A SPRING TOUR WITH A VINTAGE WASH OF COLOR !

Hi there, happy you stopped in, as I had said I have a new computer with a allot of fun picture features and as I was trying some out I decided to do my tour with a vintage look....just love it I would paint and switch everything up to get this color hue!

 Here is a huge china cabinet that I inherited with my new chest that I have shared with some other do dads....

 An Ice box that I bought at Goodwill, I thought it was a dresser because it was facing against the wall when I turned it around I was so surprised and there was no way I was leaving that store without  it at a mere 50$, it is perfect on the inside as well the bottom left is where the block of ice goes, soon I will do an open exhibit and share it with you all. The basket is hanging from the ceiling beam with many more.

We just had some new plumbing put in and this crazy of a crazy lady saved the rusty old pipes so now it is a perch for the bird house!

 Lets step into the kitchen.........

 I crafted this sign from an old glass picture frame and a vintage cherry printed table cloth.

 I also used a piece for the china cupboard in the dining room, the iron outdoor plant holder holds the placemats

 Wine anyone??

 The dining room table is at its smallest now but when the leaf is in I use a bench and it sits 7 easy.

I stenciled a little rooster friend on the crock

 Living room......

 

Kitchen......

 

 A rest area it is!

 The theatre TV is the big attraction in here and trust me you would not want to be our neighbor Mr STNSA has theatre speakers all over this room and it gets very loud. We are movie watchers and popcorn eaters! We are regular people who enjoy life to the fullest everyday!

 Wish I could build some type of enclosure for this beast though, did I mention it was also 3D?

 Lazy kitty napping!

 Lunch is eaten here at this bar....

 I do most of my food prep on the big butcher block

This can as a popcorn gift from Christmas that I faux painted into a wooden bait bucket to hold all kitchen utensils.

 My window box that I crafted out of pine is filled with sunflowers and greens.

 This was a vintage bread box but now a garden fairy sits here with some pretty flowers

 Those are red potatoes that are about to join a pork roast in my oven! Yum

Don't you just love a pin up lamp? they seem to lend that little extra bit of light that's needed, I have a fetish for them just look on my supply shelves and you will see.

 

You see fish here and there the new kitchen makeover is "Fishing Cottage" , seems fitting being only about 5 miles from the Florida Everglades! We  never know what we are going to find out doors here, looked out my living room window and a huge bear was having himself some Pizza from our neighbors trash! I guess he heard me so he took his pizza and went down the road a ways I kinda creeped around and followed him  , would you believe he lay down on the grass and finished his pizza down the road a ways! The bears here are not violent for the most part. The rangers come out and ask us not too feed them and stay in when they are about.......I love watching them though. This is the place to see so much wildlife...the water across the street has Manatees and many alligators and offers good fishing as well. Snook is the best eating fish here!  

 

Well hope you enjoyed the out of the ordinary vintage touched tour!

Its just a cottage type home by the sea and visited by many wild animals but we do love this life style!

Lisa 

 

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WELCOME TO SWEET TEA N' SALTY AIR EASTER TOUR!

Hi there, so very nice of you to stop by! Today I want to share some Easter around the house. Decorating does not have to be expensive, all of this decorating was done with plastic eggs that we speckle painted, old book pages we cut into strips for Easter grass and old pieces I have around the house I also had a piece of fabric that fit the Easter bill so I cut it into bows etc. My favorite is a bunny handkerchief that was my mom's when she was a child. Just a little imagination is all you need.

 A wooden egg box I bought some time ago holds an antique egg dish some Easter grass and some speckled eggs.

 Natalie and I gave our wooden bunny a new look with some paint a bow and a cotton tail.

 A little bird makes a nest on some burlap.

 Some antique books get wrapped in a pretty Easter bow.

 My grandma's teacup holds a little nest.

 Adding some Easter colored glass such as greens and purples adds some interest. You see the collection of baskets hanging from the wooden beam?, those are put there before Easter you see, the Bunny takes them down on Easter Eve and fills them with candy and prizes for the good kids.

 

 The kitchen counter has a touch of Easter with an old scale and bunny and carrot made from a brown sack.

 Little wooden bunny sits aside a little nest on the kitchen window shelf.

 Here is mom's old handkerchief , I have it draped on the side of a hanging wrought iron kitchen basket.

 I found these 2 little egg holders at a thrift store they are hand painted from Mexico and vey old.

 This pedestal  holds a nest in the center of the table in between the 2 egg holders.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today it was wonderful having you visit!

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