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| A new decorative shelf for the farm kitchen |
It's summer and we have plenty to do. The back-packers returned Tuesday (August 3) from their three-day, two-night excursion into the Boulder and White Cloud Mountains in "the wild heart of Idaho." Son Clint returned to his home in Hagerman while Mike, Nick and Hallie came on to the Frog Ranch where I was waiting with a pan of lasagna for dinner. I have never seen so many mosquito bites! We've been cleaning camping gear, playing croquet, exercising in the sun, and sitting up late to watch the night sky as the grain ripens in the fields all around.
I seldom buy new things for my house. For one thing, I have a lot of old things and that makes it hard to justify buying more. For another, I am not confident of my ability to decorate my home, but I resist asking an "expert" to tell me what to do. And I'm careful about what I spend: I don't want things to be cheap but I also don't want them to be so expensive that I'm stuck with them forever. Believe me! I don't part with things easily.
Recently, though, this cute little shelf with "doorknob" hooks caught my eye at Pier 1 Imports. I didn't buy immediately, thinking that if I showed the shelf to Mike, maybe we could make one similar using old doorknobs here at the farm. Then Hallie sent a message: "If you want that little shelf, you'd better check into it. They are on sale now." By the time I was able to shop, just one of the shelves remained in stock at the Lewiston store, and of course, it had my name on it.
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| Shirley Anne, American "Farm" Girl, sits beside her new trunk. |
On the same shopping excursion, I bought this little decorative trunk for Shirley Anne, American *Farm* Girl. (Yes, I changed the title of my American Girl doll to better reflect the role I want her to illustrate.) I just couldn't see paying the exorbitant price for a genuine American Girl trunk, so I shopped the "decorative box" department at Ross and eventually came up with this nice little trunk for $20.00. Mike points out that for travel the clasps are not really sturdy enough, so I will make a security strap. The trunk is just a little short. I have to fit the doll in at an angle, but that's okay. KW
4 comments:
Great new blog look!! Someone's been decorating here, too. :-)
Yes, we're home, but not quite back into the groove here. I'm calling it jet lag, or maybe island lag? Whatever, I'm slowing getting back into things.
Hey, that bed in the Shirley Anne picture--is it the one we "gilded" long ago?? The room windows look familiar, too.
Love the door knob thingy--perfect! And the trunk is cute, too.
Yay! Chris is back from vacation!
Yes, Hallie has spent hours giving "Homestead Happenings" a new look. Frankly, Blogger seems to have changed quite a lot in recent months and posting wasn't going so well for us. She helped me get updated and find a new template.
Yes, that bed is "the one" to which we applied gold leaf back in 1960-something. "Gold-fin-ger," you sang out. Two bed frames were stolen from the house, so we brought that one to town and Clint spray painted it black. Then Hallie had it powder coated and took it to U-I. By the time we moved to the farm, she didn't need it any longer and we put it back in "Hallie's" room which was indeed my room when I stayed at the farm.
The vintage sewing room has another old bed frame original to the farmhouse, but Mike and I use an iron bed frame from his mother's family.
Welcome home!
That's a great trunk! Very cool--don't know where it was hiding while I was there. I have not had an actual bed frame since I was in college and used that one. Ha! Someday I'll grow up...
Shirley Anne and her little trunk were hiding in the vintage sewing room so as not to be in your way.
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