Old World Home Furnishings

spring cleaning

Well hey, look at that. I've got myself a new look! The amazing <a href="http://saramuellerdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sara Mueller</a> is giving me a new look and feel, so excuse us while we tweak and fine tune.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVR81aZieDeTZh92-e-JRQVy6Szy1OUL3826bbyOYav8NZh3RJqKy8aRdsSobooxZx_UfRquiGZZNySac6DFCfoH7ENzFq0rVeMNmrbkXJ3jsu8Vf0vqT7tJvgQk0WnaHiPoY2XL-4TKCw/s1600/c60b435059ead50396573f66add3e1fd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVR81aZieDeTZh92-e-JRQVy6Szy1OUL3826bbyOYav8NZh3RJqKy8aRdsSobooxZx_UfRquiGZZNySac6DFCfoH7ENzFq0rVeMNmrbkXJ3jsu8Vf0vqT7tJvgQk0WnaHiPoY2XL-4TKCw/s1600/c60b435059ead50396573f66add3e1fd.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />In the meantime, be sure to<a href="http://www.itsoverflowing.com/2014/03/hip-traditional-house-tour" target="_blank"> check out my visit over at It's Overflowing</a>, where I share some updated tour photos!

spring cleaning

Well hey, look at that. I've got myself a new look! The amazing Sara Mueller is giving me a new look and feel, so excuse us while we tw...

03:00

fess up friday - freckles chick

<center style="text-align: center;"><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today's Fess Up Friday guest is a girl after my own heart. Nya, of <a href="http://freckleschick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Freckles Chick</a>, is hilarious and we like to share many sarcastic and inappropriate comments and jokes. Anyone who can serve up large doses of witty banter and laughs is aces in my book. And she just so happens to live in one of my favorite parts of the country. What is not to love?! So Nya, Fess Up and do me proud!</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k7fEhj12_WKngfvyiQYNSyRdUpZ5SIHL-wWwYuuwiWhaqul1xFDL6mnFQNBjtmqo1SywaGGp-rCyo0dSGdb4ZsplnwPsqBbol_F6JFRhH9TwGxt3VhzB_zBw6kQpqf5lN3YDe3IkIC_i/s1600/FessUpFridaylogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k7fEhj12_WKngfvyiQYNSyRdUpZ5SIHL-wWwYuuwiWhaqul1xFDL6mnFQNBjtmqo1SywaGGp-rCyo0dSGdb4ZsplnwPsqBbol_F6JFRhH9TwGxt3VhzB_zBw6kQpqf5lN3YDe3IkIC_i/s1600/FessUpFridaylogo.jpg" /></a></div><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello Little Black Door readers!  </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm such a fan of Elizabeth & her Fess Up Friday series; refreshingly real & funny are right up my alley.  I'm stoked to be here!  On my blog, I share our renovating/decorating adventures & snippets of life with our glorious 2 year-old daughter.  I like sarcasm (even <i>I</i> don't know if I'm joking anymore).  I like red wine.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://imgflip.com/gif/lo6p"><img height="266" src="//i.imgflip.com/lo6p.gif" width="400" /></a><br /></span><center style="text-align: left;"></center></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hurry & scroll down to read my exciting post, just to escape that GIF!  ;-)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are a bunch of things I will readily fess up to: I cringe at selfies on Instagram that are just digging for compliments (& have been guilty of it myself).  I think Justin Bieber might be Miley Cyrus (has anyone ever seen them in a room at the same time?).  I have read Get Off My Internets because when my blog stats show me that some of my blog traffic was coming from there, how could I not (hello heart palpitations).  I eat an entire wheel of brie in one sitting.  I sometimes check Instagram whilst playing with my daughter.  Some days, my "happy hour" starts at <strike>5:00 pm</strike> <strike>4:30 pm</strike> 3:00 pm.  I'm the first to laugh at most inappropriate jokes.  I curse too much & am working on curbing it for my kid's sake.  I love being active but can't commit to a regular workout regimen.  I don't understand spending tons of money on a haircut.  I'm not on FaceBook (or is it BookFace?).</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I couldn't construct a real post out of those confessions, so today I'm fessing up to the day-to-day state of our home (as others have done here).  If bloggers are honest, I think most of us can agree that if you were to rotate the camera a few degrees to the side on some of our blog-worthy photos, you would see chaos.  "Messy" is subjective to varying degrees but I think we can all agree that no one lives in a perfectly styled vignette every day, right?  If you do live like that, I'm so jealous (& also let's be friends).  My home is far from perfectly styled <i>nor </i>is it teetering on "hey squatters might live here".  It just looks <i>lived in!</i></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look at me.....</span></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BCiEed0iCsxjU387i3QZa_0WZvhnBmZ-UW3_LpY9B91HH0YSLrhi8NPmOYi4akUoo8P1gUpvEOGoww8mcO956sDMZagSh-NjKKyIRBoPOxPnxyWWL7qf-c732G2Ac3xasVEeY3XZI8JY/s1600/LR+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BCiEed0iCsxjU387i3QZa_0WZvhnBmZ-UW3_LpY9B91HH0YSLrhi8NPmOYi4akUoo8P1gUpvEOGoww8mcO956sDMZagSh-NjKKyIRBoPOxPnxyWWL7qf-c732G2Ac3xasVEeY3XZI8JY/s1600/LR+1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't look at me!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkxz9q1aL6s4i5-ArcFtg4p8l32HcRLyRfAk-E1fbD12CFo9RGcWqGeCwSnefME9BFNb_OhLMweDinnaSUUzOuRx3f85Si3D45NoiAOt7lEm8X6LLR-7eGX_hHCHdkp8KyMWjrrJKA83a/s1600/DSC04599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkxz9q1aL6s4i5-ArcFtg4p8l32HcRLyRfAk-E1fbD12CFo9RGcWqGeCwSnefME9BFNb_OhLMweDinnaSUUzOuRx3f85Si3D45NoiAOt7lEm8X6LLR-7eGX_hHCHdkp8KyMWjrrJKA83a/s1600/DSC04599.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The day I snapped pics of our clean living room,</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I just threw everything over the back of the sofa:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_0c-D9vVNphAlZL8juFsGjUnoFrzV7Mn0NfSszKZyEKQGSoE2CZQ31Upu4iaCc9Q0gDJwbaIko_sKdkbWGQwiHS1JqQC4s3mVjlbHEajuAYAy8QoImW4BoPzg__5y4eXqbsfL5cb3yNM/s1600/DSC04600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_0c-D9vVNphAlZL8juFsGjUnoFrzV7Mn0NfSszKZyEKQGSoE2CZQ31Upu4iaCc9Q0gDJwbaIko_sKdkbWGQwiHS1JqQC4s3mVjlbHEajuAYAy8QoImW4BoPzg__5y4eXqbsfL5cb3yNM/s1600/DSC04600.JPG" width="424" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Awww......</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9G-QKvX8ZrUwqOMYg3ZDpQ6KQ28AKn0NcsaOVoPlt5rObSjP0EYktTXGnTLKNucKoa72M09WNNHmUjZ1lQ2pcxIGtksUzSYVIJV_tmEj7hBIAc8h0uEqh3u1rgefw8-9FLFT8ug0e5M0/s1600/Playroom+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9G-QKvX8ZrUwqOMYg3ZDpQ6KQ28AKn0NcsaOVoPlt5rObSjP0EYktTXGnTLKNucKoa72M09WNNHmUjZ1lQ2pcxIGtksUzSYVIJV_tmEj7hBIAc8h0uEqh3u1rgefw8-9FLFT8ug0e5M0/s1600/Playroom+1.jpg" width="418" /></span></a></div><center style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crap!</span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiLZbURfxcp0q-vsN_kg-lV-O4RXlZdL2vtOETZ44dpUbB3APMzFDuCsbG2c8K6HwX1M-WKsu0BhbwMzT1uDZgvqhchbYGt-EOHyqQ5AH-ivDXjBFn985_M_Ym4UgHDR5h4ipGuJOCfLi/s1600/DSC04587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiLZbURfxcp0q-vsN_kg-lV-O4RXlZdL2vtOETZ44dpUbB3APMzFDuCsbG2c8K6HwX1M-WKsu0BhbwMzT1uDZgvqhchbYGt-EOHyqQ5AH-ivDXjBFn985_M_Ym4UgHDR5h4ipGuJOCfLi/s1600/DSC04587.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><center style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're not hoarders.  We just like for each space to tell a story.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This space says: we <i>might </i>be hoarders.</span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisL4GMvsCy1zt6bVCDur_eLdxRA1SR2aKdDCdXbY43WPujs1UjN22Wq3UNEbjc5HhbKx-bnvPSjbAboVNvU3jYD9m_JWCBBmGaRKPGUYpr-rGfhK7GDJTX2usFXzlBfUroAqeeHBJKQws/s1600/DSC04595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisL4GMvsCy1zt6bVCDur_eLdxRA1SR2aKdDCdXbY43WPujs1UjN22Wq3UNEbjc5HhbKx-bnvPSjbAboVNvU3jYD9m_JWCBBmGaRKPGUYpr-rGfhK7GDJTX2usFXzlBfUroAqeeHBJKQws/s1600/DSC04595.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, as long as we're clean, fed, happy, healthy & kind......I'm fine not living in a world of fresh flowers, brass/gold objects of curiosity, Domino-book-used-as-decor, fiddle leaf figs, karate-chopped throw pillows & such.  </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unless you totally have some & are willing to share :-)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for reading!</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for having me, Elizabeth!</span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center></center><center></center><center></center><center><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNOt5yfXmz6BDUNxSkwOUMFQ0ufGETWEwpk-fJL7_BleTEzL6sq6hQ3NTpP3ktd19cnZFQ0f7ADQhEm9dSNM9r0TRvOGOKlOVIXYGDKxmkOgua6MAqKiinQ56UeBADpXx1CZ2DGtOGz4/s1600/signature.png" /></center>

fess up friday - freckles chick

Today's Fess Up Friday guest is a girl after my own heart. Nya, of Freckles Chick , is hilarious and we like to share many sarcastic an...

03:00

furbish studio's vintage sale

I can hardly wait. In just a few hours (11:00 AM EST) my favorite store that I've never been to, <a href="http://www.furbishstudio.com/" target="_blank">Furbish Studio</a> will be having a huge ONLINE sale full of vintage and one of a kind things. The next best thing for those of us not lucky enough to live close by.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2c-pq-hcGTlKwpXGh_1ASjN2OosYJdWp6QkHP2CU2aylO45wNGsCWnzvZOkctEOrbjITdPaIg9j_qpPWTLcj-gv3MQbtF2BkNbn3AHP32xcsafkBkjoPYMqCDs9V_OtK0LpTC-FqKXlNA/s1600/unnamed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2c-pq-hcGTlKwpXGh_1ASjN2OosYJdWp6QkHP2CU2aylO45wNGsCWnzvZOkctEOrbjITdPaIg9j_qpPWTLcj-gv3MQbtF2BkNbn3AHP32xcsafkBkjoPYMqCDs9V_OtK0LpTC-FqKXlNA/s1600/unnamed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Be sure to <a href="http://www.furbishstudio.com/" target="_blank">check it out</a>! I'm counting the minutes!

furbish studio's vintage sale

I can hardly wait. In just a few hours (11:00 AM EST) my favorite store that I've never been to, Furbish Studio will be having a huge O...