Note:  See if you can find all five of my office birds… 

Today — again — has been a day of cleaning around the house and continuing to work in the office.  I also took a break to stock up on some groceries.  While out, I stopped by Goodwill in search of a rug.  I did not find one, but I did find two gorgeous plates to hang on the wall in my office. 

The plates are Rose Chintz by Johnson Brothers (Made in England) and they fit in nicely with my theme of vintage, birds and roses.  The colors are a perfect match when you look at the office over all, even if the above picture doesn’t give you that view…

The plates pretty much round out the collection of what I intend to have on the walls.  And it’s all so versatile!  These plates can be easily exchanged for two other plates should I change themes or colors.  The same goes for the poster above my work station — easily changed.

I did go ahead and paint the baskets that sit in the white hutch.  The hutch was a thrift store find for about 14 dollars a few years ago.  It has come in very handy for storing electronic things, CDs, cords, etc.

I contemplated adding a few more silk flowers to the vase, but I haven’t bought any yet.  Isn’t it fun hunting for just the right things?  I did go ahead and spray paint the old wooden box I mentioned yesterday (or was that the day before?).  It holds my books of quotations, which I refer to so often, and the plant looks great on it.

Finally, here are the final (well just about) before and after pictures.  There is still one more computer to bring in, but you already know what a computer looks like. 

BEFORE

AFTER

(I am not in love with the big black chair, but hubby is.  We’ll see…)

Tonight was a night for homemade pizza and a salad.  Not all of the salad came from the garden.  Some of the lettuce did and the parsley and radishes did.  I did buy the pizza crusts, though I want to take care to start making them to save money now that I’m home.

I mixed mozarella and cheddar cheese for those. 

Year of the Doll House 

Yesterday I mentioned a doll house treasure.  While I was in A.C. Moore the other day, I could not resist these fresh eggs and milks for the doll house.

There’s gotta be a lesson in these.  I’ll let you know.

Lynn