Cherry Blossoms

Hello everyone!

I have been enjoying reading some new magazines this past week.  As you know, by now, I am an avid magazine reader.  These are the two new ones that I've been enjoying at the moment.

I'm going to talk about the one on top, at the moment.  Country Home magazine has done it again!  Just ......look.....at.....that....cover!  Be still my heart.  If THAT doesn't make you run to open up that magazine to see what's inside, nothing will. So, of course, I did just that.  I was out shopping for my new bathroom faucet and there it was.  So along with the faucet, it came home with me.  This is the first home you see when you open the magazine.

This is Atlanta Bartlett's home.  I have always liked her style and have a few of her decorating books as well.  What caught my eye are those beautiful cherry blossom branches. I've actually been wanting to get some for awhile.  I just happened to find some and brought them home.  I knew instantly where to put them.

Mine are not as large as those in the magazine, but I'm still happy with them.

I put them in the wall basket in my foyer.  Now there's a touch of Spring when you come inside.

Here is the new look, overall.

Oh and do you see something new in this picture? It's my newest find from Antique Farmhouse. 

I decided to put wrapping paper tied with twine in it for now.  Eventually, I might want to find some old maps to put in it. 

It's been cold out this weekend, but it feels warm in my house (especially with my new cherry blossoms to keep me company).

Is it feeling like Spring in your home yet?

~ Kelly ~

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Met Monday

New Goodies

Hello everyone! 

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend.  I certainly enjoyed catching up on my sleep this weekend.  It was nice to not have an agenda of any kind.

  I wanted to show you a couple of new items that just arrived.  I ordered them from my favorite online stores, Wuslu and Antique Farmhouse.  They should thank me for all the free advertising I'm giving them!  Ha!

If you're a follower of Miss Mustard Seed's blog, then you know how she has joined efforts with Wuslu in picking out a favorite item to promote each month. This was one of those items.

It's this really unique looking candle holder !  I actually spotted it before I saw it featured on her blog and knew I just had to have it. 

You can see that I placed it on my mantel.  Hope you're not tired of seeing pictures of it.

 I love the vintage look of it.  It is made of iron and glass. 

And, remember the pillow that I ordered from Antique Farmhouse?  Well, it arrived the same day too. 

I'm very pleased with it.  It now sits in the little side chair in the family room. 

Today, Wuslu had a fantastic deal on a light fixture that I had been thinking about for my kitchen.  It was so affordable that I just had to grab it!  It may still be available, if you're interested too.

Isn't it great?  It is a barn style pendant light coated in black chalkboard paint!  I don't know if I'll actually write on it, but I could if I wanted to.  Ha! I'll probably put my old chandelier in my master bathroom.  I'll remove the shades and spray paint it to match my other light fixtures in there.

Well, that's my "show and tell" for today!  Now, it's time to get ready for another week.  I've got to take my 18 yr old to the dentist tomorrow morning for some fillings.  Not a good way to start off the week. 

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Kelly ~

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Met Monday

Fluffing the Pillows

Hello everyone!

It has been such a beautiful day today.  The sun has been streaming in the windows and making everything look light and bright.  It's been a nice change. 

While enjoying the warm sunshine coming in, I was fluffing the pillows on my sofa and thought I'd share with you what I've recently done.  I have always loved pillows.  In fact, I have an attic full of them to prove my point.  However, as much as I love pillows, I also like to change things up a bit.  Instead of using throw pillows on my sofa, I used bed pillows!  That's right............you heard that correctly. 

You see, since I have slipcovers on my furniture, they usually have a slouchy look to them.  I mean that in a good way though.   Bed pillows tucked into pretty pillow shams actually transformed the look of my sofa! They somehow just go better with that look.

They are from Simply Shabby Chic.

And, I must say, they are much more comfortable to lean back against than the throw pillows that I had on here before.  They are also washable!  I like the look of a sofa that beckons someone to come over and have a seat. 

Plus, it gives my sofa a cleaner look.  I like the change.

My chair got a new pillow too.  It got a European square pillow from Simply Shabby Chic.

I love how comfortable it is.  In fact I used to always pull the throw pillow out from behind my back when I sat here, but not anymore! 

However, don't think I'm done with throw pillows altogether!  No, that will never happen.  In fact, I am expecting this one to arrive any day now in the mail.

It's from Antique Farmhouse (a division of Wuslu).  I will probably add it to the other side chair in the room.  It is a very large pillow.  I'm looking forward to it completing my new over sized pillow look that I've got going on in the room.  It certainly makes the room more inviting and more casual.

This is just another example of thinking outside the box!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Kelly ~

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Vintage Inspiration Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Inspiration Friday