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November 30, 2020

Holiday Home Tour 2020

I updated this post to include the entire week of homes!

I can't think of a better time to come back to the Quarters One blog than today!

It's the first day of the 2020 Holiday Home Tour hosted by Amy and Christy of 11 Magnolia Lane and Jenny from Evolution of Style Blog.

Despite my absence from this blog, I haven't been completely out of the picture, I'm on Instagram nearly every day so if you want to know what's been going on you can still find Quarters One on Insta @quartersone.

Here's the line up for the week...

Monday, November 30th (Front Porch/Outdoor Spaces)

Tuesday, December 1st (Entries/Dining Rooms)

11 Magnolia Lane | Home by Heidi | A Stroll Thru Life | This is Our Bliss

Summer Adams

Wednesday, December 2nd (Living Rooms/Dens)

Thursday, December 3rd (Kitchen/Laundry Room/Misc)

Friday, December 4th (Master Bedroom/Kid's Rooms)

December 20, 2018

The Making of our Christmas Photo

I love our cute Christmas photo this year!

I thought some of the other pictures were really funny so I put together a little behind the scene blooper set...

Me: Beau, Tippet look at me...who wants a treat! Treat, treat, TREAT!

Me: Tippet, Beatrice look! Treat!

Oh gosh, the door is open...argh..

Tippet: No treat is worth this.

Beau: Where did you say to look for a treat?

Beatrice: Did someone say sit?

Beatrice: Cheese!

Tippet: Why do we have a puppy?

Me: Tippet, you'll regret that look every time you see this picture!

Beau: I'm so bored of this.

Beau: Beatrice ate my treat!

Beatrice: Yes, I did!

Tippet: I really don't understand why we have a puppy.

Beau: You can't make me look.

Beau and Beatrice: Is that a bag of treats on top of mom's head?

Tippet: I just can't take any more of this.

Beau and Beatrice: Let's get that bag of treats!

Tippet: I knew this was a bad idea.

Me: I'm beginning to think you're right, Tippet.

57 photos later a Christmas miracle!

With Gratitude,

Shand

Beauregard, Beatrice, and Tippet

December 10, 2018

More Christmas at Lost Cay Cottage!

Glad you could stop back by Quarters One at the beach for another peak in our little cottage!

Here are some photos of our dining room and kitchen...we participated in an island tour of homes so the photos are taken at various times of the day.

It's been fun incorporating into the beach house some of the pieces we acquired while in the military. All of this ensemble came from Vicenza, Italy when were with the 173d Airborne Brigade.
Sky Soldiers!

I don't know if you can tell but I am pretty crazy about Oyster shells and I found this great local artist who does beautiful work. Her name is Laura Lobdell, see the link attached to her name.

Our sweet Beauregard.

Our new puppy, Beatrice.
If you don't know her story, my daughter found her on the side of a highway.
We found two homes for her but neither worked out, through no fault of her own, so we decided her best home was here with us!
#puppylife

Our little galley kitchen is perfect for going out to eat!

My gingerbread beach cottage is sort of modeled after Lost Cay Cottage!

I have a few more decorations to share, which I will do next week! For now, thank you for stopping by and enjoy this most wonderful of seasons!
With Gratitude,
Shand

November 29, 2018

We've spent 6 of the past 8 Christmases here at Lost Cay Cottage. This place has been a real blessing for my whole family!

I have a tendency to want to fill empty spaces and I'm trying to live a more simple life. The look I'm going for is vintage beach cottage. I probably made that up as a style but I'm not sure what else to call it!

The wreath on the gate was provided by Lynch Creek Farm, it is the Three Cedars wreath, with or without a bow.

I chose this beautiful version without a bow so that I could use this fabric.

Growing up in a military family, my fondest memories of Christmas are visiting my grandparents in Charleston, SC. They had a beautiful white gate that led to a backyard that was full of possibilities for a child. I just loved that yard and that gate. I still go by there when I'm in Charleston for a little glimpse even though the house is no longer in our family.

Hanging this wreath on this white gate in my own yard makes me so very happy. Grateful for memories of Christmas past and those yet to come.

Full of possibilities.

I picked this cute snowflake up in Atlanta at Linen and Flax, such an adorable little store!

Hmm, Rudolph?

I didn't want to do traditional Christmas lights. We aren't allowed to have lights up any other time of the year in our neighborhood I
thought market lights would be fun

for my vintage look.

I hope you've been catching everyday of this marvelously beautiful home tour...here are all the links for you. Come back to see us Sunday (12.2) when Q1 is in the lineup!

With Gratitude, Shand