Making It Cozy

Last night was the first night we've been back home since we put the clocks back and all of a sudden it gets dark so early! One of the things I like to do to keep our home feeling cozy when it gets dark is to have lots of small lamps in corners of the rooms.

This tall lamp sits on a beside table in our guest room.

A corner of the kitchen gets a warm glow from this lamp I won from a giveaway awhile back.

A reproduction Orient Express lamp sits on a bookcase in my studio, lighting up a corner by the back door.

This lamp illuminates a small corner of the quilt hanging in our front hall. Besides a fire, quilts are definitely the best thing to make a home feel warm and cozy!

My favorite rooster lamp lights up another corner of the kitchen.

A brass candlestick lamp on the mantle casts it's glow amidst a small grouping from my candlestick collection.
This is just one way that I cozy up our home. What do you do to make your home feel more cozy now that it's dark so much earlier and for some of you the winter cold is on it's way?
Rhondi xo

Yard Sales

My idea of fun on Saturday morning is to go to yard sales. I don't go very often anymore but this Saturday there were several neighborhood sales, so I decided to check them out and much to my surprise my husband John offered to come along !
It was mostly clothes, kids and baby things, but in amongst all the stuff I found a few goodies. I got all this for $10! Isn't the carving on this bench pretty!

I couldn't resist these sequin shoes! I covered the ratty looking lampshade with some fabric from my stash and scrubbed all the grime off the rooster. He found a the perfect place to roost on the buffet in our kitchen. Then the rooster that sits atop the china cabinet in our dining room heard there was a new kid in town so he came along to welcome him . He liked the kitchen much better than the dining room so he decided to stay.
And they lived happily ever after in the kitchen......until I get the next urge to putter around!

Rhondi xo