Sweet Finds

Roses and Lace

I had opportunity a week back to

Stop by my favorite Goodwill.

I go straight to the home décor section

And found this lovely decorative egg.

Strolling along the aisle I also

Found this sweet little apothecary jar.

And finally, I found this lacy neck roll pillow!

I was glowing with joy when I left the store!

The roses I bought a couple of weeks back

Never fully opened, but began to dry prettily.

I snipped the buds and put them into the

Apothecary jar.

I set them on a table at the upstairs landing

This morning – to catch the rising sun through

The window. 

The light and lacy shadows cast a lovely

Glow on my new found treasures.

The neck pillow will go in the Blue room

Next to the teddy bear – a tribute to my

Brother – he was created by my sister

Out of one of his shirts.

The rose-filled apothecary jar and the

Rosy egg are going on the shelf in our

Hall bath.

 This shelf must have been attached

To a wall at one time – it stands behind our

Tub where an old doorway is now partially covered.

We discovered that a previous

Owner had covered over the door.

The frame was visible and I thought

There was empty space behind.

So we removed the drywall to

Find the old door.

I love its chippy paint look.

I appreciate your visit and I am sharing this post with

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home 

Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home

Vintage Inspiration Friday @ Common Ground

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Fridays Unfold @ Stuff and Nonsense

Inspiration Friday @ The Picket Fence

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet The Sound

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Cottage Colors

White

In the bright summer sky, soft, fluffy clouds float lazily by. I see them through the softly shadowed lace curtains in my kitchen. I love seeing the outdoors through a lacy white haze - softening the edges of searing hot summer days.

I want more lacy curtains dancing as the air passes them by. 

In the Summer I deck my beds out in white with touches of floral colors. The colors of the flowers and the sky mingled together. I want them to appear to be soft clouds of inviting rest. 

The Spring Look

The Summer Look

I love to drape my tables with lace tablecloths - often over solid or floral tablecloths - lightening the spaces in my home. 

In my bathrooms, my preference for towel color is  - white.

I love the soft, terry-cloth white towels hanging from hooks and draping chairs in my bathrooms.

In my kitchen, the hutch and plate rack get seasonal changes. In springtime

the look was soft, pink and roses. In summertime it is white and blue.

The Spring Look

The Summer Look

My favorite dishes are the creamy white ones - solid and lacy - to me they present the food in a beautiful way. Pitchers, bowls and platters in white speak serenity to me.

I don't have a house clothed all in white, but I do have white in the places that I love best.

I am sharing this post with these Delightsome blog parties:

Show Off Your Cottage Monday at The House in the Roses

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps On The Porch

Blue Monday at Smiling Sally's

Mosaic Monday at The Little Red House

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Touches of Lace

Cottage and Lace

and doilies

Every morning when I look out my kitchen window from my desk, 

I look at a world through lace. My view seems softened, enchanted 

when I see the birds, the trees, the flowers through woven swirls of 

leaf and roses.

I wonder at the beginning of lace...those who

made it by hand, then by machine.

I was overjoyed last week to find these delicate battenburg placemats

and napkins at  a nearby Goodwill.

Would I ever part with something so delicate and lovely.

Not ever, but I am so thankful to the one who did.

I have lace for windows, for dining tables, for sidetables -

and for chairs.

If I could, I'd envelop each room in lace to soften and to

enchant.

I was curious about the history behind Battenburg lace

and was not disappointed in its story.

I was curious about the history behind Battenburg lace

and was not disappointed in its story.

In late the 1800's Battenburg lace was first created when

Queen Victoria of England named her son-in-law as the 

first Duke of Battenburg. It is recorded that every

English Duke had his own lace pattern. 

Battenburg lace is made from looped tape lace

then decorative stitches fill in called bars or brides. 

Lace of all types is very romantic, it is very cottage.

I am sharing this post with

Cielo's 

Show Off Your Cottage Monday

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