DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

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" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

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Saturday, August 6, 2016

My "New" Sitting Room Reveal, Part 1

I am finally ready to reveal my "New" Sitting Room!!!

This room was my youngest son 's bedroom.......

I have worked on this project of turning our Guest Room into a Sitting Room since the end of May.....

It all started very unexpectedly when we decided to give the single bed in this room to a neighbor because we realized that in 38 years of marriage, we have never had a "Guest" stay over and our chances of having grandchildren are slim to none!!

We would get a lot more use out of this room if we turned it into a Sitting Room for me so we bought a new recliner for this room and got rid of the single bed.

Let me first show you the entire room........

I am going to share this room in 3 posts because I have a lot to show you!!

I have painted furniture, embellished lamp shades and even made a few things using the sheets from the bedding set that once was on the single bed.

I did all of this in record breaking heat this Summer and I have to say that I am exhausted but I am very pleased with the results!

Joe calls this room "The Library" because all of my books and magazines are now in this room......

And I now have a "Fire Place" that I could sit by and enjoy!!

I am going to start over in the corner where the bed once was.......

Over the door into the room.......

I love this quote and this is my motto since even though I am a Nurse by Profession, it is something that my Mother made me do and not what I wanted to do!!

This is now how this corner looks......

I left this shelf here after my son moved out......

He used to keep books and DVD's on this shelf.....

I use it to display some "pretties"......

The tatted edge scarves were made by my maternal grandmother.....

We moved the swag lamp that was hung here originally above the bed to another place in the room.....

I hung another chandy in it's place.......

I made what I call a "Garden Chandy"

The clear votive cups are glued to the chandy so I first filled them half way with some spagnum moss and then placed mini pots from Dollar Tree in the votives.......

I filled the pots with flowers that match the border in the room.......

I also hung some left over crystals that I had from the chandy to glam it up a bit.....

Underneath the shelf......

Vintage ceramic parasol pockets.....

Above the window mirror is an old Home Interiors Swag that I bought at Salvation Army a few years ago......

The beaded garland that I draped around the mirror was given to me by a friend......

The window mirror was one of the many things that I painted white......

Another small rectangle mirror was hung under the window mirror to reflect the light from the one single small window in this room.......

In the corner.........

The vintage hand painted plate was a flea market find as was most of the things in this room......

The Birth Plaques were made for us by my niece, Lisa, when each of my sons were born......

One of the lamp shades that I embellished, used with a vintage lamp.........

The table is set for Tea...........

The Tea Set was bought at a church flea market......

The ruffle on the tablecloth was one of the sewing projects that I mentioned earlier, using the bedding set from the single bed that was once in this room........

I added the dust ruffle from the bedding set to the tablecloth!

Over to the left of the table........

Is the wash stand that was given to me by a neighbor many years ago......

Another paint project........

Some Christmas magazines are stored in this container....

The vintage bowl and pitcher set were bought several years ago at a flea market......

A candle sits in the matching chamber pot......

The white Christmas Tree that I set up in this room for the Holidays will go in this corner.......

Over on the other wall.......

Along the top of the wall is another shelf that my son used for his DVD's and Games......

I now use it to display my Tea Pot collection........

Again, all bought at yard sales......

Flea markets........

And estate sales for $1.00 or 2.......

The pink and blue scarves were also made by my grandmother.......

Some of my Tea Cup Collection is displayed on this shelf that was another one of my paint projects.......

The Rosie B Tea Set on top of the shelf was a gift from a friend and the cups are vintage fiesta ware, given to me by a neighbor.....

My Tea Cups were bought at flea markets, yard sales and estate sales............

Underneath the Tea Cup Shelf.......

An old Home Interior picture and a pair of plates that were gifted to me by a friend.........

A vanity chair that I re-upholstered using sheets......

And a pillow that I also made.......

In my next post, I will start with this table........

And continue around the room......

So I hope you will be back to visit soon !!!!!!

And 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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Hugs,
Debbie

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Evening to Night on the Front Porch, 2016

I want to Thank these Hostesses for featuring my post, Craft Room, 2016, Where Bloggers Create, from last week's parties!!

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Joe and I were lucky enough to catch an amazing Sunset while sitting on our front porch!

We are able to see the sunset from the porch all Summer long but this one I thought was pretty spectacular!!

The lights you see at the bottom of each photo are from the shopping center that we live next too!!

I love how the trees look as the sun sets over the mountains......

I love the silhouettes of the trees....

And as the Sun sets, the solar lights come on in the front of our house, in the yard and on the porch!!

Solar lights in pots of flowers.....

This was one of the things that Joe bought on Clearance in Wegman's. I moved it from the back yard to the front porch......

A Solar Light in this Cherub that sits on top of the milk can.....

Looking at the porch from the sidewalk......

I now have a set of Fairy Lights in this lantern......

The lights on the tree in the corner come on by Timer......

You can see my Patriotic Tree in the Living Room lit through the window.....

More fairy lights in a stained glass lantern and a solar fairy sits on the table in the corner......

Crackled glass solar lights are in the pots in front of the railing......

In the front flower bed.......

More crackled glass solar lights......

There is a solar light in the bird bath that we bought at Big Lots!!

In the urns that sit on the wall between my next door neighbor's and our property......

Along the front of the front flower bed.....

A Welcome rock.....

I love the pattern cast by the solar light on the sidewalk....

A few colored mosaic lights and a toad stool......

My park bench......

A solar spotlight shines on my chippy white angel......

Another Welcome rock......

We love sitting out on the porch in the evening but unfortunately, most of this Summer has been too hot to do much of that!!

I am so looking forward to the Fall , which is my favorite time of year, because maybe I will actually not be stuck in the house with the air conditioning blasting!!

I hope to share my Reveal of my new "Sitting Room" next so I hope you will be back to visit soon!!

And thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......

Hugs,
Debbie

I will be linking up to these parties!!

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