Swapping Furniture

Because our home is for sale I haven't been able to make any major changes around here.

There is nothing like being in the middle of a big project and getting a call that you have

a showing in one hour.

In other words...I am bored!

To help with the boredom I have been moving furniture around and doing some small

projects.

 The French style buffet in the dining room now resides in the living room.

The urn is filled with twenty marble eggs that were found at a thrift store along

with the alabaster grapes. 

The paper whites were planted before Thanksgiving and they are just now starting to bloom!

Whats up with that?

View from dining room.

The clock was also moved to the living room....

Now the antique Normandy armoire has a new home in the dining room. My

plan is to add shelving inside the two large doors to display more transferware.

Hubby hates it when I get bored because he knows there will be work involved!

If you would like to see decorating plans for our next home visit my

recent guest post at  The Enchanted Home .

Thanks for dropping by!

Hugs,

Sherry

I'll be partying at:

A Stroll Thru Life

Savvy Southern Style 

A Delightsome Life 

French Country Cottage 

2805 

Common Ground 

At The Picket fence 

Early Christmas Gift & INTAGLIO WINNER

My dad had a giant clam shell that has been sitting in his rock garden for 30+ years.  I have asked him

numerous times if he would sell it to me,  and the answer was always NO.  He asked me

what I wanted this year for Christmas and I jokingly said the clam shell,  but never really
expecting he would let go of it.

Dad could not understand why in the world I would even want the "old, dirty shell"

and he said all the times I asked to buy it he thought I was kidding. He even said he

would be so embarrassed if anyone knew he gave me an old shell for a Christmas gift.

Last week while visiting my family for an early Christmas, Dad gave me the giant clam shell as

well as the largest conch shell I have ever seen.  He had cleaned and bleached both shells

and had them ready for me to take home.

The only problem was they weighed between 60-70 pounds and couldn't be checked as luggage.

Shipping them home would have been really expensive, so I had to leave my shells there

for now. Can you believe I forgot to even get a picture?  I plan on getting them

next time we drive to Florida,  or if we get moved there anytime soon.

Until I can get my Christmas gifts home here are some photos for inspiration.

A beautiful vignette created by Tot at Time Worn Interiors.

Decorno Blog

House Beautiful

Via Cote de Texas

Courtesy of Color Outside The Lines

photo via Knotting Hill

Photo courtesy of Centsational Girl

Do you like to decorate with shells?  Any creative ideas appreciated.

GIVEAWAY WINNER....

Thank you to everyone that entered the giveaway for the  framed intaglios. 

Random.org selected #42 as the winner.

Congrats to Kim @ Savvy Southern Style

In honor of my new product I am offering a 10% discount on the custom intaglios

 in my Etsy shop.  Email me if interested.

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Christmas hugs,

Sherry

Joining the parties this week at:

Savvy Southern Style 

Common Ground 

The Charm Of Home 

French Country Cottage 

At The Picket Fence

Open House Party

Welcome to the Open House Party.

I have another fabulous home for us to tour today.  Jenny at  Evolution Of Style has

graciously opened up her home for the party.  As an added bonus we get to see Jenny's

home beautifully decorated for Christmas.

Enjoy the tour!

The kitchen cabinets were recently transformed with paint.

Jenny and her husband added the board and batten to the hall.

Jenny,  Thank you for sharing your gorgeous home at the party.

I hope you will visit  Evolution Of Style to see more of this beautiful home and blog.

Today is the last day to enter the  GIVEAWAY  for three framed intaglios.

A winner will be announced tomorrow.

On to the link party....

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

xo,

Sherry