Sweet Tea in the Garden

This is the most minimalistic tablescape you will ever see

from me.  Although I have been unpacking boxes for days,

this is the most coordinated tablescape I can come up with 

for now.  Two matching vintage frosted glasses.

I open a box that is labeled "kitchen" and I find one

kitchen item and then stuff from various other rooms

in the house.  I keep asking myself ~ why can't the

packers stick with one area???  I am trying my best to

find the humor in the situation, but trust me it's not easy.

Thank goodness for Bentley.  He is my ray of

sunshine and his antics always make me laugh.

But, I did find the sun tea container and was able to

brew some sweet tea and I know that after a glass of 

tea in one of these vintage frosted floral tea glasses all  

will be right with the world once again!

Happily Joining ~

Tablescape Thursday

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Bentley is hanging around his grandma.  She has

some cinnamon toast and I know he is hoping that

she will share.

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

Decorating A New Potting Bench

Tweaking is taking place even though we are still unpacking.  

I wonder if we will ever finish???  More glimpses as we progress.

Happily Joining ~

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Bentley ~ go check on your grandma.  She seems to be
lost in a sea of packing paper!

Big Hugs,
Susan and Bentley

Help! I Lost My Mama!!!

I can't find Mama anywhere!

Boxes are everywhere!

And where is my Grandma?  She is missing too.

I am hunting but so far no luck.

No not in here.

Not to worry though ...

I am Bentley ~ tenacious terrier.  I will 

find them eventually!

Hugs and Kisses,

Bentley

Under The Texas Sun ~ The Master Bedroom

Welcome back to Victoria. Today I will be showing you the

master bedroom.  When you enter the master suite it leads 

you through a hallway that leads to both the bedroom and the

master dressing room/bath.

Here is the master bedroom.  I sent David down with a paint chip so

he could start painting the bedroom in a soft sage green before I 

arrived.  I am sure you are thinking, what is that contraption in

the middle of the room?  Well let me explain ...

That is an inversion table (at least I think that is what

it is called).   It used to be in David's office in Idaho, but

he brought it down here so that he could stretch out his back.

He took painting breaks being inverted lol.  Of course this is

not part of my decorating scheme so it will be headed to the

garage before the bedroom starts to be staged.

Knowing David as I do, he probably was inverted more 

often than painting!

The walls used to be a deep pink.  Once again, as much as I love

the color pink, it's just not the choice for me on the walls.  The drapes

are high quality but not exactly what I have in mind, but I will

keep them for a bit until I find exactly what I want.

David just started to get the paint into the dressing room.

This room is green already, but a deeper green than the one

I chose so I will carry it on.  

I love this dressing table and can't wait to stage it.  I have

fabric already to cover the stool that Elaine (the previous owner)

was nice enough to leave behind.  

Here is another closet in the dressing room.  It is such

a joy to have so much closet space in this house.  Our house

in Boise had minimal closets.  I suppose people who built

houses 100 years ago just did not have as many clothes as

we do today.

Here is the big soaking tub.  There is a hand painted mural

above.  I suppose it is meant to depict a window overlooking

Tuscany but I am going to pretend it is overlooking Provence.

It may have been painted by the previous owner because

Elaine is an artist.  I must find out for sure.

Here is the sink.  More drawers.  I am a happy camper!

Here is the walk-in shower.  It is complete with body shots, but

since I am only 5' 1" tall, the water would probably hit me

right in the eyes, so no body shots for me lol ;-)

As a side note, I have been wearing this lovely blue

on my nails all summer.  Makes me think of the beach.

Well that's it.  The mover is running behind so won't be

here until tomorrow at 8:30 am.  He is up in Cuero, Texas

right now.  So tomorrow will be a busy day for all of us!

Happily Joining ~ 

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Bentley ~ we will be getting up bright and early in the am.

No sleeping in for any of us tomorrow.  But just think,

the rest of your toys are on that truck!!!

Big Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

Under The Texas Sun

We are here!!!  We arrived late Sunday afternoon after three long,

long days on the road.  Here is the new pad.  Come on in and

we will take a look around.  

Remember that pink foyer I showed you in a previous post?
Well, we are standing in that foyer now looking into the
formal living room.  The yellow walls will be going away
as will the carpet.

The moving truck does not arrive until Thursday,
so all we have in the house is seven pieces of furniture
and a big screen TV.

The living room has a nice fireplace and there are doorways into
both the family room and the formal dining room.

There are built in nooks and there are pocket doors between both the
living and dining room and the family and dining room.

I love this chandy.  It has a very vintage feel.

The hardwood floors are pretty too.

Here is the kitchen.  Expect to see a fair amount of tweaking here.
My Viking stove will be replacing the gas cook top and I have a
fluted farmhouse sink in the garage just waiting to replace the
stainless sink.

At the moment this is command central.  The previous

owners were kind enough to leave us a stool so we can

use the snack bar in the kitchen.  I can now blog on David's

laptop until my own mac arrives.

Bentley is curled up in a chair in the family room.  

Moving is exhausting!

This is David's idea of decorating the bookcase.  He was here for six

weeks on his own before we arrived so he has gone with the 

man cave style.  This of course will change a bit don't you know ;-)

Here is a view from the family room out onto the patio.

The backyard is lush and green and thankfully shaded by the
huge live oak trees which offer protection from the
Texas sun.

Here is Bentley surveying his property.

We never had much trouble with bugs in Idaho,
but here in Victoria we are using a lot of this!

I will be showing you more of the house in my
next post.  Until next time ...


Happily Joining ~

Wow Us Wednesday
What's It Wednesday
Home and Garden Thursday
Open House Thursday

Bentley ~ do you miss Beatrice the chicken?
We don't have any chickens living next door anymore.

Big Hugs,
Susan and Bentley