Author: Frances

This month’s cover of Veranda featuring John Saladino’s Montecito living room is just great, and I’ve been dying to paint it. But I haven’t yet. Instead I played with an app called Enlist, and this is the result. Cool huh? And what a privilege to interview Mr Saladino for this feature. @verandamag @johnsaladino #iwanttopaintit #santabarbara #montecito #californialiving

Continuing in the pink… My dressing room now pinker than ever since my trip to India. Remember Diana Vreeland famously declared “Pink is the navy blue of India” ☺️.. and Ive taken to drinking chai in the morning. That needlepoint pillow I did 2,000 years ago. Fabric on my Mama’s chair @osborneandlittle Mug @juliskaofficial Vintage teapot. #homesweethome #rancholazaca

More Boca Grande charm … am back home in California now, if only for a bit. But still dreaming of those pretty houses and swaying palm trees, and my adorable generous hostess @maggieacts and those fabulous ladies of the Boca Grande Women’s Club. #bocagrande #bocagrandeflorida

What word defines your drive? Create your photo and share with @ToryBurchFoundation. #EmbraceAmbition

The beautiful Gasparilla Inn & Club decorated by @celerie #bocagrande #gasparillainn

Am loving the houses of Boca Grande. So genteel, low key, and old school. #bocagrande #oldschool

Happy Birthday to my handsome cowboy nephew @trexfuqua ! Love this photo by my talented sister @duvallfuqua #repost

Pretty light this early morning in Manhattan. #prettylight #homeawayfromhome #homesweethome #familysilver

Don’t think I’ve ever seen the lights on in this beautiful 62nd St townhouse. So gorgeous. #alwayslookup #newyorkcity

Poppies popping out already! The rains are going to give us winderful wildflowers this year. #poppies #californiapoppies #route246 #santaynezvalley

Treasure this portrait of my mother, who would have been 85 today. Her instructions to the artist: ” I don’t care if it looks like me, I just want it to be young and thin.” It does look like like her. Happy Birthday Mama. Miss you everyday. Artist, Robert Bruce Williams #mama