A change of seasons, a change of decor. Was… Is… I love this time of year… cooler weather soups hearty breads sweaters jeans snuggling date nights at home in front of a fire… oops! I’m getting ahead of myself! What changes are going on in your home? I’d love to hear about them…please share. inspiration [...]
Our house was built in 1985 and the kitchen/dining room chandelier is an original fixture. Straight out of the 80′s, complete with the antique brass finish and frosted, fluted glass sconces. It’s a classic! The reason I’ve never replaced it is because it is solid and heavy. Real metal. Not hollow. It’s quality lighting. But [...]
My mister did it again. But this story has a little twist…This time the curbside rescue he brought home was quickly snatched up by my DD. Indeed the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. So today’s post is all about her before & after of a curbside rescue. A solid wood office chair is [...]
Awhile back my husband and I made use out of some tree limbs that had been salvaged from a tree in our yard that had been damaged in storm. Normally we don’t get so sentimental over a tree that we would save the branches, but this tree and 4 others are very special to me. [...]
I’ve shared with you in previous posts about my hoarding issues and I justify my need to keep things by actually doing something creative from time to time. When a friend of mine was cleaning out a closet she tossed about three fabric sample books out in the throw away box, she was more than [...]
I love texture. Love to add texture to objects and love to see texture on objects. To me…texture adds a touch of rustic. Since my world revolves around rustic, I find ways to add texture to just about anything. A few day ago I wanted to make a simple glass votive candle holder, a bit [...]
Hi there! Welcome to Rustique Art Blog, If you are just joining me on my 31 Days of Before & After journey, you’re in for a fun ride. I love to see what happens when you take something old, worn out and tired and give it new life. I also love to use things that [...]
I’m a groupie, I’ll admit it. I follow, I browse and glean tons of info from the blogs I follow. I have one or two blogs I read everyday, don’t always comment but I read and take note of topics I want to come back to. That is why, for me anyway, that I often [...]
I was just about to fix dinner and the only person that would’ve eaten dinner with me (son) jumped in his truck to go eat dinner with his team. Well! I can take a hint. So dinner will get moved to the back burner (lol) and I’ll write out a really quick blog post. Yesterday [...]
I keep telling my husband that all of those magazines I buy are an investment. He laughs. I can tell he’s not yet convinced. I think that this little project might change his mind though. In the last Flea Market Style magazine there was an article on page 76, titled; Pretty in Pink and Green. [...]
First let me be clear…I’m not picking on Pottery Barn. I love PB. I love all of their designs and ideas. I love looking and drooling over their pictorial features, the lovely fluffy perfect bedding, the wonderfully laid out wall displays, the feeling that the PB style invokes…comfortable, cozy, upscale. Unfortunately the other feelings that [...]
Ready for a fun weekend? Me too! Fun in the sun, hot dogs, hamburgers, iced tea and watermelon! I can’t wait! I have a confession… I’ve been wanting to make a tablescape for awhile but just never had the confidence that could pull it off… but being that it’s the 4th of July…I thought why [...]
I’ve shared that we recently celebrated our daughter’s graduation from high school. What a week it was too. Just to recap, our 4th child graduating from high school, our 5th child, that baby of the family turned 16 that same week. To add more tension to this mix of excitement, hubby lands a new position [...]
Thispost at The Lettered Cottage started the whole thing! or was it the need for bricks for a path in my backyard? Do I really need a reason for doing some of the hair brained things I do? it would probably make life easier and my husband might embrace my creative side a little bit [...]
Last weekend I painted my ugly front door It was hideous as you might recall It’s okay…my feelings won’t be hurt if you agree with me So this week, day by day, I fluffed I added a chair that I had in my kitchen It was dubbed the “queen’s chair” because that is where I [...]
