Beautiful Living: Sitting Rooms

<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/floor2/queens-sitting-room/queens-sitting-room-1999.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 425px; height: 465px;" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Do you have a sitting room? Above is the "Queen's Sitting Room" as seen in 1999 in the White House. </span>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Like the other rooms on the east side of the second floor, the Queens' Sitting Room was, for its first hundred years, used as part of the president's offices. When the West Wing was constructed in 1902 and the executive offices moved there, this room became a sitting room for guests in the Queens' Bedroom (then called the Rose Bedroom or Pink Bedroom). </span><span class="Apple-style-span">After the Kennedy renovation in 1963 restored it to Victorian style, the room has remained essentially the same ever since." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span>~ White House Museum</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">What would your sitting room look like? Comfortable seating, natural lighting, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">with a cozy atmosphere - These all work for me!</span></div><div><p style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="http://img4.southernliving.com/i/2009/08/tarpon-run/living-room-chairs-l.jpg?400:400" /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklZKbhPX6FnaMFTpgddnliM9u4EBox-tVbMq6nASZrWvHK1p9kvTkrMEH4KNC2jPG_WoV-RuS0Gya5frTme1_LXZM4rfdJLixMiEi6lw7ohQb1E86MdA4QLZbwMiyf31KcYtZS9CYeJI/s400/2-water-sitting-room-dec0607-xlg.jpg" /></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/homes-1960s-mod-2-0409-lg-86581686.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Related: <a href="http://brightboldbeautiful.blogspot.com/2011/02/beautiful-living-room-decorating.html">Beautiful Living Room Decorating</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://brightboldbeautiful.blogspot.com/2011/02/beautiful-living-rooms.html">Beautiful Living Rooms</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://brightboldbeautiful.blogspot.com/2010/01/beautiful-living-outdoor-living.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">Beautiful Living: Outdoor Living</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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Beautiful Living: Sitting Rooms

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Dreaming of a beach cottage

<div align="justify">As I've mentioned more than once, I'm not a big fan of winter, so the fact that they're predicting a two-day storm here starting tonight has me dreaming of escaping to a beach cottage somewhere. We've only ever taken one winter vacation and I don't have a beach cottage, but these images from <a href="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/">Somerset Bay Home </a>have allowed me to fantasize a little about what it might be like.<br /><br />Waking up here...<br /></div><a href="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB147.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB147.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 438px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />Breakfast here...<br /><a href="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB014.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB014.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 425px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 425px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />Passing by this punch of color on my way outside (to the beach, of course!)...<br /><a href="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB024.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB024.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 348px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />Dinner here...<br /><a href="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB152.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB152.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 351px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />A cozy spot to relax in the evening...<br /><a href="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB129.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB129.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 500px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />Ending the day here... <span style="font-size:85%;">(I know this is a different bedroom than I started out with, but we have options in this cottage :-))</span><br /><a href="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB043.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.somersetbayhome.com/Portal/Images/large/SB043.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 500px; CURSOR: hand" /> <p align="justify"></a><br />I know that some of you are <em>already</em> snowed in, so hopefully my "vacation without ever leaving home" will provide a little escape for you too! :-) Back to Pattern Inspiration in the next post.</p>

Dreaming of a beach cottage

As I've mentioned more than once, I'm not a big fan of winter, so the fact that they're predicting a two-day storm here starting...

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