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I don’t often style a special table- but I did have the makings for a Valentine’s Day table, so I started working on it last week after I finished the dreaded ironing chore. I started out with a striped heart that I purchased last month from my friend, Debbie, who owns The Peddler House in Waynesville, Ohio.  It was a Christmas ornament, but I knew it would be perfect for Cupid’s Day!

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    The weather was gloomy as the rain fell steadily here in southwest Ohio yesterday. Not a heavy downpour, but just enough drizzle to make it cold and uncomfortable. It was the perfect day to pull out all of the husband’s dress shirts from the laundry basket and iron them.  (Can there EVER be a perfect  day to iron?)  I must admit that this job is not high on my list of household chores, but

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  My good friends from At The Picket Fence turned me on to this alternative to Google Friend Connect, which will no longer be available to non-Google blogs as of March 1. After reading about this new service being brought to us by Brent of Linky Tools, I signed right up.  That was, of course, after I signed up to follow along with Vanessa and Heather on their Linky Follows List. Now, I’m still

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    Earlier this month, I posted a cloche vignette in the great room that used some light colored, over-sized dominoes. You can see that post here.  When I re-arranged the room after taking down the Christmas decoration, I cleaned the horribly dusty and fingerprint covered glass tabletop on the cocktail table. Now, that is a chore in itself, since the glass weighs about 40 pounds!  The glass

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I am cursing Blogger again today! I inadvertently deleted the blog list on my sidebar and can’t add it back in with all of my subscription and GFC lists. I noticed the problem last week when I wanted to manually add in some new subscriptions. In addition, I’ve noticed that when I follow someone through GFC, that blog’s name is not automatically placed into my blog list on my sidebar. I have

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  It was bitter cold today, as a result of an ice storm we had overnight. While surrounding areas got dumped on with snow, we only had a light dusting here in the southern suburbs of town. Early this morning, even though it was still quite dark, I could see that there was a thick ice layer on the driveway, street, and sidewalk. After daylight made its appearance and I saw the icy glimmer on

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In order to not go completely and utterly mad after purging and cleaning this past week, I decided I needed to create something that made me feel that life does go on after the holidays. Thus, a winter cloche was put together for the baker’s rack in the great room.   After all the overabundance of Christmas finery, I needed something serene and simple; so I created a winter cloche for

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    Oh my gosh, with all of the purging I’ve done after putting away 40 boxes of Christmas decorations, I have come to the conclusion that I have collected way too much stuff in my house! Multiple the number of boxes in the picture below by 6 and you’ll have an idea of how much I’ve boxed up so far.  So do you believe me now when I say I have waaay too much stuff?

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                                                                                                              Congratulations to Kathryn from Take My Breath Away!     . Kathryn has won her choice of a number sign, as stipulated in the give-away rules.   I want to thank all of my followers who entered and helped celebrate my little milestone!

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                                           Give-away is now closed.   Oh my- who remembers that song lyric?   *grin* To celebrate achieving 500+ followers, I’m starting out the new year with by offering a give-away of a beautiful home address number sign from Ramsign, Europe’s premium supplier of traditional enamel signs.

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                                                              Wishing all of you a prosperous                                                                                           and                                                      Happy New Year in 2012!       .

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    I knew that I wanted to use my bulb tray as the centerpiece for this Christmas vignette in the great room. My thought was to us an old photograph of two children from the early 1900’s as my starting point. I imagined that these two young siblings came from a well-to-do family living in a brownstone house on a cobblestone street in the city.     Just look at the sweet, innocent faces

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    . I was warmed by this sight as I walked through the foyer tonight. The brown and gold tree was gleaming brightly and the buffet and staircase were both highlighted and shadowed by the lighting from the lamp and chandelier. Today’s weather was rainy, dreary, and dark, so I turned the lights on earlier this morning. I simply I forgot about them and didn’t turn them off when I left the

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  Why is it that we never use the dining room except for holidays and special occasions?  Most of the time, ours is used to spread out paperwork and projects! But come Christmas time, it gets special treatment and some pretty coverings. This year, the table got a little bling by way of mercury glass and some other silver touches.  Add in some cream with tablecloths and some lace, and I

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  I originally posted this in December of 2009 but felt it warranted publication again. This sight at our National Cemetery is so wondrous; and the act, itself, is selfless.                                                                                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can you possibly imagine imagine seeing and experiencing this awesome sight?  Just think of the

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  Here are the last of the trees this Christmas! A miniature tree has been “planted” into a pot and placed in the downstairs bathroom. It features a fun animal theme- dogs, rabbits, horses, bears, and ducks…. Everything a small child would enjoy. And this big kid thinks it is fun, too!           The tree, itself, is a miniature country style tree with skinny little

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In addition to yesterday’s post of my holiday trees, here are more photos of some of my other Christmas trees. Now remember, not all of the trees are full-sized. There are some “baby ones” and some miniature ones, too.  So here’s a teeny- tiny one in my kitchen. It has a gingerbread theme- it is the kitchen, after all!  I used to have a 5-foot tree in here, but the base broke and I didn’t have

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  I think I am obsessed with putting up multiple Christmas trees! And themed ones, at that.  This year was no different, other than the fact that I never finished putting up the purple and green tree.  It took me so much longer to get organized this year, so I was rushing up until the last minute to get things done today. Now that may not seem a daunting task, but taking three weeks to put up

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  This holiday season, I chose to use more simpler and more natural and subdued colors for the  great room fireplace mantel.  It might be deemed as “blah” by some, but the silver bling that I used last year just didn’t fit the theme I was going with this year.  We set up the southwest themed tree, so more neutral colors were called for. I added a slight touch of red to coordinate with the red

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    As some of you may know, I am just a little crazy about all the Christmas trees that I decorate every year- yup, a little obsessive/compulsive would be the most accurate way to describe it!  I usually put up 7 trees.  Now,before you go getting all judgmental on me- they all aren’t full-size trees…..    Three of them are 8 feet tall- some skinny and some fat; two are 6 footers; a couple are

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  I received a very sweet package delivery last week. It was a gift from blogging friend, Sue, from Rue Moufettard. She had seen my post on the black and white bird plates in my kitchen hutch and knew that I was on the look-out for more. Well, she went shopping at her local Tuesday Morning store and came up with two more plates for me!

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My newest blogging gal pal has turned into a real life pal!  I met Kathy, from Creative Home Expressions, while visiting her blog via a party link, a few weeks back. She had mentioned in a previous post that she had recently moved to Ohio from Long Island.  I, being the nosey one, wrote and welcomed her to the Buckeye State. Long story short…. I determined that she must live fairly close to

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  After a couple of weeks of seeing green and rust in the kitchen hutch, I decided to change the décor last week. I needed a simpler and  cleaner color palette to work with, and in my book, there’s nothing more classic than black and white. So out came my new bird themed dessert plates from Tuesday Morning. I could only find four at the store near me, so I should probably check out another

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  We went on another Friday outing last week and enjoyed a fun day of looking at vintage items. The adventure began in Granville, Ohio where we had hoped to find lots of industrial and other goodies at a barn sale. Unfortunately, the sale was not what it was last year. I came away with only a few finds that I’ll show in a later post.  The goodies had already been well picked over by 8:45, when

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There are only a few cloches on display this fall season. My favorite is the large one that is on the round table in the great room. It’s filled with an old microscope that I found in my friend Jean’s booth up in Tipp City. She always has so many fun finds.  She is working on creating her own blog and hopes to have it up and running soon. I’ll keep you apprised.

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    Pam from Frippery is the winner of the canvas print give-away from UPrinting. Pam is a fellow Buckyeye Blogger and friend and I’m sure that she will be using one of her gorgeous photos to create her print. Here’s a picture I took of her at the Rural Society Antique Show two weeks ago, where she was a vendor. She’s an artist and a vintage collector, like me. The collector part, anyway. I don

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    Took a few pictures of the backyard all lit up last week. It is such a treat to walk outside and see the yard’s transformation. You can access the lower patio from the north side of the yard by way of stepping stones or by crossing the stone bridge. This is one massive piece of stone sitting on the steps!   We had the bridge lit from underneath so

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  The Rural Society sale in Mt. Vernon yielded me a few nice finds over the weekend, so I used some of them to put together another fall display. I used the largest of my three wooden nesting trays to display two of my wrapped wine bottle purchases from the sale.  Then I just added in some small items to fill in.   I’m glad that the label is

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    I’m not one to pass up a barn sale and here in Ohio, we have our share of them!  The husband and I drove up to Mt. Vernon early Friday morning to hit the Rural Society Antique Show. The sun wasn’t up yet and didn’t make its appearance until about an hour into the trip. But when it did, this is what we saw…..   Just look at the mist on the field.

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  Wanted to show a bit more of the fall decorating before I started adding in Halloween accessories. This wire basket is the “mama” to the smaller  “baby” basket that I have on my kitchen island here.  It’s filled with a variety of “stuff,” most of it gathered from around the house and my storage closet.   This plaque that I tucked

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                . . I’ve “fall-ified” the kitchen/eating area a little bit. Most of the time, the hutch is filled with white and accented with a small amount of color. For fall, I’ve used the traditional fall colors of rust and green for the main items. The top of the hutch didn’t change, though.  I couldn’t find anything in rust and green that fit up there! .

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  The front entry to our home has been “fall-ified.”   …. My word for spiffed up for autumn!   This house has no front porch, just a covered enclosure two stories high.   You can slightly see the huge window above the door in this shot. The sunlight streams through the glass on glorious fall days and the foyer is filled with light until late

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                                 Congratulations to Diane @Lavender Dreamer for winning the $50 Lowe’s gift-card, courtesy of Hometalk!!!                                                            I’ve sent you an e-mail, Diane. Hope to hear back from you soon.

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  I’ve been hustling to add more autumn decorating to the house. Seems that I’ve been piecing things together a little at a time- I just haven’t been able to do it all in one shot! But it’s completely done now, except for the Halloween stuff. That won’t go up for a while, because I want to savor the fall décor a little longer.   The glass cocktail table in the great room got its

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  We hosted a small outdoor party for the husband’s brothers and their wives on Saturday night and I received some very yummy and pretty hostess gifts from two of my sisters-in-law.   I received a nice loaf of home baked banana bread tied up in a brightly colored tea towel from Bette. She cracked me up because she said that she had to go to the grocery store to buy aluminum

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    click button to link This is a reprise of an old post, written

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                                                               Now, THIS is a DOOZEY of a give-away!!

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    Give-away Now Closed On Monday, I posted about the completion of our backyard landscaping project.  You can see that post HERE. What I forgot to do in my haste and excitement was to announce that I’d be sponsoring a give-away to celebrate this momentous occasion! The give-away is being sponsored by Hometalk, an online site that I discovered and joined in June. Hometalk’s site is filled

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  I’ve been a little neglectful of the fall decorating this year- my mind has been on finishing up the backyard and having some outdoor par-tays, so the interior of our house has gone un-decorated for the autumn season. By this time last year, the house had been done for a month!  So I quickly put the mantel décor together this morning so I could join Layla’s Fall Mantel Party.     You

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Our vision for the backyard was finally realized ten days ago, as the crew from The Site Group left our home after their final work day. It was a fun run over the course of the six week project. There were only small tweaks made to the original design plan and the job ran very smoothly, thanks to the experience of the foreman and his crew. The only major hiccup in the work timeline was the

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  We’re entering the fifth week of our landscape project here at the Sullivan household and last week was another busy one for the The Site Group crew. Fortunately, the summer heat hasn’t been too unbearable for them over the past four weeks, with the exception of a couple of really hot days last week. Even still, they accomplished a tremendous amount of work and the yard is well on its way to

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  The landscape crew from The Site Group has been hard at work creating an amazing transformation for our backyard over the past few weeks. I’ve been busy with projects of my own and haven’t made the time to post anything until today.  We’re three weeks into the yard overhaul and my vision for the yard is finally coming to fruition. From this……         To this….. The lower

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  This is what our backyard looks like after four days of work! It’s now home to a backhoe, loader, literally TONS of stone, tools, and DIRT!  Even the street in front of our house has 2 big piles of gravel.         This is what the yard looked like llast week.  There was still  grass- albeit long, but who mows the lawn the day before the workmen get here to start digging it up? Not me

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  Rene, from Cottage and Vine, is hosting a new monthly meme called Room by Room and her debut party is featuring the entryway. The foyer in our home is bright and airy most of the day. In fact, so much sun shines in from the large window above the doorway, there is nearly always a glare in here!

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  Yup, that’s the question that I would love to have an answer for!  I went out to water my flowers and shrubs yesterday and discovered that one of my hydrangea bushes was bare, except for one bloom!  Hello…..  These bushes are in the side yard and someone would have had to walk into my yard or the neighbor’s driveway to pick them! And I know that this probably occurred in the dead of night, but

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The side garden is thriving, even in Ohio’s humidity and summer heat. The hydrangeas began blooming a few weeks ago and the bushes are even more prolific than in this photo from a week ago.           I have a couple of metal garden ornaments hanging in the bed with the hydrangeas. This one is a cute dragonfly, painted in green and cream. The rust only adds to the charm, don’t you

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  I’ve decided that instead of saying that I’m going “thrifting,”  I’m now going to be calling it, ” hunting and gathering.”  I have more than a few friends who just don’t understand why I like to frequent yard and rummage sales. They think that “thrifting” sounds like I am out scrounging!  LOL   So hunting and gathering it is…   Do ya think it gives what we do a little more class?  Or does it

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This is the strangest thing- I compiled two previous posts about my blue and white collection to publish this today. Some crazy glitch happened in Live Writer and it didn’t originally post with today’s date. Instead, since one of these posts was from January, Writer over-rode the original post for that day and published this!  So I went into Blogger to change it there. When I played

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  It’s time, once again, to show off our cloches at the Summer Cloche Party being held over at Marty’s.  Some of you may recall seeing this tray vignette on the great room cocktail table a few weeks ago. I used a glass tray and topped it with both a cupcake cloche and a dome. I turned the dome upside down, jammed a whole slew of corks into it, then turned it right side up. The cupcake cloche was

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  The butterflies are here! I’ve been anxiously waiting for the butterfly bushes to bloom so I could see if they really attract butterflies. Well, the blooms are out and I saw my first butterfly yesterday while I was working out in this flower bed. While this particular fellow is not the most handsome fluttering insect I’ve ever seen, I think he was the first one to grace my new bushes. That

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    The Horton’s French Flea Market in Tipton, Indiana was just so much fun this weekend! Donna did an excellent job of organizing on this event and it was well worth the  2 ½ hour drive from Dayton. We  took some back roads through the farmland of Indiana, and it didn’t even add on any extra time to the estimated trip time that Google Maps had calculated on the interstate. The first

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                                                                    all photos courtesy of Donna @DReyne.com We’re off on another excursion to Indiana tomorrow- this time for the Horton’s Third Annual Flea Market and Artisan Fair in Tipton. I can’t wait to see what goodies will be waiting for me to see and possibly buy! I remembered seeing something about this show last year ant thought it

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  The round skirted table in the great room hadn’t been changed out since the spring and I had been wanting to change things up a bit.  I decided to keep most of the accessories; I just used them in a different way.   This is the way the table looked before. You can see more of it in this post. The sun streams into these two-story windows, so there is always a lot of glare. The 36-inch

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  Last month, my neighbor and I began walking three mornings a week in an effort to get more healthy and to lose a few pounds. So far, my neighbor is making pretty good progress. I, on the other hand, need to stop drinking regular Coke!  Then I might start showing more of a weight loss! On a more positive note, I have to admit that as a result of the walking, I now have more stamina; my

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                                                                                                                                                  The girls from Ohio are planning another outing of shopping, lunch, and fun!

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  I needed to add a little color to a  table vignette in the great room and knew I had just the right items do it.  I found these colorful spindles at the Springfield Flea Market Extravaganza earlier in the month for a mere 75¢ apiece. woo hoo- that was a bargain, don’t you think?  They simply got placed into my silver ice/champagne bucket and added to the existing side table vignette.

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  I found some fun garden accessories while thrifting last week- we all know that garden ornaments really add a lot of pizazz to landscaping beds. I hit the jackpot at a yard sale I never even planned on attending. I had just come from a bust of a sale and was on my way out of the neighborhood when I saw a directional sign for a sale I hadn’t seen advertised. Now, I don’t usually wander

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  I don’t think my brown thumb is as dark as before~  so far, I’m keeping all the plants and flowers alive in my newly landscaped front yard!!!   Plus, the yard’s looking good with the addition of a few thrifty items. This is my favorite color of geranium.  I used them in the two urns outside my front door.   I opted not to have plantings directly outside the

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    The cocktail table in the great room got a simple little change over the weekend.  I removed a large metal basket filled with magazines and replaced it with a glass tray and a few random accessories that I gleaned from here and there around the house.  All of this gleaming glass on the table really lets the pattern of the rug show through.              I like using

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  This is the store where I held my Vintage Porch Sale last weekend. Isn’t it cute? Debbie is one of the nicest shopkeepers around and has a lot of pretty things here; so if you’re ever in Waynesville, Ohio, be sure to stop in, say hi, and tell her I sent ya!  It was an ordeal to transport all my “Junque” to another location. Thank goodness I was under 15 minutes from there- I wouldn’t have

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  First, the joke…… One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied, “I can’t accept money from you; I'm doing community service this week.” The florist was pleased and left the shop. When the barber went to open his shop the next morning, there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door. Later, a cop

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  Okay, you all know Mike and Frank of the History Channel’s American Pickers show, right?  What?! You don’t  know who these two funny guys are?  Well, go here first.  I’ll wait….                  Okay, you must be back or you already know who these guys if you’re reading this sentence. And if you didn’t take the time to visit the link, here’s the quick low-down.  Mike and Frank travel

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  The title of this post connotes that this is a spring season table top vignette, but there is a second meaning to it. I used an old bed spring in my cloche as a stand for a moss covered egg. I found several of these rusty old springs last summer, but I put them away and couldn’t find them! I know I’ve told you I do this all the time and I’ve gotten many responses that said you do the same

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  Things have been very busy around the Sullivan household recently.  So busy, in fact, that I have had nary a free moment to post anything or do much visiting.  In addition to coordinating a major landscape project for the front yard, I’ve been busy readying for the occasional sale I have planned for May 28 and 29 in Waynesville, Ohio. A friend of mine owns a shop down there and has graciously

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I’m in the midst of readying for an occasional sale at  the end of this month. Remember when I started purging back in January? Well, everything I am tired of, plus some items that I’ve found thrifting the past few weeks will be going into this sale.  I actually found this bright red finial back in the fall.  I knew I would change out its color- neutral will be a much better palette.

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  I hit a couple of yard sales last week, but since it was Easter week, there really weren’t too many of them. But I did manage to find something that caught my eye….     Did you spot it? It’s right up there on the top shelf of my kitchen hutch…..  Keep your eyes “moo”-ving…..     Here she is. The latest acquisition to my collection of “whites”  is this bovine butter dish!   I’d been

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  All week long, the Easter Bunny has been standing outside the Esther Price Candy Store in Centerville and I wave to her every time I pass by.  I’ve actually popped into the store twice to purchase some gifts, as well as to get my chocolate fix!  You see, there’s always a box of sample chocolates that sits out on the counter and I must confess that every time I pass by it, I take a sample. Or

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  Okay, here’s the original furniture that I was set to order last month before I saw the Flexsteel sectional at the High Point Market two weeks ago. It has a lot going for it- it’s comfortable;  it’s made in the states by Swiss Amish craftsmen; and I found the perfect fabrics to go with it. Here’s the husband checking paperwork after having placed an order for the store.   This sectional

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This is what the husband saw in the Flexsteel showroom at the furniture market a couple of weeks ago……..  He thinks it would be perfect for the great room.  I thought I had found exactly what I wanted last month when we visited the Smith Brothers show, but I held off on ordering what I had selected until I’d seen the fabric samples in our home.  They just came in yesterday so I’ll have to set

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  Yes, we do!!    My friend, Jo, from Bees and Fleur de Lis,  is the winner of my give-away for  Paula Deen’s Savannah Style decorating book. I’ve contacted her and am waiting to hear back.                                                                                                                 Jo said... “Lucky you! How fun to meet Paula. I love watching her cooking shows ~ not only

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  I found my missing plates!   Yesterday, I was going to put together an Easter table-setting, but couldn’t remember where I had put the bunny and duck plates that I found for a mere pittance after Easter last year. Instead, I ended up re-posting last year’s breakfast table. You can see that post here. I found these plates at Kroger last spring, thinking that they would contribute to an adorable

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I’m don’t like to miss a party and I really wanted to make a showing at Vanessa’s and Heather’s Easter party, as well as Laurie’s Favorite Things this weekend, so I here’s a re-post of last year’s Easter breakfast table. I only have a few things set out for Easter this year, and most of them mimic what I did last season. Even still, I haven’t gotten around to taking photos of anything!  So

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  One of the highlights of our trip to the High Point Furniture Market last week was meeting Paula Deen, the “Queen of Southern Cuisine.” Her line at Universal Furniture was just so pretty. It’s a blend of  several southern styles- from laid back comfort, all the way to old world elegance.  I wish I had been able to take more photos, but as you may recall, I was dealing with the husband’s

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    After seeing all those great vignettes at  furniture market last week, I knew I would have to get busy and create at least one new table display here at home this week.  My head is still spinning from all the different styles I was attracted to in the many showrooms we visited.   Am I traditional? Am I contemporary? Do I like bits and pieces of country or shabby chic?  I took a decorating

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  My last post promised a couple of pictures from our book signing with Paula Deen at the High Point furniture market, so here they are…  I finally managed to configure the husband’s phone to e-mail myself these photos this morning. One of the organizer’s assistants took this picture of us with Paula  during our visit to the Universal Furniture showroom on Sunday. The guy was having issues with

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  Yup….    that’s  exactly what she said when we sat down to meet her on Sunday.  And the wait to see her was not long at all. We chatted in line with the group in front of us and we thanked our lucky stars that we were able to be included in the last of the group to see her. The organizer turned away a large number of people who tried to get in line behind us!

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                                            It’s a party at Shelia’s to show off our favorite cupboards!                                                                                                                                                                                         click to link     I guess I would have to say that my black hutch really is the heart of the

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  Life has been busy these past few weeks, but I managed to do a bit of thrifting.  With all this chilly, rainy weather we’ve been having here in Ohio, I think people are hesitant to schedule their yard sales until the weather warms up. But the estate sales have begun in earnest, since they are held inside. I hit a couple sales last week and came away with a few bargains.   The

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  Some of you may recall that I used this picture as my blog banner for quite a while. It’s the family homestead in County Kerry, Ireland. The house has been vacant for many years and is slowly “going back to the land,” as the Irish say.  It now looks like this….   The family has traced its history to Peter and Mary Daly Sullivan, who came over from Ireland in the mid 1800

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  It’s that time of year when we are all looking forward to a change in the weather and getting out of the doldrums of winter. Spring has been a long time coming and even though our resident groundhog didn’t see his shadow, it is still cold, rainy, and dreary here in Ohio.  I have a feeling we will be experiencing a few more weeks of inclement weather; so what better way to lift my frame of mind

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                                                                                                                               For two frustrating weeks, I’ve been dealing with a slow running computer.  I could connect to the internet, but websites took forever to load and things would just come to a complete standstill.  After much frustration, I finally decided that I needed to buy a new

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    I’ve recently added three more pieces to the blue transferware collection I have in my kitchen hutch.  The large blue plate and the two identical small plates on either side of it were purchased from fellow Ohio blogger and friend, Cindy.          I like the large floral pattern on this dinner plate. Lots of flowing vines…   There is  one small residual area of staining on the

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  I had the pleasure of meeting Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman, at a book signing in Columbus on Saturday.  I met up with Ohio blog pals, Cindy, Lori, and La, for a day of shopping at Scott’s Antique Show, lunch, and a some quality girl talk while waiting for Ree to sign the books we bought.                                                                          My Book Signing

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  I’m guest posting today at Brenda’s  Cozy Little House  for her Blogger Tips Monday.  Thanks, Brenda, for letting me come over and spout some information that I hope will be helpful to a few peeps!                                                                                          click on Brenda’s button to visit this amazing, fun, and talented lady!

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  Before I get started painting the study, I thought I’d take a few shots of the built-in bookshelves tucked into the corner of the room.   Things will stay this way until I select new furniture at furniture market in April and decide what style I want to go with in regards to accessories.  After getting rid of my sofa and tables last month, the only thing left in the room is my desk and chair.

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  I am stumped.  While I usually find it easy to help select paint colors for someone else, I’m having  a hard time trying to decide what I’m doing for myself!  I’ve always leaned toward earthy colors, but I’m trying to get away from them and move towards the gray palette.  A cooler look, without being sterile.  I started searching in my Sherwin Williams paint deck last week and happened upon

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    This sign in a Marshall’s Store caught my eye when I was wandering down the food aisle.     Sorry for the blurriness, I snapped both signs rather fast before some muncher could figure out what I was doing.     Apparently the store is having an issue with customers opening packages and sampling the goods.   I asked a sales person about the sign and she confirmed that the staff

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  I have a dirty little secret….   I’ve always thought of myself as a very clean person and a good housekeeper. Heck, I don’t even own a mop- I wash floors on my hands and knees!   Does anybody else even do that anymore? So after wondering why the grout between the kitchen tiles kept getting darker and darker, I finally realized the problem- the installer didn’t seal the grout! Translation-

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  I recently received these pictures in an e-mail from a friend. How DID these animals get into their predicaments, I wonder?   This poor fellow was probably just peeking out from behind this cinder block wall when he saw a cat and decided to give chase.     One little hole and one big elephant doesn’t make for a good situation.

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                                                            Now I know some of you remember that I said I was going to keep my holiday decor up a little longer  than usual, but I couldn’t take it any longer and I actually started taking down the holiday decor two days after Christmas. Problem is that I just finished today!   How could it have possibly taken this long?  It’s been one

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  Uh huh- just one more day of 2010 and one more day of  dealing with one of my many bad habits. You know what I mean!  I can’t possibly be the only one out there with big plans to begin a New Year’s diet and try to lose some weight, can I?  I have a plan for 2011.  I’m gonna start slow and attempt to get off some of the “middle age spread” that has taken over my body.  And if I begin with the

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  I hope that everyone enjoyed a beautiful Christmas celebration!  It was rather uneventful in our empty nest household. We spent Christmas Eve with my sister-in-law and her family and on Christmas day we stayed indoors and watched a marathon of holiday movies on the tube.  After yesterday, I am so glad that I record my favorite movies and television shows on the DVR. I have come to the

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  Didn’t want to forget the Santa Claus figurines displayed in the kitchen hallway.   This shelf hangs on the wall in the narrow entrance to the kitchen. It’s difficult to shoot head-on~ thus the bad angle and lighting.  But it gives you a little perspective as to where these Santa figures reside during the holidays.         This grouping is comprised of hanging ornaments. I started

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  I had been humming the song  “Up on the rooftop, reindeer pause…”  for a several days in a row when it inspired me to place some Christmas decor up on top the refrigerator. In my opinion, the top of the refrigerator should never be bare, much less during the Christmas season, so I allowed some Santa’s to pause and play on the top of mine!     I found all of these Santa figures at Kohl’s

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  The bar got a touch of Christmas whimsy this week. The addition of a tall stand of snow flocked trees and a couple of plates was all it took to give the bar area some holiday flair.                 It’s always fun to add in a touch of whimsy wherever you can. Who wouldn’t want to relax and imbibe a little cocktail during this hectic atmosphere of shopping and decorating

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  In keeping with my mantra to make my holiday decorating much simpler this year, I didn’t adorn the banister with garland. Instead, I hung a thick, bright green moss wreath over the small buffet in the foyer.  Sun constantly streams through the second-story window in the mornings, filling the entry with an overabundance of light. It really makes the color of the mossy green wreath stand

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  The hutch in the kitchen seems to be filled with white dishes all year ‘round, but for this year’s holiday season, I added Starlight Santa plates for another touch of classic black.                Sprigs of boxwood from our bushes outside add a slight touch of greenery to the shelf, while crocheted snowflake ornaments hang inside the top of the

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  Although I pared down the decorating this holiday season, I made sure that I would still include several cloches.   This miniature Santa under glass in actually a lamp finial. I simply placed him in a pile of “snow” that I made up again this year.  It’s so sparkly and real-looking, don’t you think?  I used the same product that I used last year for my snow. HERE is the link for it.

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  Talk to the hand! Does anybody remember that old phrase?     This is one huge ceramic hand!  It’s an authentic ceramic mold used by a New Jersey manufacturing company for the production of men’s and women’s gloves.  The hand was a purchase at the French Hen Farmhouse fall sale back in October.  I found a smaller one at the Christmas sale yesterday, but haven’t set it out yet.  This

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    I used the vintage bulb tray that I bought this summer to create a natural and rustic look for this cocktail table vignette. I incorporated three mini chartreuse trees to mimic traditional Christmas trees and added in some giant sugar pinecones for more texture.         A little bling never hurts; so in keeping with the silver theme I’ve used in this room, I incorporated  more

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