Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

After making shelves for the large cabinet in the office, there was one small piece of the 1x12 left over.  Since I can't let a good piece of wood go to waste, I came up with a really quick project to use it. First, I sanded the ends of the wood to get rid of splinters where it was originally cut.  Next, I mixed up some chalk paint and painted it white.  I then made a burlap chevron rosette, and hot glued it to the board, stenciled on a fleur de lis, and our street address, and placed it on the table in the entry.  This project was very easy, and used up some scrap wood and leftover ribbon.  When you have leftover items, try to look at them in a way that will let you create something new for your home.  Of course, I used aqua paint, and ribbon.  I have been working my favorite color into lots of areas in my home. I love creating vignettes using items I made, or bought at bargain prices.  These items all fit the bill. The old sewing drawer, the lamp, and t

I just love styling bookcases, and creating vignettes in them.  I recently worked on this white bookcase that sits in the corner of the dining room.  It is one of the first items I painted with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, and is a favorite spot to decorate. This old wooden box has made its rounds throughout the house. It once held 8 track tapes!  It was built in the 70's by our neighbor.  I painted it with ASCP and added labels from the Graphics Fairy, and some stamps to it.  It holds pink heart pillows I made for Valentine's Day.  I still have them out.  The lamp was bought at a consignment shop for $10, and it came with a burgundy lampshade.  I bought the shade it now wears at Wal Mart.  I made the rosette that is attached to the lamp shade.  The box with its Frenchy graphics, and the lampshade match in that they both have fleur de lis', one of my favorite symbols. The second shelf holds a favorite pitcher from Ross.  I love the lacy texture of the pitcher.  The t

This cabinet was built in the late 80's or early 90's, by students at a nearby technical school.  We designed it to have a 10 slot gun cabinet on the left side.  Since then the guns have been given to my Grandson, so in order to get better use from it, I used a cubbie for a year or so, that I just sat inside it.  Since we are having the room repainted, I decided to make more permanent shelves for this side of the cabinet.  The picture below shows the cabinet with the cubbie inside it.  This worked ok, just wasn't the look I wanted. Here is how I made shelves for the left side of the cabinet: 1.  First clean everything out of your cabinet. (and stash it in the guest room) lol!!  Kinda like this!!  :) Then keep the door to the guest room SHUT! 2.  Measure the height, width, and depth of the inside. (since the right side of the cabinet had 3 shelves already built in, I will put 3 shelves in the left side as well). 3.   Measure two or three or ten times to be s

I've got it bad....... y'all, it was 70 degrees here today.  Last Tuesday, we were having a dang blizzard!!  It's a weather merry-go-round, but that's o.k.!!  Today was gorgeous!!  In keeping with the beautiful weather, I'm sharing some Spring items I've managed to incorporate into the decor. I've added a few touches of Spring in the living area.  I left these heart pillows I made for Valentines out because of the Spring colors in the fabric. This is the vignette on the entry table now.  It's gone from red to aqua and white, with just a touch of green, and most of these items are pre-loved too!  The mantel is ready for Spring. Lighter colors on the coffee table. In the dining room, sun room, family room, sun room. I'm trying not to go over board YET with Spring decor, but it's starting to creep into the rooms here.  I'm about ready for some rabbits, but Easter doesn't come until Apr

I got busy early this morning, and removed the Valentine's decor from the living room, entry, and dining room.  Then it all started..... what to use for "pre-Spring" on the mantel.  Well, I think I've nailed it after much contemplation and tweaking. The first thing I did was make a wreath to hang on the mirror above the mantel.  I wanted something different.  So I went to my 'stash of stuff', and this is the result. I used a green work wreath and added aqua mesh, white ribbon, and pink geraniums.  I kept the shutters on the mantel, added the blue sewing drawer, a small angel bust, and a faux plant. I liked it, BUT, decided it might be too "Springy" for the season between winter and spring.  So I changed it. I removed the bright colors, and used the burlap wreath I made a long time ago.  I added neutral colored objects to the mantel. Nice neutral vignettes.  Y'all know I need a pop of color!! My husband and I went out for

This week, we have experienced some Winter weather.  Snow started falling on Monday night and continued through Wednesday morning.  Then Wednesday afternoon, we started having sleet and freezing rain.  It's been a long time since we've had this much Winter precipitation. The snow that fell on Monday night and Tuesday was wonderful! So PaPaw and Mimi went up to play with Rheagan (7).  To make the snowman,  all we did was just make a small ball, and roll it across the snow.  It was like pulling up carpet!  It just rolled up in long sheets.  What fun!! Rheagan gave the snowman a hairdo. Rheagan, Snowman, Nova The Staffy, Nova had on her sweater too! At this point the roads were still clear, so we took a short ride in the 4-WD pickup. A tree in the neighbor's yard The trees and hilltops were so pretty! View out our back door. Today it warmed up enough to melt most of the snow and ice!  Thankful we didn't lose electricity!  We

I have shared my Valentine's decor already, but since it was kinda early, I'm going to show you some of it one more time before it all comes down. The mantel Wreath with a heart in the center. Sweet cupids under glass  What Love Is My hand sewn hearts.... ....hangin' on twigs Entry table So there is my valentine recap!  Now how to decorate for "pre-Spring"???  How do you decorate for the next month or so?  I'm ready for some Spring weather and decor! Sharing here: Whimsy Wednesday @ Simply Designing with Ashley What's It Wednesday @  Ivy and Elephants Centerpiece Wednesday @  The Style Sisters    A Delightsome Life  for Home and Garden    Imparting Grace  for Grace at Home