tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53627022701438930712024-03-13T18:36:50.877-05:00White WhimsyDecorating with shades of whiteRuth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-13853963842044897122014-12-08T22:30:00.000-06:002014-12-11T18:43:10.590-06:00Christmas Around the House<div style="text-align: center;">
I love Christmas and I love decorating my home for the season. Here are a few of my Christmas decorations. There are a lot of pictures so grab a hot cocoa and enjoy.</div>
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Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and get everything you wished for. </div>
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Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-49437199592416092342014-10-04T19:16:00.002-05:002014-10-04T19:16:59.690-05:00I'm in the Spotlight<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-57424157006647681702014-10-01T12:32:00.000-05:002014-10-02T21:37:10.738-05:00Living Room ShelvesI have a love hate relationship with shelves. They <i>can</i> look beautiful and they hold lots of pretties or books, but they are difficult at times to decorate.<br />
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These shelves beside my fireplace have always been the most difficult for me to accesorize. So I picked a theme (wine) and collected everything I had around the house that had to do with wine.</div>
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I had found this wine rack at Goodwill a few weeks earlier and added the numbers to it to dress it up.</div>
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And this is what I ended up with.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by and remember to decorate with items you love. </div>
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<br />Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-20861947323307552942014-07-22T14:12:00.000-05:002014-07-22T14:12:59.352-05:0010th Anniversary of Book ClubIt is hard to believe that my book club has been meeting for 10 years. We have read many wonderful books and had many, many laughs along the way. I wanted to do something extra since it was our anniversary. Here are some of the decorations I made for the occasion. <br />
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I had a few books that we have read over the years and used them in my table centerpiece.</div>
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I wish I would have take photos before I put the candies on book pages, I think it would have looked better in the photo. But, who can resist candies?</div>
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Just for fun I selected the first lines of some of the books we had read over the years. It was fun seeing the girls trying to figure out what book they were from.</div>
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For a treat I made what my book club has named "Beach Brownies" since we made them for the fist time on a beach trip we took. To make these wonderful brownies you mix up a brownie mix according to the package, stir in coconut pecan frosting, pour in the pan and top with chocolate chips and pecans, then bake according to the package.</div>
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This is the book we read for this month. My club rated it 4.3 out of 5 stars. It's a great book!</div>
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For a little parting gift I made up these cute little book worm baggies.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by. I would love to hear what all of you have been reading this summer so feel free to leave a comment and let me know.</div>
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Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-27827955186229680512014-07-02T17:28:00.002-05:002014-07-07T17:55:28.224-05:00Coffee Bar<div style="text-align: center;">
I have always wanted a coffee bar. I have admired the many pictures of coffee bars on Pinterest and other blogs and finally decided to create my own. Here is a picture of the final project.</div>
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Here is how it started out.</div>
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I knew I wanted to paint a graphic of some sort on the top so I headed over to the <a href="http://thegraphicsfairy.com/" target="_blank">Graphic Fairy</a> blog and found this wonderful graphic. I enlarged it and traced it on the raw wood. </div>
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I had some old carbon paper that I used to trace the pattern on the wood.</div>
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I then painted the graphic a light gray color using teeny tiny brushes. The smaller the brush tip the better for this part.</div>
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I love how it turned out!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JDchqhk8thc/U7SCdUl6gwI/AAAAAAAABOY/JSYC2T270qc/s1600/DSCF3874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JDchqhk8thc/U7SCdUl6gwI/AAAAAAAABOY/JSYC2T270qc/s1600/DSCF3874.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a>Coffee anyone?</div>
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I love books! I especially love old books and when putting my mantel together I decided to use some old books I had lying around.</div>
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I especially like the cover of this Natural Music Reader book. I have had this book for a while and I don't even remember where I got it.</div>
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This picture I purchased at an antique mall last year when I traveled to Savannah, Ga. That was such a fun trip! You can<a href="http://whitewhimsy.blogspot.com/2013/08/savannah.html" target="_blank"> click here</a> to see some of the pictures I took on that trip.</div>
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You would think mantels would be any easy space to decorate but I struggle with this area of my house more than any other. I love the way it turned out, it probably has something to do with the books. It makes me want to sit down in my favorite chair and start reading.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to curl up with a good book sometime this winter.</div>
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It is always hard after the Christmas decorations go down to make my living room look as beautiful as it did in December.</div>
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But this year I had some inspiration.....a dear friend of mine gave me these cute little white bibles for my birthday and that is were this whole vignette started.</div>
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I also found this brown and black movie reel box that they used to use to mail movies in at one of the local antique shops.</div>
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The label on the end said it once had the movie Mighty Joe Young in it from 1949.</div>
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Sadly the movie reel was not still in the box, but I loved the box so much I went ahead and got it.</div>
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I added a few other elements from around my house...</div>
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such as this old postcard postmarked 1914 and....</div>
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this is what I ended up with.</div>
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I put my Christmas tree up early this year. Last year I was taking five college courses and just threw up my Christmas decorations. This year I'm not quite as busy and I really enjoyed putting up my decorations this year.</div>
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This is the first year I have used burlap ribbon on my tree. I really like the way it turned out.</div>
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Snowflakes, Snowflakes, and more Snowflakes! </div>
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I had also bought this fabulous wood piece at a garage sale a few weeks earlier that I did not know what I was going to do with, but for $5 I figured I could find a place for it later. It worked perfectly over the fireplace.<br />
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I wanted an overall neutral feel to the mantel so I just quickly placed some things I had laying around the house on the mantel to see how it would look. When I was finished I realized that almost everything I had placed on the mantel I had gotten at garage sales.<br />
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The white pedestal bowl I had gotten at a garage sale for 75 cents and spray painted white. The little bird is one of a set of two that I paid only a dollar for.<br />
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The clock face I bought at a sale for $2.00 and the silver tray I paid only 50 cents for. I was pleasantly surprised to realize it was the perfect size as a base for my cloche. I even bought the large pine cone at a garage sale, a bag of 3 for $1.00. It is amazing what you can pick up at garage sales.<br />
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And of course the crowning piece that I only paid $5.00 for. Can you believe it? When I bought this piece I had no idea what it was, I just knew I loved it. When I got home I googled the company name on the the piece and discovered it is an old stove board that was made to protect wood floors from heat damage.<br />
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Here is the finished mantel decorated with garage sale finds totaling $10.25. The pictures, cloche, and small pine cones I already had. What a deal!<br />
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This summer I spent most of my free time painting, painting, and painting some more. I have to say all the work was worth it. Out of all the projects I have done to this house none have made as big of difference as painting the trim white. It has brightened up the whole house.</div>
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I have always wanted white trim, but the task seemed daunting. This summer I summoned up all my courage and put the paint brush to the wood. The result is so worth it! The pictures don't do it justice. The difference the white trim has made in my home is amazing. </div>
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This was one of those projects that I just started in on and did not even think to take any before pictures, so here is a picture from last Christmas that shows the banister and front door before the white paint.</div>
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I was lucky enough to visit Savannah, Ga this summer and I have to say it is one of the prettiest cities I have ever seen.</div>
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This is the view just walking down the street. The trees are just breathtaking.</div>
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Not to mention all the beautiful houses.</div>
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I of course had to tour the Mercer Williams House while I was there. Unfortunately, you could not take pictures of the inside but it is gorgeous. </div>
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Here is the view from the front porch of the Mercer house, one of the many squares in Savannah.</div>
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This is the beautiful fountain in Forsyth park.</div>
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This is a beautiful church on Jekyll Island not far from Savannah.</div>
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Don't these pictures just make you swoon!?!</div>
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I have wanted to go to Savannah ever since I read the book <u>Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil</u>.<br />
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It only got better, look what was inside that beautiful package. Now if you know me you know I love keys. I did a whole post on decorating with keys. You can click<a href="http://whitewhimsy.blogspot.com/2011/08/decorating-with-old-keys.html" target="_blank"> here</a> to see that post.</div>
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Tied to the keys was a gorgeous card and on the back was written <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Keys To The Kingdom"</span> </span>and the scripture<span style="font-size: large;"> Matthew 22:37</span>.</div>
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This wonderful <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Valentine</span></span> Surprise was from my book club sister Connie. Thanks Connie, you're the best!!! I hope all of you have a <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">Happy Valentine's Day!</span></span></div>
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<br />Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-16878368990924946572012-12-19T21:17:00.000-06:002013-09-16T17:23:23.111-05:00Sally's HouseThis time of year my book club has a progressive dinner. We visit three homes, we have appetizers at one, the main course (usually soup and salad) at one, and desert at the last home. We have a blast. I wanted to share some pictures I took at our last stop of the evening, Sally's house. I confess the pictures are not the best since I took them with my phone but I wanted to share them with you.<br />
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This white door leans against the wall in Sally's dinning room. If you look close at the picture hanging on the knob you can see what the door looked like when Sally first got it.<br />
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I love this dancing snowman, he just makes me happy!</div>
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These snowmen are pretty cute too. I love how Sally added the snowballs to the display.</div>
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This is her live tree. The fragrance was wonderful.</div>
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I loved how Sally decorated her staircase railing. Can you believe there is now greenery used? It is all ribbon. Gorgeous!!!<br />
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We had an ornament exchange and here is the gorgeous ornament I received. I love my book club ladies and we always have a great time together. I just added our 2013 book list so click on the book club tab if you want to see what we will be reading next year.<br />
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You and I both know if I would have left him there I would have just gone back in a day or two to get him and bring him home. Don't you just love the little bell around his neck?<br />
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It seems like my theme this year is simple. This little wreath attached to the back of the bench is about all the Christmas decorations I have in the kitchen.<br />
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Here I am back to the simple theme. All I did here was put some candles on a tray and put garland around them and it looks beautiful. </div>
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My sweet little Ollie sitting under the tree. </div>
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I just love this little tree I picked up last year after Christmas.</div>
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This is the buffet I have upstairs in my living room. I didn't change it much from my fall decor.</div>
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As you can see I am not a chalkboard artist but that goes right along with that casual homey feel I'm going for, right?</div>
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This year I tried to take some night time shots with my Christmas lights on. This is the only picture that turned out. About three years ago I used some old sheet music and some Modge Podge to make my NOEL fit into my color scheme better. It was messy but so worth it.<br />
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There is nothing easier than putting a few picks and some Christmas balls in an urn and it always looks amazing. Oh, and see that fire I built in the fireplace? : )<br />
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<br />Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-10361182320883491522012-11-18T14:41:00.000-06:002012-11-18T14:41:38.731-06:00My White Whimsy OwlI know owls have been popular for a while now but right before Halloween this year it seemed like I was seeing them everywhere. I knew I wanted an owl to add some WHIMSY to my decor but I wanted to be able to leave it out year round if I wanted to.<br />
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Here he is on his new perch, my buffet.</div>
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<br />Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-38043437539337127472012-10-04T07:00:00.000-05:002012-11-18T14:43:16.703-06:00From Mama's PorchMy friends at From Mama's Porch are gearing up for the Kansas Barn Sale this Saturday in Heston, Kansas. It is a huge sale with lots of great hand made items and antiques. Here are just a few of the thing my friends have been working on.<br />
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Aren't these angels cute!?! Make sure you notice the details on them. I love the chain hair.</div>
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I just love that they use a lot of old elements like these when making some of their treasures.</div>
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So if you get a chance, go on out to Heston and make sure you visit Mama's Porch. You can visit the <a href="http://www.kansasbarnsale.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kansas Barn Sales blog</a> and get directions to the sale or visit them on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kansas-Barn-Sale/143612805676778?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.<br />
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<br />Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-3261728235940727282012-10-01T10:35:00.001-05:002012-11-18T14:42:16.343-06:00Quick Furniture Makeover With Spray PaintMy daughter came home from college one weekend and said I need a TV stand for my dorm room. So of course we went shopping. I have to say the choices were not good. They lacked character plus talk about expensive. We had just about given up when I remembered this little table I had down in my storage room.<br />
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This is obviously the BEFORE picture. Which I almost forgot to take.<br />
But the AFTER.......<br />
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WOW! What a difference. I just love paint. Since I knew my daughter would be taking this back with her the next day and there would not be a lot of drying time I decided to use spray paint. It worked wonderfully. I did prime the table first then sprayed on two coats of spray paint. The paint I used was Rust-oleum satin Aqua. We sprayed the handle white and ta-DA we have a cute TV stand with lots of personality for not much money.<br />
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<br />Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-34385657716261300342012-06-26T11:03:00.001-05:002012-06-26T23:22:14.488-05:00A Graduation Party And Some Technical DifficultiesI am so happy to finally be doing a post. I have missed blogging but have had some technical difficulties. I tried to do this post a month ago and was not able to because I had used all my free picture storage. I was not aware that I had a limit on picture storage so after cleaning up my Picassa account of duplicate photos I was able to add the pictures in this post. I then tried to make this post and kept getting error codes every time I tried to login to my blog. Has anyone else had similar issues? I hate to purchase additional storage if I am not always going to be able to make posts.<br />
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Now on to the fun stuff. This May my daughter graduated from high school. I had so much fun getting ready for the open house.<br />
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May favorite thing that I made for the party was this banner.</div>
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I cut the pendants out using my Cricut machine and the graduation cartridge. I then tore out pages from a paperback and glued them on the back of the pendants.</div>
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I just love the little metal clips I used to attached the pendants to the cord. I found them at Hobby Lobby.</div>
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I also cut these numbers out using my Cricut and clipped them to a cord with some black and white photos. </div>
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Her school colors were red and white so I did a fun display with candy. This was a big hit with the kids. </div>
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I also thought this was a great way to display her gown.</div>
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<br />Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-60923953406221592292012-03-28T10:22:00.005-05:002012-03-29T17:16:00.995-05:00Spring Break Down SouthI just love spring break, a timeout from the normal routine to spend with your loved ones. My family and I took a trip to Nashville, Tn. and toured some beautiful plantations. The first place we toured was the Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tn.<br />
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If any of you have read Widow Of The South, this plantation is the inspiration for that novel. I did an early post on this plantation, <a href="http://whitewhimsy.blogspot.com/2011/08/carnton-plantation.html"> click here to see it.</a><br />
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One thing all the plantations we visited had in common was a beautiful garden. Since it was March things were just starting to bloom but they were still beautiful. This pathway was in the garden. Can you imagine how beautiful it would be with the vines in full bloom?<br />
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The next place we visited was Andrew Jackson's plantation, The Hermitage, located in Nashville, TN.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The garden behind this home was beautiful.</div><br />
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All of the gardens had pathways for you to walk along and benches to sit on to enjoy the beautiful surroundings.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The final plantation we toured was Belle Meade, also located in Nashville, TN. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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This home was the largest of the three we visited. Sadly none of the homes would let you take pictures inside, but let me tell you they are beautiful.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Another beautiful garden.</div><br />
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Between Tennessee and Kansas we made a stop at the arch in St. Louis. It was such a beautiful day when we were there.<br />
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Thanks for letting me share some of my vacation photos with you. I hope all of you had a wonderful Spring Break also.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">You just can't have a spring look without bringing some outside in so I added some pots with greenery at the hearth of the fireplace.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Here is a closer look.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Of course you must add a little nest complete with eggs.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I have spring fever really bad this year. All I want to do is sit on the back porch sipping iced tea with big slices of lemon in it and maybe even a sprig of mint. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362702270143893071.post-16132858973041823622012-02-28T11:52:00.010-06:002012-03-27T01:15:24.145-05:00Craig's List Buffet Redo<div style="text-align: center;">Sorry I have been away so long. There seems to be so much to do and so little time to do it lately. I did however want to show you my latest project. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I found this wonderful buffet on Craig's list a few months ago for $80.00. Here is a picture of how it looked before the miracle of white paint.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Can you see how rough the finish was? Especially the top of the buffet. There were chips out of the top and water stains.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now here is what the buffet looks like after just one coat of paint,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">and a little sanding.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I was going for that wonderful white, chippy look. Before I put the paint on I sanded the whole piece lightly, the top I sanded a bit more to try to even it out before I painted it. I think it turned out pretty well. It was a quick, easy project. I topped it off with a burlap runner, a 3-tier plate, and a crate of silver platters. All garage sale finds I might add. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by for a visit. I am off to add some touches of spring to my decor.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course I did not have four matching silver platters so I used what I had.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I put some mercury glass candle holders in the middle of the table and done. It looked gorgeous, a lot prettier than the pictures make it look. I seem to have a real difficult time photographing my table. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">On the menu for this "fancy" meal was Stuffed Mushrooms, Chicken Breast Supreme, Asparagus, and Red Velvet Cake for desert. It was yummy! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Hope all of you have a wonderful Valentines Day and thanks for stopping by! </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Lots of Love,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ruth<br />
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