'French Industrial Cottage' Valentine

It doesn't matter where we have lived,

from our first home to the house we are

in now, I nest.  I can NOT help myself.

I take down, I put up, I paint, I rearrange...

I just can't help myself.

And I bet you are the same too.

But its FUN!

And this last weekend ...I was having some FUN

 I got new lights over our island and changed

the bulbs in the pocket lights to halogen.

(Look at what Halogen lighting does to a room...

and the wall color, and the wood tones.)

This time I moved my wine holder over,it is covered with burlap and

tucked into the top left corner above the cupboards.

 I put parts of my teapot and pitcher collections together.

  Our kitchen is EXTREMELY dark, I always

 try to keep it light and reflective up above 

the cabinets.

I just can't decide if I want to paint the cupboards or not.

I always love the look of a light kitchen,

but fear is taking over for the moment.

See this would be beautiful....

The Willows Home and Garden

I also really like this...


Veronika's Blushing

 I am going to think on it,

maybe play with some color samples.

Which always puts fear in the eyes of

 my husband and family ;)

I am however, loving my new tea towel from..

French Vanilla, it goes perfectly with

the tea cozy I made this fall.

:)

I am slowly incorporating more and more

wicker into the mix.

I have always liked the texture and

warmth it creates, but this blue/grey wicker

is really beautiful.

The frame on this mirror, I feel , is the

culprit of this change.  And so the

domino effect begins.

I guess I am going 

for a french/industrial/cottage look.
So for Valentines,

I added a little burlap heart over the mirror,

put up my banner from last year.

I left some of my Silver Christmas hearts out

for Valentines Day.

The table runner is one I had made from,

you guessed it, drop cloth fabric and paint.

It is stamped with our Wedding date. 

I have always mixed old with new. 

Difference being that I did it because I had to,

now it's because I like to. On the shelves
I put Antique Cook Books,

 silver, bottles, pictures, and FAUX flowers...

I know, I know, but I still love 'em.

The little runner in the middle of the table
has been passed down through our family,
the needle point looks like
Valentines to me.

The table setting is very simple,

with an assortment of styles.
I didn't purchase anything for this
setting, which always makes me happy!

This chair will be headed to the

sewing room soon.  It  needs a little

slip of some sort.  A skirt maybe...

Ok, its time for a little truth,

a few minutes before I started to take photos

for the first time on this clean,

candle light, staged, open concept space,

 EVERYONE decided they

needed lunch, then maybe watch a little

hockey. Sorry family for my melt down. 

A tiny melt down, but

A LOT of pacing. 

Hope you enjoyed my Valentines Table

and a little peek at some

of the changes going on here.

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