Christmas Room Tour - Corners and Halls

This year the Dollar gift bags were beautiful and I have included some of them here. 

Christmas House Tour: Childrens Rooms

On display are several of the beautiful holiday gift bags from Dollar Store.

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

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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.

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Time and True from Walmart stores or Walmart.com

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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.