Hello all! A wonderful thing this morning…the sun is shining, we haven’t seen the sun in over a week, my thoughts and prayers are with those in NYC and NJ, I surely hope the sun is shining there too!
I thought you would like to see how I decorated my home in Christmas past , some of you are new here to my blog and well, I thought maybe you would like to see how I’ve changed. I just can’t believe Christmas is next month, can you?
This is Christmas 2009
A lot of pictures but we all like pictures right?
The mantel is painted blue, and really I still have everything you see there. lol The thought of going thur Christmas decorations to sell what I don’t want is daunting!
I was into a more primitive look back then and an older camera too as you can tell. lol!
Old ironing board!
Look at the popcorn garland…I spent so much money on it, then right after, I changed my style of decorating, please, tell me I’m not the only one to do this?
Prairie bonnets!
Dry sink I have in the basement now. I made the doll you see there, yes I can sew just don’t like to!
The bathroom, sometimes I do miss the days of decorating like this, I got everything just the way I wanted it, then one day I woke up and knew that a change was needed!
Bedroom…boy, these pictures do make me appreciate my camera now!
Hamm, why was I dissatisfied? I think that’s the only picture I have of the oak cabinets.lol
Okay now, let’s fast forward to 2010.
Mantel…found the wreath in the container at GW.
The hutch was oak, love, love it white!
Love♥ Can’t wait to see some twinkling lights! 
Cabinets are white, thank goodness! We now have an up to date ceiling fan, new light over the sink, new counters and now have wire baskets where the zebra ones are…what was I thinking with the zebra? lol.
I like looking at these pictures, it shows me what I have and not to buy another ornament, as if that’s going to happen!
I do need more of this ribbon though.
No prairie bonnets here!
Aww, now I sort of like this but the washstand is now in the diningroom! I think I’ll move the bed back on this wall.
Yes, I’ve went thur some different styles:)
The bathroom now!
Living room now.
I hope you enjoyed my little tour of Christmas past, fun to do but very time consuming but I think you deserve it:)
I’ll be joining these parties:
Wow Us Wednesday
Show and Tell Friday
Feathered Nest Friday
Feature Friday Free for All
Feature Yourself Friday
Flaunt it Friday
Link Up With Me, Liz Marie
Fridays Unfolded
Home Sweet Home
Thanks so much for stopping by, now I must leave to go shopping!
Rondell♥
About 9 years ago I worked at Kaufmann’s, a department store that is no more due to bankruptcy. I think they had been in business for over 75 years. I worked there for about 5 years selling everything from clothes to cosmetics, cosmetics was my favorite and did that for about 3 of those years! Working there had it’s perks 20% off of purchases, knowing when things were going to be on sale and getting them dirt cheap, I really miss that:) These teapots are by Debbie Mum and I did get to buy three of them, I don’t think I put them out last year but since I just went ahead and did my hutch this year even though I’m not crazy about it, I thought they would look good with the snowflake dishes.
I love the little, tiny dots for his eyes and is checkered pockets!
I’ve never found more again, when I bring them out they always make me think of the people I worked with and some fun memories but also the long hours that retail involves.
I did the top of my hutch different, the very rusty birdcage is a GW find for a dollar, the basket is from my brother-in-law’s mother’s estate sale, she used it for clothes pins. The ivy spray I also picked up at GW and it still had the price tag on it, the tin Santa my daughter bought me one year!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas, I wish you nothing but the best for the New Year, can you believe it is going to be 2011?
We are leaving Tuesday for Winston-Salem North Carolina, my step daughter is getting married on New Years Day and we won’t be back until Jan.2 so my next post will be next year! I hope all of you get what you wished for this Christmas but most of all Peace on Earth!!!
I’m joining My Romantic Home for Show and Tell!
Rondell
Hello everyone! How are you all doing? The countdown is on isn’t it? It came so fast!
I thought I’d show you some areas around my home that I haven’t showed before. This is my kitchen window, I found the holy wreath at GW last year and the snowmen towel hanging there is a Martha Stewart one from Macy’s…love going in there and looking at all of her neat things!
I put two trees here in front of the keepingroom window…
and leaned a PB starfish up against the milkglass vase!
My Entryway
I found this basket of greens for 70% off a few years back, just haven’t got around to changing to a silver ribbon!
The skate at Altmyer’s, my first glittery piece.
I finally found a centerpiece for my diningroom table, I think I at least had tried two before but just wasn’t satisfied…glass container GW, silver ornaments Dollar Tree, snowy, evergreen wreath Rite Aid and the ironstone plate I already had!
I added a real feather tree to my china cabinet and
added some Santa’s too!
I’ve had this wreath for years but adding the silver bow and ornaments brought out it’s beauty even more!
I saw this idea on someone’s blog but can’t remember whose but I just loved it, of course I cut off the top part but you can see it in the above picture.
After seeing these acorn ornaments all over blogland I had to run to Walmart to get three to hang on the garland on my mantel. I picked up some silver picks at JoAnn’s too, made the garland a little fuller looking.
My new shaggy rug, Buster looooves it
So that’s my tour, hope you enjoyed being here♥
Don’t forget about my chandy ornament giveaway which ends tomorrow. Have a wonderful night wherever you are!
I’m joining the 2010 Christmas Tour of Homes at Cottage and Vine!
Rondell
I so wanted to party with the Nester this year for her 2010 Christmas tour, I’m late of course, but I wanted to show some of my home since it sure isn’t the same as last year! Some of you have already seen these pictures but there are some that haven’t so here I go!
My New Christmas Tree (hoping for a new Camera for Christmas) my prelit beauty!
Silver presents under the tree! New white, velvet tree skirt.
My chandy ornament that I found at Macy’s!
This is what I call my Keeping Room…I’ve since added a white bow to the candleholder on the wall.
My bench that I found at a yard sale for $15.00 and painted white…of course.
An ornament my mom bought me years ago!
Above the bench
Found this vintage snowman at a flea market a while ago, he has a place in the back for a light!
Another view of the room. Opps! No picture in the frame that I found at GW yet that’s sitting on the sewing machine, it’s a Hallmark frame!
Now on to the kitchen, which I’m not thrilled with just keeping my fingers crossed that they get painted white come spring.
Early Christmas present…new fridge:0
To dark of a picture but those are silver poinsettias on a small white platter and I added a ruffle to the Target lamp. The little birds are from Kmart on sell for $ 3.99. This is the corner of my kitchen counter, I keep the lamp lit at night.
I hope you liked my little Christmas tour that I put together in at least some semblance of order, I’m still decorating would you believe it, I hope it’s all done by Christmas. At least I have most of the shopping done, all’s that’s left is wrapping the gifts which I do not like to do, I don’t mind one or two but more than five gets to me:)
Stop by to see over 600 beautiful homes all done up for the Christmas season!
Rondell
