craft room aspirations...

So, I am completely redoing my attic space

to become more of a room

than just a place to toss all of my junque!

So far, I have taken everything out,

repaired the flooring and

painted every square inch white

(including the new floor).

So, my next step was to design how to put it all back together,

and be able to function as a wrap area,

craft area, seasonal storage,

and any other storage need that pops up.

Unfortunately, I went to the web for inspiration...

I say unfortunately because I found inspiration all right!

A little too much inspiration!

I want my space to look exactly like these photos from country living.

However, I do not see my SMALL space functioning the way it needs to,

and looking this fabulous!

Now my head is spinning with ideas though, so....

I will update the progress of my room.

Hopefully, it will at least resemble these beauties a wee little bit!

Cloche Encounters

I am a collector.

I love the thrill of the hunt, and I love new and creative ways to display my collections.

So, in my quest to marry my collections to displays I fell truly, madly, deeply in love with all that is cloche.

Here are just a few that make my heart skip a beat! Can you even imagine going to a tag sale in the french countryside, and walking up to this? Hows about a metal cloche?

If I had a green house, I think I would love the idea of green glass in my green house. Celebrating all that my green thumb could do! Alas, I do not have a green house, I do not have green glass, and I certainly do not have a green thumb.

I know it is not even near Christmas, and the last thing we want to think about is decorating for said holiday, but holy holiday this is a great grouping of cloches.

I love the idea of growing a garden and rushing out before a frost to cover my plants with my collection of cloches. Hey, wait a minute the cloche was not supposed to become a collection, but a way to display an existing collection. How did that happen? Oh yeah, I am a collector, and it is just part of my nature that can not possibly be helped.

How about a little funky modern to the mix!

Such a modern twist on an old faithful!

no need for words here....

Did I mention I collect old scales for my kitchen?

How about a little Asian twist on the cloche?

I am a shoppe keeper, so this just tickled my fancy as a great way to display the candles we sell.

So sweet when paired with a desert pedestal....

Did I mention that I collect old clocks?

I would love this on my dining table for Spring. Notice the mushrooms. A great alternative to the expected flower.I think this is my favorite of all.

LOVE this industrial look paired with the architectural pieces and again with my old clock collection.

I feel an office make-over coming on!