Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

Some of my Valentine decor is new this year, gifted to me from Oriental Trading for a sponsored post.  I showed it to you recently. My other decor is some I have had for years.  I haven't decorated a whole lot.  Just the sofa table, a touch on the mantel, and the hall tree. Letter blocks and angel, from Oriental Trading Company.  I love these cupids on the mantel.  I bought them at Eckerd Drugs before it became Rite Aid.  So they've been here a long time. Gold hearts from Target.  They are lighted. A few days ago, I decided the small topiary screen needed to be red, so I added scrap paper to it with tape.  Heart from Dollar Tree, banner from Oriental Trading. Entry, front hall, living area.  I placed fabric hearts I made inside the china cabinet. Heart plate found at consignment shop.  I saw one identical at GW recently but didn't see a need for it. Have you decorated for Valentine's Day? Sh

You all know how thrift stores and Good Will sometimes have great items, and often, not so much!  I was in Good Will shortly after Christmas, and ran up on a wonderful bargain.  Are you familiar with Thirty One brand bags?  They are rather expensive, and in fact, that's why I have never bought them. That day, I started my search on the miscellaneous aisle where you find all kinds of items, and on the bottom shelf sat this wonderful big bag that looked like brand new.  There was glitter in the bottom, so I think someone might have donated Christmas decor, and probably did not mean for the bag to be donated.  My Christmas dishes fit in perfectly. $2.52  (retails on their website from $50. - $60.) In addition to that, I found 2 candle holders that match my Christmas dishes.  They were a total of $2.42.  They sell at Replacements for $21.99 each.  The photo below is from Replacements.  My candle holders are already packed away until next Christmas. source So all this

After changing the centerpiece in the dining room to blue and white, I decided to create a blue and white tablescape. I layered silver chargers with my blue and white porcelain.  I used the dinner plate, bread plate, and a small bowl.  For drinks, I used my Wedgwood (Jasper ware) glassware, found at Good Will a few months ago. View toward family room Everything on the table is second hand except the chargers, and some of the hydrangeas.  I shopped my house to create this tablescape. Blue/white tablescape, January 2017. Tablecloth: drop cloth Runner:  Consignment Jasperware: Good Will Stainless: Consignment Chargers: Dollar Tree China: Belonged to MIL Tote: Consignment find Hydrangeas: a friend and Wal Mart Sharing here: Winter Blues Wednesday Share Your Style Share Your C up  Talk of the Town Vintage Charm Thursday Tablescapes Grace At Home Shabbylicious Friday @ Shabby Art Boutique Feathered Nest Frida y Life Matters

I found a wonderful ceramic dough bowl and fruit at Good Will a few months ago, and have used it on my dining table ever since. Here it is when I had just bought it in the fall. Then at Christmas, I exchanged the fruit for ornaments, and used it like this. So this piece has been on my table for about 4 months!! Nothing stays put that long around here!!  It was time for a change. I hauled out my large wood tool tote, painted white over the blue, added some seed packet graphics on the sides with Mod Podge, stuck in some blue hydrangeas, and voila!  New look!! I decided I needed a runner on the table, so I added this blue one I've had for ages!! While I had the white paint out, I put the second coat on the hutch I shared last week. Once I got the 2nd coat of paint on, I didn't add back the papers I originally had on the backs of the hutch.  I wanted the planked look to show. I took a few more photos in the sunroom to share with you. I s

Just before Christmas, I moved the furniture in the sunroom around.  I liked it okay for a while, but lately when sitting at the table, the view into the room bothered me. I had a steel type shelf unit at the window holding the plants. That happens to be the spot where the table and chairs normally sit. I moved the plants to the floor, and my husband took the shelving unit back to the garage for his use there. I brought this vintage table back from the master bedroom, and placed it here where the jelly cupboard was and stood the old closet door behind the table. I had recently been using a rug with pink and green in it, but it had a stain I could not get out, so I bought a small white rug for the room.  Here you can see the rug, and how it blends in with the walls and tile. I hung these printed sheers in the room.  I've had them a long time, and they once hung in the guest room.  I like the color combination in these curtains. The table was moved