Modern House Minimalist Design

    Welcome to the Open House party.   I am so happy you are here and I can't wait to see what you have to share.  You will find the link to join the party at the bottom of this page.         Thanks to those of you that linked to last week's party.  If you are featured this week feel free to grab my party button.        Doreen at Hymns & Verses  created this pretty Valentine vignette.  Just look at the cute cow! Freddy and Petunia  took a vintage globe and made two unique and AMAZING sconces.  Okay,  these brownies could become my favorite guilty pleasure.  Barbara @ 21 Rosemary Lane shared this delicious recipe for Red Velvet Cheesecake swirl brownies...yum! This beautiful collection of brown transferware belongs to Sarah at Hyacinths For The Soul .  In this post she shares many of her fabulous containers. I hope you enjoyed the features this week and now on to the party...... ...

Hi there! Today's post is such a pretty one if you are like me and love transferware. Decorating with it has never been so inspirational as it is today, you see it positively everywhere! If you are asking what it is, its simply pottery that has  a pattern that's been applied from a copper plate to a specially sized paper and then to the pottery. It is produced mostly on earthernware, but not exclusively and you can find it on china, ironstone ans porcelain.  On walls, on bookscases, on coffee tables and consoles, heck you even see it on bathroom walls! There is no limits as to where it can go. Today is all about transferware inspiration in a big way. I am in love with every single picture here! How about you? Do you have the same feelings over it? Then when you are done ogling over how beautiful it can be......are details for a fabulous trasnfersware giveaway courtesy of antiques dealer doyenne, Bonny Neiman ! Brown transferware is just stunning, Southern Accents I like...

I just had to show you my newest project! You may remember my oak buffet from this  post about money laundering, racketeering  and tax evasion! What do you think of her now? Talk about procrastinating!  I bought this piece two years ago with plans to paint it.  It was finally finished last week.  She was painted with leftover white paint from another project. The drawer fronts and door inserts were painted a pale blue using oops paint and the white mixed together. The buffet was distressed and glazed with Ralph Lauren Smoke and finished with a coat of paste wax .  Here are more pictures of the dining room.  Now you can see why I chose to add the blue to the buffet. . See the white fruit centerpiece on the table?  It was given to me at a garage sale. The husband had broken it taking it outside for the sale and didn't want his wife to know. He told me to just take it before she got home! I glued it back together but you could still...