Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

Since I now have pink in my family room (til I can convince someone we need new furniture), I decided to get rid of the pink in the sun room, and I love it!!  Here is the before, in pink: Here is the look as of this evening.  We moved the pink white and green rug out, and brought in this one. I had fabric from GW that was just enough to cover the chaise cushions an the one in the rocker, so I put those on and pinned them in place with safety pins until I have time to do them right. The cover on the table beside the rocker is a fall head scarf.   I decided I could use some fall colors in here without so much pink. The orange one is a ladies scarf also, just makes a great runner. These are the curtains I made for pennies, and they were in the bedroom until recently.  I've never had long curtains in here except 2 lace ones at one point for a short time. I brought in a brown monogrammed pillow.  The box on the table holds...

I first wrote about my little dress in 2010, not long after I started my blog.  You can see the history of the dress  here .  My mother made clothing for us from flour sacks.  Back then in the early 50's flour was bought in 50# bags. My mother's motto, was "Waste Not, Want Not", so these bags provided free fabric. Fabric she used to make dresses for us, aprons for herself, and runners for the tables.  She was creative, and would make her own patterns for dresses, by cutting out the pieces from brown paper bags, she would save. Any way, the story goes that my mother and sister were on the back porch washing clothes using an old wringer type washer. My sister had a baby 1 1/2 years younger than me, and had gone in to check on us in the crib, when she smelled smoke. There was an electrical problem, and the home burned to the ground. We lived next door to the church we attended, and she drove us to the church parking lot for safety. This is the dress I was wear...

I bumped into a long-time friend today at GW, and she said she thought GW should pay me for advertising.  I told her I'm a GW addict, and she admitted that she's becoming one too.  We are meeting there next Tuesday at 9:30.  I hope they have lots of good stuff.  I need some more "stuffin" for my house.  It hasn't quite burst at the seams yet.  I know y'all are all waiting with baited breath to see what I bought today, it was veteran's discount day, after all, and I can't miss that 25% off. So, my best treasure today is this wonderful crystal water pitcher.  I believe it may be Waterford, y'all!  And again, it may not be, but it is heavy, and I'm gonna pretend it's Waterford anyway.  It looked all hazy on the shelf, but I knew it would look good after a good hot soapy bath!  $1.44  Isn't it beautiful! Then I came upon this little cow creamer, that all of you have.....now I have one too. At $1.13, she was mine! ...

Today I am sharing my second hand finds from Good Will, Senior day, which is on Tuesday.  They also have a Veterans discount day on Thursday's which I qualify for from my late husband's service in Vietnam. The table linens have been in short supply the last few times I've gone, but I did find this table runner that will work for fall. The rug under my breakfast table has the same colors, so they are working well together. I found this nice compote that is the centerpiece for this table. I really liked this bowl, so I purchased it.  I might use it for succulents or an ivy.  I like the design. Looks like I have the beginnings of a green bowl collection, purely unintentional. The blue bottle is from Crate & Barrel.  I added a single burlap flower.  A good transition piece for fall. I've been hitting the book section pretty hard recently. I always like to find pads of paper for the desk.  Both of these were so pre...

Another collection!!!  Surely not!  It happened when I found this green five-fingered bud vase at Good Will.  Not something I would expect to find at Good Will, but nevertheless, I did. It was a fabulous price, and I brought it home.  Then I went on Ebay.........yep, I did, and I found more....at great prices..... this blue one which is bigger, but of similar design. and, this one, which is even bigger! This one is huge and was chipped in shipping, but I've tried to repair it as best as I can and will use it. They say that 3 of anything makes a collection, so just what I need, another one!  :)  This solid white one came from Good Will, and makes 4.  So I definitely have a collection started.  I love the uniqueness of this one. Three are hand painted and made in Portugal.  The white one is unmarked. Well, I found another unusual one at GW yesterday when I went in.  It isn't marked, and oh how I w...