New Cloche

Hey everyone! How are you tonight? Got home from work had dinner and then got on here to join all the great parties going on today!

I found this cloche at TJMaxx a couple weeks ago and just put it out Saturday but really couldn’t figure what to put in it that I haven’t done before, this one is different, it has a pedestal that came with it.

So I went to my pinterest board Cloche Ideas and decided to do the one with the book pages tied with twine. It’s the first picture on the board and if you want to follow me on Pinterest I’d love it!

I don’t tear up old books just ones that weren’t a good read and are usually from Goodwill.

 

I also bought a white mat for the picture of New York City now just have to get a black frame. The scale I found for $5.00 at a community yardsale a couple summers ago!

 

Here is a sneak peek of what I put on the very top of the now gray painted Hoosier, I hope to finish it tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by and your comments do make me smile:)

I’ll be partying at these great places:

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style

It’s a Cloche Party @ A Stroll Thur Life

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm

Tuesday’s Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Pretty Things Linky Party @ TwelveOeight

Cowgirl Up @ Cedar Hill Ranch

 

Rondell♥

Sofa Covered with No Sew Dropcloths

I don’t know if I’m the first to ever do this but I thought you may want to know how I bought drop cloths from Lowes and covered my sofa with them, maybe  you have a sofa that you are tired of and would like to try it too.

My sofa is blue denim and more then 10 years old and it’s still going strong, in fact I don’t think it will ever wear out! I’m tired of the blue so I decided to cover it with a slipcover BUT my sofa is so big 96” long and that’s the problem I have with it. The only slipcover that would fit is from Pottery Barn at $179.00… not happening!!!

I knew there had to be a way to deal with this problem, I just had to figure it out! So I bought the largest drop cloth that Lowes had, it cost about $25.00 and (I’ve washed it about 3 times so it’s starting to get soft.) threw it over my couch, immediately I liked the off white look. Then the other day I happened to find that I had a smaller dropcloth in my stash and wondered if I could use it to cover just the seat cushions. here’s how it turned out!

You can see how huge the arms are!

You can see how I covered the seat cushions with the drop cloth I found.

My husband lays on the sofa almost every evening and all I have to do is smooth it out, doesn’t really come out of where I have it tucked in!

I think it has pulled the livingroom together and it only cost me $25.00!

Here is my diningroom without the bookcase in it. Gives us a lot more room.

I also changed the top of my step back cupboard…change is good:)

Thanks for stopping by, we are going out to dinner tonight then to a Valentine’s dance Saturday night. Thank goodness the blizzard has missed us but I’m thinking of you that are in the New England states, we have relatives there, so stay safe!
I’ll be joining these fantastic parties:
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style
Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring Decorating
Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home
Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous
Fabulously Creative Friday @ Jennifer Rizzo
Feathered Nest Friday @ The French Country Cottage
Be Inspired @ Common Ground


Rondell♥

Debbiedoo’s Copy Cat!

Well, you know me, when I do a copy cat it’s always Pottery Barn, just can’t get enough of their catalogs, but their prices are just to high for me! Just watch out if I ever hit the Power Ball though (which I don’t play but hubby does ) lol. Anyway, here is the page I copied.

This is as close as I got it! I got the brainy idea to buy a dropcloth at Lowe’s for $21.00 instead of PB’s $99.00 one! Brought it home and washed it and it did make the dropcloth really soft. I may bleach it next time it goes in the wash.

I’m a little disappointed in it but it sure isn’t blue anymore and does brighten up the room. Now for a new rug:) My husband doesn’t want to hear about that. Ha!



I’ll tell you about the picture above the couch in another post that I did today!
I’ll be joining these great parties:
Copy Cat Challenge @ Debbiedoo’s
Treasure Hunt Thursday @ From My Front Porch to Yours
Redoux Linky Party @ Redoux
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Fridays Unfolded @ Stuff and Nonsense
Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home

Catch a Glimpse @ Glimpse Inside
Potpourri Friday @ 2805
Don’t forget to like my FB page I need 30 likes so they can do something, can’t remember what. LOL
As always thank you for stopping by!
Rondell♥
Edited: I’m having trouble linking to some parties, I’ll keep trying:)

Come See My New Look

Doesn’t it look neat? Love it, love the colors too, I’m so drawn to blue and that fab green!
Don’t you just love the banner so cute, I fell in love with it right away!

I’ve always wanted to do this, blogging is very important to me and every time I’d see a blogger get a new look for her blog I would just sigh because I so wanted to do it too!  So when I stopped over at Miss Kitty @Miss Kopy Kat I found out she was have a blog design giveaway, I couldn’t type fast enough to get my comment in and I was so lucky enough to win. The Cutest Blog on the Block is the designer and they were just wonderful to work with, I went thur their portfolio so many times trying to find my favs and I did, I’m very happy with it♥ Here’s a link to The Cutest Blog on the Block go see the neat blogs that they have done, I had so much fun going thur them. I still have some work to do on it as soon as I find out how to do it, so bare with me on this.lol
Here is a picture of my diningroom so far, I think I need to add a picture on the old shutter, I’ll see how that looks and show you a pic of it!


Also my turquoise spray painted table.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit!

Rondell

Dumpster Diving on Mother’s Day

Did you all have a wonderful Mother’s Day? I did too, rained all day though and it has continued to this morning! A little tired of it so hopefully the sun will come out today for a little bit, I know one thing it sure is green outside!
Guess what I did on Mother’s Day? I went dumpster diving…we live right near a college town and Saturday was graduation and you know what that means don’t you? Everything is put/thrown out to the curb that they don’t want or can’t take back home with them. One year we found a beautiful, white lounge chair for by the pool, from Lowes and we knew it sold for $45.00. This year I found this…out by a dumpster, I had went to the store and decided to take a look at the dumpster across the street from our college rental and there she sat waiting for me. She’s heavy but I finally got her in the back of the car, poor thing look at the different color markings they/she put on her?


But wait look at the one side of her, She is a Basset and has great bones, this will be my new desk!

Yesterday I had a doctor’s appointment so after that I decided to go to the Salvation Army Store, a much neater and cleaner place then GW but more expensive, I did find a few things though.
This bottle, on the left, caught my eye since I need more to fill up the tray that I took bottles from for my PB Copy Cat, I still have them sitting on the table. Anyway I think I paid a $1.99 for it, it’s not old but that’s okay!

I found this for $1.49, I’m going to paint it black and remove the hooks, where I will put it I’m not sure yet.

Here was a great find, I love it and the colors in it, a very well made picture and frame and looks to be an expensive one at that. It had $9.99 on it but it was 50% off yesterday so for $5.00 it was mine!

A closer look!

I just hung it here so I could see what it would look like on my wall. If I keep it here I’d lower it a little.
As you can see in this picture I’m moving things here and there, stay tuned for my big project that Stush is doing for me!

I’ll be joining these great parties:
Thrifty  Treasures @ Southern Hospitality
Your Cozy Home Party @ Cozy Home Scenes
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp

Thanks so much for stopping by always love having you!
Rondell

Giveaway at Northern Nesting and Some Changes!

Hi everyone! How are you today? The weather here, for January in Pa., is wonderful the sun is shining! So much so that I’m going shopping, I know again? but remember I have those gift cards burning a hole in my wallet!
I did want to congratulate Martina at Northern Nesting for her first year of blogging! She is one of the nicest bloggers out there, always leaves me a comment…thank you Martina, I so love her blog and she is also a wonderful decorator  you can tell she loves her home!
Martina is also having a giveaway, how about this cloche huh? Fabulous!

Isn’t it neat? With the spring and summer months coming (hopefully) it would get so much use filled with Easter eggs, greenery or some feathered friends the possibilities are endless! Go on over to Martina’s Northern Nesting now and enter for a chance to win! The giveaway will go on till midnight January 17th and Martina will announce the lucky winner on the 18th, easy peasy♥
Now I mentioned in my title that there have been some changes going on in my home, something about taking all the Christmas decorations down (finally) giving you a clean slate. My daughter said this morning that when everything is taken down the rooms look so empty and they do but she’s been enjoying fluffing her place too:)
I finally got the lamp I’ve been wanting for a while!

Bought it at Target and I already had the shade, I don’t even have it plugged in yet, just sat it down and took the picture so you could see!

Did you notice I changed the table, for now anyway! It was my mom’s.

Love these that I bought from Pier One!
I have more pictures to share but I have to start getting ready, have a wonderful day where ever you are! Oh, I forgot in my last post to thank all that left a comment on post about our neighbors, thanks you so much and I sure hope it never happens again!
Don’t forget to stop over at Martina’s!
Rondell