Welcome Spring!

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I've had ENOUGH winter!</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  And we have only had about 2 inches of snow this year. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Can you tell that I am a transplanted Californian? </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/AVvXsEjIVRvpGsvzebJTrNEhXhdiNxpz1m4wMimIucVw7Zs1tDhx4iNAKulx6KcxQNlnfeyDlgYhc2R53qapE9BLt5Boric98ZHTgqDOslm4BUfPpvJ3yoe1v6VTEyAL93804FUbHDmgD8KtC2AH/s1600/IMG_3240-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVRvpGsvzebJTrNEhXhdiNxpz1m4wMimIucVw7Zs1tDhx4iNAKulx6KcxQNlnfeyDlgYhc2R53qapE9BLt5Boric98ZHTgqDOslm4BUfPpvJ3yoe1v6VTEyAL93804FUbHDmgD8KtC2AH/s640/IMG_3240-001.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 finally bit the Bullet and painted Chalkboard Paint onto a Silver Platter that I found at an Estate Sale</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> for$10.00.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It is now my absolute Favorite!!!</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/AVvXsEhGjdJ8qCHMFAv2XXiX4tmb0HHV2K9YxQZsHRR4w96ixjjNp0uXudySczmHoMenjFnzHZI0AMNzc25j3BlOaik8U_c-PL7l0x_EV77AcGlBKWQ9upekI0Bh95ib3C1zCEj-_EPs_ci62CII/s1600/IMG_3236-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjdJ8qCHMFAv2XXiX4tmb0HHV2K9YxQZsHRR4w96ixjjNp0uXudySczmHoMenjFnzHZI0AMNzc25j3BlOaik8U_c-PL7l0x_EV77AcGlBKWQ9upekI0Bh95ib3C1zCEj-_EPs_ci62CII/s640/IMG_3236-001.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 created a semi-tablescape although  I mostly want to show you my recent finds. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Is that cheating? </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/AVvXsEjhG4DGOd1rqm89aqM8fh16Ml3P6wzT_owyZTIs2weeumKrF5yDvduGnLcuVJ2KcGMWsaanU1KE_J7rrsw0rxP9C33s-HY_1WB_qmbCB1qUBEFeTOBDd5x1Bn7aAmkielPRb3mz_ccwsEQf/s1600/IMG_3238-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhG4DGOd1rqm89aqM8fh16Ml3P6wzT_owyZTIs2weeumKrF5yDvduGnLcuVJ2KcGMWsaanU1KE_J7rrsw0rxP9C33s-HY_1WB_qmbCB1qUBEFeTOBDd5x1Bn7aAmkielPRb3mz_ccwsEQf/s640/IMG_3238-001.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 found this cute little Bunny Candle at Tuesday Morning last week.  I like how natural looking he is on top of the moss nest from Nell Hill's. </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/AVvXsEgyHb0JvIPMCj3b5IhYAq0Tgxwo8lIXN9Ii_EENXRm6V_WUwiIWKMwGXEWJ_t8UYV2cxW4Stob8yKB8zDrU8MycKs-eMRuNmBp8uWPCJpioXtAaGnxxozaM5-4NroqxV_odpzB86F4rNP-p/s1600/IMG_3243-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHb0JvIPMCj3b5IhYAq0Tgxwo8lIXN9Ii_EENXRm6V_WUwiIWKMwGXEWJ_t8UYV2cxW4Stob8yKB8zDrU8MycKs-eMRuNmBp8uWPCJpioXtAaGnxxozaM5-4NroqxV_odpzB86F4rNP-p/s640/IMG_3243-001.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;">Huge Score!</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  I went to two Estate Sales last week and picked up a set of these Hummingbird dishes by American Atelier for $25.oo.  I'll be using them in a full tablescape soon!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And, I scored 12 Bordallo Pinheiro plates at another Estate Sale for $39.00. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I always kind of get the creeps when I go to an Estate Sale.  But my dear friend Kristy always assured me </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">that "they just downsized and went to Florida!". </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> At least they are assured that their things have found a loving new "home".  </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/AVvXsEjgHDpaH6hR4JSGSYcw8N6BI5OYYXx08F-G9mh9UBK3yCflX_o2s4PqbvNd-y4ebruoWuvwaGAdqIlSstRqURbRZs52qS433GPbO4zll3Zc43hYWXdjOteClIW2wVGltpSOKmMoCh3Uafuc/s1600/IMG_3251-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHDpaH6hR4JSGSYcw8N6BI5OYYXx08F-G9mh9UBK3yCflX_o2s4PqbvNd-y4ebruoWuvwaGAdqIlSstRqURbRZs52qS433GPbO4zll3Zc43hYWXdjOteClIW2wVGltpSOKmMoCh3Uafuc/s640/IMG_3251-001.JPG" width="616" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Does it count that I "found" these Milk Glass pieces while cleaning out my Pantry?  See <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/02/spring-cleaning-week.html" target="_blank">Here</a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">They belonged to Mr. Beaux's Grandmother.  </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/AVvXsEjd6FOZ9w2rh7Kn5AJMzHzOi-NGucWfkDyL8PGPSEOhK6badEluI3q44oEB9v-7gUiOHCIqfRR_YKUVDjYxaWIfJFHSwX59ZAcbAd1JFCYK31rSM595pNHC280IP8DQlH8y62EDko6TzvPw/s1600/IMG_3245-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6FOZ9w2rh7Kn5AJMzHzOi-NGucWfkDyL8PGPSEOhK6badEluI3q44oEB9v-7gUiOHCIqfRR_YKUVDjYxaWIfJFHSwX59ZAcbAd1JFCYK31rSM595pNHC280IP8DQlH8y62EDko6TzvPw/s640/IMG_3245-001.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 sweet teacup was a Mother's Day gift from Miss Beaux.  She picked it out at Anthropologie. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> She knows what I like!</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/AVvXsEgm2KlzABTC2trhUg6Qnijh8hOULd3fmlLomGIHS3o2XMOFoSY5x19IZFhHCIWiOWEMxVx0KZ6lqPgzeNvN40NQHPLd9tKfMAZaXRoBr32ZndDdGpbDKiKZRESlMdc8aLjGLPDQvbo-7q4q/s1600/IMG_3246-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2KlzABTC2trhUg6Qnijh8hOULd3fmlLomGIHS3o2XMOFoSY5x19IZFhHCIWiOWEMxVx0KZ6lqPgzeNvN40NQHPLd9tKfMAZaXRoBr32ZndDdGpbDKiKZRESlMdc8aLjGLPDQvbo-7q4q/s640/IMG_3246-001.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;">See how the leaves repeat on the saucer</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> and the Cabbage plate...</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/AVvXsEh76G_B8qhaRNJOFcFTG76I0bdr-nj4ivAiuAy_tmFv8FLjyvCPG6oq8Kqaj8q7fOpVkYzZgMU2FkHEleiy-9M31FVzZzlc55RfXnGxA9SLNDo9IO7JZqJnc-kPw8KavtStTgoyigUoo3M8/s1600/IMG_3249-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76G_B8qhaRNJOFcFTG76I0bdr-nj4ivAiuAy_tmFv8FLjyvCPG6oq8Kqaj8q7fOpVkYzZgMU2FkHEleiy-9M31FVzZzlc55RfXnGxA9SLNDo9IO7JZqJnc-kPw8KavtStTgoyigUoo3M8/s640/IMG_3249-001.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 no idea how old these plates are but they sure are pretty resting atop my Butler's Pantry white dishes. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Black checked napkins are from ?? </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/AVvXsEhZQXBJxGPj3Bp-Wk0i5dy_Dlqc1W1xp8N5F57cbQge38neet0C1IQhj29UQ8TusGmb0dFeTfurWSdo-b-jnKbeiGGVdmwVKhkuYgwKWaOs1zknCbMA3rY6fwJ-YoOGB5N5HK68MjoqDm2w/s1600/IMG_3252-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQXBJxGPj3Bp-Wk0i5dy_Dlqc1W1xp8N5F57cbQge38neet0C1IQhj29UQ8TusGmb0dFeTfurWSdo-b-jnKbeiGGVdmwVKhkuYgwKWaOs1zknCbMA3rY6fwJ-YoOGB5N5HK68MjoqDm2w/s640/IMG_3252-001.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;">The flowers I bought last week are still hanging around. </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 Costco flowers!</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> They are the freshest and the best price!</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;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux 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Welcome Spring!

 I've had ENOUGH winter!  And we have only had about 2 inches of snow this year.  Can you tell that I am a transplanted Californian? I finally bit the Bullet and painted Chalkboard Paint onto a Silver Platter that I found at an Estate Sale for$10.00.  It is now my absolute Favorite!!!I have created…

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Cafe Shelves Tutorial

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Hump Day!  </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the last couple of months, I've received quite a few e-mails asking how I made the cafe shelves in our kitchen.  Sooo, I thought I'd take a moment to I share what I did!  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Honestly, I can't take any credit for how I made them.  I simply followed Traci's(Beneath My Heart) fabulous <a href="http://www.beneathmyheart.net/2009/08/cafe-shelf-tutorial-and-giveaway/">tutorial</a>.  In fact, you can just go ahead and stop reading my post now and head on over to read her super easy-to-follow steps!  BUT, if you choose to keep reading my post first, h</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ere are my "ingredients:"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">1 handsome hubby and friend/neighbor ("the handy fireman")</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">1 crazy decorator</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">3 kids</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">3 1x12s (that were cut by the nice folks at Home Depot down to 30" long)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">2 long pieces of case molding of your choice</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">6 corbels of your choice</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Miter Saw</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wood Glue</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Finishing Nails</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Zinsser Primer</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">150 sanding block</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">AS Old White chalk paint</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">AS clear wax</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hot Tub</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Cocktail of your choice</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">First step was to convince handsome hubby and "the handy fireman" to take the cabinet down (oops, and, yes, folks you can see that I'm a lazy painter who never painted the inside of her cabinet doors):</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStOPGngf1MGfuL_gKQ0FhpHeNzax6d1RBGlDA-QlS8L9EqaEF_7FWDNWKTwttkDyjmkFbWmM0Nmtymkv_zCrXd1e4A4-wY6em_kfvcr_Nf9K1HSDkz0Z_8Tc-zhKkxxOpXeloqwqIymk/s1600/shelvestutefellas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStOPGngf1MGfuL_gKQ0FhpHeNzax6d1RBGlDA-QlS8L9EqaEF_7FWDNWKTwttkDyjmkFbWmM0Nmtymkv_zCrXd1e4A4-wY6em_kfvcr_Nf9K1HSDkz0Z_8Tc-zhKkxxOpXeloqwqIymk/s400/shelvestutefellas.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">While they did this, I set up shop in the garage with my supplies (having already primed my shelves).  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XD8W0qBZ3ZfTCjiZ87ZHJ7sytDMDqAI1BkftVMeIhy_-pvN6sML8CnKMkbikTsBXLwOhI5WC1O_B-w6BpkTvHx6UJ9T4NcYs_0m-il1jQpee0865nbFb9v94ylC9ytGgitipXth6SgY/s1600/shelvestutesaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XD8W0qBZ3ZfTCjiZ87ZHJ7sytDMDqAI1BkftVMeIhy_-pvN6sML8CnKMkbikTsBXLwOhI5WC1O_B-w6BpkTvHx6UJ9T4NcYs_0m-il1jQpee0865nbFb9v94ylC9ytGgitipXth6SgY/s400/shelvestutesaw.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the cabinet was down, it looked like this (ugh):</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjM-9zYh0Qg5Bnf7vAsA92iu0lIyQvffO7s1EQvuWIjgKziltATZ4F87-QnjylyPHYMs3vWGYqr9A6xd6nfCa3Cj9wfPqyZYfuJnpYogUVAazGUjT5ox76tE_M4zcJQ8AbqSNOKkiRV8/s1600/shelvestutedrywall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjM-9zYh0Qg5Bnf7vAsA92iu0lIyQvffO7s1EQvuWIjgKziltATZ4F87-QnjylyPHYMs3vWGYqr9A6xd6nfCa3Cj9wfPqyZYfuJnpYogUVAazGUjT5ox76tE_M4zcJQ8AbqSNOKkiRV8/s400/shelvestutedrywall.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was worried that we were going to have to paint the entire 18' high wall all over again, but was pleasantly surprised that after my handsome hubby spackled and sanded, and I painted, you couldn't tell that we only painted the exposed dry wall (SW Ivoire)!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwLAd71PUAIwDTNBdP7Ba7l0T8Z3Tl9BUg3k47M_Ggh9YDPAnU9ZJgsmBm7y3KP_AvsCdJthC7iiMWggQ7OGigu6VshIBkYITPZnjB_0S2oAN8-9C4IIzQMB45mLDXPZCbveZSYqh03w/s1600/shelvestutorialpaint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwLAd71PUAIwDTNBdP7Ba7l0T8Z3Tl9BUg3k47M_Ggh9YDPAnU9ZJgsmBm7y3KP_AvsCdJthC7iiMWggQ7OGigu6VshIBkYITPZnjB_0S2oAN8-9C4IIzQMB45mLDXPZCbveZSYqh03w/s400/shelvestutorialpaint.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, the hardest part ... cutting the case molding, especially because I had never used a miter saw before!  After practicing on extra wood making the 45 degree cuts (and failing miserably), I decided to let the true *professionals* handle it ... kids rule!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-dWIvUtlbUSyXPAr-dJmvQhPlRfdF9vqjKrnMZJFkbG6OQTv-rYmDlaZDbTGBhO4L13kbor94C-Vd5i-Jc-YkHGNqo_6O_7thx6dG4zs7rc00bTwt32M0CND10xy4fn1dztuZOPVFg8/s1600/shelvestutekids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-dWIvUtlbUSyXPAr-dJmvQhPlRfdF9vqjKrnMZJFkbG6OQTv-rYmDlaZDbTGBhO4L13kbor94C-Vd5i-Jc-YkHGNqo_6O_7thx6dG4zs7rc00bTwt32M0CND10xy4fn1dztuZOPVFg8/s400/shelvestutekids.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seriously, though, once I (and a neighbor) figured out which way to angle the saw in order for the corners to sit flush against one another, it went really smoothly (although, your arms will ache after you're done ... this is where the hot tub and a drink came in handy)!  LOL</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqNH1DBKg8SiqhFYo_K-t5PPDfx9EJgL1voymXUQwwPgm9DlNwWXbpuRFczwjQB-Y42Vpmsfiukeq-pYAwqoeCvurVazlBGwqdIjgQr9z2dtqRMopsivAZL7HBBHT6SDyhrnfM3ivqCg/s1600/patiohottub1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqNH1DBKg8SiqhFYo_K-t5PPDfx9EJgL1voymXUQwwPgm9DlNwWXbpuRFczwjQB-Y42Vpmsfiukeq-pYAwqoeCvurVazlBGwqdIjgQr9z2dtqRMopsivAZL7HBBHT6SDyhrnfM3ivqCg/s400/patiohottub1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the cuts were made for each shelf, I simply added wood glue to the back of the longest piece of molding and pressed it against the front of the shelf.  While I held it, my hubby added five finishing nails.  We then did the same for each side piece (only adding three finishing nails to the side pieces).  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After that was complete, I added a fingertip full of spackle to each nail hole ... sanded after the spackle was dry and then painted the shelves with AS Old White chalk paint (propping each one up on various soup cans), followed by distressing and waxing.  I did the same to the corbels, as well:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QXJ0xZ3CoifCVrP-qDj2Ua7Qg3omgYs8i447PnhX-qWPzmAhWNXza4hCzrCBsRZSJjDx5Ci4o_hJkQ33fW3g1sX9ce1Ayvtz-Jt-FT2tLzxTBfAez7Vxx4p-YXTAGkh-ZAkDeihLf3c/s1600/shelvestutedry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QXJ0xZ3CoifCVrP-qDj2Ua7Qg3omgYs8i447PnhX-qWPzmAhWNXza4hCzrCBsRZSJjDx5Ci4o_hJkQ33fW3g1sX9ce1Ayvtz-Jt-FT2tLzxTBfAez7Vxx4p-YXTAGkh-ZAkDeihLf3c/s400/shelvestutedry.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After they were dry, it was time to hang them.  This was the second hardest part because I am OCD when it comes to measurements being exact (and I fail miserably getting said exact measurements on the first, second and even fifth *trys* (lol) ... that's when the frustation come into play.  In fact, I'm surprised that this picture isn't out of focus from my husband laughing at my use of "not so pleasant" language as he took the picture.  I ended up placing the corbels 7" apart.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibR5tnE5i4-c25_xXmbQfKJrqA77TIED3gyTqDqcjlOa3YdfaFsru1wNHlwaZf2qUGcFXZ1FG9jNjZ7TiE4ZSS1z8gXcZhDKvZ3tEHXTtIYtT08fOOr2mLQR5e6r3ZYMDOqEs8h9rhSOI/s1600/shelvestuteme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibR5tnE5i4-c25_xXmbQfKJrqA77TIED3gyTqDqcjlOa3YdfaFsru1wNHlwaZf2qUGcFXZ1FG9jNjZ7TiE4ZSS1z8gXcZhDKvZ3tEHXTtIYtT08fOOr2mLQR5e6r3ZYMDOqEs8h9rhSOI/s400/shelvestuteme.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After I mounted all of the corbels, I placed the shelves on top and added two flat head screws (one on each side towards the back, seated into the corbels) so that the shelves would sit firmly in place.  Once that was done, then came the fun part ... accessorizing!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let's look back one more time ... BEFORE:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-vJniD9jZA48QaiQecg9c3XDUUrLhv0SXWASmxQxSs9U2FoGbpuQid2VcvhTcLq37jqYlgz6XVnd13M2dYRRUfHN5TaIUlnTgSSXFtna672ORRw1InV5sHynrLAomhjfjQTGzBE4zHs/s1600/shelvestutebefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-vJniD9jZA48QaiQecg9c3XDUUrLhv0SXWASmxQxSs9U2FoGbpuQid2VcvhTcLq37jqYlgz6XVnd13M2dYRRUfHN5TaIUlnTgSSXFtna672ORRw1InV5sHynrLAomhjfjQTGzBE4zHs/s400/shelvestutebefore.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AFTER: Here is how they look today, with splashes of Easter added:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7x6V9moFtR9DBAVyd8rN2iiZeFMG5vb3ndACAGvmHldtfhfcwteCt_E1RYLn2thn6Rz_MGuMyrtbhcnUstJeGm8j8SOtNKeTsDdNrYSV4FOV64yryKfWitGztxpVMWx__JrvNhVkTrw/s1600/shelvestuteafter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7x6V9moFtR9DBAVyd8rN2iiZeFMG5vb3ndACAGvmHldtfhfcwteCt_E1RYLn2thn6Rz_MGuMyrtbhcnUstJeGm8j8SOtNKeTsDdNrYSV4FOV64yryKfWitGztxpVMWx__JrvNhVkTrw/s640/shelvestuteafter.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, I leave you with this ... if there is a place ANYwhere in your home where you've wanted to add shelves or just a blank space and you're not sure *what* to add ... truly consider adding cafe shelves that you can build yourSELF.  If I can make them ... YOU can ... I promise (but, if you need to borrow my husband and/or Jax and his precious buddies, you may)!  LOL!  And, don't forget to check out Traci's tutorial (linked above)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for stopping by!  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/248/3B01215062574D4D6FFA221C1E7FF50B.png" style="border: 0px currentColor;" /></a></div>

Cafe Shelves Tutorial

Happy Hump Day!  Over the last couple of months, I've received quite a few e-mails asking how I made the cafe shelves in our kitchen.  Sooo, I thought I'd take a moment to I share what I did!  Honestly, I can't take any credit for how I made them.  I simply followed Traci's(Beneath My Heart) fabulou…

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Easter Mantel Snippets ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greetings, friends !!  What a GORGEOUS day it is outside ... I'm off to enjoy it !!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, first, I thought I'd share a few sneaks at our Easter mantel.  I'm not quite done, but considering how truly *Spring-like* today feels, I thought I'd share a few of the goodies I've included so far.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spring "faux" florals that I almost want to sniff:</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_d9oIb6tROFufjQDhFVq7DxqgUgUAuY2nFv16-zU1GvLQNCTBgx9dIpsaxMTtYfH-yQTBflTBkzsNFS9nnOtw3AP2pveT6JeJgsodG2N9W8HHWEIPeN9Akv187crMa9YqjTxr9_8CrE/s1600/eastermantelfloral.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_d9oIb6tROFufjQDhFVq7DxqgUgUAuY2nFv16-zU1GvLQNCTBgx9dIpsaxMTtYfH-yQTBflTBkzsNFS9nnOtw3AP2pveT6JeJgsodG2N9W8HHWEIPeN9Akv187crMa9YqjTxr9_8CrE/s640/eastermantelfloral.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A sweet birdcage from Michael's (the fact that it was 40% off made it even CUTER):</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKzndzQNsChtyhJrB-nYtl4vVyCijy1jiLQ9JhtWBYoVhyoZK77qBx7-fgXOOICzBMKNSDd9kMu4ro9DX99qT7lQOTJY1NJs5LKLtYUYbwfcIqKCz3SKCILU0_mldsSkgf4j18RNUFB4/s1600/eastermantelbird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKzndzQNsChtyhJrB-nYtl4vVyCijy1jiLQ9JhtWBYoVhyoZK77qBx7-fgXOOICzBMKNSDd9kMu4ro9DX99qT7lQOTJY1NJs5LKLtYUYbwfcIqKCz3SKCILU0_mldsSkgf4j18RNUFB4/s640/eastermantelbird.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet another *ca-ute* bunny from Pier One:</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrhbMbjJqDOW2U_18yT0oSosZzyUQEgFM77vpEO_PBPpWD8bwZrdlBhXDZ3a860C73cRptALRmHTojrtBIGOQ2_0yOTJyNkA_Yj1zUrTQipHWiF_AFibcFNBCsbqSRec108QxCv09lWg/s1600/eastermantelrabbit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrhbMbjJqDOW2U_18yT0oSosZzyUQEgFM77vpEO_PBPpWD8bwZrdlBhXDZ3a860C73cRptALRmHTojrtBIGOQ2_0yOTJyNkA_Yj1zUrTQipHWiF_AFibcFNBCsbqSRec108QxCv09lWg/s640/eastermantelrabbit.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annnnd, a fun banner full of Spring colors!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6LqNaUvT2q2RoGbFCdw3ES6PWYRLMJISI5JCTNTdw752ZyVkt4wEB2AtQEzHDqr_lblTfe-p1vOBwROgYPAZeK4y3BxFFnnvgTdLG_HwgVBAQKTXFcrlSeFR4aJhPr0mg0iRI9luBpY/s1600/eastermantelspring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6LqNaUvT2q2RoGbFCdw3ES6PWYRLMJISI5JCTNTdw752ZyVkt4wEB2AtQEzHDqr_lblTfe-p1vOBwROgYPAZeK4y3BxFFnnvgTdLG_HwgVBAQKTXFcrlSeFR4aJhPr0mg0iRI9luBpY/s400/eastermantelspring.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll be back soon to share more of that and our *almost* complete master bath!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/248/3B01215062574D4D6FFA221C1E7FF50B.png" style="border: 0px currentColor;" /></a></div>

Easter Mantel Snippets ...

Greetings, friends !!  What a GORGEOUS day it is outside ... I'm off to enjoy it !!But, first, I thought I'd share a few sneaks at our Easter mantel.  I'm not quite done, but considering how truly *Spring-like* today feels, I thought I'd share a few of the goodies I've included so far.Spring "faux" …

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Don't Forget...

<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Don't Forget to Enter the Giveaway! </span></i></b></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">$25.00 HomeGoods Gift Card </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">and Carolyn Westbrook's The French Inspired Home.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">It ends tomorrow 2/29 at Midnight! </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">(not that I ever stay up that late!)  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">See<a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-giveaway.html" target="_blank"> Here </a>for Details.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWu9BecMnr2ea6kW657AWVwlxkbiqojhh-0icKhWUyOq6SxKy28MMnQRkvJj8ckwjNG6mle46nVnisT3PumQKRzULIsZzhy3gRDaj3dyZfCzRNa5njZX6WJq43UcodD-peSD4Bn-5wnD6/s1600/french+inspired+home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWu9BecMnr2ea6kW657AWVwlxkbiqojhh-0icKhWUyOq6SxKy28MMnQRkvJj8ckwjNG6mle46nVnisT3PumQKRzULIsZzhy3gRDaj3dyZfCzRNa5njZX6WJq43UcodD-peSD4Bn-5wnD6/s400/french+inspired+home.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Beaux R'eves</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></div>

Don't Forget...

Don't Forget to Enter the Giveaway! $25.00 HomeGoods Gift Card and Carolyn Westbrook's The French Inspired Home.It ends tomorrow 2/29 at Midnight! (not that I ever stay up that late!)  See Here for Details.Beaux R'evesXO Cindy…

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Spring Cleaning Week

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's Spring Cleaning </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">week here at our house!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm going through room by room and </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">organizing and purging. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I started on Saturday </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with the Pantry.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusF_MOKc2jRFlSP-J2meVYPm3b98Wb7YenPV7okY1KjE8cD0DKuqpNbbOoInLUdQ_7gKYbeL2pr7pIosFiIue4vhPPdKoe8iWyyqw3gVnDcvIfjm6myQbvp_o8lYEnarEh5KxqAl4jxsZ/s1600/IMG_3229-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusF_MOKc2jRFlSP-J2meVYPm3b98Wb7YenPV7okY1KjE8cD0DKuqpNbbOoInLUdQ_7gKYbeL2pr7pIosFiIue4vhPPdKoe8iWyyqw3gVnDcvIfjm6myQbvp_o8lYEnarEh5KxqAl4jxsZ/s640/IMG_3229-001.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I don't have  a before picture.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Trust me when I say it was a MESS!</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let's take a look inside...</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlPMsWZkCwl0ZyiDrtUUdJ-n0tEP6bwtQHGfCwQ8wMS6PMRDFclKMmbmx9B-o47XTv_sXBoDAgKt7EBq3tm6U5peL9yNcKeZnEufH_dhfowkg2gYacmp01u9EOa_CJZgJHHhub09I7bcK/s1600/IMG_3219-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlPMsWZkCwl0ZyiDrtUUdJ-n0tEP6bwtQHGfCwQ8wMS6PMRDFclKMmbmx9B-o47XTv_sXBoDAgKt7EBq3tm6U5peL9yNcKeZnEufH_dhfowkg2gYacmp01u9EOa_CJZgJHHhub09I7bcK/s640/IMG_3219-001.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Much Better.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I bought baskets at World Market for little snack items and re-used the larger baskets that I already had for paper and plastic items.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I painted tags from Staples with Chalkboard Paint for labels. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; 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/AVvXsEjlpgE3q2EQVj38hbmxyW6P3m4-UNhb4Rxqsd5B6eXH8pv140V3vd4AEM7nLYg4nY14-_5VR8PrCIuveOVtl0RfUI2AGG_1Z0QxF1BThxoJuWSDuvkJS-ujKBz3-PtPGZBlCV742fCAKoD-/s1600/IMG_3221-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpgE3q2EQVj38hbmxyW6P3m4-UNhb4Rxqsd5B6eXH8pv140V3vd4AEM7nLYg4nY14-_5VR8PrCIuveOVtl0RfUI2AGG_1Z0QxF1BThxoJuWSDuvkJS-ujKBz3-PtPGZBlCV742fCAKoD-/s640/IMG_3221-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The main problem in the pantry was that the spices were too high for me to reach. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I had to climb on the bottom shelves</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> and straddle them as I looked for what I needed. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I can't tell you how many times one of the kids</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> would walk by and say, </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"<b>MOM</b>, what are you doing?".  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Check out how these spice racks fold down so that I can actually <b>SEE</b> stuff!  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you Mr. Beaux!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; 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/AVvXsEhwiT_89N7LvOo6Z6XPk0WmW_-CZaK4XC9UTw8hiQWgiMUfj1_G0d9iwFzzbtegtxjAWtOOqK9seE4lfm6T_Jo643iwTU7I5DI_D3nq0f22Ipha-njX_Yi0GkBJbT4NLU2_hkfHQ7n3-CtY/s1600/IMG_3220-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiT_89N7LvOo6Z6XPk0WmW_-CZaK4XC9UTw8hiQWgiMUfj1_G0d9iwFzzbtegtxjAWtOOqK9seE4lfm6T_Jo643iwTU7I5DI_D3nq0f22Ipha-njX_Yi0GkBJbT4NLU2_hkfHQ7n3-CtY/s640/IMG_3220-001.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We had fun at Lowe's </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">looking at all the products for kitchen organization.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We bought this door shelf </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and it was easy for Mr. Beaux to install.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  It gives us so much more space! </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I'm so proud of my Pantry that I show anyone that walks by!!!  All of Miss Beaux's girlfriends had to Oooohhhhh and Ahhhhhh when they were here for study group.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">They were more interested in the Chalkboard Door </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and the Chips and dip but that's OK.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  I pat myself on the back every time I open the door!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; 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/AVvXsEh2fa60_HVx4NLWHewFErytYiqCgOpPDw0gwrQyAY9AJ1yrf5XtsKlrC2pJ3oGOMvfL0-rYOyceWwszXDz9g4IARGdrivnp7R0a5BgkqCRbfZhadgVPzwlYVyNUqEjpmd5vYMR1Arr-eosI/s1600/IMG_3223-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fa60_HVx4NLWHewFErytYiqCgOpPDw0gwrQyAY9AJ1yrf5XtsKlrC2pJ3oGOMvfL0-rYOyceWwszXDz9g4IARGdrivnp7R0a5BgkqCRbfZhadgVPzwlYVyNUqEjpmd5vYMR1Arr-eosI/s640/IMG_3223-001.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">While I was at Target </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">looking for Pantry Organization ideas,</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I saw this canvas mail sorter in the Office section.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We hung it on cup hooks on the side of the Fridge. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I sure hope this keeps all the Junk Mail off of the counters!  It's one of my biggest Pet Peeves!</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">MY Closet is NEXT! (I'm gonna need a Vente Starbucks for this one...)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Have you done any Spring Cleaning yet?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>Sharing at:</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Mary at </i><a href="http://boogieboardcottage.blogspot.com/"><i>Boogieboard Cottage</i></a><i> for Masterpiece Monday</i></span><br /><i><span 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Spring Cleaning Week

It's Spring Cleaning week here at our house!I'm going through room by room and organizing and purging. I started on Saturday with the Pantry. I don't have  a before picture.Trust me when I say it was a MESS!Let's take a look inside... Much Better.I bought baskets at World Market for little snack ite…

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Anthro Knock Off Drapes

<br /><br /><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Good Morning and Happy Monday Everyone!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLExGNKJjxHSEfKDSJb06KNqvnUNabFqz2jUd7gJG5fo1PUTY0hZQxL07w6Ob44G2njUluDR1KfwPIka8HcIQ0mf09t-adXvc3xCroVE1aI0bp2ggokjAMt85rAqNJHXND_dmV1Mk4Zd9d/s1600/IMG_3211-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLExGNKJjxHSEfKDSJb06KNqvnUNabFqz2jUd7gJG5fo1PUTY0hZQxL07w6Ob44G2njUluDR1KfwPIka8HcIQ0mf09t-adXvc3xCroVE1aI0bp2ggokjAMt85rAqNJHXND_dmV1Mk4Zd9d/s640/IMG_3211-001.JPG" width="350" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  I'm still working on my Guest Room and I shared some of the progress <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/02/guest-room-almost-ready.html" target="_blank">here</a>.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I hope to have it finished soon so that I can share the whole room with you.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  In the meantime, I want to show you the Drapes that I hung this weekend.  I was searching around on my computer looking for Drapery Inspiration and I came across these beautiful Anthropologie Drapes </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">with Ruffles down the middle.</span></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhRdT-c7YwDA4XbY9vluOPP7VgSPJHS2h4R1KIq1nBpzQr6P2X2hNKYknBBulOXzLDHSKqYprhS27ubaBlny9ht9PU9L4md3cHevdgZB4HSJRStc9412epRB-YIrGfnypVbrVxVsNKl-1/s1600/anthropologie+curtains+knockoff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhRdT-c7YwDA4XbY9vluOPP7VgSPJHS2h4R1KIq1nBpzQr6P2X2hNKYknBBulOXzLDHSKqYprhS27ubaBlny9ht9PU9L4md3cHevdgZB4HSJRStc9412epRB-YIrGfnypVbrVxVsNKl-1/s640/anthropologie+curtains+knockoff.jpg" width="425" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthropologie Wandering Pleats Curtain</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">They were just what I wanted!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Ooops! They were $188.00 a panel! </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> WHAT? </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> OK, I put my thinking cap on and thought... I can make these!  I kept the idea in the back of my mind as I continued with the other projects for the room.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  As I was Pinteresting one day,</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I ran across a <a href="http://besserina.blogspot.com/2012/01/tutorial-ruffled-pleated-curtains.html" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">tutorial</a> on how to make them.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  It was fate!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Before I even got to the fabric store I was at Target looking for something.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  I ended up on the Bedding section and thought "Why can't I use a sheet for the Drapes?"</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  I bought the softest sheet available for $14.00 and I washed it before I started sewing.  I measured my window to make sure that I would have enough sheet material.  I cut the panel with allowances for the seam at the edge and I ripped the rest of the sheet into 6" strips.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here's the fun part!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cKfIaTkzhQMlolRSOqB61LbqojdMuPSBA1RaSZu0BZ7YoWO4b8852_QhwsDue0rFSeKm24FPEvgcShKoQobUqxVf5ZezvCskQbXVxSYtfm2EQoNWCZXZo9BfnXM_cTG6NdlBzrWlc7fw/s1600/IMG_3189-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cKfIaTkzhQMlolRSOqB61LbqojdMuPSBA1RaSZu0BZ7YoWO4b8852_QhwsDue0rFSeKm24FPEvgcShKoQobUqxVf5ZezvCskQbXVxSYtfm2EQoNWCZXZo9BfnXM_cTG6NdlBzrWlc7fw/s640/IMG_3189-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  Get out your ironing board and a chair cause you will be here for a while! </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Hubs watched TV while I sat and ironed ..... and ironed..... each strip into pleats of 1/2 inch all the way down.  They don't have to be perfect...</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  When each strip was finished I placed masking tape on each side to hold it down.  This worked fantastically well. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I sewed the finishing edge on the panel and hemmed it to the length that I wanted.  My plan was to use the top of the sheet to hang on the rod as it is already sewn for you.   For my window I needed 92" in length.  The width of the panel is 58" and I only wanted one panel as the window is small.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULQPdXD7M2abt-cEEt2sn8LlvZCRRi9v8iXnpmYtRHqygwYeM-fapGdzDNby92mJklxI-IHbAxirMAN0Rd0irD1WUN9zWPnh3Gr-Bo2yv2ghpQOhTfyOvhgW4nLKu1i0grTQQQBoMwXdG/s1600/IMG_3205-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULQPdXD7M2abt-cEEt2sn8LlvZCRRi9v8iXnpmYtRHqygwYeM-fapGdzDNby92mJklxI-IHbAxirMAN0Rd0irD1WUN9zWPnh3Gr-Bo2yv2ghpQOhTfyOvhgW4nLKu1i0grTQQQBoMwXdG/s640/IMG_3205-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  Take the pleats and smoosh them this way and that as you use the highest steam level on your iron to make the messy looking ruffles. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIhZNG2C5zD-gytgcyue4Tww3tWerYjVDYSZ5YdPY8VFfpsRlUMteQbP0qEnmKZ4rNBsskyFQ7hETwTsEDvMgC2lyhBbw9qYf2AajTpNkrjlxhHyPAEKjRQZHfobCuasT1NEgEW4aFzrl/s1600/IMG_3202-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIhZNG2C5zD-gytgcyue4Tww3tWerYjVDYSZ5YdPY8VFfpsRlUMteQbP0qEnmKZ4rNBsskyFQ7hETwTsEDvMgC2lyhBbw9qYf2AajTpNkrjlxhHyPAEKjRQZHfobCuasT1NEgEW4aFzrl/s640/IMG_3202-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I really love the way they look, so soft and just feminine enough for the look that I was going for.  Best of all I saved about $174.00!!!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIm_gTBPWRwddv8OOIk4IT1R5lRqcBPZnD6oiN4x0TiiYpW5lmG3g2_8sah6hcS4Vcr_GZneiiAL-JAFpEuKJPtzJTAXoaw3-KsV_J7SZjbqjNOyI3pfIHtmTJHiJ64EwgiUsuqFycZII/s1600/IMG_3195-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIm_gTBPWRwddv8OOIk4IT1R5lRqcBPZnD6oiN4x0TiiYpW5lmG3g2_8sah6hcS4Vcr_GZneiiAL-JAFpEuKJPtzJTAXoaw3-KsV_J7SZjbqjNOyI3pfIHtmTJHiJ64EwgiUsuqFycZII/s640/IMG_3195-001.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'm so excited to show you this room but there are a few things that have to be finished.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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Anthro Knock Off Drapes

Good Morning and Happy Monday Everyone!  I'm still working on my Guest Room and I shared some of the progress here.  I hope to have it finished soon so that I can share the whole room with you.  In the meantime, I want to show you the Drapes that I hung this weekend.  I was searching around on my co…

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What Is It ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, one of the items on my "to do" list this year is to go through my bazillion pictures and either delete them or save them to a thumb drive so that I'm not suffocating my "C" drive anymore!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I was doing so, I came across this picture of our dry bar from Fall 2010 ... notice the warm and darker colors splashed around ... the "tuscan" feel ... the "wine" vignette ... the warm, maple cabinets.  Back then, I could've never imagined wanting a lighter color palette.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugbaKxb0ngc_gHk5Ghuv1fpq3LWGL-1j2a1Ewu2nuy3ZWPKRgJqP9T4LRnVdmiMitkY5F9x6oBxnel1WZHSlk2Cfb1W8462oLrS77_26MuVh2rI-iPhR5oufOYKt_NnVcvNXC3wNP0iM/s1600/winebar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugbaKxb0ngc_gHk5Ghuv1fpq3LWGL-1j2a1Ewu2nuy3ZWPKRgJqP9T4LRnVdmiMitkY5F9x6oBxnel1WZHSlk2Cfb1W8462oLrS77_26MuVh2rI-iPhR5oufOYKt_NnVcvNXC3wNP0iM/s400/winebar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Especially using almost ALL lighter pieces ... such as this:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcFuZeUrC7GQuJkE45L6lXkIejetWj2YwqhK2GkNF0Aa1dUpbo6s53i05uk4AxFBpAHdqRRNqC9ilcrBixlsdLao8xmQvu59fdk03IBqqT5v9dLujt6dBfVN3glRqF9CcdN8eeAQw6D0/s1600/drybarsoup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcFuZeUrC7GQuJkE45L6lXkIejetWj2YwqhK2GkNF0Aa1dUpbo6s53i05uk4AxFBpAHdqRRNqC9ilcrBixlsdLao8xmQvu59fdk03IBqqT5v9dLujt6dBfVN3glRqF9CcdN8eeAQw6D0/s400/drybarsoup.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or, this:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXFZEtbIEx2kRkERjG3CtFrDk38uoct85nc8keoYiP6X6wVWn9xQyHX4OBHE49tcyI-OLqpmoQTAsBzdmkxnhmwWvpw9Jb3TwqrdDsL0SDXycVE4-e37Ofd8KQ5b3M24vBqlWxOz7JH0/s1600/drybarroo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXFZEtbIEx2kRkERjG3CtFrDk38uoct85nc8keoYiP6X6wVWn9xQyHX4OBHE49tcyI-OLqpmoQTAsBzdmkxnhmwWvpw9Jb3TwqrdDsL0SDXycVE4-e37Ofd8KQ5b3M24vBqlWxOz7JH0/s400/drybarroo.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">nor, could I have *ever* imagined picking up a paint brush and using these on my cabinets!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O2KqYFhk_ofNdTta6FXrBuwfwVJFDxCYw2dLVikIEcB6foqth-qcAllIzNV-A9T2-m29BgjRDoCbxvAV2nY5LJZS4UuPXIwUMoRHJ7DRr2JXX6bVTBq6NV10o5qsRaKEY2jlJUjPoSk/s1600/drybarpaint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O2KqYFhk_ofNdTta6FXrBuwfwVJFDxCYw2dLVikIEcB6foqth-qcAllIzNV-A9T2-m29BgjRDoCbxvAV2nY5LJZS4UuPXIwUMoRHJ7DRr2JXX6bVTBq6NV10o5qsRaKEY2jlJUjPoSk/s400/drybarpaint.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Or, removing glass cabinets to expose open shelves:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmHEEfo0pYlAmeApqHXXBgJVF-6HqQvO3rycpraZyNMQWpV4t_zADEo9egl_dBW6hGnBXv1ex-dzDWj6ILMeH5lZ8BQLnV0r_BdWfj2n9gr_R7OzmkOfWeNB6SdV8mlty2O71TYpnAls/s1600/drybarcab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmHEEfo0pYlAmeApqHXXBgJVF-6HqQvO3rycpraZyNMQWpV4t_zADEo9egl_dBW6hGnBXv1ex-dzDWj6ILMeH5lZ8BQLnV0r_BdWfj2n9gr_R7OzmkOfWeNB6SdV8mlty2O71TYpnAls/s640/drybarcab.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And, adding a cute, little "moo":</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3Eic9eJK8x4putlJBmMPEO5bgnkpaQ56wBJrbc1tdBUwETYLRLBJmlRC1FIUf2stbPxaJ-gUW0KGR2T9i9O93o3vlfbmc3F9ikElf7p6zs2k2hHD4IxWvq2q7xCsmZZyX1RAEUR8G8I/s1600/drybarmoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3Eic9eJK8x4putlJBmMPEO5bgnkpaQ56wBJrbc1tdBUwETYLRLBJmlRC1FIUf2stbPxaJ-gUW0KGR2T9i9O93o3vlfbmc3F9ikElf7p6zs2k2hHD4IxWvq2q7xCsmZZyX1RAEUR8G8I/s400/drybarmoo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And, this:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHxGwK6_QudPDPLgP-Pq6MfB6BR8QD7DMuc013wMyr2OmEYcwnYsK9KjT5VBQ27IY8K9dVC2FBdJ_IcQXVIIRDM0gdzPqFaiLX6-2A5DPzBC7Y81EOgxnn0zMq20TdxYIXbQfd8EjOZ8/s1600/drybarbowls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHxGwK6_QudPDPLgP-Pq6MfB6BR8QD7DMuc013wMyr2OmEYcwnYsK9KjT5VBQ27IY8K9dVC2FBdJ_IcQXVIIRDM0gdzPqFaiLX6-2A5DPzBC7Y81EOgxnn0zMq20TdxYIXbQfd8EjOZ8/s400/drybarbowls.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All, to achieve ... this!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCEmVaJ1zEgqyx9BoWSqcw9hOC1L8iYriiWFSUKLU4_BkPNFnkP8Whp_ls7u28kkKQpCi0QMwMK5nqv-a9s6QqdWyul101u4yMa4eRNHoNXYf_MG7mcn1taZcLDTuyKLs5JZnxg1TF1s/s1600/drybarfar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCEmVaJ1zEgqyx9BoWSqcw9hOC1L8iYriiWFSUKLU4_BkPNFnkP8Whp_ls7u28kkKQpCi0QMwMK5nqv-a9s6QqdWyul101u4yMa4eRNHoNXYf_MG7mcn1taZcLDTuyKLs5JZnxg1TF1s/s640/drybarfar.jpg" width="360" /></a></div></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing that won't ever change is my love for adding feathers:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6d2xYgPycGaRCpfm3QBmtxZeBESnJwxn_qUhHH6DDIE8FtTALersu0NMosew1HybRuepY-a71wb_WMOtOag-BFJyh2flMvGLdBsa9gTeQ5SNsvB93aIXdok7zDQK2YC_nc-Nx1zCkaU/s1600/drybarroo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6d2xYgPycGaRCpfm3QBmtxZeBESnJwxn_qUhHH6DDIE8FtTALersu0NMosew1HybRuepY-a71wb_WMOtOag-BFJyh2flMvGLdBsa9gTeQ5SNsvB93aIXdok7zDQK2YC_nc-Nx1zCkaU/s640/drybarroo2.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nor, creating fun vignettes (and using my cheese knives from PB whenever I can):</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTOyyb5sYhD2PLnmb60ASCI33veU_ZEjoTlZf9hkQZBntI6xFZPpNJaciH_FdEXZUW014A9i9ieAsWy5wLoMXCiIf-a0n31oLh3okWahbQEQe4pKFujK6v2JRpb3pxAl2sSOYfGIPCBs/s1600/drybarcloche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTOyyb5sYhD2PLnmb60ASCI33veU_ZEjoTlZf9hkQZBntI6xFZPpNJaciH_FdEXZUW014A9i9ieAsWy5wLoMXCiIf-a0n31oLh3okWahbQEQe4pKFujK6v2JRpb3pxAl2sSOYfGIPCBs/s640/drybarcloche.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quite a change, isn't it, from this:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugbaKxb0ngc_gHk5Ghuv1fpq3LWGL-1j2a1Ewu2nuy3ZWPKRgJqP9T4LRnVdmiMitkY5F9x6oBxnel1WZHSlk2Cfb1W8462oLrS77_26MuVh2rI-iPhR5oufOYKt_NnVcvNXC3wNP0iM/s1600/winebar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugbaKxb0ngc_gHk5Ghuv1fpq3LWGL-1j2a1Ewu2nuy3ZWPKRgJqP9T4LRnVdmiMitkY5F9x6oBxnel1WZHSlk2Cfb1W8462oLrS77_26MuVh2rI-iPhR5oufOYKt_NnVcvNXC3wNP0iM/s400/winebar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To this:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-EgEUU1RINlVIfVOAPf1Qqgjaj0KHbyD8qFq4X4ym3cZQMvFLfiLt9_ODHdEJeQCstuRTboFoCWd9_UvfkwO-CA2_D0F4BB8f4FZXWUJSRyKWtMzf8TGJCVIjBGggcyCdkNqwqelAmfc/s1600/drybarclose1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-EgEUU1RINlVIfVOAPf1Qqgjaj0KHbyD8qFq4X4ym3cZQMvFLfiLt9_ODHdEJeQCstuRTboFoCWd9_UvfkwO-CA2_D0F4BB8f4FZXWUJSRyKWtMzf8TGJCVIjBGggcyCdkNqwqelAmfc/s400/drybarclose1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is it in our brains that causes our decorating tastes to change?!  If you come up with the answer, please don't let me know because I kinda like the color palette my brain is enjoying right now!  :)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">PS: While you are thinking about the answer, I'd love it if you'd look over on my right sidebar and "follow" me through the "Linky Follower" option that I just added ... I'm sad that I may lose some of you once once Google Friend Connect does its thing next month.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Happy Saturday, friends! </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/248/3B01215062574D4D6FFA221C1E7FF50B.png" style="border: 0px currentColor;" /></a>

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So, one of the items on my "to do" list this year is to go through my bazillion pictures and either delete them or save them to a thumb drive so that I'm not suffocating my "C" drive anymore!As I was doing so, I came across this picture of our dry bar from Fall 2010 ... notice the warm and darker co…

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