I have always loved furniture on the diagonal, and this curved sofa is just perfect for that and works so well here.
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UnknownMarch 22, 2019 at 5:10 PM
I am swooning! Yours is the most inviting, cozy, lived in home I have ever seen on blogs. I love reading about the special family pieces you have in every nook and cranny. There's nothing quite like being surrounding by beautiful things that family members have loved before you. Thank you for inviting us in. Question, how have your beautiful drapes stayed so nice since your mom made them in the 70's? I would think that rich color would have faded over the years. All your window coverings make my heart sing.
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UnknownMarch 23, 2019 at 4:55 AM
I loved your tour and the Yellow Bells (I have two baby ones that a dear friend from NC gave me last summer, and they are blooming now and I look forward to your posts, the history, and your creativity! I treasure the old things I have and like you scour, when I can) finds that I can fit in our cottage! The piece of resistance is my reclaimed (from an old sharescropper cottage)is my farmhouse table, made by the same NC friend...Is in my kitchen..!!!
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The changes you've made by removing the kitchen island, moving your beautiful table into the kitchen and walling off the dining room to make an office is "far above" amazing. I live in a small home also - 1200 sq ft - and am so inspired by how much past and current history you put into each room. I love your use of color since I'm not a fan of the white on white everything and since I come from an actual farm family, the current farmhouse look is certainly not what I saw growing up. In addition, your photography is some of the best. Keep on marching to that different drummer - there are so few of us left.
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dianefaithMarch 23, 2019 at 8:07 AM
I love your use of color, the warm walls, furniture, floors, and doors, and the plants everywhere. Sometimes I'm intrigued by the clean, spare look that is the current trend, but I don't think I'd be comfortable in it. I look forward to your posts, and wish I could turn you loose in the small, 1925 house I have. It has a lot of color, too, but I don't have your artist's eye.
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Amber Lyon FergusonMarch 23, 2019 at 9:17 PM
Oh Anita it is a delightful feast for the eyes! I love all the color! This year was I really started loving orange as spring decor, and I noticed your pillows right away. Orange tulips, orange carrots, two biggies for spring, so orange is certainly a spring color too! The chandelier looks so pretty in it's new spot reflecting all the spring light. All the forsythia you have used is perfect for early spring. I could spend hours meandering around your home taking in all the beautiful treasures and details.
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A truly delightful tour! Happy spring!
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UnknownMarch 24, 2019 at 2:06 PM
What a fun and unique home, Anita! I love that you are so linked to the generations of your family in your home and belongings. As part of a military family who has to move frequently, I'm a teeny bit envious of the deep roots you're putting down. Thanks for sharing your home with us on the tour! XO, Christy
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Anita, you are blessed with so many talents. Thank you for sharing. As I toured your lovely home, the view of your old photographs in a vintage album struck a chord with me. Thankfully, I have several antique family photos; your treatment gives me inspiration. (To the antique shops I must go; vintage album at the top ofn the shopping list!) Your use of the screen door sparks another inspiration. The house that was my first home is slowing decaying, but the back screen door is tenaciously enduring; I do believe it will find a new loving home with me. The straight back chair in the bedroom is much like the one I have in mind; there is a simplistic comforting presence about those chairs. I envision my grandfather, who died when I was three, cuddling me at the kitchen table and having coffee with me; yes, he introduced me to coffee and yes, I remember sitting in his lap feeling so loved and special. My decorating style is akin to yours: my home is furnished with Late Relative and Early Junque; each piece has a story; and I/we live in and enjoy our home. Thank you once again for being an inspiration on many levels to everyone. Anita
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Creations By CindyMarch 25, 2019 at 12:00 PM
Loving all the pictures and your stories. I love anything to do with family though. Family pieces are true treasures and a blessing. Yes...do what makes you happy and not that of someone else. Girl, I am loving your coffee pot! Yes, I am thinking about getting one that does one cup or a pot too. Hugs and blessings to you. Cindy
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oursearskithome.blogspot.comMarch 25, 2019 at 3:10 PM
Anita, Every single detail is stunning. I've actually kept this post up on my computer so I can look at it again and again. Glorious, welcoming, so beautiful. What a lovely, cozy home you have!!! Great tour!
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This was such a treat! I have always been fascinated by your interiors, loved each step along the way. You have such a wonderful legacy there from your grandparents and your parents. I admire how much you love and respect what they've passed down to you. Your rooms are such a happy place but especially the kitchen. As much as I love all your pictures shown here, I love your closing remarks even more. May I say amen and amen!
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UnknownMarch 27, 2019 at 11:31 AM
Anita, your home is stunning! I love how much color, texture and life comes through in your photos. Moody and fabulous!
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kathrynbelleApril 4, 2019 at 10:53 PM
Hi Anita. Once again you have created warmth, love and feeling in each room and every piece that is placed in them. It is just so refreshing to have actual "original" ideas (I love the beat of that different drum) and family heirlooms incorporated into every space instead of market frenzy. It would be so wonderful if all bloggers held the same values and principals that you do. I love that you recycle, thrift, repurpose and actually make so many of your beautiful pieces. I love everything about your warm and inviting home. It truly "feels" like a home that is loved and enjoyed and you allow the memories and artistry of your ancestors to filter through the entire space adding a special "light" and glow. Thank you so much for being you. You are truly so very, very talented in more areas than one. I could go (and do) back over and over your enchanting pictures enjoying all the sights, textures, colors and history in each room. What an absolute feast for the eye as well as the soul. There is just not enough words to express the delight you bring when you share your lovely home with us, so my heart just says thank you for doing so and for being you. Happy spring dear Anita and God bless. You are a marvel.
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Oh my goodness, Anita! Somehow, you have the eye and knack to make what appears eclectic yet beautiful, to all work and flow so nicely. I'm amazed at the heirlooms everywhere in your house that offers such personal intrinsic value that money cannot buy. It truly is so inviting and cozy, and makes me feel like I could grab a cup of coffee and make myself at home in a heartbeat. I marvel at all you've done using those treasured family pieces from past generations, and incorporated them every which way in your home. It just makes your home seem even more special and such a blessing to not only your family, but guests who walk thru your door. And the greatest thing is that you've recognized the value of keeping these family heirlooms...that you didn't toss them because they were old and dated rather than current and trendy. Give me the old and dated any day! But, your home is truly a picture of love and is simply priceless...all because of family.
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Helga-CatApril 12, 2019 at 7:19 AM
У вас очень красивый, уютный и душевный дом! Я получила огромное удовольствие, пока вместе с вами гуляла по его комнатам. Это удивительно и неповторимо! Спасибо вам за то, что поделились такой красотой! Это очень вдохновляет.
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Alice GrayMay 2, 2019 at 9:31 AM
Thanks for wonderful tour! I believe that you have spent a lot of time with every tinny places in your house. all your room looks great but especially the kitchen. It's clearly that you have found the Clever Ways to Increase the Value of Your Home. just keep working hard on that.
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AnonymousAugust 9, 2019 at 9:41 PM
Thanks for sharing your home with us on the tour!
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anita- i am always so intrigued with your home tours. the history, the meaning, the sentiment of the things that you have in your home. as always, a beautiful visit. happy spring!
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ReplyDeleteBravo!! Well said!! I was excited to see that you were on this Spring Home Tour because I knew that I would inspired and thrilled with what you shared!! Yes, you march to the beat of a different drum but that is what I love about your blog!! You embrace your own unique style and are not influenced by what is the new "In Style"! I like to think that I do the same because I know that my style is what I love and what warms my heart but is not what is in style now but I really don't care!! We need more original bloggers and not all the Cookie Cutter Bloggers that are out there now so I applaud you!!
Hugs,
Deb
Thanks so much Deb:-)
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