farmhouse friday

would love to see a front view of this farmhouse.

loving the awnings on the windows.

{found in my files.  source unknown.}

count down

update:  for those of you jumping up and down wanting a set of these for yourself...you can order them from here: http://shop.tuesdaymorning.com/dsp_productDetail.asp?ssid=1&pid=7634

some of you might be counting the days down until christmas.  but this post isn't about that, i am still wearing flip flops and can't quite wrap my head around the thought of getting ready for christmas.  some of you know that i am a sheet snob.  as in i love my high thread count sheets.  and if you have them, you know exactly what i am talking about here.

 i was so excited the day i brought home my 1000 thread count set.  but i didn't love them.  they were a bit scratchy even and hot.  so i am on the count down....back to 600's.  and i am loving this set i bought a few months ago with the pretty detail on the edges. 

if you have a tuesday morning in your area, it's the best place to get high thread count sheets.  king size is usually just at 100 bucks. 

i'm linking up to white wednesday over at faded charm.  there are tons of great looking links over there today.  think i'll crawl into my high thread count sheets tonight and review most of them.  could be a late night!

what's your type?

i found a vintage underwood typewriter today!  such a cool piece of the past.

 
the ribbon needs replaced.  but other than that i think it might really work.  could you imagine typing on this?

 super heavy.  super cool.  super good fun find!

it will be for sale in my booth at some point.

farmhouse friday

with my obsession of wanting a farmhouse these days i thought i'd start this new friday series.  {well almost friday...just play along} i've got a busy friday and wanted to get this out.

just photos that i find out on the internet that i drool over.

enjoy!

{photo found here} good story too on farmhouse architecture.

B O O !

bet i scared you huh?  scared you with a post today!! 
has it really almost been a month since my last post?  just how do some of you
do this on a daily basis?  candy corn kudos to you!

and thank you to all of my readers {old & new} who come back to view my blog.  i'm sorry
that i don't always have something out here for you.
you get what you pay for though no?  hee hee!

and speaking of BOO!  this post is just about some of the halloween decorations
we put out this year.  kept it sweet, simple and just a wee bit spooky.

ahhh...and the 'every goblins favorite' halloween crackers.  i will be selling these in the Burlap JunKtion booth this weekend.  and speaking of i have a few things to wrap up for tomorrows opening.  better get to it.

thanks again for visiting....it means a lot to have so many readers out there!  Happy Halloween!!

partial update

in my previous post i asked 'what do sealskin and brazil have in common?'

every time my husband goes out of town, on business, i crank out a project.

this time he went to brazil.  and do you see that ever so dark grey on the skin of that cute seal?

well that is the new color that i painted, a feature wall, in my living room...it's called sealskin and it is oh so beautiful.

the black mantel is in the process of being painted white {don't you just love projects that snowball?!}.
i'll post final photos when i get it completed.

take a guess

want to take a guess at what sealskin and brazil have in common?

stay tuned....

vintage market

all set up again at vintage market south....check out photos of our booth here and our new paint color!

what's for dinner?

in a dinner rut?  try these yummy fish tacos with cucumber-avocado salsa.

fish of your choice {i used tilapia} grilled, or pan cooked,
tortillas and shredded lettuce.

for the salsa:
1 medium cucumber
2 medium firm-ripe avocados
1/2 red onion
juice of 2 limes
salt to taste
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
3 jalapeno peppers

chop all of the above and combine in a bowl.  gently toss. serve within an hour of preparing.

these were so fresh, light and so good! 

quick herb wreath

an easy way to preserve the last bit of summer is to create an herb wreath.

i have been seeing these all over blogland lately.

these are so simple to make.

head out to your garden and clip some herbs.

tie them into small bundles.

i used an old frame {sans glass} as my base.

tie each bundle to the frame, overlapping as you go.



i love the wildness of this wreath.

and oh my...does it smell amazing!

poof :: halloween decor

i tend to prefer halloween decorations that aren't the typical orange and black. 

so when i found these cool amber bottles {at a thrift store} i grabbed them.

cool sticker labels from target and {poof} easy halloween decor.

i love them tossed into this urn by my front door. 

i'm also searching for skeleton heads and black ravens.  they seem to be in a shortage this year, or i'm just not looking in the right places.  i'll throw up some dead branches from the yard, hit the pumpkin patch for some cool white pumpkins and we'll be decorated.   might throw in some spiders and bats too...just love all the black.

i'll post more photos as i get it done.

thanks for viewing my blog!!  can't believe it was four years ago that i started it...time sure flies!

junking finds

it has been a good junking week this week. 

some fun finds and cooler weather.

a super cool vintage shipping crate, an old basket on wheels, tarnished silver champagne bucket,

an interesting old bolt container,

can not even wait to add some big old casters to this shipping crate and turn it into a coffee table.

perfect spot for storage too, not to mention just cool looking.

enjoy the Labor Day weekend....i will be working away on new projects and some much needed to be finished old projects. 

can you help?

i found this at a sale today and was wondering if anyone knew anything about it.

if you can reply with some history on the print or the artist that would be great.

i googled it, but didn't find much.   anyone?

enjoy the weekend!

passport to paris

there is a passport to paris theme at Vintage Market South this month!!

and the Burlap JunKtion booth is looking great.

 hope to see you there.

mona and moi

there she was.
sitting all pretty in a gold frame.
with a great price tag.
at an estate sale i went to today.

i bought her because we're having a french theme to part of our booth at Vintage Market this month.
{i know her artist was italian, but she seems french to me because i saw her at the louve}
i think she would look amazing in our booth.
but
she also looks good around my house.
i think i want to keep her.
is that weird?  to have a copy of the mona lisa in my home? 
i am sure the boys in my house will say to take her down because "she keeps looking at me".

maybe it's just the frame i like...who knows...i am keeping her!

{she may end up in my booth 'just for looks' with a NFS sign on her}

what is this?

i saw this at a thrift store today.
pondered what i could do with it, wasn't feeling creative so walked away and left it.

later this afternoon i was flipping through an old country home magazine.
right there, on the bottom shelf of a kitchen island was something very similar to this.  ideas starting floating through my head on ways i could us it.

back to the thrift store, fingers crossed that it was still there, and there it was!!  yeah!

originally i think it to be a commercial loaf pan.  but this thing is huge.  each pan measures approx. 15" x 5"  that seems so large for loaves of bread but maybe not.

does anyone know?

i'm not planning to use it to bake with, just thought it was cool, industrial and might be something i could use is M's new room design.  {note:  for those waiting on the baseball room redo....it's not going to happen.  we've been getting brick wallpaper samples and they all look really bad.  NOW he's decided that he doesn't necessarily want a baseball room, but just more of a grown up boy room.}

i think this boy has more than a bit of his mama in him. ;)

leave me a comment and let me know what you think this might be.

gettin' the ball rollin'

i have always wanted a house with a screen porch. 
for 5 years i have been entertaining mr. traybella with all my ideas for a screen porch.
i have folders full, books dog eared, and inspiration saved on my computer for such project.

i finally got the OK to get the ball rolling on this project. 

so all my ideas are getting sorted through.

and because i have been anticipating this project for so long,

it isn't just a back screen porch anymore...it has grown.

a back screen porch with a really cool fireplace. {i believe that the only reason the fireplace made it into the plan is because i promised mr. traybella that he could then hang a flat screen above the mantle}.  i am a girl who knows how to get what she wants.  sure honey, have the t.v. and for every football game please invite your drinking buddies over and i'll be sure to have lovely snacks at the ready  !!

this long overdue project has also grown into a front porch,

and an arbor out by the pool.  not to forget the new roof, shutters, and a new garage door.  oh and let's just bump out the garage while we're at it too.

all of these photos are just inspiration for my projects. 

we are meeting with architects to get all my ideas into drawings. 

and then we will see what the damage will be. 

and then we'll wait and save. 

but the ball is rollin' and if i can get what i see in my creative mind down on paper, then we'll be rollin' in a very exciting direction.

a reminder to mr. traybella {who sometimes reads my blog}...flat screen, drinks, friends and football!

it's as good as it gets! !

lego birthday party

my baby turned 4 this past saturday.

he wanted to celebrate with a Lego themed party...and so we did!

i designed and made the invitations.

i poured out a ton of Lego pieces on the table and inserted 4 candles. lit the candles and took the picture.
the photo then lifts for all the party info inside.

we put out a bunch of Lego pieces on the table for the kids to build with.

and then there was the cake.

it took me all morning to get it made.  i am no professional baker, but i always put out my best effort for a homemade birthday cake.  luckily my kids are always happy with the results.

i baked two 9x13 size cakes.  each 9x13 cake was cut into 4 pieces.  two 4" widths (for the green and blue pieces) and then the piece that was left i cut into 2 squares (for the white piece).   i just felt that one 9x13 cake wasn't enough...they were too thin.  so i frosted in the middles and topped them with another piece.   the round buttons on top are made with marshmallows.  spray your kitchen scissors with cooking spray and the marshmallows cut easily.

topped off with homemade ice-cream (a birthday tradition around here!) and presents and our 4 year old was extremely happy!

so hard to believe that he's 4....time has flown.  he's such a sweet boy and is growing faster than lighting!

for love of the game

i have a client requesting a bedroom makeover.
he loves baseball and has requested his room redo be all about baseball.

i couldn't sleep last night because i was pondering this baseball room redo.

i automatically thought of vintage baseball.

i am also thinking photos of my client, in his baseball uniform, printed out on canvas.

my clients room needs de-cluttering and storage.  he is also in need of a large dresser.

 i am thinking an antique hi-boy will do the trick.

that's about all i could think of late last night before i hit a brick wall.

ahhhh....a brick wall. 

a feature wall behind my clients bed....perfect....or not??

one of the disadvantages to repainting, rearranging, switching in and out furniture in my home is that my boys constantly want their rooms redone. 

my client . . . my 8 year old son.

i am hoping i hit a home run on this one!

leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts on using brick wallpaper as a feature wall....in the meantime i am going to order a sample.