What grannies do to escape the winter blues

When one is blue what does one dooooooooo? Visit Grands and Move furniture too!



Russians??? or Tea parties are what are fun!

Paper dolls too really go far when you are blue!

Moving furniture to be a bit cozier (but taking pics at night will not dooooooo!)

Discovering a table is really a wine rack

Placing candles and mirrors in a fireplace that was gas unattainable!

Moving books for a cozier feel





All of these make one 's blues go away very quickly too!!

Winter escape

I am escaping the winter blues (ha) to visit with my too grands!

So much fun playing with them. (I let my daughter handle the messes and I get to enjoy the fun!)

Lightening things up

Well we have had some warmer temps here in SC. It has been delightful in the mid to upper 60's here this week. I decided to take out some of my red colors (some --not all). Here is the after picture in my sun room




Here is the before picture. (I do have some pretty ugly couches, but they are sleeper sofas that come in handy. When we retire and move THEN we may think of replacements!

Here is the other side of the room

I also moved and organized one of my hutches. I placed all of the blueware in the top part (with a tiny bit of other stuff)



This gave it a much neater appearance. All of my other sets I placed below behind the closed doors which I did not picture here.


Below is where I moved the hutch (we have two rooms used for dining).


I also moved the furniture around in my dining area (this area previously had the big table against this wall below and I moved the round one here.

Below is the big table now facing the windows for our enjoyment. Note--this table below has the same tablecloth as on my table in the other room. I love the colors and have two!


In cleaning a closet , I came across my old phone. We grew up with this --I believe we have had it since the 50's. (It still was working when we used to have a land line a few years ago). Notice the telephone number! It always makes me think of the movie, Dial M for Murder !


I have not been blogging much lately--I have been enjoying moving things and changing things up and have been doing lots of reading of books (not blogs)....I am slowing down !

I moved my furniture again. I just have to do it after Christmas. I have kept the warm reds because I need a lot of cheery colors. Some day I would like to go with softer colors and less clutter!


Below are two before pictures. There were too many things in the area and I wanted to simplify it a little and I wanted a more comfy area to read in the sun!

So below is another view of the after picture. I also placed a little ledge for the cat in front of the window. I like sitting at both areas-- the above seating and the below seating area. I just needed some change.

renovations by the grands

Things at spindle cottage will never be the same ;-)

The adults were in another room enjoying dinner on New Year's Day. I decided we needed to check the kiddies out and discovered why they were so quiet. They got into the cupboard and had tons of fun!!