It's The Little Things

We've lived at Linderhof for a long time

Big changes were done eons ago

When we first moved in

But houses still can have little changes

Little improvements 

Things that need changing and you finally do!

And in the master bedroom

For years I've had this "dust ruffle" on the Master bed

I call them "dust ruffle" because that's what I grew up calling them

That was before they became as "bed skirts"!

It doesn't make much of a statement

It came with one of the comforters that I had on the bed

And it just stayed!

Because it was so "plain vanilla" it never clashed with what was on top

And it also seemed to have the

"high pockets" look -- like guys whose pants are just a bit too short

And then I got an L L Bean Home catalogue

And fell in love

With this tucked and crocheted "dust ruffle"

(only if you look to order it on-line, you need to look under "bed skirts")

I think it looks smashing on the bed

An old fashioned quality to the dust ruffle

Which goes well with the English duvet and the sweet wallpaper in the Master bedroom

And in the kitchen

I've always hated the fact that there were so few drawers

And the "miscellaneous" drawer was the smallest of all

See the top drawer in the picture below

(that was the drawer for all of those needed utensils!)

The other two drawers were big deep drawers

Which would hold a lot but then you'd never be able to find anything!

(I use them for dish towels and cloths and casual tablecloths)

And then I got the idea of taking a door off of the cabinet below

Buy some baskets and put the extra stuff in the baskets

A perfect solution

And the cost . . . just the price of a basket

And they are handy!

Why it took me over 20 years to think of it, I'll not know

But it did!

Now, however, it is the perfect solution!

It's Monday and my small changes -- my "Little Things" are being shared with Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for Met Monday.