Thank You For Your Prayers

Hi Everyone.  First let me say thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the good wishes and prayers for my hubby.

As some of you know a few months back Terry's  bile duct collapse on itself and cause him severe pain.  It took them a little while to figure this all out but after they did they put a stent in the duct to keep it open.  He was to have that in for 4 months and get it removed next month.

Well the pain started again yesterday and after lots of tests they decided it was the stent that was causing all the issues so they decided to remove it early and did a procedure today to remove it.  The GI doctor feels this was the problem and now Terry will heal and start to feel better.  

All of you with your kind wishes and prayers are so sweet and wonderful.  Blogland is full of some the most wonderful people.

Hopefully tomorrow Terry will come home and be feeling better.  Lately, it has been one thing after another in Junk Chic Cottage. 

I believe in the power of prayer and very much have seen it work so I thank each and everyone of you.

So hopefully now My Fire Chief, My Hero, My Mr. Junk Chic Cottage will be on the mend.
Thank you all so much.
Your kind words, healing thoughts and good wishes along with prayer is very much appreciated.
Hugs,
Kris

Off Blogland

I will be off Blog land for a little while.  Hopefully not long.  My Mr. Junk Chic Cottage is having stomach issues again and is back in the hospital.  Looks like the same issue as 6 weeks back so just hoping when the GI specialist comes in tomorrow we will have some answers.  Prayers for Terry.

Thank you blogging friends.  Hoping for better days ahead.

Kris

Happy Monday. New Update in the Hall Bath

I have been looking for awhile for a new shower curtain for my main hall bathroom.  I wanted something unique and different.

I was looking through Etsy.com and came across this on Simply French Market's Etsy site.

I thought wow this is really pretty.  Loved the raw edges and the unique ruffles.  I am a repeat customer of Terri's she made my master bathroom shower curtain a while back.

So here is how it looks in my bathroom.

Here is my new shower curtain hung in my grey and white hall bathroom.

Love the double ruffle on the bottom of the shower curtain.

It's the little details that I love about this.  The top of the curtain has a nice ruffle accent.  I had these cute white rose shower curtain hooks I found at Home Goods a few years ago.

 I have a pretty new shower curtain for my grey and white bathroom.

I did not receive anything from Terri for giving her a shout out on my blog about this shower curtain.  I just think it is nice for women to acknowledge each others talents.

 
  So if you are looking for a new shower curtain then please visit Terri's Etsy Shop.  She has beautiful designs and does custom work too.
Thank you Terri for my pretty shower curtain.  I love it.
Thanks for stopping by.
Kris
:)

Milk Paint And An Old Door

Good Sunday Morning.  I am starting some change ups in my Living Room and I decided to try some Milk Paint on an old door I had in there.  

I love the soft look in my living room with the creams and whites but I felt the door and armoire were a little boring.
 So this is when I thought I would try the milk paint to see if I could get some chippiness.  So I started with the door.

This is the old vintage door.  I painted it with Milk Paint and nothing happened.  Then I tried a second coat and again nothing happened.  I followed the directions, lightly sanded it first, did not use any bonding agent and then mixed up the paint and applied it.  I guess that is how it goes with Milk Paint it will chip where it wants or in my case where it does not want too LOL!  So.......

So I just took a mouse sander to the door and got this chippy look.

Then I started to think about all of this and thought hey I am going to give this milk paint another shot.  So I mixed up another batch this time using a little less water and letting the paint sit for awhile before applying it.

Here is the door repainted with a new batch of Milk Paint in the color Ironstone.

After it was dry I could see that it was starting to pull away and bubble in some spots.  Much more than the first try.   I took a light sand paper to the door and achieved this look from the milk paint.  Almost the same as when I just took the mouse sander to the first round where the milk paint did nothing.

So I guess the moral of this story is I can get the same distressed look of milk paint with a mouse sander.
Not sure why I had such a hard time getting the first attempt of milk paint to chip but the second attempt seemed to work better and maybe with the door being more heavily sanded the paint worked better with the second go around.

Anyway it was fun to try something new and have a little fun with the milk paint.  Not sure I am a big fan but to be fair to Milk Paint this is one of the first times I tried milk paint. So maybe if I gave it another try I would get better results.  I just feel that I achieved the same chippy distressed look of milk paint with just using a mouse sander and could achieve this with no investment in the milk paint.

So if you are open minded and like mystery and no control over the results of milk paint this is the paint for you.  I guess I just like to see and control the chippiness so the old fashion sanding of a piece is a better fit for me.

Now I need to think about the Armoire.  Not sure I want that same look on the armoire.  So I am thinking about some other options for this big piece of furniture.  Stay tuned.

Also the talented Lisa from LHarmonDesigns  that made my sectional slipcover some time back is making me a new one in a natural color so I am excited to have that coming soon.  I think it will bring some warmth into the cottage living room.
If you have not seen Lisa's gorgeous slipcovers on Etsy you must visit her.  She does excellent work and is quick and makes these beautiful slipcovers from templates made from your own pictures.  It is so great to have these come and fit perfectly and she never had to have your furniture.
I will have a post on her beautiful work as soon as I get my new slipcover.

Enjoy the rest of the week end and have a great start to the new week ahead.
Kris
:)

Saturday Spotlight: Life Behind the Blogger

Susan from Must Love Junk, and myself wanted to do a regular feature on our blogs, something unique that hasn't been done before.   So we came up with an idea to 'spotlight the real life behind the blogger' in a more personal way.

There is so much talent and inspiration in blogland, and we thought it would be fun to bring you a closer look at the person behind the blog.

Every week on Saturday we will spotlight a blogger and have them tell us a little bit about themselves and their blogs.  You will be able to see and read about each of the bloggers on both Susan's and my blog. 

Di from Cottage Wishes
June 21st

Happy Saturday

I have the great pleasure to introduce you to a sweet blogger Di from Cottage Wishes.  Enjoy reading and getting to know Di.  Then hop over and check our her wonderful blog.

When Kris invited me to share about myself on the spotlight at Junk Chic Cottage, I was thrilled.  I am Di from Cottage-Wishes

I started my blog when I moved to Asheville, North Carolina.  I wanted to create a blog about everything I would want in a Cottage and called it Cottage-Wishes!

My wish was to create a wonderful home to share with my grandboys, hubby, girls and their husbands.   I have been married to my wonderful hubby for 40 years.  We have been to waterfalls, parks and mountains.

 

Along the way I have shared my adventures around and about town.  I have tried new things from my blogging friends and learned alot about myself.  I try to encourage fun in my family.  My grandboys are keeping hubby and me young.

We have two (yes two) yorkie puppies...we just couldn't separate them and leave one behind.  They have gone from 2 pounds to 10 pounds, hopefully they will stop there.

 Four sweet boys that call me Granon (Gran - non)  

 I love shabby chic, nordic and french style! 

 I am truly blessed

 I have found and copied many good ideas from my blogging friends

 I have way too many collections and do like blue and white

 I love to paint with Annie Sloan Chalk paint

I hope you will stop by and chat and let's share our adventures!

Thank you Kris for inviting me over!

Di

Thank you Di for letting us get to know you better.   I do not know who is cuter those two Yorkie's or the 4 grandsons.  All are adorable.  Now that you have gotten to know Di please hop over to Susan's blog and get to know another sweet blogger Lin from A Tiny Cottage In The Woods.

Have a great week end.

Kris

Mental Health Day

Did you ever have one of those days where you just felt like you needed a "Mental Health" Day.  Today was one of those for me.

I got in my car and took a day for myself.  I had no real plans just went to where I felt I wanted to go.  It was nice to just see where the day would take me.

I found this little treasure on my trip today.

Loved the saying on this chalk board block.  "Let's go into the garden and listen to the flowers sing!"  Loved it the minute I saw it.  I knew it would look cute in my wreath by the front door.


I really enjoyed a day to myself.  I had a nice day stopping at some fave shops and eating a nice and yummy lunch.

I think every once in awhile we need to have some time just to ourselves, to do what we want and see the day unfold and enjoy the journey on our own.

As Martha Stewart always says "It's a good thing".
Wishing you a wonderful day.

Please come back on Saturday for Spotlight Susan and I have two new bloggers for you to get to know better.
Kris
:)

Cafe de Paris And Flower Market

I shopped this past week and found this great Paris de Cafe Sign for my kitchen.  Thank you Vintage Shop in Morris one of my fave shops to visit.  Never walk out of Cassie's great shop without something wonderful to take home.

This sweet sign is stenciled on an old chippy mirror and then it was framed in black.  It looked really sweet with the black frame but I had this really chippy vintage frame that I have wanted to put up somewhere and thought hmmmmm......

I think the vintage chippy frame gives this Cafe sign just a little more character than just the plain black frame.

This new Cafe de Paris just gives a little french flair to the farmhouse kitchen.

Flower Market Vignette:

 I shopped the house to make up this little vignette by my window in the dining room.

I had everything.  The picket fence piece, the little french stool and the french garden flower gathering basket.
So got a little summer vignette going on by the window looking out to the back garden. Did it all for $0 dollars spent.


Thank you for your visit.
Kris
:)

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