Our Cottage Stripes Powder Bath Room

Several years before I retired I was in a local stencil shop and fell in love with their striped and flowered stenciled wall display.

All excited I bought their flowered stencil, paints and supplies and started the first step of my project painting "stripes" onto our first floor powder bathroom walls.

I marked lightly in pencil the placement and width of my stripes all around the room. 

 I used blue painter's tape to keep my stripes straight and neat... filling in the stripes with Benjamin Moore's "Oriental Silk" flat paint.

This fancy gold mirror came with the house when we moved in back in 2000.

I doubt I would ever buy a mirror in this style but I use what I have.

A pretty basket. 

 My solution for holding the necessary toilet paper rolls.

The white foot chest is from Pottery Barn as is the white glass door cabinet in the first photo.

The chest nicely holds the rest of my bathroom supplies.

{{And is always covered with magazines for us to read while busy doing you know what...

but I prettied up the photo shoot just for you!}}

I love the little fabric covered night light shade (also purchased from Pottery Barn).

While I'm still in love with the look in this little room I hope I never have to paint a tiny powder room again.

 I was sore for days after this project. 

 Oh..yeah...you noticed I never got around to stenciling it. 

 I decided I liked it just with the simple stripes.

{{I'm sure my stencil paint is dried out by now.}}

That's all folks!

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Cindy's Show & Tell Friday 

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A Red Toile & Checkered Bathroom!

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A red check and toile bathroom--charmingly gorgeous!

Yes, one of these days I will decorate a room in red!!!  

Totally...just like this one.  

And there are more REDs to enjoy with our host, Sue, at 

It's A Very Cherry World

(here) 

for REDnesday!

Cottage & Red

Cottage and RED just go together! 

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A beautiful quilted red and white checkered bedspread.  

And a chipped, vintage iron bed frame in white.  Love it.

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A vintage white hutch with red trim showcasing vintage dishes in red and white.

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Pretty red and blue dishes in florals and poke a dots.

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A kitchen filled with vintage aprons and tins... all touched with red...and a red chair.

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Three cute painted little chairs and I want that red and white rug!

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Be still my beating heart!

I love the blue and white striped painted floor with that fantastic red and white quilt bedspread.

And what a cute foot stool in red and white fabric design.

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I love the painted red bottom cabinets with white ones on top.  

I'm dying to paint my wood oak cabinets.

Ok - I know ~ only one project at a time.

I'm still fussing with my Guest Bathroom curtains that I blogged about (here)...stay tuned to see the final results. 

And I'm working on the border/edging of my little red and white striped crochet rug. 

Red and White stripes.

  

Working on the border/edging of my little red and white striped rug.

And there are more REDs to enjoy with our host, Sue, at 

It's A Very Cherry World

(here) 

for REDnesday!

P.S.

I'm doing a "shout out" about my Christmas blog ~ Sandy Snowflake (here).  

It's up and running so hop on over and take a look.   

It's dedicated 24/7, 365 days just to Christmas. 

There's lots of RED there to drool over daily.

Thanks for taking the time to visit me and have a lovely day.

UPDATE 2PM:

We just had an earthquake here!  
!
Hubby is out running errands and I was sitting at my computer pinning and blogging and all of a sudden the whole house started shaking!  I mean really shaking...it scared me to death.   Lasted maybe a minute but seemed like forever.  I could feel the whole house just shaking hard...it was so scary.

The TV news is finally reporting it.  It was centered NW of Richmond and 87 miles SW of D.C.  They are reporting the magnitude at 5.9 maybe even 6.0.

This is the 2nd earthquake I have felt since living here in SE Pennsylvania.  Maybe you folks out on the West Coast are use to this but not me.  Tornadoes...yes....use to them.  Earthquakes...no...NOT!  

Sitting Pretty!

Sitting Pretty!

My teddy bears, Sam and Tiercy, are wishing you a very wonderful summer weekend!

Sam is the brown Ty bear and Tiercy is the cute, girl bear with the rose head band.  Tiercy is my paternal Grandmother's name and I always thought that it was an unusual and pretty name which fits this adorable teddy bear just perfectly.

Vintage Wicker and two cute Teddy Bears, Tiercy and Sam.

  

This vintage wicker chair is one of a pair handed down from my paternal Grandparents to my parents and then to me.  

I first remember seeing them on my Grandparents' screened porch in a house they were renting in either Akron or Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio back in the 1950s.  

My Mom had the cushions recovered in this pretty fabric for her Florida room years ago.  Check out one of my previous posts (here) about my sewing project with some of this left over fabric.

Please join me for:

Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

                                Courtney at French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
                                          Wendy at The Shabby Nest for Frugal Friday

Donna at Funky Junk Interiors for Saturday Nite Special

Cielo at The House in the Roses for Show Off Your Cottage Monday

and

Welcome to Beverly's Pink Saturday .  Click on her link to see more PINK!

  

Dreamy Cottage

Images Courtesy of Flickr

1. Pink Butterflies and Flowers Rag Quilt Pincushion, 2. IMG_8454, 3. Rosa Detail, 4. P6190637, 5. Hand dyed ribbons, 6. vintage buttons, 7. china room #1, 8. Untitled, 9. Grow Baby Grow Banner

For PINK Saturday please enjoy some dreamy PINK cottage images from Flickr!

I want the china tea pot birdhouse!  

Welcome to Beverly's Pink Saturday .  Click on her link to see more PINK!

Please join Mary at The Little Red House (here) for more Mosaic Monday

Rag Rugs

Images Courtesy of Flickr

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1. 170-7018_IMG, 2. Seventies Sunshine Crochet Rug, 3. Bowl of Fruit Crocheted Rug, 4. פרט - שטיח סרוג מבדים, 5. Hexagon Rag Rug 54 inches , 6. Looking good, 7. שטיח לרובין ורוני, 8. Rag Rug, 9. Rose's On The Fence Rag Rug

These images from Flickr inspire me...to someday make a crocheted rug.  

Some of these are made out of T-shirt knit fabric strips.  

Many years ago my sister-in-law gave me a crochet pamphlet on making rugs out of plastic bag strips.  

I hope one of these days I can put this project on my "to do" list.

How about you? 

Are you inspired to try one?   

And there are more REDs to enjoy with our host, Sue, at 

It's A Very Cherry World

(here) 

for REDnesday!

Cottage Pretties

Images Courtesy of Flickr

1. Rag rug, 2. Mesa de luz Luis XV magenta, 3. closeup, 4. Keeping track of the tools, 5. Romantic Chic room with lounge chair., 6. Vintage Fisher Price Bluebird Music Box Crib Toy, 7. The Hooker's Floor 4, 8. Yo-yo puff, ribbon and lace., 9. Rose Curtain Ties

It's Mosaic Monday tomorrow and I'm sharing some beautiful 

shabby cottage

images borrowed from Flickr.

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Aren't the rag rugs cute!  

Someday I have to try making one of these.

Please join Mary at The Little Red House (here) for more Mosaic Monday!

Vintage Embroidered Hankerchiefs

I'm old enough to remember the beautifully embroidered and crocheted linen 

handkerchief

days before the mass production of paper tissue (Kleenex).

I have a small collection of vintage embroidered/crocheted handkerchiefs...some from my childhood and others that belonged to my Mother-in-law.  

Vintage Embroidered Hankies

Isn't this beautiful!

Look at how tiny these stitches are!

Isn't the red embroidered one unique?

So pretty!

I love, love these beautiful hankies!

The flowered pattern one on the right with the blue edging is different...isn't it?

As pretty as these hankies were, if you had a serious cold, they just didn't do the job.  

My Mother, who was a working woman in the 1950s, wouldn't let us kids stay home from school unless we had a fever.  So, I went to school with some serious head colds.  I remember taking my Dad's large white men's handkerchief to grade school for one particularly bad cold.  I also remember being pretty miserable that day.

I crochet (with yarn) but I don't think I could crochet with thread and hook this tiny.  Just imagine the work involved in crocheting the teeny, tiny stitches in each of these hankies. 

Hope you enjoyed seeing my vintage linens!  

Thanks for visiting me. 

    

Please join me for:

Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

Courtney at French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Wendy at The Shabby Nest for Frugal Friday
 Donna at Funky Junk Interiors for Saturday Nite Special

Cielo at The House in the Roses for Show of Your Cottage Monday

Pink Cottage Decor

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1. White Bunnies, 2. Tattered Rose n Bow Necklace, 3. Care for a Piece of Doily Delish?, 4. Untitled, 5. Pink Roses in China Cup, 6. Sweet Celebrations, 7. IMG_7201, 8. Decorative Guest hand towel with a crocheted rose., 9. Bag Collection

Let's drool over some lovely PINK cottage decor!  

Aren't these just beautiful?  

My favorite is No. 3 - who wouldn't love a doily cake in these pastel colors?

What's PINK at home?

Our dogwoods are blooming!

Welcome to Beverly's Pink Saturday .  Click on her link to see more PINK!

And have a lovely PINK Mother's Day Weekend!

PINK Cottages

Images Courtesy of Flickr

1. Pink Cottage & Green Shutters: Place Savène - Albi, 2. The pink cottage - Cockington, 3. Pink Cottage, 4. Precious Pink Cottage ~ Colour Photograph, 5. Pink Cottage, 6. Pink Cottage, Siesta Key Village, 7. Pink Cottage at Boscastle, 8. Lanhydrock Cottage, 9. Lakeside pink

Feast your eyes on these shabby chic cottages in all their PINKNESS!  

I love them...what do you think?

I think....

Think PINK!

Welcome to Beverly's Pink Saturday .  Click on her link to see more PINK!

REDnesday - Cottage Doors

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1. Cobblers Cottage, 2. Oriel Cottage red door, 3. Red Door, 4. Red door of the White House, 5. cottage yellow with red door, 6. RED COTTAGE, 7. Red door, 8. Red Door, 9. Irish Cottage

I love RED cottage doors!

I found these images in Flickr from around the world.

I like the ones with the door frames trimmed in black...that really makes the RED pop.

Whenever we get around to replacing our front door I'm considering a shade of RED.

How about you?

Do you like RED doors?

And there are more REDs to enjoy with our host, Sue, at 

It's A Very Cherry World

(here) 

for REDnesday!

Groups of Three

Good things come in groups of  threes...

Three vintage-looking embroidered tea towels (purchased at Target a few years ago) and three adorable little pottery pitchers I found in an Indiana gift shop in Amish country.

Please join our host Cielo at The House in the Roses (here) for Show Off Your Cottage Monday!

Sandy at Teacup Lane    

REDnesday - Visiting Tina's Cherry Hill Cottage

1. Sweet Cottage Cottage..., 2. Red heart pillow..., 3. Red Carnation Wreath, 4. Red and white dishes~, 5. A gift from Kathleen..., 6. Christmas In July~ ,07, 7. Hand-painted Table, 8. Front Door Wreath...A Red Gingham Cottage..., 9. estate find..., 10. Cherry Napkins..., 11. A Bowl Of Green Apples.., 12. Red cherries..., 13. Polka Dot Settee~, 14. Christmas greetings from Toots..., 15. Red and White..., 16. Decorations...

I'm featuring one of my favorite bloggers - Cherry Hill Cottage - to show you a Texas gal, Tina, who loves R.E.D. too!  Who wouldn't love to have Tina's delightful and delicious home popping with all of these glorious reds?   I know I would!

If you haven't met Tina yet hop over to her gorgeous blog (here) to have a real Texas treat.

(All photos from Flickr - click on any photo's legend to see the whole photo)

Please join Sue at It's A Very Cherry School World (here) for more REDnesday treats. 

Sandy at Teacup Lane