Rudy’s favorite day…

by Cindi Albright

Monday: Laundry Day

 

oh goody mom’s taking all the fluffy stuff off of the bed

and tossing it onto the floor

i must hurry

have to grab my Barney

get into position

okay mom

i’m ready!

ahhhh…

here’s the best part… she will get side tracked by an email or phone call and forget all about me and the laundry

this will be the best nap ever

…until next Monday.

What a smart dog I have.  He was right. I did get distracted by a couple of phone calls and a project. Rudy caught up on some much needed rest.  Weekends are ruff rough on our little fur buddies.  They like to follow everyone around and try their best to keep up.  They are happy to see Monday morning when it’s just back to Mom and the laundry :)

peace.love.rust

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wall words

by Cindi Albright

One year ago I received a gift. Today I finally got up the nerve to use it. Well…okay, not nerve. I finally picked out a place to use it. Vinyl lettering for walls; a test in patience. I passed the test and the wall turned out nice.

We have this small alcove in our den that used to have a wet bar built in and I removed it with place to possibly put in built in book cases or a desk area. But we never got around to that…maybe someday. For now it’s just an alcove, and a great area to add some words.

First I hung on of my wire crosses. It once hung next to the front door, but since the redo things will live in different areas, partly because the board and batten walls are posing a bit of a design challenge for me. I feel confident that I will master the challenge but it may take a bit more planning.

I placed the cross off center to allow room for the lettering.

Then added the first word…”Family”

Easy enough. Just can’t rush through it.

At this point I felt like success was within reach.

and then…

 

I hit a wall.  No pun intended.

The sentence that was supposed to sit right under the word “Family”, really didn’t, at least not like in the photo on the packaging.  No big deal really, I got it in position and began rubbing.  I really expected this would work just like the first word.  Nope. it didn’t. and it was a tedious process.  The letters came out okay.  I can see where the bad places are; but know one else will notice.

More photos will be added over time, but for now it’s just this one.

And there sits that cedar chest, still begging for a coat of paint.   hum…it looks off center, I just noticed.

So now this area is checked off my list.

Today was filled with touch up painting and word art on the wall.  Things are moving right along…that is until I tear up something else :)   We hit 77 degrees today.  I had windows and doors open, it was pretty awesome, for the end of January that is.

peace.love.rust

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His Promise

by Cindi Albright

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a puppy and a teapot

by Cindi Albright

That title almost sounds like the title of a children’s book…but it’s not.  It’s a real story of vintage pottery found in my stash.

I’m still putting things back in place, slowly but surely this too shall pass and things will be back to normal. Who am I kidding, normal is boring. Let’s just say things will be back in place. This would be a great time to raise my picket sign in protest to dusting. You see if I had not dusted since I moved everything, then it’s quite possible I would still have some memory (albeit an impression in the dust) as to where things were before I moved them. I should’ve taken a photo with my phone to have for quick reference.

Wouldn’t that have been smart?

Since I’ve been unearthing things from the depths of my closets, I’ve found a few little beauties that I forgot I had. Oldies but goodies…with a lot of history.

I love this little sweetie.  For as long as I can remember this cute little planter sat in my Granny’s bathroom.  I’m not sure when, but at some point in time, my Granny blessed me and told me I could have it.  I suppose these were very popular back in the early 60′s.

Although I’m not exactly sure of what they were used for, there is not much room for much of anything once dirt is added. Maybe a very small plant, but probably better for rooting plants rather than growing them.  There are no markings or stamps on this little cutie, so I’m not sure what company made her.  Doesn’t matter.  I don’t plan on selling this one.  She will be handed down to a special little girl… someday.

Then I found my teapot.  It’s been sitting safely in a cabinet.  It was really dusty so I pulled it down and cleaned it up.  I’m not sure if it’s rare or just hard to find details about it.  I’ve searched several places online to find out more about it, but so far I’ve come up empty.

Made by Arthur Wood of England it’s stamped #4204.  This side depicts a dinning scene and is titled “Mary and the fat Boy”

This side depicts a scene from Oliver Twist possibly.  It’s titled “Oliver asks for More”.  The glaze still holds it’s luster, the gold detail is still in tact, there is some crazing, which is to be expected with glazed pottery of this age.  It’s age is undetermined since I can’t find any information on this specific style, but I do know that it was given to my mom in 1959 from one of her aunts.   My mom gifted it to me when I was 16.   This is one of my favorite pieces in my collection of vintage pottery.  I’m not sure who will receive this wonderful little teapot, but it will be awhile before I let it go.  I still enjoy looking at it and using it in my decor.

In other news…

The winners for the Furnace Hills Coffee giveaway have been chosen and notified.  Congratulations to Autumn (entry #10) and Susan(entry #61)

peace.love.rust

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the new hearth

by Cindi Albright

Considering it took me 25 years to remove something that I didn’t like in my home, the fact that it took me a few months to complete the new hearth is like… a blink of an eye.

It all began one Sunday morning when the desire to remove the brick hearth around my fireplace, moved me into action.

I don’t know for sure, but I think demolition is my best side!

Two sledge hammers, two railroad spikes, my son and I removed about 75 bricks via several trips to the back yard. Jake and I had it all clean up, spic and span before Mr. Rust returned home from shuttle driving at the church.


When he left it look like this and then it looked like this…


Then for a few months, while we repainted the walls and added board and batten, it looked like this…

And now it looks…

DONE!

WOOOHOOO!

We used 12 x 12 raw slate tiles from Home Depot.  Mr. Rust and I sifted through stacks and stacks of broken boxes of slate to find 14 good tiles.  Once complete we were able to take back the extra tile.  Total cost of this redo…about $45 when all was said and done.

This goes into to the books as one of my favorite projects of 2011.  I’ve never once regretted tearing the hearth out and now that the tile is laid, I can move on to my next adventure.

I’ll give you a hint…It will be old, made of iron, ornate and rusty!

Any guesses?

Now…

have  you entered my coffee giveaway?

There is still time!

peace. love. rust.

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Last Friday was “First Friday” and a first for me

January 9, 2012

Pin itAbout 2 weeks ago my BFF Christy called and asked if I would like to go with her to hear a guest speaker at an event called First Friday.  She explained that the guest speaker would be non other than author Lysa TerKuerst!  Of course I didn’t know she was an author, but I [...]

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my new daily grind & a giveaway

January 6, 2012

Pin itcoffee. yum. i love coffee. i’m not a coffee connoisseur. but i do grind my own beans. just the smell of the fresh ground beans, makes me smile in the morning. i drink my coffee in a really big cup with one or two tsp. of raw sugar and then i add half & [...]

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inspired by need and laziness, I made my own curtain rings

January 5, 2012

Pin itDuring the recent upheaval of our den/sun room/entry many things were dismantled, removed and some things were packed away to make room for decorations during the holiday season.  Needless to say, my house is still in a state of unrest.  But little by little decorations are working their way off of the walls, shelves, [...]

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10 little monkeys sitting on a couch….

January 4, 2012

Pin itPresli. Park. Camden. Haley. Paisley. Haven. Will. Joshua. Caleb. Sterling. It was a fabulous Christmas celebration with my 10 little monkeys Many thanks to my son and daughter in law who hosted our family Christmas party We ate until stuffed and laughed until we hurt It was so fun! Happy New Year belated but [...]

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a complete 360 and a Merry Christmas

December 24, 2011

Pin itone final click to the right and we’re done! The corner where it all began… and then… and now… from our family to yours… MERRY CHRISTMAS Linking up and Sharing my style @ Savvy Southern Style: Wow Us Wednesdays #46

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a door frame for Christmas…and more!

December 24, 2011

Pin itWest Wing…Sun Room…Library, it’s a room with many names.  A room that was once the back patio, a door way that was once a wall one window and a door to the back patio.  Since we needed more room and more light, we removed the wall, enclosed the patio, added french doors (for light) [...]

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there’s more to it…the big reveal continues

December 19, 2011

Pin itAfter writing yesterday’s post about the entry reveal, I stumbled upon this photo of the “real” before of our entry plus all the junk we piled into this small space when we were beginning this tiny little renovation.  We started in that corner to the left. This was then… this is now… and  off [...]

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Ready to reveal…enter here

December 18, 2011

Pin itWe’re finally in the home stretch with our den renovation.  Since our entry, den and small sun room areas all flow together, we redid all three at the same time. All three were painted different colors. They all blended but it was time to lighten things up a bit and tie the three areas [...]

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a bit of equality in my Christmas decor…

December 14, 2011

Pin itor at least more equality in my blogging about my Christmas decorations… whatever! but I suppose that I could spent a few minutes showing you how “one” area of our home is decorated for this time of year.  It really doesn’t qualify as Christmas decorations.  More like wintery and seasonal decor.  Winter because they [...]

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bead’n it up, bouncing around & chimming in

December 12, 2011

Pin itBack in October during the 31 Days of Before and After, I choose one day to take a few things lying around my workroom, create something fun and different and use that as one of my blog posts. Since that day I’ve received several  inquiries about those funky little bouncy bell chimes?   They are [...]

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