Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

I checked out our GW on Sr. discount day this week, and found nothing!!  One day later, I hit the jackpot.  Some really nice stuff, y'all! Look at this!  Can you believe it?  Total price.............drum roll, please....................................................................$19.41!! I couldn't believe all the turquoise items I found!  I had ladies stopping to look at the items in my cart!  I mean, this was perfect timing! Flowers: $2.92;  plates:$1.21 each;  metal buckets: $1.21 each  Hugs sign: $2.92;  White Pottery Barn Vase, $3.93;  Wood Fleur de lis $3.93.   Un be liev able!!!!!  Did I know what I was going to do with all this?  No!  But I knew I had to have all of it!! So this is what I did!  I restyled my bookcase in the family room. I cut apart the turquoise hydrangeas so I could arrange them. They were all made together into one bush, so once separated, they looked really good.  I love this!!  I took al

If you've followed my blog for long, you know that I decorate as often as possible without spending or spending very little.  This post is all about getting a seasonal look for your home without breaking the bank. Tip 1:  Shop your house.  By doing this, you use what you have on hand.  That's always good. Go through your home looking for items that have colors of the season.  For example, art work that might have the colors you want to feature, blankets/throws, candles, books, window treatments, a rug you could move from one room to another, etc. Throw pillows are inexpensive and can have a desirable focal impact. Tip 2 :  And I say this "tongue in cheek": Try not to over do it. Tip 3:  Don't be afraid to mix patterns.  As long as you stay in the same color hue, you will probably achieve a cohesive look. Tip 4:  Place an unexpected object in the room, example, the colorful tote sitting on the bottom shelf of the table in my room below. Tip 5:  

Our Wal Mart has a decent fabric section, and I always go through their remnants that have been marked down when the bolts are almost empty.  Recently, I picked up remnants on two different occasions.  First I found the gold colored fabric below, and a week or so later, I bought the print fabric.  Both were priced very reasonably and together were about six or seven dollars. I knew when I found the print, I would use it to make pillow covers for the sofa and love seat in the family room.  I had forgotten the gold remnant, but when I got home and put the print fabric in my fabric stash, I saw how well they coordinated. I made a mental note of that, and yesterday, decided to get busy and make my pillow covers.  I decided to use the print for the front, and the gold for the back of the pillows. First, I ironed the two remnants, so they would be easy to cut. Next, I measured the 4 pillows for which I wanted to make covers, and gathered my supplies together. I use my mother

spruce up :  meaning an act of cleaning up, refurbishing, renovating an item; improving the appearance. On Saturday, after having all I could stand of the political news on television, I decided to take a stroll through Good Will.  I'm glad I did.  This is my latest treasure. BEFORE This is a heavy ceramic dough tray, and I have always wanted a dough tray, so this will suffice for decorating. Do you ever find things that are just too good to pass up?  That's what I thought when I saw this.  It's a little more than I usually pay for one item, but like I said, too nice to pass up! I have to tell you, it needed a good cleaning.  You can see how badly the spanish moss looks above.  Our GW is in the same strip mall as the Dollar Tree, and I knew I could get fresh moss there for a dollar.  So I bought some fall colored stems, and spanish moss from the Dollar Tree. The fruits in the tray are the perfect fall colors. I gave everything a good w