Sweet Things

Happy new week, Darlings ...

As you walked through this past weekend ...

I hope it was filled with SWEET things ...

... like the taste of sweet treats ...

... the scent of sweet memories ...

... the promise of sweet romance ...

... and, of course, the very sweet time

you take just for yourself ...

time to relax and recharge ...

As for me, my weekend was filled with

SWEET things such as

sleeping in {just a little},

a delicious strawberry waffle breakfast out and

a country club dinner al fresco

under this red umbrella

with a view of a beautiful golf course ...

Time this weekend (and everyday these days!) was also spent

dreaming SWEET color scheme dreams

for our new historical house.

Since our style of home is sometimes called a

"wedding cake"

we will have the exterior painted

in a pretty pale, pale blue-green called

Benjamin Moore's "Icing on the Cake" next year.

The plan is shiny black shutters, door &

elegant shiny black floors on porches.

Porch railings and all trim will be white.

Similar to this townhouse on my Pinterest boards:

But, "Icing on the Cake" is much lighter,

very similar to the background color

you see on the blog.

 So pretty, don't you think?

For the interior,

I haven't decided yet.

I want to be ready to paint when the walls are

finally all ready and that will be very shortly .. help!

Normally, I would most likely go with neutrals

for the wall colors (i.e. taupes or pale grays), but I decided

maybe I wouldn't do that after

I removed the taupe painted-over-grasscloth wallpaper

that a previous owner had left up

(as you saw previously in my breakfast room in this post)

 and white plaster walls were revealed.

The white suddenly made the rooms

feel SO much more light and airy.

I'm enamored with talented designer

Mary Douglas Drysdale

and her beautiful designs and use of color.

I want a very happy house, so

I'm thinking either of going with an all-white scheme

(except for pretty glossy black interior doors throughout)

with hits of golden yellow here and there,

as if the yellow are hits of sunshine everywhere.

This idea came from these rooms of Mary's ...

 

The second scheme choice would be

using the same "Icing on the Cake" color

that we use on the outside of the house in the same way

that yellow is used above,

with hits of it throughout.

If I go with that scheme, I may also paint the breakfast room

in that color of pale blue-green.

 I had a previous kitchen painted in that color

in a previous house and it was lovely with the white marble.

But ... I LOVE the golden yellow sunshine idea too ...

what do you think, stylish readers?

Would LOVE your opinions!

Maybe I should combine both colors like

Mary Douglas Drysdale did in this room:

Hmmmmmmmmm.

In closing, as usual, I also spent

lots of time wrapping up several illustrations

for some lovely clients in the studio.

One of those was a

quick fashion illustration

requested for the

Miss Bahamas Universe Pageant 2012,

featuring Herve Leger designer swimwear.

You can read the first press on the event

here in The Bahamas Weekly.

The illustration above will appear

on a banner at the Pageant

I am told.  Fun!

Have a great week, everyone!

What have you been up to?

I'd love to know!

Ooh La Frou Frou

is the blog of

Illustrator SANDY M.

"Ooh La Frou Frou" is simply a name she created

to describe the chic things she love to illustrate.

Photos above are via Ooh La Frou Frou's

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with the exception of the red umbrella photo,

which was taken by Sandy M.

All illustration in this blog is by SANDY M

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