Little Pink Houses for Me and You!

It's been a few weeks but I'm back on my house photography safari! This time I was hunting PINK HOUSES and I found some to share with you!  

These are a little terra cotta-ish color but they are pink enough!

 This is one of my favorites....do you like it?  The whole style makes me smile!

 This looks like a fun place to live.  Checkout the little area by the car and the fence! I'd love to see the back yard.

 Now here someone who LOVES color!  :)

 A more subtle pink house.

This one was hard to photograph because the greenery was so thick.  I like the green and white striped awnings.  

This one's not quite so old as some of the others, but it's has character. 

Besides the pretty pink houses, I love the huge trees in this neighborhood.  Don't you?  Next Post.....Purple Houses....and YES....I found some good ones!  

Cocktail Kind of Night!

Friday in MY world calls for cocktails.  After a long, hard work week, its great to hang out with good friends and unwind.  My friend, Susan A.  (aka Gypsy Wanderlust) has a home that very cocktail friendly.

 A few Friday's ago we had Ladies Night and it included the BEST snacks.  Marconi Almonds, mini organic mozzarella balls--wrapped in prosciutto, roast red pepper hummus and various delicious crackers.

 We're Vodka Girls here Houston and Skyy AND this Skyy neon are some of our favorites.

Smooch....is more than just an "action word"....it's a super delicious drink.  Cranberry Juice ice cubes need to be made early in the day.  When ready to have a Smooch...put THREE ice cubes in a martini glass and pour in lemonade and vodka to your liking.  Then stand back and admire your beautiful drink.  If you look closely you will see that the THREE ice cube create the iconic shape lips forming the shape of a Smooch!  These are pinkish Smooches, but if you add a bit of food coloring into the cubes, the "lips" get redder.  Really Pretty AND the cubes turn to slush for a great ending to a wonderful drink!

 Susan's kitchen also has this uber cute Martini Neon.

 This sassy yellow taxi cookie jar is a great conversation piece!!!  Of possibly she keeps it loaded with cocktail napkins!?!?!?

 This picture always makes me smile.  It's so simple and it's great graphic art for Susan contemporary, yet eclectic kitchen.  She and I were passing thru Alabama on a Christmas Road Trip from Texas to W. Virginia and at a rest stop they were giving these posters away.  Susan has a great eye and knew immediately she would frame and hang in the kitchen.

 And here's a peek of the living room, complete with a truck tool chest, serving as a sofa table/chest, salvaged from the back of a pick-up truck!  SEE, I told you she had awesome ideas!  This is where we adjourn, with cocktails, to begin the "Girl Talk".  And that's ALL I can say about that b/c.....what's SAID at Happy Hour....STAYS at Happy Hour!  Right?  Right!

Do you have Happy Hour rituals or good cocktails recipes?

Another "SO CALLED" Colorful Cottage!

It may astound and amaze you but I do actually have a full-time job at a commercial real estate company.  Oh how I WISH my REAL JOB was blogging and painting and decorating and playing on Pinterest .....but alas......I have bills to pay, so I sell industrial buildings, service stations, retail centers, office buildings, etc during my non-blogging/decorating hours. 

Today I received an email from a residential website advertising a COLORFUL COTTAGE...and since those are two of my FAVORITE words, I just had to peek.  I'm voyeuristic like that! 

True to it's word, the house IS colorful.  I like the fence but probably would have manicured the yard a bit more if I were selling my house...but, hey....that's just me.

This is in a section of Houston close to downtown, where the houses are fairly small and the prices are large.  This home was renovated and walls knocked down to make it more spacious and flow better.

How about a milk chocolate colored den?  See the sweet doggy at the window WISHING he could come in to enjoy the air conditioning?

Now here's a colorful kitchen.  Blue laminate counter tops and sunshine yellow walls.
Here's one of the bedrooms.....pish tosh....is THIS what they call colorful???  LOL!  They should definitely come and visit my house---I'd show them colorful.  In fact, as I'm typing this I just glimpsed a bit of PURPLE paint on my fingernail.  GUESS what I did this weekend?
 Now this is a challenging color palette to work with. My nephew bought an older house with this exact same pink and burgundy tile.

 I liked all the windows and light in this house.  This must have been a back porch that they enclosed. 

 One of the bedrooms, turned into an office. 

 And what a bright and happy porch/sitting area.  Artwork is awesome!

AHHHHHHHHHH....the pool!  That turquoise-y blue water ALWAYS gets me and is truly a favorite color!