Christmas Room Tour: Lady Guest Room

Hello Ladies,  Please enjoy the first room of my Christmas House Tour.  I have already had several groups of ladies over  on different days of the week, for tea and a tour.

 I so enjoy this era of virtual sharing because it reaches people who cannot possibly attend the House Tour.

I just realized these pictures don't enlarge but please enjoy while you wait for me to replace them!

This is my "blush pink" tree which I made from a Dollar Tree white tree, spray painting it with a color called "Pink Peony" that seems to be the "blush" color that this room is decorated in.

I draped battery operated strings of lights ($1.00 from DT) around the furnishings,

...and used ordinary things already in the room (such as the birdcage candle holder)  to go with the color and festive theme,

...such as a basin full of pink ornaments accented by a string of battery lights.

This enamel-ware candle holder matches the enamel sink you see in the room.

Another one of the white trees from DT painted in the blush pink and draped with lights.

The Little pink car is from Walmart last year, about 98 cents, and the metal house tealight holder also comes from Walmart. I've spray painted it the blush pink.

Pink metalic wrapped gift boxes from Dollar Tree, 

and the green wreath over the painting on the door is also 

from DT.

  I have had these wood hangers since 19--, you know, and someone had 

already painted them and put these lovely bird stencils on them.

 Several years ago I began a new trend here at The Manse, by not hanging ornaments on trees, and just putting them in collections in bowls around the room. It is easier to put it all away later on and it spreads the brightness around.

 I quickly took some pictures to post here because there is always a small threshold of time before the room is occupied. I caught a few moments of it sitting still and quiet!

The furniture, and some of the accessories and decor in this lady's guest room is from my husband's parent's house. They would be thrilled if they knew we were enjoying using it so much. It was second-hand when they got it, back in their day, and it still looks nice. 

I hope to get back here today and show you more rooms on different posts. I have a few other colors going on here. Eventually I might take the challenge to put it on video but for now please enjoy the photos.

Blessings,

Lydia

Have a lovely day.

Sunday Best, Enjoying the Home, What Not to Say

Time and True from Walmart stores or Walmart.com

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Housewife Radio: Have Plan B, Conversation

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Housewife Radio: Dress Thin, Invite Yourself, Take a Home Tour, Do the Best you Can With What You Have, The Know-it-All, Not Always Having Problems

Grace's China (Homegoods, TJ Max, Marshalls, Ross and other discount stores)

The Time and True brand plaid ladies shirt is available in several colors at Walmart. Prices begin at $13.00 and usually are reduced at the end of the season.

Summer Tanager

Weight scale or “set of values “

Thank you ladies for all you do for me and I hope you get a lot of things done while you listen. Please leave some comments on anything you hear that interests you and also leave a list of everything you got done while listening.

Lydia

Homemaker Support: Making the Most of Isolation

Hello Ladies,

I hope to do this more often but life gets in the way! Please enjoy listening while you get through some of your homemaking today, and please leave comments or send email and I'll post them for you.

This is the Avon necklace that became vintage almost overnight ;-)

One of the books mentioned in the video was HERE , an adventure story and romance written by one of the housewife bloggers on my sidebar, Adventures in Keeping House.  Here is a picture of her book:

...and this is what the room, from which I was broadcasting, looks like now after a little makeover:

Here is the printed blanket from Walmart, which has the solid color on one side, used for the couch cover:

You can see the price there on the yellow tag just below the item. I took the picture at Walmart.

Because YouTube has messed up the way we publish, it is impossible to get this video to play if it is " made for children" and it is impossible to get all my subscribers notified when it is clicked as "Not made for children." Therefore, you will do better to subscribe to my BLOG, which is on the left sidebar, to be notified of recent posts, including videos.

Housewife Radio: Homemaker Support - Be the Mentor You Always Wanted

Hello Ladies,

I love reading the things you do while listening. Today I talk about looking for a mentor and approaching your home with new eyes.

You can read Home Comforts on Google Books here https://www.google.com/books/edition/Home_Comforts/Rk-65zFBKvEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
or get your own copy at Thrift Books, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers online.

Housewife Radio: Senses and Sayings

Posts about the painter, Edmund B. Leighton  https://homeliving.blogspot.com/search?q=Edmund+B.+Leighton

Previous Video

Please check out the  Housewife Radio  video here  on the previous post. It is working now, and is the third picture down from that post. Please refresh your page if you've had the same page sitting there and couldn't get the video. Please let me know if it is now working okay.

I am sorry about the confusion. I attempted posting it several times but the new YouTube rules required so many different settings and wouldn't post unless I obeyed it (smile).  It now requires you say "This is for children" or "This is not for children" and if it is not for children, it will not allow your subscribers to be notified. If it is for children, it is listed along with all the children's videos! 

When I selected "for children" (and there were only two options) it placed it in a "private" mode where only I and selected people could see it.

But I do wonder if these people speak normal English, for here, we say "child safe" or "not child safe".  Many videos are not actually for children but are still child safe as far as content.  Our homemaker videos aren't really videos for children but they are child safe and family friendly.  

There are "family friendly" shops around here but not everything in it is a child's toy or of any interest to children. It just means there is nothing corrupting in it for children.


The language Youtube used has a lot to be desired.

Housewife Radio: Listen as You Work -Keeping House, Someone is Coming Over, Hospitality Notebook

Hi Ladies,
The new video is the third picture from the top of this post. Some of you had trouble getting it to play but please try again,  and let me know in comments or by email if you still cannot get it. PLEASE REFRESH THE PAGE if you couldn't get it at first and the same page is sitting there.

I enjoy seeing the list of things you got done while listening to Housewife Radio. This is such a great platform for some of the repetitive work everyone must do, and eliminates some of the isolation of the homemaker. Please don't watch it!  It is for your listening pleasure while you work. I do show you my teacup of the day, but after that, there isn't really anything to see and I calculate you might be able to get the laundry folded and ironing done and a few other things.  I ironed several shirts while I was talking to you.

The odd looking skinny lamp next to the wall, at the end of the video, came from HL a few years ago when they had a clearance sale. I needed something that would fit between the wall and the bed, in that tiny room, and this was just right.

This is the other room I talked about in the video.

Another coffee table book with great advice about being a shepherd and gently guiding others in your care.

A Shepherd's Heart by Paul C. Brownlow 1995

Painting by Joseph Farquharson (Scotland, 1946-1935)

(Nicknamed in his day as "Frozen Farquharson" because of his snowy sheep paintings.)

Teacup from Home Goods:

 I have been buying only one of a kind teacups but I have to say this one is nice enough I would go back and get another one for a gift, if there were some still in the shop. I like that it was wrapped in ribbon.

I appreciate you dropping by and listening, and hope you got some things done on this fine Thankgiving Day. Please remember to drop me a comment!!!

Handel's Messiah Concert: "We Like Sheep" occurs approximately 1:20 here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71NCzuDNUcg
but it is all good listening, and all scripture. I like that there are no manmade words in this composition.

Listen While You Work: Giving a Good Reputation to Homemaking, The Critic, Child Care

Autumn’s Dramatic Beauty

Today I took a creative break from housework and home making to set up this cheerful scene. It is fall here and we are still enjoying very nice weather. Does the background and the whole atmosphere of the photo make you think of any place you have seen before? It evokes memories of somewhere else but I can’t say for certain what place that might be. Or, maybe it is something I read about in an old book.

Look carefully at this photo below and leave a comment if you see what happened to Mr. S.

 There's no prize, but I'll congratulate you for being such a good sleuth.

A Fine Sail

There are few things more relaxing than water, and is a favorite of children.

You know how I like the reflection in the water of this elegant mansion.

For such an adventure I was happy to make use of my seafaring collection.

This tug boat, in the above photo, had a case of the doldrums,

..and this one was having a fine sail.

So thankful for enough rain to warrant this celebration of sea vessels, and since we could not go to the lake, the lake was brought to us.

This colorful one is a paddle boat.

In my long list of things to do, I try to include the word “play”. Do you?

Thoughtful of Others by Your Appearance, Having Plans For Your Home, Manners Flow Outward

Gracie's Tea Ware