Saturday, December 21, 2013

Christmas 2013

 

Well here it is December 21st and I finally finished my Christmas Decorating :)

I think I changed the mantle at least 5 times!

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I LOVE fresh garland and I put it everywhere!

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I removed the bins/crates from this basket and placed a few wintery items inside.

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The cute tarnished brass tree I snagged at the Goodwill yesterday for only .99 cents!

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I made a makeshift table out of this table.

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And this round gold mirror.

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I wanted to add something simple so of course I went straight to Pinterest and found the perfect idea.

Bowls + Moss + Candles

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I already had all of the supplies on hand!

I put some sand in the containers and placed the moss over the top and stuck some candle sticks in!

BAM!

I am wondering how long they will last before Abby gets to them!

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I changed up the chalk wall as well.

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I also painted this old frame we had on hand gold, cut some chalkboard to fit and included a little fresh garland on the top.

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These plates I removed from the old chalk wall.

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I included some red velvet ribbon bows and hung them along with a couple of silver pieces and some garland to the top of the window.

Our plan is to find more plates/pieces and fill the space up but for now this is what I have come up with.

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A fresh evergreen wreath along with some old ice skates and this knitted throw are the perfect addition to this old ladder.

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The colored candles I picked up at Yarbro’s Antique Mall for a heck of a deal!

70% off at Tis The Season’s clearance booth!

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Edward :)

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I tacked some red velvet ribbon to the lamp shade with a hot glue gun.

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And the tree skirt is an actual skirt from my closet :)

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I made the flag bunting garland out of old book pages.

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And the “Move Mountains” ornament I received free with my Miss Mustard Seed Order.

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This swag was originally on the mantle but I decided it looked better here on the buffet in the Dining Room.

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Abigail :)

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We made some barn board Christmas trees for our booth and of course I had to keep one for myself!

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I also added some evergreen to the chandelier and included some ribbon, beads and ornaments.

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I did not do much in our bedroom but I did add a little bit of bling to the fireplace.

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And this is as far as I got in the hearth room.

Two trees!

Yep!

That’s it!

Two Trees!

:)

But they are super cute trees!

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I kept the front porch simple as well.

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And last but not least a little love for the mailbox.

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Merry Christmas!!!

And

Happy New Year!!!

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Keeping It Real - The “Realistic” Home Tour

 

I have been busting my *!?# for a couple months now getting ready for Christmas.

First our Booth and now our Home.

I have been seeing all these fantastic Christmas home tours on all my favorite blogs.

Everything looks so perfect and clean!!!

Well, that is NOT the case in our home.

I figured I would keep it real and show everyone what a real home tour looks like :)

So I snapped a few pictures to share.

This has to be the fastest and easiest post I have ever written no editing or nothing.

Keeping in real folks!

Welcome to our “lived” in home!

Here goes!!!!

Dining/Living Room

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Hearth Room

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Master Bedroom

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Office

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Hope you enjoyed the tour!

 

 

New Life To Old Chairs - Go Bold Or Go Home!!!

 

Is it really December 12th???

 ACK!

Where has the time gone?!?!

I’m still working on our Christmas Décor.

Maybe I will be done before Christmas :)

I finished these chairs a few weeks back with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Tricycle Red.

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We picked them up from a fellow vendor at Yarbro’s Antique Mall.

Very Nice Solid Oak Chairs!

Here is the before.

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I gave them a good sanding and repaired a couple of loose boards.

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And lost another sanding pad in the process.

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Since I was going to paint them red again I was able to leave some red on the chairs and get away with it! SCORE!

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After sanding and painting I waxed them with Miss Mustard Seed’s Furniture Wax.

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I loved it!

Best wax ever! 

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And here they are all finished!

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I think they turned out terrific!

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BEFORE

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AFTER

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Set of Four

$130

Available for purchase

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Yarbro’s Antique Mall

350 Carriage House Drive

Jackson, TN

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We snagged 8 more from her that we still have to finish :)

And boy am I glad that they are NOT painted red!

These will be much easier to sand!

If you are interested in a set we can paint them any color your little heart desires Red heart

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Happy Thursday :)