New Kitchen Decorating 2015: Brooke Astor dog themed stairway

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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;">Last week I had a hot date </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;">over at my BFF's house </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 help her with her Gallery Wall </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;">in her basement bathroom.  </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;">I don't know if you remember </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;">when I showed you her basement transformation </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;">a few years ago.  </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;">We remodeled the whole area, </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;">taking it from drab 70's nightmare </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 a warm and inviting pub style entertaining space. </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;"></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;">This is the guest bathroom that we remodeled.  </span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpBdLxErnXGnnGXN1kDd9jmux7O5lbnCeS8R8t0MYvF_lyrNqh14R-fuj0-EaP_YDkuiisR4cCO0CoWGTkyv-glIBQlLEWVGWo6USFE0O1IGarU39bNqvm1PFKlZJVx2Qq5KyN04bqmCB/s1600/IMG_6148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpBdLxErnXGnnGXN1kDd9jmux7O5lbnCeS8R8t0MYvF_lyrNqh14R-fuj0-EaP_YDkuiisR4cCO0CoWGTkyv-glIBQlLEWVGWo6USFE0O1IGarU39bNqvm1PFKlZJVx2Qq5KyN04bqmCB/s1600/IMG_6148.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></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;">You can see the before and after <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/11/basement-remodel-part-2-powder-room.html" target="_blank">HERE.</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifczWIB8PJSVZVvAAnpNdsc_4KW43lnulLloy5zeObGvG6azWZWnCm3Q72o1rGKp7OZDgh5KUxs0PzssL-ejEOzz8qc_fBCg8Vkad4U3GPNqEE906ng4wpcIYmA-xyzgNixeBzMcz6IphV/s1600/IMG_0514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifczWIB8PJSVZVvAAnpNdsc_4KW43lnulLloy5zeObGvG6azWZWnCm3Q72o1rGKp7OZDgh5KUxs0PzssL-ejEOzz8qc_fBCg8Vkad4U3GPNqEE906ng4wpcIYmA-xyzgNixeBzMcz6IphV/s1600/IMG_0514.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">This is how it looks now.  </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;">Hmmmmmm, not much </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;">has changed since the remodel! </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;">Hey, we have been busy!  </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/AVvXsEgcgc5BV_TMIE3cAJALqShO4PEmm4yBWO36lPPTqy2lVlV2O9rrtsMyhGq0tlvG9uUX2YPN90fbQCCVlr-eDUTiFnJ_meBbyiaTNE30RP4qIBbymRkHCbOfGwx1oTT4gTUdx2ciHg-cLxp_/s1600/IMG_0524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgc5BV_TMIE3cAJALqShO4PEmm4yBWO36lPPTqy2lVlV2O9rrtsMyhGq0tlvG9uUX2YPN90fbQCCVlr-eDUTiFnJ_meBbyiaTNE30RP4qIBbymRkHCbOfGwx1oTT4gTUdx2ciHg-cLxp_/s1600/IMG_0524.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">She has been collecting Dog paintings, </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;">prints and memorabilia to use in the room </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 finally, </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;">after visiting millions of Estate Sales, </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;">has enough to start the Gallery Wall. </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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd3g5fzLBR0pLd7bKcvOtqFOzM6GrafXoQrmOmGU6xA14Jhxy2QIN1m_amGLvPPXY2UON8V7AoGkjaUsLqrhjkEMujdK-L4ylbdmnyqRhgPF6CZkOIFox3W2eGR6mza3gXWPV531ywG22/s1600/Brooke+Asters+Staircase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd3g5fzLBR0pLd7bKcvOtqFOzM6GrafXoQrmOmGU6xA14Jhxy2QIN1m_amGLvPPXY2UON8V7AoGkjaUsLqrhjkEMujdK-L4ylbdmnyqRhgPF6CZkOIFox3W2eGR6mza3gXWPV531ywG22/s1600/Brooke+Asters+Staircase.jpg" width="492" /></a></span></span></i></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/43136108905568638/" target="_blank">source</a></span></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We were inspired by the socialite </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;">Brooke Astor's stairway </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;">with her magnificent dog paintings. </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 I did a little research out there </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;">on the Internet </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 found these pictures on Pinterest.</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/AVvXsEgyP5ZKkeb89MV1CWJEBZqVc2_dPNlGLrE3NuW2Q3QLU5B4tG8y7rDq7jVdQ5TaNe3rw68NcGX26oGcNC55dpgVE4g6llnUngl-qgnifloHIJHXp3wtLzpUbUJoEirURGMZ1CZ-BfLhTAPi/s1600/brooke_astor_auction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyP5ZKkeb89MV1CWJEBZqVc2_dPNlGLrE3NuW2Q3QLU5B4tG8y7rDq7jVdQ5TaNe3rw68NcGX26oGcNC55dpgVE4g6llnUngl-qgnifloHIJHXp3wtLzpUbUJoEirURGMZ1CZ-BfLhTAPi/s1600/brooke_astor_auction.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">Another close up of the Stairway...</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIR6pyn7DjfOD0VdOT_aOerotb85NvfV_-FSweAt_epqaZQF3S_SD9fCdng3Ey5ozIVSW6SMSkFApntHOEhNzG23cu7Pn5CyW4QDh0jKRwf-PYhrZTCQNQNzmdKnN17lWSdY7kWWjpYlww/s1600/4_mario_buatta_living_room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIR6pyn7DjfOD0VdOT_aOerotb85NvfV_-FSweAt_epqaZQF3S_SD9fCdng3Ey5ozIVSW6SMSkFApntHOEhNzG23cu7Pn5CyW4QDh0jKRwf-PYhrZTCQNQNzmdKnN17lWSdY7kWWjpYlww/s1600/4_mario_buatta_living_room.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.studio360.org/story/mario-buatta-prince-of-chintz/" target="_blank">source</a></span></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mario Buatta's Living 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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVqQSiFggLvo8RE4tBnompQNmAa13PfIfZsdhfu2TdCeSBSIi8d9a34_1pNsrv9V4RV0Q284E-d2nDnNqkJc4sXxd0GbH_az70uiKDR6Rbjf6dw86v3YufAyZao29Pu-JtAT4fOnRzfo4/s1600/IMG_3195aaa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVqQSiFggLvo8RE4tBnompQNmAa13PfIfZsdhfu2TdCeSBSIi8d9a34_1pNsrv9V4RV0Q284E-d2nDnNqkJc4sXxd0GbH_az70uiKDR6Rbjf6dw86v3YufAyZao29Pu-JtAT4fOnRzfo4/s1600/IMG_3195aaa.jpg" width="640" /></a></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 a beautiful Living Room that Betsy Speert </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;">showed us on her blog- <a href="http://betsyspeert.blogspot.com/2013/03/tweaking-kriss-gallery-wall.html" target="_blank">Link Here.</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZUOjwvoldT3gf_HVyPRE3Wgj1dRe44TIYVStXXKDV43O6aNFkQ-wa87GEc7tvkMh8gauimUexKKKBaq1gU1vIU6Xq4ClXZ7pgaYvqAbryhbsi2prCEIghfjAx0iYCA0VIL59MjBso6Yt/s1600/IMG_0532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZUOjwvoldT3gf_HVyPRE3Wgj1dRe44TIYVStXXKDV43O6aNFkQ-wa87GEc7tvkMh8gauimUexKKKBaq1gU1vIU6Xq4ClXZ7pgaYvqAbryhbsi2prCEIghfjAx0iYCA0VIL59MjBso6Yt/s1600/IMG_0532.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">So, first things first.... </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;">We had dinner and wine.... </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;"><b>WELL</b>, I had to get paid somehow!!!  </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;">We measured the wall </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 I taped out the measurements on the carpet.  </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;">Hey, plaid carpet helps for this!  </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/AVvXsEhC7ypQwWrRNFoT6M4onNNJ6xoJI3y927v3n5YIftH6B6fwqFf2RkRi1hmEgccTBrMyqb1hyiAANUEN-gpbUQ0Zh_kCK7KjBYC42Ry_H8EwyHH1yQAxoawTtCLAQlxNRkIHnnaHaSk25umV/s1600/IMG_0535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7ypQwWrRNFoT6M4onNNJ6xoJI3y927v3n5YIftH6B6fwqFf2RkRi1hmEgccTBrMyqb1hyiAANUEN-gpbUQ0Zh_kCK7KjBYC42Ry_H8EwyHH1yQAxoawTtCLAQlxNRkIHnnaHaSk25umV/s1600/IMG_0535.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">We had our critics there </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 give us unsolicited advice!  </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;">We cut templates for all of the pictures </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;">out of brown wrapping paper.  </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/AVvXsEjAj9RtSUXpr1QMUnbdcCgM_u18BoGYNjxVFyiV5oEqktF_eYS6PSaW_k4WqbzU-dHzS_zezPNmBHvQsuxtcHktKXdbb-IOln-f_C7uEoShkT7LbLLNj8KzKdOL8mCuyNyWj7flm7P9FgvI/s1600/IMG_0540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAj9RtSUXpr1QMUnbdcCgM_u18BoGYNjxVFyiV5oEqktF_eYS6PSaW_k4WqbzU-dHzS_zezPNmBHvQsuxtcHktKXdbb-IOln-f_C7uEoShkT7LbLLNj8KzKdOL8mCuyNyWj7flm7P9FgvI/s1600/IMG_0540.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;"> Once we had an arrangement </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;">that we liked </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;">we taped the paper templates to the wall.  </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;">OK, we had some more wine.... </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;">THEN we taped the templates to the wall.  </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;">Thinking back now </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;">I can see why it took us so long </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 complete this project!</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/AVvXsEjo18tPl1qXY5VGfc4fCmREZ3jhISzXUZ3LAF-bSsA6lJ2oyD93oNPtwzyq4JFfUVmUOuDroUcY2MOzYg3T2M8LcHuxioIIimxm9UDIA0-_26SxHcay5IZGOdwdZeXcx9f7RjfAheXEDhxq/s1600/IMG_0542a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo18tPl1qXY5VGfc4fCmREZ3jhISzXUZ3LAF-bSsA6lJ2oyD93oNPtwzyq4JFfUVmUOuDroUcY2MOzYg3T2M8LcHuxioIIimxm9UDIA0-_26SxHcay5IZGOdwdZeXcx9f7RjfAheXEDhxq/s1600/IMG_0542a.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">WOW!  We really did have a LOT of wine!!!</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/AVvXsEhih8T67LxJCD185eAfauZwxqaaNRCmZNmpkSesYhk5cIix4fVNDEI9Rf85t5getj5_4WfARFjtoa1YGwpjZ-y1C6RFdYQVGvTGvZMZPYb1x94d9m89hw62F-KFZv4NKJKFTR8GU3mjr1vn/s1600/IMG_0542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhih8T67LxJCD185eAfauZwxqaaNRCmZNmpkSesYhk5cIix4fVNDEI9Rf85t5getj5_4WfARFjtoa1YGwpjZ-y1C6RFdYQVGvTGvZMZPYb1x94d9m89hw62F-KFZv4NKJKFTR8GU3mjr1vn/s1600/IMG_0542.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">OK, that's better!  </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;">We tweaked the arrangement </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;">a little until we were satisfied </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 we hung the pictures </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;">right on top of the paper.  </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/AVvXsEgc6LYtmQjo5eYlHwQPD4fj2YyHfepsM75fqJKruD7IUGltFYyp4JHcdDmUVDlUm0JIduXXMbZmb2Yg0M8c8HnZSDFZat-NAd67tV8P6jznwF9DcDTycfTFyj7iERFKyBkSTHykzTKbNBkc/s1600/IMG_0544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6LYtmQjo5eYlHwQPD4fj2YyHfepsM75fqJKruD7IUGltFYyp4JHcdDmUVDlUm0JIduXXMbZmb2Yg0M8c8HnZSDFZat-NAd67tV8P6jznwF9DcDTycfTFyj7iERFKyBkSTHykzTKbNBkc/s1600/IMG_0544.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">As you can see things moved down a bit </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;">after hanging the templates.  </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;">Some things just have to be eyeballed!  </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;">We left room to add some corbels </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;">on either side of the adorable cocker spaniel  </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;">that looks just like my little baby.</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/AVvXsEjAREbpbHdyVHl0KZO_Zplm4d49NNq94bycaeKzD9s6I5TRdJqQlCHXh1WzEftza8YKnE5rTgfDDmsa0bVPTNx1BAZsI0Y9x8asSHY0noSl_2D1__h7gHDISTkH003o4Dgq9Bydd0jf9pxy/s1600/IMG_0564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAREbpbHdyVHl0KZO_Zplm4d49NNq94bycaeKzD9s6I5TRdJqQlCHXh1WzEftza8YKnE5rTgfDDmsa0bVPTNx1BAZsI0Y9x8asSHY0noSl_2D1__h7gHDISTkH003o4Dgq9Bydd0jf9pxy/s1600/IMG_0564.jpg" width="640" /></a></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 Project "Doggone Gallery Wall" complete!  </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's celebrate with a glass of wine!  </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;">Looks like there is lots of room </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 add more prints and paintings to her collection.  </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;">Hope she invites me over <strike>for more wine</strike> to help!</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;">I really have to get over there </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 take some more pictures of her basement.  </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;">It is really looking fantastic!  </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-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</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;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at:</span></span></i></span><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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