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I’m in an enviable position because I get to collect all the ideas I have for our new home in Nicaragua and our studio we’ll build next year. It’s like planning not one, but two weddings!

If I had to define my style, it would be ultra casual. As in, let the dogs sleep on the bed and sofa, soft comfy couches covered in couches, hammocks tied to trees, walk around barefoot, live at the beach kind of casual.

The best part? Both houses will have a focus on living space that seamlessly integrates with the outdoors.  The living, dining and kitchen spaces in Nicaragua traditionally open up to big courtyards, some with wading pools and fountains, and our studio will have one side made up completely of glass and doors that open up to a big porch and courtyard.

This week’s newsletter from Better Homes and Garden was definitely what I needed right now. It was full of casual living inspiration, including a slideshow on outdoor dining spaces. Score!

Here are some of my favorites…

Suggestion: Add natural rugs to enhance the casual feel.

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It’s Spring Break in our neighborhood, and that means P-A-R-T-Y! The weather got the message and has been sunny and mild for the past few days. Everyone is spending their evenings at the park with their bicycles and dogs, music is blaring loudly from open windows and grills are rocking. We took our dog to the park on Monday night to enjoy the people and fresh air and he managed to almost kill himself.  Imagine a 65 pound two year old who can run faster than the speed of light.  Now imagine that being running (thankfully avoiding his head) straight into a cement pole.  An unmoving cement pole. That’s Jesse, our youngest. On top of all of this, my day job did not receive the “Spring Fever” memo.

Spring Fever + Heavy Workload + Dazed and Confused Puppy = Late Posts.

Your reward for waiting? A post full of paint inspiration. Sources are below each group.

Red Walls

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Blue Walls

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Green Walls

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