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Saturday, April 23, 2016

Refinishing Office Wall Unit and Guestroom 2/Office Combo Transformation

I am so relieved after I finished painting this wall unit. We moved it from MS and it sat on the back porch, since the garage is full of boxes that I still need to open and organize. I thought we couldn't use it here but I was able to fit 3 of the wall units. Now it is functional cause John and I can use our computers at the same time when we want to.

This is the original finish and as you can see, it came in 4 units and a table. But we downsized and we do not have a dedicated home office here in FL. so we couldn't fit all. I wouldn't have touched this furniture if we stayed in our Natchez home but our FL home is so much smaller and I want it to look brighter. We left one unit on the back porch in its original finish. I painted and distressed the 2 desks with hutches and a center unit for our files (bottom), TV and printer. There is no room anywhere for the table.

This is our second guestroom that doubles as our office before we moved more furniture from Natchez. You can see the desk across the bed. John and I had to take turns using the computer because the space is small. We couldn't even fit both of our desktops.

And the pictures below is how the room looks now.

Let me take you around the room. I had to move a lot of furniture around the house to be able to place what we moved from Natchez, MS. this past March. I could have sold that dark narrow cabinet but I need it to store my many photo albums. I am still debating if I should paint it also but for now, I will leave it as is. All the albums aren't in there yet, probably some still in boxes.

That colorful striped cabinet used to be in the dining room but I had to replace it with a French buffet moved from Natchez. This is the only space that I could think of moving it to.

Ahh! There is my blue for Blue Moday.

The little table was moved from the family room and John is using it for his small laptop.

Below is John's desk.

and this is my side

We had the cable guy come today and he installed the TV. So nice to be able to watch news while blogging or facebooking, lol.

I am just so happy that we managed to make it work. We are using the desks more often now because it is more convenient and functional.

Thanks for stopping by. Thanks also to the hostesses whose parties I am linking with.

Sandi's No Place Like Home

https://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com

Jeanne's Blue Monday

http://backyardneighbor.typepad.com

Christine's Table it Monday

http://www.rustic-refined.com/

Chloe's Celebrate it Monday

http://celebrateanddecorate.com/
Cindy's Amaze me Monday

http://www.dwellings-theheartofyourhome.com/

Kathryn's Make it Pretty Monday

http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/
Bernideen's Tea Time, Cottage and Garden Blog Party!

http://blog.bernideens.com/

Marty's Inspire Me Tuesday

http://www.astrollthrulife.net/

Maria Elena's Tuesdays at Our Home

http://mariaelenasdecor.blogspot.com/
Tuesday's The Scoop
http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/
Julie's Talk of the Town Tues
http://www.lovemysimplehome.blogspot.com/

Sarah's Homemaking party

http://www.hopeineveryseason.com/

Home Sweet Home

The Charm of Home

Show and Share
http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com

Centerpiece Wed

http://thestylesisters.blogspot.com/

Before and After Wed

http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/

Home Matters

http://lifewithlorelai.com/

Transformation Thursday

http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/

Thoughts of Home Thursday
http://www.athomewithjemma.com/

Kathy's Home and Garden Thursday

http://adelightsomelife.com

Share your Style Thursday

http://www.thevintagenestblog.com

Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop

http://peoniesandorangeblossoms.blogspot.com/

Kate's Flaunt it Friday

http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/
Foodie Fri and Everything Else
http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/

Courtney's Feathered Nest Friday

http://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/

Anything Blue Friday

http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/

Share it One More Time

http://designthusiasm.com/

Pink Saturday or Anything Goes

http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/pink-saturday/

Friday, April 15, 2016

Polish Pottery Collection Moved to Florida

As many of you know, I am a big collector of Polish Pottery. We retired and moved to FL and I still have a lot of boxes left unopened in the garage. But I got so excited when I saw a bin full of them that I felt like taking pictures and blog about them. I still have a lot in bins that are already organized in garage shelves and more in unopened boxes, but let me just show you what I have in the kitchen so far.

The clock still has to be hung and most of these I have to put away in cabinets or shelves somewhere.

Yes, that wire dome has Polish Pottery in it too.

and so does the terrarium. Do you see the cute mini teapot set?

Soup tureen collection on top of the kitchen cabinets.

The divided plates are so thick that they fill and take too much room inside the cabinets so I decided to leave them out here on the kitchen counter in a rack, with the small saucers and coasters.

The condiment set is on the kitchen bar, closer to the kitchen dinette so we can easily get to them when eating. Instead of oil and vinegar, I have fish sauce and Maggi in them. The grandkids love Maggi mixed with their rice.

On a shelf under the butcher block island is where I stack round bakers including a bundt pan and a pizza pan

I also keep an Ikebana vase here.

Of course, inside the cabinets are Polish pottery too, mostly plates and bowls and smaller tureens and lidded servers.

on top of the butcher block island.

Yes, those square plates inside the cabinet are also Polish Pottery.

I store the large mixing or salad bowls and a cake server on top of the frig. cause they take up too much room inside cabinets.

On top of the coffee nook are the mugs, coffee cups and saucers.

a cookie jar and a trivet hanging by the coffee maker

And now, I am drinking coffee while blogging about them.

I hope you enjoyed seeing a part of my collection. Thank you for stopping by and thanks to all the hostesses!

Blue Monday

http://backyardneighbor.typepad.com

Christine's Table it Monday

http://www.rustic-refined.com/

Cindy's Amaze me Monday

http://www.dwellings-theheartofyourhome.com/
No Place Like Home
http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com/Blue

Kathryn's Make it Pretty Monday

http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/

Home Sweet Home

The Charm of Home

Chloe's Celebrate it Monday

http://celebrateanddecorate.com/

Show and Share

http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com

Bernideen's Tea Time, Cottage and Garden Blog Party!

http://blog.bernideens.com/

Ruth's Tuesday Cuppa Tea

http://www.antiquesandteacups.info

Marty's Inspire Me Tuesday

http://www.astrollthrulife.net/

Tuesday's The Scoop
http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/

Maria Elena's Tuesdays at Our Home

http://mariaelenasdecor.blogspot.com/

Centerpiece Wed

http://thestylesisters.blogspot.com/

Sarah's Homemaking party

http://www.hopeineveryseason.com/

Home Matters

http://lifewithlorelai.com/

Transformation Thursday

http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/french-inspired-chair.html#more

Thoughts of Home Thursday
http://www.athomewithjemma.com/

Kathy's Home and Garden Thursday

http://adelightsomelife.com

Tablescape Thursday

http://betweennapsontheporch.net/

Share your Style Thursday

http://www.thevintagenestblog.com

Sherry's Home Sweet Home

The Charm of Home

Kate's Flaunt it Friday

http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/

Courtney's Feathered Nest Friday

http://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/

Anything Blue Friday

http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/

Share it One More Time

http://designthusiasm.com/
Pink Saturday
http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/pink-saturday/

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Florida Guest Room 1 Transformation

We just moved another truck, trailer, van and SUV full of stuff from our MS home. I was pretty sure we would be able to bring everything and I did not even want to rent a trailer. But I was wrong. We still left 2 twin size beds, a formal dining set and a garage and attic full of stuff there.

But whatever we were able to bring is already overwhelming. The garage here is full of boxes wall to wall from floor to ceiling. I am still trying to fit everything I can in this house which is almost half the size of where we moved from. It is a real challenge and it is exhausting.

I am opening 1 box at a time and redoing 1 bedroom at a time. I just finished one guest room. Below is how it turned out.

Below was before I filled it with furniture, lol.

It was basically just a queen size bed and 2 end tables

Here, you can see all the paintings and pictures that I had to find walls to hang them. You will also see the 2 mirrors that still need to be hung.

This is a small room which I have to fill with furniture cause I have no where else to put them. We already sold a lot and given away a lot but we still have so much left.

We had to move the armoire from our master bedroom to here because we brought the French antique armoire from MS and it is very tall and it would not fit here. Fortunately, we have high ceilings in our bedroom. I placed one of the TV's on top. I moved the trunk from the office/guest bedroom 2 to the front of the bed.

Ok, mirrors are hung and all furniture placed.

I added a painting of roses and a picture of European country scenes on this wall but I thought it wasn't balanced enough.

The dresser is from the 1860's. It used to be in our guest room for the kids in Natchez.

I added an antique Italian panel on top of the dresser and I like how it turned out. Do you? After all, I call this my Italian room. I think it looks more balanced now. I have 2 of them and I am glad I found a home for them. One of them went on top of the painting in the living room.

The room is small but I was able to add a lot of furniture and accessories and I am still happy with it.

This plaque, an architectural salvage I found on the web, used to be above the entry to our office in Natchez.

I won the pair of oval mirrors from an estate auction in Natchez when we first moved there in 2007.

And there it is! I hope you like it. Thank you so much for stopping by. I appreciate and read all your comments. Thanks to the hostesses of the memes I am linking with below.

Sarah's Homemaking party

http://www.hopeineveryseason.com/

Kathryn's Before and After Wed

www.thededicatedhouse.com

Kathy's Home and Garden Thursday