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Hello friends! I hope the new year finds you well! We have been thoroughly enjoying the winter months here in Edinboro, PA. Up until these past couple of weeks we have actually had a super mild winter compared to usual. However we just had a big snow storm come through (as I know many of you did) and now we are braving some very low temperatures. It was zero degrees when Eli got on the bus this morning! With the snow storm and it being a holiday weekend we were able to have a couple wonderful and cozy days in the house with the kids. Since we opened the shop we haven't really had much time home with kids doing relaxing family stuff so it felt good to have a couple days snowed in. We played lots of board games, watched lots of movies and ate more popcorn than one really should but hey that is what snow storms are for right? I love winter for multiple reasons, but one of them is definitely because you get days like these. Winter is absolutely beautiful here and I love the sense of peace it creates. Don't get me wrong, I don't love that most days I can't feel my fingers or my toes by the time I get all of the inventory carried into the shop. And the daily cleaning of the snow off of the car gets old but I really do love our winters, frozen fingers and all. Another reason I love winter so much are the dark browns and grays outside against all of the bright white snow. The landscape here leaves me feeling so inspired. I know I mentioned it on here numerous times but I truly enjoy bringing those colors inside over the winter months. You guys know how much I love white mixed with browns, creams and wood and winter seems like the perfect time to really embrace that palette even more so than usual with things like pine cones, neutral stems and dark accent pieces. Some of my favorite things to use for dark accent pieces are baskets, iron candle holders, and wooden trunks. One of my favorite dark accent pieces in our dining room right now is this giant fly screen that Neal bought me at Vintage Market Days Nashville. Well I am calling it a fly screen anyways, we aren't sure if it is fly screen or a fire pit cover but I am using it as fly screen regardless! I found the round whiskey barrel lid at VMD Nashville as well, it was quite expensive for piece of wood but I thought it was worth the splurge being that it fit perfectly under the fly screen and I just love the coloring of the wood. Five degree days are for making yummy comfort foods, snuggling on the couch and lighting lots of candles and that is just what we have been doing. Just to keep you guys posted about the shop I still feel like I am dreaming! I love being a shopkeeper even more than I would have ever imagined and I am so very thankful. The shop will be closed for the month of February so that we can make some cosmetic changes (like lighting and such) and because we are going to be doing some traveling. We will reopen March 1st ready for Spring! I hope that you are warm and cozy no matter what part of the world you happen to be in and that you continue to find inspiration from my blog! I truly love blogging and sharing our home and shop with you! Until next time!
Blog sobre decoração, arquitetura, artesanato, paisagismo.
Efter Lövparken besökte vi hembygdsgården i Fagersta. Nu blir det inga traditionella bilder med faluröda timrade hus, bara några saker jag gillade som kunde varit hämtade från var som helst. Vagnar kan jag inte gå förbi, den här är så charmig och färgen så härligt rosa! Vad den använts till har jag glömt. Trevligt dass med obligatoriskt sällskap av kungligheter, kolla dörren! Små fina skor, men det hade varit bättre att låta bli guldfärgen. Så fina! En liten vrå i en trappa. Min systerdotter har varit här och om en stund åker vi och hunden bort över helgen, det ska bli skönt. Kanske det blir något loppis efter vägen, hon gillar liksom min dotter vintagekläder. Så bra att vi alla tre gillar det gamla, ingen behöver förklara sig eller sin smak. Trevlig helg! Cia
Corn for livestock feed is often picked on the cob rather than shelled. Above a corn crib in southwestern Randolph County, North Carolina and below from a dairy near my home in the northeast part of the county. (Photographs copyright 2012 by Dan Routh]
A 1922 "dream come true"
Today I did some laundry with Mrs. Meyer's Lemon Verbena laundry soap with the lovely smell of that stuff how can doing laundry be a chore? (well, we all know it is-but this stuff makes it WAY more enjoyable!) I have used Mrs. Meyer's Lavender laundry soap as well and I think these products are wonderful! ~So fragrant~aromatherapeutic is right!~ So we are just weeks away from Country Sampler's Prairie Style magazine coming out and I don't know about you, but I am SURE excited! Can't wait to see it! My laundry room here will be in the issue! Styled a little differently of course! I kind of forgot about this old iron board~so I thought I would give it some attention today! NOT that I was actually ironing! LOL I just thought I would take a couple nice photos of it! Love vintage linens. There is something so comforting about them I find. Well, I am not here in blogland all that often. As some of you know I have a facebook page that I am usually posting on and I am now heading towards 10,000 fans! Fun Fun Fun! Now the only thing left to do is get myself an INSTAGRAM account! Have you seen some of those photos!? WOW! Hope all is well! ~Mel
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