HEALING A HEART

Hello everyone

I’m back.  Well, kinda.  I’m physically getting posts together, but I must say my heart is hollow and I’m feeling a great sadness that’s hard to cope with.

However… the day mum was rushed into hospital we were actually sorting through curtain fabric choices for my bedroom, so even she would say, keep on keeping on.

So just a small post today – baby steps!

Mother’s Day was on Sunday and my eldest daughter gave me this lovely canvas of a photo she had turned into art of our dog Bingo.  Bingo is my baby. He was an abused puppy which was rescued and subsequently we adopted him 7 years ago.  I adore him, and he just loves our family.  All weekend he spent chasing around our lifestyle block while The Hubby and others hauled dead wood from one of the paddocks.

So I thought I would create a little vignette with my beloved dog and a little bit of nostalgia.  This narrow wall is to the right of the kitchen and next to the openway that moves between our family room and the dining room/lounge.

The wall is blank.  It’s a bit like my heart.

So I guess I have to start filling it up with things I love.

First off, Bingo has to be put in position.  

Doesn’t he look cute?  He’s a Springer Spaniel/Jack Russell.  And yes, this is a photo canvas.

Of course something has to be blue as it’s my favorite color.  So on goes a new version of a vintage clock. 

Next up is some linen napkins in a basket. Then this triangular plate I brought at a school fair years ago for 50cents.  There’s a tiny chip on it, but hey it’s a fabulous Parisian scene and I love it.  Normally it hangs on the wall somewhere. 

Beside it is a vintage milk jug which belonged to my mother in law.  She also passed away just recently – yes we’ve lost both grandmas in 17days!!

But what could be better than putting in some lovely flowers that were sent to us from friends when they heard about our loss.  They are fading a bit now, but they look so pretty.

So, I’m back, a bit slower, but back and aiming to get into the projects I had on hand before life took over.

Oh... I nearly forgot, the candle smells deliciously of gardenia!

Happy days

Jane

ONE TABLE MANY WAYS

Hello everyone,

Hope your week is going well.  In my little paradise I’ve been spending a disgusting amount of time on Pinterest.  I tell myself it’s research, but The Hubby simply rolls his eyes.

One of the things that’s so much fun about this passion of design and nesting is the chance to play around with things, move them around, tweak here and there.  The children’s comment is usually that mum’s at it again!

So that’s exactly what I have been doing – playing, tweaking, shopping the house for nick nacks to create different vignette’s on a particular table.

This table to be exact which we found dumped behind a shed in a property we lived in years ago.  The Hubby restored it.  Currently it resides just inside our family room.

That's an old (very battered and rusty) tin trunk beneath the glass table.  How i wish those electrical fittings weren't there though!

This house is lovely and light, with LOTS of windows which is lovely but – it means there are not a lot of walls to hang art, or rest furniture against etc, which can be a tad frustrating.

Today I’m creating four vignettes – do let me know which you like (hopefully you’ll like at least one LOL) .  

It was fun hunting through the house, finding things I’d forgotten I had, and also rethinking how things could be used.  Here’s my pile.

First up i wanted to use some natural elements, hence the bamboo (i think) woven heart, the flax basket and the dried lavender heart.  The crochet cloth is one my mother made years ago and the tins are ones I collected and are holding a bunch of silver servers.  Some of my beloved decorating books are residing on the trunk.  I think this could still look a little empty - what do you think?

Second up is a heart shape card holder (thingy) with a bunch of old family photos, a cyclamen I've had for 2 years and which has constantly flowered, antique cups and saucers and the vintage embroidered cushion

Coming in third is one with things I borrowed from my daughter who has recently moved back home - as they do!  The Carltonware I've been collecting for years, picking it up mostly at flea markets and again it's the cloth my mother crocheted.

The cacti and clock is the daughters. I always think plants give life to a room, even better when I don't kill them with kindness.

And lastly a vignette in blue. 

At last I've managed to sort of hide those light switches. The lighting is a bit off in these last two as I had to take the photos at night due to camera tantrums!

 So there you are.  Pretty, not perfect, but it doesn't have to be.  It was however really fun to do this and I really enjoyed myself.  I hope you like it too.

Do drop me a comment and tell me which one you like the most, because tomorrow I'm going to re do the table with the most popular one.  Or maybe you have an idea for me.  Do let me know

Happy days

Jane