Entry Vignette~ A Balanced Look

<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/AVvXsEjWwOUxGMbZ-5E-crSzedpn17OclL5eOt-pIAGL7uIqQtnrIKai4Mnxpzp1H7CqVf2sejq_3Eofa5ej8kPu12ghN_DE1qi8ooAfR5z45iw29_XcXqt9sUmDw2WGmX3qkkg_HRbHEvSx0SYm/s1600/IMG_9273a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwOUxGMbZ-5E-crSzedpn17OclL5eOt-pIAGL7uIqQtnrIKai4Mnxpzp1H7CqVf2sejq_3Eofa5ej8kPu12ghN_DE1qi8ooAfR5z45iw29_XcXqt9sUmDw2WGmX3qkkg_HRbHEvSx0SYm/s1600/IMG_9273a.jpg" width="472" /></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;">Snow Day Today!  </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 have already been blasted </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 at least 7-8 inches of snow </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 the National News is even in Kansas City reporting!  </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 mind staying in though!  </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 have been working diligently on my quest </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 <b>"Lighten Up"</b> in 2014.  </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 thought I would show you my current 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;">in the Entry.  </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;">But before I do, </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 thought it might be fun </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 see some of my past vignettes for the same 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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGsasJhEcFEjR0ikGSIELUURRgZcnsFZhpBIfT3Lys2HE9m4eP4vGEcX_3PlqPnljcT52HB2tXY0AhmUwyiNY3HuLjJRF703R9UQFKceVD28AX8g3forLY7DegzSICHkXDQy2L2oEKw6r/s1600/IMG_8781.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGsasJhEcFEjR0ikGSIELUURRgZcnsFZhpBIfT3Lys2HE9m4eP4vGEcX_3PlqPnljcT52HB2tXY0AhmUwyiNY3HuLjJRF703R9UQFKceVD28AX8g3forLY7DegzSICHkXDQy2L2oEKw6r/s1600/IMG_8781.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;">This is what it looked like this past Christmas </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;">with my Carolers.  </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 the house was staged for sale </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 hung my two favorite </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;">landscape paintings behind the chest.</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/AVvXsEgno5AAU3jcWFEdGJ-KRsGjKyLbVx07g8coJAYb4SX7xdpW2XvW85sFP1v0MPifHXL7uiwz6u8tD0d1Tk7tz00mbHWdKLNBVGcX9IGbDwTIahdz2wVL7w0-KKamjvACTnrnQwI3rLuMftI/s1600/IMG_6292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgno5AAU3jcWFEdGJ-KRsGjKyLbVx07g8coJAYb4SX7xdpW2XvW85sFP1v0MPifHXL7uiwz6u8tD0d1Tk7tz00mbHWdKLNBVGcX9IGbDwTIahdz2wVL7w0-KKamjvACTnrnQwI3rLuMftI/s1600/IMG_6292.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;">This was one of my favorite Vignettes.   </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;">It is difficult to work with a curved staircase.  </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 am on the lookout for a round table </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;">to place here </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 haven't fallen in love with one yet...</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/AVvXsEipcPwthbfjTPQUdP3RTxt8_TSAfCkcqXgPmEoo0W_gBYYi2vY97qBeASTWSxZTM_98JqaKDduQUaFfiTqYOm8wRbeUEiQZ5CuV4syVLMctBMaktyzd_kCaR6SwFC9JpmcAWEzPU4ZmITeG/s1600/Vignette1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcPwthbfjTPQUdP3RTxt8_TSAfCkcqXgPmEoo0W_gBYYi2vY97qBeASTWSxZTM_98JqaKDduQUaFfiTqYOm8wRbeUEiQZ5CuV4syVLMctBMaktyzd_kCaR6SwFC9JpmcAWEzPU4ZmITeG/s1600/Vignette1.jpg" width="610" /></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 must have been a few Februarys ago.  </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/AVvXsEh4x5u2ZcG5Q1E7iXBdf_ASj88q9dEXfBbSiJGVg4ySe3wWG5_5s2tg0AmCy956QiJo9iauqcewiN-bIVTz6dagCysa8VTGsUoZHAlITQnNE_xspB1Qj2AzYAxK18X5NdqzJn4NiiKwjv4/s1600/IMG_5337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4x5u2ZcG5Q1E7iXBdf_ASj88q9dEXfBbSiJGVg4ySe3wWG5_5s2tg0AmCy956QiJo9iauqcewiN-bIVTz6dagCysa8VTGsUoZHAlITQnNE_xspB1Qj2AzYAxK18X5NdqzJn4NiiKwjv4/s1600/IMG_5337.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 here is an eclectic mix </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 put together for Fall. </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;">So, I have been thinking... </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 I want a more balanced </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 symmetrical look </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 change. </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/AVvXsEip1atmjz874htFzmSrpqMJdSqZRsYoojNRpC3a4GsVPZ3ofLbe9h0Adm65Uh_TFX3AAnQzs0Hnu9YCQSRSN8al59Zm3mts5qp3URN37dhqQrOWnER1439QlvdPYC8K_bAGtd5DhyF8YBP6/s1600/003f20200e0a8f0c19a0cec8a5b1dde3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1atmjz874htFzmSrpqMJdSqZRsYoojNRpC3a4GsVPZ3ofLbe9h0Adm65Uh_TFX3AAnQzs0Hnu9YCQSRSN8al59Zm3mts5qp3URN37dhqQrOWnER1439QlvdPYC8K_bAGtd5DhyF8YBP6/s1600/003f20200e0a8f0c19a0cec8a5b1dde3.jpg" width="502" /></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/" 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;"> Maybe something like this </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;">picture that I found on Pinterest. </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/AVvXsEis38D4p37uZH5-IQZFmFuyTf74BtGtEqZWzLth2yLwCdGWN5bSuSMocE7npJSgSIMEw2JBkVrSL3UO8RsHI6Y5IUZ42K6AmwCoZrK6XyM_CyxXmDOTUuR6L6WNh-7xbgF3NTD1QM_qfPnA/s1600/83a0f129c63ad0c23adf3148075506e4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis38D4p37uZH5-IQZFmFuyTf74BtGtEqZWzLth2yLwCdGWN5bSuSMocE7npJSgSIMEw2JBkVrSL3UO8RsHI6Y5IUZ42K6AmwCoZrK6XyM_CyxXmDOTUuR6L6WNh-7xbgF3NTD1QM_qfPnA/s1600/83a0f129c63ad0c23adf3148075506e4.jpg" width="512" /></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/" 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;">Or this gorgeous photo from Elle Decor.</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/AVvXsEhS_LDOqyGZMTpu_8F8F2qHvQviYpTkRlSWwFwdY5NyD1OkXMXVy2nQiBQV51JB8PJac23uYz9x_v3l8kbQZJxiM7K_IcfIbhBdzbcCcoQZaI2NdJZB7wNlklGkRHNO_h4kSt-lXXGF2oc7/s1600/IMG_9277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_LDOqyGZMTpu_8F8F2qHvQviYpTkRlSWwFwdY5NyD1OkXMXVy2nQiBQV51JB8PJac23uYz9x_v3l8kbQZJxiM7K_IcfIbhBdzbcCcoQZaI2NdJZB7wNlklGkRHNO_h4kSt-lXXGF2oc7/s1600/IMG_9277.jpg" width="426" /></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 I stole these two Ginger Jars </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;">from my Master Bedroom.  </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;">They were in the alcoves </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;">above the doors to my 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 love them there, but lets face it, </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;">not that many people </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;">are going in there and seeing them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxclP_dkVofBmK91chhoGYHLj-3_QGnpqD55bv57fMkQjvPZiUth2YWiJMA3f8tl1Ooxsn5GZjYKZDbQRFeoQTe7PyJrQ6q0KdYkxKN-BHxMdUs7gipDdTeUiYqU1OWF3aMyea9Q4OExJ/s1600/IMG_7537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxclP_dkVofBmK91chhoGYHLj-3_QGnpqD55bv57fMkQjvPZiUth2YWiJMA3f8tl1Ooxsn5GZjYKZDbQRFeoQTe7PyJrQ6q0KdYkxKN-BHxMdUs7gipDdTeUiYqU1OWF3aMyea9Q4OExJ/s1600/IMG_7537.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">They are too beautiful to be hidden.  </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/AVvXsEjnVbIdCv4WpWJCuyAJNgD4822-8hgUIsJXOWSTCN4zBvfx4VNT8HweAKKfhL10loUOPskEgr2UIAgEenFSBWh_TEjVxtJaBChcLV7nBAnwcGR8nUa4ZQAYKKh5WD5XhLukj__4pPvC5PZW/s1600/IMG_9273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVbIdCv4WpWJCuyAJNgD4822-8hgUIsJXOWSTCN4zBvfx4VNT8HweAKKfhL10loUOPskEgr2UIAgEenFSBWh_TEjVxtJaBChcLV7nBAnwcGR8nUa4ZQAYKKh5WD5XhLukj__4pPvC5PZW/s1600/IMG_9273.jpg" width="446" /></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;"><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 hung a mirror from the hallway over the chest.  </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't believe that I haven't put this mirror </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;">here before 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;">The dusty gold goes well </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 the colors of the chest.</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/AVvXsEhdW9iLjz6eHYoBDOM2kZEh1hooDrs-u7Slc8URiAf0JQqtexjqieg98P4GdDEHCDYKaeWTe4y1wSM6gMoilLgrNUuLD5aHh2aQFXzCmxz0dSiAzTvVoJVih5WM1IkLAFwTZM49RkmEMUQw/s1600/IMG_9270.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdW9iLjz6eHYoBDOM2kZEh1hooDrs-u7Slc8URiAf0JQqtexjqieg98P4GdDEHCDYKaeWTe4y1wSM6gMoilLgrNUuLD5aHh2aQFXzCmxz0dSiAzTvVoJVih5WM1IkLAFwTZM49RkmEMUQw/s1600/IMG_9270.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;">I have had this chest forever!  </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 was an impulse buy </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 model home that I was staging </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 looonnnngggg time 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;">I keep all of my linens here for the dining 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/AVvXsEgp0drK4SvBIZJHX4TruGy6jVI5FWqyqTSrkZuLyToVydGvANYOsBEp790q9rCUF_CKPqOMKxfylL5WAiVfkDfHrR4yDg5BlxAbDAgDhnyJf6_7hfKnVlONtCsp60q4FzXemD6aV2HFUUGq/s1600/IMG_9272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0drK4SvBIZJHX4TruGy6jVI5FWqyqTSrkZuLyToVydGvANYOsBEp790q9rCUF_CKPqOMKxfylL5WAiVfkDfHrR4yDg5BlxAbDAgDhnyJf6_7hfKnVlONtCsp60q4FzXemD6aV2HFUUGq/s1600/IMG_9272.jpg" width="426" /></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;">Balanced?  </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;">Yep!  </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 like the simplicity of it right 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;">as I am moving from room to 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;">rearranging everything.  </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 am sure that it won't stay this way for too long.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The last time we visited my Entry </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;">was when I refinished the blue and white chair.  </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/AVvXsEifD6IW_cIfA8i1Ai6v7hs4wcMNYitrDmjIsJs0eFNQnTPSSY7q-mmIA8Zujmhe2OPrWVfsGJLIKb5-DKRzgv4b-5y4T8zy5YIkix9mLC6jteNNgkjz_qzfZQaAqjgtuZWUErNI5RzMaYI/s1600/IMG_5493.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifD6IW_cIfA8i1Ai6v7hs4wcMNYitrDmjIsJs0eFNQnTPSSY7q-mmIA8Zujmhe2OPrWVfsGJLIKb5-DKRzgv4b-5y4T8zy5YIkix9mLC6jteNNgkjz_qzfZQaAqjgtuZWUErNI5RzMaYI/s640/IMG_5493.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;">I had mixed the lighter Annie Sloan Chalk Painted mirror </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 the chair with the dark chest.  </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 had reasons for doing this, </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;">reasons that didn't exactly pan out </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;">the way that I had hoped.  </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 wanted to find a pretty chest at an Estate Sale </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 I could refinish, but so far no luck.  </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 my friend says </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;">"Don't worry Cindy, it will come to you".  </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 know that she is right </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;">but in the meantime changes are in order.  </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 need the mirror for Christmas so let the changes begin!  </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/AVvXsEhPj8OAJGp-ZRM1wG22S1MVB2pmG8qzdCAtp4QWb-nFrFN0HiL31HUentv1XmNmKBCrsk4BNR3qBIUWkfNVd2RPQWfLQnIpnQM85xL3omcDvLj0g1By515O7_sWjzxISUJ0KZdTWpNElsc/s1600/IMG_6219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPj8OAJGp-ZRM1wG22S1MVB2pmG8qzdCAtp4QWb-nFrFN0HiL31HUentv1XmNmKBCrsk4BNR3qBIUWkfNVd2RPQWfLQnIpnQM85xL3omcDvLj0g1By515O7_sWjzxISUJ0KZdTWpNElsc/s640/IMG_6219.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;">I took everything apart and moved the chest </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;">into the middle of the curved space.  </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 would love to have a round table for this space!  </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'll keep looking...  </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;">The trouble with the curve </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;">is that now the chest is too far away from 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 any pictures that I hang will be off center.  </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, I tweaked it just a tad to the right and angled it slightly.  </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/AVvXsEj8Q8ghB0avjqzzKR_q6nVbew3qAErygvCWaK2lYpJv1znI9zTX2QSMLyMFEJl1J1fmmZxOxMCJThFifPhZl_m2f4Y-Z2z_4GwJvZt7noZy8tRTItG2WeYszTEDgRPqVKyAFRRa63Liz4Q/s1600/IMG_6293a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q8ghB0avjqzzKR_q6nVbew3qAErygvCWaK2lYpJv1znI9zTX2QSMLyMFEJl1J1fmmZxOxMCJThFifPhZl_m2f4Y-Z2z_4GwJvZt7noZy8tRTItG2WeYszTEDgRPqVKyAFRRa63Liz4Q/s640/IMG_6293a.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;">I found these two lovely prints at an Estate Sale </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;">one Saturday morning with my BFF.  </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;">Shhhhhhh! </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;">Don't tell anyone but we were just messing around </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 kill time and get out of the 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;">So we grabbed a Starbucks and headed out to <b>ANY</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;">Estate sale that we could find.  </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 one happened to be pretty far out in the country </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;">but we didn't care.  </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 just talk and talk and talk...  </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;">Well, you know what Saturday is at Estate Sales right?  </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>HALF OFF DAY!!!</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;">So, my lovely prints were only $7.50 apiece.  </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/AVvXsEgKjMsIFLFCT_Gs6r4_fQFbq9Xij3BLt3dSmulEM8DcfMslriHRrIVC1xSih82bYi-xcmyIy8ETy7pf9nfxL5rulBdRBQVIh6ZHnWw1AIx3-g3HyRKibJxM59bJdhoH_jhqLXi5yySTExc/s1600/IMG_6293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjMsIFLFCT_Gs6r4_fQFbq9Xij3BLt3dSmulEM8DcfMslriHRrIVC1xSih82bYi-xcmyIy8ETy7pf9nfxL5rulBdRBQVIh6ZHnWw1AIx3-g3HyRKibJxM59bJdhoH_jhqLXi5yySTExc/s640/IMG_6293.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;">I added other artwork that I already had </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 the same black and gold theme </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 few Initials that were lying around.  </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 attached black grosgrain ribbon to the prints </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;">because they had two picture hooks on the back and </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 <b>NEVER</b> hang them up straight.  </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 think it is a decorative solution don't you?  </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;">The pretty map is handmade from our trip to Italy that I had framed here at home.  </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 href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPyOuRd2caHjN4xoipUPXWpzxP7KhWuQL0gzKw_ZQ3o1igMf7x1K6iFquJ9Iog2kPw78rDM83544hkdmU3Mum3amTPxrPFfwYuc52MV5Iu8yPhf_KQh9HrWtDSJVAPyhOqKOfozl3rbI/s1600/IMG_6296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPyOuRd2caHjN4xoipUPXWpzxP7KhWuQL0gzKw_ZQ3o1igMf7x1K6iFquJ9Iog2kPw78rDM83544hkdmU3Mum3amTPxrPFfwYuc52MV5Iu8yPhf_KQh9HrWtDSJVAPyhOqKOfozl3rbI/s640/IMG_6296.jpg" width="572" /></a><br />I put some personal photos that I have out on the chest.  </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 my Nana and Pop-pop when they were first married.  It's a photocopy because I didn't want to ruin the original photo.  The black and gold frame holds a photo of us from Scotland.  Too bad I couldn't get Mr. Beaux in a Kilt.  </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 think they are Sexy!  </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/AVvXsEhRTGStqK6okEjZkOAiK4FBWGF-fboy6ciJpbDb-c_rnWtf3OjWwHpJ7nIZoCOqOf7ISj4EPsc2rODFncogupkmNKfWcKs_s-p9fw2ighmv-QZeLVM9xKamg0-mT2hZrFSevBZZpd0-E4c/s1600/IMG_6299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTGStqK6okEjZkOAiK4FBWGF-fboy6ciJpbDb-c_rnWtf3OjWwHpJ7nIZoCOqOf7ISj4EPsc2rODFncogupkmNKfWcKs_s-p9fw2ighmv-QZeLVM9xKamg0-mT2hZrFSevBZZpd0-E4c/s640/IMG_6299.jpg" width="572" /></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;">My Estate Sale Bouill<span style="font-size: large;">o</span>tte Lamp is my new favorite.  </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 looks right at home here on this chest.  </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 finally found a place for my tortoise shell </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 top of a few old books.  </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 threw in this floral plate to brighten </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 soften up the vignette.  I</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;">t keeps it from getting too dark and predictable.  </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/AVvXsEhba2EO5yBTpjN1gqh-sQBNIamwXe7IFlz_mXyYwshsAjBcupvyRCAHDRBPX4IcXEaq30Ln0wI5_Mhz_l1J16aeYD2b-5x9MDi08Hb1PYEUe3YDhi5PaFyFB3bhgnEWFJVxmEALYJUF7CU/s1600/IMG_6297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhba2EO5yBTpjN1gqh-sQBNIamwXe7IFlz_mXyYwshsAjBcupvyRCAHDRBPX4IcXEaq30Ln0wI5_Mhz_l1J16aeYD2b-5x9MDi08Hb1PYEUe3YDhi5PaFyFB3bhgnEWFJVxmEALYJUF7CU/s640/IMG_6297.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;">Of course you know that I always have to add </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;">something shiny to my displays.  </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 filled this champagne bucket with white roses and greens from Costco.  I will have a tutorial for you tomorrow. </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 href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgno5AAU3jcWFEdGJ-KRsGjKyLbVx07g8coJAYb4SX7xdpW2XvW85sFP1v0MPifHXL7uiwz6u8tD0d1Tk7tz00mbHWdKLNBVGcX9IGbDwTIahdz2wVL7w0-KKamjvACTnrnQwI3rLuMftI/s1600/IMG_6292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgno5AAU3jcWFEdGJ-KRsGjKyLbVx07g8coJAYb4SX7xdpW2XvW85sFP1v0MPifHXL7uiwz6u8tD0d1Tk7tz00mbHWdKLNBVGcX9IGbDwTIahdz2wVL7w0-KKamjvACTnrnQwI3rLuMftI/s640/IMG_6292.jpg" width="640" /></a>  Don't Blink because the Entry <span style="font-size: large;">W</span>ay </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;">won't stay this way for 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;">Christmas decorating will be starting soon!  </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;">Thanks for stopping by!</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></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">sharing at: </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Susan's Tablescape Thursday </a></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><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></span></span></span></b><span style="color: #666666;"><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;">Poutpourri Friday at <a href="http://twenty-eight-0-five.blogspot.com/">2805</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />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><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></span></span></i> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span>  <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></span><br /><span><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></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div></div>

New Entry Vignette

The last time we visited my Entry  was when I refinished the blue and white chair.   I had mixed the lighter Annie Sloan Chalk Painted mirro...

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Fall Decor~Bridging the Season

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">~Bridging the Season~ </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">What does that mean?  Well, it's kind of like your wardrobe, maybe it's not quite fall weather but you don't want to wear bright Summer colors anymore. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> It's kind of easing into Fall.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Don't get me wrong!  I Love Fall Decorating!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'm just not ready for an explosion of fall leaves, pumpkins and lots of red, golds and greens yet. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> So, I'm easing into Fall </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">starting with my Entry table.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzgZpR2ykbPM9qQ3dPMfzQJy2LIhZv9npo6abBwgFB47CZ0rlMcwdI_-HDR3HKZwTcutLtbXIh4R145Vr8GGu_dvSYm5_lu_d7_9ge7XGsrJ5s06wWPIQF2372o69_fQdPogzSxuOEMA/s1600/IMG_5343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzgZpR2ykbPM9qQ3dPMfzQJy2LIhZv9npo6abBwgFB47CZ0rlMcwdI_-HDR3HKZwTcutLtbXIh4R145Vr8GGu_dvSYm5_lu_d7_9ge7XGsrJ5s06wWPIQF2372o69_fQdPogzSxuOEMA/s640/IMG_5343.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My inspiration</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> (cause everyone needs a little inspiration, right?)</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> was this chocolate brown and creamy white pumpkin. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> My good friend gave me this beauty</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> for my birthday last week. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> She really knows what I like!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Isn't it the cutest?  So of course I had to use it right away.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPtVGlcFU1daPhjedFM3pO_YvJMpeLpaR1zUWXfsaodNlG9YNwDBIcwqZmlJrD5h14QNdlfVbnX4akeI1Suq5f1X0O_LcJB2lxWG3RT8fL8gT5PFu8Vt_iLeDaF5F2ngeiwWNsO-8-Fo/s1600/IMG_5342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPtVGlcFU1daPhjedFM3pO_YvJMpeLpaR1zUWXfsaodNlG9YNwDBIcwqZmlJrD5h14QNdlfVbnX4akeI1Suq5f1X0O_LcJB2lxWG3RT8fL8gT5PFu8Vt_iLeDaF5F2ngeiwWNsO-8-Fo/s640/IMG_5342.jpg" width="350" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I searched around in my basement storage/staging area for colors that would compliment the pumpkin.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to keep it simple and only use cream, beige, green and a touch of the turquoise that runs throughout the main living areas.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVhFPr0LKZnn-TmD_O7Zb-N3FBT1daBNyCItQvN1KxYRPpyD7EybP_xYAhLq9zQpDCyMcJ0U1ctTXNOy7AFvgwpes_urgng_InNAIspcPdxB6My_2WxAMocXkGsf9eKgjFCbUx7Faya8/s1600/IMG_5345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVhFPr0LKZnn-TmD_O7Zb-N3FBT1daBNyCItQvN1KxYRPpyD7EybP_xYAhLq9zQpDCyMcJ0U1ctTXNOy7AFvgwpes_urgng_InNAIspcPdxB6My_2WxAMocXkGsf9eKgjFCbUx7Faya8/s640/IMG_5345.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have this weathered lantern that I placed a floral arrangement into and a grape vine wreath hangs on the edge.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I love the top of the lantern, I think it looks like an acorn top. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhti6wuuFvoo3r66wMWmt6JDPLdVnGs8ClxZeyAKT3x-8UCxiyXbViv4q7ENiJ0uDwP_Fm6Ibsgh_YLiDSYjykCUNWcLTsY_xFW6kQreMt2HFBMGrwZAOlizENaE30DtD5KXM_YII4Jpm8/s1600/IMG_5338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhti6wuuFvoo3r66wMWmt6JDPLdVnGs8ClxZeyAKT3x-8UCxiyXbViv4q7ENiJ0uDwP_Fm6Ibsgh_YLiDSYjykCUNWcLTsY_xFW6kQreMt2HFBMGrwZAOlizENaE30DtD5KXM_YII4Jpm8/s640/IMG_5338.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This is the cute plate that I got for a steal at Nell Hills during the Summer Sale.  It previously had sea shells and sand in it.  White pumpkins and acorns are taking their place.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_lL-ROnZXZn0jlQBBGgGlae3uYROWiXfJXj4VbW9Z4bszpeW0nlNL0UbYmiYyYvIcvWdH-ZUXX48OCgDwR6bMmpPybLkiHnMVcMOrUCn3BA6jcfy30Q8mQhnSf3cIhgYcfmcDdnpDhc/s1600/IMG_5350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_lL-ROnZXZn0jlQBBGgGlae3uYROWiXfJXj4VbW9Z4bszpeW0nlNL0UbYmiYyYvIcvWdH-ZUXX48OCgDwR6bMmpPybLkiHnMVcMOrUCn3BA6jcfy30Q8mQhnSf3cIhgYcfmcDdnpDhc/s640/IMG_5350.jpg" width="404" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I placed this parsons chair here for now with a few pillows from my pillow stash.  I am working on another chair for this space but Mr. Parson will have to do for now.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBRhGc8RM4lFqfYBebVdl1e5BD-1uJvcGMSlj89t22-i5L0LUU_d3BLk4RHF9gacn46szn1Xs-X1lQ8TWCthlO0CiOGt9HP5d5eEkeLPePB-NOMMjp1_lORkPpTC4KgNBBZYagWljniE/s1600/IMG_5337a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBRhGc8RM4lFqfYBebVdl1e5BD-1uJvcGMSlj89t22-i5L0LUU_d3BLk4RHF9gacn46szn1Xs-X1lQ8TWCthlO0CiOGt9HP5d5eEkeLPePB-NOMMjp1_lORkPpTC4KgNBBZYagWljniE/s640/IMG_5337a.jpg" width="620" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I put up my ASCP mirror over the chest and stole a lamp from my buffet table.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4x5u2ZcG5Q1E7iXBdf_ASj88q9dEXfBbSiJGVg4ySe3wWG5_5s2tg0AmCy956QiJo9iauqcewiN-bIVTz6dagCysa8VTGsUoZHAlITQnNE_xspB1Qj2AzYAxK18X5NdqzJn4NiiKwjv4/s1600/IMG_5337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4x5u2ZcG5Q1E7iXBdf_ASj88q9dEXfBbSiJGVg4ySe3wWG5_5s2tg0AmCy956QiJo9iauqcewiN-bIVTz6dagCysa8VTGsUoZHAlITQnNE_xspB1Qj2AzYAxK18X5NdqzJn4NiiKwjv4/s640/IMG_5337.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Simple, Easy, Bridging the Season Fall Decor!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe now we will get some almost Fall weather. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Crossing my fingers in the 97 degree heat!</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy</span></i><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Sharing at :</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://diyshowoff.com/" target="_blank">DIY Showoff</a>~ Fall Festival </i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i> <span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marty at <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/">A Stroll Thru Life</a> for Tabletop Tuesday</span></span></i></span> </i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i><i><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/" target="_blank">StoneGable</a>~Tutorials,Tips and Tidbits </i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i><i>Sherry at <a href="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/">No Minimalist Here</a> for the Open House Party on Thursdays</i><br /><i> </i><i>Gina at <a href="http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/">The Shabby Creek Cottage</a> for Transformation Thursdays</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Susan's Tablescape Thursday  </a></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i> <a href="http://frommyfrontporchtoyours.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">From My Front Porch To Yours</a> for Treasure Hunt Thursday</i><br /><i>Poutpourri Friday at <a href="http://twenty-eight-0-five.blogspot.com/">2805</a></i><i><br /> Cindy at <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/">My Romantic Home</a>for Show and Tell Friday<br />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 />Diann at <a href="http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com/">The Thrifty Groove</a> for Thrifty Things Friday<br />Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground</a> for Vintage Inspiration Friday<br />Sherry at<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/"> The Charm of Home</a> for Home Sweet Home Friday</i><i><br />Jen at <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a>for the Weekend Wrap-up Party <br />Donna at <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Funky Junk Interiors</a> for Saturday Nite Special</i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></div>

Fall Decor~Bridging the Season

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