Mantle Makeover

It’s beginning to feel like fall around our parts; just in time to head into Thanksgiving and right back out again.

I’ve been working indoors a little more, due to the cooler weather. This past week I redecorated my mantle.

I’m hoping to paint the fireplace and mantle white one of these days, but for now I’m just trying to carry the black/white/grey theme through where I can.

This wonderful pencil sign came home with me on a shopping trip for shop goodies. My husband actually liked it so much that we kept it and hung it under the mantle. The fireplace is in our schoolroom/office, so it’s a fitting item.

I found this sweet tin match holder for a song, and for now it’s sitting on top of the wood stove holding a small word card. I’m waiting on my husband to hang it up on the bricks for me.

This beauty was the same pot I shared in this post, and it stores our fireplace bellows. The bellows was a gift from the prior owner of our house. She actually mailed it to us a year or so after we moved in, and we later learned from our neighbor who kept in touch with her that she felt that it should be with the house. What a sweet gesture.

 

I propped up an old screen window that is a greyish, green color on the mantle. It has perfect, peely paint. This metal ribbon was another great find, and the majority of it went to the shop, but I had to keep some for myself. I finished out the garland with a rusty, old, doo-dad that I found somewhere.

My lighting is a little off. This is not a well-lit area and I am definitely not a photographer! The black box is an old ammunition box that I fell in love with at first sight. It’s residing upon a doily that my daughter just made for me. She is so talented!

Mr. Uncle Sam has moved from my kitchen cabinet to the mantle beside my sun dial. That’s another one of those items I had been wanting in my décor and was lucky enough to stumble upon one at a great price.

The 534 paper is someone’s long lost marathon number. I just like what it adds to the vignette.

This side houses a silver framed mirror I bought at Smitten, my Ikea pitcher, an Ironstone creamer, a stack of old Bibles and my awesome fan that still works!

The top Bible was my Dad’s.

This fan was found at an estate sale for practically nothing.

Don’t you just love great finds?

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More Smitten Photos-Part 2

As promised, here are some photos of new items taken in the main rooms at Smitten.

I love this set of demitasse cups. Too cute!

Mini box of cupcake recipes~bright colors and yummy ideas. I bought one for my daughter and she’s already planned out her cupcake baking. These also come in other varieties~chocolate, champagne, tea….

These little dip containers are so much fun.

Stuff from the kid’s corner.

This is a tin framed chalkboard. I just played around with the color some.

Wedding tea tins. Would make a lovely bridesmaid gift.

Come down and visit us!

New Smitten Photos-Part 1

Are you tired of shop photos yet? No? Good, me neither!

I snapped these last week after doing a little rearranging in our room. As I was editing them, I noticed that several items I had pictures of, have since sold. Looks like a refill and some more photos are in order.

This first batch is from mine and Anne’s room. I also took several around the main store and will post those tomorrow~altogether it’s a lot of photos!

The cute little cruet has gone to a new home.

We have a few bars of yummy smelling soap that Anne brought back from one of her day trips.

A stack of metal industrial looking boxes. The small green one on the left has sold.

The day after I refluffed the space, this white desk sold~the double light fixture is also gone!

This is a new addition; milk glass punch bowl on a pedestal and cups.

The blingy belt buckle has been snatched up.

Vintage stamps and jello molds.

The end cabinet restyled. I’m loving the black and white look on it.

These adorable number jars are all gone. But the black drink carrier remains.

These next two are some fun hanging cages. The second one is a great, blue, chippy one. These were shot from the ground looking up. I’m height challenged and did not feel like dragging out a step stool.

Check back tomorrow evening for photos from the main areas of Smitten.

Also, I’m excited to share that I will be working down at Smitten two days a week! If you’re in town, send me a message~I’d love to meet you!

The Grand Opening of Smitten!

Last Saturday was Smitten’s “official” grand opening, and I’ve been attempting to post these pictures I snapped that morning since then. I had already edited them once, but somehow lost the file, so had to start over. Then, of course, life just got busy. So, I’ve finally got them ready to share with you all.

These are photos of not only our little room, but of other areas of the store as well.

Enjoy!

The new sign outside. There’s quite a glare in the picture, but the print is a very striking blue color.

 

Some of our vignettes on the lawn area.

This is a neat rabbit sprinkler. Just the right color and amount of chippiness! Does it work? Don’t know, but it’s awfully cute.

Black scrabble-type tiles. Awesome!

Into the kitchen~colorful paper straws.

It’s difficult to make out, but the little wire bird in the background is a photo/card holder. It’s adorable.

 

Zinc place cards and paper placemats.

These little clips are one of my favorite things in the entire store.

Tower of goodies. I think the little birdcage on the bottom right has already sold.

This corner belonged to a great pink tin frame that sold that day.

Now, off to our space.

Anne and myself in front of one of our displays. I’m not sure why I have such a weird look on my face.

Shakespeare bundles rest in an old Kitchen Kraft bowl.

Vintage porcelain lipstick holder.

Vintage metal zipper flower bracelets made by my daughter, Laina.

Not to mention, a really cute soap dish.

A little pop of color in this romantic corner.

Cheers to a successful grand opening day!

The owners, Debbie Fritz and Jennifer Fritz Jung with Anne Lorys.

Smitten

401 E Auguste and S Washington
Fredericksburg, Texas
1 (830) 307-3218

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