Sunday Morning Tales

Last Sunday of August today.... It 's a good reason to spend all day long in the beach in order to enjoy  the hot sun (we need to preserve our summer tan :)... don't you think?), the light sea breeze, the sound of the cicadas, the light sea ripple and last but not least the revitalising cool water! 

Don't hurry to leave the beach... Today, is the day after the August fool moon, so it will be equally a wonderful night by the beach. Get organised... Take with you a good wine, some finger food, a light blanket and create unique memories of a romantic night, far away from the city noise and the every day life!!! 

Images 4,6 & video by Georgia Samartzi

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DIY: Creating Art for Nursery

I 'm so happy this season, because one of my best friends is going to be mom for her third time in a few days... So, as this period I am on holidays, far away from professional obligations and I have a lot of free time,  I decided to make a special handmade gift for her baby boy! After some hours of thinking, I decided to create two little paintings which will decorate perfectly the wall above his crib. 

As he will be born in the end of the August, I chose to use two colours which reminds the Greek Summer! I painted the background with my favourite colour, which is nothing else but turquoise, the colour of the pure sea water. For the details I chose some shades of orange... Those who takes the sky the sunset hour! 

The paintings' theme is the forest and the Indians... One of little boys' favourite theme! I designed the head of a little deer, an Indian tepee, some feathers and some arrows on balsa wood. Then I cut them and glued them on the canvas in order to create a kind of 3D result. The final step was to write on them some messages for their little owner, with my black markers. 

The materials I used for this project was: two canvas frames of 20x20cm, a piece of balsa wood, acrylic colours and my  favourite markers.

Plan an Escape in...

....Sophia Suites, in Santorini. A recently renovated mansion, originally built more than 150 years ago, turned into a group of luxurious suites where everyone would dream to spend at least a couple of days! Its magnificent rooms and suites are really spacious and wonderfully decorated, combining the contemporary design with the traditional Cycladic architecture and decoration with some moroccan touches... Plus, it offers an uninterrupted volcano-sea view, which allows the visitor feel like "is flying" above this breathtaking view while he is enjoying his breakfast or sunbathing during the day. The visitor can complete the day by relaxing in the hot water of the private hot tub while he is enjoying a chilled glass of the world's awarded local wines watching the stars and the unique Santorinian moon reflected in the sea. The most dreamy spot of this amazing hotel is the indoor cave heated pool, with led lighting, of its honeymoon suite!

Oh... I really would like to spend my holidays there!!!

DIY: Designing Monograms

For a long time, I wanted to design our monograms in order to decorate with them our headboard wall in our bedroom, but there was lack of time! So, those days that I am relaxing at home, I found the time and the inspiration to complete this diy project. I firstly sketched each monogram in Schoeller paper and then I highlighted it with a black marker. After that, they were ready to be placed on the white frames I had bought for months, for this reason... 
Now, they are waiting to find their place on the wall. What do you think? Do you like them? 

TR2 the rooms

When Georgios C. Carabellas (an entrepreneur based  in London who is the founder and creative director of TR2 the lifestyle brand) in 2007, stumbled across four derelict shacks in the traditional part of the main village of Skyros, he felt in love by the first sight with their atmospheric views and  their aura. 

I 'm pretty sure that you will fall in love with this guesthouse too... It combines perfectly the Skyrian traditional architecture with contemporary eclectic design and touches of moroccan style. The renovated buildings share a common patio which is tiled with reclaimed old handmade tiles... It is the guesthouse's candy eye which looks like a traditional embroidery! There, you can enjoy your breakfast or a Greek coffee, sitting in a set of traditional Greek round metallic table and rattan chairs. And latter, if the noon doesn't find you in one of the wonderful beaches of the island, you can take a nap in the hammock under the fig trees go the guesthouse. 

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Lanterns

Lanterns are the favourites accessories for our houses' summer decoration, as they constitute the essential ingredient for a romantic summer night under the candle light... Try to gather together a numerous of different in size & style lanterns and just enjoy the result. It will be at least dreamy.... Another idea, it would be to hang them from the ceiling, the pergola or the branches' of a tree in your garden!

Plan an escape in...

...Andros and give your holidays an aristocratic touch by staying in the chic and so stylish hotel of "Micra Anglia"(Little England) that was once the private house of one of the greatest Greek poets of the 20th century, Andreas Embiricos.  Its name is referred to the past and glorious epoch when the island was the most important naval power in the world and the great captains were calling it as "Little England".

The well known interior designer Eleni Psaltis curated the hotel's style, taking into account the history of the island and combing the building's inspirational details with the comfort of today's accommodation standards, creating a wonderful boutique hotel which can makes you daydreaming of another glamorous era...