First Project of the Year

When we my husband put the crown moulding up in the living and dining rooms several months ago,

he mentioned that the walls needed to be painted. 

Well, I love a change

and welcome an opportunity or excuse to make a change. 

But, I do not love and welcome the mess!!!

This is part of the "stuff" from my server and china cabinet.

Having it emptied out gives me a

good time to reorganize my treasures.

See the diff in the old (at the bottom)

and the new color.

We're putting up chair moulding,

so there was no need to paint

the new color at the bottom of the wall.

Applesauce Cake

on the wall

chair railing

up and primed.

Trimming in the LR

See the diff.

A-h-h-h

much better!

All painted and everything back in place.

I'm still debating about putting up

picture frame moulding on the

DR wall. 
 Maybe next week,

or the week after.
Actually, I ran out of paper
(not really, but I wasted several pieces)
trying to figure how to lay it out
and make the panels pleasing to the
eye since we have different size walls.

We moved the plate rack from

the other side of the DR

to this spot.

I've had these for several years

and never gotten tired of them. 

The new color goes well with all my things.

And, after living with and looking at

the new color, I'm happy with it.

At first, I thought it was too dark.

I'm so glad we did the chair rail and white -

this really helped to "lighten up" the room.

LR all back together too!!!

YEAH!

 ~ Symmetrical ~

I decided I need to have balance,

so I am using

companion prints on

either side of the window.

These are the botanical prints
I found a while back.

And the silhouettes of the "Grands"moved in here from the DR.

A good corner for some

Quiet Time.

Bright sunshine - but cold air today.

An old oil painting that's been in the storage room

for years and years.

But, I decided to use it here even though it has blue.

But I don't know what other color I would want

God's pretty sky and water to be.

(If the "Decorator Police" come after me,

I'll just lock the door and hide!!!)

Symetrical on one side of the room,

but not here.

Decided the birds didn't need to be split up.

As you can probably tell, I don't follow any

decorator's advice - just my own eye. 

And, if I don't like it today,

I can move it around tomorrow.

I've been known to do this a few times in the past,

just ask my sweet husband and painter

who without his help, none of this would be possible.

I'm a lousy painter and this project took

six days to complete.

Now, on the the next project.

Until then,

May God Bless You and Yours!

I'm linking to

 

Now, I Have Some TOO!!!

I've admired the deer antlers all over Blogland. 

Now, I have some too. 

My sweet friend's son found killed the deer them for us.

I was so afraid I would break them,

they look so delicate.

But, after "Googling" I found out that is not the case.

My hubby sawed the fur off and

I scrubbed them as outlined

in my Google Search.

Now, they are adorning my coffee table in the FR. 

I placed them there along with some

other things (treasures)

I have in my "stash". 

Notice my new find, my little black dog. 

I had a solid black

Cocker Spaniel when I was a little girl

 and when I found this

little chalk dog in an antique mall,

I felt like I had found my "Betty".

The book is open in the middle -

Since I was using it for display,

I didn't even notice what was written on the page.

"The reason a dog has so many friends

is because he wags

his tail instead of his tongue."


I'm linking to:

Sunday Dinner

and

The Table Is Set

Using my rooster plates

I "stumbled" upon last summer.

I don't have any placemats I like with these plates,

so I used an old lace tablecloth.

I really enjoy using my cloches.

Santa was found under this one last month.

Chicken under the cloch.

Chicken frying in the pan.

 How about a bundle of green beans?

Warm Chocolate Cream Pie waiting to be served.

And, do you see my new coffee press?

I'm lovin' the smooth cup of coffee it makes.



We seldom go out for lunch after church.

We like to come home and

have "Sunday Dinner".

I grew up with Mom cooking

dinner on Sunday and so did my husband.

It just seems like it's the thing to do.

I hope you will enjoy a quiet Sunday afternoon

after church and a yummy home cooked meal, too.