Showing posts with label homemaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homemaking. Show all posts

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Home Decor

Woman Diving into Cup of Coffee
Woman Diving into Cup of Coffee



We're making some changes in our home decor. Our new theme for the guest bathroom is coffee and tea, and I ordered this poster. It reminds me of the theme song from the Mrs. Bradley Mysteries (a delightful mystery series on DVD; Diana Rigg plays Mrs. Bradley).

I already have a knickknack shelf with ten china cream pitchers in that room, so we're off to a good start.

We've had red and pink roses dictating the color scheme in this room for awhile, and it's time for a change.
A month or two ago, my husband and I looked around our home and said, "Our decor no longer reflects US." Much of our decor was purchased or gifted to us ten years ago, and our personalities have changed and expanded since then. We'd like our house to be a little less foofy.
I describe our style as "Grandmother's Cottage." The grandmother of my imagination grew up in the Victorian era and loved the dignity and beauty of Victorian style, but travelled around the world later in her life (perhaps in the 30s) and her home is a blending of Victorian china, vintage travel posters, and photos of Irish landscapes as well as old European churches. Perhaps Grandmother is a bit like Aunt Ada Doom (in Cold Comfort Farm) after Flora awakens her spirit of adventure.
I found this cheaper on ebay:
Oh dear...I just remembered I have Meditation in the closet, waiting for a frame. I'm not sure the colors will blend with the others, but all the pictures have green in common, which happens to be my favorite color:
I guess the walls are full now....

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

exhausting shopping trip.

I've been putting off the Big Shopping Trip to Super Walmart, but today I could postpone it no longer. These trips always exhaust me, especially when I take the three princesses with me!

Today I wore my pedometer. I reset it when I left the van, and by the time we left Walmart, I'd walked 2.07 miles! No wonder I feel tired! After bringing in all the groceries, walking back and forth from the kitchen to the driveway, I reached 2.45 miles. I also have a sore back and a broken fingernail (not to mention the depleted bank account).

Time for a coffee break.

Then I have to rearrange the pantry so that all those groceries will fit in there. I bought far more processed/prepared items than usual, to make things easy for my children's caregivers when I'm gone next week.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Decor Items I am Coveting








Money is tight. And we are contemplating a cross-country move. But I am longing to add a few decor items to our home (while subtracting quite a few too). Here are two that caught my eye this week:

a bird and branches sconce:

a tulip festival print:

a Victorian lady gathering roses (or is she Edwardian?)