Tablescape with Antique Fish Plates

Before I hung my antique fish plates on the wall, I had to do a tablescape. I’ll let the pictures do the talking. I purchased the antique Limoges fish plates at Round Top. You can read about Round Top by clicking here and here. The bubble glasses were purchased from One Kings Lane. The white plates were purchased from Homegoods and the wicker chargers were purchased online from Nell Hills. The flatware is vintage silverplate. The dragonfly napkin rings were purchased from...

Gallery Wall with Plates

It has been several weeks since I have posted but hopefully I can get back to posting on a more regular schedule now. During the past few weeks we have transitioned to our summer cottage and I have had lots of projects that are not blog worthy going on. I have scrubbed a  ton of pollen from the porches and spent days pulling weeds and trying to restore the lawn that was damaged by heavy equipment used to take down several mature trees and equipment used to build a new sea wall. I am slowly...

Foyer Update Week 6

Today is the big reveal for the One Room Challenge at Calling It Home. While I didn’t quite finish everything on my list, I am happy with everything that I was able to accomplish. The photo above shows the “before” of my foyer. Nothing was wrong with it, I was just ready for a little freshening up after 28 years! I chose Thibaut wallpaper in the Royal pattern. The colorway is metallic pewter. (I had previously used this paper in my powder room update which you can see here.) While it...

Foyer Update Week 5

My foyer is coming together ( I think) as the clock ticks down for the One Room Challenge. I think that I can complete everything with the exception of replacing the upper light fixture! Several family crises have kept me from shopping for a light fixture so that is still on my list. Let me show you a few snipets of what I’m working on now. I have had this antique Florentine mirror in storage for more than a year waiting for this project. I purchased it at Scott’s in Atlanta. The previous owner...

Foyer Update Week 4

I am moving right along on my progress on the foyer. This week was devoted to painting. Before hanging the new wallpaper, I painted the molding above and below the wallpaper area so as not to have any mishaps on the new wallpaper. This week I painted the wall below the chair rail, the baseboards, the risers on the stairs, and the spindles, all 75 of them, and the newel posts, the doors to the coat closets, and the doors to the living room and dining room. It was a lot of tedious work. Now I am ready...