Southern Living Custom Builder Showcase Home

I recently had the opportunity to tour a Southern Living Custom Builder showcase home in Myrtle Beach, SC.  The home was constructed by Classic homebuilders of Myrtle Beach and it did not disappoint! You can check out more at the builder’s website Classic Home Building.  I only have pictures from my Iphone, but I thought they were worth sharing. It was truly a beautiful home in a lovely setting.

Photo above from ClassicHomeBuilding.com.

This is The River Run, which is Southern Living House Plan #578, designed by John Tee. It has just under 2500 square feet of heated space.

The landscape and hardscape were stunning! I took a couple of close-up photos of the brickwork and pea gravel.

The brickwork shown above is where the driveway joins the street.

As you enter the home, the dining room is to the right.

French doors lead from the dining room to the front porch.

The great room is directly ahead as you enter the home and the spacious kitchen is to the right of the great room.

The covered patio is right outside the great room.

The interior designer used the same fabric on the club chairs in the great room and on the side chairs in the dining room.

In the photo above, you can see the stairway to the bonus bedroom, the rear garage entry area where the mudroom/laundry room is, and also the hallway to the master bedroom and bathroom.

The designer used pendant lights instead of lamps at each side of the bed.

This spacious kids’ room and bath were upstairs.

Back down the stairs we see the laundry/mudroom.

This drop zone was only about 6 to 8 inches deep and was a great use of space.

Now let’s head back to the other side of the house where there are 2 bedrooms and a bathroom.

This bedroom also has French doors that open onto the front porch just like the dining room.

The hall bath had a very glamorous look.

One bedroom was staged as a study.

The covered patio and backyard were equally wonderful.

I hope that you enjoyed the tour as much as I did. The house is no longer open for tours now but it will open again for holiday tours from November 3 –19. If you are in the Myrtle Beach or Litchfield area you may want to check it out. There is a small admission fee ($10) which goes to charity.

I hope that all of you are safe and have fared well from the recent storms.

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I’m linking to Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style.  Click the link for lots of inspiration.

A Quick Summer Dessert with Fresh Strawberries

It’s strawberry season here and the last ones that I bought are possibly the best I have ever had in my entire life! Let me show you the quick dessert that I whipped up with strawberries.

I started with a small pound cake that I purchased at the store.

I sliced the cake into 1/2” slices.

Next I used the dessert dishes like a cookie cutter to cut each slice.

I put a layer or slice of cake in each dessert dish.

Next I sliced fresh strawberries and placed them around the outside edge of each dish.

I added a layer of instant vanilla pudding that I had just mixed up.

I added a dollup of whipped topping.

Of course I added a fresh strawberry on top.

I made these ahead of time and let them sit in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. The juice from the berries had moistened the pound cake and it was delicious! This is a great way to support your local strawberry farmer!!!

Happy summer!

Winter Beverage Station

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I am so ready to celebrate the Christmas season and I have promised myself that I will take time to celebrate a little every day, in spite of all of the busyness! To kick off the season I am joining 7 other blogging friends for the Reindeer Recipes blog tour. If you have arrived from Clutter Cafe, welcome, and I hope you will browse around while you are here.

Be sure to visit the other stops on the tour too.

Today I’m sharing our winter beverage station. We enjoy a great cup of hot chocolate during the winter months and especially while we are decorating the Christmas tree.

Supplies are on the counter and ready for use.

Hot chocolate mix is kept in a Santa bottle.

Miniature marshmallows are in a snowman bottle.

Last year we made an addition to the beverage station. We added this electric milk frother. We use the frother for making hot chocolate and it is wonderful! It tastes just like hot chocolate from America’s favorite coffee shop for a fraction of the cost!

Our milk frother is no longer available from Williams Sonoma but this one is similar and has good reviews. Give it a try. I’ll bet you will like it.

The next stop on the tour is Brittany's Pantry. Be sure to follow the link over to Brittany’s blog to see the recipe she has for us today.

By all means, be sure to take time to celebrate the season!

The full Reindeer Recipes tour lineup is linked below:

Positively Southern

Confetti Style

M Jones Style

Swirls of Flavor

Clutter Cafe

Life At Lydias House

Brittany's Pantry

Totally Tailgates

 

Tablescape with Antique Fish Plates

Before I hung my antique fish plates on the wall, I had to do a tablescape. I’ll let the pictures do the talking.

I purchased the antique Limoges fish plates at Round Top. You can read about Round Top by clicking here and here. The bubble glasses were purchased from One Kings Lane. The white plates were purchased from Homegoods and the wicker chargers were purchased online from Nell Hills. The flatware is vintage silverplate. The dragonfly napkin rings were purchased from a local shop that is no longer in business and the beaded napkin rings were purchased from Pier One. I made the linen napkins. The silver compote holding the orchids is also vintage. The vintage fish roof tiles were purchased in China.

I love a collected tablescape! I’ll be sharing with Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style and Tabletop Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch.