June, 2016 - Petite Haus

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Angelina June 27, 2016 DIY projects

How to Dry Lavender and DIY Lavender Decorating Ideas

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I have been busy drying lavender this past month! Do you grow your own lavender? If you do, I highly recommend harvesting it and using it around the house! It so beautiful both alive and dried.

Drying your own lavender is easy to do. It is easier than drying other flowers!

Here are the simple steps:

1. Harvest your lavender just before it’s fully in bloom. Cut the lavender flowers just above the leaves. If you get some of the leaves, just pick them off. Don’t cut the woody part of the plant. I harvest at dusk after the bees have gone home for the night.

2. Gather the lavender into a hand-size bunch. Tie the stems with string, rubber band, etc.

3. Hang the lavender bunch upside down. I attached my bunches to a hanger.

4. Find a cool dark place to allow the lavender to dry. I put mine in my closet – it made the closet smell nice and it was cool and dark in there!

5. Allow to completely dry. Drying times vary depending on how big you made your bunches, where you stored them, etc. I let these hang for 2-3 weeks.

Decorating with lavender is one of my favorite things! I filled my dough bowl this year’s harvest of lavender, as you can see below. (Sorry for the picture quality, it was very difficult to get a good picture because it is so sunny here!)

Or, you can just wrap them up in a bunch and lay them on a table, like below…

You can make your own lavender sachets, like below. This sachet I happened to receive as a party favor from my relatives… they have their own lavender farm! It is very easy to make…. just dry your lavender as above. Then, once dry, you just pick off the flowers.

Here, I set up a French country lavender table using our home grown lavender.

Here is another pretty lavender sachet… Antique Style Blog used her antique hankies and turned them into these pretty sachets. Check out how she did that here.

How to make a burlap wreath blog teaches us how to make a dried lavender wreath! I love it!

Below in my centerpiece, you can see a dried lavender wreath too. I did not make it! Bought it at my favorite store in Napa!

This past Winter I trimmed the lavender so far back into the woody part all you could see was the woody party! I was afraid it wouldn’t grow back! But it DID! Do you grow your own lavender?

Here is a French farmhouse lavender tablescape I did!

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Angelina June 26, 2016 fourth of july

Fourth of July at Peonies & Orange Blossoms!

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Hello and Happy Fourth of July! Yes, this party is a little bit early, but it is blog land where things tend to run early so we can look at everyone’s ideas!

I picked some flowers in red, white, and blue from the garden to create this centerpiece…

I love that I just could walk out to the garden and pick these flowers!

Our driveway was decorated with the patriotic bunting!

I created the red white and blue look with all flowers from the garden.

I made this easy patriotic fruit and pretzel flag.
It took only a few minutes to make and was a hit with the party guests!

Here is another centerpiece I put together that was easy to make.
I picked some hydrangeas from the garden and put a flag in the center!

Our faithful dog is feeling patriotic…

One last look at my 4th of July centerpiece!
You can recreate the look similar on your own… just use three different vases on across your table!

Some great ideas you can do yourself for your own 4th of July party:

– Use flowers from your garden

-Create simple centerpieces using things that a red, white and blue

– Make a fruit flag – it is very easy! Just arrange your fruit in a flag! For the white I used pretzels!

-Buy some patriotic bunting and flags!

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Angelina June 24, 2016 Uncategorized

Five on Friday #21

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A beautiful wedding in the Cotswolds! You should all go look at the pretty pictures here. It is such a pretty wedding in the English countryside. Check out the estate it was held at:

Spotted… Pretty Dresses for Summer Weddings

The article above had my dreaming about beautiful dresses to wear to a pretty Summer wedding. Which one would you pick?

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A few pictures from the garden… the hydrangeas are blooming.

Our garden is doing well! The corn is getting tall and the sunflowers in the background are TEN feet tall!!

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Here is the patriotic tablescape I made last year!

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Angelina June 23, 2016 Uncategorized

Thursday Favorite Things #243

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My Heart Lives Here shared this cute French Country Bedroom renovation!

Live Like You Are Rich shared this Hawaiian Haystacks recipe. We may haystacks but have never made a Hawaiian version!

Timeless Creations shared some tips on how to have peonies all Summer!

Hello Farmhouse shared this cute Farmhouse Linen cabinet!

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Angelina June 21, 2016 Uncategorized

What to do about the TV and Fireplace Decorating Dilemma?

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One of the things that I had struggled with was what to do about the tv and fireplace decorating dilemma. Do you know what I’m talking about?

The tv is huge. The fireplace is huge. TVs are only getting larger. While they are getting sleeker too, frankly, they are ugly.

If you put the tv above the fireplace, then you are looking up and you have to have your neck at an odd angle. I’m not really a huge fan of this look, but I do understand that it’s about the only place to put our monster big screen tvs so that’s where it ends up. So designers have become very clever in order to hide the tv… like below, hiding it behind art.

via South Shore Decorating Blog

Or, as Stacy from South Shore Decorating Blog did, she painted a big black stripe to hide her tv. I can’t even see her tv below!

The other common option is to put the tv next to the fireplace. But, if you put the tv next to the fireplace, then it makes this odd off balance look that I am less of a fan of. Although, in the picture below, I think it actually looks pretty good! At least this way the tv is at the right height for your eye!

Both cases are what most people have just because that is just how the layout is of the house they bought. There is no where to put the tv AND use the fireplace AND have a functional room in a house that is already built!

However… I’m designing a house. And I thought, wait a minute, I don’t need to worry about this dilemma… why don’t I just… Move the fireplace! So I did. Dilemma gone.

via Antique Style

I am moving the fireplace into the center of the room. I got the idea from this house from the Portland Street of Dreams. Antique Style Blog wrote about this house… I saw it several years ago and had it saved in my archives! I didn’t realize back in 2013 that I would end up copying this idea! I have studied this house many times.

So, below is the fireplace from the living room…

via Antique Style

And here is the fireplace from the kitchen! The kitchen is just to the right of the chairs. You will also notice in the picture below the tv is on the other wall in the living room. You can enjoy the living room fireplace and tv!

via Antique Style

Ah ha~ This picture shows the layout the best. I am going to do a very similar layout. Living room on one side, kitchen on the other. My little sitting area in front of the fireplace will be on the other side in the living room… so we can have coffee and watch tv.

So then a few years later in the Season 2 premiere of Fixer Upper they showed a remodeled house with a double sided fireplace! Ah ha! The second main inspiration for me!

While I know the double sided fireplace is nothing new, it doesn’t seem to be extremely common in living rooms but more in master bedroom/bathrooms! I loved the all brick fireplace from Fixer Upper! I believe the tv is facing the couch in the picture below. While the fireplace is old and appears to be nonfunctional, it is still really cool.

via Fixer Upper

The next and final double sided fireplace inspiration comes from Patina Farm. What I love about Patina Farm’s double sided fireplace are the two different mantels used. I also like the sconces built in… something I will have to plan to wire for! I noticed in the first house there are also sconces built into the fireplace as well!

Like the Portland Street of Dreams house, there is a little sitting area in front of the fireplace at Patina Farm.

Here is a sketch from Patina Farm of her layout. In my house, pretend the dining room isn’t there. It will be… kitchen on the right, double sided fireplace divider, then living room on the left with the fireplace opposite the tv.

The Gianetti’s also take it one step further… and hide their tv too. It’s behind the beautiful silk wallpaper in the picture below!

So, here’s what I plan to do… We actually have two TVs. Yes, I let my husband put our two TVs together on the same tv console table in the picture below.. now he can watch twice the amount of sports. He’s so happy about it, and frankly I don’t watch tv hardly at all anymore so I don’t care. At first I put up a battle as it seemed like a ridiculous amount of TV space in the room, but now that it’s there, I don’t mind so much. It is ugly though, but oh well. I don’t have a clever way of hiding that much tv so it is what it is.

Then we will have furniture in the living room, then the fireplace on the other end that is double sided.

Opposite the fireplace in the kitchen is the stove. And then we have two giant kitchen islands (we love to bake and cook). There will be a little sitting area to the left of the fireplace in the living room… enough to have a cup of coffee and watch tv.

So anyway, just sharing some of the double sided fireplaces I found while looking around the internet…

Another one separating the living room and dining room. Unfortunately I can’t tell if they moved the tv.

Like I said, it seems to be the most common to have a double sided fireplace in the master suite somewhere, like the picture below.

And one more… I don’t see the tv in sight but I suppose its one of the other walls.

pinterest (couldn’t find original!)

What I won’t be doing is having a double sided fireplace and then putting the tv above the fireplace like in the picture below!

So, I have moved the fireplace so I don’t have to have the TV above it or next to it… but we have two TVs so it’s still ugly. Le sigh. At least one half of the room will look cute!

So, are you a fan of the TV above the fireplace?

Do you leave your TV in the open or do you try to hide it?

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Angelina June 19, 2016 Desserts

Raspberry Rose French Tart

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I have made mini tarts before but I have never made a big tart before! I received a 9″ tart pan with a removable bottom and it is fantastic! This was actually a pretty easy recipe to make. I combined a few recipes and came up with this creation!

Rose Tarte aux Framboises

makes one 8-9″ tart

printable recipe is here

Tart dough (recipe from David Leibovitz, I recommend reading his recipe on his site – it’s funny)

90 g (3 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

3 tablespoons water

1 tablespoon sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt

150 g (5oz, or 1 slightly-rounded cup) flour

Preheat the oven to 410º F
In a medium-sized ovenproof bowl, combine the butter, oil, water, sugar, and salt.
Place the bowl in the oven for 15 minutes, until the butter is bubbling and starts to brown just around the edges.
When done, remove the bowl from oven (and be careful, since the bowl will be hot and the mixture might sputter a bit), dump in the flour and stir it in quickly, until it comes together and forms a ball which pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
Transfer the dough to a 9-inch (23 cm) tart mold with a removable bottom and spread it a bit with a spatula OR transfer the dough to your mini tart pans. It doesn’t matter the size of your tart pans. Save a raspberry size piece of dough and set it aside.
Once the dough is cool enough to handle, pat it into the shell with the heel of your and, and use your fingers to press it up the sides of the tart mold.
Prick the dough all over with the tines of a fork about ten times, then bake the tart shell in the oven at 410F for 15 minutes, or until the dough is golden brown.
Remove from the oven and if there are any sizable cracks, use the bit of reserved dough to fill in and patch them.
I find it best to pinch off a small amount of the reserved dough, roll it gently between your fingers to soften it, then wedge it into the cracks, smoothing it gently with your pinky.
Let the shell cool before filling. Next, make the rose cream.

Rose crème pâtissière (modified from Teatime in Paris book by Jill Colonna)

500g whole milk

6 egg yolks

80g granulated sugar

40g cornstarch

1.5 tbsp rose water

Pour the milk into a saucepan and gradually bring to a boil over medium-low heat.
In a mixing bowl, whisk the yolk and the sugar until pale. Then wshik in the cornstarch until pale, smooth and creamy. You can hand whisk or use a handheld mixer.
As soon as th milk starts to boil, pour half the milk into the egg yolk mix and whisk until combined. Then pour back into the saucepan and hand whisk continuously over heat until thickened. Take off the heat as soon as you have a few thick bubbles.
Immediately place plastic wrap directly in contact with the hot pastry cream. This helps to avoid a film forming on top, otherwise you will have a lumpy cream you will have to strain).
Place in the fridge for an hour (or freezer for 10 minutes 0 until cool).
Once cool, remove the film and whisk the cream again until its nice and smooth. Add in the 1.5 tbsp rose water.

White chocolate layer (optional)

2 handfuls white chocolate chips

Place the white chocolate chips in the microwave and heat in 30 second intervals at 50% microwave power. Stir in between each interval until melted.

Assembly

1 pound raspberries, washed and dried

First, spread a fine layer of white chocolate on the bottom of your cooled tart shell. This is an optional step. This helps keep the tart dough from getting soggy. If you are going to eat this right away, then I recommend skipping this step. If you are going to serve your tart for later, I recommend doing this step.
Next, Spread the pastry cream inside the tart until even.
Arrange the raspberries in a circle, starting with the outside and working your way in
Keep in the refrigerator until ready to serve. The tart keeps in the fridge for 2-3 days but is best served immediately!

After baking the tart and letting it cool, we took it outside and had a nice little French Country Evening!

One last look of our evening and the pretty tart!

Overall, I thought this tart was pretty easy to bake. Do you think you will give it a go?

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Angelina June 17, 2016 Uncategorized

Five on Friday #20

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On the Net

As we are in peak wedding season right now, I found this link to some really pretty wedding cakes as featured in Vogue.

What to Wear for the 4th of July… Which one would YOU choose to wear??

#1 — Red, White, and Blue

#2– Young American

#3– Blue and White Stars Tank

#4– Stripe Slouchy Tee

#5– Vineyard Vine Flag Pullover

#6– PJ Salvage Flag Kimono

#7– Flag scarf

#8 —tank top

#9 — patriotic bracelets

On the Blog

In case you missed it last week, I wrote about the Ritz Paris Remodel. If you haven’t seen the pictures of this stunning remodel, go check them out!

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Well, very exciting news… We’re headed to the alps of Switzerland/Germany/Austria!!! We’ll be there for 10 days in September. Here is one of the places in Switzerland we are going to visit:

I AM SO EXCITED. In fact, I’m so excited I can’t come up with a fifth thing for 5 on Friday… this will count for two!

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Angelina June 16, 2016 Uncategorized

Thursday Favorite Things Link Party #242

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I don’t know about you all but I feel like this month is flying by, do you feel that way too?

Thank you all for joining us… we really appreciate you all linking up and visiting! I know since it’s the kick off for Summer a lot of us are spending more time outdoors!

Anyway, here are a few of my favorite from last week’s link party.

Gluesticks Blog shared this Country Fair-themed 4th of July party! It’s so much fun, check it out!

Simply Stacie shared this easy-to-make lemon and blueberry bars… perfect for patriotic parties!

The Bikini Experiment shared this hearty breakfast bowl… looks super tasty and healthy too!

Bringing French Country Home revealed her French country inspired outdoor patio!

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Angelina June 14, 2016 spring

Pink Peonies Table Setting with Touches of Green!

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Today I’m sharing this table setting with pink peonies as the star of the show!

For the centerpiece, I used these pretty pink peonies with a few scattered ranunculus.

I used the leaves from the peonies and scattered them on the table which brings in the green from the plates.

I also used paper lace doilies in the centerpiece as well.

The green plates are a pretty Spring green from Bordallo Pinheiro. The pink goblets are vintage French.

The napkins are antique and are monogrammed. Not with my name! I wish, but it’s hard to find antique ones with the exact same letters!

I love how the color of pink peonies pop against this table.

I love these peonies. The bright yellow stamens in the middle make the flower resemble a poppy.

Hope you enjoyed my pink and green table!

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Angelina June 12, 2016 French Country

Ritz Paris Reopens After 4 Year Remodel

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The Ritz in Paris has finally reopened after its 4 year long $450 million dollar remodel!

Let’s all just take a look at drool at these beautifully decorated rooms…

I’m not going to say much another than I love it all.

Ok I can’t hold my tongue anymore… I LOVE this room below, I love the fabric.

This is the Coco Chanel suite, below!

Well, I just love all of these rooms. I love French country but I also really love French formal. I would love to do something like this below in my office. But I know it all costs $$$.

I am hoping someone will write an article about the interior design of this renovation! Would love to know about all the fabrics and details, wouldn’t you?

Book your stay at the Ritz Paris here. Or just glance around the website and PRETEND like you’re going to book and then tear up at the price. (this may have happened)

Oh husband… could we go??? *please please please*

Images are from Vogue Living AU and The Ritz Paris

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Angelina June 10, 2016 Uncategorized

Five on Friday #19

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Happy Friday!!! Well, this week has been super busy… it seems like Summer is here!

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A guide to how to create the best ice cream sundae at home! YES please!

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I’ve been super busy this week! We drove down to Southern California for a graduation. I went to my favorite pastry shop in LA – Bottega Louie. Then we toured expensive model homes in Newport Beach for fun. We ate at Red O, a Mexican restaurant by Top Chef Master Rick Bayless. More shopping… then to the graduation! Busy busy!

The Kitten Tales

Remember I talked about the kittens last week? The Mama cat moved one kitten and left two. Unfortunately I went to check on them today and one of them had died overnight! We had been helping feeding them but I suppose that one was sick or something. Now we only have one kitten left… as I don’t know where the mom put the other kitten.

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Well, I’ve been looking at these flats by Chloe for a long time and finally bought them! They cost a pretty penny but they are so comfortable! I had a hard time deciding on a color… ultimately I went with black! I just found some online in white for half off. The leather on them is so soft; I can see myself owning several pairs in different colors.

I was actually thinking I was going to buy this flat below, the Varina by Salvatore Ferragamo… but I didn’t realize all their colors were patent leather. I tried them on in the store. It was really stiff and actually uncomfortable. It was a real disappointment! They had some cute colors, but I’m not going to spend $$$ on an uncomfortable shoe! Anyway, I highly recommend the ballet flat by Chloe!

Instagram

My favorite account this week is the Real Houses of Instagram. (click on name to follow) So much beautiful home inspiration!

Please DM me @katerumson if you know the architect behind this masterpiece 💭💭💭

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Angelina June 9, 2016 Uncategorized

Thursday Favorite Things Link Party #241

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Hello and welcome for another week of Thursday Favorite Things! We love seeing everyone’s posts each week! Thank you all for joining us!

This week I seem to be in an outdoor mood as all of my favorite posts this week seem to revolve around the outdoors!

Everyday Living shared a garden/outdoor tour through multiple homes. Lots of beautiful spaces to see, so be sure to check them all out!

Rhonda from Ramblings of a Southern Girl shared this brunch for two… love the lake setting!

Maria Elena at Our Home Away from Home shared her wonderful porch! Doesn’t it look like a nice place to sit back and have a tea?

Penny at Penny’s Vintage Home drove around her area and shared some inspiration on how to decorate the front yard with drought resistant plants and rock-scaping!

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