Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

Recently I found some toile fabric at Good Will in a bundle with several other beautiful pieces.  I mentioned on my last post that I was trying to decide where I would use it.  The mud room and joining laundry room won out.  I already have a blue rug in the mud room, so I measured, and made very simple curtains for the rooms.  I have a french door in the mud room, and made on  long curtain for it.  That way, I can fold it upwards, pin with clothes pins for a roman shade look, and to let in light in the day time.  Here are the photos of the fabric and the windows in the rooms.                 The scenery on the fabric would work great in a farmhouse decorated home.                                 A lady feeding chickens, cows, Birds flying over the pasture area with grazing horses. This fabric would also have made a...

For my birthday, my daughter gave me a gift card for Bed, Bath, and Beyond.  I finally got the opportunity to go.It' s about a 40 mile trip so it takes a little while to go. I've seen pantry organizers on several blogs, and decided to use part of my gift card to buy an over the door organizer. Although, the directions were not very good, I managed to get it installed on the inside of the pantry door. We like to have a well-stocked pantry, and this door unit is such a help. The other item I bought was a pair of curtains for the family room.  It's a stormy day and the pictures are not very good, but you can see the curtains. I liked the look with just one aqua panel on each side, but went back another day and got 2 more.  Now it looks twice as nice! Sharing here: Met Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch Inspiration Monday Tuesdays at our home @ Our home away from home Inspire Me Tuesday @  A St...

Do you ever look at something you've made, or decorated, and say, WHAT WAS I THINKING????  I do it quite a bit, so with that in mind,  I'm going to go through the house, and make some subtle changes.  Changes that probably won't be noticeable to anyone but me, but changes nevertheless.  I'll share some with you. I recently made over these frames, and put them in the guest bath! While they looked alright by themselves, the aqua clashed with other items in the bathroom.  I took those down, and replaced them with these pictures. The use of pictures with more white looks more calm with the busy-ness of the shower curtain. To further change the room, I have switched out the shower curtain for a solid white one. Sometimes a significant change can be as simple as switching out a plate you have displayed. For instance, look at this change.  I switched out the small platter for a plate with more color. This gives a more vivid foca...