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Top Ten Posts of 2014

December 29, 2014 by Patti 12 Comments

Old Things New Top 10Do you know that I adore you?  I do!  I am so thankful that you take the time to read and comment on this little blog o’ mine.  You encourage me.  You spur me on to new things. You are my impetus to keep going when things become a bit rough.  I am SO thankful for you and as I write this post I’m praying that God will shower you with rich, rich blessings in 2015 . . . and I know that He wants to . . . because He adores you too!

So here are my Top Ten Posts of 2014 in order from oldest to newest:… 

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Merry Christmas

December 25, 2014 by Patti Leave a Comment

joy-to-the-world-chalkboardThe Lord is Come!

Wishing you all a blessed Christmas,

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The Christmas Porch at Our Lake House

December 22, 2014 by Patti 2 Comments

I know, I KNOW, I wasn’t going to do any more posts this year . . . and I don’t want anything to take away from the wonderful time we’re enjoying with our family . . . so I promise this will be a quick one. When I received these pictures of the Christmas Porch at Our Lake House I just couldn’t help sharing them with you.  By the way, I also know that this isn’t OUR lake house any longer, but we still feel a great connection to this home, even more so because our dear friends John & Debbie purchased it from us.  

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 So many happy memories were made in this house on the lake and we’re very happy to know that our friends are enjoying living here too.

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My dear friend Debbie always says she doesn’t know how to decorate but with a little inspiration from Pinterest and other sources,

Porch at lakehouse 7.jpgI think she’s done a magnificent job of giving her front porch a welcoming Christmassy feeling.

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In true Old Things New fashion Debbie hit the thrift stores,

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then pulled all of her collected ideas together,

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into one beautiful front porch vignette! 

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Porch at lakehouse 12.jpgDebbie says she has always dreamed of having a front porch to decorate.

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Now her dream has come true.  Look out Deb, you may soon have other people coming to you for help with their front porch décor!

Back to the family now . . .

Christmas Blessings to you dear readers!

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A Christmas Tour of Our New Home

December 18, 2014 by Patti 31 Comments

Welcome dear friends, to a Christmas Tour of our New Home!  This tour is special to me because not only is it our very first year living in a new home, but also our first year in a whole new land!  At least that’s what it seems like to me! 

Nearly four months ago we took the long trek cross country from the Pacific Northwest to Upcountry South Carolina. The Seattle area was the only place I’d ever lived so it has been the greatest adventure of my life.  So far I am absolutely loving the greater Greenville area.  I love the warmth and hospitality of the people, the gorgeous scenery, the vibrance of the city of Greenville, and I especially love the great weather.  People mistakenly think we live in a very hot and humid place (and it can get that way in summer) but living in the upcountry, the gateway to the Great Smokey Mountains, we have four distinct seasons, mostly sunny!

Enough talking. I have tons of pictures to share so I’ll be quiet and only speak when I think an explanation is needed.

2014 Christmas Lights 005This is a picture of our new home all decked out for Christmas.  It was a very Griswold experience that you can read about HERE if you haven’t already.

2014 Christmas Lights 051I’ve shown you pictures of my Entry Hall before but it looks a lot more festive decorated for Christmas.

COME ON IN!

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Here are some closeups.

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My nutcrackers are in the Entry Hall. I wrote about Creating a Glittery Nutcracker From a Thrift Store Find right HERE

Christmas 2014 078Off to the right as you enter our home is the dining room which is a work in progress.   I began stripping wallpaper before the holidays and this is a thrifted dining set that needs to be refinished.  I’ve already done the buffet and shared a tutorial for doing A Color Wash HERE.  You can also see more pictures of it by clicking on the LINK.

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2014 Christmas Chandy 002Step by step instructions for Decorating a Chandy for Christmas can be found HERE

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If you continue down the hallway the next room to the right is my kitchen.  My entire kitchen isn’t pictured because . . . it is in cooking mode today as my kids are coming into town for Christmas!

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I’ve tucked a lot of greenery here and there throughout the house.  Did you know that Lowe’s gives it away free?

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I wrote about my thrifted kitchen chandy HERE.

You wouldn’t believe the before pictures!

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Across from the kitchen is the den which is the first room I revealed on Old Things New.   It is a little more Christmassy now!

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Christmas 2014 043This is the view from the den into the screened room.  I love throwing open the shutters and letting the sunshine in!

Close ups.

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Putz Houses 056My last post was a tutorial on making a Glittery Christmas Village, which is my Christmas mantle decor this year.

Our living room sits right behind the den which is great for the flow of entertaining.  These are the first pictures I’ve shared of this space.

Christmas 2014 060I may have to come back and give details in another post.

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Christmas 2014 054More close ups.

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Christmas 2014 070This is the clock I created while taking the Farragoz old world furniture painting course.  I’ll be sharing more in a future post or you can click on the Farragoz picture on my sidebar if you’d like to know more now.

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Christmas 2014 110On to the screened porch, my favorite room!  I’ve added a few decorations since my last post HERE, plus plenty of blankets so we can enjoy sitting outside on a sunny but chilly day in winter.

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Christmas 2014 112That’s it for now.  I’ve taken you all around the downstairs area of my home.  We are still working on settling into the upstairs rooms and maybe we’ll have those ready for next year’s Christmas tour! 

I’m going to run now and get ready for the first of my holiday company to arrive, my oldest daughter Joy and son-in-law Andrew.  They are flying in from New York in just three hours and I am SOoooooooo EXCITED to see them.  My daughter Bethany will be flying in from SoCal next week so we will all be together for Christmas in our new home! 

Christmas blessings y’all from beautiful South Carolina.  May all your days be merry and bright!

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I’ve been known to link up to the following great parties!!!
Sunday:
 UnderTheTableAndDreaming, TheDIYShowoff, LifeOnLakeshoreDrive,
ThreeMangoSeeds,  NiftyThriftyThings,
SundaySoiree,
Monday:
 IShouldBeMoppingTheFloor,  ModVintageLife,  TheDedicatedHouse, UncommonDesigns, WestFurnitureRevival, BoogieboardCottage, HuckleberryLove, CarrieThisHome, Dwellings, AnExtraordinaryDay,
InspireMeMonday,
BetweenNapsOnThePorch
Tuesday:
HomeStoriesAtoZ, AStrollThruLife, Elizabeth&Co, CoastalCharm, CozyLittleHouse,  NaptimeCreations, CedarHillFarmhouse, KatheWithAnE,NotJustAHousewife, 
VMG206, TuesdaysAtOurHome,
TwirlAndTakeABow, TheWinthropChronicles, WeCallItJunkin’
Wednesday:
SavvySouthernStyle, IvyAndElephants,  DIYByDesign, TheStyleSisters, AdornedFromAbove,
SomedayCrafts, GreenWillowPond, Fishtail Cottage,  TheCityFarmhouse
Thursday:
NoMinimalistHere, ImpartingGrace, EmbracingChange, HaveADailyCupOfMrsOlson, BeyondThePicketFence, AllThingsWithPurpose, MyRepurposedLife, FromMyFrontPorchToYours, ADelightsomeLife, AKAWeekendRetreat
Friday:
MyRomanticHome, FrenchCountryCottage, MissMustardSeed, ThirtyHandmadeDays, CommonGround, TheShabbyNest, LizMarie, Redoux, JenniferRizzo, TheCharmOfHome, RootedInThyme,  TheDedicatedHouseAnythingBlueFriday,
 DIYVintageChic,
ShabbyliciousFriday
Saturday:
FunkyJunkInteriors, SixSistersStuff, It’sOverflowing, BeDifferentActNormal,
OneMoreTimeEvents,  SayG’DaySaturday
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Creating a Glittery Christmas Village

December 16, 2014 by Patti 10 Comments

Putz collageDid you know that these glittery little cardboard houses (putz houses) have been around for 130 years or so?  Did you know that the word “putz” is a German word meaning “put” that in the German-American vernacular can mean “putter”, as in “How long are you going to keep “putzing” around with those houses?” And did you know that between 1880 and 1928 most putz houses were actually candy boxes?  These facts and a lot of other fascinating history on putz houses can be found at Cardboard Christmas, a wonderful site filled with information about these houses and resources for buying or building your own.

I first started loving these little glitter houses as a child when I saw them under my Aunt Gert’s Christmas tree.  Do you have any “magical” Christmas memories?  This was one of them for me.  I’d forgotten all about them though until their recent resurgence in popularity when I decided that I would like to create a glitter village of my own. You can buy brand new glitter houses in many places (maybe you’ve seen those in the Pottery Barn catalog).  Vintage putz houses which are mostly Japanese made can be found online, as well as plans to build your own, or you can buy pre-assembled houses to decorate yourself.  That’s what I decided to do.

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Putz Houses B4 001This was my village as it came in the mail, ordered off a site on Etsy called Little Village Houses.  The full village was only $37.00.

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The first thing I did was to paint them with white craft paint.

Putz Houses 005After the paint was dry I painted one surface at a time . . .

Putz Houses 004. . . with Martha Stewart glittering glue, which is similar in consistency to Mod Podge.

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Putz Houses 006The glitter is applied by lightly shaking it over the glue.  I gave the bottle little taps with my finger to control how much glitter is released.

Putz Houses 011I did the main part of the house first and let it dry completely before glittering the roof.  Here again you can see that I painted one section at a time with glue so the glitter could be applied while the glue was still very wet.

Putz Houses 010After giving the glittered house a few taps to allow the excess glitter to fall back onto the paper I worked over I scrinched the paper together to make a little crevice so I could poor the excess back into the bottle for another use.  This glitter really goes a long way.  I think glittered acorns are next!

Putz Houses 002I decided I wanted windows in my houses.  Many glitter houses have really fancy windows but in the interest of time I used what was on hand, good old wax paper.

Putz Houses 007I cut a rectangular piece of wax paper for one section of the house at a time and for the houses that had peeks I placed the wax paper on top of the front of the house and lightly ran my paint brush handle over the peeks .  .  .

Putz Houses 008.  .  . which created a faint pattern . . .

Putz Houses 009. . . for me to cut my wax paper into the shape I needed.

Putz Houses 006aNext I applied glue with my paint brush to the inside of the house and carefully slide the wax paper in and pressed it in place.

Putz Houses 010aThis is a step that I should have done before putting in the windows but you can learn from my mistakes! After all the houses had dried completely I decided to add some detailing around the windows and doors.  I painted glue around one window or door at a time and then shook on the glitter.  When I tapped off the excess some glitter still remained on the windows so I used a dry paintbrush to brush off any remaining glitter.

Putz Houses 011aNext . . . I decided I wanted my windows to have panes.  Some glitter houses have very fancy window panes made with more glue and glitter or with tiny pieces of wood or paper.  I chose the easy route and drew my panes with a white gel pen.

Putz Houses 012I know, they aren’t perfect but that isn’t even noticed once the village is set up.

Following are several close-ups of individual houses that I placed along my mantle.  I used only white, silvers and blues as I wanted my village to look frozen, here in mild SC.

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Putz Houses 056Each of these houses has a hole in the back where an electric light or battery operated votive can be inserted.  I think that would really add to the ambiance.  I’ve created a Glitter (putz) House board on Pinterest where I’ve pinned ideas for adding more detail to glitter houses and more tutorials for making your own, including patterns that can be downloaded.  Though mine is simple for now I think that my village will most likely evolve over the years into something a bit more extravagant!

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Nighttime falls and the spotlight falls on my Putz Village.  Again, I wish I could capture in pictures how much it really sparkles.

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Putz Houses on Mantle 004It has been so much fun decorating for Christmas in preparation for my two daughters and my son-in-law who will be coming (from California and New York) to see our new home for the first time. Though it is so very different than our lake house and living in Washington State I’m praying that they’ll still feel like this is “home”.  I’ll be back with one more post before Christmas, showing my Christmas decor, before taking some time off to enjoy my family.

Blessings to you my friends as you prepare your home and your hearts for Christmas,

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I’ve been known to link up to the following great parties!!!
Sunday:
 UnderTheTableAndDreaming, TheDIYShowoff, LifeOnLakeshoreDrive,
ThreeMangoSeeds,  NiftyThriftyThings,
SundaySoiree,
Monday:
 IShouldBeMoppingTheFloor,  ModVintageLife,  TheDedicatedHouse, UncommonDesigns, WestFurnitureRevival, BoogieboardCottage, HuckleberryLove, CarrieThisHome, Dwellings, AnExtraordinaryDay,
InspireMeMonday,
BetweenNapsOnThePorch
Tuesday:
HomeStoriesAtoZ, AStrollThruLife, Elizabeth&Co, CoastalCharm, CozyLittleHouse,  NaptimeCreations, CedarHillFarmhouse, KatheWithAnE,NotJustAHousewife, 
VMG206, TuesdaysAtOurHome,
TwirlAndTakeABow, TheWinthropChronicles, WeCallItJunkin’
Wednesday:
SavvySouthernStyle, IvyAndElephants,  DIYByDesign, TheStyleSisters, AdornedFromAbove,
SomedayCrafts, GreenWillowPond, Fishtail Cottage,  TheCityFarmhouse
Thursday:
NoMinimalistHere, ImpartingGrace, EmbracingChange, HaveADailyCupOfMrsOlson, BeyondThePicketFence, AllThingsWithPurpose, MyRepurposedLife, FromMyFrontPorchToYours, ADelightsomeLife, AKAWeekendRetreat
Friday:
MyRomanticHome, FrenchCountryCottage, MissMustardSeed, ThirtyHandmadeDays, CommonGround, TheShabbyNest, LizMarie, Redoux, JenniferRizzo, TheCharmOfHome, RootedInThyme,  TheDedicatedHouseAnythingBlueFriday,
 DIYVintageChic,
ShabbyliciousFriday
Saturday:
FunkyJunkInteriors, SixSistersStuff, It’sOverflowing, BeDifferentActNormal,
OneMoreTimeEvents,  SayG’DaySaturday
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