Vintage Inspiration Friday #55 Leola's Fall Open House

Leola's Vintage Home and Garden

is one of my very favorite shopping spots in the area.

And I look forward to their open houses all year,

Of course, the Fall Open House is "the Best",

so much fun inspiration!

Here are just some of the photos,

I'm saving "the whites" for next week.

I literally had to go around 4 times to see everything,

and now that I'm checking the photos there were great things I missed.

Hope you enjoyed the fun!

Now for some entries from last week:

Sylvia from Sylvia's Simple Life

shared wonderful linens that her grandmother saved for her.

Rosemary from Ozma of Odds has worked her magic once again,

with her amazing "Seaside Chariot"!

Liz from Brambleberry Cottage

created the absolute cutest bird house, out of scrap metals

Jane who is the off the chart creator from Mamie Jane's

has a shoe form that you will be wanting to try for Halloween.

And who wouldn't love a cement pumpkin for some Fall Fun?!

just check out Simply Bungalow

I'm linking up with these parties for these parties,

links on the sidebar buttons

 LaurieAnna's Farmhouse Friday

Courtney's Feathered Nest Friday

Alison's Stuff and Nonsense

Vanessa and Heather, At the Picket Fence

Honey at 2805

Hope you'll join in today for

Vintage Inspiration Friday

"anything vintage or vintage inspired"

please link up with in your post either with a picture,

link, or button on the sidebar with directions,

It just takes a minute and then everyone can join the linky fun!

Also, remember that I have a new party button for the Fall

located on the sidebar.

Hope you'll grab it and share the Fall Party Fun!

xoxo,

If you are having trouble linking up you're not alone,

it's not working properly,

just hit the "try here" link that asks if you are having trouble.

It should take you to a regular looking link.

Getting my Fall-On

Starting to decorate for Fall always begins in the sunroom.

My quilts and wreath are changed out first,

then pillows and flowers and tweaking the baker's rack.

Last week on a cool day I made the transition,

which is something I always look forward to

for the change of seasons.

Tuesday it was 99, a record breaker for our town,

but a cool front is coming in to drop us down to the 60's,

so I'm hoping the cooler weather will give me that push

to get things decorated.

Have to have my splashes of orange!

A few weeks ago I finally got around to making

 my feed and grain sack pillows

that had been on the to-do list for quite awhile.

Isn't this one a cutie, with the little chicks?

And this one was an old laundry bag from who knows HOW long ago.

(get a load of that phone number!)

So, this is just the start.

I found my first mums today!!

YAY!! It can't be Fall until the mums have arrived.

The girls are happy that the weather is turning cooler

since they love to lounge in the sunroom.

I'm updating this post for 

Thanks so much for coming by,

Design Challenge: Patty's Niche

Guess what?

It's another builder's revenge post!

Patty has a fabulous Living Room but suffers

from the all too frequent malady of

da da da daaaa......

 Builder's Niche Syndrome

All kidding aside,

I think that a niche can be just breathtaking,

but more often than not, they tend to be challenge to decorate.

Here are some photos from Patty as she shares...

...In Her Own Words:

When Debra over at Common Ground first announced

 that she was  going to start this new feature,

 I immediately sent her an email with pictures

 begging asking for help with this huge niche

above my fireplace.

I do not know what to do with it,

 other than to sheet rock over it,

which my husband and I have talked about.

When we moved in I thought I would hang my clock inside it.

But the clock is so heavy and because of the height involved,

even on scaffolding it proved too much of a challenge

to get secured to the wall.

Plus the mantle sticks out from the wall just far enough

 to be in the way when trying to hang anything.

So there are my challenges with this big empty boxy space.

Weight, height, and lack of ideas...

mostly lack of ideas!

I've included these pictures so you can see the walls

 on either side of the niche/fireplace area.

There is another smaller niche on the left

 where I have hung my crosses.

 I painted the inside of it a grayish blue.

A wall of floor to ceiling windows are on the right.

I would appreciate any input and advice.

 I would like to add that my husband and I

 are long time DIYers  and handy with tools

 and play very well together :)

 so please don't rule out building or making anything.

Thank you so much,

Patricia Ann

OK, everyone, are we ready to help Patty out with some ideas?

Last week we tried not to look at the other comments first,

but this time let's just go with it

and throw out some ideas!

You don't have to be a decorator,

and even if someone else had a similar idea,

leave yours in a comment too.

The more feedback the better!!

thanks so much,

Room by Room; My New Living Room

Today is the second installment of

Room by Room over at Cottage and Vine.

So I grabbed my camera and shot a few photos

from my Living Room.

If you've been with me for awhile you'll know that I've finished

the big job of painting out most of my furniture to white,

the latest being my massive, still hanging, chandy.

It was a huge job and I'm still tweaking,

but I'm beyond happy with how it is turning out.

Comfortable yet elegant,

with a Frenchy flair.

To make the transition I had to paint about 15 pieces of furniture

and countless small changes.

This all started back over the July 4th weekend,

and I've worked pretty much non-stop since then.

If you're new to my blog, I hope you'll follow along

as I'm starting to decorate for Fall.

and come join in for my weekly link party,

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Roomspiration, A View Along the Way

click below

also linking to Kim's WOW us Wednesday

Hope you're off to a great start of the week,

xoxo,