Romantic Decor For February

Hi, Friends,

I'm very late getting some Valentine's Day decor posted but I thought I'd share some of my sweet February images. 

Sweet cherubs are perfect for romantic February decor. 

I used to have cherubs and angels all over the place but I curated my collection and saved my favorite pieces. 

I brought a few of my concrete statues into the house because we are getting a deeper freeze this weekend. This one is not an antique but she's been in the garden long enough to look like it. 

Swans are sentimental and sweet for February. 

I stitched up the pansy motif heart out of an old piece of needlepoint. It is a new favorite. 

Some faux tin scrapes left over from our backsplash at the country house was easily cut into hearts. 

I love these too. 

Old keys are fun this time of year. 

Birds are a fun motif this month too. 

There you go. I hope it's not too late for a little Valentine's Day inspiration.  Stay warm and stay well. 

Katie 

Late Summer/Early Fall in the Master

 The other day I showed you pictures of our linen storage. 

A new late summer/early fall color scheme for the guest bed wasn't quite coming together but the master bedroom came together just fine. 

I pulled all of the red and blue off of the bed 

and it looked a little boring.

I folded an older quilt with tan, pink and red and set it on the end of the bed. 

The deep crimson and pink flowers matched the flowers on a brown pillow cover but it needed more. 

My favorite needlepoint pillow usually goes in the sunroom but it looks wonderful here with the other florals.

A brown satin throw from the deep recesses of the armoire sits on top of the quilt. 
It still needed something. 
This brown velveteen fabric is perfect!
It feels so luxurious and is gorgeous with the lace pillow slip peeking out.  

The newly stitched brown cases ground the scheme. 

 A thrift store painting adorns the wall above my night table. 
Can you believe it was only a $1.00?

You will see no such adornment above Bill's nightstand, however. 

He has a clock, a fan and his current reading assortment. 

A small wooden box with hand painted roses graces the shelf. 

The brown bottle came from Bill's grandparent's house. 

I've seem many of these bottles over the years but I'm not really sure what came in them originally. 
I hope it isn't something like Milk of Magnesia.

The tall dresser got some fresh picked oak leaves and a little glass canoe.

The warmer tones of fall are not really my favorite and I can only live with them for a short while. 

Brown, orange, rust or gold aren't as easy to live with as my usual color palettes but I do like this.

I figured out the guest room and I can't wait for you to see it. 
  
Katie   

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Shabby Coverlet Revealed

I wanted a coverlet and pillow cases in a shabby chic fabric for spring.

I couldn't find anything either at Target or Walmart so I decided to stitch up exactly what I wanted.

Tuesday Morning had just gotten a shipment of sheet sets in different spring pastels.

I immediately put the pillow cases on the pillows. 
I used the top sheet to make the coverlet. 
The fitted sheet will be great for extra decorative throw pillows. 

I made a big sandwich with the top sheet, another white flat sheet for the bottom with the batting in-between.
Find the complete directions here.

At this point I could have left it "as is" but if this ever needed to be washed, the batting would end up in a big clump. 
I've made that mistake before and I have no desire to repeat it.

Rather than try to machine or hand quilt this thing, 

I decided to tack it all over with inch long runs made with the sewing machine. 

The tacks are spaced about 6 inches apart.

Now all the layers are held in place. 

The sheet set was $29.99
The white sheet for the bottom was $8.97.
The batting was $11.97.

I will be making some accent pillows out of the fitted sheet soon. 
Our new coverlet adds a touch of spring now that winter weather has come to Texas.

We had an ice storm Monday morning with Thunder Sleet. 
The schools were closed Monday and Tuesday.
It snowed for several hours on Wednesday.
We had flurries on Thursday.
We had 3 or so inches on Friday which caused havoc when the schools dismissed early. 
 We are supposed to have highs in the 70s on Tuesday and then more sleet on Wednesday. 
There are no snow plows in our area so the best they usually do is some kind of de-icing mixture on the bridges and overpasses.
We will be more than ready when spring finally arrives.

How is the weather in your neck of the woods?

Katie   
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