Sunday, August 10, 2014

Continuing the house tour

knitting dreams Continuing where we left off on our little house tour - I present to you the other side of our living/family room as well as our front entryway with hall closet (because really that's part of living/family room anyways.) Just a little warning - A tight space coupled with a 50mm lens does not yield the best results. I'm sorry father, I tried...I tried. *Said with an Inigo Montoya voice*  I hope you can make sense of the pictures. piano and quilt ladder quilt ladder Remember that vintage barn ladder I was cleaning up? Well, it found it's home on the wall where Little L's block buckets used to be, and now holds our quilts. I really like it and I am happy our quilts no longer stay hidden in a closet. They deserve to be out in the open. Especially the one made by my Great Grandmother and Great Aunt.piano Our piano is located on the adjoining wall a few inches away from the quilt ladder. lavender drying for winter crafts We currently have some lavender drying out in a jar on the piano. We hope to use it this winter for some Christmas crafting. chickadee - dee This sweet little chickadee, made by my friend Katharine back in Oregon, sits in our tree. bird nest with feathers and K's needlefelted chick We also have an old bird nest we found back in Oregon nestled in the tree. It is filled with feathers we have found over the years as well as K's needlefelted chick in an egg. family portrait by Bley I am really excited about this painting we have hanging over our piano - finally a family portrait that includes me! It was painted by Bley of Bibliosophy. I love everything about it!
Saint Michael Now on to our entryway - Saint Michael hangs on our wall next to the coat closet, which is directly opposite our front door, so he is the first thing we see when we come home and the last thing we see when we leave. Behind him you can see a glimpse of our nature table (which is in that dark room I mentioned before that is in between our living/family room and our kitchen) and the door in our kitchen that leads to the back yard.
entrance hat rack handmade hat rack moths nature study The small wall that is the right of our coat closet has a handmade rack that we are currently using to hold the children's sun hats as well as two prints by Alice Cantrell. I love that they have identification cards to go with them so my children can learn a little bit about insects as they wait by the front door.

And there you have it. Another glimpse into our home. I hope you enjoyed the tour. Still more to come!

p.s. - That knitting picture is totally unrelated but I just had to add it as my dreams have been filled with that basket of yarn!


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So beautiful! Everything looks so clean and fresh and calm and very inviting. Thank you for sharing it all.
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I believe that is St. George?
1 reply · active 544 weeks ago
I love all the personal and nature touches in your decorating! We are getting ready to build a new home and so having a glimpse into other's homes is especially nice as we think about how we would like ours.
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It is so beautiful, Nicole!!
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So lovely - everything exudes gentleness and purpose. Your St. Michael plaque is a beauty - Michaelmas is my favourite festival. As for that basket of yarn - those colours are so delicious I'm not surprised they are filling up your dreams :-)
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Everything seems to say simplicity and is just lovely. I especially love the way you are using the ladder, what a fantastic idea!
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Your home is lovely Nicole! We also live on base and I know how hard it is to make it look like your home. We just got here in May and I am still moving things around lol. It was really hard for us getting used to live on base. We lived in Germany in our own house and I miss it so much! We looked into buying a house here too but NJ is crazy expensive and you pay a lot of taxes. So we decided to move on base and it's not even that bad :-)
I can see your season table in one of the pictures. You should show us how you decorated it for the summer. I love seeing pictures of season tables since everyone is so unique!
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How lovely Nicole! Beautiful and serene! I can't wait to see more!
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Your photos and home look beautiful. So many things which means so much to you, your treasured quilts, piano and that fun family portrait. It was really kind of you to share this with us.
Ali xx
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So lovely....so calm. and the likeness to Ciara in that portrait is really something. really captures her!!!!
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I'm loving this glimpse into the cherished corners of your home! Do you happen to know the name of the artist who painted the Madonna and Child framed on your piano? It's such a beautiful depiction...
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I love the tour of your home. Such beautiful spaces...but I can't help but ask about all that gorgeous, colorful yarn and who dyed it and where I can purchase it in the future.
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What a beautiful home, thanks for sharing! Very inspiring.
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So peaceful, and I love the identification cards as well....can you elaborate a bit about those, did you get them with the prints or make them up yourself? Thank you for showing us around...
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How lovely! It is so restful and homey and filled with nature and creativity, and spirituality. So glad you shared. We have lived in our house for a year now, and I feel like I am just starting to *really* think about what to do with it!
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