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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Spring In The Dining Room

Good Morning ! Another snowy day here in the Chicago suburbs.. but its springtime in my dining room !

I love this vignette on the dining room table.. I used a burlap wreath with dried hydrangeas and tulips, a cream colored pedestal plate,a thrifted pedestal bowl filled with green moss and a bird.. topped off with a glass cloche.. and a egg filled nest on the wreath.

On the buffet I have a couple spring vignettes..love the moss bunny in the metal cloche.. got him at Hobby Lobby. More dried hydrangeas , a vintage Ball jar , and a egg filled nest on a silver tray.

Thrifted aqua dishes ( love them !)a bird and some greenery in the wrought iron basket. I also added one of the rolled book page roses to the basket.

The spring book page wreath hangs in the window.

This is what the dining room looked like last year at this time! We still need window treatments, but I don't want to cover up the pretty window molding !

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Faux Chalkboard Table Runner and Burlap Centerpiece

Today I am showcasing my Joann Fabrics #turkeytablescapes project ! Since chalkboards and burlap are so popular I used both !! Come on into the dining room ! This will be our first Thanksgiving with our newly remodeled dining room and new dining room set ! I am so excited about this project !

I made this tablerunner from 2 yards of black broadcloth ,and just sewed a 2 inch seam, down the length of the fabric.turned right side out and ironed it... you could even use fabric glue if you don't sew.. I then tried to use white paint markers but those were not giving the look of chalk.. I ended up using acrylic paint and 2 different sized brushes .

I freehanded the whole thing , and tried to make both sides pretty even :)
Can I tell you how much I LOVE it !!! Doesn't it look like a chalkboard ? So exciting !

I sewed burlap strips to the ends, just pinned and sewed ..you could also just use fabric glue.

For the centerpiece I used a wire wreath form and burlap rolls.. It took about 1-1/2 burlap rolls for the wreath centerpiece.

You just make loops in the wire weaving them into each section and keep scrunching them down to make it really full.. couldn't be any easier ! No glue no nothing ,it just stays ..

Once the wreath was completed I added a glass cloche to the center with a crocheted pumpkin ..I did make it larger than this , and added a real dried pumpkin stem ! I did not glue anything into the wreath so I can reuse it for some other holidays !

I also used the burlap wreath idea to make name tags for the seats .. Are they not just the cutest ! I found the little chalkboards in the wood section at Joanns.. I just looped burlap strips thru the wreath over the chair backs and stapled them together

I added some fall picks to the burlap wreath ..They are almost black berries ...go perfectly! And they were 70 % off !!

I do have a confession to make , I don't do Thanksgiving decorations! By Thanksgiving my Christmas has been up for about 2 weeks ! But with this being black and white I can use it for Thanksgiving ..So for the first time in a long time Thanksgiving will be on the table :)

You can find all the burlap , wire wreath forms, fall picks, fabric and acrylic paint at Joann Fabrics ! This is one of my favorite projects EVER and I appreciate Joann Fabrics inviting me to participate ! I received compensation for this post , but all opinions are my own .. Here is a coupon and a link to Joann Fabrics Craft Catalog ..

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Halloween In The Foyer & A New Mirror

Today I am sharing more of our Halloween decorations! .. this time in the foyer. Since we did the remodel in the spring I have wanted a mirror to go above the table in the foyer. On Friday we found this one at Homegoods , and I think its perfect..

It is off white , distressed , and perfect :) ! On our stair railing I added some small Halloween signs with the leaf garlands and berry garlands.

I found the picnic basket at an estate sale for $5.00 .. I added 2 scarecrows scarecrow , fall garland and a big sweater pumpkin..

When we were painting the oak hutch for the kitchen , we also gave the table a new coat of paint.. On the table , I have a big glitter pumpkin on top of a candle holder, a wire cloche, and a couple new cross stitched pieces. Some little sparkly jack-o-lanterns , sweater pumpkins and of course a silver tray :)

This is what you see when you enter our house now.. Before the remodel there was a wall on the right, and the doorway to the kitchen was smaller. Now its totally open into the living room.

This weekend we headed down to Kentucky to the Alabama @ U.K. game.. The stadium was packed! Since our son is on the team ( he is a redshirt) he gets 4 tickets to each game.

There he is #90 on the sidelines.. It was great to see him and a fun 2 days !

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Fall Dining Room and Two Cross Stitch Finishes

Good Morning.. Hope you are all having a great week so far!

When we remodeled our living room / dining room , we got a new dining room set. I hadn't decorated the shelves of the hutch until yesterday .. My daughter was digging around in our basement and found some of my old dishes. They are cream colored Pfaltzgraff with grapes and leaves..I wanted plain cream ones to display but these are free :) .

I added the decomesh garland I had made for over our foyer mirror, but that got taken down with the remodel , so it fits perfectly over the hutch. Its dark brown decomesh, burlap ribbon, sunflowers , berries and leaves,,

I moved the Pumpkin cottage cross stitch piece from the foyer and added a silver tray with a glitter pumpkin , sunflowers and dried hydrangea.

I added a couple pumpkins, pumpkin plates , a vintage blue mason jar, and a basket of dried hydrangeas to the inside of the hutch.

A little fall vignette on the server.. plates stacked with a pumpkin, ivy, sunflowers, and those green floral balls, in a wrought iron basket.

On the table is a big cloche with pumpkins , lace, dried hydrangeas and berries on a silver tray.

I had finished stitching 2 fall cross stitch pieces , I found the frame below at the good will, for $3.99. I took out the glass and just left the frame and matting in . II then attatched the stitching to foam board and glued it to the frame mat. I wrapped a piece of twine around the bottom and glued twine to a button to make a flower.This stitching is a free pattern from with thy needle and thread blog . I love how it turned out.

For the next stitched piece, Homespun Elegance , delivering Autumn.. , I bought a cutout wood shape at Michaels. I painted it with chalkboard paint . Then glued the stitched piece to the chalkboard and added some doodles with chalk. I love how they both turned out.

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