As I mentioned in the previous post, I've 'met' so many wonderful, uplifting bloggers. One of them is Barbara from
Treasures From The Heart. Last night she included me in her sweet post (which I really appreciate.!) But the amazing thing is that she's just reached over 1000 followers, 1400 posts, and 4 years of operating her store-wow! She's been busy! Please go check her out and enter her celebration giveaway...tell her I sent you :)
Now we continue my home tour into my front hallway/entry. Our house is a 1929 Colonial, but it's not a traditional layout...the
front of the house is a big open hallway (basically unused space, but
that's ok-more for me to decorate :) then the kitchen in the back of the
house is TINY (but that's ok, too, since I don't cook!) This gives you the perspective of walking out of the living room into the hall. I've got quite a collection of suitcases, but this is my highest stack. I especially love the 'striped' ones, as you can tell.
My mom found this incredible piece at an auction and got it for us for Christmas-what a gift! It came out of an old library, and has tons of hooks (on both sides!) each with a number plate. When she told me about it, she said "I hope you can find a place for it" and when I saw it I said "Oh, we'll FIND a place for it!" Let me tell you, this thing is huge, and solid oak. My poor dad and hubby had to use some strength to haul it in (plus we have a big hill as our front lawn so they had to lug it up that.) It's probably the most commented on piece in my house when people come over.
It's always hard to get good pics of this wall because of the light. Next to the coat rack is a small table then the front door.
On the other side of the front door is just a little space before you enter my dining room. Of course I couldn't leave it bare!
So that's the one side of my front hall...I'll show you the other side next time! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
I'm linking to
my 1929 charmer
boogieboard cottage
i should be mopping the floor
debbiedoo's
stuff & nonsense
coastal charm
a stroll thru life
knick of time
farmhouse porch
my uncommon slice of suburbia
savvy southern style
primp
free pretty things for you
the vintage farmhouse
Visiting from My 1929 Charmer linky party...saw your post and had to drop by for a better look and say hello! I am your newest follower via GFC. Love your home and the vintage suitcases stacked up...hello!!! You have a very creative eye and ability to make it all look so cozy and inviting! I hope you drop by my blog sometime and say hello! I love to make new bloggy friends :) Heather
ReplyDeleteI LOVE how you decorate girl!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing about my celebration giveaway!!!
Your name is in the hat again. =)
blessings
barbara jean
Wow! Love it all!
ReplyDeleteI just get goosebumps (the good kind!) every time I visit you! I could just move right in and be happy, I love your collections so much!
ReplyDeleteLove, Love, Love. :)
-Revi
Susan, you have amazing pieces in your front hallway! I'm just wondering how long it took to collect such a perfectly graduated sizes of fabulous suitcases?
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and your sweet comments, Mary Alice
Wow...that coat rack IS amazing! Fun to tour your home bit by bit...I'll be back for more :). Laurel
ReplyDeleteLOVE the suitcases! I have a couple of stacks myself, I think they are so fun... just wish they were easier to get into! LOL!
ReplyDeleteTania
Hi Susan, I'm so excited to have found your blog...I think your home is fabulous. And don't get me started on that amazing stack of suitcases! Oh my!
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Jennifer
Hi Susan! Thank you for being my 900th follower and helping me reach that mile stone. I'm following you right back, I love your blog, your blog title and your style, your're so cool!
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Mary :O)
love the coat rack, those little pillows in the urn, and now, i have suitcase envy!! its all gorgeous, susan:)
ReplyDeleteHi, thanks for stopping by. I'm so glad you did as now I am here...LOVE your blog...and all your Junk and the way you have decorated your home! Your coat rack is fabulous! What a great MOM you have! :)
ReplyDeleteWill be back to visit soon...
Take care, Laura
Great house, great tour...the clock faces, the bowling pins, the BINGO cage, the old numbers on the coat rack, the vintage suitcase....I am overwhelmed with goodness! Love, love, love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great collection of suitcases. I just bought my first two a month ago. I love your striped ones. Thanks for coming by. I have a weekly party on Wednesdays called Wow Us Wednesdays and it goes up on Tuesdays at 8 eastern time. You can post almost anything.
ReplyDeleteHi...so happy I stopped in from Barbara Jean's...I love your blog and love your header! Looking forward to catching up as I follow along!
ReplyDeleteHi Susan, so glad you stopped by my blog to say hi, and now I have found yours, and I love it! You do have amazing taste, love everything about your entry, and those stacked suitcases are just adorable. I'm your newest follower.
ReplyDeleteSusan, your home is beautiful, is a real dream home with flea market finds, I dream to decorate my house in your style, thank you for sharing, feel proud of your home. Really cute!
ReplyDeleteI must apologize... my first thought was "oh who I wouldn't kill to have that stack of suitcases!" So I guess you should maybe feel a bit threatened by me :) So beautiful! And if you ever decide to part with that stack, I'm your girl!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely home! Love your coat rack it is so unique. I really may have to hunt you down for your stack of suitcases, love them! lol Visiting from Debbiedoos and your newest follower.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic collection of suitcases...My favorite are the stripe ones, too! That coat rack is amazing and definitely a conversation piece! I'm visiting from Debbiedoo's, so happy to be now following. :-) Hope you have a wonderful night!
ReplyDeleteSharla
Wow, loving all those wonderful bits of vintage! Hopping over from Stuff and Nonsense. Happy to be following your lovely blog. xo
ReplyDeleteLOVE your hall! Adding your suitcase collection to my pinterest boards.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Audrey
Love all your treasures! That coat rack is amazing - never seen anything like it!
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suitcase love! and that hook rack is very cool!
ReplyDeleteLove your home. The stack of suitcases is gorgeous. What a fabulous idea. Thanks for joining TTT. Hugs, Marty
ReplyDeleteAmazing vignettes...so magazine worthy. I can't wait to see more!
ReplyDeleteLove the suitcases! Can't find many where I live. I am now a new follower of your blog....
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun tour! Love your style!
ReplyDeleteHere via my uncommon slice of suburbia.
I am so happy to have found you. I am following now for sure!
xo-Lisa
Oh, you have a lot of nice pieces! The suitcases are wonderful as is that coat rack. Thanks for stopping by! Following you!
ReplyDeleteSherry
I just love the suitcases and so wish I had an wide open space that I could decorate this way. We have something in common, our home was also built in 1929. Love how you decorate and now a new follower through GFC. Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration with Sunday's Best!
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful home! I am so glad you found me. I know I will enjoy your blog. I am your newest follower now too. I would love for you to participate in my weekend linky party called Rustic Restorations Weekend this weekend:)
ReplyDeleteI love collections in general, and your suitcases are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteAnd that coat rack...., congratulations!
Besos from Argentina. Silvina
I love how you put such interesting things together to create this look. Really appealing. I just found you through Debbiedoo's. I'm happy to be following. I'm a fellow newbie.
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely treasures you have! And, you display them beautifully! Thank goodness for the strong men in our lives :-) I know I give mine a workout with my hobbies! I hope you come up and try again to link up! Oh and, I followed back :) Welcome to the wonderfully fun world of blogging!
ReplyDeleteSusan, your home is just lovely! The suitcase collection is so neat. All of your decor is amazing actually!! I can't wait to see the rest of it! ~ Jamie
ReplyDeleteooooh I love your suitcases!! What a collection! I have been collecting a few....they are super duper for storage....
ReplyDeleteLove your pix...
Come for visit!
Nancy
http://wildoakdesigns.blogspot.com
Your home has so many things to look at...so fun! And so much history there...my kinda place. I have been wanting a stack of suitcases since I saw it in a magazine and I just don't have a place for them. I may have to find somewhere because they look fantastic!
ReplyDeleteSusan, Thanks so much for stopping by and your wonderful comments. Your house is fantastic, so many clever ideal. I also have a center hall and it does take some getting used to. Our house was built around 1920. Talk soon.
ReplyDeleteSandy
Visiting from Kathe with an E. I absolutely adore your stack of vintage suitcases! I just had to Pin it!
ReplyDeleteLove the suitcases ... and that is one crazy Christmas present from your mom! Wow! I can see why it's the most commented on piece in the house. I mean how could you not?
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Linda
Your home is gorgeous, love all your collections, especially the suitcases.
ReplyDeleteI've had a look at some of your other posts as you have such great style !
Oh Susan - love this post - talk about luck
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the visit this evening - and
I am most definitely following back
Hugs,
Suzan
Wonderful suitcase collection you have here, and you have done a great job in your home using them along with all your other pretties.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Linda
Everything is wonderful. I love the clockfaces in your blog photo. I am looking hard to find some vintage clock faces. This is my first visit and I will be back.
ReplyDeleteThat is one spacious hallway. Love your collections-you have some really awesome pieces. The coat rack is really neat, I'm wondering if it was a coat check piece for events at that library. They probably took your coat and handed you a matching number. Really cool.
ReplyDeleteLoving every piece you have in your hall. Now you have me wanting a vintage bingo globe like the one sitting on your shelf. I also love the big piece from your mom. That was a great find!
ReplyDeleteYou have such wonderful collections, Susan! The piece your mom found at auction is terrific. Do you actually use it as a coat rack?
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Liz @ The Brambleberry Cottage
Your blog is so beautiful and I am thrilled to be your newest follower! i love looking at all the little details! Have a blessed day!
ReplyDelete-Molly
thepoorsophisticate.blogspot.com
I saw your link over at "I should be mopping the floor" and had to come take a look. Lovin what I see, so Im now following your from PICKINandPAINTIN.blogspot.com. Please come visit me and maybe you'll follow back?? THANKS.
ReplyDeleteI am absolutely in love with your home!!!! The coat rack is AWESOME!! We picked one up (minus all those awesome hooks and numbers) at an estate sale last summer. It was too big for where I had intended. Seeing yours in front of the window like that has my wheels turning and I am going to sit and stare at my rooms a little differently later. Do you sit and stare? I sit and try to become one with the room I am working on and all the pieces in "inventory!!!"
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