A Patriotic Presence

 The new Country Living Magazine has some fabulous ideas for

Red White & Blue Rooms, so we thought we'd share some

Red, White & Blue of our own....

This little settee she found in Florida and brought home with her one year. 
She had it covered in this great red toile to match her office chair.

Actually, we should say Mom's Red White & Blue....

She is a big fan of Williamsburg and changed their little office

into her own little WIlliamsburg!

She loves blue (and red) toile plates
and has them several places around the room and the foyer



No saying is sweeter!
She loves using dolies as they really add another texture to any display!



When she makes it to Williamsburg,
she always finds a little something to bring home!

We told you she loved blue toile....

She fills this little cupboard up

with little pitchers, plates and bowls that she collects.



"How do you do?!!"
These little figurines and the one above we found on one of our junking trips



Another collectioin sits on top of the wood burning stove




She loves the history of our great country and it's founding fathers.
We found this plate of George Washing ton praying last year
and gave it to her for Christmas





Here we are standing where the office desks are
(oh no, don't even think that we'd show you that...she'd kill us ~ lol!!) 



This hutch has a great story....mom's cousin was cleaning out his barn
and found the top in one section and the bottom in the other. 
The bottom was missing a door, and of course, it was filthy. 
He didn't want it and asked if she would want it.....duh!!!! 
They cleaned it up and had a new door made for it! 

Love treasures that come right to your door!



 

Whew!

There you have it...

A Red White & Blue Tour!

So sit down and prop your feet up and tell us.....

What about you? 

Do you have any Red White & Blue

in a room or on a porch? 

We'd love to hear about it :)

Live Simply

Live Simply...easier said than done!

We came across this article at Country Living this week, and thought we'd share!

It is so refreshing to see an ever-so-humble cottage

especially so, when it belongs to an acting duo!

Country Living is featuring the vacation home of Emmy Award winning Tony Shaloub and his wife Brooke Adams. We adore the simple colors and furnishings of this Martha's Vineyard cottage.Tony's sister-in-law built this bed for the couple's daughter, and Brooke sewed the curtains herself.
This is the original Formica top...isn't it grand? We are just smitten with this kitchen - just enough color - we couldn't think of anything better for a cottage kitchen!
To read more about Tony Shalhoub's cottage, as well as see more pictures of it, visit Country Living.

A Day With Country Living

Greetings! This weekend was pretty fun! Not only did Karrie and I have fantastic companions down to Morrow, OH, we were fortunate in traveling and hitting absolutely no traffic to get there! We heard horror stories from several visitors about their 1-2 hour wait on 71 - - - glad we were going down 75!


It was very crowded - 7,000 people the day before, and they expected more the day we were there. Although we all agreed that it could have been put together a bit better (a visit to Country Living's home page will tell you just how much everyone that visited thought so....), we have decided that we will talk about the good!



They had some pretty cool ideas of things to do with your pumpkins and fall decorating. This garland was so wonderful! I don't know if I'd have the time to put it all together - but, what a statement that would be!!










The Farm Chicks were there - and everyone was swarming around their tent!

My favorite two places were a pillow place that had these wonderful pumpkin pillows in all shapes and sizes. They also had taken old cloth calenders, embroidered state birds, and even ladies names that were embroidered, and attached these onto pillows. What a cute idea!!






My second pick were these purses by Rebecca Ray. Fun little tent - very cute purses, however, way out of my price range!! Check out her site though - it is going to be updated this month, and it is well worth the visit when see these handmade beauties! Plus.....her purses will be featured this month in Country Living. Be the first to know.........!

Lot's of primitive things were at the fair, and I snapped a picture of these cute bird houses - very fun!




There were many other fun things, but it was really too crowded to take any pictures (sorry!) However, I was excited to meet the girls from McMaster & Storm down in Greenville, OH. I've been reading their blog lately, and they really have a cute store. I can't wait to visit it!! Their booth was fun, crazy full of people (many of the tents were so full you really couldn't had a good look and things!), but cute from what I saw!

We had lunch with two girls from Bloomington Illinois who had a store called Country Gingham. It sounded really cute and we thought we ought to take a road trip west some day........hmmmmmmm!


I picked up this Pumpkin Chic book that they had - lots of fun ideas in it - you will have to check it out! I'm hoping that I can try some things in it this year!!



After we left the fair, we went to downtown Lebanon. We saw the Golden Lamb - Ohio's oldest hotel, and shopped the fun shops. We went to the Miller antique store, and then we went to the Shoe Factory Antique Mall. We had a lot of fun there! I found a grill that was pretty cool,









and I couldn't pass it up!! Well, that was a windstorm of information - hope you enjoy!! We had a nice time, even though it was crazy busy!
Until later on this week - Karla and Karrie