The Other Side

Today I'm sharing the other side of the dining room.  If you stopped by yesterday you saw part of the dining room.  I shared finding an antique tiered shelf filled with lots of Blue and White.

Adding an Antique Tiered Server to the Dining Room

Have you ever seen something and just had to have it?  It was love at first sight when I saw a butler's cart at Scott's Antiques.  When I saw it that would ignite a fire that never has burned out!  If you follow me on Instagram you saw a pic of an 4 tiered antique shelf.  It was covered in junk and grim but through that I knew it could be a beauty.  Not exactly a butler's cart but, it was 25 bucks so the price was right and I believe it is close enough to work!

A New Painting for the Family Room

When I hung the dogs over the fireplace I never intended them to stay there.  For that matter, when I picked them up at a local shop I had the intention of hanging them in the master bedroom.  Well they were up there long enough and as time drew on I knew they had to come down.

The Tornado

In my hometown of Enterprise, Alabama today is a somber day.  Today marks the 9th anniversary of the EF4 tornado that ripped through our town.  The tornado destroyed my high school...Enterprise High School taking the lives of 8 students and an elderly lady living close by.  Last year was my first time blogging about that day.  In tribute to those that lost their homes, their businesses and their children I'd like to share it again.  So to my faithful readers thank you for allowing me to reshare this somewhat personal event.

Most of you come to my blog to see pretty pictures and read about what I've done recently in our home.  But today, I'd like to tell you about how an EF4 tornado on  March 1, 2007 would forever change countless lives and landscape of the my hometown, Enterprise Alabama.
It was a typical Thursday for me here in Auburn, I had taken the kids to school, was home doing normal housework and of course as any good daughter would, I had talk to my parents.
Later in the morning, Mother called me back to tell me she was going to have to start her bus route earlier due to the schools letting out early in order to get the students home before the storms were expected to hit.  Have I ever mentioned she drove a school bus for Enterprise City Schools for 27 years?
Around 1:30PM a friend in Savannah called me to ask if everything was okay with me and had I seen the Weather Channel.  She went on to say that Enterprise High School had been destroyed by a tornado.

Taking Rod Pocket Panels up a Notch

For what seems like forever I've searched for window treatments for much of our house.  A few weeks ago I spied panels while at Pier 1 Imports, I thought they might work in the "never before seen" bonus room.  They ended up being too short for that space.  This totally flung a wrench into my goal of having the bonus room makeover started.  But as luck would have it they turned out to be great in John's room.

At first I tried hanging them just on the rod, they are after all rod pocket panels.  Here is how that looked.

No bueno!

So back to the store to pick up curtain rings.  I would have liked to have had larger rings but they simply didn't look right on the rod.  So smaller worked just fine!  I did use a ruler to  measure equal spacing for the rings.  Mother with all her sewing ability believes she can make a french pleat out of these next time she visits!

I promise...an iron was used in the hanging of these panels not that it looks like it!  As most know, linen doesn't iron well.  Maybe the longer they hang the wrinkles will fall out.

Having window treatments now gives John's room a more polished look.

Now to find a chair.....