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Estate Sale Friday!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would normally say Happy 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;">but in my case it is Happy ESF!  </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;">Happy Estate Sale Friday!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love Fridays when I can grab a Starbucks </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 take off first thing in the morning </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for my Estate Sale rounds.  </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 could wish for better weather </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 I don't want to push my luck... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would rather wish for bargains and great finds!  </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 am happy to report </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 found some this Friday!  </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/AVvXsEh9OBFo-r0ZEaBLzfbuuc489uavn6U9OAgGAmRBKuncc7_F8n7dV8bAmxb9w1RFZd7oRHrZgonLvtJlyjO5MXX7id6iSRSuKskiX6NNiE5lgcPv9eDSvvRqpjlyVMgIwPyfNa1WYMH9Mupc/s1600/10007042_516275548483922_273229005_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OBFo-r0ZEaBLzfbuuc489uavn6U9OAgGAmRBKuncc7_F8n7dV8bAmxb9w1RFZd7oRHrZgonLvtJlyjO5MXX7id6iSRSuKskiX6NNiE5lgcPv9eDSvvRqpjlyVMgIwPyfNa1WYMH9Mupc/s1600/10007042_516275548483922_273229005_n.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;">This is the first house that I went to.  </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 sale was advertised on Estatesales.net as </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;">"Quality in South Leawood".  </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 home is for 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;">so I am guessing </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 they are moving to downsize.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love Estatesales.net.  </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 remember the good old days </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;">when my BFF and I would grab </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a newspaper and circle the Estate Sales </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 print out the directions.  </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/AVvXsEhxlKYF84wpWE5UcqPlxCLJdvCKpNFkM66LsiCd2tZEt_wxdFlakjHmklR342LtkrVH48_budn1Z4zH4zhFeFdMQOLKSNQkAgKdyK8SLsXhqWqV5IT4WirBtMghmMvgV1yrnlti-tXQ78E0/s1600/1842467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlKYF84wpWE5UcqPlxCLJdvCKpNFkM66LsiCd2tZEt_wxdFlakjHmklR342LtkrVH48_budn1Z4zH4zhFeFdMQOLKSNQkAgKdyK8SLsXhqWqV5IT4WirBtMghmMvgV1yrnlti-tXQ78E0/s1600/1842467.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;">Isn't this a great house?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is a photo from the MLS listing.  </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;">You can see the whole thing 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;"><a href="http://www.reeceandnichols.com/homes-for-sale/KS/Leawood/66224/4805-W-144th-Terrace-94052394#_" target="_blank">MLS LISTING</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/AVvXsEggAn81f9vLLnR5MNVOTRlSuXFQ1JhyRODI0bbMzncf-FInxfVzsFl_o6nz1tbbhhuqlUSmEMRopWUAxQi49SnTcPdGBGkrcrHnix9RfFbnTEbN1uUy4hIphmwaT238RuRhlgYFZbxqC4Ed/s1600/photob.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAn81f9vLLnR5MNVOTRlSuXFQ1JhyRODI0bbMzncf-FInxfVzsFl_o6nz1tbbhhuqlUSmEMRopWUAxQi49SnTcPdGBGkrcrHnix9RfFbnTEbN1uUy4hIphmwaT238RuRhlgYFZbxqC4Ed/s1600/photob.JPG" width="474" /></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;">Sorry about the Iphone photos.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I waited in line and walked into </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">this gorgeous French Country Home </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that was professionally decorated to the nines!  </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;">Look at those toile curtains </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;">leading into the great room!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3JBgpBTxND3UAdGzlQ9ZMO9PeP21A9g4Si2CPZf3ua8ExshJbMRnd0yd4l1m_eJrf8zUaPswJHoePzBp_af6FqPr1vigjJkVh6ngNvMo1C0a30yk8yKe5laqDDDpTJvkIUn1lJ_zPqJY/s1600/1842467-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3JBgpBTxND3UAdGzlQ9ZMO9PeP21A9g4Si2CPZf3ua8ExshJbMRnd0yd4l1m_eJrf8zUaPswJHoePzBp_af6FqPr1vigjJkVh6ngNvMo1C0a30yk8yKe5laqDDDpTJvkIUn1lJ_zPqJY/s1600/1842467-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another MLS Photo.  </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;">Look at those hardwood floors!  </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;">And I am not the hugest fan of wallpaper </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but I do like traditional when it is done right.</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/AVvXsEgQ_s9pjMmW3prh4lAz3DC_Op3zGUjBYTYDD08C5GAE2PIxdtgXr9OK9_swhW-QFz4j2xK3xn0Nu6eZ-dMCKpcpaj4RUYHQRqo62DojgwxNabpkTvtE9xRIliTNQsXn2aKlYaNDR0G6zA43/s1600/1842467-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_s9pjMmW3prh4lAz3DC_Op3zGUjBYTYDD08C5GAE2PIxdtgXr9OK9_swhW-QFz4j2xK3xn0Nu6eZ-dMCKpcpaj4RUYHQRqo62DojgwxNabpkTvtE9xRIliTNQsXn2aKlYaNDR0G6zA43/s1600/1842467-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the great room the tapestry </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;">over the fireplace hides something </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;">we all have in our homes.</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/AVvXsEjrHKKhwcKNiYh5b8bQ_Pf3LwpdGwheYmqgxnWrzQe6roVKqFEim1ztcRDuP4eRMTS96Q0eKVHZKqCy99T0Wt6NURlsU9D4Bv_PKF_A8du6pu4bg9Wg0v8oOa5gfCDezo19_920hJ5ptyTp/s1600/photoc.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHKKhwcKNiYh5b8bQ_Pf3LwpdGwheYmqgxnWrzQe6roVKqFEim1ztcRDuP4eRMTS96Q0eKVHZKqCy99T0Wt6NURlsU9D4Bv_PKF_A8du6pu4bg9Wg0v8oOa5gfCDezo19_920hJ5ptyTp/s1600/photoc.JPG" width="478" /></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;">The Television!  Clever!</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/AVvXsEhdqm8YHDKh3XYG2W2HZ9Xvbpwc_f0wDj8udq_KAN9KyQq18kEv7ibgHs2lua24z7wcHtpEzvmeyD5kEHKIMRdIJ9m-xDFsmndiY_jgr1dPBj0XMoNU9x7vL4IOHe0WM1z3hUatkKnqub9T/s1600/1842467-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqm8YHDKh3XYG2W2HZ9Xvbpwc_f0wDj8udq_KAN9KyQq18kEv7ibgHs2lua24z7wcHtpEzvmeyD5kEHKIMRdIJ9m-xDFsmndiY_jgr1dPBj0XMoNU9x7vL4IOHe0WM1z3hUatkKnqub9T/s1600/1842467-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I liked the kitchen, </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but it was a tad dark for me.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did find a couple of </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;">goodies in there though...</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/AVvXsEjYcKPxSYlIVxUny2YTtQq4KrHHf8v-OGWnilc8zICWpHfvPyCTswLSDxtsUwteUlvNOq9MgrteY5izZsxhLwciBf3s7ZTfUMoPeSmZO_d1PdW7A5D6EIF-OgjtRkfohY80OJFJ-UrWgAr_/s1600/IMG_0575.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcKPxSYlIVxUny2YTtQq4KrHHf8v-OGWnilc8zICWpHfvPyCTswLSDxtsUwteUlvNOq9MgrteY5izZsxhLwciBf3s7ZTfUMoPeSmZO_d1PdW7A5D6EIF-OgjtRkfohY80OJFJ-UrWgAr_/s1600/IMG_0575.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These little Tole trays were $1.50 each.  </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;">Miss Beaux commented on them </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when she got home from school, </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;">"You really like those trays don'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;">I guess I do have an obsession with them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But can you blame me?</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/AVvXsEi9AZU8puKAbMYPtjvZr4YrEQEK-Wp7ziRlLwDMIUUUqaZ3tGbAhdIAJVrnNChxwQoe9ZFyCFV4dn4zHLnCjIU1AKngRRyZUdls7-bO6KYpyCNDhAB5qHCm58dUmgEnsnC4bWMlT55As3r4/s1600/IMG_0572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AZU8puKAbMYPtjvZr4YrEQEK-Wp7ziRlLwDMIUUUqaZ3tGbAhdIAJVrnNChxwQoe9ZFyCFV4dn4zHLnCjIU1AKngRRyZUdls7-bO6KYpyCNDhAB5qHCm58dUmgEnsnC4bWMlT55As3r4/s1600/IMG_0572.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> And this little guy is going in my black hutch, </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;">joining his other bunny friends.  </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;">Isn't he a cutie!</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/AVvXsEj2ohWGMeTyCSoIxXsO6kTonkSpoxzq79a_zgbd0nDTOIIDu6rShwTLtuFWnDhu09HzR20booFJ079t4WyqyrjdUO7RdD172RcVpm6e16yO-6kWjuFjBO9A39m7co4pFn4YaeJWz3L9xCt7/s1600/IMG_0570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ohWGMeTyCSoIxXsO6kTonkSpoxzq79a_zgbd0nDTOIIDu6rShwTLtuFWnDhu09HzR20booFJ079t4WyqyrjdUO7RdD172RcVpm6e16yO-6kWjuFjBO9A39m7co4pFn4YaeJWz3L9xCt7/s1600/IMG_0570.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">At the next house </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found this bolster cover from Nell Hill's. </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;">My BFF and I are going there this weekend.   </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;">The bolster was originally priced at $26.00 </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but the Estate Sale price was...</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/AVvXsEjls6NaAtvcx_xIS5nEdNP1DJePlvrMErXBcCt_WsbPTUFnnfcjRH_8BqTILdKtZWSCB81wnokebDS7i8jYMIrsBnZAWYhQnXsn6suOmy-hliHHuzAo2xSvZ9nNwSvFdG43siqN-rtE_OfF/s1600/IMG_0571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjls6NaAtvcx_xIS5nEdNP1DJePlvrMErXBcCt_WsbPTUFnnfcjRH_8BqTILdKtZWSCB81wnokebDS7i8jYMIrsBnZAWYhQnXsn6suOmy-hliHHuzAo2xSvZ9nNwSvFdG43siqN-rtE_OfF/s1600/IMG_0571.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">$8.00 but wait!!!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was half off day </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;">because the sale was ending today... </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">$4.00!!!</span></span></i></span></b></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/AVvXsEhQLKPERaAaDpLW37pUTtikC5h59t73n00SDPEIX5iqVXzq5a5kECaHnudCFa8aUBd4g6T2I5kwhplv3SviPWmP1vmhubByJ5JDGgpJ9rLdgstCPooL3W0i924CieHPqW0TFJhsAL4IICLg/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLKPERaAaDpLW37pUTtikC5h59t73n00SDPEIX5iqVXzq5a5kECaHnudCFa8aUBd4g6T2I5kwhplv3SviPWmP1vmhubByJ5JDGgpJ9rLdgstCPooL3W0i924CieHPqW0TFJhsAL4IICLg/s1600/photo.JPG" width="478" /></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;">Here are some things that DIDN'T </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;">go home with me although </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wish they did.</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;">Lovely French Display Cabinet for $1,500.00</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/AVvXsEjX9g8UPkC7AitNxaRtTPlrWpNcsExUZVBj33tYQQ_KZrZweUvxZB7FeXSgqHgawangpW1sKvHEruAy6qhqyLPN27p-ArsgKTmD9DR4nd999O0zgchDmg3ddcMQgpKbBVpFAVIzFwFAocQx/s1600/photod.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9g8UPkC7AitNxaRtTPlrWpNcsExUZVBj33tYQQ_KZrZweUvxZB7FeXSgqHgawangpW1sKvHEruAy6qhqyLPN27p-ArsgKTmD9DR4nd999O0zgchDmg3ddcMQgpKbBVpFAVIzFwFAocQx/s1600/photod.JPG" width="478" /></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;">Another small cabinet </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with a mirror for $895.00.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This would be cute in 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;">bathroom with glass doors.</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/AVvXsEhj_vIj_B137uZyFC4WR_f-8WESEeEseehmDej9E5gvrDu6Hz2zaqw91w0IBDEuLAgP8n5fmEWRpb1qZ_mRENszP0pKhih6EbMoBQ9Cc9HSrn41QwbqceQZDRAxY7wxckW38yh4P4-Ttmu1/s1600/photoa.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_vIj_B137uZyFC4WR_f-8WESEeEseehmDej9E5gvrDu6Hz2zaqw91w0IBDEuLAgP8n5fmEWRpb1qZ_mRENszP0pKhih6EbMoBQ9Cc9HSrn41QwbqceQZDRAxY7wxckW38yh4P4-Ttmu1/s1600/photoa.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really wanted these white Staffordshire Statues.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But, my maximum I will pay is $50.00 </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;">and they were $115.00.  </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;">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/AVvXsEiLFPtJWWygif6wnZMJqPgIS49wGaIEwDAS9wNV2Lt9ftDkMfp_K5G3TCpgcbhNsdh4badqCi1O-dTQM6gKbx_y6WT7BBE59N8uK9Y2Coim6xYxFWR_-Yam6iPLG4glq4P_iEGtX2bURzPE/s1600/IMG_0569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFPtJWWygif6wnZMJqPgIS49wGaIEwDAS9wNV2Lt9ftDkMfp_K5G3TCpgcbhNsdh4badqCi1O-dTQM6gKbx_y6WT7BBE59N8uK9Y2Coim6xYxFWR_-Yam6iPLG4glq4P_iEGtX2bURzPE/s1600/IMG_0569.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That's OK, </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am happy with my $14.00 worth of </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;">Estate Sale fun finds!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you have a fabulous weekend!!!</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;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Estate Sale Friday!

I would normally say Happy TGIF but in my case it is Happy ESF! Happy Estate Sale Friday! I love Fridays when I can grab a Starbucks a...

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I Pulled The Rug Out From Under...So To Speak

<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 you know, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a lot has been going on around here this week.  </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;">Progress is being made on the Hardwoods </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the Master </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 am still in my Spring Cleaning Mode.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This weekend we were moving things out </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of the Master so that they could start on the floors </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 also getting ready </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for Sweetheart pictures at our house.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That means 12+ Kiddos at our house </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">AND their parents!  </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 sprucing up the Dining Room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with some flowers... </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/AVvXsEj4XpAxT-ZLN8P6vn4Mgl00qXwvmmz9kCGiwRKXdZi5Xd4An4xcAI9QZRkTYvle79AyfCze6f5oS94uagIzFutGozpoajoPgUdzhzdD9ZFfMI_J2gnPhIlqn_JAbYunsq7d4PYYnSQCJ4a4/s1600/IMG_9830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XpAxT-ZLN8P6vn4Mgl00qXwvmmz9kCGiwRKXdZi5Xd4An4xcAI9QZRkTYvle79AyfCze6f5oS94uagIzFutGozpoajoPgUdzhzdD9ZFfMI_J2gnPhIlqn_JAbYunsq7d4PYYnSQCJ4a4/s1600/IMG_9830.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 bought these pretty Hydrangeas at Costco.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can't wait for mine to bloom this year!  </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 going to try to get some blues going... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have some stuff pinned on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/beauxreves/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pinterest</span> </a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so hopefully it will 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;">Anyway, I digress...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Because we are all dreaming </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of Spring at this point aren't we?  </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/AVvXsEjK4yRieckY7EVZDf6CF0SxKNH8Ua3e7FICOorMuMt3LmtmdbiRa0DArTMvUYGZBGYG3gjxOgVRP0LUjePMRfeKe_dpBUNu435szQTvkDOTO55p8FrmGKrldeVvX4QYbcIp5USMhP6Hy_U-/s1600/08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4yRieckY7EVZDf6CF0SxKNH8Ua3e7FICOorMuMt3LmtmdbiRa0DArTMvUYGZBGYG3gjxOgVRP0LUjePMRfeKe_dpBUNu435szQTvkDOTO55p8FrmGKrldeVvX4QYbcIp5USMhP6Hy_U-/s1600/08.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;">Oh, right, I was thinking... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I would really like to move this rug out of the room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted a change </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 what better time than when 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;">was in a moving mood.  </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;">These pictures were from </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;"> when we had our home listed for sale last Spring.  </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/AVvXsEgs1ZFy5oGyry5sqeh4tqaUTGPmLJKbKepejOJ47SgPp4yX-rGmKTbsx3XsU1xWvYRpcgSF9El7vmKwJpOq9VahBTlKbtNsOSNlJVR0utunIIrxxJlV-lq-yxlB5hkBwcUqA_LoczGNbaMC/s1600/07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1ZFy5oGyry5sqeh4tqaUTGPmLJKbKepejOJ47SgPp4yX-rGmKTbsx3XsU1xWvYRpcgSF9El7vmKwJpOq9VahBTlKbtNsOSNlJVR0utunIIrxxJlV-lq-yxlB5hkBwcUqA_LoczGNbaMC/s1600/07.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;">You can see that the rug matches the stair carpet.  </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 needed a large rug </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the prices were outrageous!  </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 lot more cost effective </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 have a 9X12 rug made at the carpet store.  </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 picked the matching border </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 bound and backed it with felt.  </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/AVvXsEh5mcRahxPWqK-i2U1uX_4CfIn9cnkrmL5zolzSrgKP57RlMjZZt388zHIsYFN_Csb3wsKB9HPxFF5bOtAwkLr73Mrynz8tVadgUt66AXCrXYnE9AAK3aAAglzd6JKxCoURYI6xWtTNuS8X/s1600/06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mcRahxPWqK-i2U1uX_4CfIn9cnkrmL5zolzSrgKP57RlMjZZt388zHIsYFN_Csb3wsKB9HPxFF5bOtAwkLr73Mrynz8tVadgUt66AXCrXYnE9AAK3aAAglzd6JKxCoURYI6xWtTNuS8X/s1600/06.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 Love the Stair Carpet </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 I was tiring of the rug </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;">under the dining 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 want something lighter.</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;">Mr. Beaux and I started to move the 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;">and he tweaked his 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;">Uh Oh!  </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 called in Miss Beaux to the rescue </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 we got our furniture movers out </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the two of us moved the 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;">Mr. Beaux protested the whole 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;">but we didn't let him lift a finger.  </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;">All I need is for him to be laid up on my sofa!  </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/AVvXsEgGEYU-d9tERwZmyZACoCVhkmcvs5AjLu2thD74ArokvSgmCTHPMUFlLbYJkpgPxnSYkzJmrRYhLV3M0aYSQ_v9dZGRRnNN_VaYmnPskMW0NkKhIdBo25z3nh5Tu3aEu-WhaIp7IassXSjI/s1600/IMG_9851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEYU-d9tERwZmyZACoCVhkmcvs5AjLu2thD74ArokvSgmCTHPMUFlLbYJkpgPxnSYkzJmrRYhLV3M0aYSQ_v9dZGRRnNN_VaYmnPskMW0NkKhIdBo25z3nh5Tu3aEu-WhaIp7IassXSjI/s1600/IMG_9851.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 am really happy 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;">with these bare floors!  </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;">Besides, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with all of the dust happening </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 a good thing!  </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/AVvXsEhpt7k2lSzHhr4YPO3U9q3aj3GHxAWfxpEfjj9R-ELygRoZLbn0UU38ePXwZXXxDwbVjxcrlEgvtvTlv7kxwbf5B2gcrCW2lOo3eo1Q0vnLcmvvNcxe64Ysp6SobeRpfu6Lpf6qKQT3eJef/s1600/IMG_9828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpt7k2lSzHhr4YPO3U9q3aj3GHxAWfxpEfjj9R-ELygRoZLbn0UU38ePXwZXXxDwbVjxcrlEgvtvTlv7kxwbf5B2gcrCW2lOo3eo1Q0vnLcmvvNcxe64Ysp6SobeRpfu6Lpf6qKQT3eJef/s1600/IMG_9828.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;"> There are a few other things on my list </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for this Dining Room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First, I am looking for a new Chandelier.  </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;">When we built the house 11 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;">I was living in California </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the Mr. was working 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;">I would have to fly in </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 make all of the decisions </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on the house in a weekend.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Not having any idea of sources in the area </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 kinda stuck with what was offered.  </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 so over this bowl fixture!  </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 at the time it worked.  </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;">Second, I need to reupholster these chairs. </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 tired of the pattern. </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 won't let me do it myself!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I don't have enough 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;">blah, blah, blah, </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 hate it when he is right!   </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/AVvXsEgpMiWudH23k8fP_Qg5pv4EjjBqhSp0V_a0R9BrMpvzkWIfPla22saN_-PEzprRn0YpcoFX05tbpCFcYrW1eQeCcxPALzty1tAumx0nBiMaRtVj0kk4AO7OJ_gZs5815mQxFqZk8ocvYkqi/s1600/IMG_9845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMiWudH23k8fP_Qg5pv4EjjBqhSp0V_a0R9BrMpvzkWIfPla22saN_-PEzprRn0YpcoFX05tbpCFcYrW1eQeCcxPALzty1tAumx0nBiMaRtVj0kk4AO7OJ_gZs5815mQxFqZk8ocvYkqi/s1600/IMG_9845.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;"> At least it is not a long list!  </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 you can see, </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 still practicing my photo skills </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;">trying to capture what is 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;">while still taking a good interior photo.  </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;">How am I doing?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;">Sharing at: </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/" target="_blank">Between Naps On The Porch </a> </span></i></span></span></i></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I Pulled The Rug Out From Under...So To Speak

As you know, a lot has been going on around here this week. Progress is being made on the Hardwoods in the Master and I am still in my ...

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What To Do When You Come Up Short

<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 scored the <b>BARGAIN </b>of the century with 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;">beautiful silk drapes that I found at an Estate Sale.  I couldn't believe how well they matched my Hearth Room furniture and waited patiently to hang them when </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 got back from our short trip to Colorado.  </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;">Even more exciting was that I also found the hardware </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(well most of it) at the same Estate Sale for only $8.00.  </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/AVvXsEgmnP0GLnuBEBjAmiOIaYbFTqFJFhBwIU5hzvsWsaNf0uTwxB17_Ci9mYThsCv-gyysoQ1R0dVCu5Un6ldZUTGlYWlsx_UsR9ekyRFJBJhJoU0sP-6WQNCJuNg3c4waCHnnC5MPLlFjsC4/s1600/IMG_5375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnP0GLnuBEBjAmiOIaYbFTqFJFhBwIU5hzvsWsaNf0uTwxB17_Ci9mYThsCv-gyysoQ1R0dVCu5Un6ldZUTGlYWlsx_UsR9ekyRFJBJhJoU0sP-6WQNCJuNg3c4waCHnnC5MPLlFjsC4/s640/IMG_5375.jpg" width="498" /></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 gave Mr. Beaux instructions on precisely</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;"> how I wanted them hung. </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;"> He did a great job except:</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/AVvXsEi5pl6bWru0yBRqBbahAONgsULKeMurBChXEmVNpjNJ6lvnpMDAs3_i0dUq4C-FotiMNDVs_17PlIqsea3vyA-MIlFgozo6msItEPh0flSSUQU5QghLrRXMq5zQS2Ws3kssCDuh1RuKu0Y/s1600/IMG_5625-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pl6bWru0yBRqBbahAONgsULKeMurBChXEmVNpjNJ6lvnpMDAs3_i0dUq4C-FotiMNDVs_17PlIqsea3vyA-MIlFgozo6msItEPh0flSSUQU5QghLrRXMq5zQS2Ws3kssCDuh1RuKu0Y/s640/IMG_5625-001.jpg" width="292" /></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 came up a little short!  </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;">Now you are correct, I should know better. </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 should have measured first and anticipated this disaster.  But, hey, I'm human. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <b>DID</b> measure the drapes </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;">when I brought them home.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  I just forgot to measure the space they were going into.  </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 got busy and started doing other things and just assumed (always gets me into trouble) they would be long enough.  Well, now what to do?</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/AVvXsEgLLE1klNOSSRbiOZlCPMFtiB0SjCoRpKszXVcKIXD3O3emTSvGuU5Kidhs6RhJ1p0OLNe8ESgOIUxZciY-UTbyGhT3X_C8CBm56f8h-qnvDBgX3UsHSdUk0joS8Gm65hg_RQN4Ki-WZnA/s1600/IMG_5624-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLE1klNOSSRbiOZlCPMFtiB0SjCoRpKszXVcKIXD3O3emTSvGuU5Kidhs6RhJ1p0OLNe8ESgOIUxZciY-UTbyGhT3X_C8CBm56f8h-qnvDBgX3UsHSdUk0joS8Gm65hg_RQN4Ki-WZnA/s640/IMG_5624-001.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;">Make some choices that's what! </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;"> What to put at the bottom of the curtains</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 make them longer...</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>1.</b>  JoAnne's Fabric, kind of burlappy and nubby.  I really liked this but it wasn't on sale like I thought it was so I put it back.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>2.</b> Calico Corners, a larger check/plaid in the same color way as the edging.  Nah, a little too bright for me.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>3.</b> From my fabric stash.  Someday I will actually use this fabric but not for these curtains.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>4.</b> Calico Corners, I thought that a stripe might blend in but it got too busy.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>5.</b> Fabric stash again.  OMG, I think this might be PERFECT!!!  It's got the same colors, it's silk, I like that it's darker and will ground the curtains.  This fabric is from Beacon Hill.  I designed the most gorgeous drapes for a client with this fabric.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div 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/AVvXsEg1_FKQzDWCQOMEw62S_aS4N1s9xMn7ECXnlsYvIxECj2mQvvsApi5N2c8SiFHH6K-drxvtCsAx0EgJevaQOKzJpQJVPtrrQvsejEY8-VQVEgBPmRHM3Ow6xq0zjtcaK5wtm68LdcKULGQ/s1600/IMG_5630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_FKQzDWCQOMEw62S_aS4N1s9xMn7ECXnlsYvIxECj2mQvvsApi5N2c8SiFHH6K-drxvtCsAx0EgJevaQOKzJpQJVPtrrQvsejEY8-VQVEgBPmRHM3Ow6xq0zjtcaK5wtm68LdcKULGQ/s640/IMG_5630.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 measured the width of the curtains and cut the fabric.  I folded it in half and ironed it on the fold.</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/AVvXsEili0aa59t5Sa0trkLHBS1kx9KWG6WGioUJHJJPAHmtQdRwAbuFyownHIy9Qx6pKQXcBSjkJjuaPYcdLhW2XdED6cPCC1v87l5JndJwdEcbQgECYfp_pBhsJ0xT8R5Udng1YvEaGLMmCFc/s1600/IMG_5632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEili0aa59t5Sa0trkLHBS1kx9KWG6WGioUJHJJPAHmtQdRwAbuFyownHIy9Qx6pKQXcBSjkJjuaPYcdLhW2XdED6cPCC1v87l5JndJwdEcbQgECYfp_pBhsJ0xT8R5Udng1YvEaGLMmCFc/s640/IMG_5632.jpg" width="362" /></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 cut it in half on the fold.</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/AVvXsEh-KBoZ4MWngNZV8c2pgfdPDWTfD60oOhVduoFLn1Rm32UN_P1ypUrqSw4KHBrMlWH-UtShj8DqqzU6sX8BLNa-xedhQ1KLC-0kDIGUELfivDxdKDy293GjUQNfMDeCGpI2cBbqkOH8YRw/s1600/IMG_5633.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KBoZ4MWngNZV8c2pgfdPDWTfD60oOhVduoFLn1Rm32UN_P1ypUrqSw4KHBrMlWH-UtShj8DqqzU6sX8BLNa-xedhQ1KLC-0kDIGUELfivDxdKDy293GjUQNfMDeCGpI2cBbqkOH8YRw/s640/IMG_5633.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 ironed a small hem in the fabric and sewed it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Straight line sewing is about all I can do!</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/AVvXsEjmb6Ml5IjglawQ35yD0GfQS8emmfHYyEVrwxIqE0ktn0URKLhWcMsqOpB3NzDzatHKYk-IZHXeYS4venZ101lgPefW4Nizf_rgwH0sH2QFmrPN18oEPctGKKj1FG1PEw4WvGo9bk9n3uQ/s1600/IMG_5651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmb6Ml5IjglawQ35yD0GfQS8emmfHYyEVrwxIqE0ktn0URKLhWcMsqOpB3NzDzatHKYk-IZHXeYS4venZ101lgPefW4Nizf_rgwH0sH2QFmrPN18oEPctGKKj1FG1PEw4WvGo9bk9n3uQ/s640/IMG_5651.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 pinned the fabric on the curtains, right sides together. </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 <b>do</b> remember from Home Ec.</span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DDTsEAmncLgqOPy0TkDZqqXtYybU2ODSO0VkpYWEmBJADkvW9zRiETKz1fq_snPZYflwX4lXawTzX3kQY9MlolUaCZb9JgsN5EkMXaL10w9_EQ_gCyB-y3228_jhKWKVTBICkHHMDeM/s1600/IMG_5656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DDTsEAmncLgqOPy0TkDZqqXtYybU2ODSO0VkpYWEmBJADkvW9zRiETKz1fq_snPZYflwX4lXawTzX3kQY9MlolUaCZb9JgsN5EkMXaL10w9_EQ_gCyB-y3228_jhKWKVTBICkHHMDeM/s640/IMG_5656.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Ta-Da!  One side done!  </span></span></i></span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVqCtjSM27Ba7Ccrk02B_1MWg1961ns3GjU8BAJh42lxjGkOqGsUnyx9vIx1qamnhrAsouxMz-YFpWHWGQIs4xo0ifHmNB6CUw5YhBkO_G305ilnrezj8yIhgpZVqPtXQWNthyk0LJ-4/s1600/IMG_5662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVqCtjSM27Ba7Ccrk02B_1MWg1961ns3GjU8BAJh42lxjGkOqGsUnyx9vIx1qamnhrAsouxMz-YFpWHWGQIs4xo0ifHmNB6CUw5YhBkO_G305ilnrezj8yIhgpZVqPtXQWNthyk0LJ-4/s640/IMG_5662.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is the top of the rod that Mr. Beaux hung up for me. </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 bought the rod and 4 finials for $8.00 and bought the rings and the brackets at Lowe's.  I know that they don't match EXACTLY but when it's up there you really can't tell.  </span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxKMeJ0pPtS3wXONIr5fE7e02ff2fHB7TdkkpwctL8HG_GGgZfJGJWe4s6e3K81VrO2KKr4pS021azsBieBIzLT5LrJ19qWj2JsTuIA996dIeaT6JFKDarhbXfUexDkRiGyOasvppcq0/s1600/IMG_5654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxKMeJ0pPtS3wXONIr5fE7e02ff2fHB7TdkkpwctL8HG_GGgZfJGJWe4s6e3K81VrO2KKr4pS021azsBieBIzLT5LrJ19qWj2JsTuIA996dIeaT6JFKDarhbXfUexDkRiGyOasvppcq0/s640/IMG_5654.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cost for my All Silk Curtains: </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Panels:               $15.00 each </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dry Cleaning:  $13.00 each</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rod:                    $8:00</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4 Brackets </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">14 Rings:           $20.00</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fabric:              $0.00</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Total:                $42.00 per panel </span></span></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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;">Not too shabby!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy     </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/12/beautiful-kitchen-renovation-welcome-to.html"></a>for Metamorphosis Monday</i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; 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