Saturday, February 26, 2011

so inviting.

I bumped into this room via a decorating book by Better Homes and Gardens and wanted to jump into the book and sit in that red chair and soak up the sun. I love how cozy and inviting that room looks/feels.

Must be the red and all the pillows and of course the sunshine. :)

The old jar light ...


Photo found on the Better Homes and Garden website.

I love the vintage feel of this light ...

Burlap


I really like that bike burlap pillow.

An old door in Bellingham, WA

I love doors - especially old doors like the one pictured above. I bumped into this beauty while walking around in Bellingham, WA a couple of summers ago.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Then ... and WOW!

Sometime in early 2010 ... we dug into this old house!

And at Christmastime we enjoyed the beauty of all the hard work :) ....


Home ... a place where we live, love, laugh and become.

Just sitting here thinking ...


And I think to myself ... WOW! Don't you find it amazing how each of us can make it through tough times? We do it one little moment at a time.
There is something really powerful about working hard and looking back and saying: "We did this!" :)

Friday, February 4, 2011

Sewing Curtains ...








I love to design curtains ... I don't like to follow patterns - I just like to envision them and then make them. Sometimes they turn out - and sometimes they don't. But I always have fun trying to make my ideas real! :) ... I'll post the finished product when it is finished.


The bar stool gets a makeover ...

I painted this little, old bar stool red to match the hutch in the dining room - now I just need to pick the fabric to recover the top of it. Hmmmmm ....

Let the sunshine in ...

Earlier this week, the sunshine came out (yahoooooo) and I decided to change the curtain in the dining room. Let the sunshine in ... It's not finished yet but I'm working on it! :)

A little white curtain ...


Amazing what you can do with a piece of white fabric and some ribbon ...

A mirror in the dining room


I found this old mirror at a yard sale last summer and painted it cream ... It looks great in the dining room. Oh look! There's that red hutch I love so much! :)

Look up ...

Someday we'll get the trim up in this house :) ... For now I just like to look up and see the lovely plates along the top of the kitchen cabinets. There is something very charming about cream and black. I like it.

Red glasses ...

I found these really cool, vintage red glasses and they look great in the kitchen... adds a little pop of color and energy!

Homemade ...



This old/new kitchen of mine inspires me to cook!! :)
Potato rolls ... perfect with any meal.