Born Broken: Display Day Sunday

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Where Love Abides

Every house where love abides
And friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home sweet home
For there the heart can rest.
~Henry Van Dyke

We had such a good time with family last night. My brother and his kids and his wife, as well as my mother and father in law, and my sister in law and her boyfriend, all came over and had dinner with us. Colonel Sanders was kind enough to provide the chicken and biscuits, (making fried chicken for a dozen people was a little much for me) but I had fun making lemonade with lemons from our tree. I also made potato salad and a number of other side dishes. My sweet husband helped with cleaning and cooking too. It was a wonderful day. Tomorrow I'll share some pictures of family, but today - it is Display Day Sunday here at Born Broken, so I thought I would share a few vignettes from our house. Here are a few little corners of my home. Welcome!

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Our living room has a huge picture window, and I hung small crepe streamers in swags across the glass, to make the room feel a little more festive for our guests.

I've shared photos before of my prized candy vending machine, which is stationed against a wall dividing the space between our living room and dining nook.

Above, a nice close up of top of the momentos on top of the candy machine.

Above and below, another piece I love is this vintage steamer trunk, from the late 1800s. we use it to store extra linens. It is in the living room, beside our couches.

Above is a comfy slip covered "chair and a half", and on the right, the side table is created by placing a tray on top of a painted cardboard ice cream tub. I keep my crafty fabric inside the tub.

The pictures above and below are rather blurry, but they show a few of my favorite Gina Gabriell dolls, as well as a tiny Jennifer Murphy bird.

Above, a couple of vintage china serving platters, along side which is a vintage advertising fan. These are all on the sofa table against the back of the love seat in our family room.

Above and below, another blurry shot of teas, vintage tins, and favorite pieces of altered art. These is the collection that sits atop the buffet in the dining nook.

There is so much more, but i thought this was a fun start. In the coming days, I'll share more. Until then, thanks for stopping by. You're welcome anytime!

Do you have any collections or tiny corners full of fun displayed in your house? I'd love to see them! Feel free to leave me a comment with a link to your blog.

Happy Sunday everyone!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

A More Fortunate Destiny

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny

to have a taste for collecting

shells than to be born a millionaire.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Oh, collections, collections. Who among us does not love them? I myself collect everything from vintage hankies, to dolls and miniatures, to retro kitsch and knick knacks. But the collection in and of itself has never been enough. In fact, it is the display of such collections that draws me in. I love love love curio cabinets, aesthetically pleasing cupboards, a well laid table, or even just a wonderful old bowl or bottle of buttons, left out in plain view.

How about you? Sunday is a day of comfort, love, faith, and friends. What a lovely day to spend sharing some of our beloved collections and inviting our readers to join in our obsession?

I'll start:

I will probably post more about dolls on Sundays, than any other thing. Ha! I love miniatures of any kind, and always have. As a very young child, I thrilled in the fantasy that I could escape into a tiny world, and start anew - with a life crafted by very own liking.

Here is a recent dollhouse - I had a great deal of fun decorating and playing inside this house. Most (but not all) of the furniture / furnishings are vintage. The dolls are mini blythes. Another collection - as evidenced in an earlier post. I am sad to say that due to the economy's impact on our family, I had to let this dollhouse go last summer. But I'll always have this picture!

I think dollhouses are a wonderful way to play, and display your miniature collections at the same time. Don't you?

I would love to feature a few more fabulous ~collection/display~ posts I found around the blog world. Without further ado:

Speaking of miniatures, this is one of the most delicious doll houses I have ever seen! Wait until you step inside this door. Leave a comment and let them know that Born Broken sent you!