Rednesday and Thrifty Thursday ~ Fruit Stands

Wednesday is REDnesday at Sue's ~ It's a Very Cherry World. Don't forget to visit Sue and see many more fabulous reds! And don't forget Thursday is Thrifty Thursday with Leigh at Tales from Bloggeritaville. You won't want to miss all the Thrifty finds and crafts!

I picked up this little fruit stand/candle holder at good will for a couple of dollars. It fit the theme and colors of our kitchen perfectly. I know a lot of people don't like theme decorating but I love it. There are so many styles that I like, it's hard to choose one for the whole house. Instead, each room has a different flavor, with similar color schemes. One of my favorite memories is traveling up and down Highway 99 through California's Central Valley. I've always lived in towns off 99 so when we visited family it meant a trip down the long stretch of road surrounded by farmland and little towns. I always loved reading the fruit stand signs as they marked our progress. They often were spread out, one word at a time for miles before you reached the little stands.

Cherries

Ahead

3

miles

2

miles

1 more

mile

You

are

here!

We never stopped though.

Tourist traps, you know! We'd blow by at 50 maybe 55 mph and the signs would start all over again, assuring us the next farm had

FRESH FRUIT.

A few days after finding the fruit stand

I found this little guy for $1 at Strawberry Saturday.

He's not much from the front...

Actually, I guess his backside is his front...

And what a cute little vintage backside it is!

I think he's a Jack looking for his Jill, although his little pail could be for fruit.

So if you spot a one sided Jill during your thrifty travels down the highways and byways, past the fruit stands, I know someone one who'd love to be reunited with her, at a thrifty price of course!

Wallpaper on the Ceiling?

Crazy huh?

What's even crazier is my sister gave up a whole weekend of her life to help me do it!

And neither of us had ever wallpapered before.

It's a small galley kitchen. I figured no amount of decorating tricks could make it appear any bigger so why not cozy it up all the way! The ceiling is ivy with red berries. The wall and border look much brighter here than they really are. This photo was right after it was finished. That was 7 years ago and I still love it ~ even though I had a moment where I thought about going back to the original vintage look it had. I've decide I might use the vintage look in the sun room off the dinning room. We're finding so many cute things in the attic I have to use them somewhere!

Many of you commented on the wallpaper behind my red fruit plates on Wordless Wed./ REDnesday so I thought I should show you the whole look. The counter tops are a dark, marble-y green tile. I have a lot of plates and things on the walls now but I'm having trouble loading photos tonight so I'll save them for another day. The dinning room that you see beyond the door is now my RED dinning room that you've been seeing here and there. Beyond the arch is the now "Blonde" living room.

Thanks sis, that really was a lot of hard work but I've never laughed so much in all my life. I was flattered when you said you'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Dawn

Wordless Wed.~ Bummer! ~ and REDnesday!

Dixie in French Lique, Texas is taking a break so it's blogger's choice for Wordless Wednesday. Today my choice is

"Bummer!"

Please visit Heather as she guest hosts "Wordless Wednesday" and Sue Loves Cherries at My Secret Garden for "REDnesday" as I'm joining in the fun at both today.