New Kitchen Decorating 2015

Lavender Break

<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;"></span></span></i></span><br /><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/AVvXsEhxPPYB7liGU4mDOD7JyD1Pf4qFPxACFv6n1mYhfDtynC4mRq92Wx_GG4j8WppuDrZthsAjLDdqKUF4gGz_NJeldRob8t2P4F937eetMydLzjqxD5ZNq12XHZi_-Rf6lhhc3mkW6bp5fuxV/s1600/home_hero_lavender.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPPYB7liGU4mDOD7JyD1Pf4qFPxACFv6n1mYhfDtynC4mRq92Wx_GG4j8WppuDrZthsAjLDdqKUF4gGz_NJeldRob8t2P4F937eetMydLzjqxD5ZNq12XHZi_-Rf6lhhc3mkW6bp5fuxV/s1600/home_hero_lavender.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.carmelvalleyranch.com/index.aspx" target="_blank">Source</a></span></i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></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;">TGIF!  </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 today off of work.  </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 supposed to be working on "Blog Stuff" </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 tell Mr. Beaux.  </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 actually working on a Valentine Tablescape </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;">along with lots of other "stuff".  </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 was digging around in the guest bedroom closet </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I came across a box of lavender </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 purchased from Decor Steals a while back.  </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 guess I just shoved it in there and forgot about it.  </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/AVvXsEiw1bbeqZLj1jQV1OM1BcLePbMkNGglyqkDeMF4DN8de5NwHGV_uCxXIOgo5wkNfyxCeH_lKjzJG0UvYSu1QzzBnRE6AoRUl0iYV3YGWivei9YRXsJ0CA0QQiQ0RY70h45iQkxcTcsg8EsZ/s1600/IMG_9210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1bbeqZLj1jQV1OM1BcLePbMkNGglyqkDeMF4DN8de5NwHGV_uCxXIOgo5wkNfyxCeH_lKjzJG0UvYSu1QzzBnRE6AoRUl0iYV3YGWivei9YRXsJ0CA0QQiQ0RY70h45iQkxcTcsg8EsZ/s1600/IMG_9210.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;">Love Lavender!  </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 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;">So out of the box it came </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I placed it in my dough bowl.  </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/AVvXsEgUnIg0z5vrpTjqXnuUX_KoDk8FSzGHc0M5pWw4TvtMgKO7RfnTHGa6f-Q_38JypzXt69CE9fQrJCsKp7jSVWms3swHMD9v-_7JehyphenhyphenIl7WNP52mBhWpeDkJefMU1B5wpBeacg3MNe1yc5he/s1600/IMG_9215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnIg0z5vrpTjqXnuUX_KoDk8FSzGHc0M5pWw4TvtMgKO7RfnTHGa6f-Q_38JypzXt69CE9fQrJCsKp7jSVWms3swHMD9v-_7JehyphenhyphenIl7WNP52mBhWpeDkJefMU1B5wpBeacg3MNe1yc5he/s1600/IMG_9215.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;">The smell in the dining room was heavenly!  </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 reminded me of our anniversary a few years ago.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We took a trip to Carmel and Monterrey.  </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;">While we were in Carmel </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 went on a long scenic car ride </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 the <a href="http://www.carmelvalleyranch.com/index.aspx" target="_blank">Carmel Valley Ranch</a>.   </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ck6v3UBjQOLjVuPQVQvqLOzU4ra-warsMqLie8hLJKhU_CwbVe89QUQ306gVSLuxcqxpjxmfeMzjaweaLCa32GWxWrnTTp6j3tA-LPDhs2mmypfByxcWqQRKb4V6l4XlPNIG3N-M8Hz2/s1600/IMG_5245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ck6v3UBjQOLjVuPQVQvqLOzU4ra-warsMqLie8hLJKhU_CwbVe89QUQ306gVSLuxcqxpjxmfeMzjaweaLCa32GWxWrnTTp6j3tA-LPDhs2mmypfByxcWqQRKb4V6l4XlPNIG3N-M8Hz2/s1600/IMG_5245.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;">It was a beautiful warm summer day...  </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;">Longing for that 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;">aren't you?</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/AVvXsEgVgh9ssUFD-m3u7zWaXvQ7jlWtEB5HxIi8FTJzu6ikvK9H4e3hdkx5kPFJPxG_p6TGC2HaQjW43odBzJlk4UL5mJ7ceFnhCbMTmtHOdu5vdL9igARgzDNkS7bNxpXbYR9v66pk11IgUab_/s1600/IMG_5253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgh9ssUFD-m3u7zWaXvQ7jlWtEB5HxIi8FTJzu6ikvK9H4e3hdkx5kPFJPxG_p6TGC2HaQjW43odBzJlk4UL5mJ7ceFnhCbMTmtHOdu5vdL9igARgzDNkS7bNxpXbYR9v66pk11IgUab_/s1600/IMG_5253.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;">They grow lavender there </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and they also have bees for honey.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We had a delicious lunch there outside.  </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;">Sigh..</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/AVvXsEhC64utakQg-9W-rNhTDwZ7nsjE9J__T4tbIdCogmmeXDfW_4QCjRjjExvcqXf91bWMhfM18V_z7UknqQ2m_txp6LosRPW9Rf5agZPaBPYowXcNEmwLZRkJg2q2CaKutw3xv4xyk5_a6oeQ/s1600/IMG_5254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC64utakQg-9W-rNhTDwZ7nsjE9J__T4tbIdCogmmeXDfW_4QCjRjjExvcqXf91bWMhfM18V_z7UknqQ2m_txp6LosRPW9Rf5agZPaBPYowXcNEmwLZRkJg2q2CaKutw3xv4xyk5_a6oeQ/s1600/IMG_5254.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;">It couldn't have been more perfect!</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/AVvXsEh5-rcdB57kOtlrbmzatUh0hPfynVJQUgjufxJMHiQNkecSDd7UIB6o9xu3YxLiLBzKrex8UVrDKmsXAB5PKYawm-JnBSt3TWoFaZJnGbFFPf1HXv8ijKc_KC8UA6DEZBmSI4Ia90AgFmEM/s1600/IMG_9199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-rcdB57kOtlrbmzatUh0hPfynVJQUgjufxJMHiQNkecSDd7UIB6o9xu3YxLiLBzKrex8UVrDKmsXAB5PKYawm-JnBSt3TWoFaZJnGbFFPf1HXv8ijKc_KC8UA6DEZBmSI4Ia90AgFmEM/s1600/IMG_9199.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;">Those are the kind of memories </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 need 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;">It is bleak and deary outside </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 spitting ice and a little snow.</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/AVvXsEghRnisNrRzhSRcYiISQ5TlKl3cgKhGXTAVmcNjVUGCA7LcLSVGh4LJ_j-6LmoJxiwf4m8klLExrx0AYFv5uVUt6ODQbltiCg6EAD5l1jn7wtKjjkhSvdCACqK27_qRFgP_3zOIpAd4KHSm/s1600/IMG_9212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRnisNrRzhSRcYiISQ5TlKl3cgKhGXTAVmcNjVUGCA7LcLSVGh4LJ_j-6LmoJxiwf4m8klLExrx0AYFv5uVUt6ODQbltiCg6EAD5l1jn7wtKjjkhSvdCACqK27_qRFgP_3zOIpAd4KHSm/s1600/IMG_9212.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 one of my vintage table runners to the 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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EJAxzA_oBL1syF0RiXUHjOwokfo-W4tthgvxP9A4gu5XuZuP218JFg5-z27Lee5rG0SQKdK-hUGVjk8QBOE5ea3wuHSJzLQjaJtN903u_CzzrH6OX9Mt2oL48CdbpAZq74_yM75jeFR0/s1600/IMG_9217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EJAxzA_oBL1syF0RiXUHjOwokfo-W4tthgvxP9A4gu5XuZuP218JFg5-z27Lee5rG0SQKdK-hUGVjk8QBOE5ea3wuHSJzLQjaJtN903u_CzzrH6OX9Mt2oL48CdbpAZq74_yM75jeFR0/s1600/IMG_9217.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;">Leftover flowers from last weeks </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;">impromptu dinner party with friends.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hey, they were having lobster on 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;">Mr. Beaux broiled the lobster tails </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I made risotto with peas and asparagus.  </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/AVvXsEjNI4zpqKsjCioVhO5yBjhT-D-vQ9EHW2gNjAoXgY-t8gppnWb4nxiVp2hbes8luxo2DEA2kt8tM6ggAsTdKOK0MT76NbpbkfeR_5ogdImkP90vHySimAxZSw2CxCfxUnKIydgYshOENQg8/s1600/IMG_9222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNI4zpqKsjCioVhO5yBjhT-D-vQ9EHW2gNjAoXgY-t8gppnWb4nxiVp2hbes8luxo2DEA2kt8tM6ggAsTdKOK0MT76NbpbkfeR_5ogdImkP90vHySimAxZSw2CxCfxUnKIydgYshOENQg8/s1600/IMG_9222.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'll keep the lavender here </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;">until I figure out my V-day table.  </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 better get back to work.</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/AVvXsEgK7roUVCJwZER_IPGobYobhJ4tVMmmappTG4UiJEVoNnPIUBpTfo7YXDcreVMtTy_0T1GORg5V64nOyTyVWDpKWqp5MMIwG-4Y4002678ri4JFFdmYoMufuZxaC5oQ40zPtjHbaKcbpS1A/s1600/IMG_5249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7roUVCJwZER_IPGobYobhJ4tVMmmappTG4UiJEVoNnPIUBpTfo7YXDcreVMtTy_0T1GORg5V64nOyTyVWDpKWqp5MMIwG-4Y4002678ri4JFFdmYoMufuZxaC5oQ40zPtjHbaKcbpS1A/s1600/IMG_5249.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;">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 will play around a little with Pic-Monkey.  </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 have their Valentine goodies up now.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjln1adQPdQgfdgX9dXFx8gqdNKuf3fhJbfGMXKX02SkCbujHDd4Awfjl4JR_WkBWn34daUd0MBjOnEKbyXRt03CwfrLjbZNo_W80rnm3P1rpL_647FpPIBYP1ll-IzuGiqJNtU8IzxybNL/s1600/IMG_9228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjln1adQPdQgfdgX9dXFx8gqdNKuf3fhJbfGMXKX02SkCbujHDd4Awfjl4JR_WkBWn34daUd0MBjOnEKbyXRt03CwfrLjbZNo_W80rnm3P1rpL_647FpPIBYP1ll-IzuGiqJNtU8IzxybNL/s1600/IMG_9228.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;">Thanks for joining me for my </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">"Lavender Break"</span>!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at:</span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Lavender Break

SourceTGIF! I took today off of work. I am supposed to be working on "Blog Stuff" as I tell Mr. Beaux. I am actually working on a Valentine Tablescape along with lots of other "stuff". I was digging around in the guest bedroom closet and I came across a box of lavender that I purchased from Deco…

31Jan2014

Lighten Up 2014!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of my New Years resolutions was to "Lighten Up".  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No, not lighten up my attitude, lighten up around the house.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And not in the "I am going to let things slide" manner either </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(although some days I would like to).  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What I mean is that I want to lighten up my rooms.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It feels dark in some rooms and heavy and I want things lighter and softer.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am starting this resolution in the formal living room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> What really made me think about this long and hard </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">was after I took down the Christmas decor.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I usually would have redecorated right away, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but the room sat there naked until this week.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Each time I walked by the room (a million times a day) I just shook my head.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted to paint, I wanted to rearrange the furniture, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted to recover the chairs but I did nothing.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Has this ever happened to you?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the plane down to Atlanta last week I was reading an article </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the inflight magazine about some one who started </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a social movement and nonprofit organization called <a href="http://becauseisaidiwould.com/about/" target="_blank">"Because I said I would"</a>.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Have you heard of it?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is basically writing down promises large or small on promise cards </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and mailing them to anywhere in the world at no cost.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why did this move me?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I mostly always follow through on the things that I say that I will do.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I like that about myself.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But there are a a lot of things that I <b>WANT</b> to do that I don't say out loud.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think them and then I let them go to the back of my mind.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Weeks and months go by and I don't do these things.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No one but me would really care if they got done or not </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and they are certainly not things that would change the world </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but I would like to get them done.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I realized that when I write things down that I need to do </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(my post it notes that my family teases me about) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I usually do them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So on Saturday I walked by the living room, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">turned right around and marched into the kitchen </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and started writing on the kitchen chalkboard door.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paint the Living Room, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Recover the Chairs, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Switch out the Rugs, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Make Pillows, etc...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There it was for everyone to see!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Miss Beaux asked why are you doing that?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My answer </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">~ Because I said I would ~ </span></span></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqAO_ynp7464F5tZDdGN_K705c_0iuf2r1oqnsr1ZF5TT53ya7xmw1EaOyYiIhHR48lmD-NCTeE6-4kzkriV5DsvNA5VVefgrMztXQv30qVKrDfyWge9l7xyMUEPl_cNadPpFqFiv8lBv/s1600/IMG_9137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqAO_ynp7464F5tZDdGN_K705c_0iuf2r1oqnsr1ZF5TT53ya7xmw1EaOyYiIhHR48lmD-NCTeE6-4kzkriV5DsvNA5VVefgrMztXQv30qVKrDfyWge9l7xyMUEPl_cNadPpFqFiv8lBv/s1600/IMG_9137.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is the room post Christmas... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really want to paint the room a creamy color </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and leave the ceiling the same soft blue.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBadpQU3sap5mB-34nn-ANu6HETS_kxSu1KX5mIRTCl_bIX8zj9cWKXZQl58aOP_xKPTjM6gJYGmtQ4PQUqHT_v6WpvB3qbm2uEvVUZdpulXq2LYY7Uv_gKtmA36gmi28R496_mgUVdcg/s1600/IMG_9188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBadpQU3sap5mB-34nn-ANu6HETS_kxSu1KX5mIRTCl_bIX8zj9cWKXZQl58aOP_xKPTjM6gJYGmtQ4PQUqHT_v6WpvB3qbm2uEvVUZdpulXq2LYY7Uv_gKtmA36gmi28R496_mgUVdcg/s1600/IMG_9188.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I have this bench that I bought for a client.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is not the bench that I ordered.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I called the company they said that they would send another bench right away </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and to hold onto this one until they sent me a return FedEx order.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The guy was really honest with me and said that after 45 days </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">if they hadn't sent the order then the bench was mine.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I asked Mr. Beaux (he knows about shipping stuff) how they could do that?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wouldn't they be losing money?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He said that it would cost more to ship it back </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">than it would to just take a loss on the bench.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wellllllllll, their loss was my gain!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It has been in the bedroom for a while and if you look real close </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you can see the dog hair from the pups jumping up on it to get to the bed!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WQY-AaYphqkDPtc0Y9BrNKp14rgg6j0UBm6qJWcr88cwhK0oq2i5Er0CYRzIidnYhWrnIATMZqOx1ym8kIXj1xXRaDM9PenHFlk5Xp-96rnzIR6NZlUFi48EUqOvb73FLJFeZsLGu8hZ/s1600/IMG_9154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WQY-AaYphqkDPtc0Y9BrNKp14rgg6j0UBm6qJWcr88cwhK0oq2i5Er0CYRzIidnYhWrnIATMZqOx1ym8kIXj1xXRaDM9PenHFlk5Xp-96rnzIR6NZlUFi48EUqOvb73FLJFeZsLGu8hZ/s1600/IMG_9154.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted to try it out as a coffee table in front of the sofa.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwteUGKK0JXaaYtpVo8zjM09fgPARaRGK_nAVrcyb_snhvSKQPmhncJh0g4iyTJWCBrI4imUS0SdG2zO8EG7bPpzRTNefoxA_LBcIwIwPGkxmzD1bRadEH-J7gYGWhwomLmwOnzSbL6Dj/s1600/BYROOM_cecily_main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwteUGKK0JXaaYtpVo8zjM09fgPARaRGK_nAVrcyb_snhvSKQPmhncJh0g4iyTJWCBrI4imUS0SdG2zO8EG7bPpzRTNefoxA_LBcIwIwPGkxmzD1bRadEH-J7gYGWhwomLmwOnzSbL6Dj/s1600/BYROOM_cecily_main.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I saw this living room on the <a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/living-room/cecily-living-room/?cm_sp=imagenav-_-subcatnav-_-livingroom_cecilylivingroom" target="_blank">Ballard</a> website </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I loved the soft colors and of course the bench.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJf9-nKpkkwbakqtn6KxmHE2YuBgZzZ8ozSt0jsJ1Vkcx41GP2vcEgJdZ3LpIGIY9u2AxioyKf7IjJnOHGI7o6f2vbQB5NwakUJfY9fhWraFv_MUqkH0mqaPysB8Qa2SNZHU4nTYrsNQG/s1600/IMG_9163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJf9-nKpkkwbakqtn6KxmHE2YuBgZzZ8ozSt0jsJ1Vkcx41GP2vcEgJdZ3LpIGIY9u2AxioyKf7IjJnOHGI7o6f2vbQB5NwakUJfY9fhWraFv_MUqkH0mqaPysB8Qa2SNZHU4nTYrsNQG/s1600/IMG_9163.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Please don't judge yet </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">because remember it is a work in progress!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I like the bench in front of the sofa.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can see that I took the rug out.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until I decide what I want to do I just want to see the negative space.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5rLZoYUNxZnf_GbYQ74dGPhNLJhaYGv8FS4Bu-J8s2VrNS7QxUJqcw76phIZAn-oQJjz-Afakk8Pddhqli2Qt-STLbAtTnRiJ_50rKNuOdP-mQaNjHiRaYbML1PXsrUMmYscq5ccJ3Y6/s1600/IMG_9156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5rLZoYUNxZnf_GbYQ74dGPhNLJhaYGv8FS4Bu-J8s2VrNS7QxUJqcw76phIZAn-oQJjz-Afakk8Pddhqli2Qt-STLbAtTnRiJ_50rKNuOdP-mQaNjHiRaYbML1PXsrUMmYscq5ccJ3Y6/s1600/IMG_9156.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I placed some books on top of the bench with a birds nest.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I gathered some white things together and placed them on a silver platter.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Remember my rule for vignettes?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Shine, natural, texture, and groups of three.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Shiny silver platter, natural birds nest, texture in the white pieces and a grouping of three. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aPpAkQBVhC5KDlz8_DLJ0nsDw7iJXlUqXjjeLHZ_HcqpH-lqzvfHaiyVawwaVoGb5G9iNgAB9OoysFgapodoxgfmSwW6UGKc6UOv_n6UC2XWHgHUx0fc_ciI_ltVVFhGxNRk5gZphuLW/s1600/IMG_9155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aPpAkQBVhC5KDlz8_DLJ0nsDw7iJXlUqXjjeLHZ_HcqpH-lqzvfHaiyVawwaVoGb5G9iNgAB9OoysFgapodoxgfmSwW6UGKc6UOv_n6UC2XWHgHUx0fc_ciI_ltVVFhGxNRk5gZphuLW/s1600/IMG_9155.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And a pop of an unexpected color.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pretty pink roses all in full bloom.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzIvZPn15N2y2mbz_EmGBdvTs_wwid3V0PEevL-YFSRcZjvi25JD1WUChTGbcv15DlO7KBBQzmO9iYoFSFNKrTNxVo2nUpXMa40t8Y6QVtnW74QZ8kTyAtMW_gcV2ofoDe08hmNNbs6tG/s1600/IMG_9195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzIvZPn15N2y2mbz_EmGBdvTs_wwid3V0PEevL-YFSRcZjvi25JD1WUChTGbcv15DlO7KBBQzmO9iYoFSFNKrTNxVo2nUpXMa40t8Y6QVtnW74QZ8kTyAtMW_gcV2ofoDe08hmNNbs6tG/s1600/IMG_9195.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While I was digging around I found this blue tray that I bought at an Estate Sale.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am not sure that I am happy with this arrangement </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but until I can really focus on it it will have to do.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I still have the mantle and the bookshelves to work on too.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9cT1hDaZYlzGR0aqC_rhAncNG8Or3hWyO_SuxyoDTx252JvbeRbSXmGswfv_IfIFRToi_2Q87ulwscXwBrYnyDoZ9Fp67kfmL4yfU9vsjKq31ZI_GDpeXx72Pd8ofzvjnmOJCDQLT76Q/s1600/IMG_9190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9cT1hDaZYlzGR0aqC_rhAncNG8Or3hWyO_SuxyoDTx252JvbeRbSXmGswfv_IfIFRToi_2Q87ulwscXwBrYnyDoZ9Fp67kfmL4yfU9vsjKq31ZI_GDpeXx72Pd8ofzvjnmOJCDQLT76Q/s1600/IMG_9190.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here are some fabrics that I have been gathering for this room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A silk piece that was $5.00 at an Estate Sale, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the blue gray quatrefoil is a tablecloth on clearance at Pottery Barn </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the others I found for $25.00 at an Estate Sale.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was a beautiful home in a great neighborhood and she was selling all of her leftover fabric from her kitchen/hearth room project.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was a LOT of leftover fabric.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lucky me!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBWlbNudeTCsGmF4tUhCx46Ss6taGgj72Rjvhbh_wpbusBoX-jaUB68bV1duUSeXX8YD4E2twUx0dX8stylxny-B5Zj8fAGbyTspw44fiSDEk74WByuVSQBxs71O8j_1-TZgzRendff12/s1600/IMG_9183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBWlbNudeTCsGmF4tUhCx46Ss6taGgj72Rjvhbh_wpbusBoX-jaUB68bV1duUSeXX8YD4E2twUx0dX8stylxny-B5Zj8fAGbyTspw44fiSDEk74WByuVSQBxs71O8j_1-TZgzRendff12/s1600/IMG_9183.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am so glad that this project is getting started!  </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: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All "Because I said I would!" </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: small;"><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: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at</span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/">Savvy Southern Style</a></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/" target="_blank">Between Naps On The Porch </a></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">French Country Cottage</a></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div>

Lighten Up 2014!

One of my New Years resolutions was to "Lighten Up". No, not lighten up my attitude, lighten up around the house. And not in the "I am going to let things slide" manner either (although some days I would like to). What I mean is that I want to lighten up my rooms. It feels dark in some rooms and…

28Jan2014

Home Staging: Before and After Series

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fG23yky0ti21UaMb5BuA1yUKCpt2Fp7p7owxdvem6CIHElfNeCWqUxenCA4U_40tDB9V_ogCVn6559oCC4QGbwXZuZ4mtaKIjFU6nNDN7lJQxQ0wk97dNzH6quiFyvRB5lFrlTXPGYj9/s1600/home+for+sale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fG23yky0ti21UaMb5BuA1yUKCpt2Fp7p7owxdvem6CIHElfNeCWqUxenCA4U_40tDB9V_ogCVn6559oCC4QGbwXZuZ4mtaKIjFU6nNDN7lJQxQ0wk97dNzH6quiFyvRB5lFrlTXPGYj9/s1600/home+for+sale.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was busy this past Spring and Summer working on a lot of Home Staging projects </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">not only for my own home but for my good friend who is a Realtor.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As a certified Home Stager I have learned many tricks of the trade over the years.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I thought it would be fun to do a weekly series of my "Before and Afters" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and pass some tips to my readers.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you are considering putting your home up for sale </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">this is a great time to start working on your house </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and getting it ready before the Springtime.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you might remember, we put our home on the market last Spring.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Long story short, we took it off after three months.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> There were only positive comments about our home but there were some external things </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">beyond our control that were hurting our chances for a quick sale.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There is currently a lot of construction in our area that is not very attractive.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We knew that our home would sell eventually but we didn't want to disrupt </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">our daughters Senior Year in High School having to move etc...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think it was a good choice for us </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and when the time comes around  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we will evaluate whether we want to list again.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1MlM88TUD3Qtck-efPfDmZMQX1_KPmgg71MoX6jOY_K-eWR2zUWdGolWDjx1hkYFqzrAoKZUPNDHbOw8rR_YN_U_2AXPv2aDv_tD8jf2rP5BHI7wk_sfWWMSAVX6_EJ-RzSfdTdMtCkL/s1600/ISqtsnfr7w8dk3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1MlM88TUD3Qtck-efPfDmZMQX1_KPmgg71MoX6jOY_K-eWR2zUWdGolWDjx1hkYFqzrAoKZUPNDHbOw8rR_YN_U_2AXPv2aDv_tD8jf2rP5BHI7wk_sfWWMSAVX6_EJ-RzSfdTdMtCkL/s1600/ISqtsnfr7w8dk3.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, back to the Home Staging!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This particular home was fun because my mom was in town </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and she came along and helped me out.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wasn't able to see the home before we staged it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's not ideal for me to stage a home without seeing it first </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and taking pictures but sometimes that is just the way it is.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The realtor sent me some photos from his phone </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I did have some idea of what I was walking into.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Each staging job is different...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sometimes I bring a carload of my own accessories with me </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and sometimes I only use what the homeowner has on hand.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In this case I used all of the homeowners things without supplementing. </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: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let's take a look!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8Gnz1mJ8KLd3bQWNhnftT71KsZBKJqxK35xGRPwyL_fTepeSYyYVP_ac9KHs2sdOGBSm70q6TW0SMceSjAkSeXDEV4f2tBRpK_japguQaIQBI7dPD2cMfL6LQ0AUOXxnOhoLuIEXT20w/s1600/IMG_0283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8Gnz1mJ8KLd3bQWNhnftT71KsZBKJqxK35xGRPwyL_fTepeSYyYVP_ac9KHs2sdOGBSm70q6TW0SMceSjAkSeXDEV4f2tBRpK_japguQaIQBI7dPD2cMfL6LQ0AUOXxnOhoLuIEXT20w/s1600/IMG_0283.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can see from the outside of the home that it is a "Split Level" home.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When you walk in the Living Room is on one level </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the Kitchen, dining room and bedrooms are on another level up.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The walkout basement is on the bottom level.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the Before picture that the Realtor took.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The room is cluttered with family photos and little nick-knacks.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It looks like they were also using this room as a pseudo office.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It confuses buyers when you have more than one purpose for a room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6UNk6tthdtRmPCy1Y-mwldA2CKOEe-2eD3zgOj2i68_qWlQTktiUd0OPmE3eyANUZM2D7S3RYSNbrcp85xXHLb8EFD01IzlkfO5gHbqOA1dkcaD-udnx-OAScLPEQRkNXljwk3wytppz/s1600/IMG_0284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6UNk6tthdtRmPCy1Y-mwldA2CKOEe-2eD3zgOj2i68_qWlQTktiUd0OPmE3eyANUZM2D7S3RYSNbrcp85xXHLb8EFD01IzlkfO5gHbqOA1dkcaD-udnx-OAScLPEQRkNXljwk3wytppz/s1600/IMG_0284.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The room just looked a little tired </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and like they had thrown their "Left over" furniture into it. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcm48ejoSEf8SZOMN6yNSqZkUzd8oLwZ6BrUG5xx6lEj_k5n4Pejp65Ydwg-m8TqMep1Qvz_Jbm2DEqnsAPf1inzncxGuctcbU4ZNEHPEAgd55S0M7LHhnbolVlHmOU1sTlvydgk8R1yJ/s1600/IMG_0286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcm48ejoSEf8SZOMN6yNSqZkUzd8oLwZ6BrUG5xx6lEj_k5n4Pejp65Ydwg-m8TqMep1Qvz_Jbm2DEqnsAPf1inzncxGuctcbU4ZNEHPEAgd55S0M7LHhnbolVlHmOU1sTlvydgk8R1yJ/s1600/IMG_0286.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Unfortunately, we were unable to move the roll top desk.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was just too heavy and the homeowner's computer </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and printer were all hooked up. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So we did the best we could with what we had to work with!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDX5qziYDTceTac-FY9qYX1nU9TEsaNq4dV60AxS8w5TBMfXn3vu9ZKAo2HKdcFzKtE2gpc0_vaI3UtNPyDLJipaGIWCMo7hIUqdE3lUabnEV0uriJJgU3DNDORHYRWokB7jUCxgaoeMXb/s1600/IMG_8141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDX5qziYDTceTac-FY9qYX1nU9TEsaNq4dV60AxS8w5TBMfXn3vu9ZKAo2HKdcFzKtE2gpc0_vaI3UtNPyDLJipaGIWCMo7hIUqdE3lUabnEV0uriJJgU3DNDORHYRWokB7jUCxgaoeMXb/s1600/IMG_8141.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I angled the sofa to give the room some interest </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and replaced the palm tree pillows with some more current pillows </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I found downstairs.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They  really seemed to brighten up the space.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">De-cluttering and removing family photos </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is always on my list of things to do!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I stole the palm print from the bathroom (which you will see later) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and centered it over the antique sewing machine that was previously in the kitchen.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> The roll top desk got moved over (as far as we could) to the corner and closed for </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">showings.   I placed the greenery around the room so your eye would follow from the </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">lowest to the highest point.  It helps your brain to make sense of a space when you do that.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your eyes will follow the path which is what I want you to do.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I kept the mantle simple with three glass candle holders stolen from another room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdmuo35v8R0eSVrBJF19skNUNatT8LgcYrFqy997DJhpyvOafnGq0gUJ8Lv3y0xGRklH1nrOXBwbEypFdN2yTp8ZRFLgW0FylUoFnU_96aDMo7VtN6wWxXs_OOKZYt0z0bkL85wRtwepz/s1600/IMG_0282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdmuo35v8R0eSVrBJF19skNUNatT8LgcYrFqy997DJhpyvOafnGq0gUJ8Lv3y0xGRklH1nrOXBwbEypFdN2yTp8ZRFLgW0FylUoFnU_96aDMo7VtN6wWxXs_OOKZYt0z0bkL85wRtwepz/s1600/IMG_0282.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  Shield your eyes!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the kitchen!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was a VERY bright apple green with a LOT of clutter.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the only "Before" picture that I have but I am sure you get the idea.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My mom and I got to de-cluttering this room right away!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My method is to take every accessory and put it in a central place, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">usually the kitchen table, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and then use what we want to stage and pack up the rest.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjLkkFL5ZIuVS0wQCcQ0A9VzlyTzGh94oDpA7TbJ2icexLFYWL0oxV0D1Aeion5geypMB8chIFQ7Rxt6o8QwenO-SmrnWOeObP22S97UVhdMikFvw9rRN0QtPFLDdkCaAMhB7nb7psnDX/s1600/IMG_8143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjLkkFL5ZIuVS0wQCcQ0A9VzlyTzGh94oDpA7TbJ2icexLFYWL0oxV0D1Aeion5geypMB8chIFQ7Rxt6o8QwenO-SmrnWOeObP22S97UVhdMikFvw9rRN0QtPFLDdkCaAMhB7nb7psnDX/s1600/IMG_8143.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">WOW!  </span></span></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What do you think?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now it is a nice bright kitchen with beautiful cabinets and clean white counters.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A lot of you might think that this is TOO sparse and simple </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but you have to remember that putting your house up for sale </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is different than living in your home.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Staging is not the same as decorating...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Decorating is personal </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and staging is removing the personal </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so that others can imagine living in your home.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I kept only a few accessories out on the counters.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My rule of thumb is three appliances max out on the counters.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I used the cobalt blue grouping because I felt that back splash and counters were blending </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">together too much and they needed to be broken up.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRZWDxYYFPF5dZrfIQDuwP2qKF66GKHW03Bhyo_D7I7d0q0qfJOCLBer13QHhKfg99l-iQzgQUiLfGfPlCBKW8IN6aWk6F_MyFxPknCmIr2Tm315nKZGzKA_7s5pAngvcsqieYlJMczJV/s1600/IMG_8145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRZWDxYYFPF5dZrfIQDuwP2qKF66GKHW03Bhyo_D7I7d0q0qfJOCLBer13QHhKfg99l-iQzgQUiLfGfPlCBKW8IN6aWk6F_MyFxPknCmIr2Tm315nKZGzKA_7s5pAngvcsqieYlJMczJV/s1600/IMG_8145.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Isn't this a cute space?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I gathered a small checked tablecloth and placed the ceramic grass plant on top.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I always try to think of who my target market is when I am staging.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was thinking that a younger couple </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">would be looking at this house so I wanted to add some modern elements.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMy8v7_ZUdCobxd0HBOiY30s1xLoCr-LOpkc0qjY61MGG3WksEUHhqQ253TS6_vddz9XjT1zt1nlcQdeJ8icwrcOY0uZaVLhooIBa5ofpdyA9N-waOD5CLZmAkx9SqvdBCQzJ3vOOSJxF/s1600/IMG_0271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMy8v7_ZUdCobxd0HBOiY30s1xLoCr-LOpkc0qjY61MGG3WksEUHhqQ253TS6_vddz9XjT1zt1nlcQdeJ8icwrcOY0uZaVLhooIBa5ofpdyA9N-waOD5CLZmAkx9SqvdBCQzJ3vOOSJxF/s1600/IMG_0271.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Master Bedroom had some challenges; </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">boring bedding, dark curtains, too much furniture and more clutter.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM_JlGxlRx5DfYs6LtdO2UUrbCHsN6bMTds0GQL5HIJqmsP1QNTHs-dyifD59namO0Io9hcgJ__ixfAywg39-mGabFXXQhJL6CBb8BWDgpfz7dVlMwrBCNbwlQCdiWZetlBI50egMorP1/s1600/IMG_0276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM_JlGxlRx5DfYs6LtdO2UUrbCHsN6bMTds0GQL5HIJqmsP1QNTHs-dyifD59namO0Io9hcgJ__ixfAywg39-mGabFXXQhJL6CBb8BWDgpfz7dVlMwrBCNbwlQCdiWZetlBI50egMorP1/s1600/IMG_0276.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sorry about the blurriness of this photo but I am sure you get the idea here...  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5mf3znomtYPMx_fG_VnpoVbBFiYui_e1t0sFpzKayy5jKrbzyKNPPwOjgrUyGw4BbriqrGdpeOQX02Pg0GLHQ9w-hVTtGEvDhsq0ZOwbs_yrb-j9wQbxAXRj_BWAugUFDl39Rjp7JaDH/s1600/IMG_8147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5mf3znomtYPMx_fG_VnpoVbBFiYui_e1t0sFpzKayy5jKrbzyKNPPwOjgrUyGw4BbriqrGdpeOQX02Pg0GLHQ9w-hVTtGEvDhsq0ZOwbs_yrb-j9wQbxAXRj_BWAugUFDl39Rjp7JaDH/s1600/IMG_8147.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found a new set of bedding that had never been opened in the garage </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and we asked the homeowners if we could use it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A coordinated set like this always looks more like a "model home".  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I switched the candles and picture over the bed with one from the hallway.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The restfulness of the flowers works better and flows with the drapes.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I tied the drapes back (with hair bands and a small nail) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to let in more light.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Soooooooooo much better!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfco8gcvkHVpZgsYJT1pwyT_uIllKnnp9pySVZ_yKKn8tFbn9MbpaxeT5hmijcdcrwuQuBOkeL0hVfk_-AguHtg-S2a4z8g8hhMPHLB_uLyPXAuwWrukdhMDxAuPjS-iFG7XYiEgONSmx/s1600/IMG_8148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfco8gcvkHVpZgsYJT1pwyT_uIllKnnp9pySVZ_yKKn8tFbn9MbpaxeT5hmijcdcrwuQuBOkeL0hVfk_-AguHtg-S2a4z8g8hhMPHLB_uLyPXAuwWrukdhMDxAuPjS-iFG7XYiEgONSmx/s1600/IMG_8148.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I moved the end table from the left side to the right.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It seems like a small change but it made the room look so much bigger.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course I de-cluttered the dresser and placed a few candlesticks there.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1O1OdrsXX2ekQOzSIXofVVupFmvEC4G6NBhm8iH7j2X3hp41BucYI63K_1s_l0E0rrLXCi87VzzLsNviuQ9mXexDWEuMKgW1SGlccEgGvvowIFfu4z-WwOoL5Esnk9RZMXoR_9m5aJjN/s1600/IMG_8149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1O1OdrsXX2ekQOzSIXofVVupFmvEC4G6NBhm8iH7j2X3hp41BucYI63K_1s_l0E0rrLXCi87VzzLsNviuQ9mXexDWEuMKgW1SGlccEgGvvowIFfu4z-WwOoL5Esnk9RZMXoR_9m5aJjN/s1600/IMG_8149.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Please put your sunglasses on for the master bathroom!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gRKI1YRDaqwKD0cy8M2Zrf_A_g2gF_Bj0I6KEwtumhwfn3FhrqSVl7kUPWarNcMyi4zpfg46Jpu2wp9SZg9REmR5i5OxVcx5me6krgqnSdwuOyLx2O10F3XbcjU0lI3tadFtwdYgsQRJ/s1600/IMG_0272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gRKI1YRDaqwKD0cy8M2Zrf_A_g2gF_Bj0I6KEwtumhwfn3FhrqSVl7kUPWarNcMyi4zpfg46Jpu2wp9SZg9REmR5i5OxVcx5me6krgqnSdwuOyLx2O10F3XbcjU0lI3tadFtwdYgsQRJ/s1600/IMG_0272.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Yes, it is bright orange!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And there was no painting it!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is what I had to deal with!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_QxTjuLpKMKqcMMYgrI3r97RJ8GU_piQEB-vezd-J8Gf7mD5i7TnhCYPIeYHo1JxvpidPl0zEfvjlA1Gl3_U6lyJvtQ8pGAycVSnfG4-t1UVKqgX1og71ulwxLaOU3a6mdZ_a_oi3S8c/s1600/IMG_0273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_QxTjuLpKMKqcMMYgrI3r97RJ8GU_piQEB-vezd-J8Gf7mD5i7TnhCYPIeYHo1JxvpidPl0zEfvjlA1Gl3_U6lyJvtQ8pGAycVSnfG4-t1UVKqgX1og71ulwxLaOU3a6mdZ_a_oi3S8c/s1600/IMG_0273.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yikes!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Even the ceiling is orange!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course my recommendation would be to paint but people don't always listen to me </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sigh! </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">or the realtors... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So how would you deal with this?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What would you do?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-m4qO5EJlnFLeikcbdcZQ69ed4DxcYNpREEWFooj-Gt-k0HUDUEfqXOr5axCKnrjAbmpzOaJqW5am2xf9_8vCXUFFy4TR_x2PzJcm0d58Q9bPwHcRxkvDvDXI0VFfliwQULM94WuJSvRx/s1600/IMG_8150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-m4qO5EJlnFLeikcbdcZQ69ed4DxcYNpREEWFooj-Gt-k0HUDUEfqXOr5axCKnrjAbmpzOaJqW5am2xf9_8vCXUFFy4TR_x2PzJcm0d58Q9bPwHcRxkvDvDXI0VFfliwQULM94WuJSvRx/s1600/IMG_8150.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided to use the "white out" method.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used a large white shower curtain over the shower </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and white towels on the towel rack.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I kept pictures and accessories to a minimum.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Green always neutralizes a space </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I placed the greens on the counter and on the back of the loo.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9qn3IOFRvFbZera1yZuJsSsmwWk97Blm80IFadBKXC_1hCCIEJAlEJc36YXhOYadZ3NNnmpuKQbkhWDL-Zgi-o-d94oBBx64ivQuGrouXSg5UW6Siru_PSqRIn9HwJvbmszwJw9zn_I0/s1600/IMG_8153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9qn3IOFRvFbZera1yZuJsSsmwWk97Blm80IFadBKXC_1hCCIEJAlEJc36YXhOYadZ3NNnmpuKQbkhWDL-Zgi-o-d94oBBx64ivQuGrouXSg5UW6Siru_PSqRIn9HwJvbmszwJw9zn_I0/s1600/IMG_8153.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was actually tolerable when it was all staged.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3jt_BPzdzqy4BuAcue0EjdnhkvilrvChu0mrhhVGF-fKD5Ptiaj9lKvHXYYR_69ludH676_0auSRRa9beTqQbR1jEAtH6Rxhl4Qobd81qrj2iXLJ_jFpvIG8x64ujOejOi8KevwFxbV7/s1600/IMG_0277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3jt_BPzdzqy4BuAcue0EjdnhkvilrvChu0mrhhVGF-fKD5Ptiaj9lKvHXYYR_69ludH676_0auSRRa9beTqQbR1jEAtH6Rxhl4Qobd81qrj2iXLJ_jFpvIG8x64ujOejOi8KevwFxbV7/s1600/IMG_0277.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The little girls room.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifxr8J54yKIY4IRLiTiDhwpfW0qfCGVt6YSG4O1J9bJOxltItYK75rN4mvhgsLfKT7ugDEPL-Q6eGvTIozCdZj87zcINyqKDCyFyAPYw7JaGgZHqSox5MkQGKw9ppGYmFkQThQJpINnhu/s1600/IMG_0278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifxr8J54yKIY4IRLiTiDhwpfW0qfCGVt6YSG4O1J9bJOxltItYK75rN4mvhgsLfKT7ugDEPL-Q6eGvTIozCdZj87zcINyqKDCyFyAPYw7JaGgZHqSox5MkQGKw9ppGYmFkQThQJpINnhu/s1600/IMG_0278.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would say that this is a typical little girls room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Coordinating bedding and drapes, stuffed animals, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">little nick-knacks in her favorite colors.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just a little tweaking will fix this room.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3K-PWhYXMfGImDgrN60vkRC5Yq-4ctCuQXOfV3IGtfPW9ycTmOWOOZPWNcxb9XrNRjGNIWht4UA5pi7d5Li_g83kiN3hNuQ0Ny1bHp_iUCVJ-9BbwIHDS5KKKOh09514XNL-LmBseq_2/s1600/IMG_8156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3K-PWhYXMfGImDgrN60vkRC5Yq-4ctCuQXOfV3IGtfPW9ycTmOWOOZPWNcxb9XrNRjGNIWht4UA5pi7d5Li_g83kiN3hNuQ0Ny1bHp_iUCVJ-9BbwIHDS5KKKOh09514XNL-LmBseq_2/s1600/IMG_8156.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I removed a lot of the little items in the room because they are distracting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of my favorite tricks is to use all white bedding </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and place the comforter at the end of the bed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Since I didn't have a budget for this house I turned down the bedding </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with just the sheets exposed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A prospective buyer can only tolerate so much pattern.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is much more soothing to see the pattern at the end of the bed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tTwAdTiHi1F1buJl4Bk9bFVVDpv-4FpXNqFyoW66kus6YWs6a9qxvf6J-kMY1OXsyuoSu-ZBHHKWwDgNUQeVNb9j08y1XtyKsrgZAihHyv130FbR5zb3647xhkd6YjRyeB50TmENwPlb/s1600/IMG_8157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tTwAdTiHi1F1buJl4Bk9bFVVDpv-4FpXNqFyoW66kus6YWs6a9qxvf6J-kMY1OXsyuoSu-ZBHHKWwDgNUQeVNb9j08y1XtyKsrgZAihHyv130FbR5zb3647xhkd6YjRyeB50TmENwPlb/s1600/IMG_8157.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Clean, organized and cute!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkBzZzMqdrrQHNWUq5wu4s6d1UuuuIYB6GSNTEFJ69QN5d0fiKC997kGoEXy3e7kPSALrfipngyY6ITkiYnmAoKDrShcfToChDVt1nsnwcbcbr_xXdbxWqlpV5i9hmsNfMXnwmdnVClap/s1600/IMG_0265.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkBzZzMqdrrQHNWUq5wu4s6d1UuuuIYB6GSNTEFJ69QN5d0fiKC997kGoEXy3e7kPSALrfipngyY6ITkiYnmAoKDrShcfToChDVt1nsnwcbcbr_xXdbxWqlpV5i9hmsNfMXnwmdnVClap/s1600/IMG_0265.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: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmF_6_1EXSE36vIS08-VWZuZ7UjXpfOAJt_Vwx-TAsG2JGR2sGu2SGzMt6vqsYVCp2SsJhLPSrm3e021Wx6d4xMWomNsC9LvknFETs0EQwueubeWOsIEvHqEhzxxf0LSs21zmmwY2_7dx/s1600/IMG_0264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmF_6_1EXSE36vIS08-VWZuZ7UjXpfOAJt_Vwx-TAsG2JGR2sGu2SGzMt6vqsYVCp2SsJhLPSrm3e021Wx6d4xMWomNsC9LvknFETs0EQwueubeWOsIEvHqEhzxxf0LSs21zmmwY2_7dx/s1600/IMG_0264.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The powder room/kids bathroom.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWQB9fjUvBle4aGz1DQx5SB_E77SqOSfo-WC_m9PA0GvcsHJYEHzh354RDQDOHNnAt4R36gmgilJgnvlKA8aaujWNezVrQSXtSLipR6R-hPwO9X6NScE6o_uQNbeXI09AD0cpL7qNnOXE/s1600/IMG_8146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWQB9fjUvBle4aGz1DQx5SB_E77SqOSfo-WC_m9PA0GvcsHJYEHzh354RDQDOHNnAt4R36gmgilJgnvlKA8aaujWNezVrQSXtSLipR6R-hPwO9X6NScE6o_uQNbeXI09AD0cpL7qNnOXE/s1600/IMG_8146.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Not much to do in here but take the kid stuff away and clean up.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted to pull the shower curtain to the side but it was better left closed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVtd0c7b9UIDZji4idsYukaUHIUP0QhNr5nnro8YVWVU5ClA7khVUsPtkXYsnnfp6WiVHR9almmR2OOE7vNdyrPxWUvVIDXhIYmyQur9EDf1HX2X3-nXpp4bpnLIX7_Wq6QC31gYpH9p1/s1600/IMG_0291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVtd0c7b9UIDZji4idsYukaUHIUP0QhNr5nnro8YVWVU5ClA7khVUsPtkXYsnnfp6WiVHR9almmR2OOE7vNdyrPxWUvVIDXhIYmyQur9EDf1HX2X3-nXpp4bpnLIX7_Wq6QC31gYpH9p1/s1600/IMG_0291.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The basement area.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lots of family photos on the two bookshelves flanking the sofa.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4i12NBym48tg3dM6YKTDOM2Zz9LHtcaqoHjSYT4a-NGKZP_B0ATEQ72Z5bd_lUx1x53LuBVN7dBZyzlYda19v9x_zuNVwaCKc3nXiSEspSVuQQ8d6msHNDghTYnHPJTmI8s5IzuELROEO/s1600/IMG_0288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4i12NBym48tg3dM6YKTDOM2Zz9LHtcaqoHjSYT4a-NGKZP_B0ATEQ72Z5bd_lUx1x53LuBVN7dBZyzlYda19v9x_zuNVwaCKc3nXiSEspSVuQQ8d6msHNDghTYnHPJTmI8s5IzuELROEO/s1600/IMG_0288.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The view as you come down the stairs.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The coat rack full of coats is the first thing you run into.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMlmXqOGhfOFzKGYZu9f_cdpvEW3ZUuhyphenhyphen0cmkmXdCrmQrzBdPw21nPB9odRceq4CQ1eWGx2EuP1s4QmJ4rsUwUhay0tpKqUAaADTvDt86V_40qIfy2p-YI_q6Om_MiWZFo3av8HnHkKeG/s1600/IMG_0293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMlmXqOGhfOFzKGYZu9f_cdpvEW3ZUuhyphenhyphen0cmkmXdCrmQrzBdPw21nPB9odRceq4CQ1eWGx2EuP1s4QmJ4rsUwUhay0tpKqUAaADTvDt86V_40qIfy2p-YI_q6Om_MiWZFo3av8HnHkKeG/s1600/IMG_0293.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another view...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Behind that door is a powder room and a door to the outside.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbzXI59D2FFtzEeBGshU64X-Bj9FMJBUCcibXu1eggrEpuOr2ZC7ZvHvyIqmDrUiOAk_oi_SI6dBGaOW7XH6tc0yJBZRrdN5iLl2PKnTDlVK6SRYWzvgMxh0Ew091kl41RtcV2fuDI4rA/s1600/IMG_8158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbzXI59D2FFtzEeBGshU64X-Bj9FMJBUCcibXu1eggrEpuOr2ZC7ZvHvyIqmDrUiOAk_oi_SI6dBGaOW7XH6tc0yJBZRrdN5iLl2PKnTDlVK6SRYWzvgMxh0Ew091kl41RtcV2fuDI4rA/s1600/IMG_8158.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Staged, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the bookshelves have been de-personalized </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the golf print from the living room was placed here.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is more in scale than the smaller print that was previously there.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I removed the green swag from the windows </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">because I thought it wasn't substantial enough to go over the windows. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYV-QoPZQpvKLGYL3gAIa4siXBmzQXMt0n5i6rKjfxTZmnTHSwRFScrz4wletCuvCLQmW70DxFaO3o3-p0OM_EVjR0tl5MVFsAYJEJ8NJ5epra3DZ2XykArqv_6Sbq5dcWdwh6wEodgKZr/s1600/IMG_8159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYV-QoPZQpvKLGYL3gAIa4siXBmzQXMt0n5i6rKjfxTZmnTHSwRFScrz4wletCuvCLQmW70DxFaO3o3-p0OM_EVjR0tl5MVFsAYJEJ8NJ5epra3DZ2XykArqv_6Sbq5dcWdwh6wEodgKZr/s1600/IMG_8159.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now it looks like a spacious basement or entertainment room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Done!  And in under three hours! </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This house was not on the market very long before it sold!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know that it was less than 30 days.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So are you interested in this series?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If so, come back next week!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until then,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing 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