I love those vintage images of old homes with hand embroidered pictures

either hanging on the wall or above the fireplace.........

pretty flowers and simple phrases.....

that make a strong statement and give the house

a " home" feel. 

Our home is a 1903 Bungalow............and the people ( who first owned it) and who moved it from a growling  town to where it is sitting now (in the middle heaven.........mesquite wood prairie).......... , spent two years fixing sheet rock, the bathrooms, the plumbing, the central air, and all of  the every day things that really were not available a hundred years ago.......in a house like this......... to make this house......

 a comfortable home............

yet it still has that nostalgic charm......inside and out.

Over the years I have embroidered many pieces.......

many I have made as gifts and have given away......

many I have sold in my shop........

but not this time.........

this time 

I embroidered this piece......for our home to give it 

that  authentic  "home" touch to it..

Now I need to find the perfect frame........but which wall to hang it on?

Any suggestions?

And tell me...........

what are your favorite home phrases??

Home Sweet Home

God Bless Our Home

Welcome Friends

or something else?

I would love to hear!

I 

From worn and weathered...........

to farmhouse charm

this set of chairs has been with me for over 30 years. They were painted and used a lot around our small table at our family dinners..........but then I got a new dining room set for our home when we moved to our country home years ago........

and the chairs sat in storage.  Two years ago I opened my vintage shop and gave these chairs a new look with different brightly colored paint for each and a hand cross stitched backing. 

I have had them for sale........but the different colors have not appealed to anyone.........

but me.......sigh

for the last 2 weeks ,  I have labored at removing the paint and re-painting the chairs in a country white with black ring accent.......now they have farmhouse charm........

don't you think?

the same cross stitch backs

"Winter"

"Spring"

"Summer"

"Autumn"

now they sit in my shop around the vintage table with vintage dishware.

You can visit my facebook shop page to see more dishware and things in my shop if you would like,

just click onto this link  Yesteryear Shop

I have just found another set of chairs........waiting to be embroidered. 

I think I will do my regular embroidery on these instead of cross stitch.

Wish you could all come to visit me..........we could sit at this table while we enjoyed pie and coffee.......and wonderful conversation!

In my garden there is a large place for sentiment

My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams.

 The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful. 

Abram L. Urban