Sparkly and sophisticated ...

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfkRPC5khDkR3AbRCy7eIUjY72aBAZ0dpioVeRBearDa2Yl7v_FXChlfdy3_rhOHdWIJI0v4YhRrohMv9Fu8ozJSVEDOQjPdNp66hXvLL2HLQxQdBZv-4dw7dGDDbPzZVVPQLEJdmrkXU/s1600/sparklytopNEFL.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487555025359314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfkRPC5khDkR3AbRCy7eIUjY72aBAZ0dpioVeRBearDa2Yl7v_FXChlfdy3_rhOHdWIJI0v4YhRrohMv9Fu8ozJSVEDOQjPdNp66hXvLL2HLQxQdBZv-4dw7dGDDbPzZVVPQLEJdmrkXU/s400/sparklytopNEFL.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Each week I stop by <a href="http://www.newenglandfineliving.com/retailstore.html">New England Fine Living</a> to check out the new items that have arrived since my last visit. Occasionally I am dropping off design items of my own, but this week I was just popping in to say “hi</span><span style="font-size:130%;">”</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> to the owner, Linda Smith. Great news did arrive recently — the shop has been nominated for an award from the <a href="http://www.retailersma.org/pages/392_ram_awards_of_excellence.cfm">Retailers Association of Massachusetts</a> and will be judged in two categories, “Creative Concepts in Retailing” and “Visual Display.” Every time I go in, the store looks fresh and the inventory is always put together in charming vignettes (my favorite part of design!) Linda has a way of showcasing the variety of offerings in the best possible light. Here are some displayed items that caught my eye ... </span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ndKVQON4yTJTGHC5j52gC7xUKDdc6nMuSFVWtH3Eh6NuroJ59fARK1hiVXXeZuSGKn9fJ9touXgFLrsecqO7tZ6squyFQ6abLYXMoy4Z7WXI-eiTskHdgqwXUeGtEkAQ8PwWLBKB_z7k/s1600/stylepicsNEFL.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530483781173029730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ndKVQON4yTJTGHC5j52gC7xUKDdc6nMuSFVWtH3Eh6NuroJ59fARK1hiVXXeZuSGKn9fJ9touXgFLrsecqO7tZ6squyFQ6abLYXMoy4Z7WXI-eiTskHdgqwXUeGtEkAQ8PwWLBKB_z7k/s400/stylepicsNEFL.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Fashionable “Style Pics” from Jennifer Scala</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKNquU6pfKKUcxl5mqr1fGfNuNdvr7YzEC4TpQ7XunPUvACjIeWWyF-VZjUK6NvxwrT882N0BtrYABwQYJLOj_WwGW2zJQwsGpq4hGua9PLEKypurozH2aNMWdCEt4Xce1kNPSh2r5eBy/s1600/houndstoothstoolNEFL.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530483767152004674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKNquU6pfKKUcxl5mqr1fGfNuNdvr7YzEC4TpQ7XunPUvACjIeWWyF-VZjUK6NvxwrT882N0BtrYABwQYJLOj_WwGW2zJQwsGpq4hGua9PLEKypurozH2aNMWdCEt4Xce1kNPSh2r5eBy/s400/houndstoothstoolNEFL.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Houndstooth Footstool by <a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/psav21">Paula Savage</a></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hM06doBbftQDWtC6AN9vgWzz664iVd_wC0o-1ClEYok4yEj7QXa0JnZmwHxLAcfKhHiEAddKP7_bd8aYWG1M1FWGJL2Ga2TaLAHyIaOQaCWP0FnWQZ0aH_93LN-4to63G46RJ8bC1dn9/s1600/coastersNEFL.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487570841282866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hM06doBbftQDWtC6AN9vgWzz664iVd_wC0o-1ClEYok4yEj7QXa0JnZmwHxLAcfKhHiEAddKP7_bd8aYWG1M1FWGJL2Ga2TaLAHyIaOQaCWP0FnWQZ0aH_93LN-4to63G46RJ8bC1dn9/s400/coastersNEFL.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Carpet Coasters from <a href="http://www.firstrugs.com/">First Oriental Rugs</a> of Danvers</span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC8EMxlQWGpm_HXgSIQxz-neAgsoCKRM_ZG39ihfc6sVK94CBFFxGH3R6K4zIDpfTYTQGGgbXiI4WyYXBgMmWx_ydFcSwhVQj_kKxffUTYcy2QM9-bi2p9GIgOxH2Ns6Q9_SI0fkRgw9I/s1600/crystaldecanterNEFL.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530483762898548370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC8EMxlQWGpm_HXgSIQxz-neAgsoCKRM_ZG39ihfc6sVK94CBFFxGH3R6K4zIDpfTYTQGGgbXiI4WyYXBgMmWx_ydFcSwhVQj_kKxffUTYcy2QM9-bi2p9GIgOxH2Ns6Q9_SI0fkRgw9I/s400/crystaldecanterNEFL.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Decorative objects from a number of vendors</span><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLB7g-Tu79qL_BbpHd9IOziN3amnNJnVmIgFadd1FOS1KIiRukk4BIS_ZDuHWgXnObZ5o4-7aRHNp0pBLvvw_YvigWkLAqEUNDMwHX_e5MRGg1ycQBW48G1YiMC6XUEpYCPfjAZhX884h/s1600/bottlesofwineNEFL.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530487561408177106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLB7g-Tu79qL_BbpHd9IOziN3amnNJnVmIgFadd1FOS1KIiRukk4BIS_ZDuHWgXnObZ5o4-7aRHNp0pBLvvw_YvigWkLAqEUNDMwHX_e5MRGg1ycQBW48G1YiMC6XUEpYCPfjAZhX884h/s400/bottlesofwineNEFL.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Art on a bottle by Jack Walsh of <a href="http://dancingsand.com/default.aspx">Dancing Sand</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOjyFE1GnT-n9yrbkwr60Juuf5-cwMDhFROJn7HJhgT7CAgK7XSl_JH0bNt4KPbgw3G1rKvDbHgPbddLB5XjiZmULzgv6QWYkK3X0KMmJQ_-FIMCvda5PGWzC-yG53Jadlxos_5y3tYD8/s1600/fishonmirrorNEFL.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530500476360062610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOjyFE1GnT-n9yrbkwr60Juuf5-cwMDhFROJn7HJhgT7CAgK7XSl_JH0bNt4KPbgw3G1rKvDbHgPbddLB5XjiZmULzgv6QWYkK3X0KMmJQ_-FIMCvda5PGWzC-yG53Jadlxos_5y3tYD8/s400/fishonmirrorNEFL.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Do <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2010/08/summer-nursery-my-inspiration.html">these guys</a> look familiar?</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY33ikpIj7oP3CwwxGPtna6SMR5sv7nzKSGFAkLf5DS1qMOu5slu2_tPtUtQaW9wEtgyD5vLy_snQ3KiZQDJnsbpV6QHziyzDe1PqC6K-YOd5uUN58tqn97H0qcgWTGydcGcN5u4c-PM72/s1600/neptune1castleNEFL.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530493006355430482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY33ikpIj7oP3CwwxGPtna6SMR5sv7nzKSGFAkLf5DS1qMOu5slu2_tPtUtQaW9wEtgyD5vLy_snQ3KiZQDJnsbpV6QHziyzDe1PqC6K-YOd5uUN58tqn97H0qcgWTGydcGcN5u4c-PM72/s400/neptune1castleNEFL.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Plates from <a href="http://www.n1studios.com/">Neptune 1 Studios</a><br />featuring the <a href="http://www.marbleheadmuseum.org/LeeMansion.htm">Lee Mansion</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Historical design side note: <a href="http://www.marbleheadmuseum.org/Mansion_Tour.htm">Click here for a video tour</a> of the Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts. These decoupage plates were designed using images from the hand-painted 18th century English wallpaper that is still on the walls. It is the oldest paper of its kind in existence!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPKF1s3rJPCObtJGLKPz8aA4colToQX9WNbaS12dwyhQfZd5ZoBinjRQVTfwQ7D4adp3QYF8UVSOniyheTXBDrMochHymxOwyhNhVMiI_kbeF-rNr7l_63K9o0IKV433hUbMUZqyd9MdD/s1600/boxwoodatLee.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9aijRMM4kGAz3uX5f1ris2toXUBcViFtwFU2NXLXPC5taP6SEavsLRuELkILe7C1CH42hYhKmEiXLMiUrxWZd3S6TiXkcxcfHKXsCfV7v3rlq4Lh7_W2UdHOHsWNjIFpCdzavwvP5dpo/s1600/boxwoodatLee.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530503897534756562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9aijRMM4kGAz3uX5f1ris2toXUBcViFtwFU2NXLXPC5taP6SEavsLRuELkILe7C1CH42hYhKmEiXLMiUrxWZd3S6TiXkcxcfHKXsCfV7v3rlq4Lh7_W2UdHOHsWNjIFpCdzavwvP5dpo/s400/boxwoodatLee.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />If you live locally, you can visit the Lee Mansion through October. We went one year with our garden club and toured both inside and out. The grounds in June (as shown in the photo above) were beautiful!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">And please let me know if you get a chance<br />to visit <a href="http://www.newenglandfineliving.com/retailstore.html">New England Fine Living</a>!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Located at 106 South Main St., Middleton, MA</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Open Wed. – Sat. from 10am – 5pm<br />Sunday from 10am – 4pm<br />Other days/times by appointment.</span><br /><br /><br /></div>

Sparkly and sophisticated ...

Each week I stop by New England Fine Living to check out the new items that have arrived since my last visit. Occasionally I am dropping of...

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