Get Cozy

Thanks for taking the time to visit with me today.

So in honor of your visit, lets go downstairs and

have a cup of hot chocolate. I know I just showed

this little space a week ago, but I thought I might

change things up a little and replace the silver tea

service with a copper chocolate pot and three little

cups from Germany, I found several years ago.

Now lets not forget when we finish our chocolate,

we have to visit Susan at

"Between Naps On The Porch"

for Tabletop Thursday.

Are you warm and cozy now? There are spoons if you would like to stir in your whipped cream, and napkins if you need one.

I found the chocolate pot on ebay last winter.

It's one of my favorite copper pieces.

Well thanks for visiting.

Bye For Now,

Does This Count?

I wasn't sure if this would count as a table top,

but I will show it anyway, since I am still falling

behind in my fall decorating. You know we

all have those huge black hole in our fireplaces, so

I decided to brighten mine up a little!

A few pine cones and fall foliage added to the

greenery I already had in the fireplace. A throw in Autumn colors, with a few pillows.

Well may be to make it official for Marty's

Table Top Tuesday I will add a little something to

the mantle.

This might work to.

Without the light on.

The other side of the fireplace.

Hope this qualifies me for

"Table Top Tuesday".

Bye For Now,

Changes

Welcome to my kitchen, come join me while

I make a few changes! After spending a little

time with me be sure to drop by

"Between Naps On The Porch"

and enjoy lots of wonderful ideals, waiting for

you there.

My eat in kitchen has looked like this for the

last few years. So after seeing all the faux

fireplaces out there in blog land, I decided to try

one. My heart always beats a little faster when

I see that wonderful fireplace in Paula's kitchen!

Not that mine will be anything that wonderful and

grand, but I can pretend, can't I??

The old....

My old wooden ironing board I used with my

old farm table. This table has saw better days I'm sure, but I love it!

So in keeping with that rustic look, here is a peak! No mantle yet, just the surround.

A couple of coat hooks from Hobby Lobby

will help hold the mantle in place.

Now all this started from all this great old barn

wood. Worm holes and all!

I have lots!

Well I that's enough of that until next week, and

I hope to be finished with this little project.

I turned the table lengthwise and added another

wooden bench. By turning the table lengthwise,

there will be more room to walk around it. Now with the extra bench, I can seat six at

this table.

I have these oak chairs dressed in a slip cover,

it helps dress the table up a little and creates

quiet a contrast!

Maybe toooo plain????

What do you think?????

Well did anyone see the post from Cote De Texas?

If you did, you saw the beautiful covered benches.

Yes, I copied the ideal to add a little softness!

Of course mine are no where near as glamorous,

as the ones in her post. Be sure to visit and see

that beautiful home!

My little bench covers started life as a bed skirt!

Yes I said bed skirt!! Now let me explain, sometimes

my ideals seen a little strange, I know, but please

remember I live forty five minutes from the

nearest fabric store, Walmart, ect. sooo when I want

to do anything, I have to consider the two hour travel

time, to even get my supplies, hence a vivid

imagination. I saw that the covers in the post

were pleated, remembered a white bed skirt I had

in my stash along with the dark brown material.

Oh my, tooo white. Well lets go take a coffee break!

I let the bed skirt stay in the old coffee for about

twenty minutes and now I ave a great color match

to the chair covers.

Thanks for visiting.

Hope you come back to follow the saga of Changes!

See you at Marty's!!

Where We Gather

It's been sometime since I posted for

Tablescape Thursday, but maybe

things will get a little less hectic for me with

summer winding down.

So be sure to stop by

"Between Naps On The Porch"

to visit and see all the wonderful ideals waiting

for you there. We have a center island in our kitchen and

it seems anyone who visits always ends up

there. The three of us usually have our meals

here, but today it's just the two of us for a

little soup and salad!

Nothing here is new, everything is recycled from

previous years. The black plate is acting as my

charger and the orange plate playing the role of

my salad plate. I used the little pumpkin mug

as a soup bowl. The napkins and place mats

were found at a thrift store.

The stemware and plates came from Penny's

many, many years ago.

These little mugs came from a yard sale

again, many, many years ago.

Well thanks for visiting, I hope to see everyone

Sunday. I have a new project going on in my

kitchen (a faux fireplace mantle), I'm not sure

if I will be able to get everything finished by

Sunday, but I'm trying. Maybe I can give

you a sneak peak.

See you next week.

Bye for now,

A Touch Of Fall

Thanks to Marty at

"A Stroll Thru Life"

for hosting and giving everyone the opportunity

to share ideals.

I have been moving in the direction of fall

decorating, but I haven't gotten allot accomplished

to tell you the truth. I just don't want to let

go of summer!

Here are a few little vignettes I have in my

dining room. I left the dark burgundy tablecloth

on the table and started adding oranges and golds.

The old crock holding the dried hydrangeas

is hand made. I bought it years ago from a

friend who was in the process of downsizing

from her family home in Charleston. She told

me stories of her Grandmother using the crock

in the fireplace with fresh flowers from the

garden to brighten things up a little. Her

memories and stories were priceless. How

many of us have the opportunity to live in an

old plantation house where generations of our

family have lived and handed down stories and

traditions?

The amber glasses were a thrift store find and

the candelabra a yard sale find. All I have to

do is add plates and flatware, then dinner will be

served!

Orange napkins, brass napkin rings, on rattan place mats.

The place mats were also found at a yard sale

for.....

Are you ready?

$1.00 for four!!! Can't beat a deal like that!!

A bad picture of the tablecloth, very bad color!

Now for the sideboard!

Have to add a little copper, after all this is

Copper~n~Things!

I found this copper bowl at Cracker Barrel

several years on sale after Thanksgiving.

Lets move onto my Grandmothers desk.

Now I have a confession!

I planned on participating in Marty

Cloche Party, but I was a week off!

Go figure, I thought this Friday was the

17th, imagine my surprise, when I logged

on Friday night and saw all the cloche vignettes! How funny is that?

I changed the large picture over the desk to

this one I found years ago at a yard sale.

I just think it looks like fall. This is the same

picture I used last fall in my foyer with the

orange plates. Same ole decorations, just used

in different rooms. Who knows where it will be

next year!

Well thank for visiting. Hope I didn't bore you

tooooooo... much. Hope to be with everyone

Thursday for TT at Susan's.

Bye For Now,