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Island Life

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

There may be no location with crazier real estate prices than Nantucket- but holy hell, if I won the lottery you better believe I’d buy a house there. Like this one. Which is near perfect. It needs some serious decor help, but for an in town charmer (that has SEVEN bedrooms for lots of summer parties) it’s so killer. If you have $6 mill to spare.

I would have done two sided stairs like I’ve seen on other houses this style, but I wouldn;t exactly kick it out of bed for eating crackers either as is.

Town and ocean views from the widows walk.

Look at those floors! The wide planks! DIIIIEEE.

A good rustic beam leaves me weak in the knees.

Most fab playroom ever? Maybe.

And a one bedroom one bath GUEST HOUSE in case you are super popular (which you would be if you lived here) and needed another place for people to sleep. I don;t think I could even afford just this.

I’m gonna have to sell a lot of books.

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I Want to Go to There: Washington Schoolhouse Hotel

Monday, March 25th, 2013

I seem to be making lists of places I want to go recently. The Grand Canyon. The Amalfi Coast. One night in the Eiffel Classic Suite at the Plaza Athenee. On safari. But this one is a little bit more realistic. I saw a couple images from Park City Utah’s Washington Schoolhouse Hotel on my Facebook feed from a “friend” (and blogger behind Bungalow Blue Interiors) and just about stroked out. I am so very obsessed with stone houses and this one takes the friggin’ CAKE. Plus the interior is full of things I love- gilt wood frme chairs, overdye rugs, chandeliers and marble. YES YES GOD HELP ME YES!

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I Want to Go To There: The Point

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

There are places you want to visit because they surround you luxurious dream decor, and then there are places you want to visit to escape. The Point in Saranac Lake, NY is one of those places. It’s a glamorous camp, done in the style of the “great camps” of years past and famous families like the Rockefellers and Astors. Of course, this kind of gives me the whole “Downton Abbey Visits Scotland” vibe- rustic but still grand…. so grand in fact, that on Wednesdays and Saturdays dinner requires a tuxedo.

Jack Donagey would love it here.

I love the thought of escaping to nature, hiking, boating and the like… but then getting all glammed up for cocktails! Don’t you?

And of course, the rustic decor is not how I’d ever decorate my own home, but how fabulously cozy is it?

SERIOUSLY!? Can I be doing this right now?

Of course, my eye went RIGHT to the zebra back couch paired with buffalo plaid chairs. LOVE.

And you’ll have to save ALL your pennies (and perhaps rob a bank) to stay here as it’s still priced for the Rockefellers and Astors. But hey- a girl can dream right?