Hanging a Vintage Quilt-Tackle It Tuesday

The weekend I went to the auction, I also went to another auction where I only bought two things. One of them was this vintage quilt...it's the perfect light and bright quilt I was looking for for our room. I tried it on our bed, but decided that the Rachel Ashwell quilt would probably hold up to washings better. I hadn't figured out what to put over our bed, so I hung the vintage quilt there. I just put up a rod from Walmart and used some curtain clips I already had to hang it. It seems like a pretty good way to hang it since I put a lot of clips across there to distribute the weight. I did it tonight....Hubby is working some weird hours so he's sleeping during the day.
You can click on the image to see it larger. The quilt has a wonderful appliqué border and such pretty prints. It also has some red in it...though I didn't catch any in this shot. I love red and pretty much every room has at least a little red.

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Tackle It Tuesday...Laundry Room

So, yesterday I ran in to some posts for Tackle It Tuesday at 5 Minutes for Mom....and thought, "I need that!" Click on the image to find other's Tackle it Tuesday posts. I try to keep our house reasonably clean, but I am constantly fighting a battle to be more organized and conquer clutter.

My laundry room is one of my worst hot spots. Everyone (including me) takes stuff out and doesn't want to run it upstairs so, on top of the machines it goes. Let me tell you, the mountain can reach unbelievable heights! So for today I decided to tackle it before it gets too out of hand.
I ran all the clean clothes upstairs, ironed the stuff that needed to be ironed and washed the dirty stuff that was waiting on the floor (nice system we have there, huh?). The last load is spinning as I write. I even wiped down the appliances and the shelf and cabinet above. Those wicker baskets are full of socks waiting to be matched, but that will have to wait another day.

If you haven't seen the befores and afters of our laundry/powder room, they are here. See, sometimes blogs do show you the yucky stuff!