Winter Blahs

Hello everyone, I know I’ve been gone for a while

but I guess I just hit a brick wall with blogging

plus it is January only three more days and it will

be gone for another year! It’s been hard doing

projects because of the weather and temps, we

have had some cold weather here in Pa. I asked

Stush bring in a dresser so that I could paint it.

I got a lot done on it but then ran out of paint,

we ordered the Deco Art paint from Home Depot.

So here it sits in the keeping room which I am turning

into a tv room and I don’t know if I’ll keep my desk

in here or not. The drawers are all done just have to

put a second coat on the body of it then wax it!

I’ve decided to clear out a lot of “stuff”I

see many of you doing the same and I know one

thing it has made me feel better. We have the

snow and cold here in Pa. until March so I try

to do some changing around like moving things

that have been in one spot for a year or more

and changing vignettes too! This is my coffee I

I did I’m loven the black, white and green!

Of course shopping is the best therapy, I

love to shop! I took the wire baskets from

where I had them above the stove and moved

some cookbooks over but then I was stumped

until I saw these cute little bowls at TJMaxx!

I always have trouble with a centerpiece for my

diningroom table because we do use it practically

everyday so I was looking for something that could

be moved easily. I found this basket on the

clearance shelf and knew this would be easy!

Thanks for stopping by, I promise to be back

again this week…happy hump day!

I enjoy Instagram if you would like to follow along with

me I’d love to have you! There is a button at the top

of my page just click on it and it will take you there!

I’ll be joining these parties:

Treasure Hunt Thursday

Flaunt it Friday

 

 

Feathered Nest Friday

 

Wow Us Wednesday

Grace at Home

Fridays Unfolded

Home Sweet Home

Rondell

A Little Bit of This and That

I’ve had this post saved and just have been busy so I’m going to go ahead and hit publish it without any changes to it, hope

you don’t mind! I don’t have to much to do on my project it’s just getting the time to do it!

Hi everyone, it’s been a busy month for me and probably for you too!

Thanksgiving is next week,our 21# turkey is in the fridge thawing out for

the big day. Until then I’ve been trying not to get overwhelmed/stressed out… just

trying to enjoy the days whether they are spent Christmas shopping or just being at

home. I usually wait until the day after Thanksgiving to decorate for Christmas

but was getting my fall dishes out of the cabinet when I found these Williams Sonoma

mugs I had found at Goodwill a couple years ago and decided to enjoy them now

I also decided to move my cookbooks from above the fridge to up above my

stove and I couldn’t resist putting a faux poinsettia up there too. Once I put the

lighted garland up there it will really look nice!

I have most everything out just waiting to be put in their special places…things

from Target, TJMaxx and Walmart! I’ll get it all put together right after turkey

day, it’s so hard to wait when I see all the great inspiration out there in blogland

and on instagram!

My oldest grandchild Sydney turned 13 this past week… I can’t believe it! We celebrated by

having her friends and family at the bowling alley to bowl and have pizza! I’m so proud

of her she does so well in school and sports.

Here are her friends , they had such a good time, and  it was fun for me just

to sit back and watch Sydney have such a good time!

My Fridays have been taken up by football, my oldest son coaches a highschool team

and they made it to the semi finals , here he is talking to a reporter. I will say that I

froze at every game that we played lately, I don’t do cold very well! Well, the

game before we would play at Heinz Field we lost, he did such an incredible job

with those kids. No matter how old your kids get your heart still hurts when they

hurt!

I’m glad I’m caught up now, I’m decorating for Christmas and I’ll be taking pictures

for you to see!

Rondell

Ikea Bagel Rail on My Kitchen Wall

I think this is one of the cheapest wall décor I’ve ever bought and I love it.

This side of the kitchen needed something but couldn’t think of anything until

I was at Ikea and had it all in my hands but put it back. Boy, was I sorry when

I got home and realized it would have looked great. Have you ever done that?

 

This is the side I’m talking about the one right next to the fridge,

we only do coffee here but on holidays we use this side for food,

plates, silverware and napkins.

I brought out my cookie cutters, some are very old since I started to collect

them in 1983.

Anyway I went online and ordered what I wanted knowing it would look good

since I could visualize what it would look like by standing there.

 

I decided to use the hanging bucket as a napkin holder for now, works great.

The towel is from TJMaxx

 

I hope you had a wonderful day, a little warmer today but cloudy… that’s ok,

I’ll take it!

 

 

Wow Us Wednesday

 

Feathered Nest Friday

 

Fridays Unfolded

 

Show and Tell

 

Be Inspired

 

Grace at Home

 

Frugal Fridays

 

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

 

 

Rondell

 

 

 

Update on Entryway

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful Valentine’s Day, we stayed home tonight

the Mr. has a cold and we all know how it goes when a man has a cold! Complete baby!

I am taking decorating the entryway slowly seeing what works and what doesn’t plus seeing if I

like it for a couple days…so far so good.

I added a vintage crocheted runner that I found at an estate sale for a $1.00 on the washstand I

painted a week or so ago with the American Deco Paint Treasure.

I had this frame from Michael’s for a few years and just never knew where to

put it, love it here on the door.

Found this picture at TJMaxx I bought it because I liked the blue in it and thought it

would go well in my bedroom which it would but when I put it in the entryway I

knew it was staying.

I’m looking for something to go under the clock on the opposite wall but I’m going

shopping this weekend and I hope to find something but first I’ll shop my house.

Well, it’s getting late, have a great night and thanks for stopping by!

Show and Tell Friday

Inspriration Gallery

Design it Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

An Eclectic Look

I found this galvanized container at TJMaxx for $3.99 and couldn’t pass it up and “Paris” on the burlap made it even sweeter!




Philodendron … the only plant I can’t kill.lol
With chalk I wrote a quote about exercising , which I’ve been doing a lot of lately, my son is getting married in June and trying on dresses should be a happy time right?
Really liking this look below…I also put an old grain scoop on top of the books to hide the heat/air return.


I read this everyday, it sure helps!

I’ve brought out things that I love…


such as this picture I bought in Jamaica 2 years ago.

I only paid $5.00 for it, I bring it out in the spring because it reminds me of warmer weather. Nate says to have things out that you love and it will work, so I’m giving it a try.

We will see how it goes and if he’s right.lol
I’ll be joining these parties:
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Inspire Me Please @ Love of Family and Home

My Spring Mantle 2013

Hello everyone! I hope your having a nice evening, I took some pictures today because although it’s cold out the sun was shining!
I’m so ready for capris and flip flops aren’t you?
I knew I bought the two wicker trays at the church sale for something and for $3.00 I didn’t go wrong! I placed the cloche on the mantle too along with the new, little suitcase.



The eggs are about 30 some years old, I made them in ceramics class and the moss ball I found at Walmart…the last one they had!

The rabbit is from TJMax, they had a smaller one but I thought the bigger one would look better up there!

The egg cup is from Target with a Dollar Tree egg, looks how it sparkles in the mirror!

I tied some of my Baker’s twine around this box, it’s the blue kind!


Now for this picture…do you think the burlap lampshade with the red going around it looks better or the plain one that I changed it to? I just can’t decide!

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments, I’m slowly but surely getting around to answering or commenting on your blogs:0
P.S. I’m still loving my Ektorp:)
I’ll be at these party’s:

Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on  Shoestring Decorating
The Inspiration Gallery @ The Craftberry Bush
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Be Inspired @ Common Ground
Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home
Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest

It’s a Spring Thing Blog Hop @ Simply Klassic Home

 

 

Rondell♥

 

Bringing in a Little Bit of Green

Hello everyone! Snowed last night and the night before but you know what I noticed? By noon it’s all gone! Yay!!! I’ve seen robin’s all about so I know SPRING is so, so near! That’s why I’ve started bringing in the green!
While in North Carolina I visited Target in Winston Salem, of course I loved it, went back again matter a fact! On this trip I found this rug on clearance for $14.98. I’ve been looking for one in the apple green color, that’s what I call this color. I think it looks so springy don’t you?


Tea Towels from TJMaxx!

Also picked up this hand soap for the kitchen sink, it’s by Method and the design is from Orla Kiely…tomato vine, a very clean, fresh scent!

I found the owl tea light at Goodwill a while ago and he brings just the right amount of green to the counter top!

Yesterday I went shopping with my daughter, we stopped in TJMaxx and look what I found…rolls of Baker’s Twine in every color of the rainbow. All for $ 9.99, two rolls for each color…jackpot!!! Because I’ve really wanted some for a while! I found them right where you check out, you know where they put things as your waiting to be next in line?

What are you doing on this Monday afternoon? I’m cleaning because I watched my son’s 3 dog’s this weekend…can you say a handful? All very good dogs but the dog hair is something I would not want everyday:) Buster is enough!

I’ll be at these parties today:

Wow Us Wednesday
Table Top Tuesday
Creative Cain Cabin
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Six Days of Spring Party
Make it Pretty Monday
Tuesdays the Scoop

Rondell♥

Antique and Retail Finds

Hello everyone! I do apologize for not posting lately, I just haven’t felt like it to tell the truth. I still haven’t found out the results of the biopsy yet, I guess it takes more than a week for them to get the results back. I do love to blog just had to take a backseat with it.

We had so much fun in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Jennifer’s birthday surprise turned out great! The weather was chilly though and the day we were to leave there was an ice storm, not to bad but we had to put off leaving for home for a couple hours.

We did a fun visit while there… in Mount Airy, which is the home of Andy Griffith star of The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD. Having grown up with Andy, Barney, Opie and Aunt Bea, I wanted to see the place that Andy fashioned his show from. I’ll do another post on it because there are just to many pictures that I took.:)

I will show you this one picture of the antique store I bought some neat things at. Two large floors of goodies!

I had a wonderful time there just looking around and the owners were very friendly as was anyone that we talked to that day.

Ok, this is what I found, nothing big or expensive.

I found this picture of a young lady, she just caught my eye, she was 20% off so I only paid $6.00 for it, the frame is old too so I thought I got a deal on her. Next is my very first doorknob, I don’t know if it’s brass or not, doesn’t matter, I guess this is a start of a collection for me because I can’t wait to fill a basket with them.

I’m so sorry I thought I had taken pictures of the other two things I found, one is from my first yardsale of the season in N.C., oh well, I guess I’ll just go on to the retail things I found and show you the others in my next post.

The pillow I found at Burlington and thought it would go nice in my office! Do you see what I did with all the Ball jars I have! I just piled them into a wire and burlap basket, now if I need one they are there.

I bought a new bulletin board at Marshall’s and gave the one I made to my daughter, mine just looked to small on this wall this one fills it up nicely.

I stacked my two suitcases, something I’ve never tried before, at the antique store I saw one for $25.00, I paid $5.00 for the brown one with college emblems on it at the flea market one year and the turquoise one a $1.00 at an estate sale.

The small suitcase I found at TJMaxx, I had seen it a while ago and was surprised to still see it there. I just fell in love with the blue, glass jar with the rope around it on clearance for $5.00.

The room is coming along, a lot of moving things here and there and just trying to get it right I guess. My next purchase will be anew rug for in here, I can’t have anything light because this is a high traffic area so I’m going to take my time with looking for one!

You will find me at these parties:

Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home

Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring

Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest

The Inspiration Gallery @ The Craftberry Bush

Be Inspired Friday @ Common Ground

Wow Us Monday @ Savvy Southern Style

Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, I always appreciate it! I know I have a lot of friends I need to respond to but I do hope you understand why I haven’t been around.

 

Rondell♥