My Romantic Home

I have an on going love affair with vintage lamps. While we have many of them in our little cottage, whenever I find one while I am out at a garage sale, a thrift store or an antique shop, it's hard for me to pass it up. To me, they look so sweet. They represent another era when life was a bit more simple and easy.

Of course my husband likes to tease me that we should notify the power company of a power surge when we turn off all of the lamps in the cottage for the night. So ... to celebrate this 1 year anniversary of Show and Tell Friday, here I am to light the way. Happy Anniversary Cindy!!

Do you want to help your Mum turn off some lights before we go to bed??

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo

So the other day I stopped by one of my favorite reuse/repurpose shops and found this little corner shelf. It can be hung in a corner or it can stand on a table top. I still don't know if I'll use it or not, but I decided to play around with it. Of course the dark stain had to go ... so I painted it white, and then ...

On to the fun part ~ decorating. I decided to try some different vignettes and started pulling things out of cupboards and off shelves. Here is the first one I came up with ...

Okay, that's rather cute, but how about a puppy motif ...

As you know by now, there is a lot of dog "art" around the cottage. I love this little vintage puppy and kitten cup and saucer.

But wait ... how about miniatures???

This could go on for a while, so until I decide please visit some great blogs to see what other bloggers are playing with today. Stop by to see my friend Debbie at Debbie-Doos, Color Outside the Lines for Vignette Fridays, and don't forget Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday.

How do you like that doggie vignette Bentley??

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo

Howdy all you barn chicks! Come onto my back porch. Grab a sunflower to put in your hair and an apple to snack on. Let's go visit my neighbor's chickens. Amy doesn't have a barn, but she has a coop.

Bye girls! Thanks for a lovely visit!! Now the rest of you girls be sure to stop by and visit Barn Chick Karen at Brayton Homestead Interiors. Hopefully Hurricane Earl decides to leave her corner of Massachusetts alone. Please stop by and visit Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday too!

Hi Bentley. I just visited Thelma and I think she would love to visit with you again. Do you think that you could welcome her and not chase her??? Bentley??? He is ignoring me.

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo

I have always loved horses. From my very first ride as a young girl I was hooked. I spent years jumping over fences, practicing for horse shows and polishing my boots. I loved everything about the sport and still do. All over our little cottage you will find ...

Prints of horses, lamp bases with hunting scenes, horse and fox figurines, books and...

Old velvet helmets and spurs too. Needless to say, I love Ralph Lauren's designs. So there's a little bit about me and one of my passions in life. Go over to Cindy's Romantic Home and find out what others are passionate about.

Do I love horses more than you Bentley ~ no I love you much, much more!!

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo

Just a few short blocks away from Ash Tree Cottage is a sweet little antiques shop named Forget Me Not. I have been a fan of this shop for many years! Trust me ...

It's all cute, cute, cute!!

Sweet little baby's bed with a darling red toile screen behind it. Oh how I love red toile!!

I have always wanted one of these vintage tool totes. How charming is it???

A lovely round table and some sweet signs ...

Charming shelf and vintage bracket ...

A vintage oil lamp ... And yes please, Piper, Pipe that Song Again!

Some sweet little pillows and a charming vintage frame. Thank you Deidie at Forget Me Not antiques. Now let's keep visiting fun places like Cindy's My Romantic Home, Debbie at Debbie Doos for Garage-Salen Friday, and my friend Connie's 2nd Frou Frou Friday!

Bentley, do you want to announce your presence for Monday's post? You do??? Okay it's a date. Bentley has officially announced his presence this for this coming Monday's post!

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo

Chenille is perfect in a cottage. It's soft and cozy.

Great for the bath ...

For the shower ...

For a sweet little rug ...

For a puppy! Don't tell Bentley about the puppy, he has not seen this yet. Thanks for stopping by to see a bit of my chenille collection on this Show and Tell Friday. Please stop by to visit Cindy at her lovely Romantic Home. She's looking great! She's thin, trim and has a cute new "do"! I am also joining Kate for Flaunt it Friday. Stop by and visit her too.

Okay Bentley ... about that chenille puppy ...

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo

I love to go shopping for antiques in our historic Hyde Park shopping District. Blue Moon Antiques is one of my favorite shops. Such a lovely old Victorian home. Want to come inside with me??

Here is a sweet little wash stand. I'd love to take it home!

Some lovely whites.

Love the blue and white set!

Janice always has beautiful linens. I have purchased several tea towels and bridge sets here.

Some sweet vintage quilts.

Here's a barkcloth pillow. I just did a post about my barkcloth bag yesterday.

Bits and pieces of loveliness.

I am so fond of vintage cards. Are you?

Boxes of crochet trim.

Look at this adorable vintage Raggedy Ann game ...

And these little blocks ...

And a sweet little hand made dress. Well, that's the end of our visit. Thank you for coming along with me and I hope that you all enjoyed yourself today. We'll have to make a date to go shopping again soon! In the meantime, be sure to stop by Cindy's Romantic Home for Show and Tell.

I'm sorry that I left you at home Bentley, but I know how bored you get when we go shopping. What if we take a walk together right now? Would you like that??? Do you forgive me for leaving you behind??? Of course you do!!!

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo

I have painted several things in our cottage white.

I can't paint too much more because ...

My hubby thinks it's too much white!

So I will hold off painting anything else ...

for a while, maybe.

I am joining Cindy's Paint Party

Bentley ~ what do you think, is this too much white?

Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo and Sugar on Top