The web site for The Silver Comet Trail describes it this way: Imagine gliding along on your bike through the north Georgia countryside, crossing a 500-foot-long trestle over a rushing river below, winding between rock cliffs and weaving among tall stately pines. Imagine doing this without having to worry about cars and trucks. Now imagine doing this for 60 miles on one trail! No, that's not a dream, it's … [Read more...]
Tablescaping With Lenox, Butler’s Pantry Gourmet
May 27, 2009 by 93 Comments
Welcome to the 40th Tablescape Thursday! Wow, can you believe it...this is our 40th week for Tablescaping! THANK-YOU, dear friends, for participating during these past 40 weeks and making Tablescape Thursday such a fun event! I'm looking forward to many, many more! This has been an exciting day for Between Naps on the Porch. Julia at Hooked on Houses is featuring the porch of BNOTP on her blog today! … [Read more...]
Adding Molding to the Dining Room
May 25, 2009 by 59 Comments
Welcome to the 19th Metamorphosis Monday! Back in January, I posted about some changes/renovations I had just finished in my dining room. I received a good many comments and quickly realized that everyone really enjoys seeing a good Before and After. That post ended up being the catalyst for that start of our blog party, Metamorphosis Monday, so I thought I'd share it again for this Met Monday. This … [Read more...]
A Photo Tour of the Porch and Decks…
May 24, 2009 by 123 Comments
I've been doing some fluffing on the porch today...even got out the froggy fountain. Thought I'd share some some of the little details. So just make yourself at home. Deck with pergola... Lit up at night... More details back on the porch... Here's your tea. It's so nice out...why … [Read more...]
Tables Setting with Beautiful Wedgwood
May 21, 2009 by 113 Comments
Welcome to the 39th Tablescape Thursday! We're out on the porch for this week's Tablescape Thursday. The table is ready and the candles are lit... I've layered lots of creamy white textures, one on top of the other. I found the dinner plates and bowls at Home Goods. I pulled our color scheme (green and purple) from these special Wedgwood salad plates. They … [Read more...]
Living Room Makeover
May 18, 2009 by 83 Comments
Welcome to The 18th Metamorphosis Monday! I have a wonderful Before and After to share with you this week. A while back I shared several pics of this beautiful dining room belonging to Brian, a wonderfully talented Interior Designer, whose design business is Brian Joseph Atmospheres. Recently, Brian completed a new design project where he dramatically transformed several rooms in an historic … [Read more...]
Frozen in Time…
May 16, 2009 by 59 Comments
Many, years ago, when my son was around 8 years old, I painted a very amateurish mural on one whole wall in his room. The mural is around 13 feet wide by 8 feet tall. He always loved baseball and played it Spring and Fall from 2nd grade all the way through high school. Over the years, I never got around to painting over the mural, and my son never seemed to mind. So, though he is all grown … [Read more...]
Old Bound Newspapers Become End Table
May 11, 2009 by 84 Comments
Welcome to the 17th Metamorphosis Monday! Many, many years ago, The Macon Telegraph and News decided to dispose of all the old copies of their past publications/newspapers. Apparently, news organizations used to keep copies of their old papers by binding them into large "books." Each bound volume, shown below, had about three months worth of newspapers. I had six of these large books stored for … [Read more...]
Women’s Spring Luncheon
May 9, 2009 by 41 Comments
Recently I was chatting via e-mail with my friend, Toni. She shared two wonderful pics of a beautiful tablescape she created for a Women's Spring Luncheon held at her church. You'll notice it has lots of that wonderful color, pink...perfect for this Pink Saturday! Toni used several darling birdhouses to create her lovely centerpiece. Toni told me, "As you can tell, I love birds and birdhouses. The … [Read more...]
Tablescaping with Blue Willow
May 7, 2009 by 92 Comments
Welcome to the 37th Tablescape Thursday! I can't help myself...when it's this nice outside, all my tablescapes end up here on the porch. The trees are all dressed in their best spring-green... I'm using my Churchill Blue Willow this evening... Salad plates are by Gibson...it's part of a large set from Big Lots... White chargers are from Horchow online...Neiman Marcus had them, … [Read more...]
