My Blog's mission is to inspire and encourage friends and followers to take risks in decorating, painting, transforming vintage and discarded items into beautiful ornaments for our homes. I hope I can be of help and inspiration to all my followers. I am a self-made decorator, and have not formal training in designing or decorating, however, by sharing we learn from each other. Enjoy, grab a cup of tea or coffee and have fun.
Simple three mother of pearl buttons.
This sack had lines and letters
This is one of my fav. I made a French ribbon with muslin and stamps, ketp it simple and the weave is beautiful.
at night with my mason jar solar jar light.
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I like botanical, but don't have any, what do you think??? This last one I like, minus the furniture, one of the walls is in the kitchen and the other one is in the bedroom. There is no room for furniture, its small with a low ceiling, you know, the old old, cottage style wooden ceiling, nice and cozy but difficult to decorate because if you put too much, it looks clutter, I have three windows, two together and the other one to the end of one wall. Difficult walls. But I think the white plain pictures would look good. Please I need your ideas, do you have a blank empty wall that needs something?? Now to the fun fun finds: I found a lot of "junk/treasures"  This hooked rug by Marie Claire, large 6x4 My favorite this handmade rustic rustic, shabby and not a single nail on it. This bench is adorable. Look at this beauty I'm telling you most people think I'm crazy, I'm crazy for antiques, handmade, rustic, great for the yard, deck, porch. Solid oak dresser, cannot paint this, love the color of oak, I'm sometimes afraid to paint nice pieces. The bench look at the details.I also got two mirrors, but I didn't do the pictures yet, more tomorrow, XOXO Martha |
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| apartment in the city |
Fun kitchen chairs. |
| Courtesy of Tartele Pan Bagnat sandwich and Portuguese Gazpacho |
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| Great scramble egss recipe from" I cann't rememeber" Scrambled Eggs With Parsley & Garlic Mushrooms Serves 2 You'll need: For the mushrooms: 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 cup mushrooms of your choice (we like shitake or chanterelles, but any earthy mushroom will do), chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped Salt and pepper to taste For the eggs: 4 large eggs 2 tablespoons crème fraiche or sour cream 1 teaspoon olive oil or butter Salt and pepper to taste Remaining ingredient: Fresh or toasted bread In a large sauté pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat and cook the mushrooms, with the garlic, until the mushrooms are just beginning to soften. Remove from heat, add the parsley and toss with a wooden spoon. Make sure not to burn the garlic or it will become really bitter. Crack the eggs over a medium bowl and scramble them a few times with a fork. Mix in the crème fraiche (or sour cream). Season with salt and pepper. In a smaller sauté pan, heat the olive oil (or butter) over medium heat, add the scrambled eggs and gently stir them with a wooden spoon as they cook. You can decide to cook them until dry but we like them a bit soft and runny. Serve the scrambled eggs over fresh or toasted bread and spoon a generous amount of sautéed mushrooms over each toast.YUM<YUM<YUM XOXO Martha |
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| Just finished this vintage inspired mason jar lamp. It has an old fashioned bulb, I covered the cord (Ikea) with a boat rope for an a rustic industrial look. It found its place on top of my bookcase. The Mason Jar is very very old, about a gallon I think. |
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| It sits well next to my Big Ben clock and dear antique books don't you think. The old fashion bulb adds to the vignette. I hope you like it, Martha |
