Forcing Forsythia Branches

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is getting to be that time during Winter </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">where I am a tad tired of it all.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now granted, we have had a mild winter </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and even had temps in the 70's yesterday. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I am not complaining.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OK, well I <b>AM</b> complaining just a little.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I miss green grass and blooming trees </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and flowers in the yard. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So you can imagine how happy I was </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when we were at Costco the other day </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I saw <b>Forsythia </b></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">branches in their floral section.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mr. Beaux was across the aisle and I happily declared </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Forsythia!"  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He looked at me all quizzical </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and so I said it again as I held up the branches.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Forsythia"  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He thought I was saying </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"For Cynthia"  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He thought I had lost my mind (very possible) </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and that I was now referring to myself in the third person.   </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And using my formal name to boot!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I explained that I was excited about the </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For-Syth-ia </span></span></i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">branches that I had found.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He looked at the bundle of branches </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and then at me and then back at the branches...  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yep, he was certain that I had lost my mind!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Why would you want to buy some sticks?"  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had to explain that they would bloom </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and little flowers would emerge.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Costco worker up at the checkout </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">had the same thoughts as Mr. Beaux...  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Nice sticks you got there"  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Don't you like flowers?"  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They both teased me the whole time we were checking out!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, who will be laughing a week from now?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oh who am I kidding, guys just don't understand </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but I know you <b>DO!</b></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLghf0MlQPiMXS1_yIUVNho7jq5zCmJ82f0RTzGtQK4u_MG869TnyIRk4uf3BwMINb_nSAwOIu95kY6OT5s8qWRW7DUfOQMphYbdjNb6qqWHhGR4V521ReM0ijDFzDeDd1qB5HUV2N36-/s1600/IMG_7336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLghf0MlQPiMXS1_yIUVNho7jq5zCmJ82f0RTzGtQK4u_MG869TnyIRk4uf3BwMINb_nSAwOIu95kY6OT5s8qWRW7DUfOQMphYbdjNb6qqWHhGR4V521ReM0ijDFzDeDd1qB5HUV2N36-/s640/IMG_7336.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I put them in my new Pottery Barn Vases </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on either side of the fireplace in the Hearth Room. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used a clear vase with water on the inside of each pot.   </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can see a few flowers already blooming.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8PJCilteXbuQgxWMJ_xj3fnteFEBkBdIxcyw8iUG3Uz3uQ3Rtd_qeWcf21qAHKdd1bkIZnQtAYQPvpae8rtP8XI9viHWPqg0vP47POfPntYh9KgxW2SZM6l4wrahNUZBBSh3S4RhZ8Vx/s1600/IMG_7343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8PJCilteXbuQgxWMJ_xj3fnteFEBkBdIxcyw8iUG3Uz3uQ3Rtd_qeWcf21qAHKdd1bkIZnQtAYQPvpae8rtP8XI9viHWPqg0vP47POfPntYh9KgxW2SZM6l4wrahNUZBBSh3S4RhZ8Vx/s640/IMG_7343.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ahhhhhhh, Like Spring indoors!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can't wait for all of the flowers to bloom!</span></span></i></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><img height="556" id="irc_mi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGR4B55hXsb6PeTRA1KsCgs91Hpm_PsN5KYBAU99QPfM5gyTlA6sfunbG2ozE9JM0V19g-T63qb50-VOi3aonKDyjHlXJlxVi6fz0Es9Wm0SOKlN0_8vO6LrXn73AR35eDRAo9ICJJm0/s1600/Forsythia-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 22px;" width="840" /></span></span></i></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Google</span></i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you are lucky enough to have a Forsythia bush </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">now would be a good time to bring in a few branches </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to force inside.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Make sure that you pick a day that is above freezing </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to clip your branches.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place them in a bucket of warm water </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and cut the stems about an inch while they are under water.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let them soak up the water for a few hours </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and then change the water.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Put some floral preservative in your new water </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and cut them again about an inch.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now just watch them bloom </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for a bit of Spring <b>Inside</b>!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span>Linking up to:<br /><span style="color: #666666; 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Forcing Forsythia Branches

It is getting to be that time during Winter  where I am a tad tired of it all.   Now granted, we have had a mild winter  and even had temps ...

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Lovin' in the Kitchen ...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, folks, the tree is still up!  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Out went the Christmas elves and gingerbread men ...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Uo6yWtLh03s2hl8ftaHZFj75nNuuGm8Ryp5lXF6JizzH6pq2dPWul3NlJLVbTvPQSjGvc7CgLcduUWb-fcFJ6JoD6SiltNePvo6PHpTMAq0pshYdE5sg_jyqTwkUHnHHtjOQsfWv9g/s1600/vdaykitchenoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Uo6yWtLh03s2hl8ftaHZFj75nNuuGm8Ryp5lXF6JizzH6pq2dPWul3NlJLVbTvPQSjGvc7CgLcduUWb-fcFJ6JoD6SiltNePvo6PHpTMAq0pshYdE5sg_jyqTwkUHnHHtjOQsfWv9g/s640/vdaykitchenoverall.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and in came the hearts.  There are flowers embellished with hearts ....</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBF7YdCcUKHdAdv3z5bpCDRgze8SoxIsl6z-TeYiJoGF66PqRY4ur8PFdEym71VZxx8l0iNvTboAm0WjXxIZ2c9bOyUS2EaWsF7M5lkKJxrctwj5yzkJnLpMcBS4-7o1ZZSJjEbqIGVA/s1600/vdaykitchenflowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBF7YdCcUKHdAdv3z5bpCDRgze8SoxIsl6z-TeYiJoGF66PqRY4ur8PFdEym71VZxx8l0iNvTboAm0WjXxIZ2c9bOyUS2EaWsF7M5lkKJxrctwj5yzkJnLpMcBS4-7o1ZZSJjEbqIGVA/s640/vdaykitchenflowers.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hearts that say "I like you!"</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolxU0J0DppxFP9QocUrdnSk5uyRfH8Wp5e8C6fDfBde9EPe-dCUgo14Ncev8Mt8gFL0ajd1NcWGqQgOYKzmDAjhpH-BSzO_GWTnB6slaAQ4TdDJ700Ww3D8gnFb5Wd3NX4UMwx5s2Dw/s1600/vdaykitchencanisters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolxU0J0DppxFP9QocUrdnSk5uyRfH8Wp5e8C6fDfBde9EPe-dCUgo14Ncev8Mt8gFL0ajd1NcWGqQgOYKzmDAjhpH-BSzO_GWTnB6slaAQ4TdDJ700Ww3D8gnFb5Wd3NX4UMwx5s2Dw/s640/vdaykitchencanisters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">one with a simple word of:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9hHIiAYcHM7yq_rFZmb_U3HsK-qc9nQcKUYxHXtsZiaQTFIuwv4MgvMSI95uZpx2RUGd7f4zjRrqHMOSussTHloZ3d1Xcn_1K5MVolmJ0QffY5-ekypIU8Km9ozOS1FPAjh9ZNPz_Q/s1600/vdaykitchentowel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9hHIiAYcHM7yq_rFZmb_U3HsK-qc9nQcKUYxHXtsZiaQTFIuwv4MgvMSI95uZpx2RUGd7f4zjRrqHMOSussTHloZ3d1Xcn_1K5MVolmJ0QffY5-ekypIU8Km9ozOS1FPAjh9ZNPz_Q/s640/vdaykitchentowel.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, ones that don't say anything at all.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CbY5IqeWrjyc_AHXVZX1e_BC-1Hg5jcZnlEMkyJuwquchbejKv_muHvwSMZNjERZP9mPxfS2JsDVlVW0MW46BtfP1i-9O0kPpcT-DJOQzC0mFT71XtkA4-lE19uPmgsjm43lCe0ICQ/s1600/vdaykitchenscale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CbY5IqeWrjyc_AHXVZX1e_BC-1Hg5jcZnlEMkyJuwquchbejKv_muHvwSMZNjERZP9mPxfS2JsDVlVW0MW46BtfP1i-9O0kPpcT-DJOQzC0mFT71XtkA4-lE19uPmgsjm43lCe0ICQ/s640/vdaykitchenscale.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, there are *YUM*mies to indulge on ...</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbllHA9Cty4wSxjogqrhzUq1bErIxMPqAh1Hka7bTHb15s9mTMbdIMrQOcHNIlwHsmFBDbVxoh6LSgKyTC-36eqszaFNlzXusXd5J5WuxDEUX7d3PPpor8jzXagdUIOvE-1GZ1mTVOUQ/s1600/vdaykitchenyum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbllHA9Cty4wSxjogqrhzUq1bErIxMPqAh1Hka7bTHb15s9mTMbdIMrQOcHNIlwHsmFBDbVxoh6LSgKyTC-36eqszaFNlzXusXd5J5WuxDEUX7d3PPpor8jzXagdUIOvE-1GZ1mTVOUQ/s640/vdaykitchenyum.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbbRPH9qZtITk4su0XEAcRabjB0AG9J_mnz1_CcDSIUUt3sDVrMRBYtgr_P9djIZsYHvgVJfcv7wUNAu0aSiWrGV-FeqW0rcPby1ZOz82XU9Qov0sRMebTx_iDei4lGjQVV5MG6un-A/s1600/vdaykitchencandycorns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbbRPH9qZtITk4su0XEAcRabjB0AG9J_mnz1_CcDSIUUt3sDVrMRBYtgr_P9djIZsYHvgVJfcv7wUNAu0aSiWrGV-FeqW0rcPby1ZOz82XU9Qov0sRMebTx_iDei4lGjQVV5MG6un-A/s640/vdaykitchencandycorns.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because they're nice and ...</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyourHWwZQfFt6fc1nZv5-GthofTOwOwABg1NdMqA3gn17SIYTFEHqYg8wFAAcOUgWZeieTzDwNsjCsLpKJ7HgTirkDqWa2smj0ekO9uiz7GeQMaMhTxsqVnwLQ1Wq1Xw5rpCgz9Dow/s1600/vdaykitchensweet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyourHWwZQfFt6fc1nZv5-GthofTOwOwABg1NdMqA3gn17SIYTFEHqYg8wFAAcOUgWZeieTzDwNsjCsLpKJ7HgTirkDqWa2smj0ekO9uiz7GeQMaMhTxsqVnwLQ1Wq1Xw5rpCgz9Dow/s640/vdaykitchensweet.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annnnd, there's a reminder of what we all want ...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1I6zAMN6v3RDlWDwywINll3u7OGLRUouShkDPmtToZ3PKe3lp7AvPSxMmQRdUBoZ7gsGP3fTgQoaGBqM4yjdq-qzAhdQSXLqlOTlljzPf6iFyIlyQD6tRBhvaixavsVE5J6pCLgNeA/s1600/vdaykitchenxo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1I6zAMN6v3RDlWDwywINll3u7OGLRUouShkDPmtToZ3PKe3lp7AvPSxMmQRdUBoZ7gsGP3fTgQoaGBqM4yjdq-qzAhdQSXLqlOTlljzPf6iFyIlyQD6tRBhvaixavsVE5J6pCLgNeA/s640/vdaykitchenxo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">along with a big reminder of what we all need!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K_5LrnhncwzIsl6ukokmZ-osJ7kblsNx8bnC0aY_aPhnjG5FpVwKBZ5O2klla0q6WHvPkK_gbW3P39_QrxCP1C602xcj6X4sGFgxxu9jXcO4jJFMGk-ME9KOsKmdd_CFJ8AsqS8uTQ/s1600/vdaykitchenchalk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K_5LrnhncwzIsl6ukokmZ-osJ7kblsNx8bnC0aY_aPhnjG5FpVwKBZ5O2klla0q6WHvPkK_gbW3P39_QrxCP1C602xcj6X4sGFgxxu9jXcO4jJFMGk-ME9KOsKmdd_CFJ8AsqS8uTQ/s640/vdaykitchenchalk.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, is there "lovin'" going on in your kitchen?</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUlkcuRzr61jMwvsoPbxiSDlBtklKFh8yTikkKqPL5SSzggLe-TbuWtMHtad7KkIL0CJAkip7Y5qW974yYyWrMog_D5F-RYWUWPm6eAUEbuzdOwwOYFQHBC2vwohyphenhyphenelA2jOx3iwWhWA/s1600/vdaykitchenfrombed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUlkcuRzr61jMwvsoPbxiSDlBtklKFh8yTikkKqPL5SSzggLe-TbuWtMHtad7KkIL0CJAkip7Y5qW974yYyWrMog_D5F-RYWUWPm6eAUEbuzdOwwOYFQHBC2vwohyphenhyphenelA2jOx3iwWhWA/s640/vdaykitchenfrombed.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sharing with:  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-122/">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/02/wow-us-wednesdays-104.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavvySouthernStyle+%28Savvy+Southern+Style%29">WUW</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; 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Lovin' in the Kitchen ...

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Ballard Botanical Print Knockoff

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Friday!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goodness, where has the week gone?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been really busy with my mom here visiting </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but here is a project that I knocked out or </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Knocked Off" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I should say...  </span></span></i></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OR9jyURDGYCaKUzT0Is3vOo58y21QtGCESMd5hNFmyUT1jRwl5aIFtmxCOYeQ63eVUX5mtTGlIPCjdH0gV2aqKGoYJKRj3FluFAisQbDzWIYptHPjgYM5z8pdlKSKf6eYSa3gu_wA2TX/s1600/43136108902992849_e7nkHeQf_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OR9jyURDGYCaKUzT0Is3vOo58y21QtGCESMd5hNFmyUT1jRwl5aIFtmxCOYeQ63eVUX5mtTGlIPCjdH0gV2aqKGoYJKRj3FluFAisQbDzWIYptHPjgYM5z8pdlKSKf6eYSa3gu_wA2TX/s640/43136108902992849_e7nkHeQf_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="color: #666666;">Ballard</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After all the Christmas things were put away I started to take a good look at the house and what I wanted to change.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The walls in the Kitchen Hearth Room were looking a little busy to me and I knew exactly what I wanted to do.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love Botanical Prints and I had spied these on the </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ballard website.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought they would be perfect for the space </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">above my built in's in the Hearth Room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3yeU44Ld3DhceLjf9wjpO3uydWg26MX11eHjxr8kY1Bu1k8NWPwDamfaDAJD_o98b1yIrcfOcZaW4jrQggxt6R3MCdXGr84WM7nZJZmjrRLfkNILMNwqbNGdcCLhfjdN3VwCFl38ncl-/s1600/IMG_6516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3yeU44Ld3DhceLjf9wjpO3uydWg26MX11eHjxr8kY1Bu1k8NWPwDamfaDAJD_o98b1yIrcfOcZaW4jrQggxt6R3MCdXGr84WM7nZJZmjrRLfkNILMNwqbNGdcCLhfjdN3VwCFl38ncl-/s640/IMG_6516.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is how the room looked at Christmas time.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">See all of the plates on the wall?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yeah, a little busy.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Especially with the other things happening in the room. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My thought was that two of the prints stacked on each side would be perfect!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, but wait... $150.00 each?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe not.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, I'm always up for a challenge </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">so I remembered a Botanical Book that I had been saving </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to cut up and I went hunting for it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hmmmmmm, It is an awesome book but </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought that the prints were a little too small </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for my project.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I kept looking.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I took a trip to the Mission Road Antique Mall </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with my mom and Miss Beaux on Sunday </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">certain that I would find exactly what I was looking for.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nope, too expensive and too small.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I did find other fun things that I will show you later.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1LfNp5sKnEeVc9YzbRmkb-wa33Bh0T7aKm2-PjEOJhMERv5y5QIimRYKjmQNyCPk1RWdP7kqsexccZJ1fj_FoGA7zy2fHRbOMim2lVU_ctEECZd6VByTMqTDjUqxCdA8l0a3Icw5jK9I/s1600/IMG_7297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1LfNp5sKnEeVc9YzbRmkb-wa33Bh0T7aKm2-PjEOJhMERv5y5QIimRYKjmQNyCPk1RWdP7kqsexccZJ1fj_FoGA7zy2fHRbOMim2lVU_ctEECZd6VByTMqTDjUqxCdA8l0a3Icw5jK9I/s640/IMG_7297.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On a whim I went to the half price book store </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">near us and scouted around.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">No Botanical books but I did find this awesome </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Audubon Birds Of America book for $7.99.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next to it you see my botanical book.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I went ahead and bought it just in case...</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLstyMxna4P__hNjhZh-UDh8fbL95E_gTeVzM7Cgd9P9dvxrddCqLxML83nmu7sQbn2j72D6zi0BwSVd5sxBUnUOQWe0E5XcjIfohTqbwrBcRJbob0kB99dIXZcYY0oscWm0ypwYQE0H1s/s1600/IMG_7301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLstyMxna4P__hNjhZh-UDh8fbL95E_gTeVzM7Cgd9P9dvxrddCqLxML83nmu7sQbn2j72D6zi0BwSVd5sxBUnUOQWe0E5XcjIfohTqbwrBcRJbob0kB99dIXZcYY0oscWm0ypwYQE0H1s/s640/IMG_7301.jpg" width="590" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It has really great pictures in it!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know that there are FREE prints that you can print off </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I wanted prints a little larger </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">than my printer could print off.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here they are if you are interested.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="free-botanical-art" height="2393" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5964635298_7784690f3e_o.jpg" width="600" /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found these on <a href="http://honeyandfitz.blogspot.com/2011/07/free-botanical-art-prints.html#axzz2J2OSd4it" target="_blank">Honeyandfitz</a> blog on a <span style="font-size: large;">Google</span> search.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The website is http://botanicus.org/.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9PFck1OGlkK2QuziHLOqmSEpq9KC04d5f5F6g5vgP6f-9l2jE4sp5H-H7xQz-5A6I_hu-EeWd2KHhD6EepetK1W1-mgmrijaEfFnVkKofrAAHiAJs81j2YNuN2bySn8Akq6U_YdBu8r0/s1600/IMG_7300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9PFck1OGlkK2QuziHLOqmSEpq9KC04d5f5F6g5vgP6f-9l2jE4sp5H-H7xQz-5A6I_hu-EeWd2KHhD6EepetK1W1-mgmrijaEfFnVkKofrAAHiAJs81j2YNuN2bySn8Akq6U_YdBu8r0/s640/IMG_7300.jpg" width="478" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">OK, long story short, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found pictures in the Audubon book </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that were a mix of botanical and birds.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsMSw_4bvvHp3kHwSKkkc6N4t5qcISN7lPj-tIhy3DOGBScQUxaMfE0zZqTuOtGLmL7wNXSpUcGWFxoiFgquxLFzkx4rdXBeMrS7oHBIh4-a_2YVcgNnzSXKbKQbow_sapui8MqhzGoyu/s1600/IMG_7302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsMSw_4bvvHp3kHwSKkkc6N4t5qcISN7lPj-tIhy3DOGBScQUxaMfE0zZqTuOtGLmL7wNXSpUcGWFxoiFgquxLFzkx4rdXBeMrS7oHBIh4-a_2YVcgNnzSXKbKQbow_sapui8MqhzGoyu/s640/IMG_7302.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I took off to Michaels in search of frames and matting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found 16X20 frames that were on clearance for $19.99 </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I had a coupon for 15% off which helped with the rest.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I double matted the prints because </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to use the largest frames possible.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The larger vanilla matt had a gold edging that I took out.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu37BLbw7xt4aNgMhV0RYldyy81w8izV3pi_WsWESRUUE2pbsQjcCUxjLKobijs57e9k6b7vV0dxL4gO0a-LQc9S9e89yxyb4d01FPp02xXqRQKrNMM4S2O3jAIcs-VehHj_eHd51V52K/s1600/IMG_7321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu37BLbw7xt4aNgMhV0RYldyy81w8izV3pi_WsWESRUUE2pbsQjcCUxjLKobijs57e9k6b7vV0dxL4gO0a-LQc9S9e89yxyb4d01FPp02xXqRQKrNMM4S2O3jAIcs-VehHj_eHd51V52K/s640/IMG_7321.jpg" width="574" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And here is the end result.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sorry for all of the glare!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2rnBn3Q93ESNPHrF3FzsxfJSupWFEpdHFXHI4mt5h9UsLFwvfOxTs7RQpWD2Wi9TZ5GpLeKHDZghp4Me_eIfU2sSgxo0EGp86r3PbgWVHpOjzXvLezdh8xig6PJMwj6QL3oL72SPoLC3/s1600/IMG_7322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2rnBn3Q93ESNPHrF3FzsxfJSupWFEpdHFXHI4mt5h9UsLFwvfOxTs7RQpWD2Wi9TZ5GpLeKHDZghp4Me_eIfU2sSgxo0EGp86r3PbgWVHpOjzXvLezdh8xig6PJMwj6QL3oL72SPoLC3/s640/IMG_7322.jpg" width="552" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6KJa0CCzm0-cwN0m5hdiNT9nwIRveuWxNO7iZfucR1cxnuCAWahh_TdQ-ki10cB_u8J49w0_IrMOYBPvIvZv-RUQw4KnR9rtjw97-70vK61IULiQ_GgBSIw9zb5RsFQDKSgyWYpQLJl1/s1600/IMG_7323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6KJa0CCzm0-cwN0m5hdiNT9nwIRveuWxNO7iZfucR1cxnuCAWahh_TdQ-ki10cB_u8J49w0_IrMOYBPvIvZv-RUQw4KnR9rtjw97-70vK61IULiQ_GgBSIw9zb5RsFQDKSgyWYpQLJl1/s640/IMG_7323.jpg" width="600" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYsa8gmJaqx187Yfrkr6gSc6fCbNd0wCC3FKzNfHQyUxyxo9xm5gHdi0j28vWfwcWWeEYHSO7VPSp2QHXvF8qH-ieRUIBVdf0Ij8UlvhrSANIP_t_mN__d_GKpw5plxQK2kuFgqUCSwIg/s1600/IMG_7324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYsa8gmJaqx187Yfrkr6gSc6fCbNd0wCC3FKzNfHQyUxyxo9xm5gHdi0j28vWfwcWWeEYHSO7VPSp2QHXvF8qH-ieRUIBVdf0Ij8UlvhrSANIP_t_mN__d_GKpw5plxQK2kuFgqUCSwIg/s640/IMG_7324.jpg" width="606" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think they look pretty close to my inspiration </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">at a fraction of the cost!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf3o5_wn9vazvVwFezJ8c7lXnroBnaxeGiBzZi18jC1giB_OCAPCq-GHqqeJFhANqf9uy7c3G4B75N_CXb5j-qZhW4-LWWqZ5nCQ5YLsjdCw9bsvfwBaslmrPsXvcaPWM6-76rzZuISOl/s1600/IMG_7307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf3o5_wn9vazvVwFezJ8c7lXnroBnaxeGiBzZi18jC1giB_OCAPCq-GHqqeJFhANqf9uy7c3G4B75N_CXb5j-qZhW4-LWWqZ5nCQ5YLsjdCw9bsvfwBaslmrPsXvcaPWM6-76rzZuISOl/s640/IMG_7307.jpg" width="530" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And here they are on the wall </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">courtesy of Mr. Beaux and his precise hanging methods.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqUugF_Yx_Q5SvPLck7a_JGKJwZBGkYrhKD7T-DedGWGK-GDRogmMoYpYUSPLMbudPAtxbGzbZ-rxTwoMBtkNQWZ3VlJQ6g7haA0pCsD4fb8-_ExvUfRAZVPidhfLhAnyMxJdHQK5Kyvk/s1600/IMG_7305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqUugF_Yx_Q5SvPLck7a_JGKJwZBGkYrhKD7T-DedGWGK-GDRogmMoYpYUSPLMbudPAtxbGzbZ-rxTwoMBtkNQWZ3VlJQ6g7haA0pCsD4fb8-_ExvUfRAZVPidhfLhAnyMxJdHQK5Kyvk/s640/IMG_7305.jpg" width="434" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And the other side...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The shed antlers were purchased at the Antique Mall </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for $15.00 each.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everyone was oooohhhhing and awwwwwwing </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">at the checkout at my bargain hunting skills.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, Thank you!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Urns were a Pottery Barn purchase with my gift card.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh how I HATE paying retail </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I really wanted t<span style="font-size: large;">wo</span> identical things for this space </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I wanted them NOW!!!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know you can relate!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctNbHOj62ybH2pLDPex7_lQrY5SPyuSaA7bPYE7VzqKRgn8wmKTo_fp_MsNnnnlMJQ4dAqHM2wJKr9NeD6Jr-rcEMN9R_agit1Q4UUPtV0bPWzLIJ4xy3R1JbvqslZp9KTCyEgeHsFEfV/s1600/IMG_7310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctNbHOj62ybH2pLDPex7_lQrY5SPyuSaA7bPYE7VzqKRgn8wmKTo_fp_MsNnnnlMJQ4dAqHM2wJKr9NeD6Jr-rcEMN9R_agit1Q4UUPtV0bPWzLIJ4xy3R1JbvqslZp9KTCyEgeHsFEfV/s640/IMG_7310.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the wide shot.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I am very happy with the balanced<span style="font-size: large;">,</span> more minimal look.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Especially at a fraction of the cost of Ballard.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">l<span style="font-size: small;">inking up to: </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.astrollthrulife.net/" target="_blank">A Stroll Thru Life</a> for Tabletop Tuesday</span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span></i></span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #666666;">Kim at <a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">SavvySouthern Style</a> for Wow Us Wednesdays   </span></i></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"> Judy at <a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/">DIY by Design</a></span></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Roeshel  at <a href="http://diyshowoff.com/" target="_blank">DIY Showoff</a></i></span> <span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></span></i></span> <span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stone Gable  <i><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/" target="_blank">Tutorials, Tips, and Tidbits </a></i></span></i></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> </b></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> </b></i><span><span style="color: #666666;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span>Courtney</span> at <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">French Country Cottage</a> for Feathered Nest Friday<br />Heather and Va</span>nessa at <a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/">At the Picket Fence</a> for Inspiration Friday <br />Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground</a> for Vintage Inspiration Friday</span><br />Sherry at<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/"> The Charm of Home</a> for Home Sweet Home Friday </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><i><b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Jen at <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a> for the Weekend Wrap-up Party </b></i></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>          <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Donna at <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Funky Junk Interiors</a> for Saturday Nite Special</span></span></span></i></span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></div></div>

Ballard Botanical Print Knockoff

Happy Friday!   Goodness, where has the week gone?   I've been really busy with my mom here visiting  but here is a project that I knock...

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Our *Wanna Be* Sanctuary

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of you may remember when I redecorated a few rooms at my parents' house this past summer, to include their sunroom.  In this space, I replaced a wicker loveseat, two chairs (all with red cushions) and *yellow-y* walls with a relaxing 4 chair configuration dressed in blues and creams, with a few pops of coral and a big ol' boat that appears to be floating on the beautiful Atlantic Ocean, which is right in their backyard.  Once I was done, my parents named their "new" room "The Sanctuary."  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSB2XKAVmmtzncYMHZpdKtOTik4GAEPT2XZNAmgfrv_Ij81MzIE2FVFUnIhHiHdymzRHIY7ey1wXe0A2PdvSu3pVhJ2ol0EdN32w0h17hV7uH2QWHjNKWbJ32MwwKUNZ_sbZPyv635Q/s1600/beachsunlast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSB2XKAVmmtzncYMHZpdKtOTik4GAEPT2XZNAmgfrv_Ij81MzIE2FVFUnIhHiHdymzRHIY7ey1wXe0A2PdvSu3pVhJ2ol0EdN32w0h17hV7uH2QWHjNKWbJ32MwwKUNZ_sbZPyv635Q/s640/beachsunlast.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ever since then, I've wanted to create a little "Sanctuary" in our sitting room; however, it's not as big as my parents room, NOR does it overlook the ocean (bummer)!  Still, I'm determined ...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here's what it looked like this time, last month:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pUdvPsFhXJK-2BATRtuM2F8qwJsaYdxhih3_eYcQnXRAmlQeR-nSyNMJkV8vn6KJRb7aalAChtI85BbBJsziDq7NXpYi4cgGXRORGkcghE22sle5sRHBoz38lG6hipWSjg1UoCMzFw/s1600/xmassittingoverallw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pUdvPsFhXJK-2BATRtuM2F8qwJsaYdxhih3_eYcQnXRAmlQeR-nSyNMJkV8vn6KJRb7aalAChtI85BbBJsziDq7NXpYi4cgGXRORGkcghE22sle5sRHBoz38lG6hipWSjg1UoCMzFw/s640/xmassittingoverallw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And, here's what it looks like now:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscadCNCs5tGy3wUOd0KzxWrejXO1exbtKZ9qDA0tf2SQ7a3ASJDRNy1Vwk5TDpRmrQ1FxXfdC3wRHmOTxHTaYZw7xrtuXyr3qV-H1jtrug_nnYY-HA7gC2ZBf4Pua9d1nXj46xIzD2Q/s1600/sittingvoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscadCNCs5tGy3wUOd0KzxWrejXO1exbtKZ9qDA0tf2SQ7a3ASJDRNy1Vwk5TDpRmrQ1FxXfdC3wRHmOTxHTaYZw7xrtuXyr3qV-H1jtrug_nnYY-HA7gC2ZBf4Pua9d1nXj46xIzD2Q/s640/sittingvoverall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Like my parents' "Sanctuary," I really want to have 4 white accent chairs in this space (possibly EKTORP Jennylund chairs from IKEA) and position them  around this perfectly-sized round ottoman I recently snagged at Home Goods:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqwGC3w4kOL0IPq_LaWz7QRnAoM-9_Xs8a6TJjr-u8uBw5JUQJAAsWrhgHFCIYCx_W1UH21OFznkA789AfSjyu0iRbj4yPWB4h7dl0XOdjGWQXZ4akaDNxCsep4mXtADlXlPnCF7_dw/s1600/sittingvottoman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqwGC3w4kOL0IPq_LaWz7QRnAoM-9_Xs8a6TJjr-u8uBw5JUQJAAsWrhgHFCIYCx_W1UH21OFznkA789AfSjyu0iRbj4yPWB4h7dl0XOdjGWQXZ4akaDNxCsep4mXtADlXlPnCF7_dw/s640/sittingvottoman.jpg" width="506" /></a></div></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And, while I won't be painting our walls Wythe Blue like I chose for my parents' sunroom, I've added pops of blue back in ... like with this fun, new, geometric fabric, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3949yY2e3-4-ecAJhnysv1qBuuMcN2XphwkLBoHrpMyH_N6FOwFJ1WNk0pF9pvNWUAWbPlNFdd0HmQZ_mn2fmJdTvlbDXoyFTdSEKUfFUyszpnUoCWc7LeZSqmu0iHT2bIpjM_wfWw/s1600/sittingwheat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3949yY2e3-4-ecAJhnysv1qBuuMcN2XphwkLBoHrpMyH_N6FOwFJ1WNk0pF9pvNWUAWbPlNFdd0HmQZ_mn2fmJdTvlbDXoyFTdSEKUfFUyszpnUoCWc7LeZSqmu0iHT2bIpjM_wfWw/s640/sittingwheat.jpg" width="426" /></a></div></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyFs4dkWT3lgv5t6rBTmbH68kuySNsVdaj3uas9mtEIfpg39KslDdfDxSRXYZEN5KGJfAB2mUan40_zrwFILvUmk8_K8TUrzR9JeGlCMs8WUTXREdkylbMQAi3l1FNDJOu2j-1WVXSw/s1600/sittingsidefabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyFs4dkWT3lgv5t6rBTmbH68kuySNsVdaj3uas9mtEIfpg39KslDdfDxSRXYZEN5KGJfAB2mUan40_zrwFILvUmk8_K8TUrzR9JeGlCMs8WUTXREdkylbMQAi3l1FNDJOu2j-1WVXSw/s640/sittingsidefabric.jpg" width="426" /></a></div></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">along with bringing back the blue accent chest that I replaced during the Christmas season:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_Zb5KyYepcrg-SrAWSVWNSXLyIzC06WVBPV4_5GpoG1riH813Yp_80ipuxv_SSbz5_T514-yWTs14IOWQ00LF_8cZiTKXZkKlq_vujMDCdkoB90l80CaOVdAKhXH-IhcBPmIa-c7VA/s1600/sittingvchest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_Zb5KyYepcrg-SrAWSVWNSXLyIzC06WVBPV4_5GpoG1riH813Yp_80ipuxv_SSbz5_T514-yWTs14IOWQ00LF_8cZiTKXZkKlq_vujMDCdkoB90l80CaOVdAKhXH-IhcBPmIa-c7VA/s640/sittingvchest.jpg" width="426" /></a></div></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Also, I'll re-introduce pops of coral once Spring draws near ... for now, I've kept a bit of red for Valentine's Day:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0U5_uVOQz0H44w0dCsjKez5TszLLgOdp0L5OYO7MmmWdvlXsP2EbiqOPxc7Z1it3QK-5_XnTdVVM45xr5UyY5LfmyYLhYxYIumcxs8hnN231HUMUgoED8U2tNm1Febl9olc__gxTJw/s1600/sittingvjax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0U5_uVOQz0H44w0dCsjKez5TszLLgOdp0L5OYO7MmmWdvlXsP2EbiqOPxc7Z1it3QK-5_XnTdVVM45xr5UyY5LfmyYLhYxYIumcxs8hnN231HUMUgoED8U2tNm1Febl9olc__gxTJw/s640/sittingvjax.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqgWSoicGwwrPjwbn8TlPrpKWzKOh1t932uwlJkHLRsNWuJnTC_7LkuxSSOXDZ-cHwYxpNv3pdTmS7j7sW4xLw1pq4xAvflO0V8taXx8R8FVDPPSpP6g1SyS3HR0kl_LuAXM7dgLTpA/s1600/sittingrose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqgWSoicGwwrPjwbn8TlPrpKWzKOh1t932uwlJkHLRsNWuJnTC_7LkuxSSOXDZ-cHwYxpNv3pdTmS7j7sW4xLw1pq4xAvflO0V8taXx8R8FVDPPSpP6g1SyS3HR0kl_LuAXM7dgLTpA/s640/sittingrose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxujIAl0jtUCEJnPZPAPLuCHRzttxxDAHAibMlLlyeADoEx7vO53HkhtK4Bj4VgxitxnMx6oWuZX8d2sOoLLtmbDWTLT1RxoZUJBfdn49j7oqb78IxaCRReUhIekeZic8CHOlGJ1gRkw/s1600/sittinghearts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxujIAl0jtUCEJnPZPAPLuCHRzttxxDAHAibMlLlyeADoEx7vO53HkhtK4Bj4VgxitxnMx6oWuZX8d2sOoLLtmbDWTLT1RxoZUJBfdn49j7oqb78IxaCRReUhIekeZic8CHOlGJ1gRkw/s640/sittinghearts.jpg" width="426" /></a></div></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Bessie (the cowhide that *was* in our breakfast area) is now enjoying this space that is filled with lots of white, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">to include a sofa table that was oak stained a couple of weeks ago, but is now Annie Sloane's "Pure White,"</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvys5DBC3VRnb-bKeDEag_G2yaQD9vZsryZeR0ttGpwO6l6MgHNVZjpRaOobZWoviTIren6fevCpXBDUAC1cp_-C0SUBYQtoXAVErsTkmxlLNaF_gYVfScYpgFy9aDaY9snLgXVApmow/s1600/sittingfromgreat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvys5DBC3VRnb-bKeDEag_G2yaQD9vZsryZeR0ttGpwO6l6MgHNVZjpRaOobZWoviTIren6fevCpXBDUAC1cp_-C0SUBYQtoXAVErsTkmxlLNaF_gYVfScYpgFy9aDaY9snLgXVApmow/s640/sittingfromgreat.jpg" width="426" /></a></div></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">a pretty, white garden seat I recently scored at TJMaxx, </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjFCoapZKbApJDjctizOrgflfL9bVRXzF0Z-zz08WXYJboCteedKtL1EVFA_mmKvMEtIruQvSM3G4WSeAPO14WMgHcucQmaXQSNUGhfYj3R0s80EvmSXv6PZgdeqUebPl7KZbqMdjmQ/s1600/sittinggarden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjFCoapZKbApJDjctizOrgflfL9bVRXzF0Z-zz08WXYJboCteedKtL1EVFA_mmKvMEtIruQvSM3G4WSeAPO14WMgHcucQmaXQSNUGhfYj3R0s80EvmSXv6PZgdeqUebPl7KZbqMdjmQ/s640/sittinggarden.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>  </div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">lots of white pieces in the bookcase:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3wI7yiNJjZ1UlKa7VE32KNN8BhYabMkp1FQrHZxqpIh7qWk-dAQ82tID2WT54EOU6erhf3LzGkpipEUEhd5FrHu16Ts2movnRGsUxvNZSdVtFPMeBM3VGdpsqHYJEhlDe0NVKnf2ww/s1600/sittingbcaseclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3wI7yiNJjZ1UlKa7VE32KNN8BhYabMkp1FQrHZxqpIh7qWk-dAQ82tID2WT54EOU6erhf3LzGkpipEUEhd5FrHu16Ts2movnRGsUxvNZSdVtFPMeBM3VGdpsqHYJEhlDe0NVKnf2ww/s640/sittingbcaseclose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">and, okay, a few shells ... just because.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmqP8oQrybRl4dTmHIyTGDrMwFCpa-xDp6n9DFwpwIAYpSL9qjwUxVsX4REoFi536UOeMm6iL_yUn1TFZPJZTMyfxWd4hISg8uvwi2wZlY_xj8GT288YyCSN9XKEDaA0giBpiJJglkw/s1600/sittingshells.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmqP8oQrybRl4dTmHIyTGDrMwFCpa-xDp6n9DFwpwIAYpSL9qjwUxVsX4REoFi536UOeMm6iL_yUn1TFZPJZTMyfxWd4hISg8uvwi2wZlY_xj8GT288YyCSN9XKEDaA0giBpiJJglkw/s640/sittingshells.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here's hoping that I can find the perfect chairs to fill this space, without overwhelming it. Until then, I suppose I'll just enjoy our "Wanna Be Sanctuary." (lol)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">As always, thanks for stopping by!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And, be sure and come play with us:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-121/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tuesdays-treasures-121">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/01/wow-us-wednesdays-102.html">WUW</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">From My Front Porch to Yours/<a href="http://www.frommyfrontporchtoyours.com/2013/01/treasure-hunt-thursday-91.html">Treasure Hunt Thursday</a></span></div><div align="justify" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">French Country Cottage/<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/01/feathered-nest-friday_24.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FQoLtm+%28FRENCH+COUNTRY+COTTAGE%29">Feathered Nest Friday</a></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" /></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><br />

Our *Wanna Be* Sanctuary

Some of you may remember when I redecorated a few rooms at my parents' house this past summer, to include their sunroom.  In this space,...

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A Vintage Guest Room

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Monday Morning!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I am so happy that today is a holiday, I needed the extra sleep!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have been working tirelessly on getting the house ready </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">for my mom's visit.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'm sure she doesn't care whether or not my Tupperware </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">drawer is clean or not but I do!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Besides, it gives me an excuse to get some of these things done.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I made some changes to the guest room </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">while I was down there painting the<u> <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2013/01/refreshing-guest-room-bath.html" target="_blank">bathroom</a> </span></u></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">that I shared with you last week.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I am embarrassed to say that the inspiration for the changes </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">came from some things that I found in the guest room closet</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">under a pile of linens.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I had forgotten ALL about these treasures </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">that I found at an Estate Sale a while back.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Getting old and forgetting things really stinks.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Or on a positive note, </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I guess that finding them under that pile of blankets </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">was like Christmas all over again!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Come on in and take a look at the changes that I made...</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBahBQNkgkS17FW_5TtwpqDNadQ47ixpzIgNWJiJyPUx0EHSFP9FeBpsZx9FPKmxlR5fQpj82g4OtDwPG2fkEHy5u7XL3V6lVTMJ14VNwqnSl0-WAqSfg7Yrmh6O7EjaZcT53vhKBEdiQ/s1600/IMG_7276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBahBQNkgkS17FW_5TtwpqDNadQ47ixpzIgNWJiJyPUx0EHSFP9FeBpsZx9FPKmxlR5fQpj82g4OtDwPG2fkEHy5u7XL3V6lVTMJ14VNwqnSl0-WAqSfg7Yrmh6O7EjaZcT53vhKBEdiQ/s640/IMG_7276.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Can you guess where my Estate Sale treasures are?  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Yep, the florals over the bed.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZe97DI1NQuozF965tzVCScoWEt26p4JiKHGJgv7IJBwNc0O8iiQ_9CcD50-aWvCd-PJEbEn0A2ZXAqJTi3Q1kO5a3IMyOgsXDFE-xDXoTUeTxR75onnqGuNQpVOSNIEU-LwwQNPYA8N21/s1600/IMG_7283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZe97DI1NQuozF965tzVCScoWEt26p4JiKHGJgv7IJBwNc0O8iiQ_9CcD50-aWvCd-PJEbEn0A2ZXAqJTi3Q1kO5a3IMyOgsXDFE-xDXoTUeTxR75onnqGuNQpVOSNIEU-LwwQNPYA8N21/s640/IMG_7283.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The painting in the middle is a beautiful piece </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">that Mr. Beaux's grandmother Irene painted.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have had it forever and I adore the colors.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The other two are hand painted still lifes in chippy old frames </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">that I stole for under $5.00 each.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">When I hung these three painting up over the bed it led </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">to a lot of other little changes.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Isn't that the way things always go?  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I added the Ralph Lauren long ticking striped pillow and the vintage floral pillow to the bed.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaCscL_QZpaUIQ9mqgHhOFcNsuqBxu9GkAf73ThE8l-zOfd8IRzkbPvBlyUNJAhD8xQLpBDDT2WQHt0EvQ7FChfHJoWai1lqgpnV0zQWqigykrmRGtgDWoWNgtfRaJ0Us70zWBvixB9MW/s1600/IMG_7288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaCscL_QZpaUIQ9mqgHhOFcNsuqBxu9GkAf73ThE8l-zOfd8IRzkbPvBlyUNJAhD8xQLpBDDT2WQHt0EvQ7FChfHJoWai1lqgpnV0zQWqigykrmRGtgDWoWNgtfRaJ0Us70zWBvixB9MW/s640/IMG_7288.jpg" width="432" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I switched the lamp shade out from the Paris black and white </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">to this subtle toile shade that I found at Lowe's.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I hung the large hand painted platter centered over the end table.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOXYmqwYcCMvPSSbGjMNcwr-ssfJCwkKTXslcJD3CTMYk2v5G8Na9uOc-vhajYKzeT1ceGD4l1hxa_TKFVnmXcgeM7rYR34TPwdKhQiTpVOhUlfjXuZZRKhCiNjhoL77FvDli2t8vVpc8/s1600/IMG_7278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOXYmqwYcCMvPSSbGjMNcwr-ssfJCwkKTXslcJD3CTMYk2v5G8Na9uOc-vhajYKzeT1ceGD4l1hxa_TKFVnmXcgeM7rYR34TPwdKhQiTpVOhUlfjXuZZRKhCiNjhoL77FvDli2t8vVpc8/s640/IMG_7278.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">On the dresser side of the room a few things changed also.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aLgRcuCDCjj_b02Ao41kZIkDTXGDf4gjNvvdCZ6-pNcI244FVdq1Nx4xGaaLsJbWlWq7SZEpNw6jganaXsOapK7_n9Yln7GVPavC4bqrM-el1eCdOMu60pHurqt9wX7dBN4eT-ggNrGD/s1600/IMG_7292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aLgRcuCDCjj_b02Ao41kZIkDTXGDf4gjNvvdCZ6-pNcI244FVdq1Nx4xGaaLsJbWlWq7SZEpNw6jganaXsOapK7_n9Yln7GVPavC4bqrM-el1eCdOMu60pHurqt9wX7dBN4eT-ggNrGD/s640/IMG_7292.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This little lamp was also in the heap of lost treasures.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It had an icky yellowed lamp shade that I switched out with this simple burlap shade.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It wasn't quite tall enough for my liking so </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I elevated it on a couple of books.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I added one of my favorite teacups and a fresh smelling candle.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubGhkVOhEZLxNhL-kB1mG3xGGshYhIZEYlCFJppIInH4fjR5AQB-fUhZCvqzC-kD1PezTo_DX8bnz9c8bbQjjE5p6ZC0yP9SUyf0mBaL-qFcJffSJxGSAl5c4lU5noWagQ_fO0m81t6o9/s1600/IMG_7294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubGhkVOhEZLxNhL-kB1mG3xGGshYhIZEYlCFJppIInH4fjR5AQB-fUhZCvqzC-kD1PezTo_DX8bnz9c8bbQjjE5p6ZC0yP9SUyf0mBaL-qFcJffSJxGSAl5c4lU5noWagQ_fO0m81t6o9/s640/IMG_7294.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I love the color of these blue bottles.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The candle holders remind me of driftwood.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Paired together they seem soothing and calm like the ocean.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkN97y7qm5SejkOQsPfFLL2sRIy9DOMnAc21fIK5-veNl_PbFwe_qJv8nGF95RqTaeZRsu6-ZEG614Atcr5uHsyjCcl_pXGdZ468eMEHyLy2OSoROUDa0lKFg_sJYjXbKZCU1lFPhV8ky/s1600/IMG_7284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkN97y7qm5SejkOQsPfFLL2sRIy9DOMnAc21fIK5-veNl_PbFwe_qJv8nGF95RqTaeZRsu6-ZEG614Atcr5uHsyjCcl_pXGdZ468eMEHyLy2OSoROUDa0lKFg_sJYjXbKZCU1lFPhV8ky/s640/IMG_7284.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I lined the shelf on the opposite wall </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">with some of my favorite teacups.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I conferenced with Miss Beaux </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">(translates to I drug here into the </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">guest room several times to ask her opinion) </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">to make sure that I wasn't getting too Granny like with all of the florals and teacups.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">She either liked it or just wanted some peace and quiet...  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hmmmmm, I am still not sure but it is easily changed.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ip6pbf2cevC3DLyHHXTrKLigPXRgWkZZKq-NzgiQpJBPJjEB3l6_DV274CNZg2Agopwsp72vFyN8LQtwkg2ouqu4iIFWB97ijzrc08ro4y5yDIWNMGty8vvnukA97kwByP_Bb7nAAZLk/s1600/IMG_7282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ip6pbf2cevC3DLyHHXTrKLigPXRgWkZZKq-NzgiQpJBPJjEB3l6_DV274CNZg2Agopwsp72vFyN8LQtwkg2ouqu4iIFWB97ijzrc08ro4y5yDIWNMGty8vvnukA97kwByP_Bb7nAAZLk/s640/IMG_7282.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The dropcloth slipcovered chair makes a nice spot </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">for reading in the corner of the room.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYkaa0f09lsZkGP2MOzRptmr3_VB1AZBAq_XAzRxjufSucPuC0-9JY_1U0YN59GPElYJeqS3WnbyuTSm8o8_xI-YMzEIANivuIv-ACuehlI_thzek_Wj-kqaydB2GBTB9NdwU-AlUjjm2/s1600/IMG_7291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYkaa0f09lsZkGP2MOzRptmr3_VB1AZBAq_XAzRxjufSucPuC0-9JY_1U0YN59GPElYJeqS3WnbyuTSm8o8_xI-YMzEIANivuIv-ACuehlI_thzek_Wj-kqaydB2GBTB9NdwU-AlUjjm2/s640/IMG_7291.jpg" width="604" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I made sure that there were a lot of magazines </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">to peruse for my guest.  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I put them in this black and white bag that </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I spotted at Home Goods.  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwq63Y4OT7C9aa2CDxzKboLzdAbjnxng_sdIi2FiQfkfWMkHDp5hwWG3jPqEPVa2G3QqCrVJuUsKrVMPDEnEsRJsOFS5WdvWMwaKzRvCrw_ova4drAZKfubbikp8YLAJLNTqua4hHhNfC/s1600/IMG_7295.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwq63Y4OT7C9aa2CDxzKboLzdAbjnxng_sdIi2FiQfkfWMkHDp5hwWG3jPqEPVa2G3QqCrVJuUsKrVMPDEnEsRJsOFS5WdvWMwaKzRvCrw_ova4drAZKfubbikp8YLAJLNTqua4hHhNfC/s640/IMG_7295.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And as a good hostess, I made sure to put out some amenities that would ensure that my special guest felt very special!  </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A soft throw for chilly nights </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and a basket full of goodies in case of a snack emergency.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2W9b3supHeMqbnnFcSCyaCkgld3l-wdXM8HebXP-HqiGcMFRT8Cc_9ZRcvKzTFev4mbHQ9-VX0exccSpOfv1OEVizMxqXntU024EpiiAD7htHvSG3vkDS7pqTKfU3Y6j4ipzxe3WlGsr/s1600/IMG_7296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2W9b3supHeMqbnnFcSCyaCkgld3l-wdXM8HebXP-HqiGcMFRT8Cc_9ZRcvKzTFev4mbHQ9-VX0exccSpOfv1OEVizMxqXntU024EpiiAD7htHvSG3vkDS7pqTKfU3Y6j4ipzxe3WlGsr/s640/IMG_7296.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I think I might just sneak down here and pretend to be a guest!  </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXAhQ9bIFy3nDGIk6nw2iajLVX4-xJbhIAB-WQ1RQ_MDHgO_AsBwwOkMDwUD_v4tvBlybwFqGBBZXahAtrrs6uliUBiLVK0E-IUqz9-xuWlHmzKvpynlUWNuKM4FpFYelJFd0RMtwfgeZ/s1600/IMG_7289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXAhQ9bIFy3nDGIk6nw2iajLVX4-xJbhIAB-WQ1RQ_MDHgO_AsBwwOkMDwUD_v4tvBlybwFqGBBZXahAtrrs6uliUBiLVK0E-IUqz9-xuWlHmzKvpynlUWNuKM4FpFYelJFd0RMtwfgeZ/s640/IMG_7289.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">XO</span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">linking up to: </span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a></span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; 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A Vintage Guest Room

Happy Monday Morning!   I am so happy that today is a holiday, I needed the extra sleep!   I have been working tirelessly on getting the hou...

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