January Change

There's always change afoot at Linderhof during January

For the fall and especially Christmas is a busy time

I like a tidy house and if something is misplaced . . .

well, it gets put "somewhere".

The somewhere either a closet a drawer or the corner cabinet!

Yesterday, I cleaned and straightened the corner cabinet

Removing all errant items

And rearranging the shelves a bit

Blue and white plates (all old)

My collection of soapstone carvings

And two reproduction birds because the bottom shelf needed some height

And in the back of the second shelf from the bottom

That "black" square is a square of tea

Which is one way tea used to be sold eons ago!

And although the shelves look good with the door open

The real test is with the door closed.

I think it passes muster!

And the planter in the main bathroom

Got moved to

The bottom of the stairs.

I hate to have a good window without a plant -- seems to me to be a waste of light!

You all may remember that my planter was a $5 Estate Sale find.

Bought because I love blue and white planters

And it was unusual -- I'd never seen anything like it before.

And when we lived in England that Spring

and visited Woburn Abbey Antiques Shop

What did I find . .  .

A twin!

Looking at the tag, I was pleased

It seems I made a "score" -- it was circa 1900!

And then I was gobsmacked

495 pounds (at that time around $800)

for my little $5 planter

With some thought . . . 

I felt it was time that this precious antique

got out of the bathroom

and played with the "big boys" downstairs!

The red pottery next to the blue and white cachepot is an English Royal Doulton gin jar -- 1800s which was a gift several years ago to Husband Jim who fell in love with it at an Antique Show that we went to in the city.      And in all of our antiquing in England, we didn't see many of them so perhaps they are rare.

I feel good that the corner cabinet is tidy once again -- both in the "upstairs" (the shelves behind glass) as well as the "downstairs" (the shelves behind drawers)

As is the big sideboard in the living room

It's a "hiding" place, too, when I'm cleaning and putting away in a hurry

"because company is coming over"!

Will they stay that way -- no

I know myself too well

But it is always nice when everything whether it is behind glass or behind drawers

are neat and tidy once again!

Oh, and the back of the tank is now empty . . .
I must do something about that --
It looks rather "nekkid"!