We are in a new year now and it was time to focus on my housewarming. I think I was more excited because I knew it would mean I had to get things put together, it made me pick up the pace a little more. I stayed with the rooster theme in the kitchen, luckily mom has lots to choose from when it comes to roosters. She let me borrow a lot of her stuff! It's exciting to know that generally I am done with things. I still need to hang pictures in the green room and above the kitchen table. But beyond that, I pretty much have things the way I want them. That's exciting. So now I am ready for Spring so I can do what I want in the front and back yard! The pictures below are the latest. I will post master bedroom and green room pictures soon. But right now the bed in the green room is covered in laundry and my bedroom is, well, not put together.
I found the two rooster plates at TJ Maxx with Emmylou, it was a great find! And I actually found the plate rack in my laundry room when I was cleaning up.
Mom moved just a couple of things around and it made such a difference. Like the plant on top of the cabinet. She also added the plant and small roosters in the window. It looked so naked after Christmas with nothing up there.
Mama is really good with "props." She kept using this word before my housewarming party. So one of her "props" was books. Yes, she had to bring over books to fill out my bookshelf. Is that sad? I had a collection of A Light in the Attic, some Chicken Soup for the Soul and a Cocktail diary. So I guess I answered my own question. :) Believe it or not, Charlie is not a prop. That is where he sits nightly!
A good friend gave me a gift card to Target for a housewarming gift and I got my window valence for both windows, the table cloth and the center piece. It's hard to tell but it is pears and cherries. It looks really good. I'm very pleased with it. I'm still working on mom to get a new couch for her house so she can hand down the ones she has now. :)
Next is the latest in both bedrooms and hopefully the small renovation of the bathroom. Sam got me a sink and faucet for Christmas and I am having that installed soon!
