Table Top

We have had this sideboard for years.  My mother-in-law gave it to us when she was getting rid of a bunch of furniture.  It needed a bit of work when we got it, one of it's legs was broken, it was missing a center piece of wood, the handles were missing or broken and the veneer was peeling from the top.  We fixed the leg and center piece of wood, I bought new handles for it from Pottery Barn and we put a marble top on it.  I love how it looks now and we have it sitting in our front room.  I store candles, pillow covers and some accessories in it. I wanted to share how I have the top decorated, well at this moment anyway.  It changes all the time.

I made the lamp from a rusty old wind turbine roof vent that I got at the salvage yard.  You saw me make the mirror here.  The other mirror is an antique I found in a second hand shop.

   

I made the welcome sign from an old door.

The log has tiny conks growing on it and the ironstone pitcher is holding a few fern leaves.

The cloche sits on an old column base and an amazing birdhouse, that my sister makes for my Etsy shop, sits inside.

I love how fresh this looks for the New Year, but that could change!  I am fickle like that.  ; )

Table Top

Table setting for three.  

I used a vintage table cloth.  I love the colors and graphics in old linens, especially from the 50's.  I used some ironstone platters for chargers.  The napkins are dish towels from Ikea and the wood containers are old fruit baskets.  

I use milk bottles all the time for serving water, juice, soda and even milk sometimes.

 

Table Top

One of the things I love to do every season or sometimes every month, is change my table decor.  Whether it is the coffee table, dining table, or a cabinet, I love creating little vignettes.  Ok let's face it, any horizontal surface really!

This is a vintage rustic table that I am using in our front room as a coffee table at the moment.  I love the chipping paint.

I bought these candlesticks at a thrift store for close to nothing.  The are silver plated and the plating is coming off, so they are perfectly worn.  Two sticks match and I put an odd one in for balance.

As you know I love paper whites, so I put some bulbs in milk glass containers.  They look wonderful and are starting to bloom.

I love to collect small things and put them in glass containers for all to see!

These are match boxes that I collect, some have shells, pine cones, the Eiffel Tower and this cool heart.

Thanks for stopping by!!  I hope you like table tops too.

Love Affair

I probably should not tell you, but I am having a love affair.  

Please don't think bad of me, my husband does know, but is not happy about it.  

So every time I mention it or bring home my love, all he has to say is,

"Where is that going?"

or "Do we even have a space for that?"

But I can not help myself, I love lamps.  They are everywhere in my house.

Thanks for looking!!

Rate My Space

I put my newly remodeled bathroom on Rate my space.  I have received so many wonderful comments on it.  Thank you so much to everyone who commented.  Here are some photos for those of you who don't look at RMS.

First Impressions

We have lived in our house for 5 years and have remodeled it top to bottom.  There are a lot of things I love about our home.  We have an entry way that is great because I hate walking directly into a room.  This is what you see we you first enter our home.

I love, love, love antiques.  Anything that is chipping, rusty, crusty, and old, I love.  What do you love?