Be Inspired #143 A New "Farmhouse Porch"

Hey Everyone, time for Be Inspired
the place to share what's been inspiring you this week.


I love this "Farmhouse Style Front Porch"

from Kristen at Sophia's

This is Kristen's mom's new construction home with a great nod to Farmhouse Style. The wonderful red wicker chairs and baskets of flowers highlight that amazing red front door. What fantastic curb appeal!

Red Industrial Light fixtures

love this house!

Who of us haven't walked right past a credenza just like this, not even thinking about what kind of transformation it could have? You'll want to see the "before" of this great makeover!

Television Console Before and After

from Laurel at the North End Loft

Karen brings out the red, white, and blue for Patriotic Dress Up 

at Brayton Homestead, her beautiful Massachusetts home.

I've bought and sold many of these vintage drop leaf tables, but I'd never thought about turning one into a perfect little French Style DIY Potting Table. Take a look at this makeover from Janet at the Decorating Diaries.

Cindy at Dwellings "married" this wonderful cupboard with a snazzy little green Hoosier cabinet bottom to come up with a perfect kitchen display piece. She then filled it with her collection of Roosters. cock-a-doodle do!

And for a yummy Summertime dessert how about these

  CooLicious Lemon and Lime Cookies

from 155 Dream Lane.

Epic Linen is our sponsor of the day. They carry wonderful linen kitchen items, beautiful tablecloths, curtains, and also a line of linen fabrics by the yard. Hope you'll run by their shop and browse around.

Hope you'll come link up your inspiring posts this week. Please have a link back to Common Ground within your post to be featured. If you've been featured please feel free to grab the image below.

and check out these other fun Friday Parties

thanks so much for joining in,

have a great weekend!

Top Visited Links from Be Inspired

Hey, It's Wednesday!

We had a great turnout for Be Inspired this last week, 

lot's of fun links and inspiration.

Here are the three top visited links, if you haven't seen them, 

click on over!

Lucketts Design House Tour 

by Lynn at The Vintage Nest

so many great things to see!

Kimberlee's wonderful Dining Room Reveal

at The Fancy Shack

watch out for jumping spiders...

Secret Cottage Garden and Patio

from Debbie-Dabble

so many fun things; just makes you smile!

Thank you gals, for joining the party!

Hope to see you tomorrow for

Be Inspired,

Feel free to grab the image below if you've been featured.

xoxo,

Vintage Botanical Window

If you're like me, then every once in awhile, you get the urge to move things around. Changing furniture arrangements won't work here, (believe me, I've tried), so I have to change up smaller things; new vignettes, different accessories like pillows and tablerunners. This week I had that urge, and it landed on this great old window with original botanicals that I put together a few years ago. I dragged it around the house looking for another spot for it, but when I had worn myself out, I brought it back here in the Living Room right where I found it.

It just "fits" this space...

So I decided to share it again with all of you, since so many of you are new followers. A few years ago I found a college notebook probably from sometime before the 1930's filled with these individual sheets at a local flea, and grabbed it up. They sat unused for awhile, thinking I might frame them individually. I still may do that with some, but I picked out a few for this great old window that I'd had for awhile in the garage.

(I've had a few people inquire if I would sell any of the individual sheets,

but I just cant' part with them)

We have ten chairs that go with our Dining Room set; more than we could ever use. So when I was on my white painting spree a couple of years ago, I decided to go ahead and paint out two of them to flank the sofa table. There's a part of me that would love to paint the whole Dining Room set, but I just haven't been able to make that leap.

(roses from my birthday a few years ago)

This is a hard spot to photograph because of furniture placement...

Here are closeups of a few of the individual panes of glass. Each specimen sheet is categorized and labeled in old type and taped. Over the years they have faded to a perfect study in neutrals; delicate blossoms and stems have separated, but each one is work of art to me.

this pic required standing on one of the sofas...

This pic sort of gives you a reference idea of where it's located.

I found those wonderful French-y sconces two years ago,

but still haven't put candles in them...
maybe soon.

Thanks for revisiting one of my "favorite finds".

Hope you're having a wonderful week.

joining in for these parties:

Inspire Me at Liz Marie Blog

Inspire Me at A Stroll thur Life

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings

Three Mango Seeds

Blissful Whites at Timewashed 

WOW us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

The Inspiration Exchange at Ella Claire

House Party at No Minimalist Here

Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Creek Cottage

Swing Into Spring at DIY by Design

Tips and Tutorials at Stone Gable

Shabby Art Boutique

Inspiration Gallery at Craftberry Bush

Funky Junk

xoxo,

The Marketplace: Etsy and Online Boutique Showcase

Hi there Everyone, time for 

The Marketplace

the place to link up all your Etsy Shop and Online Store items.
Here are a few great links from last week
and then I want to share some fun personalized greeting cards.

Custom Monogram Burlap Pillow

from The Burlap Cottage

Iron and Enamel Dry Sink

Stuff in the Burbs 

and Savvy City Farmer

Round St. Therese Plaque

La Croix Rosion

Old Glory Ruffled Flag Pillow

HensinDaisies

This shout out is long overdue. A while back the sweet and talented Becky Slocum from Gilded Rags sent me a wonderful package filled with some adorable personalized greeting cards that she created just for me. I had just done a post on the Sunporch for Easter and she used my photos to create these wonderful blank cards. 

She uses quality card stock in gorgeous colors and textures and embellishes each one with burlap, ribbon, twine and ephemera. Can you see the raised chicken wire on the one with the hen? so so cute!

Here's her Shop Announcement on Etsy

"Show how much you care with a beautifully hand made card that you won't find anywhere else, with a shabby chic, french inspired, or gilded card. I do special requests. Each card is a work of art itself. Introducing Story Cards, that  contain a written vignette inside that the card itself speaks. Contemplative, reflective, humorous commentaries that enhance your giving and receiving of one of my keepsake cards."

Keepsake greeting cards that you can special order.

If you have a minute run by Becky's Shop and browse around.

thanks so much, Becky, I love my wonderful set!

OK, now it's time to link up to three items from your shops. Please have the link be a direct link to the item if possible. This linky is for items that are FOR SALE only. If you've done a blog post on items that you have for sale on your blog that's great and if you have an online store and want to share about that, that's great too. Please be a follower of Common Ground and if you have a blog it would be nice to grab the image below for somewhere on your blog, just to let others know about this link party. (not a requirement to link up).

Remember, this linky will be open all week,

 so be sure and come back by to see new items that are being listed.

Thanks so much for joining in,

now have some fun!