Heather’s Christmas

Thought I would share some pics. that I took at Heather’s house last week with you.

Her tree is all vintage ornaments.

From top…….

To Bottom!

More of the living room.

Love this piece that she found at a thrift store for her TV.  Apparently it was a Hotel dresser.  The PERFECT height for a stand.

She loves anything vintage as much, if not more than I do!

She inherited this beautiful desk from my Mom.

Beautiful, isn’t it?

Here was her Christmas present from me.  She wanted a “splash” of color on her sofa.  I was supposed to make two shams, but I called her and said “you might want to rethink that.  It looks like a clown exploded on this thing.”  I know , I know, I’m a mean Mom.  But really…….that’s a LOT of color!

Maybe a couple of small round pillows for either side?

In the dining, sitting, whatever, room.

That last one is in the bathroom, believe it or not.  Does this girl go all out or what? 

Beside the sink in the kitchen.

On the front porch.

Hope you enjoyed the tour!

I told Heather that if there were previous lives, she was one of Santa’s elves in hers.  She just BEYOND loves Christmas!

See you later in the week!

Denise

Linking To….

Common Ground Vintage Inspiration Friday

Have a lovely weekend!

Bella Sews (again)

Bella’s Mom…..that would be Heather, has been super busy lately decorating for one of our favorite customers.

New home, new decor.  Fun fun FUN!

A little Christmas decor in her cute little niche.

A cute hutch that Heather painted for her previous home, decorated for the Holidays.

The bedroom…..all new decor.  Khakis, smoky blues, and cream cotton laces.

Bella did some of the sewing for this room.  Well…..she called on her DeeDee and DeeDee’s friend Barb.  to help.  I have to say, we had tons of fun sewing for this room…….

Beautiful pillow at the end of the bed.  The center fabric was ordered from Ballard’s and is gorgeous.  The cream is sheered cotton lace.

Yummy chocolate brown washed linen on the back.

A double ruffle on each end.   The two 27” Euros on the bed are the same yummy fabric as the ends of the body pillow.  All other pillows in the room were purchased by the home owner.

   The burlap dust ruffle is also from Ballard’s.  It’s a great bargain at $50.00 but we didn’t like the burlap trim, so I cut that off and used more of the cream cotton lace to trim it out.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite fit her sleigh bed, so we have a little more tweaking to do.

The khaki colored panels were purchased at Tuesday Morning for under $20.00 each.  We added an inverted pleat trim, again in the cream cotton lace.  The under drape is also the cotton lace.  Just simple flat panels.  Both treatments were clipped on to the double rod.

This super cute chair was purchased at the Rink for little to nothing!   What’s little to nothing?  Would you believe $35.00?!   The finish was perfectly shabby and worn so Heather just plopped a pillow in the seat.

Here’s the chest in the bedroom.  Sorry for the quality of the pictures.  Heather took them with her phone after dark.  Even photo shop just couldn’t get them quite right.  :)

I love LOVE this bedroom!  It has a calm serene feel without being boring.  Just the perfect amount of color and wonderful textures.  Not quite finished, but there can’t be that much more to do.  It’s looking beautiful to me.

Thank you Melissa for letting us take a short tour of your new home.  Can’t wait to see more at a later date!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Denise

That “DUH” moment

My mother had this cute little hand made desk.  I had always loved it.  But I had absolutely no place for it. 

It sat and sat.  For over a year.  Because I just couldn’t bear the thought of selling it.

All twiggy and so eclectic.  The front has a hidden drawer.

I finally decided it was time to sell it.

I brought it home to refinish the top and get it ready.

It’s sooo cute and unusual.  Huummm……I wonder……

Who says it has to be used as a desk.

A strand of favorite tarnished stars.

Some sweet Christmas decor in a favorite apothecary jar.

Favorite sweet doggies and a little mercury glass.

A basket full of vintage goodness.

Sitting on top of two battered vintage suitcases.

Huummm……..looking pretty cute.

 

Well DUH……it took me a YEAR to figure this out!? 

I think I love it.  I KNOW I’ll keep it.

They love it.  They told me so.  You believe me, don’t you?

Of course you do!

Have a wonderful week.

Denise

Christmas Vignettes

What is your favorite part of Christmas decorating? 

Mine is hands down the little vignettes that I create.

Bit and bobs mixed with all sorts of things.  A favorite photo of a grandsons baptism.  A tiny hand painted picture.

A tiny tree and lots of glitter.  And buttons…..lots of  buttons mixed in for pretty filler.

In one of my favorite found containers.  I have no idea what this was originally used for.  It’s probably not too old.  I purchased it from a dealer for under ten dollars.  It has become one of my favorite containers for seasonal vignettes.  Funny how that works sometimes, huh?   I just loved the shape, but had no idea how I was going to use it!

I wish I could afford a huge collection of these Cody Foster houses. 

That’s not gonna happen though!  I “caged” this glittered cutie.  Wouldn’t want that little snowman wandering around the house, now would I?  :)

Happy Decorating!

I’m joining Debra at Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday and Southern Hospitality for the vignette linky party.   Please visit  the links above to visit all of the beautiful blogs participating.

Denise