2013 projects, features, and the exciting year ahead…

2013 was a pretty interesting year here at Far Above Rubies. After selling the leather furniture and starting over with only the antiques and family pieces I had, or could dig up here, I really…

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O Holy Night

Merry Christmas:-) This is what Christmas is for me…and it doesn’t end on December 26. Hoping you  have experienced the true meaning of Christmas that lives forever:-) Anita Download “O Holy Night” HERE I”ll be…

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~Country Christmas Home Tour~

I finally realized there would be no snow for Christmas this year and went ahead and took “snowless” outside photos for the first time in the five years we have lived here. That’s ok, I…

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A very vintage Christmas…

Those of you who know me know I take the term “vintage” pretty seriously, and at no time is that more evident than Christmas:-)  I wanted to recreate the Christmas I imagine my dad grew…

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Retro Christmas bedroom

I never plan to do anything to the bedroom for Christmas, but it never fails, I get inspired by something. This year, I found myself obsessing over retro aluminum Christmas trees. I was not lucky…

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Farmhouse Christmas Kitchen

I didn’t set out to have “Farmhouse style” in the kitchen. If you know me, you know I tend to run the opposite direction from trends, but as I have slowly added vintage and antique…

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Maybe Christmas can’t be found in a store…

My vision this year was to recreate Christmas past… Fresh greens from the property, homemade bows made from fabric cut with pinking shears… Currier and Ives dinnerware from the 1950s, my grandmother’s yule log and…

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Christmas in the music room…

I definitely went a different direction this year… I really wanted to use the Hemlock trees growing here and bring in the elegant country style my grandmother was so good at. Snowflakes cut from old…

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