The Office ~ Another Room Finished

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we invited our Realtors over last Sunday </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to talk about prices and dates and such, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">we had them walk through the house </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and give us their honest opinion </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">of what still needed to be done and what we should change.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we got to the office  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> (which is to the left as soon as you walk into the front door) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">they commented on how dark the space was.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I knew this but was trying to avoid painting another room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCM1Ee2n81P-5UxQkKVhItCFsUJgeO8MbLq2NGPR_uzIv4yI3WKcv7ugpi-QHiMTJplqkDzQ3B7eVDKOfTc9o06H-r7XT0Jdal77nCYWiRulxBTWxv-Ur-M4_TX4aS3oOuVWcIcT-d8bL/s1600/IMG_7476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCM1Ee2n81P-5UxQkKVhItCFsUJgeO8MbLq2NGPR_uzIv4yI3WKcv7ugpi-QHiMTJplqkDzQ3B7eVDKOfTc9o06H-r7XT0Jdal77nCYWiRulxBTWxv-Ur-M4_TX4aS3oOuVWcIcT-d8bL/s640/IMG_7476.jpg" width="526" /></a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But the truth is the truth<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>and I want to sell my house. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">S</span>o, as soon as they left I started picking out paint colors.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnE5S9jdtYD_N2NsxlVLsLYRYOug9uIvpekDZ1kuN5WaDlMqYKQmGo0CSpHUb-zF5Ba2d0UvkURZmw_WUtw-XCvF6UnMG0da9-oajHFOcr3wihZtHUY3JiXvE6pcItzNKleoLitCYKwSX_/s1600/IMG_7477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnE5S9jdtYD_N2NsxlVLsLYRYOug9uIvpekDZ1kuN5WaDlMqYKQmGo0CSpHUb-zF5Ba2d0UvkURZmw_WUtw-XCvF6UnMG0da9-oajHFOcr3wihZtHUY3JiXvE6pcItzNKleoLitCYKwSX_/s640/IMG_7477.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's funny that <span style="font-size: large;">this room no longer</span> matches </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the rest of my light and bright house.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But really, it was almost 11 years ago </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">when we built the house and this room hasn't changed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It used to be Mr. Beaux's office </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but he needed more space so I moved down here.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I do some of my blogging here </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but it is sometimes too dark for me to really see well </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">so I move into another room.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVj0JTC1Y9KZW0SuTQNgOpBVO23Yigz8-SmDjpFOGSgWdf5cYLRZoZoK4AIAW4YcRpHwPmdWr1P_mro-xVNWUNLyzQ5eonXD8_gU52AtGQVUoU-oiivK8Eg_l3rjhxg9edywaRAxNQ-a1f/s1600/IMG_7478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVj0JTC1Y9KZW0SuTQNgOpBVO23Yigz8-SmDjpFOGSgWdf5cYLRZoZoK4AIAW4YcRpHwPmdWr1P_mro-xVNWUNLyzQ5eonXD8_gU52AtGQVUoU-oiivK8Eg_l3rjhxg9edywaRAxNQ-a1f/s640/IMG_7478.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is <span style="font-size: large;">really </span>red isn't it?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I like the built ins and the warm wood wainscotting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_CJDqBYpGhSmrU6kPBW-9GVYYBAN3UlE988uEnjolPAx9fH0nfPFlnuf4SSYm8aPsIrIXDFE58jh9XW_bXg1VkDNTi2DqRA4PZteaPY3-UR625TPEzcB2oauDMBD3lLiLkYHWb4NJmsE/s1600/IMG_7489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_CJDqBYpGhSmrU6kPBW-9GVYYBAN3UlE988uEnjolPAx9fH0nfPFlnuf4SSYm8aPsIrIXDFE58jh9XW_bXg1VkDNTi2DqRA4PZteaPY3-UR625TPEzcB2oauDMBD3lLiLkYHWb4NJmsE/s640/IMG_7489.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Monday was a perfect day for painting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Beaux had taken my car into the shop </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">so I was stuck in the house all day.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Plus, a storm was coming in promising </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to dump more snow on us.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I primed all the walls because of the dark red </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and then I started painting my "chosen" color.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I thought that a gray blue color would look good with all of </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the paneling but it was coming out more blue than gray.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> What worried me the most is that you see the room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> as soon as you enter the house.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT-ggOdPv18TQConxI9M5ThRWpWRPQpe6hm-gfP-SGp8PTegPs43QKm-capgoq2tCv5_KlolbecDpGrWYgVgTi2048LIQKh2BAcZBYFLgZUELqMJDLptV0iEOI8mh1X-jpnNhWIaCsuyK/s1600/IMG_7490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT-ggOdPv18TQConxI9M5ThRWpWRPQpe6hm-gfP-SGp8PTegPs43QKm-capgoq2tCv5_KlolbecDpGrWYgVgTi2048LIQKh2BAcZBYFLgZUELqMJDLptV0iEOI8mh1X-jpnNhWIaCsuyK/s640/IMG_7490.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hmmmmmmm</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I dug around in the basement and found some </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">more neutral colors and tested them on the wall.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I narrowed it down to these two </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and of course you see the blue on the right.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had a gallon and a half of the Lenox Tan HC-44 </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Benjamin Moore) on the left that I ended up choosing.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHrPM-Ap07mj6QNi8peF8mGYKUHmKNFXJlkGbvxJFtCFQkdnGk6ZVfxbb1gIXV0oDQDiXYILwoGBfS9ueEfCM85dWZD2KpHV0H99AJ-JtjzwwDWpfaNLfqyEUeWqAIYQV7fHAopC05Y8v/s1600/IMG_7620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHrPM-Ap07mj6QNi8peF8mGYKUHmKNFXJlkGbvxJFtCFQkdnGk6ZVfxbb1gIXV0oDQDiXYILwoGBfS9ueEfCM85dWZD2KpHV0H99AJ-JtjzwwDWpfaNLfqyEUeWqAIYQV7fHAopC05Y8v/s640/IMG_7620.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goodbye Dark and Dated Red!!!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I was a little sad that <span style="font-size: large;">afternoon</span> as I was painting </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that my blue idea was thrown out the window.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Miss Beaux came home from school and stood in the doorway </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">eating her snack and looked at the patch of wall next to the </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">window that still had the blue on it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> "Why don't you paint the window wall blue Mom?"  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such a genius she is!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGUKC-fLFONIxIDOWmWG6GdDZxLDc4M6_0LvvVwsuZBt87NP5B6DSkTcJHniDGvQ7SFh-x0oDEoFYJeBRiP1_-tdaJcQW8yHxyrO-7R-WVGLAhEf2-j0AUs1NYgA4ZZftw3OxnDdJHDEU/s1600/IMG_7639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGUKC-fLFONIxIDOWmWG6GdDZxLDc4M6_0LvvVwsuZBt87NP5B6DSkTcJHniDGvQ7SFh-x0oDEoFYJeBRiP1_-tdaJcQW8yHxyrO-7R-WVGLAhEf2-j0AUs1NYgA4ZZftw3OxnDdJHDEU/s640/IMG_7639.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Blue </span>is really not noticeable </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">until you are all the way in the room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is like a happy surprise!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How much brighter is this room now?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVsa548aven1XqJNpPkWwVsfwkMWR7LgddUlKnALfqovF7ZiDztTx5wwelBLGTMNL_4HGyLzJAF_PljpImPEv5VYieZse6O1VIlw5HmKXB3mYegFR4dhihdrn4QDJh0UXsMT6i6cDCc-f/s1600/IMG_7643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVsa548aven1XqJNpPkWwVsfwkMWR7LgddUlKnALfqovF7ZiDztTx5wwelBLGTMNL_4HGyLzJAF_PljpImPEv5VYieZse6O1VIlw5HmKXB3mYegFR4dhihdrn4QDJh0UXsMT6i6cDCc-f/s640/IMG_7643.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Of course, paint leads to new rugs and accessories.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is the natural order of things, right?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found this rug at Tuesday Morning.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to be a little less traditional in this room so that the </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">house would appeal to all buyers.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4nkR8VNU075Al5mr4bPEoTBNsfemItFl633YpX5YP6qN57nGtO6f5qg2x5HxswnFw_T3VQh-Z_LnCpKD9ORAuXJiE1PCepS-y6v7WVuUTJGkhqYynGAWyTMNzcxwiig8GMEHA2xoENeP/s1600/IMG_7620a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4nkR8VNU075Al5mr4bPEoTBNsfemItFl633YpX5YP6qN57nGtO6f5qg2x5HxswnFw_T3VQh-Z_LnCpKD9ORAuXJiE1PCepS-y6v7WVuUTJGkhqYynGAWyTMNzcxwiig8GMEHA2xoENeP/s640/IMG_7620a.jpg" width="534" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And I found some coordinating artwork at Home Goods.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Again, I went a little less traditional.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKB9NRNqnLZw0CjXypQCvdfN6ELbSO0F4jGmuqaWgguZqzQCOJQalqZXSD0JITKSJ2G54wMEUh8zM3PhsWtiR4OjIjT5idDV9oP575c6NirYL0zdTQ6g8BWiZKH4aaVI-Zv4RGClBFdHU/s1600/IMG_7649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKB9NRNqnLZw0CjXypQCvdfN6ELbSO0F4jGmuqaWgguZqzQCOJQalqZXSD0JITKSJ2G54wMEUh8zM3PhsWtiR4OjIjT5idDV9oP575c6NirYL0zdTQ6g8BWiZKH4aaVI-Zv4RGClBFdHU/s640/IMG_7649.jpg" width="618" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I added a new chambray blue chair </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">as the old chair was too bulky.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pt43vQMiPCv9xM1Zc3Ahvzrydi7ZfXGYkewZAGJ6-fLX9L08OqXsFnejXmpfx65szvnKufedCHd-ZngLSoXXO6e7NZpBj3Rn-wdJ-Qo5KjfmgaLBW8lIqToNarNdqQ5hNuDzB3PZxwuC/s1600/IMG_7648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pt43vQMiPCv9xM1Zc3Ahvzrydi7ZfXGYkewZAGJ6-fLX9L08OqXsFnejXmpfx65szvnKufedCHd-ZngLSoXXO6e7NZpBj3Rn-wdJ-Qo5KjfmgaLBW8lIqToNarNdqQ5hNuDzB3PZxwuC/s640/IMG_7648.jpg" width="584" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And a new lamp from Target with a graphic lampshade in the same blue tones.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08h9PDZR32YtoMPbZsmX69FhG8pvFl82IRMm0LlZ0TI9UBabbsuw7vSObxUDDdB_AxAdIq7nO9otHlandCu_hAC5u_M_W9NHTWSglm6kh1cwr_VkHPIyFuh6cQs8UYUWJvq65lY69cqkh/s1600/IMG_7623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08h9PDZR32YtoMPbZsmX69FhG8pvFl82IRMm0LlZ0TI9UBabbsuw7vSObxUDDdB_AxAdIq7nO9otHlandCu_hAC5u_M_W9NHTWSglm6kh1cwr_VkHPIyFuh6cQs8UYUWJvq65lY69cqkh/s640/IMG_7623.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I re-accessorized using things I already had. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMaVrEvas1hnA3bx0o5MdPujVxD1AgLJKleJxghIa4EM2fliY7UF1GlLxt-YwSnkL6mP8PlX4bDYxB0GrKojNabBtZtDk_4NdhWwll2Xwdb9tYR5u-kq2A7fbKnSp8zEq85SzmSDRVoMm/s1600/IMG_7646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMaVrEvas1hnA3bx0o5MdPujVxD1AgLJKleJxghIa4EM2fliY7UF1GlLxt-YwSnkL6mP8PlX4bDYxB0GrKojNabBtZtDk_4NdhWwll2Xwdb9tYR5u-kq2A7fbKnSp8zEq85SzmSDRVoMm/s640/IMG_7646.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And I am putting a huge fork in this room and calling it DONE!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wait!!!  Let's see a side by side Before and After!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYjRBgQGvEt1LyEpb01zaQYGiy1s5sNzXxRhZ72JDT6pzWeef5Hpn-ekVM5M9yWUFgse_RCPtbG859eWi8CvTE0l5AfRwB_BBL-heBPsyy4J1s6IM0Ujbq3mGAD0coI4axxdYjbloj-nc/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYjRBgQGvEt1LyEpb01zaQYGiy1s5sNzXxRhZ72JDT6pzWeef5Hpn-ekVM5M9yWUFgse_RCPtbG859eWi8CvTE0l5AfRwB_BBL-heBPsyy4J1s6IM0Ujbq3mGAD0coI4axxdYjbloj-nc/s640/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> What do you think?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><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: #999999;"><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: #999999;"><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: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #999999; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at:<br />Kim at <a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">SavvySouthern Style</a> for Wow Us Wednesdays   </span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  Judy at <a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/">DIY by Design</a></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; 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 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;">Courtney at <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">French Country Cottage</a> for Feathered Nest Friday<br />Heather and Vanessa 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> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Donna at <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Funky Junk Interiors</a> for Saturday Nite Special</span></span></span></i></span></span></div></div>

The Office ~ Another Room Finished

When we invited our Realtors over last Sunday  to talk about prices and dates and such,  we had them walk through the house  and give us the...

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