A Take Home With A Story
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Last week I posted about our day at Lucketts.
Today I'll show you what we took home.
You already saw the beautiful mirror that my daughter purchased.
It's new green paint looks fabulous in her living room.
She also got a few old bullseyes.
We hung the set above her kitchen window to give it a little architectural interest.
What did I take home?
Today I'll show you what we took home.
You already saw the beautiful mirror that my daughter purchased.
It's new green paint looks fabulous in her living room.She also got a few old bullseyes.
We hung the set above her kitchen window to give it a little architectural interest.
What did I take home?I fell in love with these
two good-sized pieces of vintage architecture.
An old corbel
and what I think is the base or the top to a column. 
The nice thing was that they both fit inside my carry-on bag.
Don't you just love it when the items in your home can lead to
a great story?!?!
Don't forget to enter the HouseHold Words Giveaway
two good-sized pieces of vintage architecture.
An old corbel
and what I think is the base or the top to a column. 
The nice thing was that they both fit inside my carry-on bag. The not-so-nice thing was that when my bag went through the x-ray machine I heard the TSA agent call for a "bag check."
Then another TSA agent picked up my bag and tested it for explosive matter.
She asked if she would be hurt by anything when she opened my bag.
I explained that it was just filled with a couple of old architectural pieces.
When she opened it she told me she had to call her supervisor.
The supervisor came over to examine my bag.
After I told the two about the wonderful store where I purchased the pieces they decided that I appeared to be a reasonably sane woman and I likely wouldn't be using the blocks of wood to knock anyone over the head in order to hi-jack the plane.
Then another TSA agent picked up my bag and tested it for explosive matter.
She asked if she would be hurt by anything when she opened my bag.
I explained that it was just filled with a couple of old architectural pieces.
When she opened it she told me she had to call her supervisor.
The supervisor came over to examine my bag.
After I told the two about the wonderful store where I purchased the pieces they decided that I appeared to be a reasonably sane woman and I likely wouldn't be using the blocks of wood to knock anyone over the head in order to hi-jack the plane.
Don't you just love it when the items in your home can lead toa great story?!?!
Don't forget to enter the HouseHold Words Giveaway
The Beast
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I've shared bits and pieces of my family room.
You've seen the fireplace.
The entertainment center that we built.
There's a few walls of my collections.
The thrifted side table that I painted.
And the door sofa table that we built.
But there is one piece of furniture that I try to avoid showing.
It's my well worn, well loved, often napped on sofa.You've seen the fireplace.
The entertainment center that we built.
There's a few walls of my collections.
The thrifted side table that I painted.
And the door sofa table that we built.
But there is one piece of furniture that I try to avoid showing.
Let's call it "the beast!"Sure I could replace beast with this beauty.
But I know that the beauty would soon become a beast because of the habits of my wonderful family (okay, mostly my hubby).Their bad habits have caused the death of three couches. Fortunately, for our pocket book, two of the three came from the thrift store in like-new condition. But after the harsh treatment they received in our home no thrift store would take them ever again.
I know that it will be easier to search for another gently used sofa to replace the beast than it would be to change my family's habits. But I also realize that I let my feelings toward the beast take over how I feel about the entire room. Even to the point of not finishing other projects, like hanging the drop-cloth window treatments I've had for almost two years on this 10 foot wide window.
So I thought that maybe if I unleashed the beast for the whole world to see, it might motivate me to make a few changes. I've even given myself a deadline of the day before Thanksgiving. And as much as I love the red walls, I'm considering a new paint color----maybe chocolate brown or charcoal gray.What about you? Do you have a beast that's preventing you from loving a room in your home? Are there other improvements you could make to help tame the beast? Would setting a deadline help? Why don't we form a club, we could call ourselves the Blogging Beast Bashers (it's not just a motivating title but a tongue twister as well). Come, join me and tackle your home's beast!
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