Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

Today, I was in the mood to make something, so I made a runner for the side table, and a pillow cover for the bed that blends in much better than what I had been using. Then, I brought in this runner for the night stand. I've had this piece of fabric for some time, found at GW, of course.  I think that goes without saying!!  While making a runner for the table on my side of the bed, I decided I would make a cover for the pillow on the bed.  I used another scrap of the same fabric, and then cut a piece of eyelet from a scrap of dust ruffle, to give it a little something extra. I had made these curtains for underneath the table a few weeks ago, and finally found a tension rod that fit underneath the table like I wanted from the beginning.  The runner is the same fabric. The curtains hide the bipap supplies, like gallons of distilled water for its humidifier. The bipap machine looks horrible sitting beside the bed, but it is a necessity for me at nig...

I really, really meant to  keep fall decorations low key this year, fewer, more neutral, yada, yada.  Did I?  No!  I keep bringing items up from the basement, and am constantly re-arranging them, and if that weren't enough, I've been buying more!  Now, I'm thinking, I'm going to pull everything off the shelves, tables, etc., and try again, to use fewer items!!  The sign above is from Hobby Lobby with 40% off coupon, around $11.00.  I found this wreath at GW the other day for $4.54 less 25%.  For the price, I thought it looked good.  I made a new ribbon for it and switched out what I had on the front door to this one. A Good Will pear and dish I simply liked the colors, and the way these 2 items looked together. Canvas I painted, "gather" and of course a pumpkin.  I covered the inside of this crate with chicken wire pattern wall paper, 2 nice picks from Hobby Lobby, and Dollar Tree pumpkins.  The pede...

I've been busy for a couple of days making some changes to some of my small tables and lamps.  Both are easy DIY projects that don't take very long, and you get immediate results. One night last week, I came across this scrap of cloth in green and rust that I had left over from recovering Grandmother Cherri's old antique rocker.  I decided it was probably just enough fabric to cover the lamp shade on a lamp in the master. This was a total "no-sew" project.  I cut a pattern from cardboard for the shade, then cut 4 pieces.  I pinned the 4 pieces on and then with the strips I had left, I glued those on to the area where each of the 4 panels met. I used left over acrylic craft paint in Antique Copper to paint the lamp.  I repainted the table as well.  It belonged to my grandmother and has been every color imaginable.  It was one of my first chalk paint projects and I used dark wax on it. Most recently it was a beige color with grain sack strip...

Being the Good Will addict that I am, I'd like to share some of my recent home decor items with you.    This turquoise plate is the perfect color for my decor. I love this small tote.  I picked up one that was larger in green, but by the time I got ready to leave, I put a few things back.  It was really nice, but I have 3 or 4 now and don't need to keep bringing them home. This small lamp reminds me of those from years ago.  It was around $5. I painted the trim and drawer on this table earlier this week with left over Wythe Blue (BM).  I didn't get it in the shot but the picture above it has some purple, so I made this vignette in purple.   I was thrilled to find this old fashioned candle holder, blue and white, especially.  It's on the hoosier/hutch in the mud room. Back view   This cage came  in a rusty color, but you know I had to paint it.  I found it on 2 different shelves, with 2 prices, ob...

We don't have lots of trees around our house and since Irma swept through here, I'm really happy we don't.  At our old house, built in 1977, we were in the center of large, OLD, oak trees that were constantly presenting problems for us.  We had 4 fall into the pool at one time, taking down a new fence with them.  On the same day one fell on each side of the house clipping the gutters, but thankfully not hitting the roof.  Yet, we still had days and days of cleanup.  Luckily, we knew a man who would come and cut up the trees, for the wood.  He has a business where he sells the wood in the winter time, and is always glad to get it.   This home has no trees nearby, saving us a lot of work and damage.  Many of our neighbors are not so lucky.  Our county was hit very hard, and people are still without power, tv, etc.  We were out of power for around 50 hours.  We lost some food, but even that was minimal compared to lots of folks....