Weekly Finds

This weekend I found new pillows for the sofa on the sun porch.

This sofa was the one my mother had in her living room and when we took over the house I thought it would be great on our sun porch.  I panted the trim of the room yellow and my plan is to have a Mary Engelbreit inspired sunny room when I am finished.  I think these pillows are a fun improvement to what I had before.

I love the colors and texture of these pillows and I think they look great with the sofa.  The sofa in real life is a deep red color even though it is photographing more pink.

I will be so excited when we get the new shades for the room.

Speaking of shades, the husband hung lots of window treatments this weekend.  Let's start in the kitchen.  Here is the kitchen sink area before curtains.

And now...

Much better.  I got the idea for these curtains from my sister.  She has one like this in her laundry room.  I ordered this one and ones for the bathrooms from Target.

It is amazing how a window treatment can complete a space.

Happy Tuesday friends!!

Weekend Recap

I left the house three whole times this weekend!  In case you didn't know, I am recovering from a little surgery, so leaving the house three whole times is big right now.  I am not even allowed to drive yet.

Saturday the sweet husband took me to Bed, Bath and Beyond so I could get a few curtain rods so he could hang the rest of the curtains I purchased.  He had fun hanging curtains this weekend, I am sure of it.  Thank you handsome husband.

The curtains went up this weekend in the bathrooms, master bedroom, and the kitchen.  You will see more pictures as the week goes on.

Sunday I rode with the husband to pick up dry cleaning and run to Walgreen's.  It is kind of sad to blog a picture of surgical gauze, but hey that's what's going on here right now.

Later on Sunday my dear friend Rebecca was running some errands and she was kind enough to come pick me up to go with her.  We went to...wait for it...Bed, Bath and Beyond!!  I am not particular right now.  When you cannot drive and it is a pretty day, revisiting the same store still sounds like a heck of a deal.  And I found a few other items.  I do love to shop.

My other big news for the weekend was that my new phone arrived.

I really like the Vera Bradley case I ordered and I don't know how I worked out for both packages to arrive on the same day, but I will go with it.  I am excited to not have to talk on the phone on speaker anymore.  Yay!!

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is going on right now. If you have never had the pleasure of heading out to Rodeo Houston you are missing out.  It is pretty awesome.  Last year I didn't go to the rodeo very much and I was okay with that.  This year I would love to go; I think it has a lot to do with not being able to go.  So, I am living my Rodeo Houston 2013 vicariously through my sister-in-law.

The gorgeous SIL Dawn and my handsome nephew Jett.

Jett rode in the mutton busting competition.  Yes, I missed it.  :(

Jill and Dawn

Have a drink for me ladies.

Sammy has been hanging out with me a lot while I rest and recover.

 
She had a very deep discussion with her new penguin this weekend.

Trixie has also been providing TLC.

That is when she is not trying to dine on the constant buffet of flowers.

These are from my friend Liz.  I wonder how she knew I liked daisies.  Hmm...

I hope you had a wonderful and more eventful weekend!  :)

Have a great week!

Dining Room Before and After

I am happy to say the dining room is complete...okay there are still some small things I want to do in here decorating wise, but the big things are finished. There was not a lot of work to be done in here, but the updated paint color and new window treatments really make a huge difference.

I realize now that I didn't take very good before pictures of most of our rooms. Oops. If I could go back and do it again...wait I don't want to go back. I will just do it better next time.  Lesson learned.



This wonderful furniture and rug have been in my family for years.  My mother's mother made the original purchase.  And I added a couple of pieces that were not here before.

All in all I love the way the wood (floors, furniture, trim) work with this updated cranberry color.  I relocated this gold circular mirror from the living room.  I love it in the dining room.

This antique secretary makes a great cabinet for crystal.  Currently it is holding three generations worth...mine, some of my mother's and some of both of my grandmothers'. 

I am very sentimental about all of the pieces in this room.  I absolutely love having dinner parties in here.

I found my candle centerpieces and the drapes at Pier 1.  The drapery rods and tie backs I picked up at Bed, Bath and Beyond; and the paint is Sherwin Williams.  I would still like some tall thin lamps for the side board to complete the room.

I think this transformation is kind of wow, so I am linking up over at Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays.



There was only one photo bomb committed during the picture taking for this post.  :)

Hi Bird!

Have a lovely Wednesday!!