Welcome

Welcome to our old farmhouse. Over the past year I have learned so much history of this house and the people who lived here. Ninety six years of love, loss, hopes and dreams. Preservation continues and there is always a repair to be done. We are trying to be purest in our preservation as much as we possibly can. I hope you follow along and each week I will try to give you a little history of the house as well as the first owners of the house. I've been lucky enough to find a journal from a Granddaughter who talks about the house as well as her Grandparents. So come follow along and learn about this old house as well as the occupants, old and new.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!
I changed up my Bombay chest a little for
Valentines Day. So come enjoy a glass of wine and
enjoy the evening!
A Family Dollar Store painting I found years ago.
I love all the color!
I got most of the feathers for the arrangement at
Hobby Lobby. I already had the grass.





The next photos are from my volunteer job in
Charleston at Middleton Plantation. So unfortunately
this little place is not on my list to buy. But a girl can
 dream, can't she.
Some of the beautiful Camellias in bloom.
A view of the Ashley River from the ruins of the
main house.
The ruins of the main house.

The reflecting pond

I'm linking up with "A Stroll Thru Life " tonight for
Table Top Tuesday. See you there!

Monday, February 6, 2012

China Cabinet Redo

Thanks for taking the time to stop by for a visit. There's
not allot I can do with all this stuff in this little space,
so I decided to make a few changes to my china hutch.
The inspiration came from this place mat I found at Ross
last fall.
The hutch was originally a dark wood tone, I wanted
to use it with the black chest I showed last week for
Table Top Tuesday so I gave her a good ole coat of
black paint and a little distressing and the pieces work
pretty well together.
I found this wrapping paper at the Dollar Tree last
year at Christmas. It's not an exact match, but pretty
close to the place mat.
 

Sorry for the glare!

So I guess thats about it for my handiwork this week.
So lets do a little house shopping in my little town.
Now I can promise you that if I had the chance ten
years ago to buy this ole girl, she would have been
mine. She a little big for just two people, at 3800
square foot she is only 400 square foot larger than
our old house and that's a little much. If you like
 old houses, you will be drooling over this one!


Would you like to sip some tea on the porch?
Gotta love those windows and doors!
Music room, ladies parlor?
Lots of great dinners here, I bet!!
Can we say Foyer??
Upstairs hallway leading to the upstairs balcony.
One of the four bedrooms.
 Ok, so now I'm going to walk my babies and since
this ole girl is on our walking route I'm going to drool.
But first, I'm going to join in Table Top Tuesday at























Monday, January 30, 2012

Old Things In A New Space

 Thanks for stopping by!
It's been quiet a bit of time since my last post, but I
been visiting everyone. Of course we made the move
and what a time it has been. Moving back to the south
after living in WV, quiet a change, even though I did
visit often. We still have not bought a house, but it was
blessing that we already had a rental and could move
everything here until we buy. Probably 50% of
 everything is still in boxes, but remember I moved from
3400 square foot to 1400 square foot, but since we are now
empty Nester's we can live with a little less. With that said
you make the best of the situation, especially if you are
lucky enough to sell a house in this economy!
Well here is my contribution to Tabletop Tuesday, yes
that is brown paneled walls you see there, ( and carpet to
match). Everything on this chest is from our old house
just put together a little differently.
 The lamps were yard sale finds a couple of years
age. They were an ugly green but with a little
 black paint don't look all that bad. This is a small
dining area off the living room.
 A $2.00 yard sale find last summer.

 Gotta unpack that wine!
 A little light on the situation!

I'm linking up to A Stroll Thru Life tonight and I can't
 wait to see everyone's creations. Hope you will visit
again soon and join me in exploring my new little
town in the low country of South Carolina. From time
 you can go house hunting with me.
Hope everyone lets me know what they think, I love
 comments!