Long ago Mr. SP rescued this lamp from Granddaddy’s shed a gave it a face-lift. I’m sure that Granddaddy bought it at an auction and intended to do the same thing. For years I’ve looked for a shade for it with no luck. This beauty needed just the right shade for her special curves. You…
Earlier this week I shared our living room and kitchen. Today’s post is the family room where we spend many hours each evening. Watching tv and looking at the tree is a most pleasant way to end the day. Our tree looks pretty much the same from year-to-year. This year I added a topper similar…
Welcome to my favorite room in our home, the kitchen. I’ve been collecting vintage punch sets for the past few years and by the time they were all displayed, there wasn’t room for many more Christmas things in this space. The cute Santa towel on my stove is from King Arthur Bakery in Vermont. I…
Decorating for Christmas is so much fun. I’m delighted that you stopped by our home. Christmas cheer starts outside with a lighted PB inspired garland and ball embellished wreaths to match. We usually enter our home by way of the screened porch. This area is decorated for the season, too. The screened porch door takes…
This year’s mantle started with making a big boxwood wreath. I wanted something that would really fill the space over our fireplace. Simple brass candlesticks with red candles, tea lights, and greenery finished the traditional Christmas look that I wanted for this year. Red, green, and gold are my favorite Christmas colors. This view is…
Last year I made a Pottery Barn knock-off lighted garland and wanted to use it again this year. It looks pretty both day and night. For this year, I decided to update our wreaths from having just a simple bow to being adorned with red, silver, and gold balls. I like the pop of color…
I’m a sucker for anything Christmas, especially vintage items. While Black Friday shopping in downtown Staunton, I found three items that I couldn’t resist adding to my collection: Santa in his sleigh, a Santa boot, and a Santa candy holder ornament. Santa in his sleigh was $12, the boot was $3, and the Santa candy…
Yesterday my mom, aunt, cousin, and I had a fun-filled day of shopping and encountered no crowds and no traffic. We waited in no lines and witnessed no pushing and shoving to get a bargain. Admittedly, we didn’t get too many items checked off of our Christmas shopping lists, but we sure had a good…
Today I’m enjoying a most appreciated day off. I thought I’d share one of my vintage Thanksgiving postcards. I love the farm scene with the turkeys on this card. Reading the back of the card is almost as much fun as looking at the pretty designs on the front. It looks like this one was…
After relaxing last weekend at the beach and having a usual hectic week at work, I knew I had to kick it into high gear this weekend to get some things accomplished. The leaves were raked and the grass was mowed: Picture this covered in leaves; that’s what it’s been like week after week. It…
This weekend we traveled to the beach for the OBX 1/2 Marathon. Getting out of town for the weekend was just what we both needed. We shopped, ate, relaxed, and Mr. SP ran the race. The weather was sunny and warm. I had the whole beach to myself when I took these photographs. It’s nice…
Last week Amanda shared a cute tree that she attached to her wall and then had her girls decorate with leaves that said why they were thankful. I liked this project so much that I was inspired to do something similar at school with my 7th grade students. I made a tag board tree trunk…