Made for Cozy Dreaming!

Late afternoon photos bring interesting lighting!

This is the turret room, bedroom #3 complete with pea-soup-green walls.  The previous owners did a great job on choosing colors that were quite original to the dating of the house.  Colors a bit out of the ordinary that make my scrap quilts sparkle without being too matchy-matchy or blending in.

It’s like they knew me before we even knew the house existed!

Detailing these rooms has been such a joy – and my inner 10 year old wants 2 weeks to sleep in each and every bed to make sure they are comfy and just right!

I love seeing my quilts on these beds!

The second folded quilt at the foot of each bed is vintage, should a guest require the weight and warmth.  If you are like me, winter is a 2 quilt cocoon, and there is also another woven cotton blanket on top of the sheet under the first quilt.  Too hot?  There is a ceiling fan, and you can take it down all the way to the cotton blanket if you wish. 

Luggage racks are in place.

Wall reading lights are mounted.  They have a USB port!

Next to ever bed is a power strip with more USB outlets as well as grounded regular ones.  No one should lack for power access.

Baskets hold a bath towel, hand towel, a face cloth and a hair turban towel.

Upstairs front landing.

The numbers for the rooms are perfect – and I love the chalkboards I received as a gift – names of occupants or messages can be written on the cute boards. A good old fashioned piece of chalk has been attached to each board with a string.

The “map photo” came with the house.

I don’t know how long ago the photo was taken, but it was LONG before there were drone photos available.  It shows the house from above and I knew I had to find a place in the house where it could live.  It was over the fireplace in the Quilting Quarters.  Now it is here.  For now.

Evening was really falling by this time!

Bedroom #5 is ready and cozy!  My Beta Test Group is gifting the inn with brand new bed pillows as their “retreat cost.” There are pillow protectors and pillow cases ready to be added when they arrive.

I so wish I could be part of this party!

It feels like a big birthday sleepover from when I was 12!  And that will happen when we open “for reals” in the spring.

Everywhere I look I see the generosity of others.

Thank you all so much for your part in my dream!

From dream to nightmare.  LOL!

No, really, it’s going to be GRAND! 

Two 8 x 10 rugs resting and uncurling upside down in the dining room. They will be butted end to end beneath the nearly 15' table as an 8' x 20' rug is not only nearly impossible to find, but also to afford. And forget trying to move the thing as we found out when trying to remove the "Big Yellow Ugly" that was in here when we bought the house. Let's just say it took a 4-wheeler with a winch to get it off the porch and to the curb!

There is something strangely satisfying about the smell of new carpet!

The plan is to join these two with Gorilla tape on the back. That might happen ON Thanksgiving Day as I have lost my help – The Hubster is off to Oregon for the funeral of our dear friend Joe, who passed from ALS.  The funeral is Sunday, but my dad comes here from Arizona on Saturday and his tickets were already purchased so it was decided that I would stay and have time with Dad while Dave goes.

As of yesterday, the new passport has still not shown up.  It’s only been a week.  But feels like forever and I’m getting a bit panicky.  Maybe today?  Or maybe it will be in the box on Saturday when I go to Greensboro to pick up Dad?  We will keep checking – but Germany is just a bit more than a week away now!

Late evening Walmart run.

I keep adding to the on-going list of items needed for Quiltville Inn on my phone.  What you can’t see here is in front of the blender box – but that list is getting shorter, until the next time I add to it.  Costco and Sam’s and Target will be hit on my way through Winston Salem to get Dad.

I keep telling myself one of these days the lists will be shorter!

Things that remain:  Dusting the dining room floor after getting the rug situation situated.  Detailing the Hen Den and getting all in place.  (There are 2 fun chair cushions for more color in front of that blender box!) The hallway outside of the laundry needs to be dusted and mopped, as does the back hallway off the Hen Den.  The back porch entry needs a good clean – that is where everything has been pushed as I work my way to completion.  The downstairs bath also needs a deep clean and a floor scrub.

I picked up more Mr. Clean erasers and will tackle the stove grates that have been soaking in an ammonia  bath in a black trash bag in the garage for 2 days now.  My fingers are crossed that I can get them clean!

And – I still need 6 of these:

I made 2 place mat tops yesterday morning.

4 more to go!

They won’t take long to quilt if I can get them loaded.  I wanted them to be a binding project while Dad and I sit and watch TV in the evening. But I may just have to realize that it is okay if we are short a few place mats on our test run retreat.

And somewhere in there I need to start pumping out mystery clues for our Frolic Mystery!  Holy Moly!

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And I think that brings us current! 

Quiltville Quote of the Day

There are people, situations and circumstances that will try your peace of mind. Others might not understand the decisions you make for your life, and that's okay. You don't have to explain yourself to the masses. Keep your peace at all costs. Vintage Chips and Whetstones quilt shared by my friend Siobhan.

What can you do to preserve your own peace today? What can you eliminate?

Have a wonderful Thursday, friends!