Christmas In The Sitting Room Part One

As most of you know,

we completely remodeled this house

when we moved in.

The sitting room now

used to be the dinette.

One of these days I really

must do a post on the 

makeovers we did here.

Anyway,

I put a sculpted stone fireplace

in here-

It is open on both sides,

the other side being the 

dining room.

Above the mantle is a picture

the kids gifted me with

about 15 years ago.

I love the image but not the

brassy finish on the frame.

Annie Sloan Antique White

dry brushed gives it a whole

new look and tones it down.

This sits in the center of the

mantle in the sitting room.

I picked up the colors in the painting

in the faux hydrangeas and candles.

The crystal candelabra came from

Gramma Hazel.  They were part of

her wedding gifts.

I was honored to receive them

when she passed away.

They keep company with two

angel babies that flank the

mantle.

It makes me smile to sit in this

room surrounded by things I love.

These are Martha Stewart

stockings that I got on closeout

about 6 or 7 years ago.

I wish they had more of them.

This is the room with the little

white TV that I painted.

You can read about that here.

This statue is one I love.

It weighs about 30+ pounds

and is beautifully finished.

It is grey and kind of hard to

photograph.

Another glance before you go.

The pictures were taken after dark

so I know they are a bit fuzzy.

Tomorrow- Lord willing and

the creek don't rise,

I will show you the bay window

in here with the antique

feather tree that belonged

to Grandmother Clara.

Now....where did I put the

charger for my camera?

Uh-Oh!!!!!