Hatboxes and Cowgirl Boots

Hatboxes I have had for twenty five years. 

Boots size five (cause they are cute) that I picked up recently for almost nothing. 

They are leather and with bee's wax came to life again.

Linking with:

Wow Us Wednesday's

Tabletop Tuesday

Hold Everything Lightly #8 posts tomorrow Tuesday May 1st
please join me
 

joy and peace

Olive 

Fall Berries and Cloches

The dogwood trees are full of red berries now and

the birds are enjoying the abundance of them in our yard. 

Look in your yard or local park and decorate with some leaves or berries. 

It is a lot of fun and it is free.

I enjoy the milk glass urns in the cloches and did not wish to change anything on the three drawer chest which you have seen many times here. I simply added fall berries which somehow look like Christmas to me too.

 The little green berries came off an ornamental tree we have and I do not know what it is.

I am a font of garden information. Not.

Above you get a peek of an antique barrel trunk that is a whole other story for another day but I cannot get a good image of it and I have tried and tried.

I am linking to the font of cloche inspiration Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for the Fall Cloche Party.

may joy and peace surround you

Olive 

Orange Heat For Halloween

Halloween is in full force in the dining room.

Orange has turned up it's heat here. 

In the living room all is white but not here.

 

 

 The copper cauldron is from last year but everything else we found this summer and fall.

We bought the Hemingway Hurricanes by Southern Living at Home at a garage sale Saturday. 

They were new in the box for ten dollars each.

I was happy to pay that price as I know how expensive they originally were. 

I really should sell them but I am keeping them.

 

Could these candles be any cuter?

I do not think so.

The polka dot creatures are called Kiddo Jack and Kiddo Kat and came from the Tuesday Morning store. I like them a lot because I almost never buy holiday decor from non-thrift stores.

Everything else including the copper cauldron is from second hand stores or garage sales.

This is how the table looked before we found the glass hurricanes.

This is the other side of the cauldron and our pumpkin filled cloches.

Do you decorate with orange for fall and/or Halloween?

I am linking with:

Kim at Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday's.

Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday.

Sherry at The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home.

Linda at Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday's.

may joy and peace surround you

Olive

Joe and Cloches

Joe and I converged on the lighting section of the Habitat For Humanity Re-Store at about the same time and then we saw the pendant light.

 

Joe asked, "Could it work as a cloche?"

I replied, smiling, "definitely."

Joe is about eighty-eight kinds of wonderful at any given moment.

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He "gets" cloches.

 

 

The buffet is dressed for fall in white pumpkins.

The soup tureen is a recent thrifty find and was made in Italy.

The bell shape of the cloche works for us and our vintage cake stand.

Wonky little white pumpkins are so cute and they last a very long time (more about that later).

♥♥♥

A big thank you to my aunt and uncle for treating me to fish, grits, and hushpuppies on Friday night.

It was lovely to spend time with you and it means so much to me that you read and enjoy this blog.

Linking to Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday.

may joy and peace surround you always

Olive

McCoy?

Our fifth piece of McCoy. 

Perhaps.

We are not well versed in this pottery but we think this hand vase is a McCoy.

 

 

It is unmarked but the turquoise is spot on and we have a large turquoise McCoy bowl that is the same shade. I found it a a church sale for four dollars.

 

Our weekend was quiet but spent partly working and switching locations. We are at the old house now and I am dusting and cleaning and may not ever finish. Dusting at our old house is not for cowards because the plaster walls shed dust constantly. I am also making good old southern BBQ pork in the crockpot. It's been cooking all night and smells yummy. It is not low fat but we only have it once a year.

What are you up to today?

Linking to Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday.

may joy and peace surround you always

Olive

A Before And After And McCoy

I promised to show some of the McCoy we have lately bought, for next to nothing, and I have a before and after.

That flat matte white bowl on the left is a 1930's unmarked McCoy. We found it last weekend at a church garage sale for three dollars. It is not in the best condition but I still felt like I won the prize.

 We also found a McCoy planter and a cookie jar sans lid on that day. This past Saturday I found a McCoy vase at another church sale. The church sales are working out really well.

Starting with the After shot.

This TV table made by Broyhill was also found last weekend for twenty-five dollars.

They had already painted it white which is good because it sits across from that massive dark buffet of ours. The large drawers are used to store table linens and I like that open pocket for books. Joe and I think this is a good re-use of a TV table.

The table works with our beachy rattan furniture.

Way over there in the window is the yellow McCoy planter. 

I do not know why I didn't take a close up of it.

Before shot taken Christmas 2010.

This chest is fake wood and too small for that wall.

The Broyhill is solid wood.

If you are patient you will find what you are looking for by shopping the thrifty way.

Linking with: 

Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays

A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday

may joy and peace surround you always

Olive

The Dining Room

This buffet was in the huge hallway at the old house. 

We have had plans to move it to the yellow house for a long, long time.

We finally picked up the heavy thing on Saturday and put it on Joe's pick-up truck , The Saloon.
His truck smells like a saloon (cigarettes and desperate old guys), he bought it used and and we name all our vehicles.

I can hear you lovers of  white furniture out there saying "paint it." 

That is not happening my peeps.

If you saw the wood grain up close I think you might side with us. 

This does make for a lot of dark pieces in the dining room but remember most of the furniture in the big open room right beside here are white.

Now we have another place to store Joe's mother's china and our Ballerina dishes shown here.

We found Mr. Swan on Friday at a consignment store. We also bought his mate!

I think they need painting.
I cannot believe we bought something else to paint.
You know how I feel about painting ( I only paint every other Tuesday in cool month that is odd numbered).

For now our spooky little girl print stays.

We also have a new dining table gifted to us by Bob and Sue, Joe's brother and sister-in-law. 

They bought it at a garage sale for almost nothing and refinished the table top.

I asked her if I could pay her for the table and she replied " there is not enough money for all the work we put into that table." 

Well okay.

My bad.

This dining table is a much better fit in this space than the other one and we turned the table in a direction that makes sense for the way we live, opening the door all the time to get to the deck.

I am linking with Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday.

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 Ann at On Sutton Place for Open House Party.

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Debra at Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday.

grace surrounds us

Olive

Thrifty&Pretty

Estate sale finds from Saturday

 

 

The hand painted tray was $7.50. I bought it to sell it but I really like it and the more I look at it the less likely I am to sell it.

The little topiary tree and burlap pillow are Goodwill finds. I know I have told many of you that I broke up with Goodwill last year. A new Goodwill opened, near the yellow house, with a book store and the prices seem to be more reasonable so I am dating the Goodwill again.

I need to find one more tray.

Joe and I have bought a lot of books from Borders, which is closing, and they are taking over the hearth, the room, and the house.

Joe found two very large fish bowls of shells for $12.00. We had a lot of fun sorting through them. I was able to fill a large cloche with the smaller ones.

Some small coral was included....be still my heart.

Linking to:

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday 

Tabletop Tuesday

grace surrounds us

Olive