Good Old Days Country Shop is located along the Seaway Trail in the Historic Hamlet of Pultneyville, NY. The Good Old Days is a 5000 square foot country shop comprised of Antiques, Primitives, Home Furnishings, Custom Reproductions, and Needful things for your home. Visit our website at www.goodolddayscountryshop.com.
Here you will find all the primitive things you love for your home including antiques, stoneware, ironware, redware, treenware, floorcloths, lighting, textiles, and much more.
A few words about the artist – Bonnie White. Bonnie spent 30 years living and working on her family’s horse farm in Canaan, N.Y. The barn closed in 2002 and the youngest of her three sons began kindergarten the following year. With more time on her hands, she began something she hadn’t done for more than 20 years – she began to paint again. She also began attending craft shows and fell in love with folk art. Life on the farm, the mountains, valleys, historic homes and villages that surround it gave her unlimited ideas.
As the time draws near to the Holiday season, your mind naturally turns to decorating your home. Much of our attention often falls on the dining room table, as this is where we are drawn to when guests come over. So it only makes sense to try to make your table as appealing as possible. One way of achieving this is with centerpieces. You can purchase centerpieces already made up or you can attempt to make one yourself. At the Good Old Days, you have many options for a Holiday centerpiece. We have many types of containers to start with including wooden bowls, pewter trays, wooden trays, baskets, etc… Plus, we carry an assortment of various decorative wreaths, picks, etc.. to start as a base. Then to build on that, you might consider one of our Luminary candles as the center of attention or perhaps some battery operated lights. There are so many options you have when you shop the store and look around for these items. I urge you to take our virtual tour either by looking at the photos or by looking at our videos. This will give you inspiration as well options for a Holiday centerpiece.
If you decide to build one yourself, there are a multitude of decorative items you can add to it from fresh cuttings of the trees and bushes in your yard to fresh flowers to artificial items.
Homemade Centerpiece
If you are so inclined to create a centerpiece completely by yourself, here is a helpful guide I found that might get you started with some ideas. http://tinyurl.com/p9246f8
Whatever you decide to do to decorate your table, please share with us your creations so that others can see and learn from your experience. Have Fun!
Billy Jacobs is a self-taught artist from Navarre, Ohio. He has worked in the gift and craft industry for over 20 years. Billy also designs and licenses to several major companies. Billy started his career mainly as a woodcrafter, but has focused the last ten years on his painting. Billy works in a variety of mediums from acrylic and watercolor to digital.
