Seating Arrangement

For 2 years I've been watching and waiting for just the right chair for the living room at the farmhouse. I think I've found it!  On Craigslist, I ran across this cute shabby chair and ottoman for cheap and the lady lived about an hour away from me.  I emailed her and she answered  back and it was done!  Hubby hauled me over there after work and we scooped it up.  I thought I was actually looking for a leather chair, but it hasn't materialized and i thought this one would fit the bill.  I'll get Tony a leather chair/ottoman when we get our new house at the farm built.  Whadaya think?  I've been piddling around with how to arrange everything as the room is small and there are two antique china cabinets I'm keeping and some other stuff that has to stay...

This little farmhouse cottage is a mish-mash of texture, color and style.  Not quite Shabby Chic, not quite Cottage, not quite all antique, not quite all vintage, not quite all primitive.  It's garage sale stuff, estate sale stuff, some antiques from the family, hand-me-downs from family - mostly grandmothers' stuff on both sides, and last but not least, some treasures pulled from the dumpster at my work at the storage facility (you'd be surprised what people throw away when they get tired of hauling stuff around...) 

Yes, I admit, I AM A DUMPSTER DIVER.  Actually, a dumpster "fisher".  I refuse to actually get into the dumpster.  I have a couple of long sticks and a piece of metal that I've fashioned a hook of sorts on one end  that can reach most stuff.  Anything I can't reach that is absolutely, positively a MUST-HAVE, I get my husband or son to come and dig it out for me.  Sometimes you can use a box for a scooper.  I can get real innovative when it comes to digging a "treasure" out of the dumpster. 

Only thing is, our dumpster sits just across from Ewing Irrigation, and they are a busy, busy place.  They sell lawn sprinkler stuff.  Landscaping, etc.  I have to be a great joke to the fellows working there and their customers.  I could probably sell tickets to this show. That's another reason I'm not getting into the dumpster.

I've actually found quite a few really neat things that I've taken home and used. Books, lawn chairs, boxes of office supplies, a sweet antique floor lamp (in my living room), antique dishes and pottery, a nice farmy painting print that is hanging in my bedroom, some power tools for my husband, this list goes on...

Found these two little antique/vintage prints at a garage sale recently - I thought they were sweet and they're in their original frames, too.

Well, I'll wind it up.  Princess is back at school, and we are back at work and our regular schedules.  Three weeks til we leave for Mexico.  I'm really looking forward to a break AND having all my kids with me.  First time in a few years to have that.  And our best friends and their kids are going.  I'll be sure to share pictures of their vacation home in Akumal so you can feel bad for me.  It'll be just terrible I'm sure...

Keep yer gown down!