Simple Christmas vignette with some childhood memories...

A number of you saw my post about my bookshelves a few months back.  The chairs on the wall got a number of comments, so I thought I would share my little chairs all  ready for the holidays!

I am also very excited that with a little help from all you wonderful bloggers out there I figured out how to do a header really easy!!  Just made up a collage in Picnik and somehow!!  got it on my blog.  A tweak here and a tweak there,,,I think it worked pretty good!

This  candle with the angels is  a small sample of a Christmas pyramid. The Christmas pyramid is a German, Weihnachtspyramide and has its roots in the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) of Germany.  It is a kind of carousel with several different levels.  The spinning motion of the pyramids is traditionally achieved with the help of candles whose rising heat spins a propeller above.  I remember one of these at my Grandparents house and it was always fun to watch the candles glow and the little propeller at the top spin around and you would hear a  little tinking  noise when the angels would touch the little chime.

Well, when Darrell and I were on our honeymoon over 26 years ago, we came across a store on Granville Island in Vancouver that had a whole display of these cute little pyramids.  I didn't hesitate to buy one for me and one for my brother as well.  I don't know whatever became of Grandpa and Grandma's and it would be so cool to have that one on display....but our little Christmas pyramid ( which has lovingly been named "Tink") is always one of my favorite things to unpack from the Christmas boxes.

Now onto the little golden bird clip that is at the top of the mini Christmas tree.  This is one of the few things Darrell has from his Christmas pasts....it is a vintage ornament from his Grandma's.  The clip is just barely hanging on, but it lovingly gets put out every year as well.  I kinda like the new little spot he is perched from this year.

I love this soft shade of green that sparkles in the candle light.

 How about you....do you have some special keepsake ornaments?

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Thanks to Debbie for hosting this great party!!  I think it is a fun idea and will turn out to be very inspirational for all of us DIYers!!

"Style at Home" has given me alot of inspiration!

It is one of my favorite magazines

Our living room had one very blank wall!!   It just lacked some structure and detail.  I was sitting on the couch directly looking at the "blank,boring wall.... .when this picture just hit me like a ton of bricks!!

"We could do this, I thought to myself!!

The wall is just about the same size as the wall I am staring at!

Have always wanted a fireplace,, and the little windows would bring

more light into the living room....hmmm wonder what Darrell would say?"

Well after measuring and seeing how similar the floor plan in the magazine was to our living room, we got to work!  The little windows were ordered, we started looking for a fireplace and I began to dream about having a mantel to decorate at Christmas time!!  Sorry, I don't have a very good "before" picture, but just imagine a flat wall of "nothingness".......

Here is our copycat result!!

Looking in from the dining room.

Oh..the TV is now a flatscreen that is receased and hides behind the mirror!

Most times the mirror is off the wall,,,but it gives me a good option

when I don't want to see the TV.

Cupboard to hold photo albums and games..

This little jelly cupboard is one of my favorite pieces. 

This book shelf is on the opposite wall of the fireplace, behind the couch.

You can visit this previous post that shows a small fix up on the bookcase...

A little chair hung on the wall makes a great shelf..

There you have it...thanks for stoppin by my living room.

Put your feet up and come back anytime!

White pitchers are one of my all time favorites!

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Getting ready for a copycat post!!

Well, it has been another rainy, cold week end here in Alberta.....is summer going to come, before it is over!!??   I have been busy at the BnB though, and got the laundry room all cleaned up....oh, that was yesterday,  I now have a new batch of linens from the BnB to do today!!  Laundry. Have to say it is not my favorite!

I am getting ready to post to Debbie's CopyCat Party on July 1st.  Check out her blog to see what it is all about, should be fun!    So, I won't reveal all of my copycat project, but it involves the living room.  Since I was busy taking numerous "get it right" kind of pictures I thought I could post a few from my living room.

So, come on in to the living room..

This little corner got a makeover when we redid the kitchen

Now, I have some nice display shelves.

I sometimes forget to take the "before" pictures !!  So here, I was almost done with putting items on the shelves when I remembered.  These shelves are just form IKEA, nothing special.  Darrell put a crown moulding on the top to dress them up, easy little dress up trick.  We've had these bookcases for a number of years and once I got them home, I didn't really like that awkward middled part!!  We obviously have a pathetic CD collection, cause we can't fill it up!  It just kinda sat there with nothing in it.   So, it needed some help!

Until we had an "idea"....

Why not cover it up!!  Like it wasn't even there in the first place!

Thanks Darrell!!

The little chair on the wall was one that Darrell found at the dump a long time ago!  When we re did the kitchen the little corner that it sat in was taken out.  I didn't want to part with it, so thought why not put it on the wall!  It serves as a little shelf and stacks nicely in line with some chairs we took out of the house that we flipped.

Shelves to display my love for white jugs, blue glass, books...

A little picture of Darrell. This was the first picture I saw of him, it was in my

brother's yearbook from Hillcrest Christian College, and I thought, "Hmmmm,,,what a handsome guy!"

So, thats what I have been up to on this rainy week end.  Hope you all have a great week and thanks for stopping by the country!  I am trying to break 100 followers, so if you haven't signed up to follow along, please do.  :)

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