Bunny Jeans Decor ~ ~ ~ and More! : 10/1/11

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Halloween Love Birds

If you know me at all,

you know I love birds.

These are my new "Love Birds"...

Halloween Love Birds!

I already had a bird cage,

but it was just not their style.

It was great for my canary,

but these birds needed something different.

They needed something dark,

more suited for their personality.

So out came the spray paint and I painted it black.

Now doesn't that look better?

See something special at the bottom of the cage?

The Love Birds are going to have a family!

Just in time for Halloween!

I am sharing at these fun parties:
Home sweet Home @ The Charm Of Home
Wednesdays Bunny Hop @Bunny Jeans Decor
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Transformation Thursday @ Shabby Creek Cottage

Thanks to all these great hosts!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Wednesday’s Bunny Hop Party #12

Another week, another party!

I just can't believe that it is almost Halloween!

I bet we will see a lot of SPOOKY posts

at this week's Bunny Hop!

(Read about this picture when I add my post to to the party!)

Last week's party was a little different. Not as many participants, but WAY MORE PARTICIPATION!
I like that just fine. Hopefully that trend will continue.

I don't expect everyone to visit ALL the other links,

or leave a comment on EVERY link they do visit.

That would be asking a lot!

I just want you to understand the "spirit" of what this party is all about. Helping YOU to get your blog seen, and also to connect to other bloggers!

Thanks to all of you sweet bloggers that

understand what I am trying to do for you...

I certainly do appreciate what you do for me!

About the featured posts...

You all know the the first to link up usually get the most views. It is that way with any party.

So this week ...

I will feature New bloggers who came to the

Bunny Hop Party for the very first time!

They are welcome to take the
"I Was Featured at the Bunny Hop"
button home to their sidebar!
(located on my sidebar)
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Embellishments by SLR

Doll In The Looking Glass... Reflections

Moonbeams And Fireflies

G Inspires

BOO to you...

Now go have some fun!

Click here to learn how to take buttons home to your post and/or sidebar.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Apples and Old Lace

No Arsenic today…

Just sweet memories for this old lady.

(Remember that old movie "Arsenic And Old Lace" starring Cary Grant?)

Today I wanted to share my the kitchen nook in my new desert home. Even though we have been here almost a year, I have yet to really “decorate” it. This is the first time showing my kitchen because I am kind of embarrassed that it is not yet a completed project… if there is such a thing in home decorating.

That lace doily on the cake stand was my mother’s. I have two smaller ones that match. They were on the “hard rock maple" colonial furniture that I grew up with.

When I started my first home in 1970 I was NOT going to have that “yucky old stuff” in my home! NO WAY… it was all black leather (pleather), chrome and glass. I wanted my “own style”… even though it looked like everyone else’s. Lol.

Then “country” hit big in the mid 80’s. I was hooked on this “new” style. Silly me. I found that I actually felt more comfortable in a country style home. Warmer colors and comfy textures and patterns. PATTERNS! Wow…I was the queen of multiple patterns in one room. Talk about visual overload… did you use lots of patterns back then?

This is the little hutch (one of two) that I once had as a display piece in the Texas gift shop where I leased space and sold my decor items. That was four years ago.

The Susan Winget dishes are from almost twenty years ago. I should get newer ones but I am sentimental. My Children and grandchildren ate on these dishes before we we “all” grew up and moved on. If I do get newer ones these will for sure get safely packed away. Does that make me a hoarder?

Those valances have traveled to five homes so far. I just put them up for this photo shoot. Took two sets and layered them. They stayed in the box for the six years that we lived in Texas. They don’t know it yet, but they are just temporary. See where I put one set in the back of the hutch? (You can see it better in the previous picture) I put it there because that hutch didn’t have any wood backing in that spot.

Yes, country is still very much still alive in my kitchen. Now that the “new farmhouse country” has become popular, maybe I can just update it somewhat. Stay tuned to see the "New Country Farmhouse" kitchen makeover.

That chandy is something I got when working at Ethan Allen. I won’t ever part with it. Maybe just paint the wood off white… when I get around to doing my kitchen update.

You can see that I definitely need to add some depth to the room. Maybe wainscoting or board and plank details. I really, REALLY want to put in a nice deep cushioned 4-6 inch (sofa) banquette! I would then put a few shelves on the length of the wall for my dish display. I have SO many stuffed away… Where do you hide all your dishes?

I thank you for sticking around to hear me relive my decorating past. Actually I am still living in that past… lol. One day I will get it all updated. Hopefully.

This week I am sharing at these wonderful parties:

Show Off Your Cottage Monday @ The House In the Roses

Table Top Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life

FarmHouse Friday @ LaurieAnna's

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm Of Home

I want to thank all the lovely hostesses
for making it possible for me to share my blog.

xoxo Bunny Jean