I received the new Pottery Barn catalogue a little over a week ago. I love looking at their catalog. Once in a while something on the pages either inspires me to try and replicate the look or reminds me of something that is already in my house.

Pottery Barn has been selling Mason jars (with handles on them) for drink glasses for the past few years.  At my house, we either drink from a real Mason jar or ones just like the ones from Pottery Barn.  I got them at the Dollar Store about ten years ago and paid $1.00 for two jars.     Home canning is a part of our Southwest Virginia rural life, and I like for my table to reflect that.  I’m happy that Pottery Barn is on board with this idea!

Here’s Pottery Barn’s very pretty glass..

And here is my very pretty glass…I stuck a pansy in it just to fancy it up. It’s got that “Poor Valley” water in it, and “once you drink the water from Poor Valley, water will never taste good anywhere else.”

Right now when I open a home decor magazine for country homes, I see white.    Hmmm…obviously not from Southwest Virginia where we name our children “Clay”.   Pottery Barn still has rooms with a lot of color, and  I’m so glad!  It validates my love of color in the home.    I’m loving their red bar stool, and I’m gonna be spray painting mine red next week!

And lookeee here…oh yeah…Pottery Barn’s entertainment center rocks!

And here’s the one in my den made from reclaimed barn wood…created from the American Chestnut, and it’s signed and dated by someone I know pretty well!   Thanks Michael!   Sorry Pottery Barn…I like mine better.  I hope you understand.

Really like the organic look of the wooden bowls…

But I love my bowl handcrafted by gnarled hands from Appalachia and purchased at the Virginia Highlands Festival in Abingdon.  It’s signed on the bottom.

Here’s something I don’t have, but I want it! Maybe if it gets marked down a little bit…

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