Sweet Dreams

I just love our new home and especially a couple of the rooms. My bedroom is one of them (ha). All of the furniture in the bedroom came with the home. I did some research and it was made in the 1920's and is bird's eye maple veneer. It is the first time as an adult that I have actually had a bedroom set. I love sleeping in this bed which has metal springs instead of a box spring mattress. When we moved in, all the beds still had very vintage mattresses which were probably 50-70 years old.

 

My dresser with 1920's Ivory Pyralin vanity set inscribed with
Mr. Rooney's (the previous owner)  mothers initials.

The tall dresser which is hubby's with beveled mirror.

Both of the dogs take turns sleeping in the little dog bed.

Battenburg Lace curtains.

I can't wait to open the windows and see them flutter in the breeze.

 This is hubby's nightstand. The milk glass lamps came with the house too.

The stuffed animal Gizmo was given to him by a prior girlfriend 25 years ago and has traveled 

ALL over the world with him. It is his favorite traveling companion.

That is hubby's mom in the photo. 

 She passed away when he was a teenager and he just loves this photo of her.

 And peeking out from that photo is this one of Hubby when we first started dating 22 years ago.

My nightstand.

My mom gave me both the hairpin, hairpin pillow and all the vintage perfume bottles. I love them!!

 

Guess What? It's a Snow-A-Long

It's snowing again here in New England. 

 

 Good thing I have nothing to do today except cut out my muslin for the MPB sew-a-long.

Here are my tailor's tacks (above).
And my plaid muslin fabric, which I am hoping may become another shirt that hubby can wear.

The fabric appears to look the same on both the right and wrong side so I searched for a good method to keep myself sane and found this great hint from another blogger. Putting blue painters tape on the wrong side.

While I had the camera out snapping some snow photos, I thought I would take some photos of what we have done to the house since moving in.

This is the dining room before. It was very dark when we bought the house. The floor was a mess and the walls too. All the furniture you see, came with the house. It is 1916 Stickley Brothers.

Hubby refinished the floors and put all new walls and a ceiling in, fresh eco-paint and an 

authentic arts and crafts rug to go with the furniture.

 
Before

 After

And the corner where you see the TV's above now looks like this.

Stickley Rocker (we have two of these).

 And our Stickley settee

I am going to spend the rest of the day getting my bobbin filled and ready for sewing. Possibly work at the restaurant this evening, although I can't imagine anyone will be going out.

See you tomorrow.