Plaid Throw And Christmas Pillow

 

I liked the PB pumpkin pillow so much,

I bought the PB Christmas Bird one.

 It's OK.
Not great, just OK.

The red pillows are old PB ones,
and I bought the red plaid throw
at a garage sale for $5.

 

The throw appeared brand new, but I still

washed and dried it 3 or 4 times on hot

before using it.

Seemed like the room needed a little more
red. So I added some red plaid ribbon to
the coffee area in the corner of the room.

When I get the Christmas tree and other
decorations up there will be more red.

Definitely needs more red...
and lights!

It might seem early to decorate for
Christmas already, but if I don't get an
early start, I'll end up finishing on
Christmas Eve.
 



That Ain't No Wig

Look at this 5 month old baby's hair!

 

You might think that's a wig,

but you would be wrong. Honest.

 

It is her hair. And, yes, she was

adorable!

 

Happy Sunday!

Painting Things

I bought this vintage turkey at a

yard sale for $2.

 

Thought he was a steal!

 

Then I saw my "one-of-a-kind" turkey

 on another blog where they bought

one on discount at Target for $6!

 His features kind of blur if you get

more than 3 feet away.

 So I'd planned to paint him even before

I found out he's a cheap knockoff...

I put him on the poor china cabinet,

which is getting it's 85th makeover...

to see if Turkey might look better

if I left him as is, but set him on shelves

with a white or black background.



 This time around, the china cabinet

will be black on the outside

and white on the inside.

 

This is the first coat of black...and I lost

track of which coat of white it is.

 The black paint is Amy Howard's

"1-Step" paint.

 

The white is my favorite go-to,

Behr's Paint-and-Primer in Swiss Coffee.

Besides suffocating the china cabinet in

more layers of paint, I'm going to

add trim around the front edge.

 

Why???

(this is the question Wild Bill always asks)

 

Well, I guess it's something I haven't

done to it before!

 

So, back to Turkey...

You see how he gets lost?

 

What would you do...

Paint? Don't paint?

Brown? White with aging?

 

I'm up for anything...

just ask the china cabinet.

 

 

 

Featured At 'No Minimalist Here'

Sherry at
No Minimalist Here

featured my kitchen tour on her

Wednesday Open House Party
this week.

 

 

To say I am thankful for

being featured on such a great 

blog is putting it mildly!

I was working on the
silver tray chalkboard when
I received the news.

Please excuse...

my crappy handwritten words...
I couldn't get my
chalk-paint pen to work
(I think it dried out)
so I just grabbed a piece of
chalk and scribbled out
THANKFUL
the old fashion way!

 

 I bought the pretty moose ornament,
and a Christmas tree ornament, down
at a store in McKinney TX, thinking I
could use them to decorate chalkboards.

I bought only one of each because I thought
I could trace it out on cardboard and
easily make copies of them.
(yeah, I'm cheap like that!)

The original ornaments are tin and
have script backgrounds and glitter
on the edges.

The fact they're tin will make
them easy to use as a guide.

Please click over to
No Minimalist Here
and check out her
Wednesday Open House Party:

http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com
 

  

Favorites From The Interior Home Store

I thought I'd show you some favorites
from the Interior Home Store I've
been raving about in my last posts...

 

It starts with the deconstructed settee:

 

The contrast between the lush upholstery

on one side and the stark deconstruction

on the other fascinates me every time. 

Right side of back seen above.

 

Middle of back below.

Left side of the back.

 

Another favorite:

Shelves made from wooden pallets

suspended by wires

 

Like the deconstructed settee,

the rougher the better!

Then there is the bed with the wall

of different colored boards.

 

The Merry Christmas banner would

look good across my fireplace.

Seems like everything is brown,
black, and white this year with a
little silver thrown in.

 

And the light in the back room...

I think I have a perfect place for it.

 

Oh. Yes. Pleaseeeee!!!!

 

 

 

I'm joining the following:

 

http://www.astrollthrulife.net/

 

http://modvintagelife.blogspot.com/

 

http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com

 

 http://missmustardseed.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Interior Home Store part 2

I was happy to see you enjoyed

Carol's store as much as I do...

 

At the front of the store is a dining room.

On the far side, the whole wall is

done with aged book pages.

 

 Here's some closer shots of the wall.

 

 This chandelier is over my budget,

but that doesn't stop me from

drooling over it...

 This wall and part of the ceiling are

 black, which makes everything stand out.

The other side of the first section of the

store is done as a living room.

This room is a medium gray.

It made me realize I'm drawn 

to darker room colors.

Next door was a very colorful

dining room using red and green.

Nothing about this room is boring.

 

I think it was the addition

of black that kicked the room's

vibe up about 10 notches!

 

 Carol's crew tied wreaths onto the

backs of the chairs with large ribbons

made out of plaid material and wire.

I couldn't pass up the large

plaid ribbons. So many ideas on how

to use them, but I'll probably just add

them to wreaths in my house.

I bought one of these nests, but 
I could use a few more.

Hoping there will be some in an after Christmas sale.