White Chair redo

 

 Hi Everyone

Happy Wednesday

Amazing what a little white  can do  
I found a  beat up chair that had great bones but needed a little attention

 the owners were giving it away for 
 Free
{probably due to the dated avocado green material }
sorry no before pic's my Husband started tearing it apart before I could grab the camera
♥
We decided to try to bring it back to Life and give it a good Home

We recovered it with a white matelasse bedspread
 the bedspread was $20 dollars at the same sale

I wanted the chair to be

clean lined with a box pleat and a slightly scalloped edge

The  White matelasse double woven cotton bedspread has a 

beautiful  pattern and a durability that will last for years

{Love}

the turned wood legs

This chair is similar from Wisteria it runs $399.00

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Simple changes that turned out better than I imagined
{I hid the staples}

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*****A Special Thank You to Kathleen at Faded Charm*****
 for 
her kind words about 
White Ironstone Cottage
 I am a big fan of 
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Be sure and pop over and join in the fun

romantic saying for today
"I want you no more than a heartbeat away"

unknown

♥
Pam

White Kitchen clean

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Monday

♥ 

{Love}

 a clean kitchen

 Kitchens can get what I like to call 

clogged up

 Not "in the sink" clogged up
 but clogged up with too much stuff

Stuff on the counter tops appliances everywhere 

 Taking inventory 

of the stuff on the counters and deciding what really is necessary
 helps to unclog 

Sometimes just putting something in a different spot or adding flowers
{always my first solution LOL}
can lighten up the kitchen

~Less is more ~
So I am taking stock looking around to see what I can put away or eliminate and what can be moved to a cabinet or drawer
 The blender and the mixer went into a cabinet 
and the kitchen feels a little lighter already
It is still a work in progress but we are going in the right direction

Grateful today for storage space

 and a clean kitchen
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romantic saying for today
"You changed my world with just one kiss"
unknown

♥
Pam

Decorating a girls room

Hi Everyone

 Happy Saturday

♥

Here are a few pictures of our

 daughters bedroom

As you can see

she {Loves} pink

Her room is filled with color and yet very serene and grown up

 We added  bead board and molding
 painted it  white she added the pink curtains

And color coordinated her surf board

Her room is just like her beautiful, unique

beachy and filled with

{Love}

♥

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romantic saying for today

"To be lovely be lovable"

unknown

♥

Pam

Fabulous Ferns

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

We have 5 ferns in our Home 

{Love}

their lacy look and the beautiful green color

 Did you know that having plants 

in your home is good for you

Plants produce oxygen

and they also help to rid a room of chemicals

 and add humidity too

We have two ferns in the dining room 

 one in the entry to the house 

and two in the living room

A happy fern is watered and trimmed once a week

I call it a fern haircut

♥

Go Fern green

This morning I took the ferns outside for their weekly watering 

and when I grabbed the last fern from the top of the hutch

I looked down to see something funny on the tile in the living room

A baby frog had taken up residence in the fern
Imagine my surprise
{wish I had a video it was hilarious}
grateful the camera was nearby

He was not very happy to go back outside

 but with some coaxing he finally made it out safely

I can only guess he jumped into the fern when we watered it outside last week?

A beautiful fern is

  a great way to add beauty and health to your home

♥
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Vintage Inspiration Friday

romantic saying for today

"Love makes all things possible"
Anonymous


♥
Pam

Vintage Enamelware

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Wednesday

♥

Sometimes it is the simple things that can change the coarse of a day

~Simple~

 like these beautiful organic strawberries

Melt in your mouth and smelling so fresh and yummy
it was difficult not to eat the entire bunch  in the car while driving home 

We have a certified organic farm down the street from our home called

Chinos

It is wonderful

My plan was to make a delicious dessert with the strawberries

but my husband came home and while we were standing in the kitchen talking 

we each grabbed a few berries from the enamelware colander

Then our son and his friends came home from baseball practice

 and they had a few strawberries from the colander

You can probably guess what happened

We ate all the strawberries

 Just the way God made them fresh from the vine and perfect

 We did not miss the sugar, flour, salt or vanilla one bit 

they were the best treat as is

♥

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romantic saying for today

"Love is a fruit in season at all times and available to all"

Mother Teresa

♥

Pam

TV in the kitchen

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

Do you have a television in your kitchen?
 New kitchen designs today  include a place for a television 
some even  treating the TV as another kitchen appliance
This kitchen from

 Traditional Home magazine

 is a perfect example of this new trend
This is a little over the top for me

Many people don't even think of putting a TV in their kitchens

I was one of those people

 We do not watch much TV so 

having a TV was not even part of our original design 

But  when I found this

small silver television I knew it would work great in the kitchen and now

I have to admit I have become a fan

 {Love}

 watching cooking shows while I cook  pretending 

that I can cook as good as Paula or Giada 

 and hoping that somehow magically

 I will be able to put together some of the amazing food that they prepare

 
We do not have the TV on when we eat dinner together 
 but it is nice to have the TV in the kitchen for 
Superbowl and World Series parties
  Oscar parties too
If you do decide to add a TV in your kitchen here are a few tips
♥
I highly recommend not making the TV the main focus in your kitchen
  Try to hang the TV at eye level for the person cooking
Shop for a Television that is not black
{wish someone would make a TV that can match the color of the walls in a room}
 Do you have a TV in your Kitchen too?
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romantic saying for today
"I long to call you mine"
unknown

♥
Pam

Purple Pansies

Hi Everyone

 Happy Monday
♥

Planting purple pansies in our front yard 

is a tradition this time of year

The weather is still cool enough for the pansies to thrive
until the midsummer when the sun will be too hot for them 

 Pansies come in so many different color combinations 

but the purple" johnny jump ups" are my favorites
Did you know that pansies are often called the flowers with a face

{Love}

♥

that little touch of yellow 

and white 

Pansies are edible and have a mild wintergreen flavor

it is always fun to add a few to a 

 simple garden salad

Here are the purple pansies

 that we planted last year

they almost had a hint of blue to them 

The blue and yellow pansies are the most fragrant

Last year I went to the nursery late in the season 

and the selection was not very good
 I learned my lesson
and asked the nursery to let me know when the pansies were delivered this year
How fun to have such amazing beauty to choose from
♥
 Grateful for the beauty that surrounds us
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Between Naps on the Porch

romantic saying for today
"Her Love was the light that shined in the darkness to light my way"
unknown

♥
Pam

Decorating with Shells

 

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Saturday

{Love}

 to decorate with shells

♥

  Treasures from  the sea

Such simple beauty

♥

Glass jars filled with found treasures

Some are from the shores of Beaches across the globe

California, Kauai, Martha' s Vineyard , Paradise Island,

Mexico

just to name a few

Shells are a great way to remember 

   walking hand and hand  toes in the sand
on the beach 

Feeling the warmth of the sun

 swimming in the warm water, watching beautiful sunsets 

Yesterday my handsome husband and I

 walked hand and hand on the beach 

 and added to our collection of beach shells

and memories
Have nothing in your home that you do not believe to be beautiful, useful or worth a smile!!!!
♥
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romantic saying for today

“Once I had her hand, I never wanted to let go of her.”

Otillie Weber

♥
Pam

Vintage shopping trip

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

This Sunday is the Long Beach antique market 
aka swap meet

 If you have never been it is worth the trip 

 not as large as the Rose Bowl in Pasadena

{it is huge}

 but it is filled with amazing vintage treasures
♥

I am a frugal girl on a budget so I look for

 great bargains as well as great treasures like this white  polka dot vase
that I bought for 5 dollars and still adore

  I always look for  

Vintage  

~White Ironstone~

Looking for vintage treasures for clients, my online shop and photo shoots

 is so fun!!

Many of you don't know that it was my handsome husband who introduced me to flea markets and swap meets

 He asked me to go to the swap meet on one of our first dates 

I had NO idea what it was or what to wear 

so of coarse I wore a pretty dress and high heel shoes 
full on makeup
(he loves this story} 

I was in

{Love}

with swap meets and flea markets

and

My handsome Husband
♥

he has a great eye for treasures

we look forward to shopping together
I am one lucky grateful girl
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romantic saying for today
"There are never enough I Love You's"
Lenny Bruce


♜
Pam