Sharing and Catching You Up!

Hello my Sweet Bloggy Friends!

I have been MIA for the past few days...

but with good reasons.

First off, the re-do, spricing up, spring cleaning bug hit!

Yep, I couldn't stand it any longer.

Our family room, the room we LIVE in

desperately needed my attention.

So I made up my mind that it would get

cleaned spruced up this week.  I did take pictures

for those of you who are like me,

and LOVE to peek into other bloggers

home and get great decorating ideas.

Now, I know you see loads of pinks and shabby

cottage goodies all over my blog...but I live

in the REAL world with a hubby who needs a

lil' break from all that shabby foofoo stuff.

When we re-did this room about 8 years ago we I

had a vision.  Now trying to relate this vision to my hubs,

an engineer, with little imagination was quite a feat!

Think Vintage, Grammy's home with a rosey twist...

that's what I had in mind.  I wanted to balance

masculine with a touch of Vintage English Cottage,

lace and florals...but still keep my man happy.

I think I have maintained a good balance.  And

made him and me happy.

I have given you various shots of this room.  It is quite a large

room but with 3 openings and a large wall of windows and

then put in a fireplace...well to say the least

I have to get creative in furniture placement.

This room now reflects a place for everyone to sit and view,

comfortably our BIG ole Black box TV.

I spruced up the mantle and fireplace area.

The corner by our fireplace.  This vintage radio

belonged to hubby's grams/gramps.  A treasured

piece!

This carmelly colored chair/ottoman is MINE!!!

There's a story behind it..but I'll save it for another time.

You didn't think I'd just let that BIG ole black TV sit in this

room without any froofroo did ya.  I let hubs get this

monstrosity with the agreement that I'd get a

surround so I could display my pretties! And

try to balance out that ugly thing!

The next few pix are just of a few vinettes

all around this room.

Oh I so LOVE vinettes!

Okay, in the midst of my re-arranging...it became

VERY apprent I needed to clean dust my display

case hubs got me for an anniversary several years ago.

It looks so good now, I thought it deserved

being showcased.

It houses many special pieces, like...

my Silver Tea/Coffee Service hubs got me

for our 5th Anniversary! Pretty huh?

If you follow me, you know I have a love of blue and white too...

well here's some of my goodies that my sweet

momma brought with her about 10 years ago in a box

all the way from her home in the Seattle area.

I also love all shapes and sizes of Teapots!

More silver pieces...sorry about these next 2 pixs, having

the mirrored background makes taking pixs very hard!

Can you see that I have been busy cleaning?

Also, I have been able to sit up in my Studio and do a lilttle

crafting and painting...wanna see a few things?

This purple/lavender tray is for sale in my etsy store!

A couple of trays I am working on for a client...2 more 2 go!

I decorated this *M* for a sweet friend!

Then I am making ooooooodles of roses....

did I say, ooooodles?

And...lastly, hubbys puter crashed and died last week...

so guess what?

I have to share my laptop with him!

My time on here is limited...and sharing is no fun!

Thanks for stopping by,

hope you enjoy visiting me and seeing where

I live and veg!