White Wednesday Mantle redo

Congrats to Kathleen at faded charm for her 100th post and her year anniversary! She is the mastermind behind the fun filled White Wednesday!

Well I love my $20 Mantle. I carted this big ole mantle home 20years ago from a yard sale just down the road from my house. $20 bucks! Thats only a dollar a year! Talk about decorating on a shoestring budget! It's been white, then green, then white again. It had an old black ugly wood burning stove in it for years then a few years back we were able to put in a gas insert and two years ago we did the tile surround. ( which i would like to redo again maybe old ceiling tin or just paint the tiles?) I've had alot of fun with this piece!

My latest mantle decor is the fabulous big Ole' mirror in the awesome repurposed frame made out of old mouldings.
If your wondering how to put some extra character into your home you should seek out an old mantle, you don't need a fireplace you can just put it on a blank wall and put a bench with a pot of flowers in front of it. Or use it for a headboard like I did in my spare bedroom. Well enough about my mantle obsession.
Have a great Hump Day!
xo
Amy

Sweet Sixteen

Today is my baby's sweet sixteen Birthday. We actually celebrated all weekend long. Today we got the coveted drivers license, She got a 94% on her test and drove a stick shift,then we came home,she got in her car and drove off into the real world without me!
Now if thats not a look of a sixteen year old I don't know what is:)
Her little Vw golf that she's been waiting to drive for a year.
I love you!!!!! And dad got a million dollar umbrella policy on our insurance!

White wednesday a little white bedroom

First of all i hope Kathleen from Faded Charm is having a great time on her trip to California. I can't believe she is keeping the White Wednesday up and going during her week away.

Well remember this room? My dining room/ office. Well we've been doing a fair bit of remodeling again. We are converting the back half of the house into an apartment for my sister. So gone with the dining/office put up a new wall, paint , pack, Oh my I really had no idea I was such a pack rat! EEk big wake-up call!

This is the new bedroom for my sis. I love it so bare and simple all white and fresh paint. I told her she can sleep here , but she can't bring anything but her clothes!:) Ha she's a pack rat too so that will never happen.
She liked the old mantle in the other "spare" room that is now going to be my nephews room so we moved it here for her headboard. No bedding , curtains or blinds yet, but I will show some more pics when we put the final touches on.
This will be her little comfy living room, no more dining area, I guess she's going to have to get some t.v. trays! Someday I will explain all about the compound and show some pics of the other outbuildings occupied by other members of the family. It's a long story, but you see my husband has a thing about remodeling, sheds ,greenhouses, chicken coops and turning them into cozy little rentals.

Coffee bag bulletin board

I have a truckload of burlap coffee bagsso this is one way I decided to use them

from burlap coffee bags to fun and funktional bulletin boardsuse an old frame

and a burlap bag and a couple of staples or nails
Really simple and FunKtional!
I have a variety of these bags for-sale on my Etsy shop
So pop on over to Etsy They are only $5each check them out! Iam having a blogger special buy two and get one free! Just leave me a note in the message to seller box that you saw them on my blog.

White Happy wednesday

I LOVE Wednesdays! Yes all the fabulous blogs with their fabulous dreamy whites make Wednesdays grand, but the real reason I LOVE Wednesdays even more is LATE START! I know silly ha, but it really is the happiest day of the week. My daughter is a sophomore and that extra hour of sleep for a teenager is the difference between happy and crappy! Why after all of the studies done on teenagers that show they need more sleep in their teen years than ever, that the typical teen doesn't get to bed much before midnight, that their workload is bigger than ever, their hormones are raging out of control and they get in the most trouble between 3:00pm and 5:00 before us parents get home. WHY don't they let them start school later? Let the little kids who are up at 6:00a.m watching Scooby Doo go in earlier , they are up and rarin to go at the crack of dawn! They would get home earlier, then go to bed earlier? Then us parents could maybe get an hour to unwind alone. This doesn't seem unreasonable to me, maybe I'm just tired of getting up and making pbj's for the last17 years!

Well back to pretty white things. I am still loving these horse ribbons!
Chippy old windows are great for adding some architectural interest inside or out.
I love the old Iron and chippy paint on this school desk!
Wouldn't this piece be fabulous in your artist studio!
Happy Happy White late start Wednesday!

Make it Monday

I thought I would join in on the fun of the Make it Monday blog the twice remembered cottage. Since my birthday is May 1st Mayday I have always been fond of Mayday baskets. I remember making little paper doilly baskets as a youngster and filling them with fresh picked flowers (the neighbors flowers) then putting the sweet little baskets on the neighbors porch. (thus not really stealing the flowers). Well I know it's only March and since I just started my Etsy store I wanted to put something on their that I created, so here's my little silver spring March basket.

Make it Monday

Happy White Wednesday

Greetings White Wednesday peeps !

Happy White Wednesday! Is this the most beautiful evergreen clematis? It is blooming very early this year thanks to our very mild winter! Have a sunny day!

I've put some fun white things on my new Etsy store too, please stop in and check them out!fun vintage photog letters

Sweet little poetry book
some vintage baby dresses too.

Nothing much just a beautiful day!

Wow was it ever a beautiful pre-spring day! I can't tell you how much I need vitamin "d"!.Us Washintonians are pretty sun deprived! We are very fortunate with our mild winters, but that doesn't mean we get too many rays of sunshine.You can bet when we do we reallly appreciate it, people were so friendly today, it really is something that vitamin "d"!
I've been busy setting up my Etsy shop, so if you get a chance click on the sidebar and take a peek! Thanks
xoxo
Amy

Do I have OCD?

Sometimes I wonder why I change my furniture so often? When I look back on Pictures like this one.This table looked great didn't it? I can't even remember now why I took it out? I also forgot all about the old drysink pictured in the first photo to the upper right. Yep sold that baby about a year and a half ago! I'm actually contemplating getting rid of the old fir corner cupboard too. Well I guess its a really good thing I have a really bad memory!
I wonder what I was thinking? I know I wasn't thinking I want to put a tiny little round cafe table there, But that is what I did.I know I had a good reason, it's just my bad memory really. I have warned my children ahead of time that just about everything in the house is for sale hoping when they get older they aren't scarred for life. They pretty much know not to get too attached, really it isn't much of a problem yet as they don't really share my taste. I think maybe it's time for that old china cabinet to go to!:)

White Wednesday white Cupboard love

I love old white cupboards! These are some Fabulous pieces we have had in the shop.
This is absolutely one of my all time favorite pieces! Old tin top counter, with a bin drawer even!

This two piece cutie is in Wendys living room.
These were the coolest old white metal lockers with little tin drawers inside. They didn't last long at the shop!

This is an old english linen press I bought at auction about twelve years ago, I think it has been in every room in my house. presently holds my t.v.