Oh, no, company is coming!

My house is always neat - it isn't always clean.

And today, it was imperative that it be both.

The owner of an art gallery in Ojai asked if she come come by to look at Steve's work.

I began by cutting flowers from the garden to set on the dining room table.

Because I wanted Steve's art to be what caught the eye, I decided that simple was best for today's vignettes.

I removed keys and a wooden shoe insert from the scale and added a small bunch of lavender from the garden.

I continued with simplicity as I moved into the living room.

I painted the candlesticks white and distressed them to bring out the red and also some of the green and yellow from the original color.

And I must have removed about 50 sand dollars and shells from the mantel for a much cleaner look.

This wire rack has been in a corner of the guest room and I never see it.

Most of the shells have a special meaning behind them that evoke great memories so I wanted to have them visible.

Books and wire baskets are the main decor in the living room.

My favorite truck painting is back from a show -  it would be nice financially for it to sell, but I love it in our living room.

I removed about 15 different sized letter Cs from the yellow dish and simply added lavender.

I tweaked the new hallway vignette a bit by switching baskets and quilts.

The green basket was a little too big for the top of the cabinet so it is now on the floor holding one of my favorite quilts - you can only see the blue portion, but it has yellow and green sections also.

A smaller basket sits on the white cabinet and I changed the top quilt.

The yellow Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt was the first quilt I ever made by hand.

We were living in Jamaica, I was pregnant and I made the quilt for my first born, JP.

It is very plain because the stores carried a very limited choice of fabric.

I have since made several other larger Grandmother's Flower Garden quilts in far prettier fabrics, but this little quilt will always be special.

I had no more time, so this was it when our company arrived.

She liked Steve's work and took 4 paintings to Trowbridge Gallery in Ojai - a great move for Steve.

The two ocean scenes no longer grace the living room walls -  by next week they will hang on the gallery walls along with two other beach paintings.

The truck which just came home will go to Trowbridge Gallery in October when she switches to a fall theme.

By then, I am sure I will have tweaked a few vignettes and maybe convinced Steve to paint another large painting for the living room.

It was good that we had company today.

Tomorrow's forecast is for a glorious sunny day and I can kayak knowing that the house is both neat and clean.

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