Home Decorating – Old Things New

Day 22 – Searching for Perfect Seashells and a DIY Coastal Cloche

October 22, 2018 by Patti Leave a Comment

The Write 31 Days Challenge – 31 Days,Every Day,One Topic

Day 22

(day 1 starts here)

One of my favorite things to do at the beach is collect shells, and we recently found a beach that was covered in them! The hunt was on as I began searching for the most beautiful, most perfect, most amazing seashells I could find. If you are a shell gatherer you know that even on a beach littered with shells it can be hard to find unbroken specimens.

“Oh, that one’s kinda pretty, and this one is certainly unique.”

Cradling my stash of shells protectively in the palm of my hand my eye caught sight of the best one yet. Except for . . .

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Welcome to Fall and a DIY Surprise!

September 27, 2018 by Patti 10 Comments

Hey there my peeps 😉

As you know, I’ve not been writing here as often lately but I promise you that I am writing and I am working on something that I’ll soon share at Old Things New. Today I’d like to give you a heads up on a few things that are in the works, but first, here’s a peek at my Fall decor.

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A Video Tour of Our new Lakehouse

August 29, 2018 by Patti 22 Comments

Hey friends! I’m so happy you popped in today and I’d like to welcome you to our new home. I’ve never tried to upload a video here before and it’s been a test, to say the least. I tried shooting both vertically and horizontally from my iPad but still, I get these two black bars on the sides of the video. The good news is, that if you’re viewing from an iPhone or iPad, you can touch the screen to enlarge it, but on our old desktop computer this is the best view possible. I really want to get this figured out so I can do more videos in the future so if any of you have any advice or tutorials you can direct me to I’d truly appreciate it!

For now, I’d like to welcome you to my home. It is about a 12 minute tour so if you’d like to pour yourself a glass of whatever you like to drink, go ahead and do that. Then get comfortable as I show you around 🙂

Thank you so much for coming by. I hope I didn’t make you too dizzy with my shaky iPad. I promise I’ll try to get better at this in the future.

Blessings friends,

Bursting With News to Share!

March 7, 2018 by Patti 10 Comments

Where do I even begin to tell you everything I have to tell you about life over the past couple of months?

The last time I wrote, before leaving on a long Christmas vacation and much needed break, I was here, living in our Southern Colonial. What I didn’t tell you at the time was that our house was SOLD. In fact, it sold over Thanksgiving weekend but our Realtor, wanting to err on the side of caution, suggested that I not make any announcements until the final papers were signed. THEN, we held off the closing until January – so of course I haven’t shared the news until now.

But wait, this is March. Yes it is, and I’ve been doing a ton of things I’m bursting to tell you about, but this post is going to give you a only glimpse of what’s been happening here, because I have far more important news to share today.

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Woodland Christmas in the Den & a Special Treat too!

December 12, 2017 by Patti 10 Comments

Do you want to be the favorite guest at all the holiday parties you attend this year, AND assure that your name stays on the party list for years to come? BRING. FOOD. Not just any ol’ food mind you, but my very favorite treat to make at Christmas.

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