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Holy Cremoly, Where has November one? For pete's sake where did the warm sun go...the colorful leaves.....it was all  here a couple of weeks ago! Sigh. Things have been so hectic here. I feel like I'm just bouncing along behind. I didn't even get to post for Thanksgiving. I apologize for not getting my usual Thanks. cards out to all. This is the first year I missed. I think I've mentioned this before, but our phone co. has some bad lines in our area. They are threadbear for lack of a better term and moldy...we live in a woods, but in a suburb of Cincinnati..not the country!!!....they give it temp fixes...I think they ducktape em for pete's sake...then when it rains and rains and rains and rains even more...the connection goes wonky and I'm offline! ERGgggg. It must be nice to be a monopoly.
Anyway, on a brighter note, Christmas lights, Snowmen, Santa, and Elves went up on Saturday. Now it's time to get the porch and inside decorations out. This year it'll be a slow process. Jim surprized me with an early B'day present.................................

since he knows I take pics of tabletops and porch decor he set this up on the porch. I haven't been able to get a pic at home so this isn't our porch, I got the pic off Walmart's site. I had been looking at a table and chair set like this for months. It's bronzetone with folding chairs in brown with candy stripes in red, springy green, and blue that match the two retro looking metal chairs I have. When I saw it I was so excited then the price tag flashed in my head from the store. It must've shown cause Jim quickly told me he got the table for $40 in one box with two chairs...the others were bent. The Garden Mgr. told him he had 2 extra matching chairs in another box that had a cracked glassstop, so they sold him those for $5 each...$200 set for $50! He even found a $5 vinyl tablecloth in country red, green, and cream in holiday motif complete with some snowmen! Gotta love a thrifty guy! When I get to finish it I'll post a complete pic.
I'm gonna be working on some new decorations for the porch Snowman tree.

I found some cute vintage images at Imagimeri's................................................

On Saturday Jim took me to lunch at the Cafe in the Oh Valley Ant. Mall  and look what I found....................

It's the Dec 1972 issue! There are a lot of groovy things I remember inside this paper time capsule. I'll show some pages in later posts, but the one page that jumped out was this....................................................................

This 8 volume set of themed cookbooks by BHG. Look what I have....I know I've showed these before........

Over the past couple of years I have searched for this collection and now I have all 8! I wondered how many came in the set. In 1973 the books changed in look.....................................................................................

They are still great cookbooks, but slightly larger, with a dull finish on the cover, the paper used feels different, and the pics are nice, but not quite the same somehow. I'm happy to know I have the complete set. Now I guess I'll look for the ones in the early 70's. Past '75 they look way too modern. Can't help it I just love vintage!!
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I thought since it is Pink Saturday I'd Incluse some of my Fav Christmas things.....................

Christmas table setting atmy parents house

Christmas table display at the Flower Shop

Vintage inspired holiday Angelic Inspiration

A vintage reflector for light strand on tree

Vintage glass bell and plastic whirlygig ornies

Vintage pink glass ball with covered bridge and snow scene

Vintage tall lidded cloche filled with vintage garland beads and vintage balls

Vintage holiday panorama book seen at the Tafts Museum Antigue Christmas

Vintage holiday diorama also taken at the Taft.

Hope you're tickled pink this weekend!!! Or at least red and green!

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It's a Better Homes and Gardens Kinda Day!

 Hey, I'm glad you stopped by today. I've got to show you this. I was sooooo happy when I found this 1958 copy of BHG Sunday while Antique Mall walking. Hey it's much easier than trying to navigate thru the shopping malls and cheaper if something catches your eye ;) It's the November issue so it has a lot of table and interior decor..yeah...our favorite subjects.

Let's see what was some of the popular trends of the day..............



Maple furniture and hardwood floors. 50's Early American in red, white, and blue. What surprized me when I saw this picture is that I have seen this set at two different Malls recently.  Wish I had the room for them. That window treatment is neat........................



A country quilt motif that looks almost modernist. This room would look great today. Timeless classic

Here's another living room idea.......................

An Eclectic mix. Very traditional, but I love that wall treatment over the sofa.

They have taken pewter peices and mounted them on the wall as object d'art. How cool is that?

Hmmmm....my aluminum would look gooood displayed like that.

What collection could you use if you created a wall like this?

Okay let's take a look at a few kitchens. 

Wow, wouldn't you love to have a kitchen like this?

Take a closer look....the dividing wall has, not a fireplace, but a rotisserie/grill. Look how they mix country wood coffered ceilings and a purely country pine table with oak ladderbacks! And, look at the red tile flooring.....Modern with a homey feel. I don't know about your house, but if we had a room like this....the big screen tv would be on the opposite wall tuned in for the big game or Nascar race and we would have party central! Or, have an indoor drive-in motif movie night ......or, an indoor picnic night..........

Here's another kitchen Idea

Ooooh, clean and crisp black and white with red accents. Look at the appliances. I would swear the dishwasher is exactly like mine today...and a grill top and oven on the back wall could be mistaken for a Viking brand of today....LOL. Holy cow they have taken a 50's modern look and given it cottagey accents! Look close...... gingham fabrics, weathervanes, biscuit tin, and look at those sink doors....shabby chic metalwork grates! The center light and exhaust fan, over the cooktop island, looks like a garden light and those baskets filled with fruit are the perfect touch. Some of these ideas would fit into any size kitchen! But, I sure wish mine was bigger 8)

Take a look at this one too! 

You'll never guess what they are advertizing...... it's the wall and countertops.....they are Melamine covered wood...yeah...like the dishes. It's the precursor to our Corian. It's another dividing wall between kitchen and dining room. It's  a cooktop area, but to the left of the wall...that is a small built-in dishwasher. What a great idea if you don't have enough under he counter space or you don't want to give up storage cabinet space. The  hanging light over it and  a matching light on the opposite side look country and the dining room ceiling light over the table is copper to match the huge copper skillet on the dividing wall over the stove. I don't know...it's modern, but the wood and accents make it a little country.

I just love perusing the pages of vintage magazines. I hope you enjoyed looking at a few pages too. I have some others that I found a while back that are more crafty and how-to's I'm gonna have to pull those out for some posts soon...if you'd like to see them?

Well I better be going now.. I think I'll go clean my kitchen..

I'll type ya later!

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