My Grama's Soul

O.K. for those of you who asked.....a few more pictures as we are getting settled in our little spot.  I indicated before that we used all of our existing things in this move.  We had to sell many of the larger pieces as they would no long serve us here...but we got full use of the stuff while we had it. The above pics are really the whole living area in our home.  It is an open room concept so the living and dining area are all in one big area. Some of our art pieces that we have had for over 20 years are now able to have "pride of place" in the few little niches we have above doors, etc.  The above piece is RAKU....does anyone remember that?  It is called HIS BEATING HEART and was made many years ago by a local artist in Flagstaff.  It simply got lost in the old house....but here it can be shown nicely. Above the door is some of my cross collection.  I used to use this old bread board to display my junk hand made jewelry....

This is a long post.... O.k......let's start off with the loo.......LOL LOL...... this is actually the small guest bathroom.  Since we have decided to move any guests we may have to a local hotel....I wanted to use the bathtub as a wonderful place for my inside plants.  There is a huge skylight in the ceiling allowing tremendous light...and by grouping them all together they get more of a greenhouse effect.  Oh....by the way.....this bathroom is off a short front hall just a little to the right of our entry door so you do notice it first thing! This move was a big downsize in square footage for us 1,400 square feet to be exact so I have had to use my existing things in new unexpected ways as we certainly could not go out and buy new. The dining room has pretty much the same things as in our last house ..... but we did have to purchase a little inexpensive dining table. High ceilings and huge windows at the ceiling give the house an expansive fe...