Favorite Fall Fashions for Sweater Weather, I’m Shopping the Sale!
You can really feel autumn trying to sneak in here in Georgia. The temps will be going back up again this coming week, but lately, there's been a crispness in the air and the nights are much cooler. Autumn will be here before we know it! The cooler temps have put me in the mood for a bit of fall shopping and I just discovered one of my favorite stores has a 2-day sale going on their new fall arrivals. Actually, I think today is the 2nd/last day of the … [Continue Reading...]
Dining with Beautiful Blue Willow
Welcome to the 728th Tablescape Thursday! I'm running behind today--the painter is back again today and that always puts me a bit behind. Last night I was in the mood for a blue and white table setting. I just recently ordered napkins that I thought would be pretty with my Churchhill Blue Willow dinnerware, one of the dinnerware sets I use on a daily basis. I know this photo was taken at kind of a weird angle but I included it because it most … [Continue Reading...]
It’s Here–My Fortnum & Mason Bespoke Hamper Arrived & It’s Delightful!
The Fortnum and Mason hamper I ordered a few weeks back arrived this week. If I ever make it back to London again, I would love to visit their Piccadilly store in person. In today's post, I thought I'd share what I ordered. I also have a sneaky plan for the hamper, looking forward to sharing that very soon. When I placed my order, I chose their "Large" size hamper. I knew it would be a great storage piece for use later. These are the measurements in … [Continue Reading...]
Garage Art, Easy Way to Level Cabinets & Such a Cool Tool–I Bought it Twice!
Welcome to the 710th Metamorphosis Monday! Hope your Labor Day weekend is going amazing! I've been goofing off and relaxing a bit, something I find hard to do. lol I always feel a bit guilty if I'm not being productive. Anyone else have that problem? There was one thing that I got done here in the garage, something that's been bugging me since the garage makeover was completed. See that big ole blank spot there above the standing tool chest to … [Continue Reading...]
Even Better Than I Expected! Love It When That Happens!
It is sooo nice when you order something online and when it arrives, you discover it's even better than you had expected. That's pretty much the way it always is when I order from L.L. Bean. So many things have changed over the years with so many companies going out of business or just not offering the same level of goods or services that they have in the past. L.L. Bean is one of the few companies where I've not seen any sign of that. Recently I shared these two … [Continue Reading...]
What’s Inside All Those Storage Cabinets? I’m Throwing Back the Doors!
Welcome to the 727th Tablescape Thursday! For this week's Tablescape Thursday, we're taking a peek inside the nine storage cabinets I have here in my garage to see what's stored inside and how it's all organized. I hope this little storage tour offers up a few ideas for your storage needs. Let's start with the cabinets here on this side wall of the garage. Before we throw back the doors and peek inside the drawers, I want to answer one question I … [Continue Reading...]
Is it True? Will LED Light Fixtures Cause Your Garage Door Opener to Malfunction?
Over the past few weeks as I've shared the updates I've been making here in the garage, one question I've been asked in the comments a couple of times was if the new LED lighting I had installed would create any issue with my garage door opener. During the renovation process, one of the things I had done was the replacement of the original seal on the garage door. Sometime over the past 40 years, a critter had chewed on the rubber part of the old … [Continue Reading...]
It’s Done! The Cabinets are Back and All Systems are GO!
Welcome to the 709th Metamorphosis Monday! It was a long time coming but I finally have all the cabinets back in the garage and filled back up. Before I share the "After" here's a little reminder of where we started. The garage walls were in need of a fresh coat of paint and much better lighting than the builder-grade lights that had been here for 40 years. Previously, I had 6 dish storage cabinets down one of the side walls of the garage. This … [Continue Reading...]
A Unique Birthday/Holiday Gift Idea + 2 Awesome Sales from Two Favorite Stores
Thanks so much to Gail for letting me know about a sale I would have surely missed. Gail knows how much I love Fair Isle sweaters, especially the beautiful ones L.L. Bean carries every winter. This one below was one I purchased a few fall seasons back and I still wear it often during the winter months. It' sooo warm! They have some really pretty ones on sale right now. This one has been a popular seller and is almost sold … [Continue Reading...]
Soft Aqua Blues Mixed with Treasures and Gifts from the Sea
Welcome to the 726th Tablescape Thursday! The painter is almost finished in the garage--hopefully, he'll be done by today or tomorrow. He and I rolled back the plastic covering the cabinets before he left last night so I could get to my charger plates and glassware to set a table for this week's TT. It was the end of the day and super cloudy and rainy out, so I decided to just go with a candlelight table for this week's Tablescape … [Continue Reading...]
