Easter In Black

I'm not brave enough to paint

the walls black, but I have been

adding a lot of black accents.

When I decided to create an

Easter vignette recently I used

black, brown and a little mix

of green.

I'll admit it's not my usual mix

of colors for Easter, but it
makes me happy in a sort of
Adam's Family way.

I started with an old lantern. It was

red, so I slopped on some black chalk

paint. You can still see a little red in

some of the cracks. The paint was

Amy Howard's One-Step in black.

It didn't have the glass chimney

when I bought it at a garage

sale years ago, but that's OK

with me as it works better

without it for decorating.

I had the nest on hand along

with this candle ring...

The two together make a perfectly

blingy nest for one of these birds.

The other bird got this softer nest...

I added an old Christmas bow

to perk it up a bit.

I'm going to add a cloche next
to cover it, and then find a

permanent place for it.

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New "Old" Coat Rack

My birthday was this month

(yep...19 again!)

Wild Bill and I went to my

favorite place, McKinney TX,

so I could pick out something

for him to buy me.

Another rack with hooks...

I so love the idea of these.

It was hard to get a good picture.

I put it on the entry bench, which

still has the Winter pillow on it.

I don't usually go for aqua, but with

the rusty look, I couldn't pass it up.

It's a reproduction of course, but

it does look vintage at least.

I'm waiting for it to warm up a little

so we can do some work in the

garage and cut a board to use as

a backing for the rack.

I'm worried it may not hold up on

the wall without a board backing it. 

Any suggestions on hanging it?

I'd love to hear them while we

wait here for the Spring thaw.

Vintage Love And Computer Issues

One of my favorite things of all my

finds is this vintage strainer.



It looks lighter here, but is actually
almost a denim blue in my
windowless kitchen.

See how much darker it is hanging

on the kitchen cabinet?

I've been grumpy lately

and avoiding my blog.

My computer was acting up and

it would not show a lot of the 

pictures on blogs, so we decided

it was time to get a new laptop.

Guess what?

The new one acted up too!

Turns out, it was in our high speed

cable internet box...or modem...or

something to do with the connection.

I kinda tuned out when Wild Bill

went into what I call his

"deep discussion mode"

about how he fixed it.

Just wanted to warn ya'll that if

your computer won't show pictures

on blogs, you might want to check

out the little box thingy and the

cable internet stuffy before you

blame your poor laptop.

That's as technical as I get.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting.

I'm always glad to see you here.

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Saw On Craigslist

I may be addicted to Craigslist.

I have a garage full of projects and

yet I check Craigslist everyday.
I sincerely hope I'm not the only one! 

I love this coffee table...

I think the coffee table legs could
be extended to make it high enough

to make it a farm table.

I keep thinking it would be easier to

buy it than to make a new top for the

too small table we already have.

Thoughts???

Thanks for stopping by. I hope
you have some advice for me.