Island Holiday Colors.. !!!

The colors are festive and bright..

kitties for the holiday

Turquoise everywhere.....

always a bit of hot pink

naturals and lime green

polka dots and twinkling white lights

blues and whites 

Christmas colors everywhere

shells and glitter

sweet dream christmas

cottage christmas

lime green star fish

An Island Cottage Adventure

I have been fascinated my how different the cottages are and I know that is because all the clients are so unique.The tour was a great success everyone one had different favorites in rooms and  cottages .It was for a very good cause,the Humane society of Savannah , and I would love to hear from people what was their favorite..room.. cottage..pillow..decoration.......
Unfortunately I got sick and was out of the picture for part of the day.so not sure what the buzz was about.
I took a few photos ..of our island Christmas. .....lots of color beyond tradition red and green.(but we had red and green also)

at Blue bird Inn

Spooky on her island Christmas colors taking care of her mommy

Christmas tree cut of of old screen( a great recycle)

On of my favorite pieces of folk art at Blues Away cottage

the living room at Coast Awhile Cottage

Dr. Holiday cottage

Blues Away cottage

touches of turquoise and white and natural and starfish

reflections at southern tides

simple and natural at Southern tides

the double queen room that once was a porch at Southern Tides Cottage.
that wonderful old house is beginning to glow..

on loan from my friend Nancy Heriot  

My friend Suzanne Everette made several  arrangements for the cottage

  I just want to say..My friends mean the world to me .They always just appear as the events are near and like little elves they do their magic.. Thank You... Thank you ....thank you ....for everything you do and for being there for me always.

the most beautiful tree and ornaments at Blues Away Cottage.. (I will share more photos of Blues Away very soon)

Holiday Tour ……So Much Fun..

I am exhausted but thrilled about the day. The weather was 80 and sunny and everyone was laughing and talking and having so much fun.

Here is the bunk room at Southern Tides cottage. the floor is painted my new color "Beachy Keen Green" It was actually  supposed to be Beach House blue but the paint store mixed it wrong. I like it with the red Christmas stockings. This room has 4 sets of bunks…..www.tybeecottages.com

the other sets of bunks .space in the corner is "Fort Tybee"

 new master bedroom at Southern Tides

porch at Cover Girl Cottage

Paws and Paddles

I could NOT have done this without the help of my friends coming to my aid!!!!  ( My step sister made this Santa out of clay years ago. It is my favorite decoration!
More photos….tomorrow

Cover Girl Cottage... A Star of the Cottage Tour

  

A wonderful cottage that would have been destroyed was saved in 2005. It had been neglected for years  but Dana and Meg Braun were willing to move it to their lot and restore it.We moved it right next door to Palm cottage which was also moved and saved in 1998.
 It will be on the cottage tour this Saturday ...the current owners named  it Cover Girl Cottage because it was on the cover of 2006 Old House Interiors.

Cover Girl cottage

unique handrail we added ...

this was the cover shot for OLD HOUSE INTERIORS.

the fun living room

This cottage is also featured in the Cottages book on sale at Sea Side Sisters on Tybee. The book was written by Brian Coleman and all photographs were taken by Doug Keister.
I love my job and I am excited about the tour...I am GRATEFUL for my assistant Amanda and for Anna and My friend Suzanne who help me with the one day makeover of the Blue Bird Inn......it takes a village.... hope to see you there. I will be at Cottage on the Green unit A at 10 qm

A Few Cottage Bedroom on the tour....

a fun bedroom from Castle in the Sand cottage.
It was featured in Better homes and Gardens magazine and Color made Easy 

Here is Peckenpau on the dog bed in Paws and Paddles cottage( the perfect cottage for this fund raiser)

a bedroom with a Jane Coslick custom shutter headboard painted BEACH HOUSE BLUEwww.janecoslickcottagecollection.com

If you cant come on the Jane Coslick Cottage Holiday Tour for the Humane Society here are a few more bedrooms for you. If you are thinking of coming here are a few bedrooms to encourage you to come. In real life these rooms are happy,fun and fluffy.......
And speaking of fluffing....
We did decided to do something a bit different and challenging this year. I am taking a space that I did not design at the Blue Bird Inn (which the president of the Humane Society owns)  and with NO budget...my assistants and I are going to try and create Happy Colors and happy spaces ..in three days!!!!

What can we do? ....We will have before and after photos of this wonderful place. It has an amazing view of Horse pen Creek.( my wheels are turning)

Here are a few more bedrooms from some of the 10 historic cottages ...

Happy Colors!

a wonderful bright bunk room

this is actually a Murphy bed.. that disappears into the wall

old shutters new life...

Peck wanted me to remind you how important the work of the Humane Society is to the animals..He said  it saved his life!!!
Bow wow and meow...  We will have so much fun on Tybee Dec 7th
..www.tybeefun.com

Progress Report..Southern Tides Cottage

I promised I would put updates of Southern Tides Cottage as things began to take shape.
Here is one  new master bedroom.

it once was an enclosed side porch

Here is  the family coming for Thanksgiving...I wanted to see the children's faces when they saw the bunk room and fort....So decided to share this...

  some of the 5 grandchildren as they arrived from Nashville

headed to see the "not quite done".. bunk room

we are adding curtains, shelves ,colors and painting the floor .
.I love all the original windows in the house.

I think they like it!!!

Testing out the new coffee table and playing with  the Christmas balls.

I have been working on Southern Tides Cottages and it will be ready for vacation rentals in March.www.tybeecottages.com  We  have been working to pull the great old but restored beach house together for the family's Thanksgiving Holiday.
(By the way did I miss Thanksgiving? it seem like everything is Christmas. Not certain about this. Looks like they are having the after thanksgiving sales today).
This is a progress report of what is happening ..bunk room, new master bedroom, new double queen room,new out door sleeping porch ,new swimming pool and lots and lots and lots of beautiful white paint(after the tour) .It will be on the  cottage tour DEC 7 in mid- renovation,,should be interesting  to say the least.!
The  clients their children and 5 grandchildren arrived at 2 yesterday  and loved everything we had accomplished  so far.
They pulled a trailer full of great furniture for the house and I know I will love everything that comes in the door.
More later...