A Pop Of Red

Hello friends!

Thank you all for the wonderful comments on our bath.

We have one more room to do in our home.

The kitchen....which may come to fruition soon, as we went out last night to look at sinks, stove vents and counter tops.

I moved my prim angel here for this display.

I only had two Valentine displays this year.

My Cupboardscape was the first.

This is my second one.

This is my pop of red.

These faux amaryllis plants.

We offer these at our store.

Fits nicely in my gathering basket.

I have many bowls which are just stacked

in one of my cabinets.

Decided to add more to this display.

I so however always keep three in bowl rack.

My dads favorite color was red.

Valentines does not always

have to be hearts.

Utilizing colors of love will

make a statement too.

Pop Of Red Blessings To All!

Janice

A Winter Bath Part 2

Happy Weekend my FRIENDS!

Today is the final part of my Winter bath tour.

I love our farmhouse bath.

It so reminds me of my gramma H's one.

Except for our floor.

Remember overlaying?

You can use this technique vertically too.

Adding the green garland over the clothes,

then this sprig of silver.

For those seeing our bath for the first time,

 Bob made our cabinet.

He painted it the same color as our other walls.

The shiplap (which he also did)  is a grayish green.

Many items this year came from what

we are selling at the gift shop.

Like these mittens and galvanized house.

It holds a tea light.

I chose silver and green for my Winter bath.

 

There are times when I mix in old with new.

Galvanized church is new.

Added a vintage bottle brush tree

 to this antique hurricane.

I believe I stole this idea of mirrors from Robin.

The Cranky Crow Blog.

In the antique business it is a known fact

you should NEVER face mirrors to each other.

It becomes a portal for ghosts.

These mirrors do not face my larger mirror in here.

I had this pretty buffalo check ribbon.

Just pinned it to the backs of my aunt's mittens.

Again overlaying garland.

Rule 5 in a locker basket.

(group of 5 items together for a display)

Icicle white is the color of the cabinet.

Benjamin Moore paint.

An antique egg basket holds our toilet paper. 

Our vanity is an antique dresser that Bob painted

from an olive green to black.

Even has the wooden wheels at the bottom of the legs.

He added the marble top and fitted the plumbing,

so that all of the drawers are accessible.

The mirror is also an antique wood one

which Bob painted black as well.

Our walk in shower complete with bench.

Not sure where this pink glow is coming from?

The shiplap is grayish green.

Bob and his cousin did all of the tile work.

I stayed with my mom for 2 weeks while in process.

We only have this bathroom.

Glad we did it because when mom broke her hip,

she stayed with us for 4 months.

This is one of the doors in our home

 that Bob salvaged from a 100 year 

old farmhouse that was being torn down.

Hopefully they can live another 100 more.

They don't make wood doors like this anymore.

Well that does it for the tour.

Hope you enjoyed it. 

Wintertime Bath Blessings To All!

Janice

Winter Bath Part 1

Hello again friends.

Hope you are enjoying your week thus far.

Not only is today Tuesday,

but it is Paczki Day! 

Being Polish I grew up with these sweet treats

made by my maternal grandmother. A paczki is a filled donut. Traditionally filled with prune, but now filled with blueberry filling, strawberry, raspberry, lemon, chocolate and canolli.

I had a blueberry one for breakfast. 

This post is a tour of our Winter bath.

(pillow above my mom made)

)

I have so many pics that this will be done in 2 posts.

Paperwhites on this child's chair.

(we sell these in our gift shop)

Do you remember when I told you about

the 3 5 7 rule.

Well today I am letting you in on another 

design technique.

This one is called overlaying.

Florists do it all of the time.

Its when  you take different elements

and layer them.

Like in this display.

I first placed the greens in my pitchers.

Then I added (layered) in the hydrangeas.

Notice the 3 rule of having the three pitchers.

Here I first added the green garland.

Next the silver springs and finally the white flowers.

We sell these galvanized tree containers at our store.

They are suppose to be for pillar candles. 

I used it as a vessel for a flower arrangement.

Notice this antique?

Can you guess what I use it for?

Fits Q-tips perfectly.

I created this picture which is also for sale.

Another example of overlaying.

This time placing a wreath on my stool,

adding the chamber pot,

a green sprig and this ornament.

A customer was going to purchase this,

but when wrapping it up was

discovered it was broke on the side.

She bought a different one.

I brought this one home and placed it in here.

You cannot even see where it was broke.

Another example.

This time on our toilet paper holder.

Bob made this for us.

Well that does it for part 1.

See you next time for part 2.

7 inches of snow hit us overnight and expected to snow until noon today. Probably end up with 8-10 inches.

Winter Bath Blessings To All!

Janice

 

February CupboardScape

 Happy Friday my friends!

Getting closer to Spring!

WOOHOO!!!

Today's CupboardScape

is to appease my teddies.

They were simply irate that I did not bring

them out for Christmas. 

With many apologizes on my part,

I told them I would feature them in this

CupboardScape.

They also wanted their friend, so she is here too.

I hope they will be happy now.

They take center stage with only

a heart pillow, a smaller pillow and this blanket.

Plus my red and white quilt hanging.

Let's hope this did the trick 

and they will be happy with me

once again. :-)

February Blessings To All!

Janice

Love And Snowflakes

 Monday morning blues.

Under a deep freeze with ice still jammed pack.

No end in near.

I decided for my after Christmas window

to mix Valentines with Winter.

After all it is still Winter in February.

I had fun creating this window display.

Lots of customers even commented how pretty it was.

This mug is a hit!

I'm Yours

 No Refunds

We are selling these fun gift baskets

perfect your your sweetie!

Even includes a Hershey's candy bar.

Two different styles to choose from.

We also sell these fun candy boxes.

You can purchase for $1.99

and add your own candy,

or we sell filled ones for $5.00.

I kept a small Christmas tree up.

Decorated with paper hearts and snow

related items.

Just the right touch.

It really is pretty with the pink fleece underneath,

and the pink lights in the window.

Pink and green is not a color I would

choose for my primitive home...

but really does make a statement.

Bob hung the snowflakes for me.

I made the large hearts from cardstock.

Will be setting up for Spring soon.

Stay warm my friends.

Love And Snowflake Blessings To All!

Janice

 

Ice Jam Misery

Hello friends.

Hope this post finds you well. 

Most of you that have been following along

know we live along the mighty St. Clair River.

This is a Summer view of our river

from our dock.

I love watching the lake freighters like the one above

and the foreign ones that come into our waterway.

We also love when the ice comes in....

because it then brings the Bald Eagles back.

In fact I was excited to see the ice coming in

on Saturday and a friend had told me on Sunday

he saw his first eagle of the season. 

However things turned into an icy mess.

It was the perfect storm for these parts.

Tuesday night the wind was from the East

More  and more and more ice came down.

Unusual for this time of year.

Homes along the river and the canals

were under water and ice.

The misery continues.

If these homeowners don't get rid of the ice

before this weekend,

they may have more water come Spring.

You see we are due for an artic freeze.

Once that happens, the ice will remain until Spring.

A no win situation for these poor folks.

I feel so bad for them.

Although I could not stop my car in the road

to take pictures, I saw the water and ice first hand

all around homes.

The picture above was taken from town.

Tuesday night the water and ice 

had reached the road.

They had to close the road

 to thru traffic overnight.

We had no idea this happened

until yesterday.

The picture above is our dock.

The end is under the ice.

Hopefully it will be still there when the ice is gone.

However this does not compare to those who

are flooded out. We can repair a dock. 

The ice and water was even over the road a bit

just North of us. 

Seeing the road closed signs up

bothered me the most.

This is the only road we can use to get out of dodge

if the river floods over the road.

Let's hope it does not come to that. 

Now I am afraid when Spring does come....

because if the ice breakers dont get the major ice

out of the river...and all the ice that

comes down in the Spring from 

the Great Lakes, it will make things even worse.

Hoping For The Best Blessings To All!

Janice