Christine's Home and Travel Adventures: Vacation Home

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Memorial Day Table, 2015

We are in Florida but not completely moved in yet. After 2 trailers and a 26 ft truck full of furniture and belongings, about half is still left in Natchez so we have to go back and make another move. We have no prospect buyer yet so we are in no hurry. Besides, my granddaughter's year long treatment ends this week and they want to spend a few days there to enjoy the pool so we are scheduled to go back next month. I still have lots of boxes occupying 1/3 of the garage to open so I apologize if I have not been visiting. I will catch up when this is all over.

Anyway, I had to dig up for these Polish Pottery stars dishes so I can create a patriotic table. Maybe around half of my dinnerware sets are still in Mississippi but I gathered enough to create this table.

See our corner china cabinet that used to be in our Natchez dining room home? I am glad I found a good place for it. And to think that we almost sold it because John thought we wouldn't have a place for it here. He was amazed after it was placed how good it looks.

I just looked around the house for something red and found this red and yellow rose or I think it might be a peony.

I found my blue set of flatware but I thought I would use my Rogers & Sons silver plated flatware set instead. I hardly ever use them and here they were, their wooden case was staring right at me in the garage.

I bought this set of ceramic napkin rings during one of my trips here in FL in a consignment shop. They are labeled "FP" in the back, not sure what it means. Please let me know if you do. My other napkin rings are scattered in different bins because we used them as space fillers.

My daughter Rochelle gave me this set of blue S & P shakers as part of my mother's day gift last year. She bought them in the hospital store because I saw and admired them during one of Rea's chemo admissions last year. Rea, BTW is doing very well. She is having her last admission for immunotherapy and then she is done with all hospital stays. I thank each and everyone of you who prayed and especially those who are still praying for her.

What luck! This Betsy Ross flag plate was packed with one bin of Polish pottery dishes so I had to use it as part of my centerpiece.

I still do not have my Polish pottery dinner and salad plates here so I used my Pfaltzgraff white "Confetti" dinner plates. I have had some red and white dessert plates with a swirl pattern that I bought here in FL about 2 years ago and I added those too before adding the Polish pottery soup cups and bowls. The wooden plate chargers were bought on sale at Pier 1 on line and were delivered directly here almost right after we bought this retirement home. The plates all share a similar swirly pattern.

I was looking for my blue goblets in the garage but could not locate them so I just used these crystals that have always been stored here that I bought from a nearby Homegoods. Yes! HG is a 4 min. drive from here and it makes me happy, lol.

The cruet set looks almost black but they are in between cobalt and midnight blue. I really like the pewter chicken finials.

I couldn't quite decide what is etched on this pitcher but I like it. Do they look like witches cooking up a potion? LOL! Probably not too patriotic but the color works. Besides, I needed something to stick my flag pole in.

And there it is, my very first patriotic table in our retirement home. I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by and special thanks to the hostesses of these parties I am joining. Happy Memorial Day everyone and to those who are traveling, be safe!

Paula's What's It Wed

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Centerpiece Wed

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Sarah's Homemaking party

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Kathy's Home and Garden Thursday

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Tablescape Thursday

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Share your Style Thursday

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Home Sweet Home

The Charm of Home

Kate's Flaunt it Friday

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Home Matters

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Cindy's Amaze me Monday

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Mary's Masterpieces Monday

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Kathryn's Make it Pretty Monday

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Marty's Inspire Me Tuesday

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Maria Elena's Tuesdays at Our Home

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Sunday, November 9, 2014

The Evolution of Florida Guest Bedroom 1

We have owned this house for about 2 years now but this is the first time I am showing the first guest room. We bought the house primarily because it is right next door to my youngest daughter's house and her family. It is the smallest bedroom in the house and the bed in it is a queen size. The seller left the bedroom set with the bed, including that frame above the bed, lamps and the candle holders, so I had to work with them. We really did not want to spend any money buying furniture because we plan to retire here and we already have a house that is almost twice as big as this in Natchez and it is packed with furniture.

Anyway, this is how the sellers had this room when I looked at it for the first time. I could already tell that the frame is too small for the wall.

The curtains were too dark, making the room look even smaller. And of course, I did not like that cable showing on that wall.

After we closed on the house, I immediately moved the armoire that I found in the other guest room, to that wall, and it matches the furniture here.

I found this curtain from Dirt Cheap in Natchez for $3. Yes, it was dirt cheap but I love it, love the texture and the bows.

I found the bird cage in a yard sale close to my other daughter's house in another city of Florida. I think it was $10. Then, I moved the candles next to it. They were left by the sellers on the dresser as seen in the first picture.

I took the palm tree picture that the seller's left in the family room and moved it above the bed but I knew it would be temporary because I do not like it.

I like how bright the room is already.

When I washed the comforter, it got deformed so I replaced it with a quilt.

When my granddaughter AJ came to visit us one summer in Natchez, I packed this with another painting and sent the package back to Fl with her.

I decided to replace the palm picture with this and I really like it.

I found a quilt with 2 matching shams on clearance for $5.00 at Homegoods. I really did not need it when I saw it but at that price for a queen size, who can resist? I replaced the folded quilt at the bottom of the bed with it and used the matching shams too.

I think the colors of the frame and painting itself blend so well with the wall color.

I added this little painting that I brought from the Natchez home, in the little wall by the door.

I have since added another white vase on the left end table.

The white vase on the left end table shows just a little here.

I am happy with how the room looks now and I will leave it like this for a while. Hope you like it too. Thank you for stopping by and thank you to the hostesses too.

Christine's Table It
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Susan's Metamorphosis Monday

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Kathryn's Make it Pretty Monday

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Cindy's Amaze me Monday

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Mandarin Orange Monday

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Masterpieces Monday

Boogieboard Cottage

Inspire Me Tuesday

A Stroll Thru Life

Maria Elena's Tuesdays at Our Home

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What's It Wednesdays

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Kathryn's Before and After Wed
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Home Sweet Home

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Kathy's Home and Garden Thursday

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Kate's Flaunt it Friday
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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Blue, Orange and Green Polish Pottery in Florida Fall Table

I left a table set for Fall in our Florida home while I was there last weekend. I looked all over and could not find any orange nor green plates so I settled with blue and orange Polish pottery. Of course, if this was in our MS home, there wouldn't be any problem since I must have gazillion plates with orange and green on them. Orange is one of my favorite colors, although I have a lot of favorites.

I pulled a glass vase from one of the guest rooms and stuck some faux sunflowers in it.

I started with leaf shaped placemats, from TJ Maxx.

Then I layered the predominantly blue, orange and green Polish pottery dinner and salad plates on basket weaved plate chargers. They were on clearance at World Market and I believe they are made in the Philippines.

I love the pattern. I will have to move more Polish pottery here to lessen the load in MS.

Then I added some glass leaf shaped plates in earth tone colors.

Polish pottery S&P shakers with oil and vinegar cruets. I have repurposed these cruets for fish sauce and soy sauce though, which we use more.

I added a Himalayan salt tea light candle holder. The color is perfect.

Burlap bird napkin rings wrapped around blue napkins

And there it is.......a simple tablescape that I did in a few minutes to add some fall touches to our Florida home. Hope you like it!

Just a little update on my brave and strong granddaughter, Rea. Her MIBG scan shows no evidence of malignancy and her bilateral bone marrow biopsies came out negative. The medical team classified her response to treatment and out of 6 stages, she was classified under the best category as "Complete Response". We are very thankful for this and we couldn't ask for anything better. Thank you so much for everybody praying for her and please continue praying because she gets admitted again in the hospital on Wednesday for her last chemo, followed by her autologous bone marrow (stem cell) transplant. They will isolate her for this and I am taking advantage of the fact that I cannot visit her in the hospital, so I will go home for a few weeks. The picture below was taken a few weeks ago before we went to a tea party for the 3 sisters to see Rapunzel. Doesn't Rea look good? She has not even lost any weight.