Memorial Day Red White and Blue

It's time for a little bit of Memorial Day preparations

Some red white and blue in honor of our soldiers who have sacrificed dearly for our freedom.

In the shop I gathered some ruby fenton glass and some cobalt plates and set them on the

 Frenchy  table I recently  painted white. 

I added in some white lace, I picked up on a recent Florida purchasing spree.

Moved things around till I was content.

My dear sister, who is back in town now made these napkin rings.

I just call her Pickier

The adventures of Picky and Pickier  will begin again now ;). 

She just loves to go junking with me, and visa versa.

We managed to get the window decorated also in a red white and blue theme for the upcoming Memorial Day Weekend

Here is a peek at the window with some white enamelware trimmed in red.

 Some little flags thrown in here and there, and as always my favorite....

vintage bottles, this time in cobalt blue

I love decorating the windows for the Holidays.

This one will work for Flag Day June 14th and Independence Day July 4th

(Let's see If I don't get bored and change it a bit)

And back at the Cottage, a fitting table ready for breaking some crabs from Ricky's

Yumm I am already thinking about steamed mussels

I hope you have a happy upcoming Memorial Day... the official start of summer... yippee..

It's only 2 weeks and 3 days away from Memorial Day weekend!!

 How come we don''t see stuff out 6 weeks ahead like we do at Halloween?

Yeah like in August already?

Anywho have a great one!!

Thanks to all our service men and women!!

Joining some parties

Nifty thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm

White Wednesday @ Faded Charm

Fall Decor on White Hutch and Corner Cabinet

Just a few pics of some of the fun I have around the house decorating for Fall. 

I love to use vintage bottles for just about everything. 

Don't you agree they have a beauty all their own, come any season.

And i've been moving things from hutch to  table. Just foofin around, enjoying the sunlight.

Adding simple little adornments to the bottles.

And tying up little stacks of pumpkin colored vintage books from the thirties.

I like how these little hints of autumn colors stand out, set against my white hutch, and my corner cabinet at our home.

A couple black ravens escaped from the basement to bring in the Halloween spirit. :0)

Hope ya'll have a super Happy Halloween this weekend!
 Joining these parties:
Nifty Thrifty Tues @Coastal Charm
Wow Us Wednesdays #37
~White Wednesday # 123~
Good Life Wendesday @ A Beach Cottage

Transformation thursdays @ Shabby Creek Cottage

Vintage Tablecloth Love

I love and adore vintage tablecloths.

 Anyone who knows me might even say I have a bit of a problem, obsession, compulsion,  love affair with them.
I probably have too many. But I tend not to see it that way.

Many are from the 50's Like the one above with it's pretty jadeite color leaves.

Some  are more modern, if they catch my fancy, there in! ... i love em all, but really fancy a fresh, in good condition, mid century,  cloth.

Don't you think the little red cherries, rasberries and blue bows are so adorable?

And irrisistable?

I like to use these vintage, red, white, and blue for Memorial day and Fourth of July.
 And isn't it nice that Memorial day is only 2 1/2 weeks away?     Any great plans?

lots to get done before that.
My next tour of duty down the shore will be to finish up the little rental cottage.
That will include removing some things, so I best make room in my SUV!!

And I really need to get busy changing out this slipcovered sofa below at my Cottage Beach House

This front porch is one of my favorite places to sit and catch the sea beeze
( 2nd only to the back porch second floor sunroom with the view)
What is nice about this spot is.. just dozing off as the sun dances in on you, and beach-goers waltz past.

The blue denim is faded from the strong sun that pours in, and it is time to change it for a white slipcover.
I'm not so sure what I will do with the faded one?? Any ideas? I would like to re-use it because it is still in fine shape except for the faded spots.
Wonder if I can bleach it a pale blue.
I still love my little red white and blue toss pillows.  I got them really reasonably priced a few years back!

Here is a closer look at them on the little window seat.

Most of the cottage is white with shades of blue and green. I usually only bring out the few red white and blue things for the summer Holidays, then back in storage they go.

 I only showed you a few of my old tablecloths, I don't have alot down the shore. It's too tiny a cottage to have them all there, but wait ..there are more....back at the old homestead.

 I have one for any Holiday you can think of... and then some. This shamrock one is a fav.

 I keep them in these 2 boxes that I 've pushed together to form my coffee table in the family room.

And they are filled to the brim.

But in my defense, I have to say, I have stopped.
I figured I have enough... Once in a great while I will find one that I absolutely have to have.. but that hasn't happened in at least a year.

this one is embroidered. Sorry the pics aren't so good. It's nightime here, and I used my iphone,
 my camera is dead!

I Love the lacy ones too. You might know the one below is one of my favorites.
 I use it alot. It's very vintage, in perfect condition, and it is a large tablecloth.
It is a full 60 inches by 48 so it covers my whole table and I have a couple of small runners to match, that I found over the years. Usually out on one of  my thrifting hunts. Ahhh the thrill of the hunt.

Do you have something you love to use again and again? A special platter...or runner?

 I love the handiwork in these pretty pieces. Don't you? They are so easy to appreciate.

Have you thrifted anything great lately?

fun parties to hop over to:
Coastal Charm

The Good Life Wednesdays

Wow us Wednesdays

Reap What You Sew Sundays #4, #5 Begins!

and will be visiting on Friday:

Feathered Nest Friday

Frugal Friday

Show and Tell Friday  

Hodgepodge Friday

Home Sweet Home Friday

Vintage Inspiration Friday

comfy Old chair gets a Beach Lift

Friday, July 30, 2010

  I had this old chair that I purchased around 1995 that was desperate for a re-do.It started out in my bedroom at home as a little escape for reading. Then it got pushed out of there for a exercise bike and relegated to the basement to withstand some character building abuse from the kiddos. 

  So in mercy, I drug it down the shore and stuffed into my tiny serene bedroom, where it hardly got any use till recently, when we had the back deck renovated and made it into a sunroom right off my bedroom which now houses all kinds of comfy furniture for taking in the view.

  So here is the before.... hardly fitting in with the beach vibe we were going for....right?

Ugly old and torn seat covered with a sheet

I really wanted to find a fabric similar to the one in this Coastal Living magazine picture below.

With a bit of a nautical vibe. (This was in my vision file since 2002) 

My vision file is just a file of stuff I love.

 And I love the look of this chair right down to the cozy blanket on the ottoman!

Inspiration Love

So I finally found the fabric I would use! 

But I am such a procrastinator some times.

This was one of those times. I'd made a slipcover once before for my sofa and I sewed for 12 hours straight, just stopping for nourishment! It's not something I am great at and didn't really look forward to.

Finally though this job was going to get done!

And here is the end result:

Much more beachy

It fits in the room much better now in it's new skin. And it's still one of my most comfy little chairs!  This nautical fabric is now available in my online fabric store, FreshCutFabrics.com   It is called Millbrook stripe by Waverly.

Thanks foe stopping by!