Loving This Cupboard Painted White!

I've had this cupboard for quite a few years,

I looove it's shape and handmade look, but

a few years ago I painted it to match the

slipcover on my sofa when I was using more

color. Now that I'm back to painting most

of my beloved treasures WHITE, I've fallen

in love with this sweet gem all over again

with her new coat of WHITE, big thanks to

my MacGiver for painting it for me!

I've just noticed it's missing a knob, when my

sweetie was putting the knobs on, he had to

drill a couple out and this one broke...darn,

now I have to visit a couple antique stores

to find a replacement....;)

My little cottage plaque above this

cupboard looks a bit dark, I think

it needs to be moved, I just love it's

sweet message though.

~Bless This House~

Here's a picture after my MacGiver

sanded this cupboard down, so it's just

the shadow of how it was, but you

get the idea and see how it's been

transfored into such a beauty in WHITE!

Here's some of my Hull Pottery Collection

I don't activly collect it anymore, but I still

think it's beautiful, I was drawn to

the simple beauty of the flowers with the pastel

colors they used.

  

Hull Pottery

I'm linking with Cindy's blog, ' My Romantic Home'

for

Show & Tell Friday!

and

Jane's blog Finding Fabulous

for

Frugaliciou$ Friday

Please visit a lot of these

participants, they're a real

CrEaTiVe bunch!

I enjoy all your comments and would

looove it if you'd FOLLOW ME!

Thank you from the bottom

of

my

~Heart~

*

Always, Debbie~

Vintage Vanity REmake, REstyle and REused!

A while back we decided to replace the vanity

in our bathroom. One weekend we set off

looking for a vintage vanity that would fit

everything we were looking for! It needed

several drawers, large mirror and above

all else a SWEET COTTAGE FEEL!

It didn't take us long to find our little gem!

It has 6 drawers, drop down mirror with

two side moveable mirrors...perfectly adorable

for our space!

We then decided on a vessel sink and found

a green clear glass one with a vintage look,

we thought it was a bargain at a $100.00.

We picked out new flooring and my MacGiver

installed it beautifully and added gorgeous

new trim along the floor to finish it off.

A couple of days after that, we were

snooping through one of our favorite local

thrift stores and there sitting on the floor was the

most awesome vintage Art Deco sink!!!

I couldn't get to it quick enough and almost fell

over when I saw the price...$9.98! Needless to

say, we scooped it up. (When we paid for it we

found out it was 50% off, what a bargain)!!!

We took back the vessel sink and my

MacGiver was only too happy to adjust

our sweet little vanity to accommodate

our new vintage sink! Our bathroom looks

twice the size now, because our old vanity

went down to the floor, and our new

vanity has legs that show more flooring

giving it such a spacious look!

I couldn't fit the whole vanity in this picture,

but you get the main idea of how it looks,

~*~

I

just

looove

it!

This sits behind the loo, and houses vintage

collectibles, I think it looks out of place now,

it's to the right of the vanity mirror...

What do you think?

Maybe painted WHITE?

~Sweet apron curtian~

This is my window, I have a thing for vintage frogs...

Oh, and have I told you, I looove pansies?

Thank You so much for visiting my blog, I really enjoy ALL your

comments and would looove it if you'd FOLLOW ME!

I'm linking with Cindy over at her fantastic blog

'My Romantic Home'

for

Show and Tell Friday!

and

'The Shabby Chic Cottage'

for

Transformation Thursday

Always, Debbie~

Take Me Out to the Ball Game...

My cousin called and invited us to a Seattle Mariners baseball

game, but they weren't just any ole tickets, they were

VIP tickets in a suite!

WooHoo, we'd never been privy to suite tickets

before, how cool was this! Her hubby works for the Mariner's

and she's told us before to let her know when we'd like to go,

but this was a complete surprise. Her Dad (my uncle) went,

her bro (my cousin) and his wife, her hubby took the day off

(because when the Mariners are in town he works), but this

was special with them inviting people to join them in the 'suite'!

vs.

When we got there, we found not only was it the coolest of

cool, with awesome beautiful padded roll away chairs outside

in a cozy little balcony with three rows of seating, but the suite

inside had a table in the center full of yummy foods like a

wonderful layered dip and chips, a fruit tray, peanuts, hot dogs,

pizza, coffee and juice! Later they even delivered fresh brownies

to top off our afternoon!

~the pizza and hot dogs are on another counter~

A person came and got the kids and whisked them away, only to

return with ice cream sundae's! Then another person came in

to deliver calendar's and posters for the kiddos...

but the best surprise of all was...

~The Mariner Moose~

For me though even though I looove the Moose!

I got a small shot of Jay Buner who was there

as a guest, which was cool and 'The Kid'

Ken Griffey Jr. had the day off...dern, but

a highlight for me was seeing Ichiro play and

watch

him

stop 

a

HOMERUN!

No kidding, he ran back to the fence and jumped

up*up*up and nabbed the ball just before it

went over the fence!!! YEAH! I've seen him

do it while watching tv, but neva in person!

(Did I mention, we were just above 1st. base)?!!

~Gotta Looove him~

~His famous ritual~

WooHoo!

After nine innings and the Mariners having the only score,

sadly enough, they lost it in the 11th. inning...yeppers 11th.

Texas beat us 3-1...(some nasty errors)

but,

I'm not pointing any fingers...

We still had an AWESOME DAY

at the ball park!

A huge shout out to my cousin's Barb & Eric and Christopher too!

Thanks a million for such a special day! Big hugs!

Always, Debbie~

From Living Color to Beautiful WHITE!

I've forever loved the cottage look, and always

collected vintage items to decorate my

home with. 

however,

I lived it with

color,

lots and lots

of color

at least in my kitschy kitchen and dining room! They

were true to my boomer beginning and very

50's  with bright and beautiful color!

But that was then...

This was taken during the time when my chandy was

being put up and part of  the ceiling had to be replaced, plastic

was draped over most of the dining room...

I had a huge fruit motif going on with chalk ware in

my dining room as well as lining my kitchen (I'll share

the kitchen another time, it still 'In Living Color'

BRIGHT yellow with lots of

fabulous 50's chalk ware...

my little English cupboard has gone through

some major changes, losing the fruit I painted

on it's doors many years ago. I looove it's

new look in dreamy sweet WHITE!

...and

this is now...

Please tell me what YOU think!?!

I must confess, I've saved all my colorful Pyrex for

summer parties to be used with all my bright

50's tablecloths.

This

girl

still

likes

it

a

little

colorful

now

and

then!

I'm linking with Cindy's blog 'My Romantic Home' for

Show & Tell Friday

and

Jane's blog 'Finding Fabulous' for

Frugaliciou$ Friday

Please stop by their blogs and join in

the fun, they are a bunch of very

CrEaTiVe gals!

Thank you so much for stopping in, please leave

me a comment, it makes my day seeing that YOU'VE

stopped by and I'd looove it if you'd follow me!

Always, Debbie~

FREE WEEDS, YOU PICK!

                           

      Today we went shopping for our tomato and bedding plants,

   the store we like to go to was bustling with plant lovers

doing the same thing we were! My MacGiver got several

varieties of tomato plants, my fave being the little patio variety

that get eaten right off the plant as often, if not more often,

than in salads!

I chose my old standbys, inpatients for the window boxes

(too much shade for anything else), and yep they're planted and

 ready to brighten the front of our little cottage right up!

(excuse the neighbor's motor home)

~sweet pink & white this year~

~2009~

~this is what they'll look like in August, only this year they'll have some white too~

I still have so much weeding to do, but it'll just have to wait, until I

get around-to-it, as well as getting my bedding plants in the ground! 

My MacGiver's out mowing and I have laundry going and
need to get busy folding what's already done and get a salad
made for the elk steak that my hunter guy is going to grill.

I want to thank all of you for following me,
I have my 50th. follower, as of yesterday and I'm grateful
for each and everyone of YOU! It's a wonderful feeling to
know that I actually have someone reading this and I looove that
I'm getting to know some of you as my regular blogging friends!
I used this blog mainly to show pictures of what was going on in our
lives for family and friends, but I realized everyone was so busy
with their lives that nobody seemed to be visiting it, so in
the middleof January, I decided to change it to something
I really enjoy...

Cottage Living,
decorating, collecting, crafting and sharing with like folks
and finding inspiration in all of
your blogs!

 You're all fabulous and have inspired me
beyond belief!

This weekends coming to an end so quickly, I can't believe how

fast the time goes by...There's one more thing I want to share,

Jennifer at The Old Painted Cottage has combined with Michelle

at Petite Coterie for a fantastic Give-Away! I know

I'd looove to win this fabulous give-away, you may just want to

visit Jennifer's blog and check this out! Even though I hope to win it! :)

Thanks again everyone, you're the greatest!

Always, Debbie~

Living Small, Alas my Humble Cozy Cottage!

I know I've told you I live in a very small home, it's

been a challenge most of the time, for a couple of reason's.

One, we don't have a garage, who in their right minds can

live without a garage or huge barn for that matter??! Not

me, so it seems...

I loved having my small single garage as a

family room as my son grew up, it was nice to have him

and his friends out from under foot in our humble abode,

but...

I realize now, as time's gone on and my looove for

stuff has grown, it sure would be nice to have a garage

for storage and a work area for painting projects during

the winter etc. Our dining table has been totally covered

at various times throughout the years with many Christmas

projects being sanded, painted and not to mention

my MacGivers hunting projects, like repainting duck decoys

because they didn't look enough like the real thing, or 

cutting his venison...no kidding! 

Our humble cottage is small, but it is 'Home Sweet Home',

and really, there is 'No Place Like Home' is there?

I yearn for the clean, uncluttered look and freedom it offers, but

I'm not there yet, I'm working towards that clean white dream!

I work hard finding creative storage space,

OR...

in truth, are they really CrEaTiVe HiDiNg SpAcEs?!

So why am I sharing all of this with you my dear blogger friends?

Because I do want to share, really I do, but

I'm having a hard time because my

humble little cottage is not perfect,

not even near perfect, but after talking

to some of you, I understand I'm not the

only one, who worries about sharing their space because

they're still a work in progress...

So,

Even though it's not the way I want it to be,

it's my unique space and it's still under going it's

metamorphosis and in time, will be

my perfect little cottage.

to me anyway...

I've been putting off showing you my chandelier

because of my unsightly 80's shelves that line

my dining room, but I've decided after so many

of you told me to go ahead and reveal

the stinking truth outdated shelves, to 'just do it'!

~glimpse of chandelier bottom~

Looove it!

unsightly pantry door...

A white wood trimmed slider would be nice! :)

~new seat cushions are on my to-do list~

~little corner cupboard~

I'm linking to 'Faded Charm' for

'White Wednesday'

and

Cindy's blog 'My Romantic Home' for

Show & Tell Friday!

Please visit these CrEaTiVe folks blogs,

they have so many beautiful ideas to share with us!

I enjoy each and everyone of your comments and

I looove it if you'd Follow me!

Always, Debbie~

My First Try at Making Roses for Cupcakes!

I've wanted to try this for sometime now. I looove cupcakes who
doesn't, right? But I've been afraid avoiding making roses,
(even though I have lots of my sweet 
Grandma Stella's fool proof Wilton tips)...

so,

I finally got up the courage and tried some, I have a lot to learn
and need  much more practice for sure, but I took
them to work and the girls loooved them and my MacGiver

thought they were the BOMB, cutsie flowers and all!

I found the adorable cake plate while I was on Spring break,

at one of my fave thrift stores,

I looove the way the cupcakes look on it!

I'm sure I'll be practicing a lot more, I'm having

Bunco here next month and of course my theme

will be May Flowers!

I had so much fun I can hardly wait to

practice some more!

~so sweet~

~I was having so much fun~

~yep, those leaves need lots more practice~

~my MacGiver loooves when I say I need more practice~

~pink roses and white tulips~

~I looove my new cake plate and thrift store tablecloth~

I'm linking this to Faded Charm for White Wednesday

and

Cindy's blog 'My Romantic Home' for  Show & Tell Friday

go take a peek at all the beautiful goodness

everyone is sharing, what a CrEaTiVe group!

I enjoy reading each of your comments so much and

I'd Looove it if you'd follow me!

Always, Debbie~