Here is a little sitting area, at our home, ”The Painted Nest”. We use it mostly as a place to put on and take off our shoes. The chair, a vintage flea market find for $2.00, was in bad shape visually, but quite sound, structurally. So, The Muse was quick to grab this treasure! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
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Today let’s look at this table’s vignette. Almost all of us, at one time or another, have had an opportunity to create a buffet~or serving station. What can you do, in order to avoid, the dreaded and ho~hum “runway” look, which entails mind numbing miles of flatness. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Guess what is coming home with me As soon as I saw it… My heart melted… I have a fondness for all things fleur de lis… Did you like this? Share it:Tweet






*cards
*framed art
*clothing
*accessories
*ornaments
*plaques
And more....






~Wordless Wednesday is Baaaaack !~
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The Challenge: The Kitchen! A startling story…(yes, just like the cover says!) O ur kitchen was sooooo bad… (ok, that is your key to ask”HOW BAD WAS IT MUSE?” ) LOL well, it was sooooo bad… That this sign was posted as you walked through the door! Yes, yes,…don’t let the kitty cuteness fool you… We are talking major mayhem of the highest degree! So much so, that scenes like this were not uncommon! (oh no … wait that’s me [...]
Ah, a Muse’s work is never done! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Yard sales…stock sales… There are treasures everywhere you look. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Hope your Sunday is blissful ! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Ding Dong…Ding Dong… The Postman Rang Twice… Shall we open the box together…? Oh goodness..Wisteria. Let’s! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
The next step will be to add the color…fabrics, paint, etc. ~which are leaning in the aqua blue and butter gold family. I am going to use colored pencils in my hand sketch. If it is acceptable, then I will move on to my computer aided drawing tablet and begin the real life rendering. What do you think? From traditional to contemporary… Design takes many paths… Which path is your home on? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
There once was a sofa…a sweetheart of a gal, who loved denim. Her favorite skirt was denim too…with a bit of tassel and fluff. Can you catch a peek? (Plain to see she is a cottage farm gal, what high society folk call~unpretentious. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Do you recall the warmth of the sun… The gentle breezes… The chirping of feathered friends? Do you recall the sound of the water… The bubbling brooks… Or the swishing of the lake? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Brave Bird ~ Blue Monday ~ Image
BRAVE BIRD Hear my faint and tender pleas… Gently carried upon the breeze… I grow cold and the world grows dark… I can find no sparrows, finches or larks… The trees give me no shelter, no haven to rest… I search endless hours to find a warm nest… The first to arrive, I am brave, yes I know… But this little robin, doesn’t like the snow! (another work from the young Muse, age 12) Seen here 2009 Submitted as participation [...]
How can you get this look? Easy! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
~Fanciful~Follies~Friday… Mystery Food~
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CITY SIDEWALKS !!! BUSY SIDEWALKS !!! Dressed in Holiday Style !!! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
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~Wordless Wednesday & Outdoor Wednesday
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Raise your glass… Raise your spear… Lift up your voice… So all may hear. Be they raves… Or be they rants… Sing praises in sonnets… Or admonishments in chants. Roast those misbehaving… Who vex and cavort… Whose little stings… Of subversion… Put you out of sorts. Toast those visions… Who enchant and mesmerize… Whose poignant art Of caring… Will not be compromised. So roast or toast… But make your boast … Of those that passed… Your weekly path… Hold fast! [...]
Air of Areola (Prose…WARNING…not for the faint hearted)
Please, be aware: This prose pays homage, in a lighthearted fashion to part of the female anatomy. …….. …………. …………………. A’s and B’s…… C’s and D’s…… Even Up To F’s and E’s… I grace the world… With all I’ve got… And trust you me… That’s not a lot! I proudly display… But with discretion… The mammary mounds… Of my true loves affection. I rue not a day… Nor hour… That I play… For even on occasion… (And with not much [...]
Nestled in my parlor… I will bring the walls that surround me…DOWN, today. I will no longer be kept quiet… Meek enough to drown… TODAY. I will brin g the walls that encase me…DOWN, today. I will knock down the walls that keep me out…TODAY. I will no l onger listen… To words of doubt and naysayers… TODAY. I will knock down the walls that keep me out…TODAY. The Muse 2008 Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Keeping it cozy in taupe ~ The defining pieces are the chandelier, once brass…no problem, spray painted black it warms up the space. Once heavy drapes replaced now with a simple pumpkin linen. Once red brick was too brash, answer..Paint! The finale to this room was not to simply disguise a no longer used fireplace, but to make the space work…just in a different way. A custom designed unit was built to complete the “meant to always be here” look [...]
Muse Game ~ This And That ~Tuesdays
Today’s Game is : Gossip Rules of Play:(1) I (The Muse) offer my first reader a sentence.(2) They must take that sentence and change only one word.(3) This new sentence will become the next reader’s sentence.(4) And in turn, each reader, changes only one word.(5) The objective is to not use any one word, twice (if you catch a comment that has not followed the rules…LOL…make sure you type in the word “GOSSIP” this signifies that you are allowed the [...]
