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!!

Welcome to another Metamorphosis Monday hosted

by Susan at Between Naps On The Porch. Everyone be

sure to visit Susan and all the other participants for

this event and some great ideals. Thanks Susan for

hosting this event. This is a picture of my house in 2005 after move in day.

Not allot of landscaping, just some large old shrubs.

We have moved along a little to 2006. A little better,

this was the first small pond I had in the front yard.

And notice the difference the white shutters made.

Day lily bed not too bad looking. Now moving along to 2009.

Large old shrubs are gone, flower beds a little more full.

Day lily bed 2009.

A sea of yellow with the river rock border.

Willow tree is much larger.

Riverbed that runs into the new goldfish pond.

Goldfish are camera shy.

This little wilderness bed is at the end of the driveway

under trees and next to the basket ball court. Not allot

of sun here, sometimes allot of abuse from the balls,

but it seems to be doing well, and the wildlife love it.

Hope you have enjoyed your little visit, and will

visit again. Please leave a comment, and I will see

everyone Tuesday at Barb's for Tea Time Tuesday..

Next week I hope to post before and after pictures

of the face lift I am giving one of my guest bathrooms.

A little hint it involves an antique chest, a vessel sink

and some red oak plank flooring.

Let's give Marty at A Stroll Thru Life a big thank you

for hosting this event. Please be sure to visit Marty

and all the other participants for some great ideals.

What might you find under a cloche at my house?

You might find a couple birds hiding on a Tablescape

Thursday or You might find a jar of gold nesting in mint or

A treasure hiding in the grapevines...

What could it be???

Words to live by!!! Thanks everyone for taking the time to stop by and I hope

you enjoyed our little visit. Please be sure to leave a comment.

Have a great weekend, I'll see you Monday!!!

I'm A Winner!!!!!

Today was the company picnic, and we were bingo

winners. This chip and dip tray from Kohl's was one

of the prizes given away. One moment please, I am

obligated to tell you this was my Daughter's call

and she allowed me to pick a gift!! That being said

lets move on.

My winning!!!!! A Paula Deen pie dish!!!!

I found this little treasure at Family Dollar Store on my

way home today $12.50. Now for my plan for this little

beauty.

A great place to store my dishes!!!

Tablescape Thursday

Welcome to another Tablescape Thursday

hosted by Susan at Between Naps On The Porch.

Thank you Susan for hosting this party.

My tablescape this week was to be outside but

since we have had three weeks of continuous

rain I had to bring the outdoors in...

Once again we are in the dining room going blue

for our pretend blue sky..

A little Welcome for my friends....

My tablescape is very whimsical today, I have used

two different color napkins with ivy from the garden as

napkin rings. No place mats or chargers, I used

cheesecloth to define the place settings.

White handles on the silverware.

No candles today, just a couple of antique lamps.

More cuttings from the garden.

A beautiful magnolia.

Still waiting on the Butler!!!

But we have a bell today!!

These are dishes that my DH bought me after we

moved into our first house. They are about

seventeen years old.

I have used blue translucent salad plates.

A water and wine glass.

A very whimsical wine glass, look at the stem!!! Says 2001..

I hope you enjoyed your visit and will come back very

soon. Please don't forget to leave a comment.

All systems are a go!!!!

The comment section of my blog is now back up and running.. My gracious daughter fixed the problem. Once again thanks Marty39. Looking forward to hearing from everyone!! Sandy

Porch & Patio Party

Welcome to another Porch & Patio Party Wednesday hosted

by the gracious Barb at Grits and Glamour. Be sure to visit Barb

and check out all the creative post. This is not really a porch it's

just a little niche as you come into my backdoor from the carport.

I love going out here and drinking coffee in the morning, tea in the

afternoon, or maybe just read a little.

It's even great sitting out here at night, I have two lamps

out here, if you get a little chilly I even have a quilt. The little purple table the fern is sitting on serves two purposes when not holding the fern, its holds my grandkids snacks. Mr. lamb hiding, waiting on the little ones to come back.

This dish is from a friend that I could never come up with

words to tell you about her, she's that special to me, and

she never misses Girls Night at my house!! Thanks Kim,

for your friendship and the dish. If you saw my post from

Monday, you saw my front porch and I also had it in

purple. I do this for a reason I have three doors that are

visible to the street in front of my house, and I think this

just makes everything a little more eye pleasing. We do

have a deck at the back of the house which allows me to

play a little, with different colors.

My front porch after dark with the topiary lights.

Hope you have enjoyed your visit, please come

again, and don't forget to leave a comment.

What's A Gardener To Do?

We had such a long and cold winter here last year that I could not

wait to get outside and work in my gardens. To my surprise while

working in my backyard garden, I found this under one of my shrubs.

Well who could disturb this scene? So I go to another part of the yard

to work, after all I have major projects to complete. Moving the small

pond from from the front yard to the back so that I could have a

waterfall feature, making the front pond twice as large, adding gold fish,

flowers, well you get the picture.

So to my surprise!! Guess who will not be working on her backyard pond today? But I will say it again, who could distrub this scene?? After all every Mother needs to teach her children to swim... To listen to Mother when she calls.....

And Swim......

Will I ever get to hear the water as it spills over?? Will I ever

plant flowers and watch them bloom as I am sitting on my

deck ? OK, I'll just move to the front yard after lunch, plenty

to do out there. After all it's spring and I'm into major projects

this year.

Well Hello!!!

Think she knew??? After all it is deeper and much larger!!

The work can wait, this is just cute to miss, let them play!!

I can go weed the Iris bed!!!

Do you think she was laughing at me???

I hope you have enjoyed my little cutties!!

I have to say it was three great weeks of watching

them grow and develope!! And I wouldn't change a thing!!!

Think this was strange??? Someday I'll tell you about the birds nest..

Metamorphosis Monday Just a small part of the changes

Lets join Susan at Between Naps On The Porch for Metamorphosis Monday. Thanks Susan for hosting this party. For this post I will be showing you a small part of the changes that have occurred to the front oh my house over the last four years. I'm starting with the front door, next week the full view.

Can we say Boring?????

Looking a little more like summer maybe???

The purple blends well with the flowering plants I have planted in the yard, which you will see next week.

Hope you enjoyed this mini makeover, and I hope you will join me next week for the full view of the Daylillies, Iris and lets not forget the goldfish pond.

First TT Party

I'm joining Susan for the TT party and my first post to the

party. Please be sure to visit all the other creative post on

Susan's blog. Now for a light summer dinner. Tonight we

will be using white and silver.

Napkins and silverwareare from an antique mall in S.C.

White woven placemat.

Cut crystal dinner plates.

Creamware salad plate.

Lead crystal salt dish with mother of pearl salt spoons.

Has anyone seen the butler? We have crumbs on the

table.

Fresh roses from the garden. Now enjoy your meal.

First Post

This is my first trip into blog land with my very own pictures. I will be trying to participate in Whats on Your Walls Wednesday hosted by the very creative Barb at Grits and Glamour. Thanks Barb for all you inspiration. Be patient PLEASE, I'm new at this!!!! I will be showing you pictures of my library/music room tonight, as I said in my profile, I love antiques. The first picture hangs over my Grandmothers antique desk. It was painted by Gilbert Smith in 1914. I purchased it at a antique shop while living in Charleston. The second picture was also purchased in Charleston at a tag sale (I think he's just toooo cute). Last but not least another of my favorites, the violin was purchased at another antique store in Charleston with Amazing Grace hanging above!!