Let's Talk Granny Chic

It's cold outside today!  Over the weekend it was so warm that we had

the air-conditioning on.  Then last evening the winds kicked up and 

we had a touch of the arctic.  Gone are the flip flops and back on are

the cozy socks and slippers.  

It's dark, gray and windy outside.  I am so thankful I don't have to be

anywhere today.  So here is the plan ….

Chicken cacciatore slowly cooking away.  All the daily chores

are complete.  Now is the time for some serious nesting in our

bedroom.  Under a quilt ( I am the quilt lady), resting on a stack of

fluffy pillows and …

watch some TV ~ there's Chip and Joanna.  I TiVo'd a few episodes of

Flipper Upper.  Next I plan on watching an old movie.   I won't

really be napping because I am not very good at it.  I flunked nap time

in nursery school and still can't do it.  However, resting is supposed

to be beneficial too … right?  Bentley however is a master napper.

About that ceiling fan ….  I know that some of you will say that the room

would look so much better without it.  Well to that I say …. try surviving in

south Texas without one.  In about a month the air conditioning will come

on and won't go off again until next November.  A ceiling fan is crucial if

one wants to get a quality night's rest, despite the air conditioning cranked

up to max.  Trust me, at 3:00 AM I am much more concerned with function

than with form.

Now you may also have noticed that the style of our bedroom is very 

granny chic.  Well, you are correct.  With the exception of our bed which 

was handmade by some Amish folks in Pennsylvania, everything is vintage.

I love it that way and I planned it that way.  Our room reminds me of the

bedrooms in the old movies that starred Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant,

Myra Loy and Greer Garson.  Any of life's problems could be easily 

solved in one of those classic rooms.  Well, at least that's what I 

think.  In fact ….

see what I mean?  In black and white this room could be in a 

Connecticut farmhouse.  "Very homespun, very blueberry pie" to quote

a line from Myrna Loy in Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House.

Now if I could just figure out a way where I could flip a switch and

the whole room would be instantly converted to black and white

nostalgia ;-)  Maybe Brenda  would know.  She is very skilled

at tweaking.

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley