From house to HOME

Hello My Friends,
how are you going?
I'm fine and pretty busy this week end...today housework and cooking but tomorrow...fun!!!
A friend of mine will come here for a whole day of sewing...can't wait!!!
Ok...now...let's talk about this post title...
Now...there are a bit more then  4 months that I'm living here in my new flat...
I love it more then the older one so...I decided to add a touch of me in it...
I put here and there some quilts I made in the past...
Some in my bedroom...

I've also put one on my bed...

And  fews on this beautiful wood ladder...

Some in my sewing room too...

Now I'm making some changes in the kitchen too...and I'll show you when all will set...

 I'm feeling my flat more then my home and not  simply a house...

I think it's warmer now and everyone will come  will immediately know that a quilter lives here...

What do you think?

I would love to hear from you.

In the meantime...I wish you all a wonderful Week End!!!

Dany.

Crazy for Crates

Hello my Friends!!!
How are you today?
Here finally, after so many days of cold and rain we have had a wonderful sunny and warm day...awesome!!!!
We really needed it!
But tomorrow...it's supposed to rain again so...we have to wait another bit of time for have Spring coming...

Anyway...today I would love to show you what hubby and me are making with old wooden crates...
My Dad found them for me for free, so...really a BIG DEAL!!! Thanks Daddy!!!
And...I can say...he founds a treasure!!!

During last months, I was totally "obsessed" or...better...totally crates addicted...
I love the fact you can take a simple old wooden crate, "clean" it a bit and...using it for make something totally new and beautiful for your house!
So, I decide that we MUST try this!!!
And, this is the first one we made:

We took a crate, cleaned it with a sandpaper trying to remove dirty (crates were used for fruits) and also "logo" printed on it.
Then, I made the color: I chose a natural brown that looks great in my dining room near the sofa...
So I mixed chocolate brown, white, black and gold and love the way it turned out!

As we are using it as storage for the wood near our fireplace, I made a stencil saying "Firewood for sale" and painted it in white...
I made the stencil in a very easy way: chose a font, print it with my printer on paper and then cut it...it's easy and fast but you can use it only once as the paper will be damaged immediately but...I need it just once so...it's perfect...LOL!!!

As I love the result...I decided to make another one to put in my laundry room for hubby's dirty work clothes and...TADA...done!!!!
And finally...I needed another one for...my yarn and crochet projects...

We made this one...whit wheels!!!!
So, when I'm sitting on my sofa, I can take it and move it easily when I need it!

It holds perfectly all my yarns for the project I'm making...in this case...I'm making a ripple rug...

I also make a caddy that holds all my crochet hooks, scissors, measuring tape, needles and...all what I need...

That's all for today...I'm really loving what we are making with the crates and we are having so much

fun doing it!!!!

What do you think?
Do you also use crates or anything else recycled for decorate your house?
I'd love to hear from you!!
Have a nice day!
Dany

Palm Trees Mania

Hi and Happy Sunday! It's officially...Spring is here... :O) I can say this because my hubby got the yard fever and he gets it every year from Spring to late Autumn... He works every day lots of hours in a factory so...he can't wait to come home and...get a bit of relax in the yard... He really likes any kind of flower, plant, tree and he loves to work in the yard.

I think this is a kind of anti-stress theraphy that fortunately doesn't requires medicines!!!

This year...he got the "Palm Trees Mania"...he planted lots of new palm trees few days ago...all around the yard and I have to say they looks great!

Palm Trees always make me think to the sun, sea...vacation so they really make me happy also if I think that...he really planted too much of them...

But...shhh...please...don't let him know...LOL!!!!

A spring-y Sunday

Hi!

yesterday here was an incredibly wonderful, sunny and warm day!

In fact...it seemed really spring...

How nice after all the cold...

So we decided to go out for a nice walk and I took some pictures of the nice things I saw...

I love that house surounded by the pine trees...so peaceful...the perfect location for relax or for...crafting...

In the 3 small pictures you can see:

1. Giant Bamboo...they are amazing!!!!

2. An old church on the top of the ill, friars still live there and every Sunday morning they celebrate the Mass.

3. A big house behind the old wall...you can only see the tower but it's not a castle...it's a very old house. I hope to be able one day to see the whole house... :O)

And finally, this last picture, I played a bit with it but...it's not 50 years ago...just yesterday...

This is another big church surrounded by the houses of the town.

Also this one is on the hill, the storical part of the town...

Hope you liked my little tour...

Have a nice start of the week!!!