Where You'll Find Me....

There's just something about having a fireplace in a room

that brings one word to mind ~~

COZY

Right?

If it were up to me

I'd have a fireplace

(or at least a fireplace mantel surround)

in each and every room of my house ~

loos included.

Oh, yes.

But I would need a pretty big house, I guess.

So, when I saw a this beautiful thing

sitting all by herself at the antique market,

I knew that she would be coming home with me

one way or another.

See the white wicker settee and round blue wicker table?  They came home with me, too.

And she did.

I knew exactly what room she would grace.

Her chips and patina were absolute perfect imperfection.

She was missing a piece of her base on the right side,

but that didn't matter to me.

Is that not the most perfect shabby chippiness?

Did it make you sigh....?

It did me.

The paint color was a tad too 'dirty white' for me.

So, I hauled out my trusty ASCP and swiped 'Old White' on her ~

carefully avoiding the chipped places.

An hour later,

(and this is part of the beauty of AS paint)

I was sanding and smoothing and distressing

(with my new palm sander).

Fifteen minutes after that,

she was in her new home.

Maizie thought it was her new doggy house.

Five minutes after that,
Maizie and I were happily floofing.

I never tire of making book bundles...

 The sweet set of angel wings was sent to me by

Sandi of Wayside Treasures

in memory of my sweet little Toby

who traveled to the Rainbow Bridge recently.

I still miss him so deeply.

Every time I walk into the kitchen and see those wings hanging there,

I think, "Heaven has one more angel...."

I turned my large chalkboard sideways to "fill up" the opening.

Styling this beautiful piece of history with the seasons

is going to be so much fun.

Can you see her with little white pumpkins dancing across her mantel for Thanksgiving?

Can you visualize cedar boughs draped and swagged across her for Christmas?

Springtime she'll be dressed with white lilacs in rusty pots... 

She is going to be so Jeanne d'Arc.

A weathered basket full of driftwood will be placed on the floor in the fireplace opening

for the fall and winter months bringing an even cozier feel to the room.

(I have a tutorial on weathering and aging baskets coming up soon.)

In fact, come to think of it,

I actually love her more than the gas fireplace we have in the living room.

I think it's her size and beautiful shabby patina.

Hmmmm...I just may have to take my sander to the one in the living room....

So, if you're looking for me anytime soon,

you'll find me here...

{ cozy hugs }

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