Table for One Please

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Thanks to Susan as always for hosting Tablescape Thurdays. Please drop by her beautiful site and look all around. There you will also find all the participants of this party.

http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

This week I decided to stay inside(!) and have a dinner for one in front of the fireplace. Of course, being summer,, we don't have a fire but I'll do another in the winter. I had to fit in my new Windsor chair somehow : ))

I centered this tablescape around some pieces from my brown transfer collection. These three pieces belonged to my Aunt Addah. All three are marked T&R Boote, England. They are the Lahore Pattern from 1880 and have a registry no.

Love the tea pot! It holds quite a lot.

The creamer. I wish I could find the sugar but I think I will just try and get a silver sugar scuttle from eBay. I've bid on a couple but didn't get them.

This lace tablecloth was my Mom's

Crystal wine and candle sticks are newer.

From over head.

I got this silver napkin holder from eBay. It comes in a set of four, all a little different. Very pretty.

Square votive holders are from GW. ($.50 each)

My chair again : )) Also my favorite picture in back of the 3 white arabs.

Hope everyone has a happy and blessed Thursday.

Thanks for dropping by. I'd love if you'd leave me a little hello.

Shirley

Outdoors at the Barn and in the Garden

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I hope the heat wave is ending for some of you people. Here in Ohio we've had a pretty good summer (heat-wise). Thanks to Susan for hosting Outdoor Wednesday. Now go over and take a look at her wonderful site: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/

Some of my outside photos of the day. I spent half the day at the barn.

This is Preacher coming over to say hello.

Satire is just happily grazing away.

The fly masks not only keep the flies out of their eyes and ears but sort of act like sun glasses!

In My Garden:

The little tomatoes (Sweet 100s) are putting out everyday. My big tomatoes are good size but haven't turned red yet. (And "No" I don't like Green fried tomatoes!)

The beets are ready. They are so sweet!

Just two pepper plants. One green and one red. Both sweet.

The acorn squash are ready. Mmmmm. I cut it in half long ways, take out the seeds and bake. The last 1/2 hour I put a big hunk of butter and brown sugar in the middle of it.

Produce of the day.

Hope everyone is having a great week. Happy Wednesday.

Shirley

The Search for the Crock-pot!

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Hi everyone. This is the first "Crock-pot Wednesday". I'm not quite ready as you see but I hope you'll come a long while I hunt for my crock-pot. Thanks Debbie for hosting this event. You can all go to see Debbie at http://diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-here-welcome-to-crock-pot-wednesday.html

Well . . . before I can be a "Crock-pot Wednesday" contributor, I have to find my crock-pot. I know I have one. This week will just be the search. (And a look at my scary century cellar.) That's my cellar door. Notice the cat's little door. They have to get down there to their litter boxes after all!)

OK, Be careful, the steps are uneven. Now remember this is a cellar not a basement and it was built in 1852. So don't be too critical!

This is the boiler room. (See the oil tank?) I remember putting it in here with a bunch of other unused kitchen things.

I know it's in this mess somewhere.

Aha!!!!! There it is!

Look at the size of the hand-hewn beams holding this house up!! Well, It's been standing for about 160 years!

This is one of the mysteries of the cellar. We never did find out what that big tall tank was. It had something to do with the dairy farm that this house was over 100 years ago. Anyone know anything about something like that??

"Bar the door, Nellie". That's the storm cellar door leading up stone steps and outside. I'd show you but I'm sure it's full of spiders! OK, lets get out of here.

(By the way the white wall on the right is covered with a PVC-like paneling. It's covering up HUGE boulders that the cellar walls are made of. About 10 years ago we had the cellar waterproofed and french drains put in. It's been dry as a bone ever since.)

Now to find a recipe. That whole lower shelf is all cook books. I don't cook much but love to look through cook books! Strange hey?

OK, out of all those books, only one of crock-pot recipes. It'll have to do. Maybe by next week I'll have actually cooked something! Stay tuned.

Now I'll go visit Debbie and see about all the participants that made some good things. Have a great Wednesday.

I'll be babysitting! Think of me!

Hugs, Shirley

Simplify!

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See this little picture? . . . I got it to remind myself to rid my house of a lot of "stuff" and get down to the bare essentials! I guess that's why I like primitive type of decor. However since I've been blogging I seem to be buying more than I'm tossing or taking to Goodwill!! Soooo, for the next few weeks, I am going to concentrate on de-cluttering! I should have a big garage sale but that takes too much organizing. So I will either give it to GW or put it on eBay. I have a whole room full of scrapbooking stuff that I don't do anymore so that will go on eBay for sure, if anyone is interested. I'll let you know when I start selling!

My Little Makeover

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Thank you Susan for posting this event with so many ideas!!

Please visit http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ to see everyone's postings.

Here was my big bargain at Goodwill this week. This perfect little ladder back chair was $5.00!! But it was crying to be painted . . yes?

The seat was just on with two long screws so it was easy to remove before painting.

My spraying area in the garage. Yes, I moved the car : )) I'm waiting for it to dry which only took about 10 min.

I'm loving this satin black paint from Krylon Fusion!!!! Really goes on nice.

Some finds from Goodwill, but decided the mirror needed some painting!!

Here's the little mirror painted black. I almost did it heirloom white but changed my mind at the last minute.

I really like this satin finish. Turned out great.

Here are my 2 items after their repainting. I really like how they turned out. Now to find just the right place for them.

Have a great day on Monday. I'm off to read about everyone else's Metaphorphases'.

Shirley

Great finds This Week!!

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Today, (Monday really) it's Thifty Treasures at Southern Hospitality. Always a fun place to blog about your bargains from the week before. Check out all the participant's at http://southernhospitalityblog.com/

Thanks Rhoda for giving us a place to show our wares : ))

I stopped in only one garage sale this week and I couldn't believe my eyes. There was a windsor chair just like the ones I've been searching for, sitting in the midst I don't know what else. I only had eyes for the chair!! I rain over and looked at the price. $20.00!!! I felt like I couldn't leave it's side (even though there were no other people there! ) I shouted, "I'll take this chair", without even my usual bartering with the price. I whipped out the $20 and ran to my car with the chair. It just fit in the back seat of my little Honda . . . it was meant to be mine. It's even painted black.

I just sit on my big leather chair across from it and smile. Now if I could only find 3-5 more and a dining room table!!

Then it was off to Goodwill.

This was my biggest bargain at Goodwill!! I got this little chair with the rush seat in perfect condition for $5.00!!!! Yes, $5.00. I'm going to paint it black.

I love the color of the sage green plates I got for $2.00 each and the iridescent tea light holders in the shape of snowflakes are so pretty. $1.50 each. All from, of course, Goodwill. Oh, and the 4 checkered place mats underneath were $.50 ea.

I found this cute little pumpkin candle holder with a hanger to use this fall. ($1.50)

The little pitcher to go with my small Currier & Ives set . . . now I'm on the look for the sugar bowl! It was half price so I got the little pitcher for $.50.

This was a day for shelves I guess. They were $2-$4 each at GW. I will have to do something to cover up the outdated hearts on the long one though. And they will all get a paint job. I plan to put them all on a wall in my kitchen to display my clear containers I've been gathering for flour, sugar, pasta, rice and the like.

My last stop was at Marshalls where I found this little cupboard that was exactly the right size for a space in my kitchen where I needed some extra storage. The tag is still on it here because I was still deciding whether to keep it or not but it's growing on me. Of course I'll probably paint it! It was $49.00. I am getting estimates now on getting my kitchen redone (that's scary!!) but I think I could use it other places too.

Well, have a great Monday everyone. The country fair starts tomorrow so I think that's where I'm going.

Shirley