"Unusual Bedfellows".....

For sometime now I have collected flower arranging "frogs"......My love for these little utilitarian objects began many years ago.... with the "influence" of a mother who always enjoyed flower arranging, along with that of Martha Stewart....my one or two frogs quickly took on the importance of a true collection....

I had just purchased a sweet Ethan Allen end table that was actually a curio cabinet on legs, so to speak, with a glass top that you could open, being able to display items inside....At the time, this beautiful little table was quite a splurge for my husband & I.....& I loved it....

Feeling that whatever I chose to "display" in the velvet lined cabinet, was quite important & wanting very much to make a interesting & unusual decorating statement, I decided to choose my gardening "frogs"...

So humble they were, some green metal with bits of rust clinging to their bases....others clear glass & quite sparkly....& a few almost lethal in the amount of sharp spikes they sported.....And my table, so very "fancy"....glass & dark polished wood, exquisite workmanship....What a charming juxtaposition!.....The very "plain & everyday" frogs against the "richness & luxuriousnes" of the black velvet lined table.

So it was to be...a match made in heaven.....I have enjoyed this unusual pairing now  for many years...and still always feel that "odd bed fellows" invaribly make the most fabulous interiors.....

To all our decorating indeavors!......Your friend, Heidi xo

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All My Projects & "Kitchen Skirts".....

 Good Morning Friends, Thank you so much for taking time to stop by for a visit!....As usual & like many of you...... I am constantly trying to make time for work, gardening & decorating & cooking.....not to mention quilting, sewing & O.K exercise.....but at the moment the "item of my obsession" is these ever so charming "Kitchen Counter Skirts"! I must have one if not a couple in my little house!!

 As you can see from some of these exquisite kitchens,.... whether the "skirts" are burlap, mattress ticking or common everyday muslin, or even a darling prairie cotton, these skirts add so much softness & interest to the room!

 So even with all my interests, I must carve out a bit of time to whip up a "kitchen skirt"!!....I will keep you posted on my progress!....And looking once again at this photos makes me think I may not only need a skirt, but shelving, an antique table & possible a whole "new" kitchen!

Have a happy day working on all your projects!!.....

I'm off to get started on mine!...

Love you, 

heidi XO

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