Sunday, January 30, 2011

Another lamp rehab…




Lamp hospice.


And yep…from my fave thrift store.


It was most certainly a homemade job


in all of it’s 70’s glory


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A big glass water jug


hecho en Mexico


filled to the everlovin’ brim with dried and plastic lovelies.


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and moss…lots of glued on moss.


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Ooooooh she’s a beaut isn’t she?


~cough~


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Piece by piece…the decades old dried and dusty corpses were removed...


Through a handy dandy leather wrapped hole


go figure!


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This saga will be continued as we find the perfect shade


not the one she came with…


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Maybe a drum shade


shade




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What say you…any grand ideas for this… cough…find?


Hmmmm?

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Dare me?

Dreaming of a barn cottage

re-do


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The scary before….

warning….worse than the pantry. Shield your eyes.


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Maybe….With the help of a cottage goddess….

It could be a Cinderella story

maybe. kinda. sorta.

Thoughts??


Top pic: Jane Coslick

Other images: Canadian House and Home

Bottom four: The cold hard truth in our backyard

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Today…

I believe I will head

to the Cote’ d’Azur...

here

Wanna come?

image: Marie Clair

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Gallivanting and marauding…



I recently won this darling little pair of vintage hand poured soy candles

from Small holdings Farm


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They smell heavenly.

Check out their loot…they have some fun things!

I also galavanted over to my fave haunt

yep…habitat home store…

in search of some windows and doors for a little barn re-do I are contemplating…

more on that little tid bit later


But…


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I came home with this piece of art instead.


yeah yeah…I know it may not be everyone’s cup of tea…


But I love the colors


in these marauding lobsters.


and just the maraudingness of it all.



20 clams. Oil.


It’s going in the barn/cottage.


yep.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Ok…Did you see this yet?



Sweet Joan from for the love of a house


does kitchens well!!


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Dayum.


Go visit. Check out the rest of her home. You won’t wanna come back


promise.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

A little vacation in our little town…

I told you before, that we live in a small city…or more like a small town

And we are graced with a delectable little art museum

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...that hosts gorgeous internationally known artists and their art.

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…wave hello to Grandma B!!!

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a part of their sculpture garden

On a recent day

we visited and saw the work of William Wegman…And his gorgeous weimeramers

Fay Ray and pals…remember them?

I always think Of Melissa at Handwork Chronicles when I see them…she has a real life yellow eyed model

lucky her.

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Yes I am a baaaad patron who snuck their camera in

But the work was just too adorable and thought provoking not to

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Then I got busted…and had to put the lens away…

Visit if you are near…

Walk on the wild side…sneak your camera in no flash .

~You didn’t hear that from me though~

zip.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Good Morning Sunshines…

…And a Happy New Year!

First order of the new year…

Coffee.

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Nothing like starting off a new year/new day with a cuppa Joe…

Lately, we love our Keurig…even though we need to give it a good vinegar cleaning

often.

no….just broadcasting my likes…no affiliation with Keurig…donut shop coffee…my fave…or Dean and Deluca. love that mug. Do you do that? Need a specific mug for specific days?

Just happen to love ‘em all on this new day of a New Year….

sooo. I share.

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And in a complete baring of the soul this New Years

Here is our pantry…in all of it’s unkempt glory.

Uh, yeah...did I just open up our closets and take pix? Yep.

But I love this...Made several years ago from an inefficient way too deep pantry closet.

We added plugs lots... a drawer bank for cans and boxes and a small counter…now it's a coffee/microwave bar…

When we close the door, ~ta daaa~ it is all gone.

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I think that may be my theme for this new year…

'Close the door…and Ta daaaa.'

yep. I like it.

Happy New Day of A New Decade!!

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