Musical Benches

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I recently showed you my fabulous Frenchy Bench that I scored at an Estate Sale last week for a great price.  I wasn't quite sure where I was going to put it but I knew that I <b>HAD</b> to have it!  Yesterday I had to do some picking up because we were having company and I thought it was the perfect time to do some Switcheroing... </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Let's play a game of musical benches.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">You remember that game when you were a kid right?  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I <b>never</b> won because I was too scrawny and always got pushed off of my chair by some bigger kid! </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Here is the "new" bench:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WiEZ2e3eFQED5KguXyxV00oFFVi14QoWtroACRTA8WiCq10usljkk4lPOV3ffhWB8TGWlEMvZfextdc3JhxslZdZ5hoV-Ue1J7OSeu4UYDsXlpQ1c9yxythDmS3wc3U5O9UdA2FskXbI/s1600/IMG_4466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WiEZ2e3eFQED5KguXyxV00oFFVi14QoWtroACRTA8WiCq10usljkk4lPOV3ffhWB8TGWlEMvZfextdc3JhxslZdZ5hoV-Ue1J7OSeu4UYDsXlpQ1c9yxythDmS3wc3U5O9UdA2FskXbI/s640/IMG_4466.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I placed it over where the black dish cabinet used to be in the Hearth Room.  Do you like my improvised end table?  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBbfUd7dIu8nonINeUh-fUoOPHw1Yu2msdNKR4CpbncM-kwAEkIYreXOeEOsaJWRqrrYZGskZKYfiT2hi81a5HfmEi4Q19ATFJF2XQQnRV4jDdS37ByRjTMs3bEH0X7fR__mWgAvUw4sB/s1600/IMG_4464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBbfUd7dIu8nonINeUh-fUoOPHw1Yu2msdNKR4CpbncM-kwAEkIYreXOeEOsaJWRqrrYZGskZKYfiT2hi81a5HfmEi4Q19ATFJF2XQQnRV4jDdS37ByRjTMs3bEH0X7fR__mWgAvUw4sB/s640/IMG_4464.jpg" width="442" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I set some books on my Pier One vase and placed my teapot lamp on top.  This corner needs more light at night. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> So where did the black dish cabinet go?</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_hOz3nRpShBgFcRy9GdEwwK04wJQiuATdMZ60y3dtecZlht2gbB47-UnaJXPXVqHlZ9WA1rN0HlNAOn8NTUeIHO4sRp6B_OmQEbfMLMtMzVC0R2cEzkHEKAvgRBGcIZf9nzOr0Fghq7E/s1600/IMG_4456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_hOz3nRpShBgFcRy9GdEwwK04wJQiuATdMZ60y3dtecZlht2gbB47-UnaJXPXVqHlZ9WA1rN0HlNAOn8NTUeIHO4sRp6B_OmQEbfMLMtMzVC0R2cEzkHEKAvgRBGcIZf9nzOr0Fghq7E/s640/IMG_4456.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Miss Beaux and I moved it over behind the Kitchen table.  I should have put it here to begin with but we tried it and it never looked right.  The table was too large.  So, I took the leaves out of the table and angled it slightly.  Now it looks like it belongs there and it is part of a set.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh181NrrHFfwP2gF5722E2pb6EB-uxlh6xF_lJIl8R5lMvODO9MoIuSLEVvjhMQ3jAq91Div_V4IKJKKciJT3Fx3J7MAeEIMO_xK1KNyboxVvBKnaftwB7yOFc0OesU4ENbfMY9YvSKa2jd/s1600/IMG_4465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh181NrrHFfwP2gF5722E2pb6EB-uxlh6xF_lJIl8R5lMvODO9MoIuSLEVvjhMQ3jAq91Div_V4IKJKKciJT3Fx3J7MAeEIMO_xK1KNyboxVvBKnaftwB7yOFc0OesU4ENbfMY9YvSKa2jd/s640/IMG_4465.jpg" width="378" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I placed the extra chairs on the side of the cabinet and used one of my black tole trays to hold some books and a pretty Sunflower Bordallo Pinheiro plate.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8h4aGc8trfGlGu7ZEZRGVZstWeA9MMF6OU7ag9cjL8MiSoq6kZ2w9H-j4cm_Gs1abgC-FaVoIvhFhrC61IMQ9M7tDEP0sRHj_Wwej4_fNRKe2muuAlTUiqWVCFdooWcGHQVJfq5F6w-zY/s1600/IMG_4475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8h4aGc8trfGlGu7ZEZRGVZstWeA9MMF6OU7ag9cjL8MiSoq6kZ2w9H-j4cm_Gs1abgC-FaVoIvhFhrC61IMQ9M7tDEP0sRHj_Wwej4_fNRKe2muuAlTUiqWVCFdooWcGHQVJfq5F6w-zY/s640/IMG_4475.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I think the whole room just flows better now.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">What do you think?  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP12Cry775DtZE9k9iM-RFYHd4u6wpCrt36ctov4BJU58JUTfjIoKGaVTuRA7aF8McSrv4NxZ-raGQGWOHb3GO3Z-3nfAvxXqa9kiKeracQt5czstj9ilokYiUimCIxL73HNe134TvD1z3/s1600/IMG_4482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP12Cry775DtZE9k9iM-RFYHd4u6wpCrt36ctov4BJU58JUTfjIoKGaVTuRA7aF8McSrv4NxZ-raGQGWOHb3GO3Z-3nfAvxXqa9kiKeracQt5czstj9ilokYiUimCIxL73HNe134TvD1z3/s640/IMG_4482.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This black bench with the rush seat used to be behind the kitchen table.  It's in the guest room for now.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Undecided as to whether I like it there or not.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPXQmaSVupSys-Yq0CIAwOv5VKZrwzhaQnTG8rdqYut0UQhnoF6a3TKOvaSd0hqInnIK9Ku4XlffB6i0wfaoF9WPpC316z_-jpLVMmllOEGc40bgzgX5a0UPB-2N7kTXTl0zy5Mlo2TRE/s1600/IMG_4480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPXQmaSVupSys-Yq0CIAwOv5VKZrwzhaQnTG8rdqYut0UQhnoF6a3TKOvaSd0hqInnIK9Ku4XlffB6i0wfaoF9WPpC316z_-jpLVMmllOEGc40bgzgX5a0UPB-2N7kTXTl0zy5Mlo2TRE/s640/IMG_4480.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And the iron bench that I recovered made it's way home to the Master Bedroom where it joins the matching iron bed. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Everyone seems happy in their new homes..... </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Beaux R'eves</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">XO Cindy</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">I'm linking up to these fun parties:</span></i><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Between Naps on the Porch</a></span><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/12/beautiful-kitchen-renovation-welcome-to.html"></a></i></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Cindy at <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/">My Romantic Home</a>for Show and Tell Friday<br />Courtney at <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">French Country Cottage</a> for Feathered Nest Friday<br />Heather and Vanessa at <a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/">At the Picket Fence</a> for Inspiration Friday <br />Diann at <a href="http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com/">The Thrifty Groove</a> for Thrifty Things Friday<br />Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground</a> for Vintage Inspiration Friday<br />Sherry at<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/"> The Charm of Home</a> for Home Sweet Home Friday<br />Jen at <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a>for the Weekend Wrap-up Party </span></i></div>

Musical Benches

I recently showed you my fabulous Frenchy Bench that I scored at an Estate Sale last week for a great price.  I wasn't quite sure where ...

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