The Babies Are Coming To Grandma's House

I'm fluffing the pillows and making the rooms smell good.

Three of my Grandchildren are coming to visit this weekend.

All little girls need their own space with lots of dolls to play

with and a nice canopy to snuggle under.

I can do anything my brother can do!

I'm a loner, I can entertain myself.

All little boys need their space too. A picket fence bed will

be good to snuggle in, under a birdhouse blanket.

My Little Man.

Mom and Dad will need a little refuge for themselves.

A nice feather mattress, down comforter and pillows.

Don't worry about the kids they are with me!!

I realized once I had posted these pictures these rooms look

very white, trust me they are not. This room has red carpet

and red accessories. And the girls room has dark blue carpet

with blue accessories. I use allot of toile fabric with French

antiques as well as English and American antiques.

Feel free to leave a comment or suggestion and I will see

everyone Thursday at Susan's. Have a great week!!!

Triple Post

I would like to thank both our hosts for these parties, and

remind everyone to visit and get some really great ideals.

I am also going to try and answer a few questions or show a

picture, since I have been bad and not answered questions

individually, I don't know where my time goes. I would also

like to Thank everyone for your gracious and kind comments

and all your encouragement it means the world to me!!!

This is a full view of the pepper grinder I used on my

Tuscany tablescape.

I had several people commenting on my cloche, they

thought it might be an antique because of the air

bubbles in it. It's not!!! I bought it several years ago

at Big Lots.

This is a larger picture of my wine rack. Yes it is shaped

like a cello, it holds ten bottles of wine. It was a gift

from my DH a couple of years ago for Valentines Day.

As you can tell I like unusual stuff, and take my word

for it you will be seeing more!! Once again Thank You

for your interest.

Now for my first Thrifty find. I have no ideal what this is.

I found it at the thrift store for .50 and just couldn't pass

it up. Looks like it may have been some sort of drying rack.

After a few new spindles on the bottom and a little stain,

not to bad. But the question will be asked, (what is that

thing)?

Well it could hold extra dishes and linens.

Let me think of something else I could do with it.

My next find was a .25 tassel. Way to plain for me!!!

See I told you I knew what this thing was. Simple, it holds

guest towels .

Now I can live with this tassel.

I know I said last Sunday I would show you the completed

facelift to one of my guest bathrooms. But as construction

goes, it didn't all go this week. So I am going to show you a

sneak peek, at some of whats gone on. So here we go!!!

This was the beautiful stick on tile we had before!!!

Sorry I didn't mean to hurt your eyes twice.

This is what I am living with now.

This my dear friends is the cottage cheese off the ceiling.

And if you think this is ugly, you would not have wanted

to see me, because I was the scrapper, sander and painter.

The plain white textured wall.

Same wall with some bead board and my surprise

piece for the room. You will find a surprise peice in every

room in my house. You can still see a little piece of the green

floor in the background. I love the contrast between all the

white and the antique chest. I changed the knobs from the

original wooden knobs the chrome and white. The chest

recieved a very light sanding, then staining. I failed to get a

picture of the old vanity, but next week you will know what it

lookied like when I show you a picture of the lighting, it all

matched, in the 70's. I hope you have enjoyed your visit and

will come back soon. Please leave a comment, and I will see

everyone at Barb's Tuesday!!!

Welcome to another Tablescape Thursday hosted by the

gracious Susan at Between Naps On The Porch. Please

be sure to stop by Susan's to see all the beautiful tablescapes.

Since our rain has subsided we will be dinning on the deck tonight.

So please join me for my version of Dinner in Tuscany

A little knowledge is good!!!

So glad you could join me, I am using a very simple table setting.

A very pale gold tablecloth with dark gold fabric crossing over

to define my place settings. We will be using tea towels for napkins

with the same dark gold in the pattern. My serving bowls are

the same dark golds and earth tones that are in my plates.

Would you like to sit on the bench or maybe pick your style

of chair, nothing matches tonight.

Grapevine hanging from above.

Our centerpiece , jars of pasta placed between two large

candle holders. I used dark gold candles tonight for lighting.

We have a little biscotti, a pepper grinder for fresh pepper

and a little olive oil for those who would like some.

Time for dinner to be served!!!

I have used very plain earth colored dinner plates

with dark rich colored gold salad plates. The

silverware is gold, a gift, several years ago from

my husbands parents.

Two different wine glasses, one smaller plan one and a

larger one with grapes etched into them. Shall we go to

the wine rack for our wine.

Not a great selection, but will have to do.

Shall we eat? One of my favorite things, the pepper grinder

that looks like a wine bottle.

I hope you have enjoyed our little dinner and will visit

again soon. Maybe someday soon we will go to France for

dinner (on my deck of course). Please leave a comment,

and don't forget to visit all the other beautiful

tablescapes. Everyone have a great weekend and

I will see you Monday!!!

Double Post

Today I am doing a double post. I will be joining Barb at

Grits and Glamour for Tea Time Tuesday and Cuisine

Kathleen for Let There Be White Tablescape. Thanks Barb

for hosting this event, everyone be sure to join Barb and the

the other participants for a great party.

Tea in my niche all done up in purple. Mr Bumble Bee

has decided to join us.

Looks like we have s0me pretty chive biscuits and some

green tea with fresh mint from the garden.

A black tea pot.

A prettylittle purple tea towel.

Some jam on our biscuit, a little Paula to read.

Always fresh cuttings from the garden.

Hope you enjoyed our little Tea Time now lets hop on over

for a visit in the garden for a Let There Be White Tablescape

lunch for two. Now just follow me...

Everyone please be sure to visit

Cuisine Kathleen and all the other participants for

for some great ideals.

Lunch for two in the garden, with a beach theme.

Care to sit down and join me. We have pearls as

napkin rings and sea shells as place cards. Looks

like some sweet tea will be served.

Tiny white flowers nesting in our pearls.

More flowers scattered on the table.

Starfish plates for our salad.

White iron stone for our lunch plate as well as our charger.

White handles on our silverware.

More white flowers on the table.

Oh look, a placesetting for me!!!

I hope you have enjoyed our Tea in the Niche and our

Lunch in the Garden and will visit again soon. Please don't

forget to leave a comment, everyone is also invited back

for Thursday party at Susan's, we will be having dinner

in Tuscany.... See you then!!