The story of Abbey road......

I was totally serious when I told you my husband likes to partake in the decorating of the house.

He has a very good eye for things.  Fortunately we both like the same things, and most of the time agree.

We had this one piece in our Family room, that no longer fit in the whole Old World Motif.

It looked good, but just did not fit in.

So the hubster being the ebayer that he is, set out to find something cool.

That he did!

A little difficult to find a whole lotta history on this piece. But  Mike managed to find some.  We do know for certain it is predated before 1910. It's orignial owner was a liquor store in Decanter England.

The first night Mike saw this piece on Ebay, he went to bed, dreaming of it...I am serious too. He said I love it, but I know I can't get it, because it was WAYYYYYYY out of our price range. Being the house manager I am, I said you are right we can't!!~

The interesting part is that ebay offered a buy it now, or MAKE me an offer.

So I said to Mike the next day.  Make an offer at half price. You have nothing to lose.

He did believe there would be NO way, they would accept.

So that night we went out to eat, and I was checking my email, and said to MIke, guess WHAT?

You have yourself a cool OLD sign!

Ecstatic to say the least!

So my advise is to you, take a chance, ask, you never do know!

After the piece was up, Mike felt it was missing just one more touch!

He found these very cool horse brasses on a leather strap.  Perfect touch!

So that is our story and a lot more history to add to our ever growing collections.

Oh this was the piece that used to be there.....

You see the piece behind the couch.

I will be joining Susan for her MM party.
also Joining DIY
Amaze me Monday 
Kim's Boring to Better party 

See you newbies and regulars tomorrow for the very first newbie party in blogland.

And you still have a couple of days to get in on the Scentsy giveaway.
Newbie Link up party has started, please read the criteria and guidelines HERE
This party will be every Monday.

GARAGE SALEN PARTY ON! Lions, Tigers, and witches oh my....

Today I was decorating outside for Halloween.  I kept thinking of the Wizard of Oz...as my porch theme seems to be going a little witchy.
First let me take you back to a table from the summer time, you will  recall I bought it from the thrift store.

 Remember how hideous this was???

 then I created this little magic...sprayed blue, modge podged the top....enjoyed it for the summer time...but had something different in mind for Fall and Winter.

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 Took some major scraping to get all that modge podge off........as you can see it is in rough shape...what do you want for $6.00??

 Started the process, first spray painted, then I bought the Valspar glaze in my color choice and started painting it on. This was my first time. It was fun, and I can see why Kim my buddy from Savvy Southerner like's it so much. Easy to work with too.

 Oh and here is my score for the day...these skeleton votives for .50 cents each at our local thrift store.
I look forward to seeing your scores this week as always. As you can see I really did not show you the porch in full...more to come on that, still working on it.

Link will be up tomorrow some time......see you then.
Joining Cindy from My Romantic Home
Holly for Tickled pink...go check her out!!~ Awesome bloggette!
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Old WoRLD Meets NEw WoRLD

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I have been busy rearranging and adding some new bright colors for Spring and Summer into my Family Room.  Our Family room has been a bit of a challenge to decorate.  With 24ft. ceilings, it is not always easy to achieve a warm space.  We love Old World style and have spent the last four years antiquing and finding unique items to add to our home.  The Church window is 100 years old and came from a church in Upstate New York.  We found it in  an old restoration antique store in the Charlotte area.  It was the perfect addition to the space. My Mantel has also been a challenge.  The open space was suppose to be occupied by a TV.  We added a candelier  which we where given for our 10 year anniversary 5 years ago.....old mantel clock, paired up with some old books,  completed the Old World style as well.  On top of our entertainment center is a combination of Old and New.  The old wooden sign is from a local state park, that too we found at a local antique store,  in fact it was not for sale.....they did however, sell it to us for $60.00 and we could not be happier, as it points to our woods and reads Chester Lookout tower report woods Fire here......and has the arrow pointing the the woods.  Hope you Enjoy our Family room as much as we do.  The style may not be the norm for everyone...but then again, we are not the NORM, lol, so it is fitting for us!~

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