~Today, I am Dreaming~

(all images courtesy of Veranda Sept 2007 Issue)

Hi Everyone! This is a lovely home Provencal Farmhouse in California. What a dream home...this couple was able to crate aged wooden beams, limestone fireplaces, weathered stone and custom doors and windows. If you can't live in Provence...have Provence come to you!

Lovely Lavender is a must!


A sweet corner...So beautifully done! I am loving the parquet floors!

Imported limestone fireplace. I love the details of this door.

I LOVE everything about this kitchen. Take a close-look at the island. Oooo....the mixture of glass and crome...so simple and elegant!


How would you like to spend the day here? I have wine and cheese awaiting.

I know this photo has been floating in BLOGLAND...simple one of the best bathrooms!!!


I love vanities make a girl feel so feminine. Love all the little details of this space. ...for example the simple changes in the floors.

An outdoor living space is always a must and this one is so Pretty!

Even Better!


My favourite outdoor space! Don't you love this Pretty Provencal farmhouse?

Have a wonderful Spring day!

~Miss Kris~

Bleu Wonders

(Image courtesy of Victoria Magazine)

Hi Everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Yesterday we got 3 inches of snow after enjoying a wonderful first week of Spring. It was a very heavy snow, around 1 p.m. the sun came out and started to melt it away. Not entirely but enough to melt of the sidewalks and driveways. It really was a lovely day! I started to think about Spring cleaning and freshening everything up and the colour Bleu popped into my head. It is so soothing and fresh. Here are some pretty images of BLEU.

(Image courtesy of Victoria Magazine)

(Image courtesy of Victoria Magazine)

I am loving this white slipcover chair with a pretty bleu pillow...so comfy with the fire burning, after all it still is in the 30's here. Burrr....

(Image coutersy of Victoria Magazine)
Pretty flowers...I can't wait for the earth to start blooming these little flowers.

(Image courtesy of Victoria Magazine)
A very soothing bleu wall...
(Image courtesy of British Home & Garden)
Another soft bleu wall by a lovely tub with lots of pretty lacy linens. I love this!!!
(Image courtesy of British Home & Garden)
Close-up of the pretty lacy window treatments.

(Image courtesy of British Home & Garden)
Ooooo...this pretty feminine white and bleu wallpaper is LOVELY!!!

(Image courtesy of British Home and Garden)

This may just be my favourite bedroom ever! I love the softness and the light bleu walls and to wake up with the sun shining is Heavenly to me!

~L oie de Pomeranie ~

My little bleu watercolour of a Pomeranian Goose-Nest-Gold Coins. Available hereI often wish I had a white kitchen, this is why I painted this lovely.

I also LOVE little ducks and geese!

~Silver Appleyard Canard~

This is perhaps the companion to the Goose Watercolour it is of a Silver Appleyard Duck. I would love to see these framed in a very thin white frame with white matting. One day! It's also available here.

Of Course! I could not leave out a lovely Provence home with its pretty Bleu shutters. This is where I want to be!!! Are you loving Dreamy and Sweet bleus?

Au Revoir!

~Miss Kris~

Bleu ~New~ Lovilies

Hi Everyone! I just started working on some new paintings, inspired by France. They are a mix of watercolour with some little touches of acrylics. I love the look of bleu and cream with touches of gold. All measuring approx 10X12 inches. I'd love to hear your thoughts on these new paintings. I am in the starting phases on developing a few more. Different backgrounds, perhaps more baroque, not quite sure just lots of sketches in my new sketchbook. French Greys I am loving today. We will see what direction I take today.

Oh...I am also thinking of listing them on Etsy...Perhaps at weeks end. What do think?

~Miss Kris~

"Book Alert"

Hi, I just returned home from a trip to my local Barnes & Noble looking for anything new I don't have yet by Betty Lou Phillips and wouldn't you know it - nothing! Bummer! Although my hands did find another beautiful book. It's called "French Country Living" beautifully written by Caroline Clifton-Mogg with delightful photography by Christopher Drake. Each page is inspired by the french countryside with light and airy spaces with soft gray hues, beautiful textures and small prints. Imagine this kitchen with friends and wine. What stories we could share!
Chippy paint console with white and glass lovelies!
Love love this chandelier!

If this were my bedroom I would certainly have sweet dreams!
Simply beautiful.
Beautiful Monogram Blue and Natural Linen Pillows. They look so comfy! I can never have enough natural linen in my home.
How I would love to enjoy this table every morning with my sweet tea and watercolours. I wonder what scenery my brushes would paint? Vineyards? A Charming Farm? Hmmm... I love all the airy spaces ~ only if I could live this way.
Enjoy.

I hope everyone has a great day! Au revoir!
~Miss Kris~