Monday, January 21, 2013

Celebrating Tabletop Tuesday!


I thought I would take you on a little tour of the top of my barrister bookcase in celebration of the 150th Tabletop Tuesday over at Marty's wonderful blog, A Stroll Thru Life. I've recently been working on a re-do in this little third bedroom, affectionately known as the Mom-cave, so hopefully soon I'll be able to share the whole thing. 


The bookcase is literally a treasure-trove for me... it's among the pieces I inherited from my grandmother, and I've filled it with all manner of pretty thrifty finds and vintage family pieces. I really like the layered, "collected" look when displaying these kinds of pieces - it makes me happy to know that wherever my eye lands in the display, I'll be looking at something that's been handed down, or acquired through a happy thrifting expedition. 


At this end of the top shelf are a beautiful blue glass vase found while thrifting...


...a blown-glass pumpkin won in a Facebook comment contest...


...and a pretty peacock figure that was a gift from my husband. 


Moving along you can catch a glimpse of my framed Blue Jay (it's the To/From tag off of a larger gift bag!)...



... ivory scrolly heart... 



... a little salt-clay salamander made by my daughter when she was little... 



...and of course a framed photo of my beautiful girl - she's 19 now and a freshman in college! 


I have a lot of blue pieces for some reason and tried to weave them throughout the display rather than grouping them together in a clump. In the next section I've layered a blue bird bud vase that was painted by my mother-in-law (along with a couple strands of blue, pearl, and silver beads)...  


...and a blue glass vase on which I painted a little Bible verse and some soft blue and white roses. 




I've also recently become smitten with what I call "courting couples," shown here on a fabulous green lamp base (it's obviously no longer a lamp - I just love the shape and design of it!)... 



...a sweet figurine...



...and a miniature teacup. 



At the end of the row we are back to blue with a beautiful Depression Glass banana bowl in the Moon & Stars pattern, a gift from my mother-in-law. 



Finally, on the wall above all of these pieces is a lovely landscape painting I found while thrifting. It's in a thrifted wooden frame that I painted in the ivory accent color I've used throughout my re-done room.  



So that's my tabletop tour - congratulations, Marty, on 150 weeks of one of my favorite blog link parties! Here's to many more Tabletop Tuesdays



More soon,


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4 comments:

  1. Hi Janet....I enjoyed the tour! You have some lovely things...:) I gave you a shout out over at my blog since I found out about the Tabletop Tuesday link-up here! Be Blessed!

    Vicky
    Life On Willie Mae Lane

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  2. Oh how pretty, you really do have some lovely things and your displays and vignettes are fabulous. Thanks for joining TTT. Hugs, marty

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  3. Thank you for the kind comments, everyone - sure glad you all stopped by!

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