I've got a Roo thing going on!

Shelia over at Note Songs just wrapped up her A Cow A Day series

that introduced us to her extensive cow creamer collection!

I don't have quite that kind of collection but it did get me to think about

the fact that in one small area I have several Roosters so here's my show and tell!

I forgot I owned this big red rooster.  Found it hiding in a closet so I decided to see if I could find it a home back in the kitchen again.  He came from Ebay many years ago.  It's made of all metal and it's on a sandstone base.  I think it was made to be an outside accent but I've always kept it indoors.

The rooster (down below) was to be an accent by a lamp near the kitchen but it turned out to not work there.  Then I thought... I'll put it up on top of the plate rack... but it's too tall for that!!  Darn... so now it's residing here on the bottom shelf of the little table.

I keep trying different things on the shelf.  I think this will always be

a design area in motion. 

 My Christmas Cactus resides here now instead of the kitchen

window. She grew too big for the windowsill and needed some elbow room!

 Several years ago I also got this rooster from a seller on Ebay it's made by Bordallo Pinheiro and was shipped from Portugal. He arrived

with a broken beak, but it was a clean break and after gluing

you'd never know.

 This metal rooster has been with me from the late 90's. 

Handcrafted from Mexico.  He's just kind of fun! 

He resides here on the little open shelves in the kitchen.

That's the "mans" spot at the bottom.... gotta have the

temp and all that stuff easily seen!  I've had a lot of different

things on these shelves in the 18 years that they've been there.

Gosh I can't believe it's been 18 years since we remodeled this house.

 I found the little cache pot in storage and the garden ball which fit in by the lamp nicely.  I've been trying to find something that could fit there better than the candle I initially had there as seen "here".

Funny how things you buy at different times can end up working with other items that you never intended to be together or realized that they could be some day.

That's another fun thing about shopping your house! 

 (I cheated and tried to black out the electric cord- I need a cord cover)

 This basket was over on that little table with the roosters.  It dawned on me recently that it would fit on this little mission table I've had kicking around for some years.  Now I need to think of something to put in it. Photo bomber Riley is nearby as you see!

 I guess I have a new project to fulfill!

Special Thanks once again to Linda from Life and Linda for giving my blog a new look.  I've been kind of a "kaleidoscope of ideas" with my blog for a while.  I knew I needed to settle down with something more permanent so we collaborated on this and I think we've come up with something I can stick with. 

Thank you again Linda- you are a real sweetheart!


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Got My Blue Back On The Plate Rack

Well- I attempted to have just white dishes on my plate rack for a different look, but after a few days it was just to bland for me.

 I also wanted to get away from the Americana look I had started because I was veering off track from my Tuscan and French deco.

  I fussed around a bit and used a mix of 

items to create a new look.

I have to admit I love a country cupboard look and even though this is a narrow plate rack is I think I achieved what I was goaling for.

This plate rack would be cute with doors that have chicken wire on them. 

Sunflower pitcher by Maxcera, Pottery Barn Moo Cow creamer, Milkhouse Creamery Candle

Bordallo Pinheiro Rooster Pitcher

Devon Cottage pattern by Johnson Bros.

 

 I loaded up my big cobalt blue vase with wheat and I stuck pine cones in my antique salt glazed bowl.

I snatched a picture off another wall to see what a portrait style frame would look like next to the plate rack and I like it.  

 I have this print of a rooster that I'm thinking of framing to go where the sunflower picture is so I can put that back where it was. 

Now I want to paint the walls a different color!  I'll wait a little while longer to bring that up with the hubs!

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