Menu Finally Up

Took me a week but I finally got it hung! I knew the shelves needed something underneath and when I saw it at Bed Bath and Beyond I just about fell over myself to get to it. The price wasn’t to bad $29.00 but I had a 20% off coupon so it made it a little easier to justify buying it…if you know what I mean.

It has sort of a chalkboard feel to it but what I love most about it is that it doesn't come off, I’m the world’s worst writer with chalk! I do like my chippy stool sitting under it too.

You can read it better here, specialties, soup, potatoes au Gratin, brochette, salmon and filet mignon are about all I can identify, how about you? Anyway, I do so love it!

Here is a little sneak peek of what I’ve been working on these couple days, I can’t wait to get it done but I have to work today so that won’t be happening but I do plan for tomorrow to get somethings done! Can you guess where my new office space is? I’m so excited for it to become my space to blog and also watch some of my favorite programs! Stush hooked it up to cable in here.

Well, I got to run and get ready for work, thanks as always for stopping by and your sweet comments!

I’ll be joining these parties, stop by for some great inspiration!

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style

Budget Decorating Party @ Creative Cain Cabin

Cowgirl Up @ The Farmhouse Porch

Tuesday’s Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thur Life

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm

 

 

Rondell ♥

A Valentine for MY Mantle

The silver metal tray was just not doing it for me…I tried a dough bowl but…still to dark looking.

I had to take these photos after dark because I watched the girls and also had to finish this project!

Finally learned how to take the yellow out of the pics…thank you Pic Monkey!

Here is the mantle when I first did it and I did try to shop my home but just couldn’t find anything that I liked! Then I thought about  Valentine’s Day and how it will be here in less than a month and right away I got on Pinterest, because I knew I had pinned something the other day that I wanted to try and make.

Isn’t it adorable? Sara from Cozy. Cottage. Cute. made this for her hubby and she put a lot of thought into it, me, not so much! When I went to buy a heart punch I couldn’t find a one in my area, JoAnn’s was all sold out and only had one left but the heart on it was teeny tiny. So at the Dollar Tree I grabbed a bag of heart stickers to trace around and cut out the hearts from a  DT book. Looking at Sara’s I know I didn’t want to cut out all those hearts so I used this frame that I already had and knew I'd only have to cut out a few, which made me happy!

Looking at Sara’s I know I didn’t want to cut out all those hearts so I used this frame with a smaller mat that I already had and knew I'd only have to cut out a few, which made me happy!

I think it is just what the mantel needed, seems to give it some balance now don’t you think?

If you want to see some talent and the sweetest baby (Cooper) and his nursery visit Sara’s Cozy. Cottage. Cute.

I’ll be joining these parties:

Primp Your Stuff @ Primp

Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home

Feathered Nest Friday @ The French Country Cottage

Delightfully Inspiring @ Delightful Order

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Fabulously Creative Friday @ Jennifer Rizzo

Be Inspired @ Common Ground

Rondell ♥

Texture on My Mantel

Hi everyone! I hope your are having a great evening.Yesterday was so warm here in Pa. just fooled you into thinking it was spring…can’t wait because it is my very favorite season!

This morning I played around with my mantel, I wasn’t liking the look of the round mirror there so I put back the black framed mirror for now. I’m going to start looking for a larger one with maybe a more ornate frame, the one I have is just to plain looking. Here are some pics I took to show you. I tried to play around with different textures just to see how I liked it!

I have to shop around the house to find something to replace it, which I’m finally discovering to do and finding out that I don’t have to buy…just use something I already have! The only thing I have bought lately for the mantel are the topiaries and I got those on sale!

I’m not even sure it’s silver just metal I think, it was $2.00 at a church sale this past fall. As I was looking at this picture I noticed the pine needle laying there…I swear they multiply, I’m still picking them up:)

This is to the left of the mirror… ceramic balls are from Pier One, vase from Goodwill and for some more texture I gathered some twigs and tied with twine for on top of the dropcloth covered books!

To the right…do you see the nails? I haven’t got Stush to get them out yet, they are from Christmas for the ton of stockings I have to hang. The black and white picture is from the consignment store $3.00, urn I painted with ASCP…$2.00 at a yardsale and the box (says varnishes) was $4.00 at a yardsale a couple years ago! Isn’t is funny how I can remember the price of what I find and not remember what day it is? lol.

So how do you like it? I do think the tray has to go though! One thing I do love about it is the whiteness of the fireplace:)
I went shopping with my bff Friday, I’ve been looking for something for a certain place and found it at Bed Bath and Beyond, here’s a pic of it, next post I’ll show you where I hang it! I had a 20% off coupon too!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and of course I always love to read your comments:)

Love these parties:

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style

Pretty Things Linky Party @ TwelveOeight

Tuesdays Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Budget Decorating Party @ Creative Cane Cabin

Cowgirl Up @ Cedar Hill Ranch

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm

Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thur Life

Make Pretty Monday @ The Dedicated House

Rondell

The Numbered Stool

Do you have things that aren’t really worth a lot but you would never get rid of them for the life of you? This wood stool is one of those things for me, my mom bought it for me at Walmart in the 90’s. It’s great for extra seating but was a blonde wood, eventually I painted it white and called it done but every time I’d look at it I knew it needed something else added to it. So years later I distressed  and added the number 3! Sanded it too! I still have to wax it also.

Then went over it with watered down black paint and wiped it off with a clean rag.

You can see the distressing a little better here.

I usually keep it in the diningroom next to the bookcase…

More distressing!

Can you see my floors in the above pics?  I love the Shark, it’s great for laminate floors, I just never felt like my floors were getting clean with a mop or a sponge mop well, this baby sure cleans good I could not believe how dirty the cleaning pad was after I was done! This was at the top of my Christmas list this year!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I know I haven’t been on here for about a week but I’ve been organizing and cleaning and truthfully not sleeping well except for last night. Plus trying to get my house put back together after taking all the decorations down. Oh, I did clean out the bottom of my hutch so I’m still living up to my word for the year, just doing baby steps so that I don’t get to tired of doing it.
Also at the very top of my side bar I’ve listed what I’m reading, I love to read so I’ll be changing that as I finish a book then maybe you will want to read it too.
So, I’ll be at these parties, stop by them for a lot of inspiration!
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style
Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous
Fabulously Creative Friday @ Jennifer Rizzo
Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Spotlight Saturday @ Classy Clutter

Nifty Thrifty Sunday @ Nifty Thrifty Things

Rondell♥  

How Do You Like it Now

 

WhooHoo! I’m really sticking to my word, organize, so much so that I’m surprising myself. I sure hope I keep it up, today I took down all the inside Christmas décor and packed it all away in the basement (also taking the time to wrap things with tissue paper). I didn’t put it with the other Christmas things I haven’t used for a few years though, I’m keeping the old out to go thur and throw away or give to GW. I so can’t wait to get this house organized, I didn’t even tell my husband that I was going to do this, I’m just going to do it on my own!

I also did a little sprucing up on my open kitchen shelves after I took everything down to clean. I’m really in love with them now, you can also  tell what time I took these photos the lighting at this time of day isn’t that great but I wanted to join in on some linky party’s, if I don’t I always feel like I’m missing something:)

 

I got tired of the bottles on there so it was time for a change!

I found this cloche at GW a while ago and used a large pinecone for the winter months, the cow is also from GW and the breadboards I’ve had for years, love the scorched one in the back! I think I bought that one from Ebay! Do you think it looks like farmhouse style?

This silver dish, top and plate and glass dish inside, came from GW too I usually kept in the diningroom hutch, I but decided to shop my home and you know what? It was fun! Love the knob on it!

I think the little clock that I found at GW not to long ago looks cute next to the big one!

I only worked one day this week and one next week, so I’m going to enjoy organizing and decorating all day long:)

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you are having as much fun as I am! If you would like to see my Pinterest board “Shelf Styling” you can see it here.

Joining:

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Be Inspired Friday @ Common Ground

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Happy Hour @ Craftberry Bush

Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home

Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest

Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring Decorating

Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thur Life

All Star Block Party @ In the Old Road

 

Rondell♥

 

 

Word of the Year…Organize

Happy New Year everyone! So glad there is a clean slate ahead of all of us... right?

My word for 2013 is organize, why? Because I’m terrible at it and it has finally caught up with me to make me realize that I need to get my butt in gear and do what I need to do in order to have my home the way I want it.

I just don’t want to be like this lady in the picture anymore!

I want to be more organized, I am so tired of hunting for things that I’ve put stuffed into cabinets and cupboards and also under beds, yes, I do that only not in neat, plastic containers like you should use just “stuffed”. Maybe my posting about this and putting myself out there will keep me on my toes about it and at the end of 2013 I can proudly say I’m more organized now! I sure hope so!

This has to be my word for the year no other will do because I need to really work on this matter in my life.

My kitchen is all organized, not by me but by my husband who really does all the cookin, that is the only room that doesn’t need organized. The other rooms do though so tomorrow I’ll be starting on the bedrooms than out into the livingroom, diningroom and keeping room. Even the basement, I shudder if just one of you would see that. lol

I hope this post will help someone out there who is like me and you go along with me in 2013 on this journey, I know I’ll breath a sigh of relief when I am successful at it.

Rondell♥

Review of 2012

Hi friends! From visiting all your blogs I see you all had a wonderful Christmas, so glad, ours was great too and yesterday we had another one because Michael and Corrie came home from Annapolis. Needless to say I’m all Christmased out. The decorations are all still up and will be until after the New Year.
I just wanted you to know that I haven’t been on here to post because my hubby bought me a new lap top for Christmas, it’s Window’s 8 and I’m totally lost with it. I love the speed of it which is wonderful but learning the different ways to do things is daunting to a woman of my age. So I don’t know if I’ll keep it or not, I like to use Live Writer to post to my blog but putting it on the new lap top they want my password and ID that I just can’t remember…I know… stupid not write it down :) Does anyone have windows 8? Any tips or suggestions? I’m using my older one for now!
Now on to my most viewed posts okay?
Seemed everyone really liked when I used some AS chalkpaint on my diningroom table legs that I did in French Linen. You can read about that post here.

My bestest Craiglist find ever, still loven it, read about it here!

Loved doing this fun craft, read about it here.

Open shelves are up! Read about it here.

From dark brown brick to lovely white, read about it here.

Loven My Kitchen, read about it here.

Plus my hometour at Debbiedoo’s, read about it here.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by I always appreciate it and of course your

sweet comments!
I’ll be joining these parties:

Us Wednesdays @ Savvy Southern Style

Make it Pretty Monday @ The Dedicated House

Decorating on a Budget @ Creative Cane Cabin
Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thur Life

Sunday’s Best @ My 1929 Charmer

Rondell♥