vintage knobs...
I am always trying to figure out new ways to use the decorations I already have.
I had removed the pine cones (since that is more of a fall/winter thing) and was thinking "what other type of items could fit in the vases".
So this is what I came up with.
I purchased these vintage door knobs a couple of years ago on eBay. The plan was to replace all the newer knobs that were on all the doors in the house with these vintage ones. I had given the job over to my husband and he eventually told me that it just wouldn't work. So, we ended up buying a bunch of Baldwin oil rubbed bronze knobs, which look really nice - and everything matches (which I like).
So, I had all these vintage knobs. I had originally put them all in an old wooden box that I got from my cousin Wendy - she was throwing it away. And voila! I thought they displayed very nicely.
I still have most in the old box, but I could spare a few for my vases.
I like it.
I had removed the pine cones (since that is more of a fall/winter thing) and was thinking "what other type of items could fit in the vases".
So this is what I came up with.
I purchased these vintage door knobs a couple of years ago on eBay. The plan was to replace all the newer knobs that were on all the doors in the house with these vintage ones. I had given the job over to my husband and he eventually told me that it just wouldn't work. So, we ended up buying a bunch of Baldwin oil rubbed bronze knobs, which look really nice - and everything matches (which I like).So, I had all these vintage knobs. I had originally put them all in an old wooden box that I got from my cousin Wendy - she was throwing it away. And voila! I thought they displayed very nicely.
I still have most in the old box, but I could spare a few for my vases.
I like it. 
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This one is of the "dress makers" that my sister Deni painted when she was in college.
I was thinking that the painting that may have freaked you out was of the birds-eye view of a row boat that if you looked at it the right way, you could see a scary face - almost like Frankenstein...that one was painted by my other sister Terry.
Now we have a painting done by my friend Roberto (from Italy). It is of an elephant and a leopard that are bandits and they are in a Chrysler 300 (convertible) running from the zebra police :)
Jerome likes animals doing human type things, so Roberto thought this was a cool idea.
We love it.