A perfect summer day with Teresa of Splendid Sass!

Hi and happy Monday to you! Did you have a nice weekend?  Hope you are off to a great week, hard to believe we are nearing Labor day!! I am so happy to welcome a wonderful friend and talented taste maker, today to offer her take on a perfect summer day.  Say hello to  Teresa of Splendid Sass. Teresa is one of those people that everyone loves. Her wonderful blog is one of my first stops every morning and I am always treated to a great parade of design pictures and serious inspiration that often leaves me drooling and wanting more.  I never miss a post of Teresa's and seriously cannot imagine my blog world visits without her!

 I love her taste and her take on what is beautiful. Beyond her wonderful taste, Teresa is a genuinely kind and giving person...a generous soul and one who is loved by everyone. So naturally I am happy to count her as a friend and fellow blogger.  I am delighted that she is here today with me to share her take on "A perfect summer day"! As I expected, it is just nothing short of perfect. Take it away Teresa.............



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My perfect summer day would start at this time of the morning (or afternoon)..... 5:30 AM

The bedroom I wake up in would look something like this...... white sheers, blowing in the sea air, with piles of white linens, and seagrass covered floors.

And my bathroom like this... black and white with a large Jacuzzi bathtub, a rain shower, and a huge window overlooking the beach.

A favorite beauty product I love to use during the summer........ Keratin Complex Conditioner to control the frizzes caused by the humidity.

And this is an ideal summer outfit that you might find me frolicking in....... a shift is my all-time favorite beach and home outfit with a pair of sandals or espadrille. I love the tee-shirt shifts too!

My view from my bedroom in the summer looks like this...... a beautiful view of the ocean at every time of day, especially stormy weather.

And of course this perfect summer day is located in........... 30-A

 

For breakfast I would indulge in........ Eggs Benedict and fresh fruit with honey poppyseed dressing. Fresh orange juice and coffee. Bloody Mary on the weekends.

After I am showered, fed and revved up to start my day, I will....... go shopping and later in the evening play tennis.

For lunch this is my absolute favorite summertime meal...... raw oysters or Mexican.

An afternoon snack might comprise of........ a smoothie.

My afternoon activity would be......... a nice nap.

The ideal summer drink is........ Pina Colada, Mint Julep, and of course Sangria.

This is what would be served for my ideal summer dinner...... Seared Sea Scallops or a Kona Crusted Filet and Lobster at George's. I always have a gelato or sorbet for dessert.

And where I eat it might look like this........... I really love to eat on the deck in the evening. The smell and feel of the salt air breeze is amazing.

A perfect summer ending to perfect summer day would end.......... a walk on the beach with a glass of merlot in hand or a night in a favorite nightspot.

The best part of my summer day is........... falling asleep with the moon above and the waves roaring.

Tina-Thank you so much for this interview. I am honored that you asked me.

Teresa

xoxo

Photography/6-Taylor Crouch /21- Carl Coleman /1- Alan Hoelzle/9- Alan Bastenpour//12,15.16 Teresa Hatfield, Splendid Sass

Wow Teresa, you have me wanting to click my heels and be transported to this picture perfect day, the beach pictures have me dreaming! And the idea of walking along the beach at sunset, Merlot in hand is absolutely the best way to end a perfect day I could not agree more.  Love your ideas of an afternoon siesta, and the food at George's looks DIVINE!! One question, I know we are all wondering is the picture of all the dolphins in the wave "for real"? That is the most amazing picture...and to have caught it on film, even more astounding. Thanks for sharing with us your perfect summer day, my bet is that you have a lot of people out there dreaming right about now and even more that would be more than happy to share it with you. Click here to visit Teresa over at her blog, Splendid Sass. Thanks for stopping in....wishing you a wonderful summer day.

Which would you choose? And a guest post!

Happy Monday to you! Notice a new banner? Told you this would be my new obsession, so don't be surprised to see it change from time to time. These are all my own house so it has special meaning:)


I am sooo honored to be featured on one of my absolute most favorite blogs in all of blogland, I am being featured today at Splendid Sass. Lovely Teresa chose to feature me, my home and shop and I am so touched and thrilled. And let me tell you, its like a book...she did an unbelievable job posting pictures of the house that even I forgot about and was so happy to see! I mean we are talking about Teresa, who posts THE most beautiful images to be found in the entire blogosphere....always something totally jaw droppingly gorgeous to see over there! I am naturally tickled pink to "make the cut" and be featured! So do head over...promise you will be glad you did. Click here to visit!

 A new week, and summer is here....woo hoo! I feel like its going to go by so fast already, I am ready to christen the new season with a much anticipated lobster dinner, a beach day and a nice cool tropical mixed drink! Whenever summer rolls around, I cannot help but think about how much I want a beachhouse. It happens every year....sure enough.
But then again when I visit NYC, it makes me long for our old apt. and yet again when I go to a lake, naturally I am craving a charming laid back lake house. And lets not forget about my dreams of becoming a modern day farmgal complete with my own charming farmhouse, a big thriving garden and only the sound of crickets. So all this desire brings me to my post today. Lets just imagine you and your significant other, your family or just you! has decided to buy a second home....a vacation reprise. Where oh where would you go? The beach, a lake, a bustling city pied a terre, so many possibilities but you can only choose one! So think hard, and let me hear which would be your choice!! I cannot wait to hear!


                                               CHOICE 1 This charming and cozy beach house

                            CHOICE 2 This picturesque tranquil lake house right on the water

                  CHOICE 3 This fabulous and chic  apartment high in the sky in your favorite city

           CHOICE 4 This idyllic farmhouse on a large plot of land with not a neighbor in site

CHOICE 5. Or who needs the maintenance? Give me a lifetime of airline tickets and my passport to be free to discover new places on a whim........

I am so torn between each of them.....truly there is something to love and lust after with each lifestyle including the luxury and freedom of traveling whenever and to wherever you want but then again, those airport lines, the chaos, removing your shoes, no water bottles, on second thought an actual physical vacation house that's all mine sounds really good afterall. But which to choose? I cannot wait to hear what you have to say! Wishing you a fabulous day.

Enchanted guest #7 say hi to Teresa from Splendid Sass and we have winners!

Good morning everyone, I have a lovely guest post from Teresa of Splendid Sass today but first the giveaway results! WOW,  I was not expecting such a major response to my celebration for my one year blogging anniversary, it almost felt like I needed an assistant to help me "crunch the numbers" with 436 entrants! Thank you all for participating, I really wish I had a prize for each and every one of you!  So, without further adieu, the winners for all of the fabulous prizes using random picker are.........drumroll please!

GRAND PRIZE, the gorgeous rug goes to......ANN MORCK


PRIZE 1, the yummy pagoda Seda France candle goes to........TISH JETT


PRIZE 2, the delicious Chinoiserie Seda France candle goes to......AYESHA MARSHALL


PRIZE 3 the pair of king and queen towel/coat hooks goes to........I DREAM OF


PRIZE 4 the darling French apron goes to........DELLA


PRIZE 5 The Trish McEvoy makeup kit goes to..........FASHION ISHA

Prize ID	Winner ID	Public Info	Private Info	Random Sorting ID	Weight
1:RUG WINNER	1027274	ANNE MORCK		007CEF43-0F01-42A9-8844-08A4BD99468F	1

Prize ID	Winner ID	Public Info	Private Info	Random Sorting ID	Weight
1: S. FRANCE	1027064	TISH JETT		000EE029-D4D7-4F94-84B6-B4C3BF5FD66B	1
2: S. FRANCE	1026998	ayesha marshall		00884580-3760-4E8D-856A-C0501DE638C4	1
3: CROWN HOOKS	1026945	I dream of		019D0F6D-641B-4634-8500-D0CBCCEC4B90	1
4: FRENCH APRON	1026738	della		01F48E78-3A2C-4356-8F2D-9B3731ABABB1	1
5: TRISH MCEVOY	1026977	fashion isha		0213D123-298B-4523-AD7E-674AAEBE4982	1

Congratulations to each of you. Please contact me ASAP so I can get your shipping details.

You are in for a wonderful treat today from my good blogging friend, Teresa from Splendid Sass.  I love Teresa's spin on everything and today she is showing us what she loves about libraries and boy she nails it!  I really love this post, and am definitely bookmarking this one, Teresa!! Thank you so much for stopping in and to all of you, my readers.....be sure to stop by Splendid Sass, a chock full of beauty blog that you will be happy to have found just like I was when I did many months ago. So here we go.....

I am so happy to be here with Tina, author of one of my very favorite blogs, as a guest while she continues putting the finishing touches on her new castle home.
My favorite room in the house is the library. It is such private, personal, and warm room, and I can just wrap myself in the cozy decor. ENJOY!

Thank you, Tina, for inviting me to share with your readers.  I had so much fun visiting!

All images via my Pinterest

1-4 Splendid Sass, 5-9 Eclectic Revisited,10- Inspired Design,11- Belle Vivir,12- Ralph Lauren,13- My Design Chic,14- Belgian Pearls,15- Greige,16- Gwen Driscoll,17- Sarah Klassen

See you soon,

Teresa

xoxo

See I told you....this woman knows how to deliver! Thank you Teresa, so many beautiful libraries, I will surely refer back to this post as we start our own and now I am really feeling anxious to get busy, having seen these beauties! If you like what you see, there is much more where this came from....visit Splendid Sass by clicking here. Wishing everyone a fabulous day! Tomorrow I will be bringing you what I believe is my final house updates post, as it looks like we are really finally about to move!!  Can you believe it! Wishing you a fabulous day. Stay tuned......