Basement Guest Room - My Mom's Room

My Mom stays with us every fall.  I am lucky that she can

come and stay with us for so long...2.5 months this time!

She has a bedroom in our basement and a nice bathroom

too.  Every year I do something a little bit different in her

room...here are a few pictures of what her room looks

like this time around.

I love this old metal bed.  It has a lovely medallion on the

headboard and footboard.  Some people would probably

have painted it straight away, but I liked the way it looked

this way so I left it.  The screen behind the bed is from

Target and it is a Simply Shabby Chic piece that was

available years ago.  Why is all of the great Shabby Chic

stuff discontinued?  The green rose throw pillows are

also SSC as well and yes, they are discontinued!

Just a closer view...

I love the details on this bed!

Here is another view of the room...the closet is behind those curtains.  The white chair in the corner is a chair

(one of a pair) that I purchased at an auction years ago

for $40 for the pair.  They are Ballard Designs chairs

and I looked up the retail price of them...quite crazy!

This is an old needlepoint that I framed in a beautiful

ornate gold frame that I had kicking around in my stash.

I love the way it turned out.  I have a mixture of cottage,

French and Shabby Chic items in this room.

One of my favorite pieces is this old claw foot table.  It is

shabby and worn and I just adore it!  The dresser is another

auction piece...there is another matching dresser on

the other wall.  I was forbidden to paint them.  Does your

husband ever do that?!  (*_*)

This lamp shade and base is also from Simply Shabby

Chic and they are long since discontinued.  I always include a picture of my Dad on her bedside table.  We all miss

him so much!

One of my favorite statues wearing her little tiara...

An old corday lamp and lamp shade.  I just propped up

the frame against the wall to give the lamp a background.

The candles are all flameless so Mom doesn't have to worry

about setting the basement on fire!  Ha ha!

I have had this little floral settee for years now.  It was

upstairs in my front room for a long time, but when I

found a new French settee, I moved it downstairs to the

basement.  I works perfectly in her room and it has roller

wheels so it is easy to move.

Isn't it cute!

I hope you enjoyed this little tour of my Mom's home away

from home.  She really loves it down there in the basement.  It gives her privacy and it's very comfortable.  I have a little portable fireplace that she uses as well if it gets too

cool for her down there.

My next post will be pictures of her bathroom.

It really turned out pretty!

~Stacy~

Manni Details

Today I thought that I would share a few pictures with you

of my mannequin.  She sits in my front room beside my big

rose painting.  I love her!  I tend not to put a lot of clothes

on her, but I thought that I would add this cute pink fringed

skirt for something different.

The skirt is actually a party table fringe that I purchased at

one of my favorite stores, Dear Lizzie, in Highland, UT.

Okay, it is my FAVORITE store!

I just cut a piece off the garland and pinned it around the

waist.  I had the other bits and pieces on her before so I

just had to put them back in place.  I don't know why, but

I like my mannequin more simple these days without a lot

of clothing...who knew?!

I love this pink tissue paper fringe.  It's so flirty and fun!

I also have pink silk ribbon, white rose covered ribbon,

a big burlap bow and a cute cameo necklace on her.

I had no idea what I was doing when I made this bow.  I 

am not too adept at creating bows, but this one just

seemed to work for me.  It gives it some added texture

which I don't have a lot of in my home.  I need more!

Finally, this cross adds some pretty bling to the look.

I am quite into bling these days it seems.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I have been missing in

action on my blog these days, but it's summer and I

have a really hard time blogging in the summer.  I

hope to be back to a more regular routine in the fall!

Love,

~Stacy~

Musical Chairs

Last week I had the chance to go junking with a

good friend of mine.  We found the best stuff and

had such a wonderful day!  At one of our favorite

antique malls, we came across an amazing pink

needlepoint chair!  It was everything I adore in a 

chair and it was like it was made for my front room!

Alas, the price was just abit too high for me and

I walked away without it.

On our very last stop at one of the thrift stores

that we frequent (and with only 20 minutes to

go until closing), I came across this adorable little

French Provincial chair.  It was only $8.00.  Yes,

you read that right!  It jumped into my cart

pretty quickly when I saw the price.  I got a cute

little chair after all!

Well this story takes another little twist and turn...

I was speaking to my Mom on the phone that night

and described my thrift shop find with her and I

also described that glorious needlepoint chair that

was in the antique mall.  She thought that it 

sounded really pretty...we talked about it for

some time.  We get off on these tangents you see...

The next morning the phone rang quite early and

the caller id announced that it was my Mom.  I

thought that it was kind of strange (she lives in

Canada) seeing as how we had talked for some

time the night before.  Right away I could tell by

the sound of her voice that something was up!

She said...I want you to go on a caper for me!

Mom and I are always going on capers when we

are together!  (*_*)  She told me that she wanted

me to go down to the antique mall and pick up

that beautiful pink french chair!  Of course I told

her that I couldn't and that it just wasn't in the

cards for me at that particular time.

She told me that I most certainly could go and get

it because she had called down to the antique mall

and had purchased it for me as a present!  What???

My Mom is always up to something!  She had an old

flyer of all of the antique stores and sales that she

had brought home with her, looked up the number

to the antique mall and phoned them first thing in

the morning and purchased the chair for me!

That is just the kind of person my Mom is.  She is

always trying to do things for me and buy things

for me and I'm always saying NO!  I guess she

decided to totally bypass me this time and leave

out the middle man...that would be me!

Little does she know that I had already purchased

some gorgeous china for her from an Etsy shop in

Canada (Jennelise Rose) and it is on the way to

her.  She should be receiving it today and I did

that before I even told her about the chair.

That will serve her right!  (*_*)

Oh, and the $8.00 chair?  It is already downstairs

in the guest bedroom that is decorated with

French Provincial furniture!  

~Stacy~

My New Spring Pillow...

As you can see, I haven't blogged in awhile.  In

fact, it's been a little over a month.  I am patiently

waiting for spring...it comes, it goes, last night it

snowed and now it's all melted again.  I am itching

to get going at some spring projects, but because I

don't have a warm place to spray paint or do things

like that...I wait and wait and wait!

In the meantime, I thought I would share with you

this sweet pillow that I found at Hobby Lobby last

week.  They had an entire line of spring decor items

with this cute graphic on the front.  I don't buy a lot

of "cutsey" items for my home anymore (I have so

many already!), but this one tugged at me and I

thought that it would look sweet in the center of

my settee for spring.

I hope that you are all enjoying spring-like weather

where you are.  I'm sure it will come to Utah soon

for more than a few days at a time, but in the

meantime...we wait!

Enjoy your day!

~Stacy~

A Hot Mess = A Shelf Makeover!

Have you ever decorated something years ago (okay, only a few years

ago!) and then woke up one day, looked at it and thought to yourself...

just what is that HOT MESS going on with that doo-dad?  In other

words, just what the heck was I thinking???

Well I am about to give you a lesson in the "what was I thinking"

category.  Take a look at that shelf above.  Three or so years ago,

I thought that it was the bomb!  Now to me it just looks like a bomb

went off and exploded CRAP all over my shelf!  (*_*)  I've had this

shabby shelf for years.  I talked an antique store owner into selling it

to me one day and I've loved it ever since.  It has a nice cream

background with very well worn pink paint underneath.

Now take a serious look at that monstrosity...everything under the sun is

on that shelf!  There is a tray at the top, postcards, little birds, Austrian

china, Marie Antoinette books, flowers, pin baskets, altered art frames,

little bobble heads...you name it, it's on there!  I took one look at it one

day and decided that enough was really enough!  There is definitely

something in the air with me these days; clutter is driving me nuts!

So...absolutely EVERYTHING came off of that shelf.  Look at it now,

it's so bare and clean looking...a blank slate you might say.

Here is the finished result and I am quite happy with it.  I added mostly

silver framed photographs, some tarnished silver and only a few little

accessories here and there.  You might recognize the lovely postcards

on the top shelf...they are from Georgianna Lane of Georgianna Lane

Photography.  I think that it looks so much better!  I am still not sure

about the vintage pink show ribbons on either side.  I might remove them

yet.  They are really neat old ribbons that I purchased on Etsy.  I think

that the pink and white color scheme was the ENTIRE reason that I

purchased them, okay, I know it was!  They are vintage cat show

ribbons from the 1960's and I thought that they were really pretty.

Now it's on to my next project...my laundry room!  The shelves in there

are overflowing with all sorts of bits and pieces.  It's probably time for

another donation trip to the thrift store!

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Stacy~

My Growing Wrona Collection

It's been a few weeks since I've blogged...about three to be exact!  I

don't know where the time goes!  I have been enjoying the spring

weather, although it has been unseasonally cold here in Utah this spring!

So...to keep myself busy while I've been indoors more than I've wanted

to be, I added some more prints to my Angelina Wrona collection.  I know

that these aren't for everyone...you either love them or hate them.  Some

people think that they are too "dark", but I rather love them.  They have

such a beautiful, haunting mood to them.  These are just poster prints that

I purchased online.  I tried a new poster company (Bare Walls) and I'm sorry

to say that the whole experience was a nightmare from start to finish.  It

took me over a month to receive them.  I think that I will stick to my tried

and trusted All Posters from now on.  They never fail me!

This one is called "Hush"...abit creepy, but I like it!

This one is "The Calm Before The Storm"...

"Jane Doe"...see those autopsy stitch marks on her

chest...yes, I know, kind of macabre for most people!

This one is called "It's Time" and if you look closely you can see

people in the background being beamed up into the sky toward the

light...I know, it's kind of out there...again, LOVE it!

"Rose"...she looks so sad...

"Visionary"...she has one blue eye and one green eye...

Lastly, this is called "Don't Look Back"...not sure what this one is all

about.  There is a church burning in the background so I hope that she

didn't do it!  Yikes...but it makes me wonder...

These are all hanging in my office now along with four others.  I also

have two that are unframed that I'll have to tend to one of these days.

Thanks for dropping by today.  I hope you enjoyed a glimpse at my

"unconventional" art collection.  Have a great day!

~Stacy~ 

Details - Part 2

I had so many pictures that I wanted to share with you that I thought I

would do a second post on some details in my home that I love...

Above is the detail on a sweet three tiered "box" cake that I purchased

on Etsy several years ago.  I think that this was my first Etsy purchase.

I love whimsy in my decor and this large glittered key shows just that...

Pretty swags on a concrete urn...

The sparkle of a crystal chandelier...

The hand painting on a ceiling medallion...

Charming flowers on a vintage tole tray...

Gold hardware and a criss-cross windowpane...

And lastly, a lettered medallion on a hanging banner...

Thank you for coming along with me today.  I hope you enjoyed

my Details posts.  Wishing you a wonderful spring day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

~Stacy~

It's All In The Details...

Details are found everywhere in your home.  Those special touches that

make each home unique and pretty are in every room.  Come along with

me as I share some of my favorite details with you today...

Deep ornate carvings on an oversized mirror...

Pretty hardware on a vintage armoire...

The ruffles on a 1940's prom dress...

A fabulous applique and hand painted roses...

Hand carved roses on the top of a mirror...

A pretty flower on an Italian tole mirror...

Carvings on a curio cabinet...

A pretty light switch...

Ruffles on elegant pillows...

I hope you are having a beautiful Sunday!

~Stacy~