"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." ~John Burroughs
Friday, August 21, 2009
Maple Furniture and Llama Fur
Picking up on the post below about the Little White House, here is one of our beds. This one is quite similar to the beds in FDR's getaway home, and it dates from the same era: my grandparents bought the suite for my mother when she was a young child.
Actually it is Nick's bed - he has the dresser and chest of drawers that go with it, but uses a different bed. The dresser you see here was Thelma's (my mother in law).
The quilt was a mark-down somewhere (tip: always buy "all cotton" when it comes to quilts - cost is a bit more but it is so worth it) several years ago, and the shams I bought last year at Walmart. That cute little bolster I found at a yard sale. Check out the detail on the ends:
That is just printed fabric on the ends but it looks embroidered. Isn't it pretty?
And the Llama pillow... well there is nothing softer than llama fur, so that is a sneaky way of getting a stuffed animal on the bed in a home that is between cats! :-)
Labels:
1930's,
1940's,
Decorating,
FDR,
Great Depression,
Historical Homes,
Homefront,
Mama,
Maple Furniture,
Mema,
pink,
quilt,
Thelma,
Vintage Decor,
Vintage Living,
WWII
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