Mad for Plaid Tassel House

After winning this stunning tassel from Tassel House at Susan's Between Naps on the Porch, I knew I wanted plaid to be apart of the decorating in the breakfast room this year.

See the delicious layers of ribbons including the plaid!

I hung the tassel by the desk area of the room.Over by the eating area I put two apple and pine cone hurricanes.

All three of these pictures were taken one after another.

Sigh, someday I will learn photography and my pics will be normal.

I like the beaded fruit in combination with the rustic pine cones.

The shelves above the island were decorated with a pine garland
along with some cardinal birds and plaid votives.

I thought these matched well against the woodsy feel of the room.

I'm joining Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday; A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday and From My Front Porch to Yours.

Living Room Transformation

Thank you so much for all of your comments and suggestions

for table setup at our Thanksgiving.

I decided to rent three 60 inch round tables and 28 chairs to transform the living room into our dining room for the Thanksgiving day. As you can see below, it was all hands on deck for setup day Wednesday. Madison is, of course, in a supervising role.

We moved most of the furniture out of the living room and pushed back the remaining pieces to make as much floor space as possible.
With the linens pressed, silver polished and flowers arranged it was time for table setting.

More detail on Thursday of the table settings, which I hope will provide some inspiration for Christmas as well as your next Thanksgiving. I'm joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch.

Fall Buffet

Since Friday is the first day of fall, I thought I'd spruce up the buffet.
I used my leaf runner as a base.

Anchored each end with blue urns.

Then added a few fall touches.

My new candy container found on ebay -love Mr. Squirrel

A few more pumpkins and my owl pitcher

Along with these Japanese plates.

Mr Squirrel will make it to a tabletop soon
I'm joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch; Marty at A Stroll Thru Life;

Change is Constant

Wanted to keep my blog friends up to date with the store. After a lot of thought & prayer I have decided not to renew my lease at my current location. I did this prior to finding a new location so for awhile I will be closed. I am looking forward to visiting a lot more of your blogs each day and posting lots of things too!
This wonderful sign is by My Repurposed Life another great blogger from Louisville. Be sure to visit her blog and also Susan at Between Naps on the Porch.

Box Collection

Now that the Fourth of July holiday has passed, I'm settling into decorating for that in between time of late summer & early fall.I thought a few vignettes of my collections would be a nice change of pace.

This corner table has always provided a nice base of decor.
Here I've displayed three of the boxes in my collection.

I liked the difference in height & material.

The square gold box with the hand painted

man on a horse was actually the box

that a leather wallet my parents gave my son from

Italy came in. Too beautiful to discard I added it to the collection.

Composed of paper the image of the horse and man

is hand painted onto the top.

This blue toile box is decoupage on wood.
The metal clasp, handle and feet are a weathered silver.

This porcelain box and dish is actually a cigarette box

and ash tray of my grandmothers.

I have often looked for more cigarette boxes, but

they seem to be hard to find.

I love the scallop detail and the roses on top.

I'm joining the following:

Metamorphosis Monday; Tabletop Tuesday & Three of More Tuesday.

Vintage Fourth Clip Art

I thought I would re-post an entry from 2011 in case you would enjoy using these pictures 

for your upcoming July 4th weekend!

It is possible to have an inexpensive yet festive party for Fourth of July. This week I'll show you how to plan a perfect patriotic picnic for next weekend's holiday. Today I'm sharing a few vintage clipart pictures I'm using later this week for a patriotic picnic.

I've saved these in a Word file and will be printing them on a sheet of white heavy card stock paper and a sheet of Avery labels.

I can't wait to show you all my creations for a patriotic picnic! Today I'm joining Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.
Upcoming Posts:

Wednesday: Parks to Picnic - Outdoor Wednesday

Thursday: Patriotic Picnic - Tablescape Thursday

Friday: Perfect picnic sandwich - Foodie Friday

Red, White & Blue Toile China Cabinet

Every few months of so I like to change things up in the China Cabinet. Previously I had backed it with red & white toile wallpaper leftovers from the downstairs bathroom. You can see that post here. For summertime I displayed some red, white and blue dishes, including these adorable frog placecard holders.

And their friends the larger froggy salt and pepper shakers! I love the pop of this red rooster platter in the back of the cabinet.

Inside this red and white polka dot casserole dish I placed blue and white carpet balls of assorted patterns.

And finally several sets of blue and white casserole dishes and a blue vase with red toile accent on the front.

On the fold down portion of the cabinet sits blue and white tiles, which can be used for coasters and a friendly patriotic bear. Check around your house and I'll bet you already have the makings of your own red, white and blue display. Thanks for coming by to visit me today. I'm joining the following blogs: Metamorphosis Monday; Tabletop Tuesday & Ruby Tuesday.

Nautical Lobby for Summer

When I was able to lease the 2nd floor lobby space of Head House I knew I wanted to brighten it up with summery fun so I chose mostly nautical colors and themes.
A changing table was converted to the Fourth of July display including a white 4th themed tree!

This lovely bench was added at the top of the stairs to provide a wonderful place to display pillows, added storage inside and a nice resting spot for guests (and their DH) while shopping.

I added a nautical theme tree to the corner, which you can see as you climb the staircase up to the second floor. I will share more detail of the tree with you once it's decor is finished.

This table focuses on all the joy of summertime!

A fresh batch of Mary Lake towels has arrived with sail boats, light houses and all American themes!

I will share more detail of the nautical tabletop tomorrow when I join Tabletop Tuesday.
Also, I was able to add one small round table in the corner space of the lobby and will share that tablescape with you on Thursday.
Be sure to enter to win my giveaway for a signed copy of Gwyneth Paltrow's new cookbook "My Father's Daughter"
I'm joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday and hope you will too!

Here we grow again!

As the one year anniversary of Beeutiful by Design's location at Head House approaches - we are growing again and leasing the lobby space of the second floor!
These are some pictures of the lobby - after the current tenant moved on Saturday and before I moved in.

The lobby is quite spacious and is the first thing you see when you arrive at the second floor of Head House.

Beautiful old hard wood floors, crown molding details and a wide chair rail make it the perfect background for merchandise.

Can't wait to share the after with you next week!

I'm joining Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday.

Memorial Day Flags for Vets

I hope you are enjoying your Memorial Day weekend. This year my husband and son went down to the waterfront in Louisville and guarded the 30,000 flags placed there by the flags4vets program.

Flags 4 Vets is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for flags to be placed on the graves of US Veterans.

The mascot for the Flags 4 Vets program is Black Jack, the rider-less horse that followed the caisson carrying the casket of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in his funeral procession to Arlington Cemetery in November, 1963. During his 29 years of service Black Jack participated in the state funerals of JFK, Herbert Hoover, Lyndon Johnson and Five-Star General Douglas MacArthur and he escorted hundreds of our military to their final resting places.

Black Jack ended his dedicated and dignified military career on February 6, 1976 and was buried on the parade ground at Fort Myer's.
Black Jack seemed destined for greatness from birth, but never did take well to being ridden and threw rider after rider, leaving them sitting in the dust while he bucked riotously around the training corral.

Although fiery and difficult to manage, he was so sleek and beautiful that the army sent him to the caisson platoon at Arlington. Because of Black Jack's spirited temperament, the army was reluctant to use him in military funerals at Arlington, but one they tried him Black Jack's grace and vitality soon made him a favorite as the riderless horse that follows the caisson to the grave.

Black Jack was on display at the Memorial event.

My husband and son worked the 9 pm to 9 am shift.

Tents, food and drinks were provide for volunteers.

Ben was tired after about 3 am!

Coming over the interstate the flags were a wonderful impression and dedication to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for our country.

I'm joining Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.