Vintage Etagere in the Garden Room

I've been feeling the need to putter a bit, so I turned my attention to the vintage plant stand in the Garden Room. I bought this metal etagere when we first got married, so it definitely qualifies as "vintage". (better described as a piece of vintage "junk".) It's had many lives, the last one being outside on the covered back porch here at the new house.

Using this has been pretty utilitarian around here, just a place to stick some plants that needed to be over-wintered. When I brought it inside last Fall it was so filthy and chipped I just about pitched it. But no, I needed to use it so it wound up here in the corner of the casual dining area. Most of my other stuff is rusted and "chippy", so I just added it to the mix. Hopefully I'll get around to painting it sometime soon.

I had used some Asparagus Fern last year mixed with some Impatiens, so in order to keep them they got replanted here in this bigger clay pot. I thought about lugging it somewhere else but it's way over my 10 pound lifting limit, so it stayed here. It got a birdie instead. I'm not sure where I found this French iron garden piece. I've used it on a wall before, but it's really too heavy. But I liked the french-y touch here on this piece.

I'm using one of my bird prints that started out as a poster, that I just cut it to fit this frame. 

Not sure whether or not this is a McCoy planter, I can't see the mark well enough.

My mom gave me these little electrified metal candleholders many years ago. 

 The 30's wiring was ruined, so I just cut off the wires to use as is.

I painted this piece white many years ago, then my husband made wooden "shelving" for it so things wouldn't fall through the slats. The bottom shelf has a wine crate that stores clay pots and peat pots.

My large paned window that showcases vintage botanicals is a backdrop behind the etagere. 

...added a little faux nest with eggs to the urn.

I've been taking it easy, and graduated to real clothes instead of jammies. Of course my "real clothes" consist of leggings or yoga pants with hoodies, because I'm all about being comfortable. Things are getting easier to do and the pain is much better, but it's still a bear to swallow. Everything I eat feels like it's made of gravel and glue. I'm still getting enough to eat since I seem to be ingesting my body weight in Jello, pudding, and tapioca snacks. I'm hoping my husband will feel sorry for me this weekend and take me to buy flowers for containers. He knows he'll have to do the work while I supervise and he's just not a gardener in any sense of the word. I have a post on our landscaping project, but it needs some seasonal flowers and color first.

Are you all kinda sorta getting back to life? 

Please be careful and wear your masks.

Hope you come by Monday evening at 6:00 for

joining in here:

All About Home at Common Ground and Follow the Yellow Brick Home

 Celebrate Your Story at The Zucchini Sisters,  Create Bake, Make at Across the Blvd

Love Your Creativity at Life and Linda,  LouLouGirls Fabulous Party

Tips and Tutorials at Home Stories A to Z,  Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life

Make it Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House
Tuesday at Our Home at Our Home Away from Home,
  Keep in Touch at Let's Add Sprinkles  Talk of the Town at Knick of Time

Turnabout Tuesday at My Wee Abode,  Share Your Style at French Ethereal
Charming Homes and Gardens at Shiplap and Shells

Vintage Charm at Our Hopeful Home,   Wonderful Wednesday at LeCultivateur 

Thursday Favorite Things at Follow the Yellow Brick Home,  race at Home at Imparting Grace

 Create, Bake, and Grow at Shabby Art Boutique Farmhouse Friday at The Painted Hinge