Welcome To My Parlor

Welcome sweet friends! I am so glad you stopped by my cottage today. I hope you all are doing well and having a lovely week. I have been wanting to add more whites and creams to our home. It is such a peaceful look. I have begun with the parlor and used things I had on hand. I made the little bird above and had the picture frame that I found years ago at at thrift shop. I used a satin ribbon to hang it from, and a flower to embellish the top. The sweet gold star is made by dear Madai.





I made a new vignette for the mantle. The old highchair is the one I shared a while back that was yellow. My dear husband painted it white for me, and I dressed my bear in a vintage girl's slip with a lace collar, and a lovely pendant made by dear Selia.



I love old things, and I love to have vignettes all through my home. Do you enjoy creating vignettes?



I covered a sofa pillow in this stripe fabric from my stash, but since I am wanting more creams and whites I redid it in a wonderful linen I also had in my stash. Do you see the lace and flower Madai had tied around the Tasha Tudor envelope? I used it to wrap around some of my old books! Thank you Madai for each sweet and thoughtful gift!



I made curtains for the library and dining room and trimmed them with lace. I will share photos of those rooms in future posts. I was so excited to find that I had exactly enough lace left over to trim this pillow! It fit perfectly without having to cut it. I was so thankful to the Lord. So many small blessings to be thankful for each day!



I embellished it with a ribbon and a vintage millinery flower.



Another vignette on the wall next to the kitchen. I like to see pretty old things mingled together. Vintage plates are wonderful to use and to decorate with.



We would love to get a cream colored slip cover for the sofa, but until then I plan on covering the pillows and making new curtains... cream linen trimmed with vintage lace and millinery flowers. I want my home to look romantic and restful. I am going to make a cover for the ottoman with gathers around the top dropping down to the floor. On the open space of wall I am keeping an eye out for a large hutch. If it is not already white or cream, dear husband will paint it for me to fill with books and other treasures.



I like to have shelves everywhere to display my vintage things. My sweet husband makes and paints them for me.



I added a few antique plates to the wall from other rooms.



And covered a pillow in a rose print fabric, that goes nicely with the Home Sweet Home pillow. I am going to cover the other two in a cream linen, and embellish with more lace. One can never have enough of lace!



I love these old baskets.



This tin pocket was in the sun porch and I brought it to the parlor, filled it with old lace I found at an estate sale years ago and a few vintage photos. I love vintage photos and often wonder about the people in them, what stories could be told!



I covered this chair with a dust ruffle I had not used in years! It has a lovely crochet lace trim and I am glad to see it put to a new use. I covered these pillows in fabric from my stash. It feels so good to be using all that pretty fabric!



Another favorite vignette on the dresser we found in Jefferson, Texas. We are still planning on painting it a creamy white. The vintage postcard is from dear Clarice. I made the poodle silhouette by painting a wood plaque, gluing on some old paper and then adding a poodle I drew and traced onto black card stock. I think it looks just like my sweet Pearl. The dried lavender and rose are from my garden.



Thank you so much for visiting me. I will share more photos as I complete my projects. Next time we will go into the sewing room. It has been freshened up, too, and my dear, sweet husband bought me a antique Singer Featherweight sewing machine. It is so cute and sews beautifully. I have been putting it to a lot of use lately and it is a little workhorse! Thank you dearest hubby!!! You are so good to me!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful end of the week and upcoming weekend! May the Lord richly bless you and may you each enjoy feathering your nests!

Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful and believe to be beautiful.
William Morris