It’s hard to believe how fast the Christmas season flew by! It will be a while before I pack away all the Christmas decor, but I am already planning how to transition the decor for the long winter ahead. Taking down the lights always can be a bit depressing, but keeping things white, bright, cozy and calm can create a peaceful and welcoming home ambiance. Here are just a few simple after Christmas decorating ideas.
Merry Christmas everyone! It is hard to believe how fast this Christmas season has flown by! There have been so many gorgeous home tours to see, so I decided it would be fun to host a Christmas link party where everyone could link up their tours in one place. There are really no “rules” for the party other than simply link up your Christmas home tours, try to visit a few tours and hopefully make some new friends. I would also love if you would share this party on social media and invite other bloggers and blog readers to check out the party. The party is open through Christmas Eve, so be sure to stop back by to take a look at the new link-ups over the next few days. Enjoy the tours!
Merry Christmas and welcome back to Thursday Favorite Things! I am so happy to be joining Katherine at Katherine’s Corner and a wonderful group of blogging friends as a co-hostess for this fantastic weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers too! If you are looking to grow your blog, make new friends, and be inspired each week, this is the place to be. *Bloggers: If you would like a chance to be featured, please leave me a comment with the number of your link up. We can’t wait to see what you have to share this week! (If you missed last week’s party you can find it here
To get the party started, let’s take a look at what I have been up to recently:
Hello friends! The countdown to Christmas is on, and with just a week left until the big day I am trying to share lots of last minute Christmas inspiration on the blog while also enjoying Christmas in the “real world.” Today I am happy to have my dear Instagram friend and #madforplaiddecor co-host Karen (IG Life On Little Creek ) to share her cozy Christmas home highlights with us. Karen has such a fun mix of casual vintage and modern farmhouse style that makes her Indiana home seem so warm and welcoming. Take a look at how Karen does Christmas on Little Creek!
The Perfect Gift this Holiday Season
Hello everyone! ‘Tis the season for finding the perfect gift for that special friend or loved one. A beautiful handmade Jord watch would be a timeless gift! Perhaps Santa has asked you what you want for Christmas, and you can’t think of a thing! How about a beautiful Jord watch? I am pleased to be partnering with Jord Watches for an exciting Jord Watch Giveaway Contest and to offer you a chance to win a $100 off gift code toward the Jord watch of your choice, or a 10% off code just for entering the contest! Before I give you all the details about the giveaway, I want to tell you a little more about my Frankie Koa and Ash wood watch, and why I love Jord wood watches so much overall.
Hello everyone and welcome to the Merry Musical Blog Hop! I am super excited to be hosting this hop and to see how sixteen of my blogging friends incorporate music and musical themes into their Christmas decor and traditions.
As a music teacher and life long musician, music has always been such a big part of the holidays for me. Whether conducting Christmas choir concerts, hosting student recitals and caroling parties, or singing in the annual community performance of Handel’s Messiah, music is as much a part of my Christmas as the Christmas tree!
Season’s Greetings dear readers! Welcome back to Thursday Favorite Things! I am so happy to be joining Katherine at Katherine’s Corner and a wonderful group of blogging friends as a co-hostess for this fantastic weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers too! If you are looking to grow your blog, make new friends, and be inspired each week, this is the place to be. *Bloggers: If you would like a chance to be featured, please leave me a comment with the number of your link up. We can’t wait to see what you have to share this week! (If you missed last week’s party you can find it here To get the party started, let’s take a look at what I have been up to recently:
Hello again friends! Today I am happy to be joining my friend Chloe Crabtree of Celebrate and Decorate and eighteen other talented bloggers for the Christmas tablescape hop! If you have just come over from Debbee’s Buzz or if you are just dropping by, I am happy to welcome you to our dining room today. Come in and see how I have created a festive traditional tablescape for Christmas!
It’s Christmas crafting time! Today I am joining my thrifty chick friends for our monthly craft challenge. This month’s theme is ornaments. I love making handmade ornaments, as they add so much warmth and personality to any Christmas tree. Vintage and Victorian style ornaments are my favorites and I have made many different ones over the years. Today I am sharing a little tutorial for some charming DIY Victorian style Christmas ornaments.
Merry Christmas! Today I am excited to be joining eleven creative bloggers for the Christmas Home Tours hosted by my dear friend Angelina of Petite Haus. If you are visiting from From House To Home, or if you are just stopping by today, I am very happy to share my holiday home with you!
Merry Christmas! It is has been such an exciting and festive week here on the blog! Yesterday I offered “A Warm Holiday Welcome” to my readers with a mini-tour of my music room and a first look at the vintage and French Country Christmas touches I have been adding to our home for the season. Today I am joining my dear friend Marty of A Stroll Thru Life for the Christmas Home Tours 2018 featuring 30 bloggers sharing their gorgeous Christmas decor. If you are coming over from or if you are just visiting today I am thrilled to have you!
This year I was craving more simple holiday decor that I could decorate and put away without much mental or physical stress. I decided to do less is more, but also to focus on using decor or creating vignettes that are really elegant and beautiful. I also wanted to create a vintage French or old world European Christmas feeling and ambiance. As I started decorating I focused on things that are “simply Christmas” to me.
Season’s Greetings dear readers! Welcome back to Thursday Favorite Things! I am so happy to be joining Katherine at Katherine’s Corner and a wonderful group of blogging friends as a co-hostess for this fantastic weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers too! If you are looking to grow your blog, make new friends, and be inspired each week, this is the place to be. *Bloggers: If you would like a chance to be featured, please leave me a comment with the number of your link up. We can’t wait to see what you have to share this week! (If you missed last week’s party you can find it here To get the party started, let’s take a look at what I have been up to recently:
A warm holiday welcome dear friends! Today I am excited to be participating in the Christmas Tour of Homes hosted by sweet Carol of the Red Painted Cottage. If you are coming over from Camelot Art Creations or if you are just visiting, I am thrilled to have you here!
The Christmas decorating is coming right along , but I still have quite a few rooms to finish up before I share a full home tour next week. As I go along I am breaking up my Christmas decorating posts into several parts. So far I have shared my Merry and Bright Farmhouse Christmas Kitchen and my Christmas Porch Tour. Today I am sharing a first look at the rest of the house with this year’s new green, gold and ivory color scheme and some of my favorite vintage French Country Christmas decor in the music room. I will also be showing you some highlights from what you will see on my upcoming Christmas home tours.
Hello dear friends! I am stepping out of my comfort zone a little bit today to join some wonderful bloggers for a cookie recipe hop. Today we are sharing “Eight Christmas Cookies To Jingle Your Bells!” This fun hop was organized by Marissa of My Casa Di Bella. If you are coming over from Michelle’s beautiful blog at Thistle Key Lane, I know you have been inspired! I have to admit I was a little intimidated about this hop because it has been forever since I have made cookies from scratch due to so many food allergies and also avoiding sugar for health reasons.
Hello dear friends! It’s day two of an exciting week on the blog with Christmas home tours, blog hops and fun holiday link parties! Today I am joining Kendra of Joy In Our Home and twenty-three other bloggers for the Christmas Festival Blog Hop which lasts all week long. Each day has a different theme, and today’s theme is porches. If you are coming over from Little Brags or if you just happened to stop by today, welcome! Let’s get this porch party started!
Happy December dear friends! The Christmas season has officially arrived and I know we have all been busy decorating our homes inside and out for the most wonderful time of the year! Today I am excited to be hosting the Christmas Porches and Holiday Door Decor Blog Hop and to join 20 blogging friends as we share how we are adding festive touches to our doors and porches for the holidays!
Happy Sunday everyone! Tomorrow kicks off a busy week of home tours and blog hops for me and several of my blogging friends. I am excited to be starting off the fun by hosting the Christmas Porches and Holiday Door Decor Blog Hop tomorrow. Here is a list of the participants and a sneak peak of some of the beautiful and festive porches, wreaths, and door decor you will see on the hop:
It’s beginning to look like “a farmhouse style Christmas” in my kitchen! It’s still a little early for me to have all of my Christmas decorating finished, but I am loving how things are coming along so far. Today I am sharing how I have been adding merry and bright farmhouse style Christmas touches in my kitchen, just in time for the Christmas Kitchens Tour hosted by Pink Peppermint Design. If you are visiting from Life on Cedar Lane or if you just happened to stop by today, I am so glad you are here!
Welcome dear friends! The Christmas season has officially arrived and it’s time to start creating a cozy Christmas around our homes! Today I am joining 10 creative bloggers for the Creating a Cozy Christmas blog hop hosted by Katie at Let’s Add Sprinkles. If you are coming over from Hyacinth for the Soul or if you just happened to stop by today, I am so happy you are here! For this hop I am sharing some of my favorite vintage Christmas vignettes from Christmases past.
Thanksgiving greetings dear friends! In observance of Thanksgiving, there will be no Thursday Favorite Things Link Party this week. Today is a day to spend time with family and friends and to give thanks to God for the many blessings and mercies we receive daily! May we also join together to lift up those in prayer who are in times of need and trouble.
Gobble ’til ya wobble, and have a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Amber
Hello dear friends! Today I am sharing how to make some trendy DIY Nordic Christmas gnomes for the Thrifty Chicks’ November challenge: spools. I had originally planned to upcycle spools into Christmas ornaments, but after seeing all the adorable Christmas gnomes popping up everywhere, I decided to try to make a few using wooden spools for the bodies. I think they turned out so cute!
Hello dear readers! Can you believe Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away? Time is flying by and we are all busy making our grocery lists, planning the big meal, and decorating our homes for the festive occasion. I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough fall and Thanksgiving inspiration, and I have so much fun playing around with different fall tablescape ideas!
Hello and welcome to the Thanksgiving Tablescape Blog Hop hosted by Tammy of Pink Peppermint Design! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday so I am super excited to be joining 18 other bloggers in sharing Thanksgiving table setting ideas this week! If you are coming over from Far Above Rubies then I know you have already been inspired by Anita’s gorgeous ideas for Thanksgiving. You can find links to all of the other bloggers’ beautiful tablescapes at the end of this post.
Today I am sharing my “Pretty In Pink” vintage French farmhouse Thanksgiving tablescape. Come on in to the dining room and take a look! *This post contains affiliate links.
Happy November dear readers, and welcome back to Thursday Favorite Things! I am so happy to be joining Katherine at Katherine’s Corner and a wonderful group of blogging friends as a co-hostess for this fantastic weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers too! If you are looking to grow your blog, make new friends, and be inspired each week, this is the place to be. *Bloggers: If you would like a chance to be featured, please leave me a comment with the number of your link up. We can’t wait to see what you have to share this week! (If you missed last week’s party you can find it here To get the party started, let’s take a look at what I have been up to recently:
Welcome friends! Or should I say, “ Beware! Enter if you dare…This hauntingly beautiful home tour just might give you a scare!” Today I am excited to have my dear friend and Hauntingly Beautiful Decor co-host, Larissa Jenkins here to share a tour of her historic Welch House! Built in 1900 it is a real gem from a bygone era. Today it still retains it’s historic charm with the magic of Larissa’s decorating touches and attention to historic detail in restoration and vintage decor (mostly her unbelievable Craigslist finds!)
Happy October dear readers, and welcome back to Thursday Favorite Things! I am so happy to be joining Katherine at Katherine’s Corner and a wonderful group of blogging friends as a co-hostess for this fantastic weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers too! If you are looking to grow your blog, make new friends, and be inspired each week, this is the place to be. *Bloggers: If you would like a chance to be featured, please leave me a comment with the number of your link up. We can’t wait to see what you have to share this week! (If you missed last week’s party you can find it here🙂 To get the party started, let’s take a look at what I have been up to recently:
Welcome friends! Today 19 blogging friends have gathered together to share ideas for decorating with baskets for fall. Whether they are used to hold fall fruits, veggies and flowers or filled with stacks of cozy plaid blankets, baskets make perfect fall decorative accents. I am so happy to be hosting this blog hop and I can’t wait to see everyone’s bountiful fall baskets!
Hello and welcome to the Halloween Tablescape Blog Hop hosted by the amazing Chloe Crabtree of Celebrate and Decorate! If you are coming over from Home Is Where The Boat Is or if you just happened to stop by today, I am so happy to have you here!
Today I am sharing my “Music of the Night” themed Halloween Tea Party in the music room. The famous composer Ludwig Van Beethoven is hosting the party! Since no Halloween party is complete without a game or two, how about a game of Clue? For our version of the game we won’t be asking, “Who did it?” but rather, “Who was it?”
Happy October dear readers, and welcome back to Thursday Favorite Things! I am so happy to be joining Katherine at Katherine’s Corner and a wonderful group of blogging friends as a co-hostess for this fantastic weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers too! If you are looking to grow your blog, make new friends, and be inspired each week, this is the place to be. *Bloggers: If you would like a chance to be featured, please leave me a comment with the number of your link up. We can’t wait to see what you have to share this week! (If you missed last week’s party you can find it here:) To get the party started, let’s take a look at what I have been up to recently:
Hello and welcome to the Halloween Home Tour hosted by Tammy Of Pink Peppermint Design! I love decorating for Halloween and finding new ideas for Halloween decor, so I am so excited to be joining 6 talented blogging friends for the tour. If you are coming over from my sweet friend Laura at Decor To Adore, or if you just happened to stop by today I am so happy you are here.
I am still in the process of transforming my home for Halloween and putting on a few finishing touches, so I will be sharing a full Halloween home tour next week. Today I am sharing how I decorate for Halloween with a touch of whimsy to delight trick-or-treaters, family and friends. *This post contains affiliate links.
Hello everyone, welcome to the Fall Porches and Patio Tours! I am so excited to be hosting the tours and to be joining 21 of my talented blogging friends as we celebrate the beauty of fall together. Fall is my favorite time of year! I get so excited to fix up all of our outdoor spaces for the season. I have been creating all the fall feels on our front and back porches by adding classic fall elements to each one. I hope this post gives you all the fall feels too!
I love all the traditional vibrant, rich and warm autumn colors, but I am also crazy about pale, muted, neutral, and green pumpkins. I especially love fall plants and flowers with cool and moody fall tones. It is nearly impossible for me to choose just one color scheme, so I decided to design two different fall looks for the front and back porches this year. Both spaces are giving me all the fall feels! Now if the weather would just cooperate!
Happy Friday everyone, and Happy Plaidurday! Every year on the first Friday of October plaid lovers the world over celebrate their love of plaid. Some friends and I just kicked off a new season of #madforplaiddecor on Instagram, so I thought today would be a perfect time to share some plaid fall decor inspiration. Here are some of my favorite fall plaids! *This post contains affiliate links.
Welcome dear friends to the Fall Festival Blog Hop! I am honored to be joining Kendra at Joy in Our Home and twenty-three other creative bloggers for this hop. We will be celebrating the beauty and joy of fall by sharing different fall themes each day this week. Today’s theme is mantels!
If you are coming over from my dear friend Stacey’s beautiful blog, Poofing The Pillows, or you are just visiting today, I am so happy to have you here! For this hop I am sharing my simple, vintage French inspired “Welcome Fall Mantel” and a little sneak peak of how I am transitioning to my Halloween mantel.
Happy fall dear readers! Today I am excited to be joining my talented friend Angelina of Petite Haus and several other talented bloggers for the Fall Entertaining Blog Tours! If you are coming over from sweet Shannon’s beautiful blog, Belle Bleu Interiors or if you just happened to stop by I am so happy to have you here!
Happy fall everyone! Have you finished your fall decorating or are you just getting started? I have been transitioning to fall over the last few weeks in my decor, and I have had so much fun styling my new colorful pumpkins set from Antique Farmhouse. I have been moving them all over the house and no matter where I put them, they look great. *This is a sponsored post by Antique Farmhouse and contains affiliate links. All opinions are my own.
Hello friends! I am so excited to have Marty from A Stroll Thru Life here today to share how she uses gold in her decor. Her home is so cozy and welcoming, with a traditional style that is always fresh and chic. I love how Marty uses gold in her home, so I invited her to share some ideas for adding touches of glam through gold accessories. Without further adieu, here’s Marty!
Welcome back to my Fabulous Fall Decorating series! Today it’s officially the first day of fall, so that means it’s time to go all out on the pumpkin decor! On October 2nd I will be sharing my fall porch as part of the Fall Porch Blog Hop, so once again I have been searching Pinterest for ideas. As I was browsing I kept coming upon so many pretty painted doors with creative pumpkin displays and it put me in the mood to finally paint our back door, just in time for the arrival of pumpkins!
Happy September dear readers, and welcome back to Thursday Favorite Things! I am so happy to be joining Katherine at Katherine’s Corner and a wonderful group of blogging friends as a co-hostess for this fantastic weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers too! If you are looking to grow your blog, make new friends, and be inspired each week, this is the place to be. *Bloggers: If you would like a chance to be featured, please leave me a comment with the number of your link up. We can’t wait to see what you have to share this week! (If you missed last week’s party you can find it here.) To get the party started, let’s take a look at what I have been up to recently:
Hello dear friends! It’s only a few days until fall officially arrives, and that means it’s time to crank up the fall decorating full force! This year I have been incorporating wheat in my early fall decor and I just love the elegant, yet rustic and natural look.
Last week I shared my Vintage Cottage Style Early Fall Home Tour where I used wheat as a main decor theme. As I was browsing Pinterest for inspiration, I came across so many gorgeous ideas for using wheat in fall decorating that I was inspired to create this round up of 4o Beautiful Ways To Decorate With Wheat. Wheat is perfect for fall, but wheat can also be used in decor all year. *This post contains affiliate links.
Fall is here and it’s time to welcome it with big style! Now that the weather is cooling down and pumpkins and fall plants have arrived at the farmer’s markets and garden centers, it’s time to get to work on the outdoor fall porch and garden decor. I love filling urns with seasonal plants year round, but urns can really shine in the fall. After you have tidied up the flowers beds for autumn and have taken measures to prevent weeds and pests in your landscape, it’s time to concentrate creating beautiful fall porch displays and filling those fall urns and containers. Here are 15 fantastic fall urn ideas to get you started.
Hello friends…it’s (almost) fall! Just today I created this cute fall dough bowl display for The Thrifty Chicks Bloggers September challenge: “Vintage Hardware.” This was a super quick design that was really fun to put together. I am really concentrating on easy fall decor using what I have and just a few fall accessories, so this project was perfect. *This post contains affiliate links.
Hello everyone and welcome to the Fall Tablescape blog hop hosted by the fabulous Chloe Crabtree of Celebrate and Decorate! I am so honored to be joining this amazing group of 25 bloggers for this hop. If you are coming over from Sweet Sensations or if you just happened to stop by today, I am so happy you are here! Please come gather round my table and join me in welcoming the harvest season!
Happy “almost” fall everyone! Today I am sharing my “new” elegant DIY fall napkin rings I made using an empty paper towel roll and some supplies from Dollar Tree. These napkin rings are probably one of my favorite DIY Dollar Tree projects! Once I finished them I couldn’t wait to share them with you here on the blog. They are so easy and quick to make, and only cost about $1.25 each. Take a look at this literal “trash to treasures” project! *This post contains affiliate links.
Hello dear friends and readers! Back in the early summer I received a beautiful, Vibrant Handkerchief Throw from Victorian Trading Co. along with several other amazing treasures which you may have seen in my previous posts. I have been waiting to share the throw here on the blog until I finished up a “mini-makeover” in my music room, and now the wait is over! Currently I am using the throw draped over a chair in the music room and I just love it! *This post is sponsored by Victorian Trading Co. All opinions are my own. Affiliate links have been added for your convenience.
Don’t you just love all seeing all of the fabulous fall porch displays each year? Fall is about a month away, but here in “blog land” fall is already in full swing! Bloggers and decorators are busy sharing and gathering ideas for fall decorating both indoors and out. Today I am sharing tips for creating fabulous fall porch displays using beautiful fall porches for inspiration. *This post contains affiliate links.
Welcome everyone! Today is a very exciting day as I am joining 22 blogging friends to share how we are making seasonal decorative changes in our homes for the Transitioning From Summer To Fall Home Tours. I am so excited to be hosting, and I can’t wait to see what everyone shares. There are so many beautiful homes to tour, so let’s get this fun party started!
Welcome back friends to my Home Improvement and DIY series! Today’s post was inspired by all of the positive comments and questions I have received about our staircase with the French grain stripe painted staircase runner which I shared in An Early Summer Home Tour of My Old Kentucky Home. Since there has been so much interest in our painted stairs and painted staircases in general, I thought I would create a round-up post of staircase makeover ideas. Join me in as I enjoy some seriously swoonworthy staircases! *This post contains affiliate links.
Do you love elegant, “Old World” European style? Do you also love creating the home of your dreams on a budget? If so then I have a treat for you today! My talented friend Larissa Jenkins is back again as a special guest to share her “Top Ten Craigslist Finds.” I have been watching on Instagram for almost two years as Larissa transforms her historic home, The Welch House 1900, into her dream home using mostly thrifted treasures and Craigslist finds. Her home was featured in the January 2018 issue of Romantic Homes Magazine, the March 2017 issue of Casa e deco Shabby Style magazine and the July 2017 issue of Maison et deco Shabby Style. It is easy to see why after looking at her dreamy photos and perfectly styled rooms and vignettes.
I have started calling Larissa “The Craigslist Queen” as she surely has the royal touch when it comes to finding amazing pieces on Craigslist to give her home a royal European feel. Take a look at her swoonworthy treasures!
Hello everyone! Today I am pleased to introduce you to my new garden helpers, the lovely Cottingley Garden Sprites! These beautiful fairy sprites have been flitting around my flowers this summer and wherever they land they add such beauty and magic! *I am honored to be partnering with Victorian Trading Co. for this post. All opinions are my own.
Hello everyone and happy summer! I am so honored to be participating in this exciting week of summer home tours with thirty amazing bloggers hosted by Marty at A Stroll Thru Life. If you are coming over from my talented friend Laura’s blog, Decor To Adore, or if you just happened to stop by the blog, I am so glad you are here! Today I am welcoming you to join me for an early summer tour of “My Old Kentucky Home!”
Hello and welcome to The Tea and Roses Blog Hop! I am honored to be hosting this hop and to have eleven talented blogging friends joining in the fun! If you are coming over from Pam’s beautiful blog, Everyday Living, or if you just happened to stop by today, welcome! This week is full of excitement, starting today with the tea party hop, a $75 Amazon Gift Card giveaway and a Spring Tea Party link up coming up this weekend. You can find all the details at the end of this post. For now, let’s get this tea party started!
Hello and welcome to the Beautiful Bedrooms Tour hosted by Tammy at Pink Pineapple Design! I am so excited to be part of a wonderful group of twenty bloggers sharing our bedrooms this week. If you are coming over from Spicy Salty Sweet Home, welcome! When I found out about the opportunity to join the Beautiful Bedrooms Tour less than two weeks ago, I decided to do my own little one room challenge…with only about ten days to get the room ready for the tour! While the bedroom isn’t “finished,” the makeover is off to a great start. Come on in and take a look around at what I accomplished so far! *This post contains affiliate links.
Did I get your attention with, “A $10 Antique Farm Table?” Well Today I am going to share the true story of how my husband and I lucked into this authentic antique farm table for only ten little buckaroos at a yard sale on one glorious fall morning in 2013! I was looking at some older photos of my farm table for Thanksgiving tablescape inspiration, and I thought you might enjoy them too. Hopefully this post will give you yet another reason to want to decorate your home with yard sale finds and to start saving those extra quarters for junkin’ adventures! You just never know how lucky you may get! The farm table is truly our family’s best yard sale find so far… such a steal at only $10.00!
Back in 2013 “farmhouse style” was just starting to become popular. I have been incorporating vintage country farmhouse elements in my cottage style decor for years, but I wasn’t really on the lookout for a farm table when we found it. I was actually just wanting a table to use for folding laundry in our basement. One day while my husband and I were out junkin’ we stumbled upon this gem at a yard sale. The top was covered with a cheap veneer and the legs were painted a dreadful shade of brown. Nevertheless it was sturdy and big, so it would serve me well in the laundry room. My husband looked it over before purchasing and he noticed that there were huge wooden planks under the veneer! Because of his background in antiques, he also recognized the age of the piece by the types of nails used and the fact that the solid oak planks had been sawed by hand. He gave me “the look” to remain calm, but it was hard not to do the happy dance right there in the seller’s yard! With an aloof expression I offered the seller ten bucks for the table…cha-ching! SCORE!
Sometimes the hubby grumbles about is a little reluctant to work on furniture makeovers, but he was excited about this one! As soon as we got home from the yard sale, he unloaded the table and immediately ripped off the veneer, sanded down the original wood planks and stained the top. When it was completely dry he used a wax to give it a nice smooth finish (we later added a water-based sealer for a little more protection). The bottom part of the table had been painted an unsightly, flat brown paint so he mixed up some DIY chalk paint and painted it white. A little distressing, and voila…the perfect antique farm table! Well, almost. At some point someone had chopped the legs just a bit resulting in an odd height, but no problem… this junker always has a stash of junk with spare parts for “just in case” times such as this one. Four casters were added and we had a “brand new” antique farm table. Since we already had the paint, stain, wax and casters, the table really did only cost $10.00! Similar tables sell anywhere from $200-$1500 and they are even more popular today. And this people, is why I am a proud junker!
Here it is right after it was finished back in 2013. Oh how I wish I had a real camera back then! It turned out stunning and I remember that I had so much fun decorating it for fall for the very first time!
I was eager to get started with the decorating, so I shopped my house to style it up. I used a very old antique linen runner topped with a mix of a few faux gourds and real gourds. A beautiful Musquee Du Provence heirloom pumpkin took center stage, and some deer antlers and fall leaves were nice natural touches.
I had just found some awesome jute place mats at Home Goods for $2.99 each and they matched the Pottery Barn rug under the table perfectly ( the rug was also a yard sale STEAL at $20)! Then I simply set out my cream plates and saucers and put some pretty tiger striped pumpkins on top. I kept this arrangement for a few weeks until I was able to find some more interesting heirloom pumpkins.
It’s almost the middle of September, and I am going fall crazy over here! Today I spent the day chalk painting pumpkins and in between drying times I have been decorating for the Harvest Home Blog Hop which begins next Tuesday! This coming Saturday I am going junkin’ at the Country Living Fair, which means I won’t be able to do any crafting or decorating that day, so I am really rushing to get things ready now! I wanted to use the burlap pumpkins in some vignettes for the tour, so I hustled and finished some today and I am so glad I did. Now I am excited to show you how you can make some DIY shabby vintage burlap pumpkins too. They turned out so pretty and even though I have tons of other things to do, I am heading back to Dollar Tree tomorrow to buy a few more. Just take a look at these beauties! I need a whole bucket full! This post is sponsored by DecoArt and contains affiliate links for your convenience.
Moving to a new home is always an exciting experience! Although at times it can be a little more than stressful, buy a new house can be a wonderful way to start a new chapter with your family. When it comes to moving day there will be a lot of things running around your mind and many things to think about, so here are a few handy tips and tricks to make moving day that little bit easier.
