Black Transferware On Display

The dish dresser in the sunroom got a late winter overhaul.
 All the plaid and the sparkly and snowy branches have been removed.
 Bill's grandmother's china looked so gorgeous over Christmas that it needed to stay.

Once all the plaid was removed, there was room to dot a few pieces of our black transferware into the mix. The red had to be a prominent feature because of the cute bird house that my son got me for Christmas. 

It's so well made that I can't bear to put it outside in the weather and the garden room is the perfect place for it. 

Black and red is such a classic combination. 

We have some little brass birds. I tucked them in and around the dishes. 

A few tins with red are displayed on the top of the hutch. 

My favorite little spring plant has a few glass mushrooms clipped onto the stems. 

The little chalet ornament came from Epcot. 

All the birds were thrifted for a dollar or two.

Some bird prints from the Raz Imports Warehouse Sale hang on the wall. 

They are actually hung on existing nails. I'm really not sure if they need to be offset but the outlet is there so I left it. I'll probably fix it tomorrow. 

The other red inspiration piece in the room is the little red truck from Hobby Lobby. 

This thing is just too cute. I've had fun decorating it for the seasons and holidays.
Hobby Lobby has a new red truck as part of their spring line but it's bigger and more rustic.

Pick ups are still trending in design so I'd run out and grab one if I were you.

The pick up is adorable with hearts and it will be cute with flowers and garden tools. I think I have some mini garden tools around here somewhere. The bird pillow on the sofa came from the thrift store for $8.00. It got a good hot washing and drying. A must for thrifted fabric.

That is it for now. Be sure to come back on Sunday for Ten on the 10th. We are having a thrift store challenge and link party. I can't wait. I have another thrifted truck to show you. It's been transformed from its original purpose and it's so cute.

It's so cold today that I think I'm staying in.
Happy Friday!
Katie

What Color Transferware For Fall?

I am a collector. There is supposedly a collector's gene in my DNA.
As a result, I have several collections of transferware in different colors.

Currently, the blue and white collection is in the niches in the kitchen.
When they were put on display, I did worry about their longevity after summer was over.
Would I tire of the blue?
The bee in my bonnet this afternoon caused me to clean out the niches with the intent of refilling them with a different color.

What color?

They had brown in them when the cabinets were brown.

It was perfect in the newly painted cabinets.

My fledgling collection of red was on the docket about eight months later. 

How cute is it with burlap pumpkins?
But it was not to be.

We were back to brown by the time the turkey was thawing in the sink. 

But what is this?

Black?
This was totally cute with Halloween decor.
It lasted about a year.

Then I went a little shabby with some pink.

We even had a pink Christmas.

But by the next spring/summer it was back to red transferware.

It was all well and good until I fell madly in love with Jadite green. 

Finally, this winter I pulled out my first love.

 I thought that the rekindling of our love might be short lived.
I worried that by this fall, the cooler blues would give way to warmer tones.
It seemed like it was time to brown to make an appearance.
No.
I pulled everything out of the shelves, wiped them down with a damp cloth, staged a shelf or two in brown but it was not to be.
The blue was loaded right back up. Blue will stay for the time being.

 Soon white baby boos will get plopped here and there.
You never know what will happen, though by the time Mr. Turkey comes to roost.
Thanks for letting me share.
Katie 

Red and White Dishes.

One of the first things I wanted do with my summer was to go junking. 
I just haven't had much time to do that this spring. 
As soon as I was done at school I hit one of my favorite thrifts. 

I went out again the next morning. 

 Arlington Resale had 25 percent off everything in the store.

I was thrilled to find that the tablecloth was Williams Sonoma. 
It will go with some white napkins I found over the holidays. 

All this red inspired me to pull out my red dishes. 

When we had the kitchen cabinets painted last fall, I loaded them with my brown transferware.
The brown goes better with my collections of pumpkins, turkeys and gingerbread men. I meant to change things up in January, but I didn't feel like it. 

Transferware is wonderful to collect in a variety of colors.

A copper plate was used to print the design on tissue paper and the tissue paper was then laid on the clay. 

In my years of antiquing I've noticed that blue is the easiest color to find. 

 Mulberry (purple) is the most rare. 

The teacup is Mason's China. 
This pattern is gorgeous and very collectable. 
It's my favorite of all the red dishes but 
it's hard to find at a price I want to pay.

The larger plate is also Mason's.
The smaller plate is some hotel china that I found last summer at Goodwill. 

Only a few pieces of my red and white are
 vintage transferware. The rest is a mix of thrifty finds. The teapot is Old Britain Castles by Johnson Brothers. I picked up at an outlet store.

My cow pitchers make me think of my grandmother. Too cute.

I found the chicken at my favorite thrift.
The milk bottle was Pier 1 clearance. 
Red and white kitchens can be very kitsch or more elegant.
I like a mix of both. 

 I'm not sure when red and white kitchens were in favor but I have a feeling every generation has had a version of the red and white kitchen. Tomato red was popular in the 70's. The first house I lived in as an adult had tomato red laminate countertops. :) I wish I had a picture of those.
Two of Bill's little aunts had red and white kitchens. 
In fact Mason's was his little Aunt Louine's everyday china.

His Aunt Doris had a treasure trove of vintage red and white utensils, canisters and other items. She wasn't trying to decorate vintage. It was all original from when her house was built in the 1940's.

I found some super cute pins on Pinterest by searching for red and white kitchens. 
Some of them looked like Aunt Doris' old kitchen.

Having the white cabinets is fun because I can change my accent colors for the seasons.

I love, love the red in the white cabinets.

It's fun for summer.

and it just pops.

I love it!

Katie 
Linking with,
The Charm of Home  
Funky Junk Interiors