Beautiful Condominiums....links for decorating ideas + ++!

small flower...big impact!

So you have purchased that beautiful condominium in the city...maybe not that big. Should you give up stylish? I don't think so. Retirement (55 living) can be all about style. Downsizing or beginning small does not mean we have to live in a cluttered and less than stylish space. I have a few links I have been gathering that give us a better image of retirement style (even clothes girls!) and living in a small space. I thought I would give you the list of links so you can use it as a reference:

Advanced Style I have no idea how I found this website but when I did it went onto my link list immediately. The blog, as I understand it, began as a emulation of a blog from New York called The Satorialist (listed as one of the the top 100 design influences by Time Magazine). Advanced Style and Satorialist writers photographs people on the street...generally beautifully dressed. Advanced Style was born with a theme..."You are never to old to be beautiful." You will love it!

Small Place Style What a wonderful blog site!!! When they say one picture is worth a thousand words the truth has been spoken. This is a discovery I will save so I can return often.

Apartment Therapy This is a great site that keeps us abreast of what is going on in small spaces by posting photographs from readers around the country. I have used several of these ideas myself.

The Kitchen This blog is included in the tabs at Apartment Therapy. Living small does not mean we need to give up a wonderful kitchen...even a very small one. Gadgets, easy food preparation and cool tools are still ours to enjoy. The Cool Kitchen Contest pictures are worth a look...dreaming is always possible!

Re-Nest This is a site that allows us to dream about a remodel or a new (old) purchase while staying GREEN. Those of us that are retired came from a generation of savers/reusers! This is perfect for us.

Unplugged If you are a techno buff you know that when you live in a small space you need to be very creative...this is the website for you!

Style At Home This is a magazine website from a magazine published in Canada...the land of Candice Olson and many other wonderful designers. I love this magazine and the website has a feature that allows you to clip the idea they post and save them in a folder on your desktop for future reference.

Design Blog List If you just want to roam around in the design world this is a page of links that will keep you busy...forever.

Martha Stewart Need I say more...there is always a wonderful idea from her people!

I am adding to this list daily...as time permits. Do you live in a small stylish awesome place??? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments section. I would love to visit you.

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Five Little Ducks...stories played out!

The children's song about the little ducks leaving the nest to fly away has always been one of my favorites. Every mother has seen their babies fly away and rejoiced. Life comes full circle. Animals live that same cycle. Babies grow up. Birds leave the nest. Life goes on. So when the three ducks show up every year near my patio I am not surprised. But I am puzzled that it always seems to be the same three. Something just doesn't seem right. It appears the one did not fly away at all. Five little ducks Went out to play Over the hills and far away. The mommy duck went "quack, quack quack," Four little ducks came swimming back... And then Three Two and One. A drake, a female duck (a hen) and a not quite a drake but still not a hen gather here on the 5th green of the golf course. She leads and the other two follow along obediently. They eat, sleep, and guard each other. Each and every day this time of year they come. I have not named them. Jinxing them would be very pos...

How to be a 12 Month Snow Bird

Vacation Rental in Mexico I live around snowbirds 6 months of the year. I have heard those people say that they all want to live the "snowbird" lifestyle when they go home. But it just is not possible. They are isolated and cold. Social activities with friends and beautiful weather are greatly missed when they return to the realities of their "real" life. One couple I visited with lately returned to Florida this morning where they own a home. The woman is a nurse and works in the summer. They are not going home until May this year. It is too cold in Michigan in the spring so they are hoping to extend their good weather season by simply staying away. Besides that they love their Florida lifestyle a lot. Last week I visited with a woman that lives the snowbird lifestyle year around. No going home to the Midwest in the spring. They essentially vacation 12 month out of the year. And I thought their solution for avoiding unpleasant weather and keeping their lifestyle in...

If You Build It, They Will Come...Maybe!

It all began with a antique window in front of a local shop. It had been painted yellow, the glass was loose and all of the hinges and latches were gone. My old friend Betty would have approved...she would tell me it was just broken enough and damaged enough for me to drag it home. When my dear husband saw it, he wondered what he was meant to do with it. Imagine his surprise when he was presented with the plan to build a small neighborhood library exchange. It wasn't the first time he had heard me ask "How hard could it be?" Now it is six weeks later and we mounted the darling little library exchange on two posts in our front yard. I love it. Now the question is, will they come or has the time passed when people actually read something made of paper? Our association president stopped by and admired the box but left after telling me that he only read books on his Kindle. We will see. Would you bring a book and take a book? b+

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