Your Vote Was Counted ~ Vintage Style Farmhouse Won!

Y'all know me so well!  You pushed me in the direction of my heart, and

a vintage style farmhouse decor won out!  I'm so excited about this

path.  Thank you for a much needed nudge!!

I'm going through cupboards and digging out things I have been

collecting for years.  Often in the past, I would purchase things that

I had no immediate use for, but just because I loved them.  Here is a

set of four Homer Laughlin luncheon plates.  I loved the shape and

the vintage innocence when I first saw them.  Now they will have a 

home in the hutch that is already in the shed.

I chose the vintage style of farmhouse because I want it to be a

throwback to simpler times.  A little cottage that reminds me of a

grandmother who loves and nurtures her family.  She's the type of 

woman who can make her home charming and pretty out of 

almost anything.  It won't be a coordinated look, but rather the

look of beloved items collected and used over the years.

While I think the modern farmhouse look is attractive, and shows up

beautifully in photographs, it doesn't always draw me in and make me

feel cozy.  That's just me, and as y'all know, I decorate to suit myself.

I tend to think of myself as a director of a movie and want to set the

stage for the plot I am dreaming up in my head.  I envision a little

cottage in the country with lots of flowers and herbs scattered about

outside.  There is a laundry line with pretty little aprons and 

tablecloths hanging in the breeze.  Some chickens running around.

Okay, y'all know that David has repeatedly said no to the chickens,

but in my dream they are there.  Inside the shed are useful items that

are well worn and well loved.  A cottage where you can imagine 

that the wonderful aroma of a freshly baked pie is in the air.

This is heaven to me!  Stay tuned.  I have plans to make this

dream as real as possible.

Sparkle and Shine and Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley