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

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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" 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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 t...

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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 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