Home Tour Three AND Taking care of Business!

Well, it's about time!  Finally Home Tour Three has been a long time coming...so sorry for that!  But here it is, hopefully for your enjoyment! This is the entry hall and you can see all the way through to the sun-porch, which, since it has been a "dumping ground" this winter, I can't show it to you yet. And to the right is the kitchen which you've seen before so don't go there...

At the end of the entry we will make a left turn to the "bedroom hall" where you will see an old mid-century china cabinet I re-did...it was an ugly "orange-y" color which drove me crazy so I painted the inside with Old Village Mustard and the outside with Old Village Cranberry.  Then I removed the wooden (warped and wiggly) shelves and had glass ones made with wooden trim on the front edges (so they would look like wood from the front) and had LED lights installed at the top.  Now the whole cabinet is lighted and looks so nice at the end of the hall with my Red Transferware dishes displayed.   Do you like it?

Now, just before we get to the china cabinet, we will see the "Guest Bath" on the left.  It is an "inside" bath with no window so I had a Solar Tube Skylight installed.  Many times during the day I pass by and "try to turn off the light" but it is just the sun streaming in.  Fools guests, too!  LOL

And by the way, it doesn't show in the pictures, but the CEILING IS RED!

Fun!

Now come straight out of the bathroom and make a little jog and you can look in and see right into

THE MASTER BEDROOM!

That is a 10 foot wide bay window and the rocker is the first piece of furniture my dear husband and I bought when he got out of the Army (in 1952) for our first "real" apartment.  It was, Ethan Allen, black with beautiful stenciling but over the years it has been red, white and now I had it stripped and stained so it is dark wood grain.  The sewing cabinet, too, which is where I kept small toys at my grandmother's, has been many colors too (remember when we "antiqued" everything?)  LOL  Now it has been stripped and  re-stained back to its original walnut.  Now I keep prescriptions in it...looks like it has come FULL CIRCLE!  HA!

And here is a new view of my beloved pencil post bed.  I got the picture from a wonderful lady who had it in her home when her house was in Country Sampler.  I called and asked where she got it and it so happened she has a Country store, I think in Michigan and she got one for me!

Country people are the BEST!

So at this point you've seen straight ahead and to the left...moving to the left of the bed is the master bath (aren't baths the hardest to phograph!)  Anyway, it serves the purpose...

from the other end...(I stood in the shower!)  LOL

and the wall opposite the vanity.  It is wallpapered up to a high peg rail/shelf and I had the "bucket" bench  made by a gal in N.Y. state...

Now we will move out of the bath, turn right and you will see a favorite piece...a beautiful hand made chimney cupboard made by a darling oriental man who is close to his 90's!  He even made a tiny wooden peg that holds the door shut!

And now BOYS AND GIRLS,, MOMS AND DADS, AND ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA!!!

Here is the built-in I had made that took almost 6 months to complete!  It was a "Murphy's Law" If anything can go wrong it will and it did.  Contractor and I both had vacations planned, we changed the hinges twice (some were defective) and I couldn't choose hardware...on and on...

But it is finished now and I now have storage space up the wazoo...some of the drawers and cabinets are even still empty!  There are lights at the top behind the bubble glass doors and LED's above the arch.

Six of my Ironstone pitchers are behind the upper doors and to me it looks like an old built-in that would have been in an old farmhouse!  YEA!

and here's a couple of close-ups of the family pictures I am able to display

this one, on the left is daughter's:  first day of school, Birth pictures and when they were in high school and gave us this picture for our 25th Wedding Anniversary party they threw for us.  They are still just as beautiful to me in their 50's!

Well, friends, that is the end of my little tour. There is one more room, my office/guest room which has recently been repainted and is "not ready" yet.  I promise it will happen soon...I always say that, don't I,  LOL but every day I do something in there and mess up another area...But before I leave...

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I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF SOME BUSINESS...

First of all:  A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY NEW FOLLOWERS.  If I have not contacted you to thank you and really see who you are it is because either I can't figure out how to get past Google "Friend Connect" or something.  Each time I get a new follower I "jump through Hoops" to try to thank you and I get stopped in my tracks.

So always A BIG THANK YOU TO NEW FOLLOWERS!!!

Don't laugh but I accidentally deleted my whole BLOG LIST!  I have been re-building it but if you want to be on it please e-mail me and I will put you on!

And while we are on that subject,

you will notice that I don't just have a Blog List of just Primitives.  While I was unable to post, I spent a ton of time reading blogs on other subjects and found them interesting...I have a lot of interests...so I have added them to mine. Hope you Primitive friends don't mind and will still be my friend!  

And last but certainly not least...I have had help with my Blog from redesigning it to 

"Telephone Tutorials" 

with 

Sharon 

from 

PLUMROSE LANE.

CHECK OUT HER LOGO AT THE BOTTOM OF MY BLOG

or

in my "Blog List"

She is Amazing!

All for now my lovelies

Happy Spring!

     

WHAT'S ON YOUR FLOOR?

Other than furniture with the always stubborn "Dust Bunnies?" 

 Here's a bunch of pictures of what's on mine:

A real "Sap Bucket" beautifully painted.

A favorite corner

I actually use these for storage - wooden apples and pears!

My husband's chair, daughter's Raggedy Ann

Husband made a "Pouting" chair for each of our daughters one Christmas & I made them 

18" Teddy Bears.  I talked him into a chair for me!  :)

A real cutie for our sun-porch -- heat or just flames!

Shipped this chest from Providence, R. I. one vacation.

Sheep are my thing!

Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty  

The best thing is the tag that says: "Someone in Iowa Loves you!"

My attempt at a "Bucket Bench" bought on-line.

Husband also built this Firewood Box...one for each of our girls and you don't think I would let him get away without one for me, do you???

One of those corners that I feel looks too busy but in 15 years I can't figure out what to do different...you see those are place mats rolled up in the crock...why, you say?  Well, there is not a drawer in my kitchen that is wide enough for place mats!  AND, see the Dollar Store one curved in the back...well, it is hiding an electric outlet full of T.V. plugs etc.  Really UGLY!

This is my entire collection of YELLOW WARE which I dearly love.

Oh yes, I do have 3 plates!  Yippee!

And last but not least, this is the floor cloth I painted for the last Home Tour

 and the inspiration for the name of my blog!

It is the closest I will ever come to living in a real farmhouse!  (Sigh!)

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Why don't you post about WHAT'S ON YOUR FLOOR and leave me a comment so I can check your blog out...I am really nosy!  :)

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Now my apologies to you all:  I hurt my foot in September and then hurt my back so have been in pain since then...pain pills, physical therapy, etc.  but it still hurts.  An MRI and cortisone shots are on the horizon but I am toughing it out as best as I can.  But as you all know who "have been there" when you are in pain nothing much gets done, including "sitting at the computer" much at all.  So I hope you can all forgive me and I will try to do better as I get better!

Love to you all,

SUN CITY ROSEVILLE HOLIDAY HOME TOUR

Merry Christmas to all my wonderful friends and blog buddies!  

This post will be a little different...first of all...there are three posts and I have to admit that is because blogger gives me fits when it comes to adding 8 or more pictures.  I think I have tried all the tricks to stop that from happening but so far no luck reversing that problem...

so...("SHE," thought, (she being ME) I will fix Mr. Blogger, it HAS TO BE A MR., RIGHT?

but I digress...that is a whole new post!

Anyway, if you are truly my friends you will have to set aside some time (sorry about the busy season, etc.) and, well, get a cup of coffee. put your feet up and (continue reading) as some of those fancy blogs say...  

This is where I am fortunate enough to live...A lovely 

Retirement Community for Active Adults.  This is the Front Entrance and it is a shame it was so cloudy on that day.  In our area we average only about less than 50 days a year of 

not sunny...Of course if it rains all winter that changes.

(Sorry for the yield sign, but I wanted to show you the pansies and daisy ground cover that grows all winter.)  Are we lucky or what!

We have waterfalls on either side of the main entrance and it is so pretty.

This is a picture of our main lodge not including the Fitness Center

where some of us try to "keep fit."

And this is how you get into it...

Our beautiful Christmas Tree...but I am sure you figured that out!  DUH!

There is also a lovely fireplace right to the right of the tree but "someone" seems to have "deleted" that picture...can't say who that was, but let's just say, "I am the only one who uses this computer...must have been one of the gremlins who love to mess me up."

My house didn't get much more than my Feather Tree up..thus no Christmas picture...

I am leaving for Minnesota 

(Brrrrr) and Iowa tomorrow morning and will return early in January, So

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

and now...grab your coffee and read on...there are two more posts that go with this one

so have fun my lovelies, leave me a comment if you can

 and I will see you next year!

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS TREES

AND everyone was prettier than the last... Enjoy!

This one was all done in soft colors...pinks, whites,  pale greens to match her room colors!

Here we see a cute tree done up in red checked ribbon, some Hand painted "Father Christmas's and a lovely hand painted plate.  This homeowner is an artist in many forms.

This "Frosted" tree had tons of Teddy Bears...looked like they were residing on a "Snow-y" Mountain!  Very cute!  

This one took your breath away...it was huge...around 20 feet!

And yes, we even decorate our bathrooms in Sun City!

Here is a beautiful "Angel Tree."

This tree was located just inside the front doors and it must of had hundreds of ornaments.

A real feast for the eyes...you could stand there for hours and still see something new!

NOW,

check out the next post for

"THE REST OF THE STORY."

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MORE CHRISTMAS FUN...

OR

"Where in the world do people find this great stuff ?

Here we have Santa IRONING to get ready...

And here  he was checking out the "Good Little Boys and Girls List"

(He snored, too!) 

This is a beautiful table setting...full of sparkle and charm!

And here we have the Dept. 56 North Pole so charmingly displayed

A "Gingerbread Scene" under a "Gingerbread Tree." 

Absolutely darling!

And another "Gingerbread House"...See all those "Calories!"

And last but not least, "See the Tumbling Snowmen in the guest bath shower.!

Well, I hope  you liked our Sun City House Tour all put together by Seniors 

And I am sure a couple of kids and grandkiddos helped out.

I want to thank all my followers (Oh my gosh, I am getting close to 100!  Who Knew!) and also those who leave comments and make me a "happy blogger!"

Please come back often and tell me what you like

or even what you don't and I will try to FIX it!

Happy Holidays to all and see you in the new year!

{{HUGS}}

THANKSGIVING AND MORE!

Well, Hello again!  Thanks to all of you who asked if "I was still here" and I have to say, "yes" I am but it has been a rough past 3 months.  I won't go into detail but lets just say, "There was a lot of pain involved" but I am on the mend again!"  THANKFUL!  

So I thought I would show you a few pictures of my Thanksgiving decor before I take it down tomorrow!  LOL  

Welcome to my home...

Before you enter see the little Turkey near the center of the Potting Bench below?  Well, he was purchased at the PX (they called them that then) at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. way back in 1951, my first married Thanksgiving and the branches, etc are the originals.  Every year I plan to change them out for something more current, but somehow that just doesn't seem to be the thing to do

Front entry table and my first piece of REAL artwork done by an artist right here in Sun City.

Here is that Hutch again...do you love dishes the way I do???  I have several sets "just for show" on my hutch.  Love to change them out with the seasons.

A kind, sweet neighbor was going through her Fall decorations and decided she couldn't use these darling bears so SHE GAVE THEM TO ME!  Do I have great neighbors or what!

This is a checkered runner, over a burlap runner.  The "Cake Stand" was my Grandmothers and the glass candle holders are new, from Target.  The Pumpkin is from Walmart and the candles go on and off by themselves!  Love that!

My collection of Thanksgiving Byer's Choice Carolers.  I actually saw them being made at their Factory in PA.  I have several for other Holidays and always love to display them.

Here's a Craft Show find this year...it is so cute when lit. 

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And now, the reason I am so very THANKFUL this holiday season is my sweet, wonderful Great Grand Baby, Colin.  I saw him in October when I traveled to MN. when he was 4 months old.  What do you think?  Cute, eh?

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BTW, how do you like the "New Look" for my Blog.  I really hated the old so

 PLUMROSE LANE.com

 took on the challenge and did a great job.  If you ever need help with your BLOG DESIGN just contact Sharon and you will love working with her.  I did, and recommend her highly!

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Enough for now, I hope you all had your Best Happy Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the wonderful Christmas Holiday!

{{HUGS}}

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL!

OK, so you saw on my last post how my life was being changed by that simple little gadget I found that lets my plant go up and down for proper tending, watering, etc.  Well, can you believe that several weeks went by and those darling little petunias were as happy as they could be, getting water, sun and sweet words from me.  What else could they do but "grow" and start to fill that pot and make me a (surprised) happy camper!  Now let's face it...growing stuff isn't in my bag of tricks, but when these little sweethearts grew and grew I was in heaven!  Oh,, I thought,the possibilities were endless:  petunias in the summer, mums in the fall, cyclamen in the winter, sweet peas in the spring...Oh the neighbors will be envious and I will finally earn my worth for the outside of my house!  These little babies were so healthy... 

and then one day...BOOM!  What did I see but little holes in the beautiful white flowers!

ACH!  Something was eating my gorgeous flowers!  How dare they!  Who gave them permission!  Who asked them to visit my porch!

What to do...what to do.

Well, I am no dummy so I went to the storage cabinet in the garage and spent about an hour reading directions on how to get rid of "little hungry critters!"

Finally,  I decided on one that promised to spoil their appetites for "beautiful healthy flowers" in a matter of hours.  Hey, this was an emergency...time was a-wasting...

oh my gosh, look at that!  That's the sorriest  hanging basket I have seen (since last year!  LOL)

But, seriously, those little SPIDER MITES have HUGE APPETITES and I can't imagine how they got up there.  So, as unhappy as I am to show you this MESS, bear with me...Lord knows I am dead-heading, watering, trimming and generally whispering sweet nothings to them and I think, just think, they will re-start to grow and not look so sad.  

And then, to round out the story...it is now over 100 degrees here! 

Maybe I should stick to the inside???  LOL

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BUT NOW FOR THE BEAUTIFUL...

I want you to meet my

 NEW GREAT GRANDSON...

"COLIN ANDREW"

(Remember my granddaughter's wedding I showed you last summer, well, look at what happened!)

He is a sweetheart and doing very well.  He was born June 1st (but I didn't have any good enough pictures to post until now.)  He was small, 5 lbs.15 oz and only 19 inches but he is gaining now.

I will travel to MN. to see him in Sept... I can hardly wait.

I hope you enjoyed my "Good, Bad and Beautiful" post today.

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I want to let those who are interested you can get one of those little 

Plant Risers

at

STARCREST OF CALIFORNIA

www.starcrest.com

(800) 551-2843

and

they are only $4.00 for 2

Now if they could just figure out how to keep the "critters" out of the plant they would really have something!

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Love me to pieces!

{{HUGS}}