Why I haven't been painting furniture - Part One

I have two beautiful tables waiting to be painted. They're gonna look great when they're done!! But they will probably have to wait until it gets colder & not so nice outside...a luxury I can make use of thanks to the low VOC of AS Chalk Paint! Here's the first in my series of day/week trips explaining what I've been up to which doesn't include painting furniture...the first explanation comes from stunningly beautiful Newport, RI!


























Do you blame me for making the tables wait??

Stay tuned for northwest New Jersey and some gorgeous fall foliage!!

My Fall Decor...as inspired by YOU!!

I have had so much fun on Pinterest, re-pinning all the wonderful pictures from blogland. After several trips to Marshalls, the dollar store, and some great flea markets, I took a shot at achieving a look of my own. I finally had time to take some pictures today...here they are!
















Peek-a-Boo, Sydney!!



The front porch is still a work in progress, but I hope to have some pictures soon.

Thanks for your inspiration! Hope you all have a wonderful week.

Fall on the way!

Well, it was almost 80 degrees here in New Jersey, and it's actually going to be hotter tomorrow...but I'm still going to work on my fall decorating, and hope to have pictures for you soon!!

In the mean time, take a look at where I'll be getting some of my inspiration...Jess at Scarlet Begonia Vintage shows us how to throw a party with vintage Halloween embellishments...enjoy!!

True work in progress

I am not an interior decorator...no kidding!! I read the beautiful blogs of blog land, and I am inspired on a regular basis...and I have so much fun using my home as my personal styling lab! I get such a kick out of going back and looking at old photos when I had items that I loved, and was trying to use them to get the look I wanted. I'm getting close - but I have fun thinking what my rooms will look like next year...when the current pictures will be the "befores"! I thought you'd like to see the evolution, so here is my front room when I just began using flea market finds and refurbished items to decorate:









These are some picture I submitted to a contest held by Romantic Homes Magazine...I did not win :) but I had fun staging and working on the room...










...And here's what the room looks like today (next year's "before"):












My dog Sydney is usually very camera-shy, and runs whenever I try to take her picture. However, let me try to take some styling pictures, and she wants to be part of the action! Go figure...

Do your "befores" make you smile?



Have a great week!!