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Grandma Sells 1916 English Armoire

For Sale: Large antique burled walnut Armoire – double closet area with two sliding hanging rods and 7 brass hooks. A large beveled mirror covers one of the front facing 3 doors. Two large, deep drawers under closet area provide great storage for blankets or clothing. Right hand cupboard hides a top hat shelf and 3 drawers underneath. Features a beautiful cornice top. Three front doors of burled walnut with hand carved wood and brass insets finish the look. All hardware, inside and out is brass. I purchased the armoire in [ ... ]

I Love Being Festive for Christmas

When it comes to Christmas, I really like to go all out! I love to decorate by decking the halls, trimming the tree and putting up lights outside. I put the Christmas towels and tea towels out, along with the good China in the dining room. I start wearing some of Christmas sweaters and the like, and have just discovered the wide array of  Holiday Fun Eyeglasses from Zenni. Zenni is a site that I’ve ordered glasses from in the past and have had a great experience with them. The thing that’s so fabulous about is that they have [ ... ]

Outdoor Lighting Creates Your House’s Ambiance

At night time, the decorative lighting you have can really showcase your home and make it look like the castle it is. Not only will it light up the way when you come home or are going to and from your vehicle in the driveway, but it can also be made to create an ambiance that makes the nightlife more fun, more peaceful and even more festive for Holiday seasons. Aren’t these amazing? These would love marvelous outside of my daughter’s new home – maybe around their pool… What I absolutely love is the wide variety of solar lighting now [ ... ]

Oversized Christmas Ornaments are So Fun!

I’ve been trying to figure out just how I’d like to decorate our yard this year for Christmas. Have you seen those beautiful, large Christmas ornaments available now? How fun are these? I guess you’d need a very large tree to hang them in, if you wanted to hang them… …but I think they’d look absoutely phenomenal if you bunched them together at different, strategic angles on your lawn, maybe at different levels of your landscaping. How lovely would that look? I think that woud be perfect for our front lawn as we have a few different levels of our [ ... ]

Christmastime is Coming: Get Ready to Decorate

Christmastime is coming and I love to decorate for Christmas – Decking the Halls, so to speak! I love trimming the tree with gorgeous, Victorian-style ornaments in all pink, of course. I put candle lights in every window and get out my Nativity Sets. A few years back, my son-in-law and daughter picked out one of the most beautiful nativities I’ve seen and I proudly display it on my sideboard in the diningroom for Christmas. I have two lighted reindeers that move for outide, but what I would really love now is a Nativity Scene for my front lawn. Jesus is [ ... ]