Blue Monday: Living With Blue (Part II)

Good Morning! Today is Blue Monday at my good friend Smiling Sally's blog, and it's the day when those of us who love blue get together and celebrate by sharing our favorite blues with each other.

A few months ago, I started taking you on a tour of our Florida retreat, and today, I'm going to continue that tour by showing you some of the blue in our downstairs bathrooms. This first shot is looking into one of the baths...



The walls are real wood bead board, the light fixtures are actually outdoor fixtures that have a nautical look, and the pedestal sink is by Kohler. I like this version because there is a wide, flat expanse around the sink basin...



On the door, there is an antique blue sailor suit. Other blues include the blue shower curtain by Nautica, blue lettering on the life ring mirror (I had an antique canvas life ring in here that I moved), and a Martha Stewart hand towel in blue stripes.

Speaking of towels...



These are the same Martha towels in bath size, and that is one of her Nantucket baskets (purchased at K-Mart) holding washcloths.

This next shot is an antique stained glass window that came from England. Naturally, there's a pop of blue in the window...



And this shot is a little blue and white boat functioning as a shelving unit over the toilet in this bath...



The boat contains some sailboats and a vintage Old Spice shaving mug set. It's also topped by my hat, known (of course) as a boater. ;-) The boater hat has a dark navy band.

This last shot of the bathroom is a picture of the back of the door which we had stripped to reveal the antique wood...



While this isn't blue, I still thought I'd show it to you along with the old floats hanging there...



And a very old latch lock that, if it is as old as the house, is 115+ years old...



This is the other downstairs bath...



Whose walls are Benjamin Moore's Dunmore Cream (which is a tad off in these photos)...



This room has a little less blue...



But I thought I'd show you the blue we do have in there...



The sink I found has a shell shaped basin and is a good size for this bath which is small but functions well...



Once again, towel compliments of Martha Stewart...



The starfish (tied to the towel with raffia) is compliments of a very old shell shop on A1A in St. Augustine, a shop that has the most amazing variety of shells and kitsch that magpies simply can't resist! ;-)

Shells (and kitsch) like this starfish...



And this one...



And this one that hold court on our Christmas tree each year...



If you're ever in St. Augustine, it's a fun stop! :-)



Thank you so much for visiting me here at my blog, and I look forward to visiting you at yours! Please join me as I visit the rest of the Blue Monday gang at Smiling Sally's blog which you may do by clicking here. :-)

Quintessentially,


Mrs. Magpie (Sheila)