HIGHPOINT CIRCLE: nautical decor

This little guest bathroom off of the kitchen has been relatively unchanged for years. ( I should have taken before pictures! Arghhhh!) Hard to believe that I would leave anything in my house unchanged that long, but....I did. Then, after a girls trip to Florida and some inspiration from my favorite decor store there, I came home and started editing my whole house. Now, I have problems in this arena sometimes, because I like to "see" my collections. Can you relate? Then it hit me, I could use some of my overflow in this little bathroom!

The result is that this room went from mostly black accents to sparkly white ones and the change is a big "duh" moment--why didn't I think of this before? Here is the result... I just have to admit that I wish I were a better photographer. Maybe soon....in the meantime, here it is...

This painting is from a "Starving Artists" sale that used to run in Wichita a couple times a year. It is about 30 years old. It sat in the basement for many years and I'm surprised I didn't sell it at a garage sale BUT I'm sooo glad I didn't. Little did I know then that I would fall madly in love with the beach later in my life!

This is a cross-stitch I did about that same time 30 years ago. It took me a year (I'm not very fast and I had small children) and the whole thing is solid cross-stitching. I had it custom framed and then dropped it while walking to the car! The framer knew what happened and redid it no-charge! A few years ago, I took it apart and spray painted the frame.