Egg Fresh or Egg Modern?

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Ahh... the famous Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen has be "hatching" all over the place in many design interiors. When I saw the famed Bunny Williams cover on the latest issue of House Beautiful, I was not sure if I liked the use of the Egg Chair in that space amidst more traditional elements in the room.....I thought...mmmmm...how come that works? or Does it work?

How come I can't move my more modern sofa up to my living room to erase the mistake of a sofa I recently made?? So many design gurus seemed to think the Egg Chair in Ms. William's design adds just the right amount of edge, or mmm... what was the word...tension?...

I guess my love of mid century modern everything wanted me to give this red Egg a chance! Soo... the magazine sits on my desk so that I can see it every day and hope that it will grow on me in this setting...

What do you all think?

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Is it that it throws things off kilter a bit? or is it the punch of color? or is it really tension?

Below, the yellow Egg seems to fit.... maybe it's because it's in a kitchen, and it reminds me of breakfast there.... or maybe there is less "tension" in the room.....mmm..

What do you think?

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Now, below... (eventhough the blue chairs are "Swans" and not "Eggs") ,

I feel like everything feels like it has it's place, just pretend those are blue "Eggs"...

How does that feel?

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Two "Green Eggs" anyone? Seems so quiet and cozy...no tension..nothing off .... or..

Do you think this is boring??





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You can barely make out the "Black Egg" in this modernist living space...

Do you like?

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Or here?... where it all began?

This feels most comfortable to me!!

Tell us what you think?

Affordable PINK Art for Pink Saturday!

Happy Pink Saturday! Today we are going on an art walk in a gallery of PINK art! Heather Clawson of the fabulous Habitually Chic blog introduced many blog readers to UGallery, a wonderful website where artists display and sell fanTAStic affordable pieces.

UGallery.com represents top artists chosen by an independent board of curators. The selection

is amazing and the artwork of these emerging artists diverse and exciting. The prices will shock you at how affordable they are. Go to the site after today's Pink tour, I am sure you will find several pieces for your home!

The first piece is called "Volcano" and is by William Mercado of Rutgers University. It is a fun, vibrant piece. I immediatel thought of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Wakiki beach!! That's the PINK one you know!

Volcano, William Mercado

Rutgers University


Below is a beautiful impressionist painting by Coette Wirz of the School of the Art Institute Chicago. It is called "Crying Roses". Go to the site and search her by last name, and you will find a beautiful array of florals and birds all done in the impressionist genre.


Crying Roses, Colette Wirz
School of the Art Institute Chicago

"Cadi 2" done by Melissa Ebeling of the Scottdale Artists' School is part of a series that you must go see on the website! It is supposed to be an impressionist painting, but to me it looks more like a realist painting, so clear and concise, almost like a photograph! It just pops of the page! LOVE it!

Cadi 2 , Melissa Ebeling
Scottsdale Artists' School

Comusina Hardman, University of Georgia painted my next selection below. It is called "Shipwreck" I love her use of color to create "light" and depth. It almost looks like the morning light is upon the boat. Comusina has a beautiful "gallery" of paintings to choose from.


Shipwreck, Comusina Hardman
University of Georgia

Last, but not least "Roma" is a beautiful, quiet painting of the pink sky over Rome. I think Case Jernigan, The College of William and Mary captured the scene beautifully.

Roma, William Case Jernigan

The College of William and Mary

I hope you enjoyed the art walk today! Now, go check out Beverly at How Sweet The Sound,

and see what she and all the other PINKIES are up to today!

Here's to a great PINK Saturday! and to my Friend...

I thought I would send you all some pink cone flowers from a walk in the Nature Preserve that I took with my friend Emmy this past Wednesday.

Emmy is a breast cancer survivor and when I think of all things pink, she always comes to mind! What an inspiration she is to me and to anyone that meets her. She actually believes that she was chosen to have cancer and that it was a blessing. Emmy has used her challenges with overcoming the disease to help others, some she knows and some she doesn't in their journey.

She even wrote a poem, or journal entry as I would call it describing how she feels. She shared it with me that day, and I left her home with a whole new outlook on life!

Today's contribution to Pink Saturday is in honor my friend, Emmy!

Blessings to you my dear!

Don't forget to check out Beverly and all the "pinkies" as I call them!

Happy PINK Saturday! Garden Walk.....

Happy PINK Saturday everyone! I thought I would take you on a little walk through my gardens starting out with this PINK lace cap hydrangea, just starting to bloom!

Here's a little PINK perennial, the name escapes me...but it attracts humming birds to the garden.....


PINK petunias and some green and PINK varigated ivy! I love this pot holder, picked up at the art fest last weekend!

Okay, wellll we are heading out of the PINK zone now... thought I would treat you to a glimpse of these beautiful curants! This is the first "crop" of berries since my Mom gave me this bush 4 years ago! It is an off shoot from the same bush my Grandmother had in her garden YEARS and YEARS ago!

Ahhh, the daisies! They are really showing off this year! Such happy flowers!

Usually, the feeder is full of many hungry visitors!

A view from the patio, looking towards the back yard.

The humming birds delight!

OOooppps! Sort of a repeat photos, ahhhh...well..still pretty!

The FIRST of hundreds of blooms getting ready to burst open!

I have been trying my hand at creating a woodland garden... here's some lovely violets that my friend, Laura gave me last year to propogate....they are finally spreading !

Here's a gorgeous painted fern amidst some lily of the valley...

The first of the coneflowers to bloom, some salvia and astilbe create "privacy" while the birds bathe!

Check out the sapphire dragon, that is the plant in the backround....very unusual...Laura gave that to me...hers gets 15 ft. tall....I think I need to move mine to a sunnier spot!

Hope you enjoyed the tour! I'll update the photos when the rest of the flowers are in bloom!

Have a GREAT Pink Saturday! and don't forget to check out BEVERLY'S blog today along with the other PINK participants!

Happy Fourth of July!

Here's wishing you all a wonderful Fourth of July weekend! Let's all take a little time out to remember all of those who are currently serving our country protecting our freedom, and those that lost their lives for the cause.

Enjoy your time with friends and family!