Enjoy The Now, While Waiting For Spring :)

 

 

I'm staying busy  . . .

still tweaking the house

and waiting for Spring.

I thought you might enjoy seeing

where I put the red and white quilt. 

 

I made a red and white quilt

a few years ago and it stays

at the foot of one of these beds.

That was my reason for making

another, to complete the look

of these twin beds. 

Many of you have seen this sign before,

I made it to hang in the greenhouse

that Steve built me, but I brought it 

into the house last year.

 

 

I purchased this tea pot

many years ago

and then once when my Steve 

was on a work related trip

he stopped in a shop and purchased 

this tea cup to go with it :)

That's my Sweetheart :)

 

 

 

At the moment the other side

of this room is where I'm starting

my seeds for the garden.

 

 

It's a little bit early

but I've started sweet basil

and peppers. 

 

 

After making the slipcover last 

week, I decide to cover this

little footstool too.

I made the slipcover for this chair 

at least ten years ago and was blessed

to find just enough fabric left

to use for the top of the 

stool cover.

Then I did the bottom in

some of the drop cloth left

from last weeks project.

 

Most people wouldn't have noticed

but when Beulah was a little pup

she chewed along the bottom of

this little stool.

So; it needed a bit of 

sprucing up.

 

 

This cover hides her naughtiness

quite well. 😊

 

 

I'm going to end my post with 

this lovely wreath.

 

 

I purchased it Tuesday

at Goodwill for $4.

The flowers are made of wood.

I know it's a little early

for Spring decorating,

but I had to put it on the door

to see how it looked.

 

 

 I might take it down and

wait until Spring to put it 

back up . . . and then again

I might not :)

 

Have a wonderful weekend,

remember to put the Lord first

&

God bless you all.

 

Thanks for stopping by . . .

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)😊

$65 Bathroom Facelift

 

I'm trying to look around the house

and find little jobs that I can do 

that won't break the bank, but will update

and keep our home in good repair.

This little bathroom sign is hanging

on the door to the bathroom

it was a gift many years ago from 

Carol of "Art & Sand"

http://artandsand.blogspot.com/ 

Carol's blog was one of the first 

blogs that I ever starting following.

She doesn't blog anymore, but you can

visit this link to her blog and

right under her profile there is a 

button to find her on Instagram. 

 

 

Today I'm going to share how I spent

$65 and gave my bathroom a facelift :) 

 

This was our bathroom when we 

bought the house.

Pretty Ugly right . . .

 

 

Then Steve did his magic and paneled,

put up a shower wall, new toilet, 

and new sink top and faucet and I painted.

That would have been 8 years ago this April.

 

 

 

 I liked it as it was . . .

but after eight years it needed 

refreshing. 

The gray paint was $37 and that was 

only because they didn't have 

the right base paint in a quart,

so I had to buy a gallon.

 

 

That little ring towel holder

was the whole reason for this 

facelift.

We had never put a hand-towel holder 

in this room, so I always just had

one laying on the sink.

It's was $15 at Lowes.

 

The picture with the farm animals 

was a frame that I had boxed up ready

for a yard sale.  It had rose prints

that I covered over with these farm prints.

 I printed them on my computer, $0.

 

 

The little wire basket was also headed for 

a yard sale, I rescued it from a box in the shop.

The little duck container is one I

purchased years ago from Goodwill . . .

I keep my ponytail bands in it :) $0.

 

 

 

That little piece of 2X4 

(I use it to prop the window open)

did have a red & white  check fabric

on it . . . so with a little fabric, 

buttons and hot glue, it is refreshed, too.  

$0.

 

I keep bottles and boxes on

the bottom shelves so I purchased a 

$3 curtain rod and had this gray fabic

in my stash.  

It looks so much better under cover :)

 

This is a sign that I painted years ago

on an old scrap of plywood. $0.

 

 

Last but not least . . .

I found this rug for $10

at Ross For Less. 

 

It's nice to have a change.

 

 

Now if only the snow would

melt away . . .

 

 

That would be a welcoming change.

I have to admit that it is pretty. 

Well that's my post . . .

 

I hope that I can inspire you

by showing you it doesn't have 

to break the back to make a change.

We will all be so busy outside 

after Spring comes . . .

so this is the perfect time of the year 

for inside jobs :)

 

I'm looking forward to reading 

your comments.

 

Have a lovely day . . .

and God bless you all.

 

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Goodbye June

June is coming to an end . . .

these days will never come again . . .

treasure them! 

 

These are my two sidekicks.

I do enjoy them.

 

 

Beulah loves the water.

This is a bad photo . . .

she moves too quickly for my 

phone camera, but she has her head 

buried in the sprinkler :) 

If I say the word bath,

she'll jump in the tub

sometimes faster than 

I can remove the bath-mat.

 

 

So today I bought her this . . .

I thought she would jump

right in . . .

but she's timid and testing the waters.

 

 

I've shown you photos of my 

south garden, the one behind 

Beulah in this shot.

 

 

This is part of the west garden.

 

 

The squash are starting to put

fruit on their vines

and I had my first zucchini

this week. 

 

 

I picked these this morning,

all washed and sliced to make

dinner and easy task.

Zucchini, lettuce & green onion

all from the garden.

 

Last week I invited a girlfriend 

over and I took a frozen cheese pizza

and added sauteed green onions

and fennel from the garden 

and then topped with Parmesan cheese

before baking.

It was so yummy! 

 

 

Of course I am always bringing

in flowers from the garden . . .

one of my favorite joys of summer.

 

 

I managed a little time out in the Art Barn.

Mostly cleaning and organizing,

but I did manage a bit of sewing. 

 

My greenhouse needs a new roof.

I lost half of it in a wind storm

at the end of winter. 

 

This was a sign that I made a few years ago,

I had it hanging in the greenhouse

but bought it inside to a bedroom.

 

 

Well, that's about it . . .

the grapes are still very green

 

as well as the blackberries . . .

but it won't be long :)

 

 

I'm still working on hand-quilting

this quilt that I started

almost two years ago.

One more side of the boarder to do.

I use a piece of felt to quilt a

perfect circle. It works great! 

Our temperatures are suppose to

reach 110 to 114 in the next few days.

🌻🌄🌻🌄🌻 

Hot for people and animals

but great for tomatoes.

🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅 

See, there is a sunny side to everything :)

God bless you all.

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

 

 
 

Second Bedroom Re-Do

Some of you were surprised

that I built my own bed frames.

 

As you can see in these photos

it really wasn't that hard.

2X4 frames, then I covered the 

top with plywood, before putting

the mattress on.

They are quite strong.

Everything that I used to

decorate the room

came from our camper

and favorite things of ours

that hold precious memories. 

Lots of handmade items :)

Our cowboy hats. 

Here we are with our granddaughters

just after Steve retired.

We were taking them to their

first rodeo :)

A fishing trip worth remembering.

My first cowboy boots.

They used nails back then.

Steve's Dad's old camera.

 

This little candle holder

is from our camper.

This lampshade is actually

one of my Mom's 

old straw hats. 

I made this quilt for our camper,
as well as the pillows.
The sign and the oars I also
had made before and used here,
and the rocking chair has been
 around for a while.
It was in some things that I have
planned for a yard sale,
until I thought of adding it
to this room.

Steve's Dad's guitar.

Steve built this sweet shelf,
and I bought him the cedar flute
on a trip to Sister's Oregon
many years ago.

He would sit in the cockpit
of our sailboat and play it
in the evening when we were
anchored up for the night.

I have so many sweet memories.

This oil painting was done by
a very dear friend.

This one I swapped one of mine
for at a gallery years ago
after a showing.

 

This little fellow was a
Christmas ornament I purchased
a few years ago.
We have a tradition of adding
one new ornament each year.

Sock monkeys were a favorite
of Steve's since getting his
first one when he was a little boy.

That's our other bedroom . . .
like camping in a cabin in the woods . . .
instead of a farm cottage,
but I like it.

What do you think,
would you stay here?

Have a sweet day
&
God bless you all.

Your blogging sister,
Connie :)