Friday, September 30, 2011

Less is More~Dining Room Changes~

It's beginning to feel like fall here in Ga! The cool crisp air feels wonderful compared to the awful humid summer we had! Now we can enjoy doing more outdoor activities, like painting furniture, getting stuff out the storage buildings without dying of a heat stroke! More estate sales, auctions, etc.. I have been trying not to keep as much stuff as I have in the past....

Just keep what you absolutely love, you will know what to keep and what to sell. Listen to your heart! There are some things you just don't sell. The hard to find treasures! I love ironstone, alabaster, brown transferware, great primitives, french enamelware, old victorian mirrors, etc..


My dining room is one of my favorite rooms....I thought you might enjoy seeing some pictures of some of my collections. I love visiting all of my favorite bloggers and seeing what you like to keep!This last picture is what my dining room looked like one year ago this month!! Less is definitely more! Just so the rest of the stuff has a place to go! LOL My wedding cake topper collection made it's way to my cupboard in the bedroom, and I downsized my ironstone collection, and basically moved things around, and sold a lot of my pottery collection to make room for what I loved the most!




So tell me, What do you all think? I would love to hear from you, Is Less really more???








Wednesday, September 21, 2011

September Booth Pictures


NEW BOOTH PICTURES FOR SEPTEMBER....IF YOU SHOULD MAKE IT TO COLUMBUS,GA. BE SURE TO STOP IN JOEY'S THRIFT MALL. LOCATED ON 10TH AVENUE....FOR LOTS OF ANTIQUES & VINTAGE TREASURES...JUST ASK FOR CHERYL'S BOOTH!!


LOTS OF VINTAGE WICKER, CONCRETE STATUES, INDUSTRIAL ITEMS, GARDEN DECOR, POTTERY, MANY LARGE FURNITURE PIECES, YOU NAME IT, WE CAN FIND IT!!


SHABBY CHIC, COTTAGE STYLE PAINTED FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES, LAMPS, PICTURES, MIRRORS, PILLOWS, VINTAGE GARDEN DECOR, ETC...


DUNCAN PHYFE DINING ROOM SET, AND LOTS OF OTHER ANTIQUE PIECES! GOLD FRAMED PICTURES, LAMPS, MIRRORS, POTTERY, ETC..



FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER EVERYTHING IS 20% OFF INCLUDING FURNITURE!! BE SURE TO VISIT REGULARLY, WE ARE CONSTANTLY BRINGING NEW ITEMS IN!!





















Sunday, September 18, 2011

Feathering My Nest

JUST A QUICK POST TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL MY FAVORITE FIND OF THE WEEK....I JUST LOVE THIS ADORABLE PAINTED BURLAP BANNER WITH HANDMADE BIRD NEST' ON EACH END....FOUND ON ETSY OF COURSE...SO ADDICTING...I LOVE SHOPPING ON ETSY! THIS PARTICULAR SELLER'S NAME IS FUNKYSHIQUE...

SO I GOT TOGETHER MOST BIRD RELATED ITEMS THAT I HAVE AND GROUPED THEM ALL IN MY DINING ROOM....


I HOPE YOU ALL ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.....FEATHERING YOUR NEST :)





Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Recent Finds & Vintage Laundry Room Pics

HOW WAS EVERYONE'S JUNKIN' WEEKEND.??...WELL I WAS HOPING FOR BETTER, BUT IT WAS JUST ALRIGHT. THE BEST THING I FOUND FOR MYSELF WAS THIS AWESOME SILVER OVER COPPER HUMONGOUS TRAY....ONLY 3.OO! THE SELLER DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL ME TWICE!! SCORE!! I LOVE IT DISPLAYED ON MY DRESSER WITH A LARGE TROPHY AND OTHER VINTAGE TREASURES.... THE FLORAL DETAIL AROUND THE EDGES ARE SO DIFFERENT FROM THE TRAYS I NORMALLY FIND, SO I DECIDED THAT THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY A KEEPER!!

I FOUND THIS TROPHY ON EBAY TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION.........


THIS ADORABLE VINTAGE DRESS THAT I RECEIVED FROM A SWEET FRIEND, I JUST LOVE THE FLORAL DETAIL ACROSS THE BOTTOM PORTION...PRETTY-PRETTY! I JUST HAVEN'T FOUND A PERMANENT PLACE TO DISPLAY IT YET....AT THE MOMENT IT IS HANGING UP IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM....


JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, HUBBY FOUND THIS SWEET LITTLE ENGLISH CUPBOARD FOR ME AT AN ESTATE SALE, INCLUDED WAS THE ORIGINAL KEY TO IT....I LOVE IT DISPLAYED IN MY LAUNDRY ROOM WITH OLD DOLLS, JARS, ETC...

FOUND A FEW MORE OLD DOOR KNOBS, BUTTONS, LACE, AND VINTAGE ALARM CLOCKS TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM....SOME THINGS YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH OF, RIGHT?

WISHING EVERYONE HAPPY TRAILS THIS WEEKEND....I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PICS, REMEMBER YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH PICTURE TO ENLARGE!! LOOKS LIKE A 200 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY IS NEAR....BECOME A FOLLOWER TODAY...IT WILL BE AN AWESOME GIVEAWAY..I PROMISE!!

















Monday, September 12, 2011

Simple Before & After Photos

HI EVERYONE...I HOPE YOU ALL ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL DAY SO FAR... I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A SIMPLE MAKEOVER....WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES IN A ROOM, SIMPLY BY JUST CHANGING THE BEDDING AND A FEW ACCESSORIES........THIS IS HOW THIS GUEST BEDROOM LOOKED BEFORE....AND BELOW ARE THE PICTURES OF AFTER...........
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS RALPH LAUREN COMFORTER SET....THE BEIGE BACKGROUND MATCHES GREAT WITH THE FURNITURE IN THIS ROOM....THE ROSES AND COLORS ARE NOT TO PINK, MORE OF A RASPBERRY COLOR. I DON'T THINK I COULD OF FOUND A MORE PERFECT BEDSPREAD FOR THIS ROOM...ISN'T IT PRETTY?



I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MUCH THE COLORS AND PATTERN MATCH SO WELL WITH MY BOX PILLOWS, THAT I GOT FROM CAROLYN WESTBROOK A FEW YEARS BACK....



A SOFTER MORE ROMANTIC FEEL TO THIS ROOM NOW...I THOUGHT I WOULD LIKE SOLID COLORS AND LESS PATTERN, BUT AFTER A WHILE YOU DO GET BORED WITH IT! I JUST LOVE COLOR AND PRETTY ROSES!!



PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS MINI MAKEOVER...I WOULD SO LOVE TO HEAR WHAT ELSE YOU WOULD CHANGE OR NOT CHANGE...HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS WONDERFUL DAY!!