home accents from newport worth mentioning

Okay. I am back. Between house guests, work, and summer plans, things have been crazy, but I am here and ready to write for the next three days. So much has happen over the course of the last week and I still feel like I haven’t gotten to say everything I wanted to about Newport. Let’s start there. Can you tell I miss being on vacation? (Thankfully, we have a trip to Vancouver planned for next week. We will be out of the country for a few days, gallivanting around Canada. Woohoo.)

This is my first 5-day work week in a long time and it hurts. A lot. I miss walking/running around the streets of Newport; peering into windows of some of the most adorable homes in New England (in a non-Peeping Tom sort of way – I am just trying to get home/decorating ideas, people). My two favorite finds are here – a door knocker and a plant display. I really want a door knocker for our home, but my husband put in a peep hole (which I am forever grateful for) and I like how door knockers look on solid doors. As for the plant display, I have no idea where something like this would fit in our yard, but I like it and envision colorful flowers, or herbs growing like mad in each of the little planters. Even though these may not fit with our home, in my opinion they were still worth mentioning. Enjoy.