Lucy's Lounge at Tutti Chic

Chandelier Obsession....

I finally have realized I have an obsession with chandeliers! I love them in all shapes & sizes & in all different decors.  Of course my favorite look is in a romantic decor with a very vintage chandelier. I have one in nearly every room in my home. I seek them out whenever I hunt for vintage finds for my website and have found some real beauties!  I found a fabulous book on chandeliers & thought I would share some of my favorite pictures.  Some are so unique, but all ooze a kind of yesteryear charm & elelgance. Enjoy!

 

I even had my friend Jen make up my pretty new tags to include a chandelier!

My other talented friend Roxie is making up business cards with a pretty chandelier for me~

 

Taking some time to catch up on projects & re-vamp my office! Have a wonderful weekend! xo

Easter Blessings & A Big Thank You!!!

For all of you that gave me such good advice on the french bench a  big THANK YOU! Seems as though some of you are for painting it & some not! I think it will eventually get painted but right now I'll just enjoy it's romantic distressed gold until I need a change! See..Isn't it a hard decision??? I value all of your opinions so much & thank you for stopping by for your advice.

I hope each & everyone of my blog friends has a wonderful Easter holiday weekend! I like most of you, will be busy cooking my butt off tonight & tomorrow for our BIG Italian Easter feast! It's always a big Italian feast on the holidays here! My mom is busy making the rice pies, cheesecake, & the individual sweet breads shaped like gingerbread men for the grandkids & great grandkids(she's a dynamo at 76!) My 20 somethings still expect them for Easter~so funny! Escarole soup with little chicken meatballs & two different kinds of Frittata are my mom's dishes also. My brother (the aswesome cook) is home to help out (remember him? he is the kitchen nazi from "Christmas Eve! totally ruthless in the kitchen if you get in his way!LOL) My job is to make the pizzelle's, the home made manicotti, the ham & all the veggies & whatever else we can decide on to go with our feast. I'm making a tiramisu for my son & his girlfriend & the recipe looks Scrumptious! I tried Giada's but settled on Nick Stellino's recipe. I'll be eating half the stuff before I put it together! LOL! What will some of you be having for your holiday feast?  I love to share & hear about what other friends are having, probably because I LOVE to eat so much!  Have a wonderful easter & see you next week! xo

Found this sumptuous setting while surfing the net~GORGEOUS~YES?!

To Paint Or Not To Paint.....

I have been throwing this idea around now since I bought this awesome piece & I need all my blog friends advice desperately! It's a simple question....Do I paint this fabulous, ornate, french inspired small bench (complete with a lovely cream colored piece of marble on the top) a pretty ivory linen color or leave it in its distressed gold condition????  I thought I could make the decision on my own but....haven't so far so this means I need help 911! Please help me make up my mind on this girls! I am so leaning towards painting it because I think paint would show up more of it's ornate carvings & I always paint everything anyway! It just goes with the look & feel of my home.  Every time I go to grab the paint brush I take another look & fall in love with areas of the gold that are totally distressed & so aged looking. I know I will love it a soft off white (perhaps benjamin moore's "Ivory Linen") which is a favorite of mine, but then again, it looks pretty chic as is.  Help me to make up my mind my friends! :)

What do you think? Do you think the ivory linen would show off this ornate carving better?

 

I'm leaning more towards painting it & then I see this lovely gold aged to perfection! I look forward to everyone's input on this! xo

A Few Of My Favorite Things....

It was a busy weekend here at my house as usual & with the torrential downpours we had it was hard to venture out on saturday. I decided to move things around a bit & re-vamp for the spring. As I was dragging pieces into other rooms & re-arranging artwork & pillows etc... I realized that there are just some things that must stay out in plain site to enjoy because they are my absolute favorite things. These things are special because there is either sentiment attached to them or they are just plain wonderful to look at & give me a feeling of complete happiness when I look at them. I thought I would share with you some of my favorite things........

Roses my husband gave me a week ago drying beautfiully in a vase for a future project

This is a new "special piece" bought last week at a wonderful french inspired shop I visited called The French Market.  It is fast becoming one of my favorite things!

My "made to look old" architectural piece I picked up a few years back. Here's a closeup below

I vamped it up with some french & some painted flowers

A favorite painting....

This hangs in my office

Decorative Boxes purchased at home goods a few years ago

A few Christie Repasy canvas prints that get moved around a lot~LOVE THEM!

A favorite spring wreath~this picture makes me realize it's time to shine the brass door handle!LOL!

A total splurge one day last year in an upscale antiques shop

I don't know who she is~fell in love with the frame & then fell in love with her when I got this home. She hangs above a gorgeous painted piece in my hallway

A totally awesome french chair my mom bought for me when we were out antiquiqing one day~not happy with what I covered the seat in. When I find the right shade of soft minty green velvet I'll be happy!

Look at this adorable watering can! My neice & nephew gave this to me at Christmas

I bought this fabulous hand painted screen at my friend Roberta's shop Enchanted Treasures in Fairhaven Ma.

A favorite picture of my two favorite people (the grandkids) they go from room to room always lol

A topiary my dear friend Peggy & I made together (she was the brains behind it!)

This wonderful print hangs in my kitchen~aren't the colors fabulous?!

Old silver, a single rose & shiny silver french buttons

Although this is not in my home, I sure wish it was my home! This home is not far from our beach house. To me it looks like snow white & the seven dwarfs live here~I LOVE IT! Just look at the roof below~PRECIOUS!

This sits near my computer & reminds me that even when there are bad days you need to "LAUGH" & I really do!

I hope you enjoyed some of my favorite things! I hope it makes you think of some of your own favorite things~Have a WONDERFUL Monday! xoxo

Oh I Can Feel It Coming.........

It's in the air I can just feel it! The days are longer, the air is warmer & I am one happy camper! I finally got the itch to finish some projects around here & here is one I'm so happy to have finished. Cleaned up the fireplace for Spring & took down the winter firescreen & andirons. Finished adding hand painted touches to the antique firescreen I bought in the Fall  & up it went in front of the freshly cleaned hearth ! I've started to de-clutter rooms & change pillows, wash white cotton slipcovers & re-paint a few rooms. Spring fever..... definately!

This is what our antique piece used to look like-hard decision to paint or not to paint...in the long run painted an opaque cottage white & hand painted was a good decision~enjoy the longer days & WHOPEEE just found out we set the clocks ahead this weekend!!!! :) Have a great one!