Architectural Treasures Part I

My friend Judy and I had a

"girl's day out" Friday

We made a trip over to Gonzales

This little Texas town has a wealth

of history behind it and it's town square

is filled with beautiful historical building.

There was one particular building we were

headed to that day.....

Discovery Architectural Antiques

This unique and amazing store

has been Written Up in

This Old House Magazine

and the New York Times

Pretty awesome for a shop

in little old Gonzales!!

Let's wander around this unique place
filled with salvaged items from old Southern
Homes dating back to the late 1800's

Every where you look there are

interesting pieces

Don't you love this key collection

Perhaps you could find a few to make your own collection

and don't forget a few key plates

Or how about a lovely door knob???

Are you drooling yet???

and did I mention their great selection of old doors?

That's how we knew about this place, my friend Judy and her hubby

bought a beautiful old front door for their home from

Discovery Architectural Antiques a few years back

It's over 100 years old - talk about an architectural statement!!

Let's stroll through the door isles

Here is my favorite, and yes the black

part is chalk board

I also loved this great screen door

be still my heart

......and of course this caught

Every Little Birdie's eye

the minute we walked into this

Architectural Wonderland

Every Little Birdie says -

Pop in next week to see more of this amazing shop

Birthday Blog

Happy Birthday to

Every Little Birdie

I started my blog one year ago today

I can't tell you what a joy it has been

sharing my life with you

Thanks to all of my faithful followers

who take time out of your busy day

to stop by and see what's going on
at Every Little Birdie's blog

I appreciate every visit!!

My posts have ranged from crafting, gardening, watching
nature in my back yard, traveling the back roads and making side trips, favorite Pinterest pins, cooking and sharing recipes, our wonderful guests and family visits, a very special wedding, sharing my home and decor, Birdie's new venture in selling my crafts and furniture and just writing about my dreams, thoughts of the day,
and well, life in general. 

Thanks for coming along on the ride!!

Here's a look back on 2012......

 January I shared my love of all things birdie

 February I showed you around

Victoria's historical district

 March we visited my screened porch

 April I did a post on my first

Annie Sloan project!!

 May we had a tea party

 June I shared a great flea market find!!



 July we took a country drive
and visited some cute little towns

In August I shared my love of vintage labels

 September we enjoyed fall decor

October brought before and after

shots of my painted furniture

Before

After

and December brought the
glow of Christmas

I promise 2013 will be full of fun, interesting

and informative posts so please continue to

stop by.  I love your visits and most of all

your sweet comments!

I pray God's blessings on each of you this year

Every Little Birdie says -

Thanks to each of you for giving me inspiration,

teaching me the ways of the blog world,

and most of all amazing me with your

wonderful blogs.

You guys R O C K!!!!!

linking up at

http://www.thevintagefarmhouse.com/2013/01/creative-things-thursday_10.html



New Year, New Look

As I mentioned in a previous Post

we ordered a new rug for our dining room

It delivered yesterday!!

Here is my dining area with the old rug

And here it is with the new rug!!

I love the new look!!

Not only does the rug define the dining area

but it also brightens up the room

and speaking of the dining room....

since I took down my Christmas decor

it was time for a new vignette on the sideboard

It's kind of a "birdie" vignette

....and the blue mason jar is filled with

chocolate truffles, yum yum

I like it for now but.....

Every Little Birdie says -

Tomorrow it might change

........and the truffles might be gone!!

Help!!

I need help!!

Is anyone else having problems

with blogger not letting

them upload pictures from

their computer?????

Starting today, I was in a new post

and when I

clicked on the picture box

next to "Link" it brought

 up a new menu page

It wants me to get my pictures

from Picasa Web Albums

Problem is that's not where my

pictures are and it would be a lot of

work to transfer them over to Picasa

Does anyone have a

suggestion that might help!!!

Featured!

I've been featured

over at the

The Country Farm Home



She is sharing her inspirations
for a re-do on her living room

Check out this room from her post

Oh, I think I'm in love......

One of the inspirations in her post was
my vintage ironing board



Now that the tree is down I've moved it into my living room behind the sofa



Who knew an instrument of labor



could be so popular

Every Little Birdie says -

Thanks Dru over at the

Country Farm Home

for featuring my vintage board



Feathering the Nest in 2013

Welcome 2013!!

it's time to put Christmas away...

 take down the tree....

And start thinking about NEW

decorating ideas for the New Year!!

First, on the agenda...

a new and bigger rug for

the dining room

I've already ordered a beautiful

8 x 10 sisal rug that should deliver any day

My current rug is just too small

for the table and this area

I'll post pictures when the new one arrives

and my dining room has a fresh new look

Next, some time this year I want to

have my couch and love seat

re-covered with slipcovers

This is what I currently have in the living room

and this is what I'd like to have

I'm loving this look!!

I also want to replace one of my lamps

in the living room with one like this.....

Isn't this fabulous

and do you remember my

shabby white table

that was behind the sofa????

I had to move it to put up the Christmas tree

and I think it's found a new home

beside the entertainment center

and as I said in a recent Post

I'm thinking about putting my new

wooden ironing board

behind the sofa

when the Christmas tree comes down
(hopefully tomorrow)

I'll let you know if it works in that area

Well, that's about as much dreaming

as my pocket book will allow for right now

but we've got a whole new year ahead of us

so there is lots of potential for further dreaming

about feathering the nest in 2013!!!

Every Little Birdie says -

What are your new decor goals for 2013??