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I
feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin
Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I
was....
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In my last post, I shared a few garden painting projects....
And now for a few Personal Notes...
For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....
On THURSDAYS,
I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local
cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...
I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....
On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...
Well, it is Monday so what did I recently buy?
I went to the Dollar General 5 minutes down the road from me, which was recently remodeled....
They sent out coupons in celebration of their grand reopening for $5 off $20!!
Along with some grocery items, this caught my eye for $5....
I consider this Free as I used my $5 off coupon....
I am also guilty of watching a lot of "Shop with Me" You Tube videos of Fall and Halloween decor...
I found these in Dollar Tree....
I bought this to use in my Kitchen for my late Summer/early Fall Apples and Sunflowers theme.......
I plan on doing a bit of dabbling , adding more red to it....
I also could not resist these small, very vintage inspired, resin Jack O Lanterns for $1.50 each....
These are very reminiscent of the vintage paper mache ones from the 40's....
I will also admit that I am on the hunt for a few other pieces from Dollar General and Dollar Tree but our stores here are way behind in putting out Fall and Halloween decor compared to the central and western parts of the United States....
The smoke from the fires is gone for now and our humidity is finally down and it was a lovely 52 degrees this morning....
Despite some storms, it is supposed to be a nice, humidity free week!!
I am loving those 50's in the mornings!!
I am starting to change over my Living Room from my Patriotic to my Coastal "Under the Sea" decor this week along with an paint project in the Living Room so stay tuned...
I have also been watching some You Tube Videos on Coastal decor and I especially enjoyed this one from Sandi at "Little House on Metairie"...
Today, I am sharing how my upstairs hall looks decorated "normally", meaning not for Christmas, with my vintage Lusterware collection....
As you walk up the stairs from my Living Room, this is what you see...
I have left some of that decor up, especially all the bows that I made out of ribbon that looks like music sheets....
I also left up most of the greenery, which is a sage and gold color......
In the left corner when you get to the top of the stairs....
Victorians decorated almost every inch of their homes and since I LOVE this style, so have I!!
This is an old Home Interiors mirror.....
I bought this brass sconce at a yard sale about 25 years ago and I am thrilled that this style is back in style....
I hung a Victorian doll head ornament from the sconce....
I left up the swag I made for Christmas above the mirror....
And kept up the horn on the mirror....
Same arrangement as for Christmas in this Home Interiors planter....
In the corner is a hanging corner shelf and another corner shelf, both bought at yard sales many years ago....
Christmas items are now replaced with Lusterware pieces...
On the wall to the right is a ceiling tile I bought from eBay and a picture that was gifted to me by my late husband Joe....
On the hanging corner shelf....
I did try to arrange things a it differently this year....
My Lusterware Collection started with the demitasse cup and saucer set on the bottom shelf....
It was gifted to me by a dear neighbor , who sold her home and moved to Senior Living and has since passed away....
What is Lusterware exactly????
From Google AI review...
" Lusterware (or lustreware) is a type of pottery or porcelain featuring a metallic glaze that creates a distinct, iridescent, or reflective sheen. It is produced by applying metallic oxides (such as platinum, copper, or silver) over a glazed vessel and firing it a second time in a specialized kiln to achieve the shimmering finish"
I feel the peach colors in the Lusterware go well with my color theme of the hall.....
On top of the other corner shelf.....
I picked up these pieces at yard sales, estate sales and church flea markets....
The candles that you see are set on a timer and come on around 11 pm at night and stay on til around 5 am, providing night lights in the hall for me....
I hung Victorian doll ornaments from the shelf....
Joe had picked up gold butterfly ornaments one year after Christmas and I have used them through out the displays...
I left out the gold berries from Christmas.....
This gold Angel, bought at J.C. Penney's , stays out year round....
No lid on the tea pot, no problem.....
And I also keep out this sweet Bearington Bear Angel that Joe gifted me....
I may paint the door frames and wood work though as it has been many years since I did it last....
On the other wall that you see when you walk up the stairs....
An antique mantel mirror, bought at a church yard sale for only $20....
This mirrored wall shelf once hung in my late neighbor Elly's Powder Room.....
More butterflies....
Vintage doilies....
On the side of the shelf.......
An Antique "The Light of the World Christ Child" picture by Bosseron Chambers from the 1920's....
And a tussie mussie I made....
Across the hall by the top railing and the door way into my bedroom....
More yard sale buys....
The candles in both scones in the hall also come on by timer and stay on during the night time, lighting up the hall....
This past Christmas, I set up this gold tinsel Tree in the hall for the first time ever....
I moved it downstairs, using it on top of the TV Entertainment Center for Easter and decided to set it back up in the hall again......
I made these Angel ornaments a few years ago..
And I bought these musical ornaments at J.C. Penney's after Christmas for 80% off and a coupon which really took them down in price.....
So I redecorated the Tree with these and small gold ball ornaments and strand of ivory beads.....
I can also leave this Tree lit during the night as a night light....
On the base of the pedestal that this Tree sits on.....
An Angel I made to match the Angel ornaments and a Winter figurine on the right side....
An Angel ornament and a Lusterware tea cup.....
I bought this peach hamper at an estate sale at one of my neighbor's houses several years ago....
On the wall across from the Tree.....
Another yard sale picture.....
And I did not want to pack away this antique Christmas plate that was gifted to my by my late friend Anne Marie so I hung it here for the Summer months....
This is the wall across from the doors to my Craft Room and Sitting Room.....
It is a small hall so I apologize for the lighting.....
Taken from the Craft Room doorway.....
The door to the Bathroom is to the left.....
I displayed my blue pieces of Lusterware in this area of the hall...
On top of the wall shelf.....
The plate rack and dishes are also yard sale finds....
2 sets of demitasse cups and saucers.....
I now see I forgot to put a candle in the lantern......
I bought this Home Interiors wall shelf on eBay over 25 years ago.....
My blue Blossom pieces....
More vintage doilies....
To the right of the wall shelf....
Another Home Interior's picture bought at a yard sale....
I bought this vintage shelf at Salvation Army for $10 many years ago....
I knew when I saw it that it would be narrow enough to use here in this hall....
I put a fresh coat of stain on it..
The Angels on the far right and left, along with 2 more hanging closer to the ceiling, were purchased at an estate sale and are marked "Italy" on the back of them....
More butterflies....
A cruet on both sides on this shelf.....
I bought this unique tea pot at a local Antique Co Op.....
Tassels and another Victorian doll ornament.....
More candles on this shelf that come on at night by timer, lighting the hall......
Those are vintage finger bowls on the sides....
The hall will stay this way until October when I start to decorate the upstairs for Christmas.....
Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
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I do enjoy the way it looks, especially at night with the Tree and the candles lit.....
I hope you will stop by to visit again on THURSDAY for my next post....
Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!
And try to find JOY in every single day! 
Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
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