Trying out Tango (Tangerine that IS) in the Kitchen

<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hmmmm, if you have visions of me dancing the Tango around the kitchen island think again! </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I've been seeing the Pantone color of the year</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> everywhere lately. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> So, I thought I would give it a try in the Kitchen</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> to spice up my display hutch. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> It was time to change things around and take out all of the bunnies that I had in there from Easter. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfTMJVZGPyOjWEPCnZDrCwYjUE8RbEuTNZ1ZKgpd9ltF6DBdixK6D3ZYYf-yo66yQNlr2ZiWlEZ09e1qyT8ZqqcVflCocGVa8FurT189lk5p7sp7rzDkFGghdl253QsBWGEREJqzml_v0/s1600/IMG_4099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfTMJVZGPyOjWEPCnZDrCwYjUE8RbEuTNZ1ZKgpd9ltF6DBdixK6D3ZYYf-yo66yQNlr2ZiWlEZ09e1qyT8ZqqcVflCocGVa8FurT189lk5p7sp7rzDkFGghdl253QsBWGEREJqzml_v0/s640/IMG_4099.jpg" width="514" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I have been haunting my local Estate Sales lately </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and finding all kinds of inexpensive goodies. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This is really a great time of year for Estate Sales and Yard Sales.  In our area they have Subdivision Wide sales.   </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9I9eH1luDJ3osjZdcFemNLIiJHPDCCAl3dvuw9bMCzvOpL54nuXW-S20H1bur-ev-HaB5nCfZNil0RfQb4GgkIQKCqasn4M89iGYVxS0_06hyphenhypheny8vKgRzry7jPLNG6AH-492zR74-xLdg6/s1600/IMG_4106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9I9eH1luDJ3osjZdcFemNLIiJHPDCCAl3dvuw9bMCzvOpL54nuXW-S20H1bur-ev-HaB5nCfZNil0RfQb4GgkIQKCqasn4M89iGYVxS0_06hyphenhypheny8vKgRzry7jPLNG6AH-492zR74-xLdg6/s640/IMG_4106.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I've started a collection of metal hand painted trays.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I just keep seeing them everywhere for some reason.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Or, maybe they are just catching my eye. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFZD3CHXT6Gx3ktmdHBdNkxD-yQ6sD6PHybzsXQExXPoFRvrLC-Gslj71HgpDmGR-OA8YnpKyviEo1Q8jrn6rB7jUjKrLLKI2PYLys-0YI2kBxE7AVeFtlncpQPPrgf-if-Fvm31QZiZJ/s1600/IMG_4116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFZD3CHXT6Gx3ktmdHBdNkxD-yQ6sD6PHybzsXQExXPoFRvrLC-Gslj71HgpDmGR-OA8YnpKyviEo1Q8jrn6rB7jUjKrLLKI2PYLys-0YI2kBxE7AVeFtlncpQPPrgf-if-Fvm31QZiZJ/s640/IMG_4116.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I used the chargers that I bought at Michael's for my</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/04/under-sea.html" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">"Under the Sea" </a>charity table. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The silver tin buckets are from Target in the Dollar aisle.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xuHR4VfMgqqAi-DXOJJxOdAkg8Km-n2ufVXJU7XtKsiy90UjjdLGTrFRlR2lu_vEHFaUFowS68nUlWXXMEjOQIY4oHj3mVLVVXqRieW-N_hQUjonv9_mQg_cY5mgh2dRKupZOI7yekrP/s1600/IMG_4111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xuHR4VfMgqqAi-DXOJJxOdAkg8Km-n2ufVXJU7XtKsiy90UjjdLGTrFRlR2lu_vEHFaUFowS68nUlWXXMEjOQIY4oHj3mVLVVXqRieW-N_hQUjonv9_mQg_cY5mgh2dRKupZOI7yekrP/s640/IMG_4111.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'm really surprised how well the Tango blends with everything that I already own. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Hummingbird pitcher, the teapot and the little teacup that Miss Beaux gave to me last year.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLnbPJSdWAY7k4baFEhO8RNJ7o3HxVBayHiZ6NleJzJsS_rXubhX2vgrhn1IlQpDth5MZVGW-NdNOQKOJGNmy4MShyphenhyphen4sR7xiv1NM7JoE3fW6pikN2_gg8dWxP0F0VmwqmTWGxElxIdH-n/s1600/IMG_4121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLnbPJSdWAY7k4baFEhO8RNJ7o3HxVBayHiZ6NleJzJsS_rXubhX2vgrhn1IlQpDth5MZVGW-NdNOQKOJGNmy4MShyphenhyphen4sR7xiv1NM7JoE3fW6pikN2_gg8dWxP0F0VmwqmTWGxElxIdH-n/s640/IMG_4121.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Cute little dessert plates from World Market </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">hang out in front of more chargers and a silk plant. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> White seems to tone down the Tangerine a little.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrXIoL_iDXhv7Df6L0rvZE3Pf3YyqWM9WyQYZ2MRj_qCVec7BsBjiGy35WTfGH4B6M2aN_QztS3MxaL59Ju9Y47I32BctNFpBXZCq7X3ksS_PekzA84sdkF0wXBNj6piQrUbkeDQZTl4e/s1600/IMG_4122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrXIoL_iDXhv7Df6L0rvZE3Pf3YyqWM9WyQYZ2MRj_qCVec7BsBjiGy35WTfGH4B6M2aN_QztS3MxaL59Ju9Y47I32BctNFpBXZCq7X3ksS_PekzA84sdkF0wXBNj6piQrUbkeDQZTl4e/s640/IMG_4122.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The checked napkins repeat the tins on the first shelf.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> It's still Spring so my egg nests have a little more shelf life!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lmcI99lDBcHw0W2Ty065WYDcAyiQrSifwzIV8DhETDdj9W8CWgYOJZFpfptTUsXMJRgkQ3mdzCea84T6mBgEe908UpxtzUsGWZx4x-KirMjphbvFYrtrrqObLodiDPFKSPVzmKF97aEe/s1600/IMG_4099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lmcI99lDBcHw0W2Ty065WYDcAyiQrSifwzIV8DhETDdj9W8CWgYOJZFpfptTUsXMJRgkQ3mdzCea84T6mBgEe908UpxtzUsGWZx4x-KirMjphbvFYrtrrqObLodiDPFKSPVzmKF97aEe/s640/IMG_4099.jpg" width="514" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'm liking the Tango a LOT!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I think we might just dance right into some other rooms...</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Have you tried out this color in your home? </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at: </span></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; 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Trying out Tango (Tangerine that IS) in the Kitchen

Hmmmm, if you have visions of me dancing the Tango around the kitchen island think again!   I've been seeing the Pantone color of the ye...

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<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday I gave you a snippet of something that I had been working on this past week.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqDbsta5-sG5cAqHg-HmA5ctCfftPpnD1LRQpzFA2LBAsX8AGOm1v84RIV-tEQaGBQXDot-cxz7pUfYwlUFSlCIy_XeMohCusHlfizMv-1YUi0dSTmLWyrHhiCYi8wDMYp0pYDGppF-iX/s1600/IMG_3042-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqDbsta5-sG5cAqHg-HmA5ctCfftPpnD1LRQpzFA2LBAsX8AGOm1v84RIV-tEQaGBQXDot-cxz7pUfYwlUFSlCIy_XeMohCusHlfizMv-1YUi0dSTmLWyrHhiCYi8wDMYp0pYDGppF-iX/s640/IMG_3042-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">If you hadn't guessed, this is my Kitchen/Hearth Room with a new addition.  I got a ton of traffic from my Kitchen Reveal this week.<span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-kitchen-tour.html" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">See Here </a>(Thank You!)  I was sitting there looking at the pictures one night and some things really stood out (in a negative way). OK, one is that I am not a very good photographer!  But, let's overlook that for now.  Look along with me...</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_Sz6K5hrRW9i1TNuBJSmS5S9-K-0M5K0NWR9BETFFFDNoDTrkQ1LzZOsH7-l0tpKDpEPZpByojXN5JER7Jbrw3s7j9CEAM9tDSJfgJdiVzeRYGY-acW3UN5AjF2QX-5AMUsBZpaAfPCq/s1600/IMG_2936-002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_Sz6K5hrRW9i1TNuBJSmS5S9-K-0M5K0NWR9BETFFFDNoDTrkQ1LzZOsH7-l0tpKDpEPZpByojXN5JER7Jbrw3s7j9CEAM9tDSJfgJdiVzeRYGY-acW3UN5AjF2QX-5AMUsBZpaAfPCq/s640/IMG_2936-002.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">I love my Shutters but I have always felt like I needed some kind of Drapery or Panel to soften up the windows.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPR0gs_bhpjyMVzrlUxi2rME0aSjEca6gr-7LMm1xo43cRaieCV-bFgwl6xHdh0hg6CwKS_JsMofbfIXpQINGksoDINpOABNjLqZN8UTJGR90KHNQs1C3KwBBa2UlQKIAj5RaRZ-SpXaG/s1600/IMG_2950-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPR0gs_bhpjyMVzrlUxi2rME0aSjEca6gr-7LMm1xo43cRaieCV-bFgwl6xHdh0hg6CwKS_JsMofbfIXpQINGksoDINpOABNjLqZN8UTJGR90KHNQs1C3KwBBa2UlQKIAj5RaRZ-SpXaG/s640/IMG_2950-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">And you can see my Slider here that goes out to the Sun Porch needs a window treatment too.  So, as I was looking at the pictures and trying to figure out what I wanted to do (trust me I have thought about this a LOT and for a very long time) I went downstairs to the basement to get a cold drink.  Right as you walk downstairs there is a glass display case that I had used in a model home.  I don't have ANY idea why it is in that spot (the truth is that I loved it so much and I wanted to keep it so I sneaked it into the basement instead of selling it when Mr. Beaux wasn't looking).  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCu0B5y9axfY-XwbVK-CrWmwiOwBLRcxsjbAFdMQWvUOBKJPTkIem0RpGC8jyeAHFqWtfs5ZpXhSFL7Fzjce4C9ZCARFR-D4rfURPrPe9hraZuU4jHxizbjnvyHUEADh1zQXW5TyNU7rs/s1600/model+home+dining-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCu0B5y9axfY-XwbVK-CrWmwiOwBLRcxsjbAFdMQWvUOBKJPTkIem0RpGC8jyeAHFqWtfs5ZpXhSFL7Fzjce4C9ZCARFR-D4rfURPrPe9hraZuU4jHxizbjnvyHUEADh1zQXW5TyNU7rs/s640/model+home+dining-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Here it is in the Model</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">My plan was to have my son help me move it upstairs on Thursday while Mr. Beaux was at work.  I thought maybe he wouldn't notice.  *Wink*  Hey, once I painted the entryway <span style="color: #990000;">RED</span> in our old house and he walked right thru and didn't say a thing!  I asked him if he noticed that anything was different and he stammered and said "You've changed your hair?"  Hmmmmm </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Well, that plan didn't work.  My son went downstairs and declared the piece too heavy for the two of us to move it upstairs.  So, I fixed Mr. Beaux a nice dinner (ok, I heated up some leftovers) and asked him nicely if we could maybe, possibly, any chance, we could move it upstairs.  After a lot of surveying and  pondering we finally just hefted it up on it's side up the stairs.  YAY!!!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I shopped the house for things to put inside.  I'm thinking Spring!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvyx3nNTnNRdlIYp7eAXOBhhTl_q6-Pd-mV6T8wUENgwacm3angUCrZp3nfzoiQ7lUFRpsCoZAOAtUmveZkCxBEkWEm53hXFXPToNRvXtlxo_ZVkSn8JefM4BPlLd_NFq4eKKtrSUBZ9K/s1600/IMG_3067-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvyx3nNTnNRdlIYp7eAXOBhhTl_q6-Pd-mV6T8wUENgwacm3angUCrZp3nfzoiQ7lUFRpsCoZAOAtUmveZkCxBEkWEm53hXFXPToNRvXtlxo_ZVkSn8JefM4BPlLd_NFq4eKKtrSUBZ9K/s400/IMG_3067-001.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMg_KuXUMjRLnATwgOqY-lVIIlGGnN52rLFqO6ezq0WTHMzdPE4m9ErrPYu2UBEJ9ANMCiiN1ZlVRxaJqgQvx520fPf0bM47PGqpMORIuq__kYdD9JswJ9VZ2j7wa_00ePO7Wwzeh0ey4W/s1600/IMG_3069-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">And on the top:  More shopping around the house!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UQ2EjVBq-OuQzao3YvXtn1FZlXNd1a3oIHaHPrkjCUmqDokiGNBuKda9tkgTD5Tp2ZG7yTRjXZbN-a4CDgiSeC4f9GigZpit3Asn2hJvt0otsBIsXPug3uU8mDPP4tsDDDtwPXyS6e2Q/s1600/IMG_3062-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UQ2EjVBq-OuQzao3YvXtn1FZlXNd1a3oIHaHPrkjCUmqDokiGNBuKda9tkgTD5Tp2ZG7yTRjXZbN-a4CDgiSeC4f9GigZpit3Asn2hJvt0otsBIsXPug3uU8mDPP4tsDDDtwPXyS6e2Q/s400/IMG_3062-001.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">The little teapot lamp that I bought at Steinmart and I painted with ASCP in old white and used the dark wax. I was going to change the shade but Miss Beaux liked the original one better.  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I still need window treatments, </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> but in the meantime, </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm a little bit happier with the room.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_641395506"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></a></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-giveaway.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Don't forget about my Giveaway!</span></i></a></div><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; 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Shopping the House

Yesterday I gave you a snippet of something that I had been working on this past week.   If you hadn't guessed, this is my Kitchen/Heart...

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