The book project…..

I have always loved the way deconstructed books look….ruffled pages and all. However the old ones go for a pretty penney and are out of my price range when I have been lucky enough to find them.

I was recently given some romance paperback novels and I remembered I had read somewhere where you could tea stain new paperback books to make them look old. So, I did a quick google search and it looked easy enough so I thought I would give it a try.

I followed the directions and then set them outside to dry in the sun. When I started the project it was unseaonably hot outside….and then the temperature suddenly dropped!!!! My husband came inside one day after work and announced my book project was a flop….the books were getting mold on them. Not one to give up easily I brought the books inside and pondered how to save the project. My solution….use a hairdryer on the hottest setting and blow dry them. It worked like a charm but did take quite some time since I had a lot of books.

I tied them with twine and added a couple of antique French letters to this stack.

Hope you have a great weekend my friends!!!!!

A quick little paint project…..

 

After I bought the new drapes for the dining room the blue and white plates I had on the wall sconce shelves  suddenly didn’t look so good anymore. I searched and searched for something different to put on the little shelves but nothing was quite right. Then one day I saw some wicker candle holders while looking on Pinterest. I thought they would be perfect…..the only problem was they were really expensive! So, I kept searching and found these less expensive ones.

They were the perfect size and affordable! The ones I saw originally were a grey willow though and I thought of them every time I walked thru the room and saw the brown wicker ones. The other day it occurred to me to just paint them!!!

I brushed a little grey paint on them…..first a lighter shade then a darker shade. While they were better they still weren’t quite right though. So, I sanded some of the paint off and then they were just what I had envisioned all along!!!!!

A quick little fix and all it took was a little paint!

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Switching things up…….

 

I have had the plaster capital in the window with a French wine bottle placed on top for quite some time. When the weather was nice I opened the window to let fresh air in. One morning I came downstairs to discover pieces of plaster all over the floor. My heart sank….the constant pelting of the wind on the back side of the capital was causing it to crumble and deteriorate.

I tried the capital in several places around the house but it looked best placed under my statue on the French baker’s table. Ironically the French baker’s table is right next to the window where the capital was placed before. So, after traveling all over the house the capital ended up 5 ft away from it’s original spot!

Previously I had a wood capital under the Orchid but since I am using the larger plaster capital I switched it out for a stack of old ironstone plates I have collected over the years.

Notice the ladder in the reflection of the mirror? Moving one thing led to yet another…… causing the domino effect once again. I was going to edit the ladder out but decided to just leave it because this is real life and things aren’t always pretty around here.

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A little ironstone treasure……

 

I found this cute little ironstone gravy boat the other day at the antique mall.Yes, I am completely aware that I do not need one more piece of ironstone……However, it was 45 %off and I just can’t say no to a good deal you know!

It found a spot on the French baker’s table in the dining room.

 

 

Have a great weekend my friends!

a`la prochaine…

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The dining room slips….

 

The domino effect……..

You know how it is….you change one thing and that leads to

another, and yet another!

This has been the case with the new slipcovers for the living room.

Once they were in place it only made

since to carry them into the dining room too!

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It is incredibly hard to get any good pictures of the dining room.

You  would probably never

guess that it gets amazing morning light,

yet it looks like

a dungeon in all the pictures!

I guess you just have to use your imagination! Ha,ha!

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Waiting for sunshine…….

 

It seems as though the sunshine will never shine again……it just keeps raining and raining! So, what’s a girl to do? Decorate of course! I have been working on the dining room on and off for quite a while trying to find the perfect mix of old and new to achieve the perfect French farmhouse feeling for the room. Finally one day I realized that the sideboard while quite beautiful was truly too big for the wall it was on. I agonized for quite a while on whether I should just live with it or sell the piece and replace it with something that better fit the space. Of course while out and about one day I stumbled upon this wonderful reproduction French baker’s table and knew it was the  perfect piece for the spot. So, while it was hard to say good bye to the sideboard as soon as this piece was in it’s new home I knew I had made the right decision. Some things are just meant to be………

I am linking to http://romantichome.blogspot.com/ for show and tell Friday. Hope you all stop by to see what everyone has been up to this week! Wishing you all a sun filled wonderful weekend!!!!!

                                                ~Des