" A GWTW ROOM "

Sooooooooo.....I threw myself into a project! This project~ A Gone With The Wind guest bedroom. You know I decorated the entertainment center with the set of GWTW plates I got on EBay. Being the GWTW freak I am, I needed somewhere to display my other collectibles. After seeing the pictures of the GWTW Suite at the Magnolia Mansion in New Orleans, I had an AH HA moment. I'll do my own !

































One of the first things I ordered was this Bed Crown Shelf which I intend to stain dark to match the furniture in the room. I'm still waiting for it and it has me held up, it got held up in Des Moines, Iowa so who knows when I'll get it.................

These shelves will also be stained to match it.............got to get on that!

Some of my collectibles..................Franklin Mint Globed Figurines 4 of Scarlett, 1 each of Melanie and Belle Whatling. The tall Scarlett is a San Francisco Music Box Figurine.

The bed is pretty much finished except for sewing on some decorative satin flowers on the pillows............

The new curtains are velvet. The sheers have a hand crochet piece near the bottom...

I ordered a king set of Emerald Green Satin Sheets. The flat sheet will be used with the bed crown. I made pillows from the pillow cases. I took the elastic out of the fitted sheet and I'm using the material for other projects. The green and white folded piece on the end of the bed is my favorite find on EBay. It is a hand crochet and king size. The woman I got it from said her Grandmother made it over 40 years ago. It is in perfect condition! The bed skirt is another hand crochet purchase from EBay.

The dresser has several vintage pieces including vintage perfume bottles, jewelry, jewelry caskets, hat pins and my GWTW Jewelry/Music Box.

I'm waiting on a pair of Brass Bookends for these books............

Remember the yard sale stool I bought for $5.00 and refinished? I covered it with some of the fitted sheet satin and put clear vinyl over that..........

I got these metal hooks to put on the wall to hang something on..............

I spray painted them brilliant gold and hand painted the stones emerald green.........

These are the hold backs for the bed crown.................

I hand painted these to match the room better................

I really wanted this vintage dresser set..........I put the first bid on it and watched it for a week.

The bidding went up several times what I was willing to give! It sold for $ 262.88 ! It is Appollo from the 1920's!

I did get this vintage celloid set and cleaned it up.........................

I also got the Brass Wall Sconces.............

This Vanity Tray is going in my bedroom..................

To hold this vintage set...............

This tray is to hold the pink set you saw earlier.........

I'm also waiting for the table cloth and dollies to match this runner for the GWTW room.

So you see, I've been pretty busy! When it all arrives and I get it all put in place you will get the Grand Tour.........:)

I've also been collecting shower curtains, hooks, wallpaper border and curtains for the two bathrooms. I have to strip all the wallpaper already in them first before we can start on them.
Thanks for visiting and I'll keep you posted! XOXO

Then & Now

Remember Kathleen Turner? I saw her in a film the other day and for the longest could not figure out who she was! What a gorgeous woman she was then & now! No plastic surgery for her!






Last Spring our yard was so green but............

Tomorrow it may look like it did on December 11th last year! We are expecting 1-2 inches of Snow tonight! Yes, bloggers, it does Snow in South Mississippi! :)

Oh how pretty my Cannas were not so long ago.........

After the hard freeze last week..................:(

I cut the last of the Roses for my Thanksgiving Dinner table............

This is the Rose bed now............

Our wonderful Miss Trixie GoForth has kept us in eggs for the last few months laying 1 a day!

Now we are getting her 1 a day and 3 more from Miss Vicki, Madame Willow and Dottie Rambo !

Most of you know that Steve McNair was my favorite all time QB may he RIP ! I loved watching # 9 play ! Now, I have finally donned a new QB Jersey for # 10 Vince Young ! Once again I can enjoy watching my Titans play !

When I started cruising EBay to add to my China, I had no idea I would come close to being an EBay addict ! I have finished my Christmas shopping on EBay and got a few neat things for the home! I got this Lazy Susan which had several bidders...............

Cleaned it up and refinished it!

This wooden Bread Box was highly sought after also..............

Cleaned and refinished...........it's a beauty!

I got an e-mail from Author Sharyn McCrumb telling me she has asked her publisher to send me an ARC of " Faster Pastor " her new book with Co-Author/ NASCAR Driver Adam Edwards!

It will be released in April 2010. She included this picture of her and Adam and said;

" I should picture him as the main character Camber Berkley"

I really have a lot going on right now and need to be working in the greenhouse as I type! I'm trying to get around to all of you but it's kind of hard right now! Things should slow down next week for sure!!

Have A Great Weekend Everyone!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow! :)

The Mystery Platter "

In my last post I told you about ordering a 15' Oval Platter to match my China and receiving a round one that did not match. I sent an e-mail to the seller through EBay and gave her 72 hours to respond. She did not. After I did my blog post , I sent another e-mail directly to her which she responded to immediately. She wanted a picture of the platter I received so I sent her one. She then claimed that the platter I received, was never in her inventory and was not sent from her!
So now I'm thinking I have brain fog and have ordered this platter from someone else. I check my EBay orders and NO, she was the only platter I bid on! I also told her I remembered seeing P& G on the return label. Hubby in cleaning up had burned the box by mistake! She in the beginning claimed an assistant had mailed it on the 11th . So we argued back and forth through e-mails for awhile. Then I said; FORGET IT, I'll put it in the display shelf. I went on EBay and put a bid on another platter like the one I should have gotten. So yesterday here comes a Priority Mail package containing the correct platter! Mailed on the 11th ! It too had a P&G Antiques label on it! I e-mailed her explaining that I'm really confused now!! So it is a mystery where the first platter came from ,with a P&G label, that contained a platter that was NEVER in P&G inventory! What is your theory? I have mine! The right platter is in the China Cabinet!






Looks good too!

Here's the shelves that Hubby built...........

On the bottom shelf, third to the right sits the " Mystery Platter! HA!

I'm going to bore you with more work pictures from my dining room!

We hung this picture yesterday...............

Added this piece that belonged to my Mother as well as the lamp I bought years ago in a Antique store in Hot Springs, Arkansas..................

I added this figurine and put some roses and greenery in it...............

Today we are taking the day off and heading to the French Quarter in the Big Easy !!

November 10 th my Great-Gran Amy turned ONE Year Old! Yes Sir , That's My Baby !!!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY YOU ALL.............................. :)

" Nose To The Grindstone "

I hope " you all " have missed me as much as I've missed you! We have had our nose to the grindstone for a solid week now, daylight to dark! The dining room is almost done! Here's a peek!
I can now fix the curtain right as I'm not trying to HIDE what was on the other side of the door! HA!





First the window had to be cleaned so I could see how to clean the room! NO pictures of that as I'm too embarrassed to show how the table and floor was full of stuff that is now all carefully packed and in the storage room.

This is one of the projects I tackled. This old chest was in the garage store room. I washed it down with Murphy's Oil Soap, had Hubby add some wood decoration to it. The left door had a place to hang clothes. The right side has three drawers and a door on the bottom. It had wood knobs but I found the original glass knobs in the top drawer.

I had him add two shelves to the left side..................

Then I stained it with Bombay Mahogany stain...............added the glass knobs.

It then went in the dining room...............
I know the wood doesn't match but I like the darker!

It now holds my small kitchen appliances and the drawers are for storing linens & things!

This Curio Cabinet is cleaned and holding collectibles...............

A view of my clean dining room. We are going to repaint but that is for down the road. I will leave the tray ceiling the same which is the color of the walls now but will paint the lower part white, add white chair rail , the upper wall will be Dusty Rose.

We added the extra leaf so the table now requires a 114' table cloth which I ordered. Right now I have mine and mother's combined crystal collection, in the middle. Those are roses from my garden!

The China Cabinet now has my China in it................

This China is the Moss Rose Japan pattern. It started with my Grandmother, it then passed to my Mother who added some and now I'm adding to it. Inow have a service for 12. It also has both the Tea and Coffee Service for 12.

The Crystal in here is all mine..........as is the hammered aluminum casserole dish.

I went to EBay last week and found some pieces to add, here are the pieces I added.

A Salt & Pepper set.

A Gravy Boat.................

A covered Casserole Dish.................

I made an offer on this Platter. This is the picture from the EBay seller . The description claimed it was Moss Rose Japan with the marking on the back. I paid with shipping a total of $ 29.02 for it.

THIS IS THE DISH I RECEIVED! It has no marking on it , it's round, it is made of rainbow colored glass! I'm pi**ed ! I wrote her an e-mail to complain but got no response! I'm filing a complaint with EBay against her today! The dish is not that bad even though it really doesn't match my set but I hate to be the victim of fraud and this was fraud in my book!

I have several old plates I've collected for display purpose, so Hubby is building me a display shelf. Well it was going to be one long one but half would be behind the door, so he cut it in half to make two out of it. I'll show pictures when it is on the wall!

Let me end with some pics I took one day last week of our Sunset. We have been working daylight to dark and we are always bone tired, so I have no idea what day this was. HA!

I've tried not to miss my sunrise and sunset views each day............

It makes my day to see them...............

Welcome to my new followers and I'll try to get around to visit soon! I miss seeing all your antics! :)