There is always a vacuum cord in almost every photo...

Room Shots March 2012

Salix Blossoms that look like caterpillars.

So Fuzzy!!

 Antique chalkware Babes head.

Residing at the bottom of a hurricane. Poppy dishes and my Ironside's painting. It reminds me of the painting described in C.S. Lewis The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. A Gift to cousin Eustace's parents hangs in the guest room Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are staying in and is their portal to Narnia.

November 2011

Pretty Belgium fish plate sconces

New Equestrian Sconces for my bathroom.

Room Pics..

I love this pewter wall plaque. And another small Cosmo arrangement.

These candles are so cool.
They are from the 80s and a little Dungeons and Dragons fairy like but look right at home with a touch of whimsy.

I love these hand carved hares.
One is the top of an antique walking cane the other a bottle opener.

Another much larger candle.
Apparently when you light these eventually the wax streams from the mans eyes.

Summer Bed.

Line Dried linens. Thin Chenille Bedspreads.
A 100 times washed Matelasse coverlet that is smooth as silk.

Early Summer.

Means weeding for hours. And after every rain there are more weeds to contend with...

If only all my plants grew like cosmos.

Creeping ground cover near wild strawberry plants.

Weeds abound!

In my room I recently had Peony's and Lupines intertwined with clematis flowers.

This arrangement was on the top of my new Faux Bois table.
It cost a small fortune to ship and a tax refund to build.
Look at the rainbow that was forming on it from a sun kissed chandelier prism.

Rainbow covered wood grain. It weighs 200+ lbs
.
Pretty pink sky.

Current tabletop display.

Room pics..

Hare pillows.

Small daffs in a Drabware inspired faux bois cache pot.

Spring Cleaning.

Its nice that there are moments when my room can seem shaker like in its simplicity.

However these moments are short lived.

Pet Peeves..

I thought distraction the better part of valor. I loathe uneven plaster walls! Washing them with layers of paint doesn't transport me to a Tuscan villa.
I rely on layers. Layers of opulence.

Either pattern on pattern with a neutral background.

Or gilt. The more the better.

Even posters need gold.

Stately pier.

The only mirror in my room that is new.

The layering is severe.

Candle Hurricanes.

A bare bulb looks so glitzy.

Dayware.

Room Photographs.

I put tables next to my bed for a nightstand. They all end up being covered in books. The small pine stool is where I keep water or tea to drink.

After cleaning all day I forgot to put away extension cord I was using to buff floors.My closet in the foreground is still pink!

I'm on a country patchwork kick. Its timeless.

Room Photographs.

Little home grown Jack Be Littles.

Cleaning, waxing everything needs a good dusting.Next weekend my brother will help me put in recessed lights and a switch near the door.

A new Faux Bois blankey.

New Restoration Glass.

I have been replacing the former hideous glass of this curio with these beautiful wavy panes.

The panels on the left are the former glass. It looks like water droplets all over. Its quite ugly!
Six more pieces and the installation will be complete.

Room Shots 04/12

My friend Cindy gave me all these fragrant daffodils Saturday. I still have lots of unopened daffs in the garden. Its been a long early spring!

My new Gilt Pier mirror. The box it came in in the foreground.

English Pottery.

I just received this old Beswick planter in this Faux Bois pattern

Spring Cleaning..

My new Faux Bois Ottoman!

Technology has become so sleek. Cleaning all of this stuff takes a while.

Cords

Tons of stuff!

Consoles.

I try to keep it all organized!
Its the Martha Stewart of it all.

Its everywhere!

Some of my Easter decorations this year.