Fall tour

Fall is officially here and one of the places that I love to decorate is my entrance aka "library"

The table where we sit to read books and do homework

Dear husband made this ladder shelf a long time ago, it used to be burgundy, but I started painting everything black, poor shelf.

Some of my silver plate items

Lots of patina on this tea set

I like this pair of guys

I like white pumpkins, but this is the only white I have.

This column needs a makeover badly

Niche by the front door

Yes, I have a mailbox inside the house, it's so french

I made this sign our of a fan blade

And last but not least, my scaredy cat.

I still have to finish decorating outside, will come back whith a tour of the living room, kitchen and front porch.

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Fancy witch's boots

Today I want to show you some altered bottles that sell very well for me, adorned with coffee stained muslin, old earrings...

these are wine bottles that I filled with some potpourri fragranced with orange and cranberry oil

Some sheet music and the graphics from The Graphics Fairy

More graphics inside and some wheat sprigs.  They have been good sellers, so probably I will be making more pretty soon.

Now on to my witchy side.... I love those fabric witch boots that you see all over in magazines and stores in the fall and Halloween season

I had to make my own, these are the first ever made by me (insert proud face right here) I made two.

I didn't want them too plain so.... here comes lace, what witch doesn't like lace....

....or crystals....

...fabric rosettes and jewelry?

I decided to call them fancy witch's boots

Are you working on any projects for Halloween yet?

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Fall is getting closer

The morning breeze is cooler since September first, is actually cold.
This morning decided to have breakfast outside and enjoy the last days of summer

We don't need air conditioner anymore, the highest temperatures have been in the upper 70's

Can you believe I still have lavender blooming? I don't know what's going on but I like it!

 

Wishing everybody a great day!

Ido

Bathroom accessories

I've been busy, not much to show today, just some pictures of accessories in my white bathroom.

This is for a door not for a bathroom wall, but I thought this was a good idea to hang towels (I got rid of all the ugly gold towel bars)

I love this crown, got it for $1.99, attached it to a wood plaque and voila, another accessory to hang towels from.

And last but not least, I made this out of a wooden plaque $1.00 and a free curtain tie back which was gold and painted white.

Somebody mentioned before that my blog should be named "design on a dime"  I think she was right.

The rest of the bathroom still needs work, will post pictures once it's done, hopefully soon.

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Ido

Fall is in the air

I can't wait for the cool, crisp breeze of autumn; for our trips through the canyons to enjoy the beautiful view and the contrast of the blue spruce pines with the rest of the trees turning yellow, orange and red.

We like to gather red leaves and put them between a book to dry, then we can use them to decorate the house and for crafts.

(Back to reality, it's still in the upper nineties outside)

This is a table that I got some weeks ago

I like it because you can remove the legs and save space if you have a craft show, etc.

But I didn't like the look of the cheap material (plus I stained it watering my violet)

I bought a couple of yards of burlap and covered the top

Then I just hot glued the burlap around it

There you have it, no sewing required, instant new look.

Now let's get back to fall ....

I was so in the fall mood that I even baked butter and cream scones, yes baking and with 98 temperature outside, I must be crazy.

But I start decorating for fall on September 1st no matter what

 

What about you?

Are you ready for fall yet? 

French word of today:

Pumpkin = citrouille

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A "french" chair

Remember my "french" chair? I posted pictures when I found it at a thrift store

Last week I had time to paint it and re-do her seat

Painting on burlap is very hard, I wanted a different design, but I opted for this fleur de lis from The Graphics Fairy    You can see clearly that the words aren't straight, it's because of the burlap moving up and down while I was painting.

I didn't make a cushion and left her back bare, I really like the caning and her silhouette.

The painting treatment was very simple, no Annie Sloan Chalk Paint here (can't find it locally)

I just used some white semi gloss paint, added some navy blue paint to make a light blue

Brushed some white paint here and there

After it dried, I gave her some good sanding

Applied a coat of Minwax walnut stain and let it dry a little before rubbing it off

I was surprised to see the difference the stain made, before I applied it, the paint was a very light blue.

I'm very happy with the results, even my husband liked it, I told him I would sell it to him for $50 lol! but he wanted to pay me $15, I told him that wasn't enough and I will keep my chair.

I have a little round table that I want to dress up for this chair, I will show it to you as soon as it's ready.

French word of today:

Burlap = Toile à sac

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