~Family Room Re-Do AGAIN~

This is what the family room looked like with the red curtains. Since this photo was taken I have added the cream curtains, changed the pillows, added the yellow wing back chair that was in our bedroom and changed the lamp shade from cream to the red and white toile. You can click to enlarge any photo if you like.
The floral pillows you see on the plaid couch were on the cream couch that is in the front room and since I just made the blue and white toile pillows for the cream couch, I thought the floral pillows would look like nice with the plaid they also match the ottoman. I have been wanting to change the curtains and wanted to tone down some of the red although I do love red and always will, but it was time for a change. I still have a lot of red accents through out this room and throughout the entire house.
I still need to have a stain glass window made for the window in the corner. I hope by Christmas so the room will be complete. The walls are the same light butter yellow as in the kitchen, but they didn't photograph well with all the light that filters into the room.
We do most of our living in this room since the T.V is here and we can see it from the kitchen.

I made the cream afghan a few years ago, we have afghan's in every room of our home.
You can see the new french blue wall that was just painted, it picks up the blue in the floral fabric.

I had to take most of the pictures with the curtains drawn unless I held the camera to the side as to avoid the glare. Some of the color might be off a bit because of all the light. I think I need to take a photography class. Really I do.

Enjoy your week and keep creating,
Elizabeth

~Blue Kitchen~

French blue in the kitchen, I have gone blue crazy! I left the upper walls in the butter yellow and removed all the clutter I had on the top. The inside of the glass cabinets were white and I wanted a soft blue to bring out my dishes. Under the counter was changed from deep red to French Blue. Gary said why do you want to change the color, you love red!. I replied "its only paint and I still love red". (Gary just shook his head) - he loves me.


The light that filters into my home from the transom windows really changes the colors all during different times of the days. The light is picking up the pits in the rain glass.

The crocheted pot holder was made by my Great-Aunt.
Remember our trip to Pierre Deux in S.F. a few weeks ago, well this is one of the rugs we purchased and the inspiration to the shade of French Blue. I love this rug it has rooster in every corner. You can click on the picture to enlarge it if you like.
A peek inside the cabinet to take a closer look of the light blue paint. I think I might add a bit of white trim across the shelve ledge. What do you think?.
My Grandma's vintage egg plate and Irish coffee cups.

The kitchen is directly across from the dinning room so the French Blue paint under the counter really picks up the new Toile dinning room chair covers.

~8 Yards of Blue Toile~

What do you do with 8 yards of 18th-century french country blue and white toile?. you make pillows for your front room couch, slip covers for your dinning room head chairs and matching lamp shades for the vintage milk glass lamps.
I ordered the blue toile from Country Curtains http://www.countrycurtains.com/ I could not find the shade of blue I wanted in any of our local fabric stores and since I had purchased curtains from them before and have always been pleased I decided to order the fabric and I
l-o-v-e the toile I was so excited when it arrived. So now I had to get "busy" and start sewing.

The two dinning room chairs covered in pretty blue and white. I am in l-o-v-e with this fabric, I already told you that ha, but I just can't can't help myself I really do l-o-v-e it.
The lamp shades on my Grandma's vintage milk glasses lamps I think Grandma would approve.

I think the china blue and white fabric really help to make the dinning room fresh and clam.
O.k. no spilling anyone.

Torie Jayne: Anthropologie coming to UK

Torie Jayne: Anthropologie coming to UK

~It's a "56" CHEVY~

Just look at this "Beauty". A 1956 RED and WHITE Chevy 210 Del-Ray, and she's all Ours. Well O.K. almost. Gary has been shopping for a 1956 in honor of my birth year and just so happens to be his favorite year Chevy.
Gary, Dad and Son n Law took a three and half hour road trip to see this little RED lady on Sunday. The boys fell in love with her and so she will be coming home this coming weekend. She just so "PURRTY". When I turned 16 way back when my dear sweet Grandpa gave me his black and white 1957 Pontiac.. I did not realize what I had and sold her a few years later. I was so sorry I did and ever since then I have wanted a vintage car.
You all know how much I love RED, this is a perfect car for us. Gary can't wait to drive her home and shine her all up.
Looks like we might be going to "Hot August Nights" next year in Reno NV. This is one of the fun car shows to show off your Vintage car, held every year.
Now we have to name her.
Do you have a favorite vintage car?

~The Story of Two Crown Pillows~

I hope everyone has heard of "Garden Adornments", Aimee is the designer of French inspired Pillows, if you have not seen her pillows please pay her a visit, you will fall in love with her designs like I did. http://www.agardentoremember.com/
I just had to have the "Crown". I thought is was fun and playful and I could take it into every room of the house. I purchased two one in the beige burlap for my "King" and one French blue for the Queen (Me), they arrived Friday on my front porch. I was so excited to open the box. Now for the fun, where should they go? Hum. The front room would be a great place for the burlap Crown, and it would match the creamy white couch.
Lets see how you look in the middle on the couch with all the other pillows around you.
Now a little further away.
Now without the other pillows. I just love my pillows I think you can never have enough to decorate with.... Yes, I think you will stay in the front room.
Now for the French blue. Lets see how you look on our bed. Not bad.
Now on my very comfy green floral seat, Gee you look pretty good there too!.
Lets see how you look on the plaid couch in the family room. O.K. you look good there too. So now how am I suppose to make up my mind. The pink love seat, Well...... I'm not so sure on this one..
Now back to the bedroom. I think you look really pretty here too. Since I can't make up my mind where these lovely pillows should go and since they look great in every room, I will just keep moving them around from room to room..
Thank you Aimee for creating such beautiful pillows. I just saw your new white pillows and (I love the french settee pillow) and now I want those too!. What's a girl to do!.

~Guest Room Re-Do~

What we did this weekend; We had these old doors that Gary salvaged from an old pine cabinet we had outside in the back yard. The cabinet was literally falling apart, I knew we could re-use some of the wood and so we began to create head boards for the guest room. (Gary come out from behind the doors. You have some sawing to do!) The top molding from the pine cabinet, all the wood was hand carved.
Lots and lots of old rusty nails.
And the head boards were created.
First let me show you what the guest room used to look like, I posted the guest room a while back. We had a trundle bed due to the space constraints. The mirror over the bed is an antique that we painted, it's so heavy about 40 pounds.


Our Grand-daughter did not like the heavy mirror above her head, although it was securely bolted in the wall.


Also when the bottom trundle was pulled out the room was very tight and no room to move. So we needed to re-arrange the room for the Grand-kids comfort.

Come on in and see the new space for the kids. I know this light-fixture is very different that's why I like it so much. I added the little crystal's, you may need to click to enlarge the photo to see the crystal's.

We pulled out the two trundle beds and put them on either side of the walls, so both the Grand-kids could have their own bed and space, they can hide their toys underneath the bed now. I used a white wash on the old pine wood, it took two coats for the color wash. The room is much more practical now.

We are ready for the Grand-kids or my Sister to come and sleep over. There are many home made items in this room, The cross stitch picture, curtains, curtain hold backs were made from butter dishes, crochet afghan's, embroidered pillow cases, chenille bear on the bed, the dollies on the antique dresser and the round pillow that matches the curtains. The good-nite sign was had made, but I bought it at one of my favorite shops in town. ( I love home-made!)


Gary did a great job making the headboards for me. The room is much simpler now and the Grand-kids are happy!.. Me too!