I Can’t Live Without This Thing–Keep Finding New Ways to Use It!
In the past, I've shared this awesome little desktop vacuum with you. It is amazing! I like it so much, when I set up a desk in the guest room at my son's home, which is also a great workspace for my oldest grandson when I'm not there, I immediately purchased a second one since I use it so much at home. I use it at least once a week to vacuum my large desk mat that does double duty as a mouse pad. I can't stand it when my laser mouse skips due to … [Continue Reading...]
Planning Ahead for Autumn and Thanksgiving Holiday Tables
Welcome to 678th Tablescape Thursday! Pottery Barn and Williams Sonoma are having some of the same issues a lot of companies are having right now, they are having trouble getting stock into the stores. When I visited Pottery Barn yesterday, I didn't see nearly as many holiday-themed goodies as I would normally expect to see. I thought these pumpkin-shaped bowls were really cute! There was a large matching soup tureen nearby. You can read more … [Continue Reading...]
8 Ways to Stay Warm and Cozy in the Fall-Winter Home
Tomorrow is the first official day of Autumn. Though the mid-day temps are still in the 70s and lower 80s here in the Atlanta area, you can sense that fall is just around the corner. Not sure why, but for once I'm not dreading the cooler weather as I normally would. Maybe I'm just relishing the return of all the hunkering-down coziness I associate with fall--like woolly, soft, throws, snuggly sweaters, crackling fires, and a reason (as if I needed one) to stay … [Continue Reading...]
Hop in My Time Machine! Destination: January 1957!
Welcome to the 660th Metamorphosis Monday! Happy Monday to you! I hope your week is off to a great start! Last week I shared a new lamp I had added to the upstairs living/bonus room. In that post, I also shared a little about the "end table" on which the lamp was sitting. As mentioned in that previous post, my sister, Glenda, used to work as the bookkeeper for a recycling company in Macon, Georgia. One day the Macon Telegraph … [Continue Reading...]
August Favorites & An “Autumn is Coming” BOGO Sale
September is halfway over and I just realized today that I hadn't shared my favorites from last month. I spent the first 3 weeks of August visiting my son, daughter-in-law, and grandsons. When I arrived, I was not happy to discover that I had left my toiletry bag with all its contents, at home! Argggh! I had it filled with everything I would need over the next few weeks and I turned right around and drove off without it. I hopped on the computer and ordered a … [Continue Reading...]
Celebrating a Bountiful Harvest, Italian Style
Welcome to 677th Tablescape Thursday! It's still warm here in Georgia and summer is very much still with us, but the evenings are definitely feeling a lot cooler. The cooler evening temps have put me in the mood for an autumn table this week. I kept my centerpiece very simple using a lantern I've had for many years. I found this dinnerware in HomeGoods many years ago. It's hallmarked Opificio Etico Ceramisia, Made in … [Continue Reading...]
Another New Lamp for the Upstairs Living Room
Welcome to the 659th Metamorphosis Monday! Looking at this older photo of the upstairs living room/bonus room/frog makes me want to move the grandfather clock back to this room. I may do that today, I miss seeing it here. But that's not why we're in this room today. Notice the large brass lamp at the end of the sofa. Here's one more photo taken from the opposite end where you can see the lamp a bit better. Until I went on my recent lamp-buying … [Continue Reading...]
A New Bookcase (and Bookcase/Picture Light) for the Guest Room
And just when you thought there wasn't room for one more thing in my guest room... A few weeks back I mentioned in a post about a sagging/bowing issue I've had with the Ikea Billy Bookcases here in my home office. In the comments of that post, a few BNOTP readers mentioned that Ikea had come out with an all-wood bookcase that was quite similar to the Billy. Thanks, Magdy and Kim for sharing about the Hemnes--I had no … [Continue Reading...]
A Dinner Party in the Garden with Friends
Welcome to the 676th Tablescape Thursday! What would you do if you lost your phone and internet connection for 3-1/2 months?! I just recently heard from my friend, Norma, who lives in France. Norma wrote, " Well, you will not believe this but we have only just got reconnected after three and a half months of being cut off from the outside world! What happened was that a car went off the road at the top of our lane and crashed into a field, taking with it a … [Continue Reading...]
The Painting Arrived & I Found the Perfect Place for It!
I can't quit playing in this room. lol Recently I added some cabinets down the left wall of this guest bedroom that's quickly become my "woman cave." lol I love handbags and have been really wishing for a long time to gather them all together in one spot where I could see and access them more easily. This wall in the guest room was the only wall big enough and the guest room is very rarely ever used since my son & dil prefer sleeping in the … [Continue Reading...]
