The dollhouse has been decorated for Christmas. I look forward to starting some renovations this winter. I’m slowly feeling better, thank goodness, but Don is about 2 days behind me in the recovery process. Today I am wrapping presents, listening to some Christmas music and enjoying our home. What are you doing today?
Lampshades, Dollhouse and a Cold
The dreaded seasonal cold/sinus thing has hit me and I’m not happy. There is some shopping yet to be done and what am I doing? Sitting here wrapped in a shawl, blowing my nose. I insist that this thing leave my body within 24 hours – preferably sooner.
Thank you for all the wonderful comments on our Christmas Tree. As I write this post, I am gazing upon our pretty tree. I love it. Oh, and I’m sorry that many of you tried to get the bottlebrush wreaths at Big Lots to no avail. I guess I am one of the few that found a Big Lots with some still on the floor – perhaps my neighbors don’t fully appreciate the beauty of these babies?
When I scurried out to Target on Sunday to get more lights for the tree, I found the perfect shade for the parakeet lamp. Yes, I know I said that I had found the perfect shade before, but I was apparently mistaken. This is the perfect shade.
It is such a pretty, soft shade of gray. Thank you, Rachel Ashwell, for your Simply Shabby Chic line.
Perfect. And it allows for a bigger light bulb. The other would only fit over one of those pointy chandelier lights that get too hot. This one works with a regular old light bulb.
The warm, cozy light that comes from little lamps placed around a room is one of my favorite things.
The dollhouse has been temporarily moved to the top of the music cabinet. And now my husband is thinking we should use the dollhouse table as our coffee table here in the den. It does look nice there. That means we have to begin another dollhouse table search. Though nothing has been done yet to renovate the dollhouse, some Christmas decorating has been happening:
Oh yes, that is Paul McCartney looking out the window. Don thought Sir Paul should pay a holiday visit to the dollhouse. Maybe he’ll play us a tune or two.
A Perfect Perch for the Dollhouse
You remember my dollhouse? Well, it has been sitting on the floor of the den since my husband brought it home for me while I was still in San Diego. It needs to be placed on a table and I’ve been looking for one since July. I had three requirements: it had to be vintage, not too tall, and cheap. I’ve looked and looked. I saw tables that were too high, too low, too narrow, too deep, too ugly, too expensive…you get the picture.
Monday found my husband and I meeting at one of our favorite multi-dealer antique stores. I was, of course, still looking for a bookcase (no luck there) and a table. We searched all through the lower floor and then went upstairs. I tend to linger a bit longer in each booth, pouring through everything. Husband can get a little impatient. So he said “I’ll look around over there and see if I can find anything.” Okay.
Later, he signaled to me. “Honey, I think there’s something over here that might work.” Darned if he hadn’t found the perfect piece.
This chippy coffee table was piled high with other items for sale and when we cleared everything off, we saw that the price had been marked down. To $10.50. Yes, I cannot tell a lie. In fact, we kept looking at the price tag to make sure we weren’t reading the darn thing wrong. $10.50! It was solid and strong and perfect. Why it was marked down so low, I have no idea. Even the manager of the shop was amazed. We scurried out of there, table in tow. Score a big one for my husband!
Slightly chippy perfection.
Oh my gosh, perfect!
And it matches my television cabinet (bought for $5.00 at auction last year; I painted it, aged it and added new glass knobs.) Pardon the boxes under the table: they are full of furniture and fun things for the dollhouse.
So: Dollhouse – $35.00. Table – $10.50. Oh, I love a good deal! And that husband of mine has a good eye, doesn’t he?
I’m linking to Furniture Feature Friday at Miss Mustard Seed’s blog.
