A Little Retail Therapy

I took a break from working on the house in Hooterville this week and did a little shopping instead. 

We had dinner at Cracker Barrel one night with hubby’s sister and her husband.  In the gift shop I spotted a whole display of blue & white dishes and accessories.  I bought the tureen, a cow creamer, a tassel and a rooster to start my collection for the breakfast room hutch. 

 

Normally, I’m not all that much into roosters but I did think this fellow was quite handsome.

Cracker Barrel also had some blue & white plates and mugs but I didn’t want everything to be so matchy-matchy  so I decided to check TJMaxx to see if they had any. 

Score! 

I was able to get 4 dinner plates and 4 salad plates.

After I got them home, I realized they have a horse and rider on them.    I guess it was meant to be that they ended up on a horse farm.  :)

Now that I’ve got my collection of blue & white pieces started for the breakfast room via retail stores, any additional pieces I get will probably be through the thrift stores and Goodwill, as I come across them.

There is a wall in the breakfast room that I thought would be the perfect place for a French styled bench.  I saw this one on the internet but it was $249.99 plus $95.00 for shipping.

Hmmm…very pretty but quite pricey.

 

I almost squealed when walked into Marshalls and saw this one for $129.00!

 

Except for the carvings on the more expensive bench, they are almost identical.   Of course I like the carvings but I don’t think they are worth the $215.00 difference in price.

I did have a good photo showing the bench in the breakfast room but I think I accidentally deleted it so I guess I’ll have to photograph it again. 

Anyway, there is a big blank area of wall space over the bench and I’m thinking I would like to hang a large Frenchy clock there.  Maybe something like this one from Ballard Designs.

 

I like this one from Ballard Designs too.  The green border would nicely coordinate with the  green in the hutch.

 

I am also lusting after this rug from Ballard Designs for the breakfast room but I keep dragging my feet, hoping it will go on sale.  I know I should just order it because, with my luck, it will be discontinued or sold out if I wait.  Does that ever happen to you?

As you can see, the breakfast room colors are green and blue.  I wanted to carry the blue into the bathroom around the corner from the breakfast room but instead of green, I  chose to use yellow with the blue.

I painted the walls in that bathroom a buttery yellow and bought a blue toile shower curtain off eBay.  I also had a lot of empty floor space so I ordered this wrought iron and “wood” corner étagère that I found on sale at    J. C. Penney’s online catalog site.   I can always use the extra storage and display space it provides.

 

I still have a little work to do in that bathroom before it will be ready for its debut so be sure to check back.