Taking Time to Slow Down This Season

After all the shopping and shipping is done I like to concentrate on how I will set my holiday table. I turn to my garden for natural elements as well as to my vintage china collection. I love mixing fresh pine and boxwoods with natural fibers like burlap and linen. Soft linen napkins and vintage red china make my dining room feel so festive. I am obsessed with sugar pine cones. I find a way to use them most of the year in table settings or displays. I just love thinking about the majestic tree they came from.

I enjoy slowing down and preparing for family and friends to arrive. Taking a step back from the constant movement of the season to just reflect on the wonderful year that is almost over. I feel so very grateful for all the blessings in my life and to have a business where I can share such beautiful products with you. 

Wishing you and your family a Healthy and Happy Holiday. 

Lori and Ava Rose

Lavender Fields Holiday Gift Guide 2015

It is here!  We work on our gift guide for months picking out our favorite gifts and best sellers. Some of our favorites made Oprah's list as well! As always we offer free shipping on all orders over $50.00, free gift wrap and a free lavender sachet.

We are also always here to help you select the perfect gift. We believe in old fashioned style customer service. You call and speak to a designer all the time. If we miss your call we call back guaranteed!

View Our Holiday Gift Guide or Visit Our Holiday Gift Shop

For the Love of Fall

With summer behind us and the days getting shorter and the nights colder we start to retreat more to our homes for evenings by a fire and snuggled up watching a movie. Fall scents are in the air and the brisk weather has us taking out our cozy blankets and setting up our guest bedrooms for the arrival of holiday guests. It is my favorite season. I love everything about it. The way the sky looks and how the sun peeks through the changing leaves on a tree. Pumpkins, mums and sweater weather. It always reminds me of my mom and days walking home from school and smelling her home cooking a block away. I love that Ava Rose has that same feeling coming home from school. A delicious home cooked meal waiting for her, a cozy throw to snuggle up with and a comfy blanket to go to bed with. Fall is also the time when we stock up our shop and our online store with everything you need to prepare your home for guests and to get ready to settle in and enjoy your home.

Here are some of my favorite picks this fall. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do. 

New Selke Fleece Blankets in so many gorgeous colors! Super warm and super cozy!

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Throws that feel like your most comfortable sweater

Soft fleecy robes to snuggle up in. 

 The evenings begin to have that Autumnal chill, but inside it’s toasty as friends come together to share food and candlelight. Our favorite Fall Candle Cranberry Orange Scented!

Happy Fall! I am going to put on a pot of minestrone soup for tonight's dinner. Enjoy your day!

Selecting the Perfect Runner for Your Staircase

Dash and Albert shared some fabulous tips on how to select the perfect runner for stairs. One of the most common questions we are asked is how to select the best runner that will hold up in high traffic, hold up against pets and kids and easy to clean. This guide from Dash and Albert is perfect for giving you some wonderful ideas. We also offer free design assistance and would be more than happy to help you pick the perfect runner. Shop the entire Dash and Albert collection at Lavender Fields.

Beautiful New Arrivals from Taylor Linens

Summer seemed to go so quickly this year. It just seems like yesterday that we were preparing for the end of the school year and planning summer fun. Now we are planning for back to school and fall. Fall is my favorite season but I still wanted to enjoy summer a little bit longer. Sleeping late, long lazy days and kicking back a lot from work. I am excited however with all the fall introductions. We have so much to share with you. Our first fall arrival is the new collections from Taylor Linens. Gorgeous heirloom quilts, soft scalloped matelasse coverlets and shams, pretty pillows and gorgeous sheets. We look forward to working with you on creating a bed of your dreams.

Sophie Collection

Evelyn Collection

Hannah Collection

Jasper Collection

So much to share with you!

I have so many projects I want to share with you! So little time always! If you have been following me for the last 10 years you will know I am always working on my 1920's Arts and Crafts style home. It is always a work in progress. Summertime seems to be the time when I get the most done so I have a lot to share with you and I am so excited.

A little background first for anyone that does not know me. I am a single mom with a beautiful kind hearted soon to be 7 year old daughter named Ava Rose. We live in a big old house and have lots of furry rescued friends. They make our home. I also have a retail shop in Port Jefferson Village, New York and an online shop which you probably know about if you reached this blog. Juggling it all can be very challenging but I would not have it any other way. I love everything about my life and I love sharing it all with you.

So for this summer here is my lineup of projects. Some are not always so much fun as there is a lot of basic upkeep on a big old house.

For outside:

• I just had a picket fence put in the front of the house and we have been busy painting it. Ava Rose is a big help! (beautiful but not so much fun painting!)
• I am also working on adding a few new garden beds and weeding and mulching. (not so much fun! it's hot!)
• We are adding to our fairy garden and expanding it. (fun!)
• We are also planning on doing a beautiful mosaic when the weather cools down a bit. (fun!)
• Refinishing old vintage outdoor furniture. I selected a pretty robin's egg blue for the color. (fun!)

Inside:

• Painting all the baseboards and radiators (not so much fun!)
• Planning a guest bathroom makeover. This has been real fun I am work with Dawn from My Hydrangea Home on this project and it is coming very soon! (super fun!)
• Installing new bamboo floors in my office and soon to be family room. (super fun!)
• Painting all trim. The trim gets yucky and needs to be refreshed often. (not so much fun!)

I will have lots of pictures to share with you real soon for now I need to get back to work!