Think farmhouses with lace curtains, Carpenter Gothic cottages with country Victorian furnishings and French country charm. Creating these looks can be done easily by using soft fabrics, curvilinear furniture pieces and soft pastel hues. Pieces for these crisp schemes, often using ship-style accessories and lighthouse motifs in red, white and blue have become easy to find at affordable prices. Bright florals, cabana stripes, tropical fish motifs, bowls of seashells, palm trees even silk ones used as witty sculpture and bold tropical sunset colors create an escapist vacation ambiance. This is about blending the unexpected.
People often feel more free to experiment with fun and humor when they decorate their second homes.
Simple, classic furnishings in neutral hues provide comfort but take a back seat to the fabulous view that is often one of the best decorative features of a vacation home. Copyright 2000-2001 Pulitzer Central California Newspapers. All Rights Reserved. All newzcentral pages are designed for screen resolutions set at 800x600 or higher. The newzcentral Network runs best using Microsoft Internet Explorer ver.