White Wednesday

I wanted to share this, for those who haven't seen this

this is from Country Living

Seems easy enough to do and very reasonable

I'm going to try this myself

Written by Jennifer Rizzo

STEP 1: Wash and tumble dry a natural-colored canvas drop cloth--ours measured six by nine feet
 ($8.44; hardwareworld.com)--a few times to soften the fabric.



STEP 2: Lay the cloth flat. Run a strip of 1/4-inch grout tape down the middle of the fabric widthwise. Then run two additional pieces of tape on each side of the first, spacing them 1/4 inch apart (you'll have five strips total).



STEP 3: Squirt some red fabric paint ($1.89 for two ounces; createforless.com) onto a paper plate and dab a brush in it, off-loading any extra paint onto a paper towel. Working in short strokes, lightly brush the paint on the cloth between the taped areas to catch the grain of the canvas.



STEP 4: Continue to layer the pigment until it appears as dark as desired. Remove the tape once the paint has dried according to the package instructions.

Blessings~Cheryl
Happy White Wednesday

White Benches

White benches for this White Wednesday~

"I had three chairs..., one for Solitude two for company - three for society."

Henry David Thoreau

White benches in the bathroom

White benches at the beach

White benches in the bedroom

White benches to rest on

White benches on the porch

White benches in the living room

White benches in the kitchen

White benches to add beauty to a room

White & pink benches in a girls room~sweet

White benches to store things!

Happy White Wednesday

Blessings~Cheryl

Eastern WHITE pine cones

Pine cones are everywhere in my yard, I have such an abundance every year

I use them to decorate with.  I am always looking for new and creative ways to use them.

I found these pictures, to inspire me

Using these for "White Wednesday"

In New England these are called "Eastern White Pine Cones"

We also use them in our fireplace to start our fires

~ Decorate your table ~

~ Place some in a beautiful white bowl~

~ An all time favorite - swags for your entrance - and for your door ~

~ Fireplace swags ~

~ Spray them WHITE ~

~ This is the Eastern WHITE Pine Cone in the raw - see the white tips ~

~ A Place card at the Holiday Table ~

~ A beautiful WHITE table setting using pine  ~

~ Pine cones placed everywhere and anywhere ~

~ From my house a WHITE old wood drain gutter, this wood drain gutter was taken off our house when we renovated.   Our home was built in 1901 ~
~And an old book tied with twine~

Photos from Country Living ~ Good Housekeeping

Happy White Wednesday ~ Blessings Cheryl

White Wednesday - White signs

I LOVE old, vintage, peely, chipped, worn, wood signs.

They add such character to a room!

I don't have many myself, so I borrowed these to show you

I have handpainted quite a few signs, on old worn wood to

replicate the old signs

I sold almost all of them, when I had my shop

I have a collection of old wood, just waiting for me to start

painting again!

This is my first time joining in on "Faded Charm"  White Wednesday

Please stop by her blog and say Hi

Happy Wednesday

Blessings~Cheryl

~Whites that I am loving today~

That time of the week again, to search for all those beautiful white's

Beautiful white rabbit, how sweet is this

Sepia tone of this wonderful scenic photo

Faucet in white

Keeping warm on a cold winter day

Lovely white mirrors

Amazing white chandelier, that was not always white, check out this blog "Life in the Fun Lane"

Holly does some amazing re-finishing of furniture, I adore her blog, she is so inspiring, check her out at

http://www.inthefunlane.com/

~Happy White Wednesday~

Blessings~Cheryl

White Wednesday

You can see that little bit of white paint on this great old swing, can't you!!!!
I know I can, and I LOVE it!!!!!

"WHITE WEDNESDAY"

What a beautiful day in New England

Crisp, clean fall air, I am loving it!

I think this post should/might be called

"Black & White Wednesday"

These pictures are from my home

I am transforming my home from Primitive Early American, dark reds, browns and mustards

TO

White Rustic, French Chic

As I do things in my house, I will be posting pictures and telling stories

Gourd, old bread board, vintage carry all


Kitchen Counter, old tin with condiments
Window light

Old grain sack, vintage broom, old blue coverlet

all on an old weathered quilt rack

Old basket, handmade doll,

pillow from Family Heirloom Weavers sitting on a bench at my front door

Breadboards, I love old breadboard's

I have a collection ranging from very small to quite large ones

Vintage scale in white on an old very large bread board with

some of the old flour imbeded in the board,

old bread boards have such stories to tell

Old jugs, I love to collect old jugs

some have writing on them, some have numbers, letters, bird motifs, some still have the corks in them.

These are sitting in a display again on an old bread board

My next post is on a piece of furniture that I did over

I will post before and after pictures

Blessings~Cheryl