A Bar By the Ocean

OK campers.....

Let's get back to my buddy Connie's Florida beach side home.....

Connie and her hubby Chris entertain a lot.....

Now..... as I am somewhat anti-social.....

I don't understand their need for company......

but I certainly understand their need for a bar!!!!!

Sooooooo.......

I wanted to find something that had wheels....

Something in dark wood......

Something with shelves.....

and something that wasn't 30" high, 

because I wanted it to be different from the end tables in the room.

I like to have different height surfaces in a space.

I think of space and color and form mathematically and musically....

I think of rhythms in the spaces I do.

I am very weird.....

Soooooo.....

I found this tea cart on ebay.....

I looked and I looked and I looked.....

and found it!!!!!

I was very excited!!!!!

Connie thinks I'm out of my mind.

Well.....

she be wrong!!!!

I really need to go back to her house and shoot more pictures, because

 I don't have the explanatory shots I need......

So you can't see how this relates to all the other tables in the room.

(I am very sad.......)

Wait!!!!

I just found one!!!!

It's really blurry......

so deal with it.......

I'm not perfect, ya know.....

My hand must have moved when I took the shot.

Probably my mouth was moving at the same time......

Anyway.....

Let me show you more details!!!!!

Connie bought a duck!!!!!

He be stylin'!!!!

He keeps the other one company....

OY OY OY OY!!!!

I don't have a picture of that!!!!

But...

I know I do!!!!!

It was in Traditional Home....

where did I put that?????

OK I found it,

 and had to blow up the detail, so it's not very clear either.

I AM DOING A BANG UP JOB BLOGGING TODAY!!!!!

OY.....

that's the duck wearing a striped T-shirt.....

We really lucked out with this little guy, 'cuz the stripes match the coral color used throughout the downstairs!!!!

I normally don't like "cute" accessories

(unless they're vintage, and were someone else's stuff...)

but I just love this duck.

On the top of the dining area hutch I added accessories to bring some height to the piece.

We found this cool rusty iron urn which I filled with shells.

Next to the urn I arranged a collection of three wooden terns.

I rhymed!!!!

We found these at a local store.

These shots are all blurry because I blew up the little details.

I really have to get back to Connie's and take some decent pictures.

OY!!!!!

So the last blurry picture is the suitcase that we found at a local antique/junk/horrible store.

It was the only decent thing in the place.....and the building was GINORMOUS!!!!!

Setting a decorative suitcase on its side like this is an easy way to add height to an arrangement on a piece of furniture.

Just a little trick of the merchandising trade......

I'm starting to blather now.....

So I'm going to end here.....

See you guys on Tuesday!

Later, Gator