Mini Home Tour

 

o excited to join in the fun today!!~ I decided to link my home tour.  You can get a feel for who we are and what we like!~ We like Old things with lots of history.  My blog is a little bit of everything, from family, home design, inspiration and FUN!!~ So please follow me and I will follow you....this is AWesome!~ and thanks to the hosts for this creative Meme!~ Please go check out some more.
Home exterior with custom made wood shutters.....I will take some more pics in the Spring when we have green grass and flowers..........

 Welcome to my home tour......Our home is very reflective of who we are and what we like. We have unique finds that we have sought out at antique stores and Ebay. We seem to be attracted to things with arches and curves and that represent the catholic religion.  Several years ago after visiting Arizona and touring a mission, we became very inspired and influenced with the Spanish arts.  We never tire of them and they make for awesome conversation pieces.  So kick off your shoes and stay awhile~~! And thanks for visiting.....

Welcome to our Home...we are sure glad you stopped by as we love to entertain and have out of town company...First thing you will notice is the stained glass antique church window.  It is over 100 years old and came out of a church from Upstate New York.  We where very excited to find this and knew it would look perfect there!

Still cold outside come in hurry up!!~

 

My walls are really not this yellow...I have a cheapo kodak easyshare and I am requesting a new camera for my birthday hint, hint hint...Mom!~ Mike, anyone.......the wall color is called butter by restoration hardware and it truly looks like a warm butter color in person....

This view is from the inside looking to the front door.  You will see some old Spanish art above the door.  That was a great find on Ebay and is an old painting from a Spanish artist.



Alert message now, I am not a minimalist....................

This is our little hallway off to the right side when you enter the home.  We found a perfect place for our Spanish Retablo.  A Retablo better known as Laminas is in translation "behind the altar".  In Spanish history it represents the heart and soul of traditional religious beliefs in the 17th, 18th and 19th century. Beautiful piece of art work.  We found a tin shelf to put under it, and light the candles on occasion...really looks pretty at night.

Before you tuck away for the night, stop by the RetABlo and say your prayers or make a wish..........

Next stop guest room, always room for guests!~ The furniture was a cream white, and I painted it black. I found some pretty bedding at World Market and some pretty pillows.  Very comfy room, funny I have guests often!!~SOme of my friends actually joke around and say they want a big girl sleep over party!!

 

Sure hope those candles sconces never fall on anyone's head!!~

Small guest bath with pretty tile, that I wanted to keep open.  I also found these tie curtains at World market.


 Some men have actually untied the other side of the curtain because they did not know what to do lol!!~ DUH there is a clear liner right there.......just slide it over.

Pretty paper Spanish Art we purchased in Arizona.  My husband made the frames, and they are really pretty. Not easy to photograph so sorry for the pic, it really is a small space.

Note to oneself, when husband is doing project big or small, leave the house!~ This was not as easy as it looked!

Now off to the fun part.......................

Our home is an open floor plan which we love.  We actually purchased our home without ever stepping foot in it....yes it is true we only looked through the windows and loved it.  That will be another topic down the road. To the left as you enter, once occupied a dining room...we decided we like to have fun ( well I decided) husband totally agreed, and we did away with the formal DR and made an old English pub room.  My husband did the tin ceiling himself, and we ordered the pub off of Ebay..We have created wonderful memories thus far and anticipate more to come.  We love to play games here, like block head, sherades, and catch phrase.....My husband has an extensive collection of old bar ware, from the 30's to 50's era. More conversation pieces for sure!

Right now I am getting in Spring mode.  I love mixing warm colors in my home.  I kept the wall color a simple warm butter that way I can mix accessories and they will never clash....

I love to change up my mantel seasonally.  I do not think my husband is ever that thrilled, but he bites his tongue as he knows it always goes back to his liking.......
As you can see this is where a TV was suppose to be.  We both agreed we would not like that and put a candelier, that was an anniversary gift, along with a mirror I just purchased and stained to cover the outlets...it looks pretty in person.

This is the room as a whole.  The ceilings are 24ft high.  Not always the easiest to create a warm feeling.  First thing I did was have custom made drapes.  I purchased the fabric on my own to cut costs, bought the medallions at Walmart as they where very pretty and very reasonable compared to the high end catalogs.  These drapes make the room and I can never picture anything else. Hard to see the pattern but they are a paisley print with green, yellow gold, red, very subtle.

Now onto the kitchen......this was the one space we could see well through the windows remember I mentioned we never stepped foot in...lol....we love the wood cabinets with the two tone molding and rustic feeling.  The builder did an awesome job with choosing granite and the harlequin pattern back splash....I really do not think I could have done better with that. I love having windows above my sink...come Spring I see all kinds of beautiful nature as the woods are behind our home.

ALthough, not the largest kitchen, it certainly suits our family well.  The center island is wonderful for entertaining and having food placement.

The laundry room is off my kitchen.  I recently did away with my rooster kitchen, and my laundry room home of the roosters!!~ It worked out perfect.  I tatouged the laundry room, an artist actually does replicas of her work on a transfer...very easy to apply. I did vines and jasmine.  It truly looks hand painted and gives it a little life in there...I love to do laundry, so we may as well be a little happy in there.  These little stools where black.  I just painted them barnyard red and distressed them....really perked them up.

This space is my most recent change.....I went from roosters to poppies and I must say they are a refreshing change.  So happy and colorful.......This picture was taken when the sun was starting to set.....

 

I also brought in some cobalt blue color, which I am really loving!!~ I had this vase for very long time, and one day dug it out, that is when my entire inspiration began.......

Here I brought it to the other side as well, to balance the room and have a flow of color....I was lucky enough to find almost the same pattern as the vase......

Here are some more pops of cobalt as well.  I just found this cloche for a great price $15.00....I love it!  The chalkboard is a recent find too...that is more of a greenish color, which balances well with my kitchen set
which is a distressed green with yellow seat cushions....

Come Spring and Summer by back yard is plush green with all the trees...it serves as an awesome backdrop and canopy over the patio.  Although much work, I still enjoy it.  For that reason I chose not to have window treatments over here, privacy is not an issue. And we see some beautiful nature....we have a family of deer that visit often last we counted seven of them!~

My husband is working on some wood beams for this room...I think it will look awesome.  I may have to do away with the bon appetit once they are up...but not sure yet.......Thanks again for stopping over.  This of course is only a partial tour...the only rooms I chose to clean today to show y'all!!~ LOL.....You have motivated me to do the others and perhaps on the next tour I will join in:)  Thank you to Transforming home for this awesome opportunity for me to share my home.  I feel like since I have been blogging I have only given tidbits....I have spent a year on RMS so I guess I was homed out LOL!!~

  Here is a pic from last summer, you can see all the trees, and of course a little rooster, and rooster curtains......Once Spring Hits I will really love the green backdrop with the poppies.....