaller bedroom, and then across the hall another large bedroom. Personally, I would use the master bedroom and make the smaller bedroom beside it a reading room. (Note that the “smaller” bedroom is still a good size!). There is also a nice office space.
There is also an optional attic configuration and it’s pretty incredible! Click HERE to see more…. Wow, the bonus space adds a bedroom, bathroom, bonus area and loft!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
This post may look familiar to some of you who are on my mailing list. This is the one time I hope no one opened their email, ha ha. I write my posts ahead of time and schedule them to publish (appear online). Well, since this was scheduled for 01/02/18 – I had forgotten to change the year from 2017 to 2018 (this happened in December) – so it published it immediately. I heard *ding* and saw my email.
Ruh. Roh. So please forgive me, won’t be the last time this year I bet 🙄 – Happy Day to you – barbara
Ahhh, it’s that time of year – to set goals – might as well get in on the fun, and join the masses that have goals to eat healthier, exercise more, learn to cook or maybe a new language, read more books the list goes on and on…
Some of my favorites:
👍Learn to say “No” sometimes – it’s OK. You can’t be everywhere at the same time and it’s hard when you’re stretched thin with work, home, life to try to fit in one more thing. Sometimes it’s barely possible. It’s OK to say no (thank you for teaching me this, Mom!).
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