Happy Monday and TableTop Tuesday

Happy Monday to You!!

Hope you had a swell weekend!!

Ours was good.....did a lil shopping and returning on

 Friday night, then went by Dee and Jerry's and picked

 up Rosie girl and headed home around 11P.M.

I actually slept in till almost 10 a.m., which pretty

much never happens,  cause usually my back gets

me up bright and early, but guess that whole night

of lost sleep caught up to me big time.  So that

was nice.......................

Didn't really do a whole lot on Saturday just had

breakfast and played with Rosie,  and hubby and I

 were looking on line at lounge chairs for the yard.

  We have a lounger and a chair my dad bought for us

 back when I was expecting Scott........so..that was

 almost 35 years ago,  and we restrapped them once, 

 and they are in sore need of fixing again, as you could

 well imagine,  and we were trying to decide if we really

 want to go to all that work and expense fixing them or

 just get new ones. The good part is they have aluminum

 frames which have never rusted,  and then given the

sentimental value since my Dad is in heaven now,  and

 the fact that news one are really nice and but pretty 

high priced, and if I was gonna spend that much  I 

would rather have those on my porch rather than out

 in the weather,  think we have pretty much decided on 

another redo.  Cause I just don't want to be bothered

 with having to bring them in all the time to keep them 

nice,  since they have fabric of some kind.

.  So now we

have to find the strapping which I have

already seen online before and get our

selves busy........................lol


Now on with Table Top Tuesday...............
Sorry, to be so long winded but haven't
talked to you in awhile!!


Well,  told you I would share my new look this
week,  so here are the pics,  I will tell you how
I came to get this new look as we go.

All I did here was add the wall words,  have been wanting
a sign or something to go under these shelves for years.
My son made these bistro shelves for us for Christmas
way back when he was in college about 8 yrs. ago
I love them,  and really love them with the wallwords. 


This shelf sits right above the wall to the entrance
to our kitchen.  Really strongly dislike those registers!
but oh well....................lol
Gotta have that air and heat sometimes!

I bought these wall words a few months back at a great
price from Target, but didn't put them up because I had
plans to paint this year sometime,  but once I got the
black framed pics I just decided to do it now........


We have vaulted ceilings and a wall up top that
runs the length of the family and dining room,
and this is a wall in the center that comes down
to the floor, this vignette is on top of my serving
 cart between the foyer and the livingroom.
So added wall words here as well. 

Added this new picture........happened to find
a set of 4 pictures at Target with black frames,
and I love the french look.
so since Dee and Megan have been rubbing
off on me with all their black and white decor,
as well as some of you bloggy friends,  I got
to wondering if I could add some black touches
and have it look okay with all my oak. so
happened to find these pics and thought think
I will take them home and see if I like it,
and I did....................very much!

this and the one below are just snippets
of the above pic with a posterized affect,
just thought they were pretty!  lol

added a cloche with a faux lavendar
plant to the arrangement.

This lil red box and tin with a candle and a coaster
just for the look!!

Sorry this is bit blurry,  but it's a lil
birdhouse a friend gave me some
years back.

The rest of the wall words here!

This shelf sits on the wall just above the entrance 

to the Livingroom.

I had more pictures of another wall that ties in
 with these,  but since I yakked so much earlier,
 think I will just stop here and show you the other 
tabletop next week............................


Enjoy your evening!!


I am linking up to Marty over at a stroll thru life, 
 so if you would like to see more creative decorating,
  just click here!
and while you are there be sure and Congratulate
her on her 100th post for Tabletop Tuesday.


Thanks for coming by,  always love
hearing from you,


and Remember to Live Well,
Love Much, and Laugh Often!
We will.....................lol
Nellie