House Tour: 2014 Palmetto Bluff House by Suzanne Kasler

Lori and I have feature many beautiful houses on this blog but I think this one is going to be a favorite.  I came across this interview with designer Suzanne Kasler by the wonderful people over at how to decorate, a blog for Ballard Designs.  I'm sure you are aware that Kasler is a celebrity designer for the company.  She is well known for her use of sunburst mirrors and her quatrefoil chair design in many the light and bright spaces.  This house was an "idea" house as oppose to a show home where a designer is responsible for a single room.  Together with architect Ken Pursley, they created a cohesively light filled interior and jaw-dropping exterior spaces in the beautiful Carolina Lowcountry.

See more of the interview with Suzanne Kasler over at howtodecorate.com.  I am such a fan of this home and would adore living in it!

I hope your Monday is shaping up nicely.  I have a long list of things to do today and I can't wait to start crossing things off.  

Enjoy,

Favorite Thing: Mercury Glass

Sorry, no freaky find Fiday today.  In some ways that's a good thing, right?  No atrocities for the time being (even though I'm sure I could have found something had I looked hard enough).

Instead, here is something pretty for a change...

Don't you just love mercury glass?!  I sure do.  It is so beautiful with its silvery exterior warmed by a gold glow from within.  Mercury glass is the term for "silvered glass" which was commonly manufactured in the US between 1852-80.  True mercury glass has a double wall between which the silvering solution was applied (which contained silver nitrate and grape sugar). source.

Today we have reproduction mercury glass.  You can tell the difference because it doesn't have a double layer of glass.  It doesn't really matter, though.  The reproduction pieces are really pretty.  

Everything from ornaments, to light fixtures and lamps to candles and cake stands.  There is a wide range of gorgeous items on the market right now in mercury glass.  Pottery Barn, Ballard Design, World Market, and Anthropologie are some main sources that I used here.

Take a look at this mercury glass chandelier! here

 

I would love to get these mercury glass knobs for...something...anything! here

There is even a process using spray paint to create your own look alike mercury glass!  I might want to try that with the frame of a mirror or picture frame.  I think I feel a DIY post coming on...

Day 30  I am thankful for the gift that is my life.  There is hope, joy and love every day.  That    

                  is truly something to be thankful for.