Show and Tell Friday

I can't believe how fast this week has flown by!!!  Friday's seem to sneak up on me so quickly lately!  This week I'm sharing a plant stand that I bought at Marshalls a couple years ago.  I'm not really sure how it was supposed to be used but I put moss around the bottom and sides and filled it with soil and plants...It's been in my backyard for awhile now and it's holding up well!These are

I'm going back to school!

I've decided to do something I should have done a long time ago... I'm going back to school to become an Interior Designer!  Lauren is now almost 18 so I thought it's time for me to do what I should have done when I was 18.  I remember looking into it back then but decided against it.  Over the years I've thought about doing it numerous times but with having a family and working full time, I just

Coconut Cupcakes!

We moved to a new building at work yesterday so for the last week I've been going through 8 years worth of stuff deciding what to keep and what to throw away.  It's so amazing how much junk and old paperwork, not to mention dust I have accumulated over that time!  It was worth it now that we are in our nice new office space!  You're probably wondering what the heck that has to do with cupcakes...

Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream

It was such a beautiful weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area!  Yesterday it was about 80 degrees!  Lauren and I went to the Farmer's Market and I came home with a lot of strawberries!  I froze some for smoothies, kept some to eat fresh and made homemade strawberry ice cream with the remainder!  I have a Donvier Ice Cream Maker. It's really easy to use because you don't have to mess with ice and

Show and Tell Friday

This week for Show and Tell, I'm going to share some beautiful gifts I received awhile back. 
These beautiful chintz plates were from M.~Tales from an O.C. Cottage.  I just need to rearrange things a little bit to make room for them in here...I think I may need a bigger cabinet to display them soon!
The next gift I receieved awhile back was from Elsie.  Elsie doesn't have a blog but she leaves

Napa Valley Part 3

This is part three and the final post of my day trip to the Napa Valley, scroll down to see part 1 and 2.
By late afternoon we were needing a cup of coffee to recharge and Dean & Deluca was the perfect place!More amazing pastries to temp us...



Later in the evening it was time for dinner.  When we pulled in the parking lot of the restaraunt this is what we saw...more beautiful vine covered

Napa Valley Part 2

This is Part 2 of my day trip to Napa Valley. If you missed Part 1 just scroll down to yesterday's post. 
After we left the Alpha Omega Winery we stopped at the V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena.  This is the most gorgeous place of all the wineries we visited!  My only regret is that we didn't do any wine tasting here. We arrived here at the end of the day and just stopped to look around but now

Napa Valley Part 1

Last Saturday, my friends and I went to Napa Valley for the day.  It's only about an hour and a half away from home which makes me wonder why it's been years since my last visit!  It's such a gorgeous place!  We met at my friend Kim's house at 9:00 am and headed up there.  First we did a little shopping at some outlet stores and then had some Mexican food and margaritas for lunch....


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I'm so honored!

Exciting news...My Romantic Home was mentioned in the magazine "At Home in Arkansas"!  I'm so honored to be included with some of my favorite blogs!   See the list below under "Click for Cottage".   They have a beautiful website and blog  that I thought you might enjoy. 
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I went to Napa Valley with my friends on Saturday and had a wonderful time!  It's such an

Show and Tell Friday!

Last night I was walking through my home, with my camera in hand, looking for something for this week's Show and Tell.  I realized that you've seen everything in my home...numerous times!  I'm not buying as many things as I used to which makes it harder to find things to blog about but I really can't justify buying things just for the purpose of blogging about them! Haha!  I thought I would share

Beach House Dreaming!

Source: Bountiful Home
If you read my blog regularly you know I'm always dreaming of having my own beach house.  I live 30 minutes from the beach now, which isn't bad but I would love to be walking distance away!  Here are some beautiful beach home inspiration photos...Source: Coastal Living
Source: Coastal Living
I found this photo below on another blog and they said it was from Coastal Living

Sunday Brunch

Last Sunday I hosted a Spring Brunch for my Supper Club.  Usually around this time of the year the weather is beautiful but we had a huge storm hit on Sunday with lots of wind and rain! I had visions of us having mimosas on the patio but that didn't happen! Oh well, we had a lovely time indoors!
I kept the table very simple.  Just an old canning jar with some cut flowers from my garden on top of

Happy Monday!

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Pretty in Pink (from my Flickr Favorites), originally uploaded by Romantic Home.I've been so busy lately! Yesterday I had one of my supper clubs over for brunch at my place but I haven't even had a chance to upload the

Show and Tell

Can I bring my dog to Show and Tell?  Funny...I still remember asking my teacher that when I was in elementary school!  I can't remember what I ate for dinner two days ago but I remember things like that!  I also remember the two different phone numbers we had when I was growing up! Why is that still stored in my brain taking up much needed space? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This is the man of the house! 

For you...

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Dreamin'

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Dreamin', originally uploaded by Romantic Home.Wouldn't it be wonderful to live in this dreamy mosaic? In my dream, it's close to the ocean, beautiful flowers are always blooming, it's always warm with a gentle breeze, the

Spring Cleaning!

I've got the spring-cleaning bug really bad!  I took a vacation day today so I could clean...how pathetic is that?  Who uses vacation days to clean?  I cleaned out all the cabinets in my bathroom which I haven't done in a long time.  I found medication that expired in 2004!!!  I even replaced all the old shelf paper with new. Ahhh...it felt so good to get that done!

I better go get busy....

Happy Easter!

Things are really starting to bloom in my little garden!  I love the English Cottage look of foxgloves and I'm really excited because it looks like it's going to be a great year for my roses!  They will be in full bloom soon...

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter!!!  

Show and Tell Friday!

Since Easter is this Sunday I thought I would share my faux chocolate Easter bunnies that I bought last year at Marshalls.  It's so funny, everyone that comes over thinks they are real chocolate!  Don't you just want to bite one of their ears off? I do!

Edited to add:  If you want to make your own faux chocolate bunnies there is a video on how to make them on Martha Stewart's website.  It's a