Living Room Change

Hello, everyone....I think I have all

the problems with my computer all 

worked out.  I restored my computer

back to before I put IE8 on it, then a

tech, from McAfee, put it on again! My

virus protection wasn't working and

they blamed it in IE....I got the IE8 off 

again and I downloaded Firefox and 

everything is working, just fine!  I went

to McAfee and downloaded my virus 

protection, again....It was updating, but

it wouldn't do a scan.....Blogger gave me

fits, last week, too....I guess they were

working on it, because there is a different 
window, for posting pictures, now.

Now, for the living room...it takes up what

was the original living room, plus what was

the garage, so it is pretty big and it is in an

L shape.

This is a before pic taken while standing in 
the old part of the living area, looking into 
the garage area, 

This one is before, looking around the 
corner, it wastaken while standing in 
front of the couch.

 

You can see that this is the side wall 

and the one behind the TV....They really 

needed some work on them....I still need

to do some more, when I repaint, but it 

isn't going to be right away....I would like

a different color, but....

Here you can see that there were a lot of

books to move!

More books, and this isn't all of them!

After:

Now we have the cubbies together,

behind the couch on the wall where the

TV was.

Stitcheries on this wall, I took the Betsy

Ross from the hall, as an after thought, and

it really needs to be moved up. I think I 

will move it over to the right, on the top

row, where the two smaller ones are.

In the corner, next to the cubbies, we 

put the round oak table, that belonged

to hubby's great grandmother.  We don't

use this door, anyway....It was in front of

the picture window, but I put two windsor

chairs there....

This after pic, above was while standing 
behind the couch....I saw in this pic, that 
I needed to tighten up the blind.  I am 
going to take it down, when I find a way
to keep the shutters in place...I know
that hinges will not work. There are
windows behind them, and the sun would
bounce off the van, and make it hard to 
watch TV, when it was on the back wall. 
I have that black checked throw on the 
wing chair, because my big bear, Bubba
was sitting in it, and he has a red/black 
checked tie...I have a red chenille cover,
that I can put on it....

I had this on the mantel, then I got these

houses from Lorna....There are 3 houses,

but they wouldn't all fit.

I like the houses on the mantel, better.

This after pic was taken while standing

near the hutch.

This one is from the garage part, looking

into the original living room, toward the

hutch...I decided to move the table, after 

this picture.

This how it looks, now...I am wanting to
take a bunch of the bears, out of the living 
room, to make it look less cluttered.  I am
thinking of putting them on the top of the 
shelves in the spare bedroom....You can
see that there are too many bears in the
living room.  I am going to take that ugly
shade down, one of these days and make
some curtains to put up...I planned on 
putting handmade shutters, across the
bottom, with star cut outs.....Well, that 
hasn't happened, yet....I hope we can 
get them done, before it gets cold, 
because I would rather paint, outside.

You can see that I have a wardrobe in
my living room....We have our coats in it, 
because it will not go into the bedroom,
the hall is too narrow and it is too long,
to make it through the doorway. It is too
tall, also.

Well, that is the tour, for now...I will 
show you my Fall decorating, later.  I
have some bittersweet coming, from my
MIL and I won some Fall goodies in a
give away.....I bought a pumpkin and 
gourds, but the place where I get mums,
hasn't gotten them in, yet....I will be 
putting my scarecrow outside, after
I get some mums.  I am wanting to find
some grapevine to decorate around the 
front door, but so far, no luck....I wished
I had thought of it when I was in Texas, 
last time....I know of a place where it 
grows up a tree. I have really enjoyed 
seeing how you all have been decorating
your homes!  Like lots of you, this is my
favorite season!
 

I would like to welcome my new followers
and thank you all for hanging in there 
with me!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Morning, I hope you all had a great

weekend....We just hung around the

house...I have another Boyd's bear

to share with you, today....He is one

of their mohair line, named after a

president.  His name is Fitzgerald Q.

Bearington, he's 12' tall and his paw

pads are made of leather....I wanted

to get all of the mohair bears, but I

changed my mind, because I have so

many bears to take care of....they just

don't want to get up and shake off the

dust, every once in awhile...

Below, he is dressed in a romper

and hat....Cute outfit, but not very

fitting for a presidential bear to

be wearing!

Go on over to these other gal's blogs

to see what bear they have posted today:

Carolyn's and Carol's

If you have a bear collection, and

would like to join in on Meet a Bear

Monday, just e-mail one of us, we will

be glad for you too.

I hope you all have a great week...And

I would like to thank all of you that stop

by and leave me a comment, blogging

friends are just the best!

I will be posting the living room, on

my next post, if this thing will work

for me, I still have some internet issues

to take care of, and I have to add a new

toolbar, that does not want to download.

Until next time..

Bear Hugs~Karen

Crock

Hello, everyone, I can finally post!

I see the set up window has changed,

maybe Blogger was changing, I don't

what was going on, but

I couldn't post a picture, all week.

I have been having problems, I was

just on with a rep, on McAfee, they

tell my problem is with Internet

Explorer....I had put IE8 on here and

it gave me problems, so I restored my

computer back to before adding it and

the rep, put it back on here. Well, now

I can at least post.  I have to got to

contact Microsoft, next....What a pain! 

I thought I would at least take a moment

to post a picture of something, I will have

to post pictures of the living room later.

I thought you all might like see this

crock container.  I don't know if you

would call it a bowl, or what...I bought it

one time, in an antique mall, on the way 

home from Texas....The top

edge is smooth, it doesn't have a groove

for a lid, so I don't think it ever had one. 

It is about 8 1/2" across and 6 1/2" tall.

I just love it, and this is the first one of it's

kind, that I have seen...I have done a little

decorating for Fall, that I will show you

when I have the time to post all the pictures

of the living room....If this thing had been

working right, I would have posted them on

Tuesday....I have enjoyed seeing how every

one else has been decorating, though...

Have a great weekend!

Bear Hugs~Karen



Computer Troubles!

I am still not able to put pictures on

here, so I guess I will keep taking

things out of my computer and putting

it on a flash drive.  I did a lot of it, this

afternoon....Tomorrow I will try to

post pictures of the change we did to

the living room....Chum might have

done something, he keeps reaching up

and hitting keys!  The little brat!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen



Things at the Antique Mall

Good Evening!

I thought I would show the pictures,

that I took in an antique mall, while

I was in TX, last time....

I really thought about buying this

chair. I don't really think it is old,

though...

 

This trunk, with the stained glass, was in

the same booth....I can't believe I didn't

check the prices on them.

I liked this cat picture, but not the blue

mat, which could be changed out, but I

don't have anywhere to hang it, anyway.

I bet Gina would like it!


 

I took these next two pictures for Holli and

Donna, they like roosters....

I wish I had gotten this one on a better

angle, but I wanted to get a picture of the

rooster, on the red one, which I liked the

best. I think I have seen these in Country

Sampler....I now wish I had taken a few

more pictures for you all to see. Maybe

next time, I can get more....

My next post will probably be the big

change in the living room, I finally got

it all together....I did a little Fall

decorating, while I was at it...I think

I will wait until the first day of Fall,

to decorate outside, or maybe the first

of October...I am not very good at

remembering to water my mums, so

I don't want to kill them off, too soon!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Hello everyone, it is Monday again, so

it is time to meet another bear.  This

bear is a Boyd's bear and he is 12" tall,

with dark red, long, nappy fur.  His name

is Liberty Q. Spangler.  He is nekked,

except for his hat.  He has dark blue denim

paw pads, with white, embroidered stars,

that match this denim hat with stars. He

also has two buttons on his belly with stars, 

that have rope trim on the edges. 

He sits on a shelf in my patriotic bedroom,

keeping watch over the other bears in the

room....

If you would like to see more bears, check

out  Carolyn's blog...Maybe, Carol has

posted one, today...If you collect bears,

and would like to join in, just let one of us

know, we will be glad to have you join us

for Meet a Bear Monday.

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Remembering 9/11

Let's remember those who were

lost on this day, 9 years ago....

I know that this day, will be etched

in my memory forever, as I am sure

it will be in yours...Please pray for

those who lost loved ones, on that

horrible day and that nothing like

this, ever happens, again....

May we never forget! 

Fly your flag to show that we

are still united!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Hello everyone, I haven't kept up

 with posting a tip or a picture on

Thursday, so I thought I would post

one today....These morning glories

are on our chain link fence, facing the

side street....I just love them and I

thought you might enjoy seeing them,

too...

In the next few days, I will post what

we did to the living room and some things

I saw in the shops, in Texas....

I hope you all are doing well....Thanks

for stopping by...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Antique Mall Finds

Morning, Y'all....I hope you all

had a great weekend!  I was pretty

busy, like most holiday weekends.

We moved the furniture around in

the living room, so I decided to redo

some of the seams on the walls, who

ever did them, did a lousy job. This

is in the part of the LR, that used to

be a garage, my LR is L shaped. 

One wall was pretty uneven, so I did

a coat of mud on half of it and the

seams on another wall....I then

wet sanded it all and painted the two

walls.  I didn't have the largest mud

knife here, so I need to do another

coat when we change the paint color

in LR, DR and kitchen.  They are all

open to each other, so they need to

be painted the same color.  Although,

I have thought of painting some walls

a different color, just not the whole

room. We moved some heavy furniture

and hundreds of books!  I will show

some pictures soon, I still have to put

the bears in place, and put all my banks

up on the top of the cubbie shelves. I

haven't done anything yet, today....I did

the wet sanding and painting yesterday,

plus moved we the books, again and moved

the furniture.....I loaded the dishwasher,

ironed a shirt and took a shower before I

went to bed and I crashed!  I had things

hurting that I forgot I had!

Well, onto the antique mall treasures...

I bought some of this on the way down to

Texas, some of it in our town, and some

on the way back.  I wanted to stop at one

mall on the way back, because I had seen

something in it earlier, but of course, it

was gone...So, being the great hunter that

I am....LOL....I stopped in one that I hadn't

been to, for a long time.  I got the crock,

the wooden bowl and the little cheese box,

with the flowers and Amish children on it,

there.

I didn't know this had a lining, until I got

home with it, and my hubby opened it. 

I love this garden tote, I got it, the little

churn and the grater on the way down.

The grater has openings that remind me

of a mouth with teeth, it was made in

England....I hung it up on the ladder in

the kitchen, already.  I got the box with

the cat on it, at GW on the way down, I

am going to paint it, one of these days...

I thought about painting the bowl with

the watermelon, but I like it and I have

some of them in the kitchen, right now,

so I will keep it the way it is, and use it

with my summer decor.  I am going to

be changing out my red flowers and

things for Fall flowers and decor, soon.

Well, I better get to work finishing up

the living room....My hubby got to sit

outside and read while I was mudding

and painting, he had to keep and eye on

Chum, he has gone over the fence, once.

I sure didn't want Chum to be my little

helper, on this project, I could just see

him tracking paint all over the carpet!

He has been in a grape vine basket, with

a round bottom, just rolling back and

forth!  He got under some of the papers

in it, with only his head and tail showing.

I got a picture of him, before I went to bed,

I guess he likes to rock and roll!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Morning Y'all....I meant to get this

bear posted last night, but I was just

too tired, I have been mudding seams

on the walls in part of my living room,

that was originally a garage. Whoever

did them before, did a lousy job! We

are changing things around, so this is

the time to redo them.....Enough of

that, and on to meeting a new bear. I

have the little sister to the one I showed

you last week, her name is "Jasmine

Lefleur" and she is 8" tall. She has on a

romper with the same print, as her sister

and her's has little ruffles on the sleeve

openings and a cute little purple rose on

the front.  She also has a matching bow.

I think these are the only ones that

I have in this family, but I do have more

of them dressed in purple, that I will

share with you all...If you would like to

see more bears, go to these other ladie's 

blogs:

Carol's and Carolyn's

 I have some

more goodies to share with you all, that

I got in TX, I had to go down to do some

thing for my hubby, last week.

I hope everyone is having a great

weekend!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen