Our Christmas Home Tour

Happy Day to you all! What a wonderful season this is, how blessed we are to  decorate our homes to celebrate our Saviors Birthday!
I’d love to take you on a tour of our home for Christmas 2012, we will start in the entryway okay?
I had to use lights because we have had rain and gloomy weather for going on a week now. I also went a little simpler this year by that I mean I didn’t drag everything out like I used to.
I’ve had this quilted stocking for years and always bring it out to hang on this narrow piece by the closet.

I used real greenery from Lowe’s my first time ever for around my front door, so I tucked a few pieces in the stocking and every time I go past I get a whif of Christmas!

My holly wreath with the Got Snow sign and no we haven’t had any snow yet this winter, hope we get some for Christmas eve.


Now how about the kitchen, it’s just to the right of the entryway. I always use faux garland with lights above the kitchen cabinets.



On my PB curtains I tied some black polka dotted bows on and those sweet little mitten s&p’s are from Hallmark this summer on clearance.


This is on my work table that is right off the kitchen. The wicker sleigh was my mom’s, I remember this from my teenage years.


The diningroom is my fav this year!

Love my bench here at the table!



Livingroom mantle and tree in silver, black and white! I added another silver reindeer and some cute little stars to the garland.


Oh Christmas Tree!




I hope you enjoyed my Christmas tour this year!
Thanks for stopping by because I know you are so busy right now!
I’m joining Jennifer Rizzo at her Holiday Housewalk Party.
Also Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style!

Tutorials Tips and Tidbits at StoneGable

2012 Christmas Home Tours at Nester’s Place

 

Rondell ♥

My Fall Ranch

Hello! I know it’s been a week since I posted but just been so busy with life here in Pa. Today is Saturday and it seems it’s going to be a calm one, thank goodness:)
I’d like to show you my ranch house that I moved into seven years ago, how fast the years have gone by! In those passing years three grandchildren have been born making it four now so happy years have went by making this a happy home!
Some of the pictures you have seen before but basically still the same:)
Here is the kitchen:

On the other side of the kitchen,

I found the rooster like this after Samantha was here and had to giggle, it says Boo and there is a pumpkin and a ghost, but I turned it around…

to what I had on there! I found the tin of New York City for .25 at GW!


The entry!



Fall Diningroom:


My mantel… finally done, in fact it has been this way for a week but I wasn’t satisfied with it and didn’t want to take pictures until I thought it looked okay. I knew I wanted to use the oil painting that my dad painted so it had to stay, at first I removed the leaf garland but to me it just looked to empty without it so I put it back, gives it some color.



I found the cute little ghost at the grocery store yesterday!

I’m joining Debbie Doo’s Home Tour Party today!
Thanks for stopping by and I’ll be posting tomorrow so far I have nothing going on!
Rondell♥

A Few Presents!

 

Hello everyone, happy, peaceful Sunday to you! I had a wonderful birthday week and only have one more party to go to with just one more birthday cake to eat then it will be over till the end of August. Whee! Thank you to all that stopped by to wish me a happy birthday, surprisingly I didn’t get all freaked out turning 61 I just would think about the quote on pinterest  “ Don’t regret growing older, it’s a privilege that’s been denied to many” I thought I had pinned the quote but didn’t! This quote puts things in perspective don’t you think?

Believe me I got a lot of gift cards and went shopping Friday with my bff…Hobby Lobby was first and I found this cute birdhouse and with my 40% off coupon I think I got it for 6 something! Cute, black with some white French scrolling!  When I buy a Boston fern for here I’ll put the birdhouse on the tree stump in the front of the yard. Soon there will be flowers in the window boxes and I can’t wait!

 

Hobby Lobby had their baskets at 50% off so I picked up the middle one, the one on the left I had and the one on the right I used for Chris when he was a baby my mom had made a liner for it The top of my cabinets are really coming along for me, Kelly of The Essence of Home has the most beautiful style that I just love and loved the top of her cabinets with baskets! If you have never visited her blog stop over because her home is fabulous!

 

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I thought I’d show you the other side of the kitchen with my milk crate that was in the garage, I was blog hopping and noticed on one blog a milk crate and it reminded me of the one under the work bench. Out it came, I emptied it out and dusted it off and now it’s on top of my cabinets, amazing where you can find things and best of all it was free! Love those!

We stopped at Ikea and got lost inside, so confusing to me.lol Anyway I bought these tin pots for .79 each and the greenery for 6.98 each I bought three and put one here on my open shelves!

Another went on this side of the mantel, if your ever in Ikea stop and see these because they are really lifelike for faux plants. I had a real ivy one here but it didn’t’ make it, so if I want greenery around my home I have to resort to faux ones.

I placed this one on my shelf above the couch, you can see how having live or good faux greenery really adds to the arrangement  that you do!

Hope you enjoyed seeing a few of my presents…love to shop♥

I’m linking to Met Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch

Restyled Sundays @ Stylish Once Again

Show Off Your Cottage Monday @ The House in the Roses

 

 

Rondell♥

Not Done Yet

I did do some crafting today on two projects but before I get to those…here are my kitchen counters♥
We did get the sink in too, the guys from Lowes were here about noon and right on time!  I still can’t believe the 1983 stainless steel sink is gone and in place I have a black one! Yay!!!


The cupboard doors still need to be put back on and the stove was brought back in on a dolly with me pushing  while Stush pulled it up the two steps from the garage now my neck is bothering me, oh well, all for a beautiful kitchen right?


This is right when they finished!

I think this is a better picture of the sink, I took the pictures right at dusk except for the one above.

While they were busy in the kitchen I tackled the projects, this one I’d been working on for at least two weeks but with working I just didn’t have the time, today I was off so I got it done. It’s a round suitcase that I bought at Tuesday Mornings and I got one coat on before I remembered to take a picture.

Here it is after being painted with a dark beige paint then sanded a lot and around the edges too, I like also how it showed the pattern I painted over. I used watered down black paint on top and quickly wiped it off then tinted some clear wax with dark brown paint and applied that all over. I didn’t sand the black stripe because it was dry but not all the way if you know what I mean, so I may do that but not right away.


I have it on top of the vintage suitcase on my stepback cupboard, do you see the black and white picture above the one I hung yesterday?

Well, I thought I’d try my hand at abstract painting! lol  I already had the frame and got the idea from JoAnn from Double-Wide in the Sky so when I read her post I thought I can do that! My dad painted in oils… so I said a prayer and let the brush do it’s thing.   I could turn it the other way, but this way it at least looks like a sad fish. lol


If you stand back it really doesn’t look to bad if I do say so myself!

If you stand even farther back it almost looks like I bought it that way! Ha!
The long, wooden paddle you see there on the stool was used to stir laundry, my BIL gave me that and I was thinking of hanging it there but wasn’t sure. See the black paint on my couch cushions? I can only blame myself I must have got some on the hammer and laid it there, so after I was done off came the cushion covers into the washing machine they went. You should have seen both of us trying to get them back on after they were done that was a hoot!

Thanks as always for stopping by and your sweet comments!
I’ll be at these parties tonight won’t you join me?
Home Sweet Home Friday @ the Charm of Home
Fridays Unfolded @ Stuff and Nonsense
Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home
Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Show and Tell @ The Delectable Home

 

Rondell♥