Items that are Inspiring my Holiday Decorating.....

Mittens.........Burlap........


Linen.......

Twigs..............

Mason jars....

My house is getting decorated next now that the shop is all set for the holidays!

Can't wait to flip on the Christmas Carols, light my favorite candle and set the mood for Christmas at home.

Pics to follow!

Rustic Fall Inspiration

These are some great photos that I have saved over the years that always get my creative juices going! This time of year is so much fun to decorate....


You can go primitive.....

or you can go shabby.......

either way......

the look always says comfortable and cozy to me.....

epsicially when you use white pumpkins......

Lots and Lots of white pumpkins.....

Have fun!

Thrift Store Footstool Makeover How-To!

Ain't she sweet?

Except for the 1985 hideous tapestry fabric....

And the shiny brown wood...

She is a diamond in the rough!

Here's what I did to transform this little thrift store find. 1. Take the BEFORE pictures!
Here's some tools of the trade that I used...


painted her up, sanded her down and stained her all over.



Thrift store find #2.....a FAB lone curtain panel for 1.50.
Guess why it's so fab?? Psst....it's NUBBY!
We all love NUBBY right?
And it's blue frenchy farmhousey looking too!
We all love blue frenchy farmhousey right?




Cut out a piece bigger than the stool top itself so you have enough fabric to completely cover it all up. I actually unscrewed the lid and it made recovering SUPER easy.

Get out the staple gun and HAVE AT IT!

I always fold my fabric under so I don't have raw edges that may unravel or hang out.

When you're all done...

Flip her right side up...

Stand back...

And {sigh}

Such an E*A*S*Y project....

What a difference!

SOOOOO much better.

SOOOO much sweeter!

I did this little stool on the same day with the same techniques as above.

The only difference here is my fabric choice.

I've been wanting to use this old feedsack for ages and I think it looks perfect!

Thanks for looking!!
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Shabby Chic Cottage!

You'll love what you see!

Do You Want One of These?

So* Do* I!

That darn Pottery Barn.....

taunting us with fabulous stuff like this

then charging, arms , legs and whatever!Has anyone seen it on sale?

Rest..........

These pictures inspire me every tim I look at them.

I would love to grab a blanket from the stack and curl up on that old

chippy iron bed and take a snooze in the sunshine.

This time they inspired me to think about actually putting an old bed

outside of the shop for our CandleLight Night part of our Christmas Open House.

If rain isn't in the forcast I think this inspiration will become a reality!

Stay Tuned!

Two more reasons to love fall....

This....
and this!
How many pumpkins is too many??

Front porch inspiration!

It's time to take away the geraniums that have decked out the porch all summer long and gear up FALL!! YIPPEE!! I love hauling out all the decorations, getting mums, loads of white pumpkins and you name it! This photo from Country Living got my juices flowing this morning~ I would love those twig chairs!

As I was going though all my stuff I was wondering.......when you all decorate for this time of year, do you decorate for Halloween or for Fall or Both?

Fill me in!

OATMEAL IN THE BEDROOM?

I recently gave our guest room a very over due make-over. You can go on over to my other blog Olde Tyme Marketplace to see the results.

The tweeking however still contines, which to me is the funnest part!

This morning I was bloggin and I looked over to my stack of feedsacks (yes they share a room) and I saw this HUGE Quaker Oats one that made me think hmmmmmmm....

that bed really does need some more pillows ......soooooo before I went to work today I put this baby together and love how it turned out!

It took like 10 minutes. You gotta love easy schmeasy projects like this!So this is how I ended up with oatmeal in the bedroom!

I really like the texture element it gives the room as well as a bold graphic that still has a subtle way about it if you know what I mean. Am I making any sense here? At all? Hello?

I am happy! Plus there is one less thing in my craft/computer/spare/storage room.
Which happens to be next on the list for a make-over of it's own.

DECORATING IN A FLASH!

Aren't these the neatest? I wish I would have come up with this idea because that would have meant one very important thing.......I would have the COOLEST flash cards I have ever seen! Seriously, I have never run across these type ~ EVER! I love them, How bout you? Ever see these at flea markets ? Garage Sales? Auctions? Zip~ Zero~ Nada for me.

Anyway, I love how great these look in a grouping and how easy it is to pull off.

You could take any flash card really and frame it out like this in a shadowbox style and have a great look. Group like words together, colors, even numbers.
They would look great in any roon of the house and depending on how much you paid for the cards~ this could be a cheap-o decorating success!

Let me know if you try it!

Rustic kitchen

I am always surfing around looking for inspiration (aka just being plain nosey)

and tonight I googled rustic kitchen and this one LEAPT off the screen!

It has so much going for it....

1. the floor

2. the CYCLES sign

3. the old wood beams

4.the ISLAND!!! OMG!!

5. everything else

Simple, rustic, beauty

Rustic Farmhouse Style

This is definitely my style...Whenever I come across pictures like these..my heart beats 10x faster....
Thought you might enjoy a little break...

and get inspired to decorating with something white today.

Some Winter decorating outside......

It seems hard to believe that it's time to get the gardens ready for winter! I worked all afternoon outside getting things cleaned up, pots put away, tools stored and so on. My reward was creating some simple arragements on our back deck that can be enjoyed all season long.The big ole pinecones make it perfect!

In the summer, this picket fence planter held big beautiful white geraniums!

One of my favorite things on the deck is this old post lantern top. I got it at a thrift shop a few years ago and keep a candle in it all year round. A great look for 4.99! The old iron gate was an auction find while I still lived in Ohio...price? $1.00!

I'll count on my little rusty garden angel to watch over everything out there this winter. Come spring she'll be ready to hover over a nice big planter filled with bacopa! Til then, she looks happy to me!