The Outdoor Decorating Hang-Up

As you must know by now,

we love decorating the outside!

You could say we've got quite the

Hang-up

Sometimes we use vintage plates....but sometimes

you might want something lighter....

We didn't want to put holes in the vinyl siding

on the garage here,

so we put up command strips and used some

Melamine plates that we found in fun colors & patterns

Just for fun

we then put this old vintage tray in the

window box under the window of the garage....

They sky's the limit!

oh...what will we do next?

Dirty Little Secret....

...or maybe I should have named this post

"Ancient Chinese Secret!"

Last month...

on one of the snowiest days in the great state of Ohio,

Karrie, Ruth and I went antiquing & I found this Chinese figurine.

It's one of those things that you have NO idea why you love it,

but you know you will really be disappointed if you leave it there,

and you get home, and figure out where in the world you could have put it,

if you would have only brought it home.....

So....

GULP

I can't believe that I am showing you this...

but

THIS

is my laundry room....

Yes, I know...the horror!

I think everyone in blogland has a wayyyy cuter laundry room

and I can't believe that I just showed you it...

but - there it is...

my dirty little secret!

Now...

on this particular day that my yellow Chinese gal came home with me

my laundry room had nothing....

NOTHING

fun

cute

interesting

But when I put her on top of my dryer...

MAGIC

came to the basement!

I thought...

how cute would it be if I had a Chinese Laundry sign

to hang up on that ugly wall...

No Chinese Laundry signs to be found.

EBay

Etsy

No where...

So...I thought about hanging a clothesline above the washer and dryer

and....

EUREKA

or maybe

DUH!

I have loads

(pardon the laundry humor)

of  vintage linens

and THIS one

was my favorite...

so up it went!

Then...I brought home a red quilted runner

from the store to lay on the dryer...

oh...am I diggin' this!!

A Vintage Red teacup was found a couple weeks later

when I was out and about with my Mother-in-Law

Took an arrangement that I had and put it in a

fun vintage green pot

And...

It may not make it in

House Beautiful...

but,

It sure makes laundry

a bit more fun

and cheerful to do!

Tell us...do you have a room that you never speak of?

We'd love to hear......

**OK...

so, I know that you have studied this picture...

and you're thinking why didn't she put red duck tape around the dryer vent

instead of that groovy blue paint tape...

and THEN you are thinking...

Why in the world did she show us this picture!!

Oh well....I guess I'm just coming clean

(ha ha ha ha!!)

Top o' the mornin' to ya

'tis Thursday...

and it be St. Patty's Day now,

and even tho' me sister & I

have not a lick of Irish in us

(well, now, perhaps wayy down the line there might be...)

We are sippin' on our Mint Chocolate tea

and contemplatin' what else to do with the store today,

so we thought our green Irish setter planter

and his pot 'o silver

sittin' by ye ol' shamrock plant would

spread a bit 'o luck to you all!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!