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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Do you love to PUTTER?

Do you love to “PUTTER” around your home, apartment or room? I do. My homestead living room is the perfect room to putter. Puttering to me is rearranging your decorating items to please your sensibilities at that moment. My circa 1796 is always easy to change things around in. Perhaps because the room's style is English Cottage. In an English home you might expect to see family treasures that have been passed down through the generations all together.

“ Puttering is really a time to be alone, to dream and get back in touch with yourself… To putter is to discover." Alexandra Stoddard

No matter what or where your personal space is, I think "puttering" is rearranging your belongings to create a space that reflects your needs and wants at that time. “

Rearranging personal mementos, creating a floral arrangement, switching lamps and art work , makes us decide on what is important to us at that time. I use a small bureau in my living room as an end table. Here I placed it in front of my window. Sometimes I use it as a nightstand.

Anywhere I place it , the bureau gives me additional storage, a great trick for small spaces where space is limited.

My collection of glass paperweights, vintage and new art pieces, sparkle with the light behind them. Old books and a ceramic piece my sister made spoke to me to be together.

So go ahead and putter. When you move your favorite things to another room or give it another purpose you appreciate and love it even more. You can always move things back where they were.

So can ahead and PUTTER!

Linking with these blogs:
Have a Daily Cup of Mrs Olson
Elizabeth & Co.
Kathe with an E
Ivy & Elephants
The Dedicated House
From my Back Porch to Yours

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Can you see me, Krumpet with all the gifts?

Mom has been wrapping all day and she is still not done! New gifts

nestle with old toys she collects...

I think I am waiting quite patiently. Blue paper for one nephew, pink for a niece. I got a new toy too!

Our tree has ornaments old and new, mostly old. Many handmade treasure from Doyle over the years.

An old fashion tree with a jumble of colors and materials works best in our living room, well that's what I was told.

Glad you could visit us, I think I am going to get another treat now,

so bye and Merry Christmas.

You should visit these great blog parties too.

Krumpet and Karen

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Book away the summer

My living room's books have company with another

dog under glass.

You may remember my dogs under glass cloche on a

silver tray on my coffee table...

This is my favorite dog figurine of all. It may be a copy of the

RCA dog.

Surrounded by paperweights, a pleasant vignette it make,

hope you enjoyed !

Karen

So excited and honored to be featured at

THE DEDICATED HOUSE.

check out her beautiful blog here: Dedicated House

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Dogs in my living room

I took some photos of the opposite wall to my living room mantle showed on my last blog post. Thank you for your kind words on my mantle of mementos.

My circa 1796 home still has many of it's original architectural features.

You can get a peak of the lovely raised panel wainscoting that I really love. It is painted a brown color, my fav go to color. Creamy white wallpaper and tapestry old Victorian couch

keep things light.

An old preschool table is my coffee table; it holds a huge silver tray and porcelain dogs.

A side view highlights wood beams, a sculpture form Rome and family photos. I prefer the contrast of dark deep tones like brown, navy blue and burgundy against creams and tans; kind of my decorating signature personally and professionally..