My New Skirt

Like my new bed skirt? I went to Kmart the other day and looked at the new Country Living products, I loved this bedskirt they had, I liked the sheets that went with it but I have to draw the line somewhere and I really don't need more sheets so I just bought the skirt. I've had the white bedding for a while now but just haven't taken any pic's of it, it's Shabby Chic bedding. I hope everyone has a great weekend and I still haven't started painting, I just for once can't figure out what color to paint!

Hugs~Kelly

Happy Autumn!

I have so many little things to share with you, I've been adding little bits of Autumn here and there so I walked around taking pic of everything I wanted to show you all, maybe I'm avoiding the painting but oh well it was fun anyways, LOL. I changed my fireplace a lil bit, see my new plants on there, oops I forgot I was going to tie some brown ribbon bows on them before I took the pic, oh well not redoing it now, I'll put them on later!

I bought these brown pillows at Target (9.99) and added some of my vintage broches and a flower to the front of them, I love the brown with my white couches.

P.S. I'm washing my other slip cover so thats why I zoned in on the couch, if you could see the mess behind me, LOL!

Lulu wanted to say she sure missed everyone and Happy Autumn, actually I think I interupted her nap but is that not the funniest face!!

Some new curtains I've been playing with, they are linen curtain panels from Target, I just added some old lace thingys I had laying around.

A rug I got on clearance from Target for $6.98, cute isnt it, by the way it is an outside rug but I liked it so I'm keeping it inside for now.

and last but not least I bought these because I love the labels, LOL, although I did read that they were good products to use, again they were at Target, at least it makes cleaning more fun!

Hugs~Kelly

I'm Back!!!

Well hello everybody, it has been way too long since my last post and I'd like to apologize for that but my Mom had to have surgery so I had to go take care of her in NC, she is doing great by the way, between that and school starting I just couldn't find the time to decorate! I was so inspired by Jennifer from the Old Painted Cottage, I couldn't wait to get home and take out my collection of white dishes and silver and redo my hutch, I moved my hutch from the living rm into my dining rm and got busy, I used things I already had but had not displayed for a long time, most of it was tucked away, I like the way it turned out and next on my list is to repaint the walls, I'm over the blue walls, it's been fun but I have had enough of the blue especially with this cabinet in here, when it was in my living rm it was up against a white brick wall so it didn't bother me so much (; Now what color to paint, that's the big question, I have a couple choices I'm looking at. Hopefully I will be back soon to show you my new paint color!

Hugs~Kelly

The Big Reveal!

Jennifer from http://theoldpaintedcottage.blogspot.com is having a party,it's the reveal of cottage 8 on Monday 8/24/09 the party starts at 9:00 (Pacific Standard Time) she will be showing before & after photos, music, fun & games & prizes,so come on over and join in the fun, I know I'll be there, I can't wait to see what she has done! She is asking us to try and help her spread the word (; See ya there!!
Hugs~Kelly

What I've Been Working On!

Hi everyone, I sure have missed you all! I haven't had much time for posting pic's but I have been visiting everyone so that I can keep caught up on what's going on out there in blogland, especially since I bought myself a new laptop, I LOOOOVVVEEE it! I wanted to share with you what I have been slowly but surely working on the last couple of weeks, if you have read my blog for a while you will remember my bunkhouse(apt) that I have on my property, well I haven't finished it yet but thought I'd show the progress, we ripped up the old molding in the dining rm and added some new molding and then I used strips of lattice placed 12" apart and topped it off with chair rail molding, I painted that all white and then above that I painted it Brown Teepee by Behr. I need to get a better pic of the molding and I just realized it's kind of hard to see.

This was before and during the process of the redo but I wanted to show you what it looked like.

This is the kitchen in the bunkhouse and I still need to paint the back splash, I really haven't done anything in here for a while but thought you might like to see what the kitchen looks like (;

One of the two corner cabinets in the kitchen, I have my collection of white dishes and stuff in these two cabinets.

You can see the molding a little better in this pic and of course my fireplace, remember it's still a work in progress so not much on the walls and not many pretties around yet....................

Oh I started adding some lace on the fronts of my china cabinet and I attached them with the metal nailheads, for some reason I just forgot the name of those thingys LOL, but you get the pic right!

another view of the china cabinet, I think I'm going to paint this cabinet cottage white, it really is alot of pink, but I'm still thinkin about it?? Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and hopefully I'll be back soon to keep ya updated(: Oh and by the way we also intalled new molding in the living rm, it's so pretty, I just looovvveee molding it makes such a difference in a rm, I'm still debating on what color to paint in there so wish me luck!!

Hugs~Kelly

Hi girls, I just wanted to pop in and say hello!! These are my pretty pink roses from the rose bush that I haven't killed yet, LOL, no I'm not the best gardener, but I think I've mentioned that before, right now these roses are the prettiest thing around here with Summer in full swing it's hard to get motivated seems like all I see is half empty glasses of koolaid and partially eaten plates of food! I told my boys that the maid quit last month but no body seems to care, I really am enjoying the Summer vacation but time seems to be passing way to fast and I really am enjoying every minute of it even the mess, I hope everyone else is having a great Summer and I will be back soon(;
Hugs~Kelly

Happy 4th of July!!

I just wanted to wish all of you a happy and safe 4th of July and show you some of my holiday decorations! The first pic is my front porch..................... The little sign on the shutter says It's Good To Be Home.

A chair with an antique bucket in the seat planted with hydrangas and flags(I know they are fake flowers but I kill everything, no green thunb here especially with the HOT weather).

My dining rm, the china cabinet with some hats & stars garland.....................
I love my red & white polk a dot dishes that I bought at Homegoods!

More flags in a vintage wicker vase........................

This is where I moved my chalk board it sits over my island between my kitchen and dining rm, did you notice to the right, my stencils I did on the beam, they go all the way around the beam. Please dont mind my terrible scratches on my door,I'm getting ready to paint it, I had a wreath there and with boys nothing is opened or closed gently, LOL!

and last but not least I wanted to show you my new find at Marshalls, I have wanted one of these for a while and so I bought it as a birthday present to myself(; Enjoy your holiday and be safe!!

Hugs~Kelly