On The Softer Side... Cushions and Color

Loving the Blues.

We are making some progress on my (Rosie's) list as well. While spending some time in the boat yard (Bruce's list) "on the hard", we were also working on the soft side.
We removed all the blinds and fabric curtains. The curtains were all beautiful and custom made but.... you know me with my allergies! We've learned to keep things that collect dust 

and allergens at a minimal and we wanted a color change anyway. Right? We did decide to keep the curtains in the salon as they are easy to remove and wash and we love those blues. So this was our starting point for redecorating the entire boat. Love these blues!

We chose to work with the Jim, Jeri and Joe Perillo of Custom Canvas of Charleston after talking to a couple of canvas companies. They are a really nice family business and were great to work with. We wanted to stay pretty basic so we could decorate by adding color and want it to be easy to change the feel and look later by only changing the accessories. Since the cushions are a pretty big investment, we decided to go with Sunbrella fabric and a middle/dark blue (Galaxy) which matches the blues in the curtains. Now we can just add our accent colors, which are lime green, teal and yellow.

                   

Choosing a fabric for the Vberth was a little harder as we didn't want the same color and we wanted to keep it light. It can be a dark area to begin with so anything dark would be .... dark!  We found the yellow Sunbrella (Cornsilk) which is a muted yellow color and goes well with the blues.  

Then we waited and now they are here!

The main salon original cushions.

The new look!

Yes it is still blue but a different blue!

You can also see the portable A/C-dehumidifier in the galley. We use it while at the dock on shore power. It keeps the interior dry and cool which is nice during these 100+ heat index days.

The vberth original cushions.

The new look!

It's a toned down yellow but looks yellower here in the photo.

This brightens up the forward cabin which is dark with all the wood. We've also removed the curtains and are adding peek a boo shades, just like in the master. They will be here in 2 weeks. 

The big wonderful captain's chair was removed and we brought in 

2 Ikea chairs which fit in the slot great and are comfy.

They were a great buy... 2nd hand from Melissa!

The captain's chair can easily be remounted when we are making a passage but since we will use Summer Breeze more coastal for a while, this suits our comfort better. 

The blue rug is still here as it has the blues we like.  

Elaine had told us that it was easy to wash and it was! Bella likes it. I'm keeping an eye out for a replacement but no hurry on this.

The master state room before....

Master state room now. 

The coverlet is light blue, a hand me down from one of the house bedrooms. I kept the cute starfish throw pillows from the main salon and added some teal pillows plus navy and teal sheets. Box fan is used while on shore power to keep air circulating. Since we don't live on the boat, it is kept closed up for long periods. This really helps with heat and humidity. 

The colors run through Summer Breeze

When I began the redecorate process, I decided to go with navy and teal and throw in some accents of lime green and yellow in other areas. It seems to be the color this summer as I've had no trouble at all finding them!

Shower curtain.

Summer Breeze On The Hard

So, our last post was of us delivering Summer Breeze to the boat yard.  Our diver had been telling us that we had some bare spots on the bottom paint and we are thinking that the long trip from St Petersburg to Charleston stripped some of the paint off.
Between rainy day delays and then our Baltic Sea cruise (not on Summer Breeze), it has been about 5 weeks since she has been away from home.  Here she is in the boat yard up on the stands, they call it "on the hard".  Thank you Anthony and company at Marine Propulsions (locally known as the  Rockville boat yard) for doing a great job!

And today was the coming home day! We are in the middle of summer afternoon thunderstorms 

so we hoped they would stay away as we didn't need the strong winds and lightning to hit while we are trying to dock and thankfully, we were all clear today but it was blasting HOT and HUMID.  

And since we have to time our entrance to our back yard because of a sand bar, we anchored 

out in the creek and Bruce went for swim to cool off. 

The dolphins were close by but never came up to check him out. 

So, we decided to change the how and direction of docking. After looking at our dock from neighbors (the Becks) dock, we realized that the curve of the creek at our house was maybe causing us the problems we were having with departures from the dock.  Remember the bigs scrape along the side and all the fender balls we kept popping? So now, we have bigger balls! Hmmm..... well after popping all but ONE of our fender balls that we have had for years and using with our other boats, we decided that Summer Breeze requires bigger balls. More updates on that later, I'm sure. 

We docked successfully and thankfully our neighbor was out and came out to lend a hand 

(Thank you Anne!).  It was a bit challenging as it was a first time docking on the starboard side with bigger dock fender balls and the new fat lines, which are a challenge in themselves to handle. 

(I don't know but that bow looks awful close to the pier head to me!)

Also, while in the boat yard, the new cushions were being made and they should be ready later this week. I'm excited about that! I've been buying new throw pillows here and there and 

I seem to be in another pillow conundrum! How can that happen? It does. 

I can't wait for them to be here and then onto the next indoor project. Either counter tops or stairs. 

I have no idea what Bruce's "next" project is but I know there is one. 

What do you think? Too close to the pier head? Hmmmm... ?