Category: Our “New Old” House

  • Welcome to our New Old House!

    Hi friends! I am excited to be participating today in the Parade of Homes sponsored by blog Poppies at Play! Our new old house is the final stop on the virtual home tour! To my new visitors, welcome to Rare & Beautiful Treasures! I am glad you are here. My name is Erin and this…

  • {Finally} A Nursery Update

    There is just something about linen. The gauzy weight, the simple texture, there is just so much to love when it comes to linen. I made the crib skirt for our nursery out of two different linens-the upper portion of the drop is an off-white medium weight 100% linen and the bottom trim is a…

  • Nursery Preview {in Snippets}

    I accomplished about 10% of what I hoped to accomplish in the nursery this past week . . . I’m afraid it is going to be several weeks yet until I have a finished room to share with you (please, don’t shoot.) In the meantime, here is a preview in snippets . . . the…

  • Breath of Heaven

    The first Christmas that my husband and I were married, we sent out Christmas cards with a picture of an angel flying above Baby Jesus in the manger, placing a kiss on his precious baby cheek. The inscription read: Tiny Breath of Heaven, How We Love You So. I love the concept of the Christ…

  • Fireplace Mantel Update

    Guess what I worked on this weekend with my best friend? Still very much a work in progress, but it has come along way from the “before,” which consisted of four hundred layers of dirt followed by four layers of different colors of (probably lead) paint: Next up: a new mirror and some glass mosaic…

  • Adventures in Architectural Salvage

    The weekend before Thanksgiving, Mr. Marvelous and I set out for my favorite architectural salvage place in search of our long-awaited fireplace mantel. I wish you could see this store in real life, it’s absolutely incredible. Most of the inventory is reclaimed items from historic homes. Whatever you are looking for, this store has it:…

  • Kitchen Update, Summer 2009

    I am excited to reveal the finished product of our kitchen shelving project! The simple back story is that we had a big empty wall in the kitchen that needed some attention. I knew that I wanted open shelving on the wall to match the style and feel of our kitchen cabinets, but I assumed…

  • A Garden Update: June

    I posted several weeks ago that I was in the process of planting sixty perennials in my garden. Many of you left comments that you wanted to see pictures. My garden has been self-conscious ever since. You see, this is not my garden. And these below, are not my wild flowers. And this lovely Veronica-not…

  • The Simple Things

    A sweet friend paid me a very nice compliment this week. She said “You do a great job capturing the simple, but wonderful, things in life.” How kind is that? I wanted to earn that compliment, so my eyes were open all week for the simple and wonderful things. Like the darling kitty who found…

  • Weekend Round-Up

    I was inspired by the inspiration images in my last post to add some artsy family photographs to my office at work. Sadly, I spend more waking time here at this stage of my life than in my precious home, ahem, so I might as well fill this office with images of those who are…