Showing posts with label shabby cottage decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shabby cottage decorating. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

A whining Witchy Woman... and lots more tweaking...

About a week ago I told you all I was sooooo lazy that I didn't even give Witchy Woman a scarf this year. Well she has been whining non-stop all week, begging for something a bit more than her pointy black hat...


And truth be told, I do understand. I mean Halloween is her holiday...


So I dug through my stash and found a vintage scarf and black clip-on flower for under her chin...



I'm happy to say she is feeling like the belle of the Witch's Ball now...


Okay, back to rearranging and tweaking... The pink polka-dotted pumpkin/pewter candleholder have been moved from the LR pie safe to the DR hutch...


...where the pewter candleholder now sits on the shelf beneath my Nana's photo (I am the lucky recipient of all of her china so she gets a place of honor over the hutch!)....

...and the pumpkin sits atop a small hobnail vase.

And the lamp that used to be on the LR pie safe is now on the little table next to the hutch...

It's nice to have a choice between soft lamp light and bright chandelier light at suppertime (maybe some day we'll get a dimmer for the overhead)...

I moved little Pete the Parakeet (in his HomeGoods cage) from the kitchen to the little DR table...


And last, but not least, I gave the top of the recycling bin a mini-makeover...

The swan was moved here from the half wall in order to make room for the fabric pumpkins...

I placed some of my favorite old books and a bird's nest around the swan, and it gives the top of this little recycling cabinet a whole new look...


So thanks for joining me while I tweaked this, and rearranged that, and gave in to a whining Witchy Woman...


I hear it might be SEVENTY DEGREES on Thursday so I might get to play outside, planting some bulbs!

I hope you all have fantastic weather wherever you are!!!
Donna

Sunday, December 28, 2008

A Pictorial Mosaic of 2008...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...


(click photo to enlarge)

Cindy at My Romantic Home had a wonderful idea. She decided to host a pictorial mosaic of "2008 - A Year in Review." So rather than telling you about all the fun cottage colors I use to decorate our 'enchanted cottage' (split entry), I can show you!

What a great idea, Cindy! I can't wait to see everyone's mosaics! Be sure to visit Cindy's blog for a list of all participating bloggers, or to participate yourself!!

Donna