These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things…
Jamaican Guango TableLove the way our Jamaican guangostands up to the elements and ages intothe most beautiful weathered grey.
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March 27, 2015

These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things…

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens. Brown paper packages tied up with strings. These are a few of my favourite things…

We pay our own tribute to the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music by sharing with SO readers a few favourites of author Melanie Schwapp, financier Nevada Powe, art consultant Rachael Barrett, Round Hill Hotel & Villas MD Josef Forstmayr, Mission Catwalk executive producer Keneea Linton-George and private equity investor and Wallenford CEO Mark McIntosh.

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