Country Living Fair finds adorn my Guest Bathroom

I have posted pictures of my guest bathroom before but I wanted to share two items that I purchased at the Country Living Fair and added to the room. This small bathroom was originally the bourning room when the house, the Brayton Homestead, was built in 1796. 

The fair was so fantastic!  I have not stopped thinking about all the lovely antiques, jewelry and crafts I bought and all the incredible things I did not. A black lidded mason jar soap dispenser completed a long search for just the right vessel for my favorite ginger hand soap and there it was at the fair.   

Behind the doors on the right are a washer and dryer with shelves above; so easy to get laundry done. Another shutter door hides a shower. The bathroom project came out better than I expected and offers so many uses. 

Has been a few months since the CL Fair and getting things placed. The black and white hide was the other new addition to the room from the fair.

Louver shutters are repeated on the windows, top and bottom. They offer many configurations for season and light changes. I like to use shutters  on client work for that same reason. Will share more finds from the Country Living Fair. Enjoy and thanks for visiting!

Karen

Thank you for visiting the Homestead,

Karen

I'm making homemade lip gloss, you must try it

I have made my own lip gloss and it was fun .I got the idea from Pinterest: it was surprisingly simple.

It starts with a bit of left over red lipstick, the piece that is always in the bottom of the metal tube that you cannot get out. The color looks deep and dense but it goes on to make a stained look, very natural.

I took a tube of Vaseline and squeezed half of it in a small ramekin. Add to that the lipstick of your choice. I used only a half an inch of the red lipstick. Put it in the microwave to melt together. To be cautious I kept melting it at 15 second intervals and mixed each time. One minute and 15 seconds was all it took.

I placed the gloss in a clean mini  mint container. So pleased! Not only does the Vaseline work wonders on winter dry lips but is has a lovely reddish tone as well. I hope to find  some pretty new containers and make some for friends, but will of course use a new tube of lipstick.

Try  making some yourself and let me know how you liked it,

thanks,

Linking with:

How Sweet the Sound

Common Ground

Cozy Little House

Savvy Southern Style

Karen

Soap Dispenser Revealed

Summer flowers always dress up my guest bathroom with just the right amount of color.

Blue hydrangeas, correopsis, beach roses and a butterfly bush's blossom happily adorn a handmade stone

countertop. Do you remember a post awhile about my inability to select a soap dispenser for my guest bathroom?

here: http://braytonhomesteadinteriors.blogspot.com/search?q=soap+dispenser

 Yes, I finally selected one, do you like it?

 I like the way the dispenser compliments the antique pitcher and bowl my mother gave me, but it is new so functions well... 

Yeah, I think the room might finally be done...

Well, not really. Decorating any room is never finished, isn't that the fun of it?

I am so thrilled to have my vintage PIANO BABY from my Brayton Cottage shop

featured in Debra's fantastic Monday Marketplace weekly post at

COMMON GROUND

Karen

SHOPPING IN PARIS

Dreaming of shopping in Paris this summer. Been  a while since I have been. 

My new .com shop will be opening soon and I need to fill it up with French treasures...

would be walking around France as a free spirit with pink hair, 

really, 10 years younger and I would...

returning at he end of the day of shopping to my oh so chic~ decorated Paris apartment

by me of course...

with a handful of fresh flowers

and my Krumpet waiting for me, of course

stay tuned for

BRAYTONCOTTAGE.COM

linking with Marty @ A Stroll Thru Life

French Country Cottage

and

Common Ground

thanks, 

Karen

Old mill transformation

A lovely old cider mill transformed into a glorious living space. Hand rubbed greyish pink walls are the perfect background for the large Art Deco style round mirror. A slight touch of the Christmas holiday graces the back original stone walls of the bedroom, a single strand of greenery. Minimalist at it 's finest!

Karen

another era

Sometimes I think that I should have been born in

another era.

the ruffles, the hats, the attitude...

where bathing was an art form and a luxury

is this tub in the middle of the room not amazing?

Lovely screens awaited to

envelop you while you dressed...

and you could escape in the images of far away lands...

Please enjoy, Karen

Linked to White Wednesday at Faded Charm, Vintage Thingie Thursday at Colorado Lady, Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground- check them out!

IMAGES: Brayton Homestead Interiors, 1 , 3 & 4 taken at antique shops, Colonial East 2 -post from blog archive

my guest bath

Come on in so I can show you around my guest bathroom. Putting a bathroom in a house built in 1796 is not an easy task. Originally, the Homestead had no bathrooms, enough of that...

No really, please come in. It is not very big, but it is bigger than it appears. Originally this room was called the "BOURNING ROOM". Yes, a room to deliver children in. Isn't that incredible?

The louver doors to the right open to a washer and dryer with shelves above. Another door near it opens to a shower. All tucked away to look old but very convenient. The floor is classic small black and white check ceramic tiles and the wallpaper is by Erica Wilson, one of her beautiful needlepoint's.

To the left are shutters that open to the sun. The white flowers grow wild in my yard, I just love them! Still around since college is the white plaster sculpture I made, and I still love it too...

thank you for coming by,

Karen

Linked to:

White Wednesday at Faded Charm

Vintage Thingie Thursday at Coloradolady

Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

You should check out all of these lovely blogs!

enjoy,

Karen

IMAGES: all Brayton Homestead Interiors originals

Magnolia Pearl

Charles and I , my son Doyle and his lovely girlfriend Ivy, spent a wonderful afternoon at a outdoor party. Wonderful company, ideal fall weather, tasty food, and enjoyable music made it a perfect day. I wish to be dressed in these bloomers from Magnolia Pearl when I attend another get together.

The style of Magnolia Pearl, owned by Robin Brown, is breathtaking! Revel in this bathroom.
Entering her space is like entering an "Enchanted World".

Some friends and family might argue that I already live in an enchanted world. Yes, life at the historic homestead is a different way of life, almost eccentric, more another time...

Oh, what color bloomers to pick?

Robin Brown could be considered a Barn Chick. Here she is photographed leaving her wedding!

I admire how she does everything. I hope you will join me for the BARN CHICK PARTY on October 8th being guest hosted by Julie Marie at Idllyhours. And party back here on November 10th.

It is so good to have met all my blogging friends. Robin, in center, embodies the sentiment of friendship here with hers gals. I bet they have a blast. Did I mention I love the floppy hat...