More Christmas House & My Give-Away!

Can you believe it is 3 days until Christmas???

Are you ready?

I'm done buying, but still making!

You still have time to enter my Christmas Give-Away. 

If you'd like my holiday cone just comment on this post!

On with my Christmas house tour.

Today I'm showing you our master bedroom.

 

Until Santa drops a big pile of Bella Norte under my tree I'll be settling with old chenille & muslin pillow cases.

Family photos are so important to me. If there's ever a fire I'd grab my pictures second.

I turned an old child's apron into a pouch for the top of my bed. 

My Mothers baby shoes & other treasures in a bowl.

 

A pair of beautiful old stockings. 

 I started collecting them a couple of years ago, I'm up to 3 pairs!

 

Our wonderful secretary was a gift from my dear friend Judy. It was her Mother's & no one wanted it, can you imagine! 

 She is a precious friend to me & a surrogate Grandmother to my kids.

My Grandmothers high school portrait, her bible & one of my altered books.

 

I found the old violin & painted it white after seeing one last year at Ann's house.

The old french music card is from Corey Amaro, I had the pleasure of meeting her one year at Marburger.

This area off the bedroom is actually our back porch.

Since it's a covered porch I was able to hang a curtain rod & create a tiny room.

The kitchen window looks out onto the porch, so at night it's really magical!

This is our bathroom. I'll bet your thinking

 'gosh this girl is always showing the toilet'!

My house isn't that big tho so I have to take advantage of every inch of space.

 

The picture above was taken at 6am so the lighting is weird.

I swiped this picture from Lori's blog.

Thanks Lori!

The crocheted valance came from Warrenton last year.

 

Clutter.

The hanging cabinet cards was an idea I got from Tina.

 

Another collection, white beaded bags.

This is a wall in the toilet closet.

I used to sell real estate & they really call it a toilet closet!

 

 

Tomorrow I'll finish up the house tour & announce the winner of my Christmas give-away. 

 I was going to draw the name on Christmas Eve, but I kind of have a feeling we won't be blogging that day!

 

Last week Lily & her pal Caralyn (Cami's Grand) went to

Jennifer Babcock's mini art event,

Christma - licous!

They're starting their own junior art posse!

It was a really sweet day. They made crowns, pink trees & a bracelet that Lily is modeling.

I think she may have a future in game show modeling.

Tuesday night I hosted a little craft night get together with some friends.

I made massive sugar cookies & goodie bags.

 

These clay ornaments are all over Pinterest, they were very easy!

Cami & Jenny,

Charlene & Jan,

Cami, Cindy & Melissa laughing at one of Nicki's jokes.

We didn't make much art but we polished off some wine!

Charlene used some of my findings & whipped up an amazing necklace in about 30 minutes. 

 

 

I have been so inspired by every ones blogs this season.

So many beautiful homes!! I will be joining Debra's party Friday to see more!

Happy Holidays!

Bedroom Reveal - Take 2

Yesterday I labored over this post for nearly 5 hours.

Then when I hit publish, only 1/4 of it uploaded!

I was edited by blogger!!!!

I almost cried, oh well.

I'll try it again, but if it doesn't work you'll just have to come to my house to see it.

When we moved in 2 years ago this place was filled with all of the lovely features of a  typical 80's house. Slowly we've updated & made it our own. 

All except for our bedroom.

It was 'no mans land', filled with laundry baskets, soccer gear, stacks of magazines & anything that didn't fit in the rest of the house. I dreamed of having a beautiful cozy room where Kevin & I could escape at the end of a crazy day.

Here is the before.

Popcorn ceilings, plastic dental crown molding...

& Hollywood lights!

Even this patio got a little make-over!

The theme of our master retreat is

white winter wonderland!

Here's the patio after.

The desk was a cast off from my SIL, I spray painted over old lace for a cool effect on the drawers.

 By hanging drop cloth curtains from the ceiling, we created a magical little sitting room.

It's so pretty at night.

 The view from our kitchen window.

Inside the french doors is our new master bedroom.

I wanted to fill it with everything I love,

totally kid 'un-friendly'!

Those little monsters still managed to make their mark!

LOL

We're on a tight budget so most of what you see I already had, or pulled from my attic hoard.

Two new additions were this amazing secretary given to me by my dear friend Judy. The damask tufted slipper chair came from my favorite thrift store....$30!

 My pretty Grandma.

I have a total infatuation with deer & antlers these days.

In a perfect world I'd have custom bedding from Sweet Pea Gloria. But it's not, so I plan on making my own. Until then, I'm using some pretty vintage bedspreads.

 No more popcorn, no more molding.

Yeah!!

It took quite awhile to scrap & re -texture. Then we painted the walls 'Manchester Tan' by Benjamin Moore.

Now for the bathroom.

This was fun, I couldn't wait to rip out those awful lights & mammoth mirror.

 The gorgeous lace valence came from Warrenton,

it's strung up 'Bolton' style.

 My sweet friend Pat (dumpster diver extraordinaire) sold me this cabinet for my toilet closet. 

 It looks perfect, don't you think?

 Vintage Neiman Marcus apothecary filled with egg soaps from Dawn's shop.

Over the months I relied heavily on the talent of my dear friend & long distance decorator Ann.

This would be a great show for HGTV,

Remote Design.

Maybe Joan Steffend would host it!

Sketches Ann emailed sometime in November!

Great design, huh?

Just a couple more pictures, I promise!

 The cone was my Christmas gift to myself. It came from the holiday open house at the Tin Rabbit .

 The peat pot was a gift from Dawn.

 A love letter to 'darling big' written by my Grandmother in 1935.

An ironstone bowl filled with some favorite things, including a beautiful Madonna ATC from my far away friend Dorthe.

 My patio recliner piled high with linens & an honest to goodness 'Sissie Pillow'!

Well friends, that's it.

It took almost a year to finish, & nearly that long to blog about it!

I'm linking up with Debra's blog party Vintage Inspiration Friday.

Tonight is New Years Eve, we will be watching the ball drop from our safe warm house.

Thank you for a great year filled with friendship & inspiration.

Can't wait to see what 2011 has in store for us all.

~Lisa