Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The Unseen...

No, that isn't the title to a new horror movie,
although, there have been times when this room looked like
 it might be from that sort of B-Movie set.



It's just the lower level guest room, which isn't used very often, and mostly is the storage room for massive pillow explosions and wayward quilts.



I think that I've considered showing this room once or twice, and maybe I have, but usually it falls in the "off limits" category of blogworthy spaces. Today I was cleaning and fluffing getting ready for the kids who will be here next week, and I realized that I didn't think I'd even shared this old white cupboard that was spiffed up a little to hold some of the overflow of my quilt stash.



Once upon a time it had had doors and a drawer that actually worked. When I found it the doors had been literally ripped off their hinges and the door frame was splintered. The drawer was just a nailed in front, but I didn't care, 'cause I was going to use it for the quilts...or possibly for my booth space "display".




I just added some molding around the edges, painted it out, found some pretty frenchy drawer pulls, then put it to work. These are only about 1/3 of the quilts, the rest are in an old armoire in the family room, where the light is bad. (you haven't seen that one either...)


love this set of old wallpapered hatboxes.









Do these pillows look familiar? Actually, I found these two just last week that match the other set of this great toile. So, now I have four...yippee!!

Old floral still life from the 40's.

I fell in love with this Ralph Lauren yellow floral 12 or 13 years ago and still use it. Some of the sheets and pillow cases are threadbare, but I LOVE. that. fabric. and so it stays. The quilt is one that is a "Flower Basket" pattern put on backwards. Too much pattern makes me dizzy in my old age...


OK, just wandering off the beaten path a little today. I STILL have more of those "unseen" places, give me time, I might get them presentable...maybe...

I'll be joining in with these parties:

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style
xoxo,

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

The Marketplace: Etsy and Boutique Showcase

Happy Tuesday!
Hope everyone had a great July 4th weekend!
Time to link up your Etsy and Online Boutique items. 
Let's see what was happening last week:


from Upon a Dream Design






from Sweet Southern Vintage



from Knick of Time




from Simple Joys Decor





from Kats Kool Stuff


Christie is is in the Sponsor Spotlight today with her wonderful watercolor paintings, prints, and notecards. She is continuously adding new artwork and designs to her shop. Each time I visit I see new things to fall in love with.





Watercolor Art Print Live Simply



Sheep and Landscape



thanks so much Christie!


Time to link up to three of your items that are for sale in your Etsy Shop or Online Store. If you don't have a shop, but sell from your blog, that's great too, please only link items that are for sale. If you do have a blog it would be so nice if you grabbed the image below for someplace on your sidebar, just to let others know about this link-up. And please be a follower of Common Ground. 


                            

This link is live all week, so be sure and check back several times to see what new items have been added. Thanks so much everyone, for joining in and then sticking around for the shopping fun!

xoxo,