Plant Life

 There was a corner of the great room that was crying out for plant life. But it couldn't be a "fat" plant as it was near one of the traffic paths in the room. I found the perfect faux plant on Wayfair.com -- the Gracie Oaks 72" Ficus Tree.

Faux ficus tree; personal collection


A gallery wall of coastal themed art is being collected. I don't think there's an art gallery within a hundred miles of our house Pete and I haven't visited. And I have two small ottomans that will tuck in under the console table for extra seating when need, but they need to be reupholstered.

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