She Shed Dreams

 I so intended to create my She Shed this Summer. I envision a bright space created using recycled materials. I have been collecting antique doors and windows for the exterior for my oasis.

Creating a place fit for a queen for the day! Fresh fruit, croissants and freshly squeezed juice served on an old vintage silver tray  sounds divine.  

Mostly creams and white accented with wood tones (worn and aged, of course) will give the inside a vintage hideaway retreat. Will keep collecting antique furniture and architectural pieces and shoot for next year!

thanks for visiting!

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 from all of us at the 

Brayton Homestead

May you have a blessed holiday

tomorrow night a winner will be drawn for the jewelry giveaway

you can sign up until then,

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Karen

Plaids for decorating

Never realized I used so many plaids at Christmas,

especially in my kitchen.

and plaid-like textiles in the mudroom

plaid scarf on men's skates for the outside door... 

checks in the study

thanks for looking, hope you enjoyed and have a  Merry Christmas,

linking with these great blog parties:

  COLORADOLADY 

2805

AT THE PICKET FENCE

COMMON GROUND

FRENCH COUNTRY COTTAGE

THE CHARM OF HOME

Karen

IMAGES : all Brayton Homestead Interiors

MY OFFICE ORGANIZING: PRETTY AND PRACTICAL

How do you organize your home office? 

Is it possible to create a space that looks good and is practical?

Here is how I try to keep my things together...

In a primitive black painted cabinet in my study/ home office, I house things that are for sale on my shops and magazine photos I save for future inspiration.

this is just one storage solution I use,

always looking for other inventive ideas...

do you have any ideas to share?

LINKING WITH:

A Stroll Through Life

A Bowl Full of Lemons

 Knick of Time

Faded Charm

Savvy Southern Style

No Minimalist Here

Coloradolady

IMAGES: Brayton Homestead Interiors

lovely daisies

daisies~ quintessentially summer

forever youthful... 

which brings me to good news,

a new baby in the family...

my nephew and his wife are expecting their 1st child,

so exciting,

I had posted about there wedding...

babies, daisies, summer

all so lovely and renewing

Thanks for visiting!

Linking with:

COMMON GROUND

COUNTRY FRENCH COTTAGE

THE CHARM OF HOME

and

WHITE IRONSTONE COTTAGE

chippy homestead whites

Chippy Homestead Whites

what it is about white that creates so much

TEXTURE and even COLOR?

 Celebrating that I am done painting my kitchen brick! yeah!

and linking with White Wednesday and Vintage Thingie Thursday
with my collage

Image: Brayton Homestead Interiors
corbels in my kitchen

worn and white

With all these wonderful worn White cloth doll bodies you must have guessed

that it is Faded Charm's

WHITE WEDNESDAY

these charmers sit in my personal home office

and represent my closest family members

this is my blue eyed son

DOYLE

I purchased the 3 muslin dolls on Ebay and intended to make Santas but just loved them as they were; they are my Mom and two wonderful sisters. Big hazel eyed doll, is my twin brother...

and yes, the zany blue eyed brunette is me!

Have a wonderful week!

Images: Brayton Homestead Interiors

BARN CHICK ALERT- 1 week

Hurry

BARN CHICKS

Next Friday is the

BARN CHICK BLOCK PARTY!

(Last two pics taken at my homestead)

Images: google, Brayton Homestead Interiors 2 & 3

Shadow Sunday

I joined Shadow Sunday with Hey Harriet- always inspired by Lisa's Retrostyle photos.

It looks like the side of a barn ~ but it is really the clapboard on my house ~ aging nicely.
Image: Brayton Homestead Interiors

vintage barns~ White Wednesday

I love vintage barns and I love weddings.

What it is about an old crumbly barn

and new vows of a wedding that go so well together?

Crackling paint mixed with the perfect amount of rust create a

wonderful barn door in my town of Somerset, Massachusetts.

You may remember a post where my twin brother was married

in a gorgeous barn converted into a restaurant.

I always loved barns but more so with the Brayton Homestead,
circa 1796, that had a barn~ long since gone...

and thank you FabricatedFamily

for including my Moroccan slippers in your etsy treasury.

and this is my first time participating in Faded Charm's White Wednesday.

Images: 1 google, Brayton Homestead Interiors 2-4

golden glow

Victorian 3D vintage postcard of mischievous kittens

scalloped edge vase vintage yellow

lovely ceramic vintage pie plate bursting with peonies.

all just listed on my shop

VINTAGEDCHIC

thanks for looking.

Images: Brayton Homestead Interiors / vintagedchic

must see Christmas displays

A sea of Pointsettias- a sight to behold

to the Christmas farm we traveled

it wasn't even cold...

My dear sister Aggie, Krumpet and I

shopped for some gifts

when what did we spy...

architectural salvage and vintage

oh my!

Of course there was giftware

and thus we did shop...

but a day with my sister was the best gift of all.

IMAGES: All by Brayton Homestead Interiors

Fall Apples

Sitting on top a vintage mirror

sits my fall apple kitchen centerpiece ~

a chippy old basket lined with red checked napkins

holding a bounty of glittery apples ......

Of course, there had to be freshly baked

chocolate chip cookies

to celebrate....

Peak past the basket
hydrangeas are drying nicely from summer
vintage needlepoint

and a lovely pillow from Petit Coterie

rest on a handpainted bench used to stay toasty
near my 213 year old kitchen fireplace...

ENJOY

Images: Brayton Homestead Interiors