A little cleaning, new displays and Treasures~

Good chilly morning friends!  High of 3 degrees already, might reach 15  by noon time.  So thankful for my cozy little home and the warm constant heat from the wood stove.

What have you been up too?

As mentioned in my previous post, I've been cleaning, organizing and tweaking a few areas around the house.  After putting away what Christmas decor I did bring out, I thought it was a good time to clean up the cob webs and give everything a good dusting and start fresh.  I want to do some painting and stenciling but will wait till the weather warms up in a few months.

Here are a few pics of some of the focal points around my home, beginning with the oak display hutch.  I changed out the top and made a grouping of some of the Mammy things I've collected and moved around the kitchen ware and utensils along with the old Good Housekeeping Home Manual.  The green mixing bowl was given to me by my MIL and is a Fire King brand.  It holds an old pastry cutter, sifter, and biscuit cutter and an old box of Cinnamon sticks with a few still in there.

The second shelf is my "coffee" items.  The coffee pot Cathy of Tolentreasures painted, along with a sign I purchased from Lisa at Prims from Above that says "old black crow coffee" and the large coffee tin was given to me by a dear friend who is no longer with us.

The larger trencher on the bottom holds a pineapple that I received from Amy at Bumble Bee Lane.

I'd like to add something else to it but not sure what.  Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Finally brought out the old wooden ironing board Mr. B bought me a few years ago. I did have it out a year or two ago, then like we do I changed things around.  I spotted it at an antique store on one of our day excursions and mentioned I'd like to have one some day.  Of course his response was  Why? -lol-

After almost 36 years you'd think the man would understand it's the little things that make me happy!

Well, he surprised me with it about a month later.  

Yep, I cried.  Doesn't take much.

That's one of Firecracker Kid's creations in "red" of course. This display is the first thing you see when you come in the back door. Some of you will notice your bonnets too!

Shelf above the sliding doors to the backyard.  Small collection of maple syrup containers, a sign I picked up at a yard sale in Washington, the old scale and a set of silver salt and pepper shakers that was a wedding gift from a long time family friend of my MIL.

I moved the treasured cookbook to the other side of the kitchen. I always have the flag displayed with it regardless of the season or holiday!

Living room shelf display.

That story book is from Mr. B's childhood along with a few treasures from blog friends.

and finally, the top of the TV cabinet........

Yes, it still has the stacking boxes but I added the bear, a few more bobbins, a bear story book and a jar of "lost" marbles that I had as a kid.  The ball on the left is covered by tiny pieces of log cabin squares a friend gave me years ago and the "old treasures" sign Mr. gave me for Christmas.  It isn't old but he thought (on his own this time) that I would like it as it describes the things that make me happy!

I was pleasantly surprised to say the least.

Well folks, not much else going on here.  Everyone seems to be hibernating like bears now that the holidays are over.  Haven't seen my boys since Christmas-might just have to take a ride over the mountains to see them this weekend.  I'm sure their Papa won't have a problem with that at all.

Hope you all have a great weekend and those of you who have been sick I pray you are doing better.

Stay warm!

Blessings,

Sheila