Vintage tablecloths

  A  vintage souvenir tablecloth is a wonderful way to remember your travels. 

Also younger people who may not be as familiar with the landscape of the world (aka: geography) can benefit from this decorative, functional, stylish tablecloth (think: teaching aid).

Do be careful with this sort of geographic household item,   they hold more power than one may realize. 

A cautionary tale:

My dear Cousin Karen grew up in a home with French Everything on the bathroom wallpaper. 
Was it a subliminal push?  Intentional? -mais non. 

Still,  she ended up being a French Major who spent WAYYYY too much time away from her family maison while enjoying all the reckless sublimeness of France at a rather young age. Many feared she would never get back to the South.  (Personally, I was unconcerned since I love France and was hoping for a chance to visit once she settled there permanently).

She has since recovered from her obsession. Still, she has a precarious interest in overly smelly cheese.  Truth be known, she is a bit of a smelly French cheese pusher (being a Francophile I have succumbed on occasion but don't tell the Southern based relatives, they wouldn't understand).

Small vases

All houses are at the mercy of the concept of scale. 

A vintage jewel box like Rosebriar Cottage is "beauty on a very small scale". 

This is why it is important to have small vases.

Beautiful people need to have beauty around them and flowers are beautiful. 

Also one needs something to put all those bouquets in.

Possibly, your didnt pick it yourself but someone who knows a great deal about your personal value picked it for you. 

Or maybe they bought it, (handpicked is sooo much more thoughtful).

Still, in order to honor that most intelligent and wonderful version of humanity that has given you a gift you must have small vases.

If your house is ludicrously large (which is becoming a vastly out-of-date concept) then maybe a larger vase is for you.

One could use an a small jar, container type doesnt matter as much as scale does.

Summer purse

I enjoy lending my personal style to items that might previously have been overlooked. 

Try to remember it is you who lends your magic to the item you are wearing - not vice versa.

Cloth napkins make a difference

So I'm not going to claim to have all the eco-chic in the world but I will say that I'm proud to have switched to cloth napkins.
They are kept in a small basket on the table.