Moving right along...
...after crushing on a hot pink sequined Moroccan wedding blanket I saw online, I found this fabric and made my own.
I'll be joining:
Sundays at Home
Metamorphosis Monday
Wow us Wednesdays
You do such a great job mixing all your family's pieces in with new for a fresh look. Your pink is just perfect for spring! And I want your piano....what a beauty! I cannot believe you were at RAFB. We live just a few miles from there. We could have crossed paths! And I bet you performed for my father when he worked with the generals there. Such a small world!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kelly!! Oh my goodness, we definitely could have crossed paths! I was there first from 92-94, then back at HQ AFRC 2003-2004, but I did the Warner Robins 4th of July several times and was TDY there a lot in between. My brother still lives there and we still have friends at Southside Baptist, where we went to church. Who is your Dad? Yes, small world for sure:-)
DeleteYour home is just beautiful! So many gorgeous details & history! :) Linda
ReplyDeleteAnita I just love your vibrant use of color. The story of your great grandfathers house is so sweet and dear.
As a fellow spring tour participant I wanted to invite you to our linky party, Thoughts of Home on Thursday. Your tour is so fantastic that I would love for you to share it. We offer a giveaway chance very week for each participant. This week is a subscription to Southern Living. I hope you join in on our gathering.
Happy Easter to you and yours!
Love your style and use of color and pattern - you have a great eye and a gorgeous home! Have a wonderful Easter weekend. :) Kim
ReplyDeleteAnita I absolutley adore your home and the history behind everything. Your love of family treasures is wonderful and the way you display them is so beautiful. I love, love, love your tour and thanks so much for joing us. This is a real treat.
ReplyDeleteYour home is just extraordinarily lovely. It is even more special to know that so much of it are family pieces. I had a great-aunt who never married and spent her life working with the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. She was the one that marketed their baskets and wood carvings (among other things) that are now sold around the world. When she died, she was given a special burial by the tribe. Because of her life there, I have many pieces that are similar to your Native pieces. Ironically, we live in Oklahoma (where my great-aunt was originally from) and we have the pieces throughout our home to. I always tell people about them, and feel they represent the Cherokees from both North Carolina and now Oklahoma. Your home is a treat! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWow. I really love the rug and that nice rich color. It really is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe beautiful saturated colors warms up the woods in your home. The collection of family and international furnishings is timeless aND stunning. But I think the stories are my favorite reading your blog. Have a Blessed Easter, Kathleen in Az
ReplyDeleteGosh, I love your style...and all of the pink! So glad I found you via the Spring Home Tour :)
ReplyDeleteYour home is beautiful and your talent for mixing pieces and using color make me keep trying. Thank you for sharing your home. I have a love for western North Carolina in particular (attended WCU) and mountains in general.
ReplyDeleteI just loved being invited to tour your home. (Coming from the spring tour). I'm actually a bit teary, there's so much history here. My home is almost completely furnished from my own grandparents and dad. I sometimes refer to it as the museum, but it's really homey. Like yours, which has so much history, all in harmony and so lovely. I'm so impressed with your grandfather, and not a little jealous. ;) what forethought!
Thank you again.
Your home tours never, ever disappoint! I love all the color, but how it's still cozy as well. I'm so jealous of your living room finds-I would love to find a couch & chair that look like that for less than $100!
xoxo, SS
The Southern Stylista
Wow, what a beautiful and eclectic home, I love it!
Tania
I love your home! The living area is a favorite of mine. I love how collected it is with all those pieces that really tell a story! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteJust love how you have decorated your home into the chicest of Bohemian style!.....I love each and every room and has your personal style filled with family treasures. Loved the tour Anita!
ReplyDeleteDid you make your own countertop I'm the kitchen? If so, how did you go about it? I've been researching diy wood counters and need lots of direction.
ReplyDeleteYes, BJ, there is a link above in the post with some detail, but I'll share it again here: http://anitafaraboverubies.com/2013/08/choosing-right-finish-and-going-for-it.html. There are also links within that post to the process. We did not do what most DIYers were doing with basic 2 x 4s, wood filler, etc., but really put thought into doing it right,and I am really pleased with how they have held up. Hope that helps:-)
DeleteAnita, your home is beautiful! You always do such an amazing job with your decor. Talented and gifted you are my friend. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
ReplyDeleteYour house looks awesome Anita! I love the colors you use with the real wood!
ReplyDeleteAnita, your home is gorgeous! I just love reading about all the family pieces you have. . .so wonderful to see beloved heirlooms being handed down with a story to tell. The instruments caught my attention right away; one of our boys (who is no longer with us) played the mandolin, guitar, fiddle, banjo. . .just about anything stringed, and he performed for several years in Montana. We caught his enthusiasm for Bluegrass music, which is something we cherish. The mandocello is something he would have really loved to get his hands on! I'll have to check out your friend's website.
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat to see your special house in all its beauty at one time. I kind of knew the story about it but thank you for repeating it. The original old house was something, what a treasure to have even parts of it.
ReplyDeleteLove your home, with all the family furnishings and collections. I can see your own style oozing into the collection. The brilliant colors and textures you so love. Very eclectic and totally livable home. Wonderful tour Angie, Thanks, Sandi
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beautiful, anita! i just love your use of textiles! can you tell me what kind of photog equipment you use- your photos are SO good!
ReplyDeleteCassie, thank you so very much:-) You will laugh, but I still use a Canon Rebel T3, but I have tried to squeeze every ounce from it with work -- like never shooting with ISO above 100 to reduce noise. I also use Canon lenses, a 50mm, a 17-40mm and a 20mm and Adobe Lightroom 5.7 for editing.
DeleteWow, I just adore your unique and colorful style. It's refreshing to see something so different.
ReplyDeleteOh thank you Julia very much!! I try to think outside a bit, and the things I have to work with here definitely keep things different:-)
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