Since I painted the china cabinet (click here) on my back porch, I have been wanting to share my country dining room with you. Here are some views of the table that include the china cabinet. The cloth napkins are actually Ikea dish towels. I love using these towels for napkins, since they are so […]
Meet Lumpy
If you saw my recent post of homemade chalky paint (click here) then you probably know who Lumpy is. My first try at homemade chalky paint produced a lumpy paint. And because that was all I had, I ended up using that paint on this table. When I was finished the table was covered in little plaster of […]
Welcoming Wash Stand
Our country front porch has a new addition. Remember my friend Marilyn who gave us the bear bench? (Click here) She also gave us this wonderful… well… I am trying to decide what to call it. It’s a chair, but not really. It belongs in a bathroom, but not really. Okay, it’s an antique potty chair. There’s a […]
Back Porch China Cabinet
I have been working on this post for months now, well not the writing of it, the doing of it. First I inherited a large pine china cabinet from my MIL. She had two other china cabinets but we chose this one for the ranch back porch. The first difficulty was transporting it to the […]
Old White + Old Table = Fresh Look
It is amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do to transform a piece of furniture. But I must give a warning here. If you are one of the readers that cringe when I paint a really old piece of furniture, avert your eyes, NOW. The table and rocking chair are both from the […]
Pumpkin Instructions
I just posted the photos of my friend Sheila’s pumpkin project in my post, Pumpkin Time. Everyone wanted to know how Sheila did it. Well I knew she used the instructions in the October 2011 issue of Country Living Magazine. I haven’t been able to reach her, but I did pull out my Country Living magazine […]
Pumpkin Time
When I arrived at my friend, Sheila’s house last week, I saw this. Of course I had to bring my camera over to take pictures. She was very gracious and let me take lots of photos of her awesome fall project. My friends have really been quite gracious in allowing me to bring my camera […]
Hammock Dreams
I am dreaming of hammock weather, cool breezes, and the sound of rustling leaves. When we cleaned out the brush under our cedar tree, Mr. CH had left this sad little leaning tree. He was headed out to finish it off, when I yelled, “Stop! I think we could use that for a hammock.” And […]
