Another thing from the flea market dollar table and a $16 mini redo

Surprisingly, this oval, floral print was only $1.   The frame was beat up, but a coat of paint made it look charmingly beat up instead of just messy.

Sissy had given me her Waverly curtains, and I’d made pillows for the sofa with some, but decided to use those in the breezeway instead and cut up another panel to make curtains in there too.

The oil painting of the girl was a gift from the Guncles, it is vintage and came with a grand frame that I’ll be repurposing.

Aren’t the curtains cozy for fall? Previously, there had been white sheers.  These floral ones make the room seem more finished.

 The large oval picture is a gift from Sissy too.  It had a gold frame, which I changed to white with an umber glaze to fit in more with my stuff.   And I am liking the way the new rounded pictures go well with the two smaller ones I already had.  

All of the new-to-me pretties in the space made me want to do some fall updates on the exterior too, so I added warmer, autumn tones to my door wreath with about $15 worth of blooms from Michaels. 

This wreath gets random, seasonal makeovers by simply switching out flowers.  I don’t attach the stems, they are simply poked into the grapevine and  stay pretty good.  The wreath is in a slightly protected area, and isn’t fully exposed to wind, but some flowers blow a bit loose here and there.  No problem, I just tuck them back in again.

My Sissy also gave me this print (the three sisters).  I always admired it at her house.  She is building a new home and making some changes, and I was lucky to be visiting during the early part of the process and could bring the items home with me.

Very lucky, because I love her style and she has been a major influence on me developing my own sense of design. 

You can tell just how pretty the fabric is in this close up.  I had enough panels to make curtains around the grand fairies’ bunk beds in the camper too.  I am in the middle of a redo of it, and will have more pics when I am done.  

 

 

 

Comments

[yvonne]

Love the changes you have made. I enjoy changing decorations with the seasons and seeing how cheaply I can do it. It's much more satisfying to do things "your way" as opposed to going to a store and just buying a whole "look".