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Friday, March 3, 2017

Four Spring Tablescapes

The first tablescape, "1930's Farmhouse," features vintage linens from the 1930's with a farmhouse vibe. Embroidered dish towels serve as napkins, and a vintage fruit print runner covers the table. Here.

A Simple Spring Table can be found at this link. It features script napkins and vintage glassware. Brown eggs and baby's breath make a fun seasonal centerpiece.

You might not think of brown transferware as a spring thing, but I use mine year 'round, as shown in a third post from three springs ago. Here's the link.

Hens, nests, and a few quail eggs give another nod to springtime.

Finally, tea happens at this delightful, mostly unplanned, tea party for a granddaughter's birthday one day while cousins were visiting during spring break. Mixed flowered china and pretty vintage linens steal the show. The link to an Impromptu Tea is here.

I hope you enjoy the look back!

Happy springing!

Jacqueline

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Farmhouse Bath

I just had both of my bathrooms painted, which was long overdue. That has me starting fresh and looking for fun accessories to add. I have kept some of the old favorites, but I love pretty bathroom stuff and always have to remind myself to keep things simple.

A few French soaps and toiletries are gathered up in a wire tray next to the tub. It's a small room, so not a lot of space just "for show."

The perfect vintage towel hangs just above the tray.

In addition to the walls, we had the vanity and towel bar painted the same color: Behr Off White (that's the actual name). They used to be stained oak.

Before

You can see the former look of the vanity in a much older post here.

A few vintage touches get me started with the farmhouse look that I want.

I really dislike the look of most common toothbrushes and so I order pretty bamboo and tortoise shell ones online from Amazon.

I even like the packaging!

For now, I have a vintage wood and wire hanger to store extra tissue paper.

I always need a few old linens for ambiance in the bath too!

It's all bare bones for now, but the white vanity makes the space feel bigger, and I am having fun hunting down the few things that I still need.

The remaining wood tones keep the space from feeling too sterile with all the white. But I wouldn't mind an all white spa look either!

So, I'm off to shop!

Welcome to March!

Hope you're having a great week!

Jacqueline

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Friday, February 24, 2017

Linens & Pitchers

Here we are, the last weekend of the month. And that calls for a bit of a change up to both the mental and the physical state of things.

We have forsythia and apple blossoms already. But inside I'm just freshening up a display with linens and pitchers. The biggest jugs are my favorite.

I have a large basin for each, and the large bowls are wonderful for both display and more practical use as well.

A few platters join the collection.

One of the first I ever collected, this old girl shows off her curves in a basket of linen in the morning light.

But this little gravy boat is the newest to be added. So much character in a little piece of china! Quite a few of these little brown transferware pitchers have passed through my hands in recent years.