THE OASIS ~ OUR HOME

 

DECORATING OVER THE YEARS

OUR HOME PORT ST. LUCIE, FL.      

 JUST BEFORE WE PURCHASED IT

MY DAUGHTER IN LAW CJ WITH LISTING AGENT\

OUR HOME SEE THE RAINBOW

LOOKING OUT FROM OUR PATIO?

Our Oasis

It has always thrilled me to provide a warm and inviting atmosphere for my mate and for those I love. It is just me.. I love color, texture and I do so love the seasons. Life is to be lived to the fullest I believe and that means not getting in a rut. The different seasons open up doors of opportunity for us to decorate our world in new and wonderous ways. We can let our imagination go wild with things to do to make each day special and unique so that we can look forward to all its joys and I so enjoy decorating. I have found that life is very short. I can speak from experience after many many losses of best friends, and mentors, relatives, parents and a husband. I have come to realize each day is a gift. It is important for me to help others through their rough times and perhaps bring a bit of love and color into their lives.

Many years ago while living in New York, I worked for a Home Decorating Company for a short time, I have always had a love for creating my own space. And my husband calls me the Crayola girl as I just adore colors and have what he calls instant color recall!!! I think in color and even dream in color.. LOL!! Over the years, I’ve learned several tips on how to make your home your own dream place. I would love to share those tips with you. I have also helped many women over the years in what I call “Decorating on a Budget” which we will talk about later in this blog.
 
Over the years, I have been blessed to have many different home themes such as Eclectic Country Modern, Country French with pine furniture, (we converted barns into a home in upper NY State.. we did this as a family project… it took years). It was very hard work, but very rewarding. We also had a sleek NY contemporary décor in a mainly cream/white and black palette at one time.

My late husband and I then moved to Charleston, SC area where we pioneered a church which started as a home church and our theme was “Rainbow Row” Charleston, SC in pastel colors, mixed with Charleston green which we loved. When my husband passed away, I moved to Florida to be close to part of my family and decided on a total new start. I purchased a darling model home on a tiny manmade lake in a gated community. I needed a completely new start with entirely new life, after the trauma from such a loss.

MY FORMER HOME IN SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO

MY GRANDSON BRANDON IS NOW 16

Over the years, God had taught me the importance of inviting His presence into every area of my life and to ask not only His blessing upon our home, but to ask Him to name each room. As I began to pray about my new home I (which is very small), I felt it was to be named “Jehovah Shalom”. To my surprise, this was the same name He had given our home in Charleston, SC. It means God of Peace. How fitting. After losing my dear husband, I really needed peace. I wanted my home to reflect not only peace, but a feeling of being in the Holy Land. I had accumulated some different pieces through having our church that reminded me of stories in the bible or scriptures etc… When I met my new husband, Joe.. our love for God and the bible meshed as we started to add our own touches.

MY DEAR HUSBAND JOE RELAXING IN OUR HOME

WITH OUR POCKET TOY YORKIE GIDGET

I love so many different types of themes, I used to change my decorations every two months, not only Seasonally, but different themes for each bedroom. A large part of our ministry was in counsel, especially those in leadership, who would come for weekends for healing and such. Our home had two extra guest rooms and we decorated one in an Ocean theme, and the other in a Mountain theme with total seasonal change-overs within those themes. This way those we ministered to had a choice. I had the vest and my late husband had the cap.  The rug with this set is costly, but it is so so cute.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR MOUNTAIN GUEST ROOM FALL DECOR

PINE CONE QUILT ENSEMBLE BY PATCH MAGIC- Decorate your master suite, guest room, ranch house or lodge with this Southwest and Lodge and Western fashionably styled quilt ensemble. Pinecone has a block style quilt with designer styled blocks of assorted appliqued pine cones and adorned with an appliqued pine cone border with subtle earth tones that create a pleasant atmosphere in any room and brings the forest into your home decor. Pine Cone quilt has tonal shades of greens, golds, rustic reds and neutral shades. The applique and patchwork is artistically hand done by artisans in India on premium cotton and cotton filled. The dust ruffle, euro shams and draperies available is a fabric contained in the quilt that is a rustic red and black plaid
http://www.csnstores.com/Patch-Magics-Pinecone-Collection-X57683.html

THIS WAS OUR BARNYARD ROOM IN

OUR FORMER HOME NEAR CHARLESTON, SC
THIS WAS OUR MASTER BEDROOM DECOR FOR
THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER!

SORRY, THESE WERE TAKEN BY ME AND NOT CLEAR

SEE THE GOURD BEEHIVE OVER THE BED?  TOO CUTE HUH??

THE PRINT WAS A FOLK PRINT OF A FARMYARD SCENE

AND THE SCONCES WERE TIN CUT OUT SUNFLOWERS

TO THE RIGHT AND ABOVE THE TV

THERE ARE REDNECK CHIMES!

MANY OF THE DECORATING PIECES

 WERE FOUND IN LITTLE SHOPS ACROSS THE US

I SO LOVED THIS ROOSTER RUG PATCH MAGIC

 IT MATCHED THE WHOLE SET

BARNYARD DECORATING PIECES .. HOW I LOVED THIS SET

SOME WERE PURCHASED AT HOMEGOODS

SOME WERE FINDS AT AUCTIONS

MANY PIECES WERE FOUND IN OUR TRAVELS

ALL WERE BOUGHT WITH LOVE AND PLACED WITH CARE

EACH PIECE WAS A LITTLE PART OF ME

HOW I LOVED THIS SET... IT KICKED OFF MY FAVORITE TIME OF

YEAR BEING MY SEPTEMBER MASTER BEDROOM ENSEMBLE

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