A Very Merry Christmas!~

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!~

It is our very first holiday season of being entrusted with this 101 year old building.

While still figuring out the ins and outs of the wiring, lighting, repairs needed and more, we couldn't let the season go by without adding a little holiday cheer...

Just love the details of the side doors and can't wait to paint them with fresh paint in the spring.

While working with some wonderfully talented local florists over the holidays, a co-designer and friend heard me discuss my budget conscience decorating ideas for the building this first season of ownership.  She created these fabulous boxwood wreaths for the front doors of the church!~  I love them and love her for making them for us!~

I'm pretty sure that these metal posts once held a connecting piece and signage. For now, I added box elder tree twigs to make an arch. I intended on adding greens and twinkle lights, but electric issues are complicating my lovely plans.

Perhaps next year, we will have wreaths complete with beautiful bows in the windows.... 

and a fancier light fixture above this stained glass window...

For now, I'm thankful for angels with bells in windows,

doors to paint fresh in the spring,

 

architecturally appealing designs, regardless of chipped paint...

jingle bells, pine cones and red berries on red doors...

Merry Christmas to all!~ 

May your holiday season be filled with true Hope, Joy and Peace.

Projects in the Fall

With our Forrester Farm wedding season slowing down just a bit, I've been organizing, cleaning and tackling a few projects at home. 

It was time to remove the floral display on our front door.  Using a galvanized letter that I picked up on sale at Michaels with items we already had on hand, this fun frame now adorns the front door.... 

Reorganizing the guest bathroom and stocking shelves with soap resulted in this look...

A while ago, I had picked up a frame and a metal tray while thrift shopping, thinking I would add the items to our Forrester Farm Garden Room Events. This year, we were so busy with weddings, that I didn't schedule any events and the frame and tray were painted and put together in this combination...

If we run out of storage space for wedding supplies, they might end up being displayed throughout the house in hopefully non-cluttered, creative ways. In this case, on the counter in the basement... (antique wood sock darners and butter mashers added for fun)

I might have a problem because I sometimes pick up items that I can envision a future for, but don't really have a place for right now, like a barn door with hardware attached or something like this...

But, with such great ideas available on pinterest, it might one day sport a display something like this:

 Photo compliments of: forevercottage.blogspot.com

Whether you've been organizing a closet, getting the leaves off your yard or doing something creative, I hope that you walk away from that task feeling a bit more energized and perhaps ready to take on something new!~