Americana Summer Tablescape

Land that I love...

Mix and Match...much like the melting pot country, I love...

Dollar Tree Dishes matching with Antique Milk Glass & Red Christmas Clearance..
mixing  with garage sale finds...plus reusing Jelly Jars...

priorlives...

Making a more interesting  table setting....

 Chalkboard tags I made from laminate tile samples, tied on with butcher's twine...

 I originally intended sand as my jar filler, didn't have any...improvised with beans...better for the table!

This jar was one I had around from Wal~Mart, but a big pickle jar would do nicely, as well.

Jelly Jars are our fancy glasses 'round here...
They have detailed cuttings,
which make a pretty candle holder for pathways and porches...
                                                       casting romantic light... 

I use silver edged cut glass coasters, picked up here and there...
the perfect size to catch drips from pillar candles,
        one friend hung them from her window...
during Christmas...       sunlight catching snowflakes 

I painted this Texas flag on one of the old black screens off this old house..
            the wood patched with rusted tin cans...
                                telling of an era when folks mended.

 Notice my French Doors...
                                          Awhile back, I asked your advice about white or black doors,
                                            everyone, including me, had  different opinions,
                                          so I decided on black and white,
                                                                                         mimicking my stairs. I love them.
Jared had this old sign in is yard...He gave it to me for my Birthday, a few years ago..
We tore down all the fake ceilings to reveal these wonderful planks above...13 feet high, now.

opposite side from Buffet sign...

 You step up from the living room, because all but the living room is pier and beam.
 

I've never posted pics of my dining room, since we finished the re-model...so there you go!

 The potting table Josh made me...
                       I use it to serve desserts and hold party stuff, need to spiff it up for summer!

I love Red, White, & Blue...

 The Lazy Susan was a Goodwill gift from sister, Charlotte...she knows just where to shop!

Hope you are enjoying your Memorial Day Weekend...

                                                           last week of school for me, then summer!

joining Marty at tabletop tuesday

Patriotic
Lezlee

rustic antique lantern...

Some of our Christmas tour stuff I never posted...
That one room was so chock full, don't know if I could ever show it all!

Moma's old lantern...even the original glass is still intact...

                                                         I think it would still work fine...

 

rusted perfection...with  Christmas lights glowing in it...


We found an old map of our school district, love  the red  outlines...and I thought...

Let's do a Santa and his sleigh sighting,
                      like they used to do on the weather radar during the news!

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 of course it looked prettier with the candles lit and goodies in the tin,
   so hard to take pics with everything completely done during an event, everyone is too busy!

 Trains everywhere sometimes...small

 and sometimes large (This Santa was about the size of a two year old)

Suzette wished out-loud, to our friend Susie, that she had a big train and later they turned a corner and this was in the trash...She painted it black and added the stickers...it had tracks with it, too! Our Christmas tour always has fun stories like this...

  
The Victorian Lady Tea Room front window. at Christmas...another wonderland I never showed you...We had it really decked out with wonderful gifts.

anyway...I've been to a water-slide park all day with Jr. High ~~~
So, I thought these snowy scenes looked refreshing..

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Lezlee

P.S. work started on the driveway and pavers for a sidewalk today!!!!

Green Exterior Paint Color

The paint job is almost done...
sage, cream, with red...

touch ups & clean up, but couldn't wait to post, plus Jared wanted to see...

               during...
this siding is circa 1903, so it needed just a bit of washing, scraping and priming...

After...

Next is the driveway and pavers, picking them out tomorrow!!!  So many decisions to make...


and here is some more photos, in different stages of being done, in no particular order.
It is May and too pretty to be sitting at the computer!
                                                                       Plus,a grand baby is over!

 We hope to put a little Victorian porch on where the covered El Camino is...
Nothing too ginger bready, just some white turned post, with a touch of ginger...
                             the original porch was on the opposite side ~
                                                                  where my master bath and closet are now.

3  triangles have the fish scales....two can be seen here
                                                    ..the original windows are 83 inches...

                                        back porch, which we may screen in someday...

I love the red  and white French doors ~ we still need to scrape the windows clean...

My "TreeHouse" door is Red, also...
all the exterior doors...

I love this deep red.

Even tiny house got some paint and lipstick!!!

    I still want to 

"doll" 

this little house up with some Junk! 

~More later when it is all done up~

I am so tickled green pink 

about this home improvement,

Pay me no mind if you see me...

sitting out in the street, 

just gazing at my home! 
I adore how it changes...
 with the sun and shade.

Painted Lady



Lezlee

joining Tickled Pink Fridays