Friday, August 25, 2023

Small Kitchen Island

 I bought an inexpensive, small, portable, kitchen island from Walmart and I love how it looks! My kitchen isn’t very large so I had to have something small and that would be easy to move if need be. (This one’s on wheels!)


A great place for fresh flowers and coffee mugs…


I decorated the sides with towels, a rolling pin,
 greenery and wooden spoons…


My new, beautiful set of dish-ware and mugs from Certified International French Sunflower…  



A couple fabric table placemats and 
rooster napkin holders…


And a little bit of bling and sparkle!!


I love how it looks!!



Sunday, January 1, 2023

Black and White Bedroom



 I was going to wait until my youngest son moved out to fix up his bedroom, which was shared by all my boys through the years and was just a hodgepodge of decor , but because I was moving beds for upcoming holiday visits, I thought it would be a good time to paint while I was moving things anyway. I should have taken more before pictures but I didn’t think of it until I started moving things. 



My son taped all these bible verses to the wall. Don’t know what tape he used but it was a bear to get off!



Years ago I painted this tree for my middle son because he loved Lord of the Rings and it gave him a place to hang his sword.  He has since married and moved away so I think he won’t mind it going.



The whole color scheme for the room was based on these beautiful black and white buffalo check curtains from the Country Store that I found at a yard sale for $10! I was saving them for some day.

I had all summer to work on this but I didn’t think about it until right before the holidays , so it was a bit of a rush. That always happens to me - when I’m bored I can’t think of something to do but when I’m busy I think of things.

I had to paint the whole room including ceilings. I decided to paint the back wall black as an accent.

I found these yellow/mustard colored pillows at Big Lots, which I loved, so I chose that as my accent color. I didn’t want it all just black and white. 

The fun part is after all the painting is done to find coordinating accessories to go in the room. I found this beautiful eyelet vintage bedspread at a thrift store. 

I wanted to keep a lot of family photos in the room so I printed a bunch off in black and white. This chalkboard I already had.



I found these hanging wall containers at Goodwill so I painted them and added flowers I already had.


I put one on each side of the window.


I found this chair for cheap on Facebook Marketplace and a new pillow from Goodwill… 



Shelf and clock from Facebook Marketplace. I still need to paint the bookcase black but I think it can wait.



I ordered a couple inexpensive shelves 
from Target and Walmart . Most of the accessories I took from other parts of the house.




I was going to buy a new ceiling fan but couldn’t find the style I liked at a reasonable price so I painted the fan and blades and ordered new lights and wire covers from Amazon.




I still have a dresser to paint and a few things to do before it’s complete but I love the way it looks and my son doesn’t care (whew) what it looks like. Although he did say it looks nice. What do you think?



Sunday, May 22, 2022

Rooster Decor

One of the home decor items that I love to decorate with is roosters. Whenever I see them at yard sales or thrift shops I make sure I snatch them up. Going through my house I realized I have a lot, big and small, from napkin holders, salt and pepper shakers, door stops,  lamps and cookie jars.

 Enjoy the show….































How many did you count? I lost track, I think there’s about 30.  I think a couple are actually chickens not roosters, but I don’t care, I love the look. 

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