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French Vintage Friday – old blue jars
Happy Friday, friends!! Here in the states, it’s Memorial Day weekend! In honor of Memorial Day, I put together a patriotic mantel display, using antique/vintage blue jars and flowers from my garden. I got these beauties, last year at an auction, for just $5 for the set! Some are more on the vintage side, and some are antique. I especially love the old jars with air bubbles in the glass!  For my mantel, I simply put some viburnum “snowballs” in the jars, with flags. Here’s a little tip, if you want to keep your viburnum clippings lasting longer, dip the ends of the cut stems into alum, before placing…
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French Vintage Friday ~ chippy antique bench
Happy Friday, friends!! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing this darling, chippy bench back. I adore the chippy paint!!! My sister had an antique bench in her back yard that she was going to get rid of. As we looked at it, we had an idea…she would take the seat part of the bench and use it as a coffee table in her living room, and I would take the back. I had the perfect place in mind! I’m completely loving it!!! I have wanted to put something there for awhile now, but didn’t know exactly what, until now. It’s always exciting to think outside of the box, and…
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Quarantine upcycling challenge – from bunk beds to day bed
Happy Monday, friends!!! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend, celebrating all the women in your lives! Today, I’m so excited to be joining some friends for a fun challenge! While it’s been kinda tricky for everyone to get out to gather supplies for new projects, we decided to challenge ourselves and create something using only things that we had on hand. I decided to turn these bunk beds…. Into a daybed…. I’ve been wanting to find a daybed for this room for a while now, and then it hit me…I could make one! I took the beds apart, then cut the inner legs off both the…
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Using vintage books in your everyday decor
Hi friends!!! I’m so excited to be joining some very talented ladies today for a fun blog hop, all about vintage books, hosted by the very sweet Cindy from County Road 407. When decorating, there are two things that I almost always add to a space, fresh flowers/greenery and vintage books. Those are my go-to staples of decor. I absolutely adore old books! Their charm and character gives me all the feels! I was planning on sharing a few different areas in my home, in which I have used vintage books to decorate. Then yesterday, on a whim, I decided to clean and refresh my living room. And, turns out,…
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French Vintage Friday – vintage world globes
Happy Friday! Today is May 8th, one of my favorite days of the year! My husband and I went on our very first date on May 8, 2002. He picked me up around 8 and we went to see Spider Man. It wasn’t too long after that, that I knew he was the one that I was going to marry. Fast forward, exactly four years later, May 8th 2006, at 8:06pm my oldest son was born. He was three and a half weeks early, and perfect as can be, a healthy 7lbs 4 ounces. It seems like just yesterday my husband and I were going on our first date, and…
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French Vintage Friday ~ beautifully crazed
Happy Friday, friends!! Happy May 1!! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I find beautiful, crazing! What is crazing exactly? Crazing is the fine cracks in the porcelain’s glaze. They often have a spiderweb-like appearance. Stains can set in and make the crazing more visible and make the dishes look dirty or worn. The cause of crazing is the glaze being put under too much tension.  While crazing is lovely, cracks in any dishes can hold bacteria. Dishes that have any cracks, even tiny crazing, can be unsafe for foods and eating. So many of my old dishes do have crazing and cracks, so I keep them for lovely decorative…
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French Vintage Friday – ironstone platters
Happy Friday, friends!! I hope y’all are doing well! How’s life in your neck of the woods? Are things starting to open up? I’ve heard of a few areas in the country that are slowly starting to open. I’m anxiously awaiting the day that we can all go out again, and live life normally, but until then, I’m enjoying this time. Today for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing my love for ironstone platters. My first ever piece of ironstone, was a large platter. Ever since then, I can’t get enough! I dream of owning stacks and stacks of these beauties! Perfect for serving, and also perfect for decorating! I use…
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Easy Easter table centerpiece
Happy Saturday!! Tomorrow is Easter, I can hardly believe it! I put together a simple Easter/spring centerpiece and wanted to quickly show y’all, because maybe some of you are still looking for a little inspiration for your spring/Easter table. I knew that I wanted fresh flowers, and my husband was already going to Trader Joe’s for groceries, so I asked him to pick up a few flowers for me. Remember, just a few weeks ago, when it was ok to run to the store whenever you wanted?!! Hopefully life gets back to normal soon! He picked some pretty pink flowers (roses, carnations, and hypericum) and of course, my favorite, eucalyptus.…
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French Vintage Friday ~ vintage recipes
Happy Good Friday, sweet friends!! Can you believe that Easter is just a couple days away! Hopefully it will be a lovely day for everyone, even though it will look quite a bit different for most of us this year. Today, for French Vintage Friday, im sharing something that I love and always get a lot of questions about, the vintage recipes that I have framed in my kitchen. I wish that I could say that these darling, hand written recipes came from a family member, but they didn’t. I found them inside an antique cookbook that I once bought. My grandma was an amazing cook, with lots of recipes,…
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Thrifted Treasure ~ living room refresh
Happy Sunday y’all! I hope you all are having a lovely day! Today, for our monthly thrift store challenge, I am joined by two of my sweet blogging friends. Their links are at the end of this post, so be sure to check them out too! This month, it’s was a little different preparing for this challenge. I am an extremely last minute type of gal. I am usually running to the store to grab a few last minute things, decor, fresh flowers, etc. While preparing for this challenge, I was determined not to go to the store for a single item, and I succeeded!! Yay! Here is my living…
