New Kitchen Decorating 2015

The Office ~ Another Room Finished

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we invited our Realtors over last Sunday </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to talk about prices and dates and such, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">we had them walk through the house </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and give us their honest opinion </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">of what still needed to be done and what we should change.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we got to the office  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> (which is to the left as soon as you walk into the front door) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">they commented on how dark the space was.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I knew this but was trying to avoid painting another room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCM1Ee2n81P-5UxQkKVhItCFsUJgeO8MbLq2NGPR_uzIv4yI3WKcv7ugpi-QHiMTJplqkDzQ3B7eVDKOfTc9o06H-r7XT0Jdal77nCYWiRulxBTWxv-Ur-M4_TX4aS3oOuVWcIcT-d8bL/s1600/IMG_7476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCM1Ee2n81P-5UxQkKVhItCFsUJgeO8MbLq2NGPR_uzIv4yI3WKcv7ugpi-QHiMTJplqkDzQ3B7eVDKOfTc9o06H-r7XT0Jdal77nCYWiRulxBTWxv-Ur-M4_TX4aS3oOuVWcIcT-d8bL/s640/IMG_7476.jpg" width="526" /></a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But the truth is the truth<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>and I want to sell my house. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">S</span>o, as soon as they left I started picking out paint colors.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnE5S9jdtYD_N2NsxlVLsLYRYOug9uIvpekDZ1kuN5WaDlMqYKQmGo0CSpHUb-zF5Ba2d0UvkURZmw_WUtw-XCvF6UnMG0da9-oajHFOcr3wihZtHUY3JiXvE6pcItzNKleoLitCYKwSX_/s1600/IMG_7477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnE5S9jdtYD_N2NsxlVLsLYRYOug9uIvpekDZ1kuN5WaDlMqYKQmGo0CSpHUb-zF5Ba2d0UvkURZmw_WUtw-XCvF6UnMG0da9-oajHFOcr3wihZtHUY3JiXvE6pcItzNKleoLitCYKwSX_/s640/IMG_7477.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's funny that <span style="font-size: large;">this room no longer</span> matches </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the rest of my light and bright house.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But really, it was almost 11 years ago </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">when we built the house and this room hasn't changed.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It used to be Mr. Beaux's office </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but he needed more space so I moved down here.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I do some of my blogging here </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but it is sometimes too dark for me to really see well </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">so I move into another room.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVj0JTC1Y9KZW0SuTQNgOpBVO23Yigz8-SmDjpFOGSgWdf5cYLRZoZoK4AIAW4YcRpHwPmdWr1P_mro-xVNWUNLyzQ5eonXD8_gU52AtGQVUoU-oiivK8Eg_l3rjhxg9edywaRAxNQ-a1f/s1600/IMG_7478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVj0JTC1Y9KZW0SuTQNgOpBVO23Yigz8-SmDjpFOGSgWdf5cYLRZoZoK4AIAW4YcRpHwPmdWr1P_mro-xVNWUNLyzQ5eonXD8_gU52AtGQVUoU-oiivK8Eg_l3rjhxg9edywaRAxNQ-a1f/s640/IMG_7478.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is <span style="font-size: large;">really </span>red isn't it?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I like the built ins and the warm wood wainscotting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_CJDqBYpGhSmrU6kPBW-9GVYYBAN3UlE988uEnjolPAx9fH0nfPFlnuf4SSYm8aPsIrIXDFE58jh9XW_bXg1VkDNTi2DqRA4PZteaPY3-UR625TPEzcB2oauDMBD3lLiLkYHWb4NJmsE/s1600/IMG_7489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_CJDqBYpGhSmrU6kPBW-9GVYYBAN3UlE988uEnjolPAx9fH0nfPFlnuf4SSYm8aPsIrIXDFE58jh9XW_bXg1VkDNTi2DqRA4PZteaPY3-UR625TPEzcB2oauDMBD3lLiLkYHWb4NJmsE/s640/IMG_7489.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Monday was a perfect day for painting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Beaux had taken my car into the shop </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">so I was stuck in the house all day.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Plus, a storm was coming in promising </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to dump more snow on us.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I primed all the walls because of the dark red </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and then I started painting my "chosen" color.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I thought that a gray blue color would look good with all of </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the paneling but it was coming out more blue than gray.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> What worried me the most is that you see the room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> as soon as you enter the house.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT-ggOdPv18TQConxI9M5ThRWpWRPQpe6hm-gfP-SGp8PTegPs43QKm-capgoq2tCv5_KlolbecDpGrWYgVgTi2048LIQKh2BAcZBYFLgZUELqMJDLptV0iEOI8mh1X-jpnNhWIaCsuyK/s1600/IMG_7490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT-ggOdPv18TQConxI9M5ThRWpWRPQpe6hm-gfP-SGp8PTegPs43QKm-capgoq2tCv5_KlolbecDpGrWYgVgTi2048LIQKh2BAcZBYFLgZUELqMJDLptV0iEOI8mh1X-jpnNhWIaCsuyK/s640/IMG_7490.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hmmmmmmm</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I dug around in the basement and found some </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">more neutral colors and tested them on the wall.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I narrowed it down to these two </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and of course you see the blue on the right.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had a gallon and a half of the Lenox Tan HC-44 </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Benjamin Moore) on the left that I ended up choosing.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHrPM-Ap07mj6QNi8peF8mGYKUHmKNFXJlkGbvxJFtCFQkdnGk6ZVfxbb1gIXV0oDQDiXYILwoGBfS9ueEfCM85dWZD2KpHV0H99AJ-JtjzwwDWpfaNLfqyEUeWqAIYQV7fHAopC05Y8v/s1600/IMG_7620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHrPM-Ap07mj6QNi8peF8mGYKUHmKNFXJlkGbvxJFtCFQkdnGk6ZVfxbb1gIXV0oDQDiXYILwoGBfS9ueEfCM85dWZD2KpHV0H99AJ-JtjzwwDWpfaNLfqyEUeWqAIYQV7fHAopC05Y8v/s640/IMG_7620.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goodbye Dark and Dated Red!!!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I was a little sad that <span style="font-size: large;">afternoon</span> as I was painting </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that my blue idea was thrown out the window.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Miss Beaux came home from school and stood in the doorway </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">eating her snack and looked at the patch of wall next to the </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">window that still had the blue on it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> "Why don't you paint the window wall blue Mom?"  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such a genius she is!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGUKC-fLFONIxIDOWmWG6GdDZxLDc4M6_0LvvVwsuZBt87NP5B6DSkTcJHniDGvQ7SFh-x0oDEoFYJeBRiP1_-tdaJcQW8yHxyrO-7R-WVGLAhEf2-j0AUs1NYgA4ZZftw3OxnDdJHDEU/s1600/IMG_7639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGUKC-fLFONIxIDOWmWG6GdDZxLDc4M6_0LvvVwsuZBt87NP5B6DSkTcJHniDGvQ7SFh-x0oDEoFYJeBRiP1_-tdaJcQW8yHxyrO-7R-WVGLAhEf2-j0AUs1NYgA4ZZftw3OxnDdJHDEU/s640/IMG_7639.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Blue </span>is really not noticeable </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">until you are all the way in the room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is like a happy surprise!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How much brighter is this room now?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVsa548aven1XqJNpPkWwVsfwkMWR7LgddUlKnALfqovF7ZiDztTx5wwelBLGTMNL_4HGyLzJAF_PljpImPEv5VYieZse6O1VIlw5HmKXB3mYegFR4dhihdrn4QDJh0UXsMT6i6cDCc-f/s1600/IMG_7643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVsa548aven1XqJNpPkWwVsfwkMWR7LgddUlKnALfqovF7ZiDztTx5wwelBLGTMNL_4HGyLzJAF_PljpImPEv5VYieZse6O1VIlw5HmKXB3mYegFR4dhihdrn4QDJh0UXsMT6i6cDCc-f/s640/IMG_7643.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Of course, paint leads to new rugs and accessories.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is the natural order of things, right?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found this rug at Tuesday Morning.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to be a little less traditional in this room so that the </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">house would appeal to all buyers.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4nkR8VNU075Al5mr4bPEoTBNsfemItFl633YpX5YP6qN57nGtO6f5qg2x5HxswnFw_T3VQh-Z_LnCpKD9ORAuXJiE1PCepS-y6v7WVuUTJGkhqYynGAWyTMNzcxwiig8GMEHA2xoENeP/s1600/IMG_7620a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4nkR8VNU075Al5mr4bPEoTBNsfemItFl633YpX5YP6qN57nGtO6f5qg2x5HxswnFw_T3VQh-Z_LnCpKD9ORAuXJiE1PCepS-y6v7WVuUTJGkhqYynGAWyTMNzcxwiig8GMEHA2xoENeP/s640/IMG_7620a.jpg" width="534" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And I found some coordinating artwork at Home Goods.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Again, I went a little less traditional.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKB9NRNqnLZw0CjXypQCvdfN6ELbSO0F4jGmuqaWgguZqzQCOJQalqZXSD0JITKSJ2G54wMEUh8zM3PhsWtiR4OjIjT5idDV9oP575c6NirYL0zdTQ6g8BWiZKH4aaVI-Zv4RGClBFdHU/s1600/IMG_7649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKB9NRNqnLZw0CjXypQCvdfN6ELbSO0F4jGmuqaWgguZqzQCOJQalqZXSD0JITKSJ2G54wMEUh8zM3PhsWtiR4OjIjT5idDV9oP575c6NirYL0zdTQ6g8BWiZKH4aaVI-Zv4RGClBFdHU/s640/IMG_7649.jpg" width="618" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I added a new chambray blue chair </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">as the old chair was too bulky.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pt43vQMiPCv9xM1Zc3Ahvzrydi7ZfXGYkewZAGJ6-fLX9L08OqXsFnejXmpfx65szvnKufedCHd-ZngLSoXXO6e7NZpBj3Rn-wdJ-Qo5KjfmgaLBW8lIqToNarNdqQ5hNuDzB3PZxwuC/s1600/IMG_7648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pt43vQMiPCv9xM1Zc3Ahvzrydi7ZfXGYkewZAGJ6-fLX9L08OqXsFnejXmpfx65szvnKufedCHd-ZngLSoXXO6e7NZpBj3Rn-wdJ-Qo5KjfmgaLBW8lIqToNarNdqQ5hNuDzB3PZxwuC/s640/IMG_7648.jpg" width="584" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And a new lamp from Target with a graphic lampshade in the same blue tones.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08h9PDZR32YtoMPbZsmX69FhG8pvFl82IRMm0LlZ0TI9UBabbsuw7vSObxUDDdB_AxAdIq7nO9otHlandCu_hAC5u_M_W9NHTWSglm6kh1cwr_VkHPIyFuh6cQs8UYUWJvq65lY69cqkh/s1600/IMG_7623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08h9PDZR32YtoMPbZsmX69FhG8pvFl82IRMm0LlZ0TI9UBabbsuw7vSObxUDDdB_AxAdIq7nO9otHlandCu_hAC5u_M_W9NHTWSglm6kh1cwr_VkHPIyFuh6cQs8UYUWJvq65lY69cqkh/s640/IMG_7623.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I re-accessorized using things I already had. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMaVrEvas1hnA3bx0o5MdPujVxD1AgLJKleJxghIa4EM2fliY7UF1GlLxt-YwSnkL6mP8PlX4bDYxB0GrKojNabBtZtDk_4NdhWwll2Xwdb9tYR5u-kq2A7fbKnSp8zEq85SzmSDRVoMm/s1600/IMG_7646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMaVrEvas1hnA3bx0o5MdPujVxD1AgLJKleJxghIa4EM2fliY7UF1GlLxt-YwSnkL6mP8PlX4bDYxB0GrKojNabBtZtDk_4NdhWwll2Xwdb9tYR5u-kq2A7fbKnSp8zEq85SzmSDRVoMm/s640/IMG_7646.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And I am putting a huge fork in this room and calling it DONE!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wait!!!  Let's see a side by side Before and After!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYjRBgQGvEt1LyEpb01zaQYGiy1s5sNzXxRhZ72JDT6pzWeef5Hpn-ekVM5M9yWUFgse_RCPtbG859eWi8CvTE0l5AfRwB_BBL-heBPsyy4J1s6IM0Ujbq3mGAD0coI4axxdYjbloj-nc/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYjRBgQGvEt1LyEpb01zaQYGiy1s5sNzXxRhZ72JDT6pzWeef5Hpn-ekVM5M9yWUFgse_RCPtbG859eWi8CvTE0l5AfRwB_BBL-heBPsyy4J1s6IM0Ujbq3mGAD0coI4axxdYjbloj-nc/s640/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> What do you think?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #999999; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at:<br />Kim at <a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">SavvySouthern Style</a> for Wow Us Wednesdays       </span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">       Judy at <a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/">DIY by Design</a></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> </b></i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">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 />Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground</a> for Vintage Inspiration Friday</span><br />Sherry at<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/"> The Charm of Home</a> for Home Sweet Home Friday </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><i><b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Jen at  <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a> for the Weekend Wrap-up Party  </b></i>            </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i>          <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Donna at <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Funky Junk Interiors</a> for Saturday Nite Special</span></span></span></i></span></span></div></div>

The Office ~ Another Room Finished

When we invited our Realtors over last Sunday to talk about prices and dates and such, we had them walk through the house and give us the...

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Our Master Bath's New Look!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I *say* new, even though this was done quite awhile ago ... my absent-minded self just forgot to share it with you!  Oops.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anywaaaay ... *some* of you may remember when my husband and neighbor removed this "lone" cabinet in our kitchen so that I could replace it with shelves that I made (which, I'm happy to report still haven't come crashing down ... yet, lol):</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVSSryi8uN5XWYEVVZlRLMEnXNw2jd4hABQ5OnVtz3-EWbUKGuJejqF8SZC7a6_UHrSDJIVuNwO0dYVtAB37wq0T0cSOJb9iFN7bUph7DzjgYkl9XBCKO1U0aqfGL6QoUo4IpsqXOoA/s1600/kitchencabsb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVSSryi8uN5XWYEVVZlRLMEnXNw2jd4hABQ5OnVtz3-EWbUKGuJejqF8SZC7a6_UHrSDJIVuNwO0dYVtAB37wq0T0cSOJb9iFN7bUph7DzjgYkl9XBCKO1U0aqfGL6QoUo4IpsqXOoA/s640/kitchencabsb4.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, here we are ... almost two years later, and I can't believe I never showed you where we placed the cabinet after removing it from the kitchen!  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here it is!  It's now in our master bath, being used as our linen cabinet!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihekv6RnLiWlwTRzCA85AUWZNTwI1BQ-lJ7Kk9v4DJNl8LFsrPjrX5UEEFNoRz2bWbQ9gskc3gUivtf_saW2VhNIcMaG3Dw4sA8cNOG-0YCzkEJfdpntSOqeFpKrRg3y_rMeOAXeSsyQ/s1600/masterbathcab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihekv6RnLiWlwTRzCA85AUWZNTwI1BQ-lJ7Kk9v4DJNl8LFsrPjrX5UEEFNoRz2bWbQ9gskc3gUivtf_saW2VhNIcMaG3Dw4sA8cNOG-0YCzkEJfdpntSOqeFpKrRg3y_rMeOAXeSsyQ/s640/masterbathcab.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you recognize the cabinet below it?  It *used* to look like this in our sitting room:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwPBRrNHvUnW6cg5foelYvXWVmpdxZC_RhevB3QYZvGPZ7y6Mr19b-K49pZTQlfhVcJu-uEY84W6ZUkm2os6DSzb49yMJTiBdNkztMeZI06p0-LKFt7qyXjH_mjeRajcB8fppDFm16w/s1600/masterbathchestb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwPBRrNHvUnW6cg5foelYvXWVmpdxZC_RhevB3QYZvGPZ7y6Mr19b-K49pZTQlfhVcJu-uEY84W6ZUkm2os6DSzb49yMJTiBdNkztMeZI06p0-LKFt7qyXjH_mjeRajcB8fppDFm16w/s640/masterbathchestb4.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That was ... until my paint brush soaked with Annie Sloane's Old White, along with Duck Egg (followed by dark wax) attacked it!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ui824KKU_HaLKvOkKJVmhzVWKiPxlcSLrLvXySWWe3xjuPBsgU1hrhdDzn-0_kSfMqx5NRx37VXocvMTOty9S77Sk7voMmlazr50b4coXf47a6zOopjYRb1YLycnropVn-I21_fBoQ/s1600/masterbathchestclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ui824KKU_HaLKvOkKJVmhzVWKiPxlcSLrLvXySWWe3xjuPBsgU1hrhdDzn-0_kSfMqx5NRx37VXocvMTOty9S77Sk7voMmlazr50b4coXf47a6zOopjYRb1YLycnropVn-I21_fBoQ/s640/masterbathchestclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's the perfect little chest to go under the cabinets and serves as a great spot to display my perfumes:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Tr74DawK9zXFwUJsH0gUSIRUqvT2-cFHUeWP9PPmtEfEN681HweLoQLDme7yZfUot71DvoNenDn9IqTg6OIZuqbRtix1-LRY8C3q6qV3YmsF6JqNaSW9XT8B3sKVBfXJc_2wmO1Vlw/s1600/masterbathperfume.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Tr74DawK9zXFwUJsH0gUSIRUqvT2-cFHUeWP9PPmtEfEN681HweLoQLDme7yZfUot71DvoNenDn9IqTg6OIZuqbRtix1-LRY8C3q6qV3YmsF6JqNaSW9XT8B3sKVBfXJc_2wmO1Vlw/s640/masterbathperfume.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, before I show you the other changes in this space, let's have a gander at what this room looked like after we first moved in 6 years ago, shall we?</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">  Well, *hellerrr* reds, golds and greens!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VK7sfqZMApGuLWgm51NyxMpxYenYS5gOLvFvxfutitFzdZ9m11azX7SBnrjCgKpYh2NiELAnqO0cwhozEL5W84DpfevAWy860iNLU0fbS-wGVTrQgCC2t4IysPnWBR1xzya9-l_RtA/s1600/masterbathwaybefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VK7sfqZMApGuLWgm51NyxMpxYenYS5gOLvFvxfutitFzdZ9m11azX7SBnrjCgKpYh2NiELAnqO0cwhozEL5W84DpfevAWy860iNLU0fbS-wGVTrQgCC2t4IysPnWBR1xzya9-l_RtA/s640/masterbathwaybefore.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved that color combo for years!  THEN, as my tastes were starting to migrate towards blues and browns, I changed it to THIS (by adding two mirrors in place of the large one ... and adding a fun vinyl art, along with new lights and fun rug).  The blue chest is now in the sitting room:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn7KlY7ufILtPsGnWX4-upXbPe8byE1h5_Tg2R2a5Gb5VtorlpW-x8H33ccBTrVW0MftmOhpnV-hgQh4R3CaSJvPoGxG0RlwIprw0-GRhx_ZC2eK6wzptVYyYMBq9iyc-w18JkPTPiQ/s1600/masterbathb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn7KlY7ufILtPsGnWX4-upXbPe8byE1h5_Tg2R2a5Gb5VtorlpW-x8H33ccBTrVW0MftmOhpnV-hgQh4R3CaSJvPoGxG0RlwIprw0-GRhx_ZC2eK6wzptVYyYMBq9iyc-w18JkPTPiQ/s640/masterbathb4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then, THIS latest change happened ... besides adding the kitchen cabinet, I also painted the mirrors to match the newly painted accent chest.  I also painted the vanity lights AND, I painted the cabinets Annie Sloane's Old White.  We also just recently had the room painted BM's White Sand to match our master bedroom:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfXZLu1k-mXauPlLLGv-Grq29siPK84DtL4ZW_zNyMHvIqHbcWC7qNTn98oCzmCu6fRk0_NKwLF2k6HfOv8XXVEuryRO0gLdqaHq5UgYngJAfEZlNKMq5D-fyFIf42afj-YhxQdKkgg/s1600/masterbathoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfXZLu1k-mXauPlLLGv-Grq29siPK84DtL4ZW_zNyMHvIqHbcWC7qNTn98oCzmCu6fRk0_NKwLF2k6HfOv8XXVEuryRO0gLdqaHq5UgYngJAfEZlNKMq5D-fyFIf42afj-YhxQdKkgg/s640/masterbathoverall.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's so much lighter and brighter in here now that the cabinets are painted ... I love it (so do my faux hydrangeas ... just *look* at how they are blooming, wow)!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGTzMSSqwdQBqrm4SBfmt3ma9K8ajUpvwrxy9vd51eNGEsHgge5WN4LH0NXy15PipK9QW_McEvKMlJVzSfN71BbV-W110pF3rXpDDxGk6d_xv0q4SK6Pq3lq1a7ReqAkod9ilqcT2GQ/s1600/masterbathtray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGTzMSSqwdQBqrm4SBfmt3ma9K8ajUpvwrxy9vd51eNGEsHgge5WN4LH0NXy15PipK9QW_McEvKMlJVzSfN71BbV-W110pF3rXpDDxGk6d_xv0q4SK6Pq3lq1a7ReqAkod9ilqcT2GQ/s640/masterbathtray.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I kept the wall art in between the newly painted mirrors, which I made by simply wrapping leftover fabric (from the shower curtain and window valance) around inexpensive canvases I bought at Michael's:   </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1cnYOnrfuRZiXZZuFi7W47TlMRVXThx3fXtOl1ewQZZHvz29lyzWyKpjZL6BmgpLRCx8vqxvsh3JKilIHDm-UQLiO3z2sqfxswOhE_8gmPj89G5WkaKevVelmrdjQAw0vj7oOuhsd-A/s1600/masterbathart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1cnYOnrfuRZiXZZuFi7W47TlMRVXThx3fXtOl1ewQZZHvz29lyzWyKpjZL6BmgpLRCx8vqxvsh3JKilIHDm-UQLiO3z2sqfxswOhE_8gmPj89G5WkaKevVelmrdjQAw0vj7oOuhsd-A/s640/masterbathart.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added a cute, fun rug that I recently spotted at where else(??) ... Home Goods:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMx2YeHPHiMFJ1xdL8kCv_cpBZNLiGsa9GRWgUG0KtjTftgQaR_jH7Iozxg0RgRzblvT84DJS0DyA4cKHPWzToLBWk7UEK4pnlDKw8G70G1uTgjr2TJDeozjCFnFxDO6zW7hjFFNfKtQ/s1600/masterbathrug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMx2YeHPHiMFJ1xdL8kCv_cpBZNLiGsa9GRWgUG0KtjTftgQaR_jH7Iozxg0RgRzblvT84DJS0DyA4cKHPWzToLBWk7UEK4pnlDKw8G70G1uTgjr2TJDeozjCFnFxDO6zW7hjFFNfKtQ/s640/masterbathrug.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our 2x2 shower area remains the same since its last makeover.  Although, I did recently find these great, striped towels from HomeGoods that seem to match the fabric really well! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKWN2Zy3ReggpWI3_X6zRA2cBoduN84Ieu3595keHk47BMH-5Lv8dVtUlxgUAG6BSVosCVFuaVqzUBJbhWZ8zgmcNvo0T4koG5MnzHOGIiBhibE19yuab6TfSHLIdWjP5ZD_ZzPB_hw/s1600/masterbathshower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKWN2Zy3ReggpWI3_X6zRA2cBoduN84Ieu3595keHk47BMH-5Lv8dVtUlxgUAG6BSVosCVFuaVqzUBJbhWZ8zgmcNvo0T4koG5MnzHOGIiBhibE19yuab6TfSHLIdWjP5ZD_ZzPB_hw/s640/masterbathshower.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The garden tub has new art above it,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxN3P9IktmRAXLy4BTpOCiy0OcipSmakS_jxb317Cecl2aCEyH2DQr61vKWElbA_uiAlSn41oG6PCYJ6JcDNecSMpLTi9MTV5zXQV57v3GfjmCiosqHbIN58VYP7GoG8OpcXeIEP6N7Q/s1600/masterbathtub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxN3P9IktmRAXLy4BTpOCiy0OcipSmakS_jxb317Cecl2aCEyH2DQr61vKWElbA_uiAlSn41oG6PCYJ6JcDNecSMpLTi9MTV5zXQV57v3GfjmCiosqHbIN58VYP7GoG8OpcXeIEP6N7Q/s640/masterbathtub.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">along with a cute shelf from Home Goods:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-1DqkSXMQ2rNt3emEOOS2dIt1shnAS4Iqm4cUsnRbxs3jpmhIx-TdHH_RemlBjIpFGYlD8Yzs4oGd8S8MAKu7bWCMtBVO_UrYeZiGktJlnIEikg6aD55jWgZGZcXVyLDXqlGb1-hdA/s1600/masterbathshelf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-1DqkSXMQ2rNt3emEOOS2dIt1shnAS4Iqm4cUsnRbxs3jpmhIx-TdHH_RemlBjIpFGYlD8Yzs4oGd8S8MAKu7bWCMtBVO_UrYeZiGktJlnIEikg6aD55jWgZGZcXVyLDXqlGb1-hdA/s640/masterbathshelf.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a couple more things that I'd like to do in here, which I hope to share soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just for fun ... let's look one more time at what my taste was a few years ago:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VK7sfqZMApGuLWgm51NyxMpxYenYS5gOLvFvxfutitFzdZ9m11azX7SBnrjCgKpYh2NiELAnqO0cwhozEL5W84DpfevAWy860iNLU0fbS-wGVTrQgCC2t4IysPnWBR1xzya9-l_RtA/s1600/masterbathwaybefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VK7sfqZMApGuLWgm51NyxMpxYenYS5gOLvFvxfutitFzdZ9m11azX7SBnrjCgKpYh2NiELAnqO0cwhozEL5W84DpfevAWy860iNLU0fbS-wGVTrQgCC2t4IysPnWBR1xzya9-l_RtA/s640/masterbathwaybefore.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, what it is now:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfXZLu1k-mXauPlLLGv-Grq29siPK84DtL4ZW_zNyMHvIqHbcWC7qNTn98oCzmCu6fRk0_NKwLF2k6HfOv8XXVEuryRO0gLdqaHq5UgYngJAfEZlNKMq5D-fyFIf42afj-YhxQdKkgg/s1600/masterbathoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfXZLu1k-mXauPlLLGv-Grq29siPK84DtL4ZW_zNyMHvIqHbcWC7qNTn98oCzmCu6fRk0_NKwLF2k6HfOv8XXVEuryRO0gLdqaHq5UgYngJAfEZlNKMq5D-fyFIf42afj-YhxQdKkgg/s640/masterbathoverall.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow, what a difference a few years can make!  LOL</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for stopping by ... have a fabulous weekend!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm partying with fun friends here:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/03/wow-us-wednesdays-108.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavvySouthernStyle+%28Savvy+Southern+Style%29">WUW</a></span><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" style="width: NaN%;" />

Our Master Bath's New Look!

I *say* new, even though this was done quite awhile ago ... my absent-minded self just forgot to share it with you! Oops. Anywaaaay ... *so...

1:18 PM

Happy Friday! Is it March Already?

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Good 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;">I can't believe that it is already March 1st!!!  </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 have experienced a late winter of sorts </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 two huge storms hitting us in the last 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;">It has been great weather for all of the "Inside" projects </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 have been working on to get the house ready 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;"><br /></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'm honored and thrilled that Kim at<b><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></b></span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/03/my-favorite-roombeaux-reves.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavvySouthernStyle+%28Savvy+Southern+Style%29" target="_blank">Savvy Southern Style</a> </b></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;">has featured me this week in her Friday series </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;">"My Favorite 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;">Head on over there and check out my favorite 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 guarantee you that it's warm and cozy!  </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/AVvXsEgv8BuQ0kFe2fr4GuLv0iL-kfCOdaBeWqVAuNLczhqjUCOkRGnG252f7a1w7qjQIGmGK09EXWKiVPYpICoh7x1Jbs32LgmpRGnSkDBBKQ3s_erA8J_7CuPMaqld_5tkX2tjeONLZd0mFeIk/s1600/IMG_7508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8BuQ0kFe2fr4GuLv0iL-kfCOdaBeWqVAuNLczhqjUCOkRGnG252f7a1w7qjQIGmGK09EXWKiVPYpICoh7x1Jbs32LgmpRGnSkDBBKQ3s_erA8J_7CuPMaqld_5tkX2tjeONLZd0mFeIk/s640/IMG_7508.jpg" width="426" /></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;">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</span></span></i></span></div>

Happy Friday! Is it March Already?

Good Morning! I can't believe that it is already March 1st!!! We have experienced a late winter of sorts with two huge storms hitti...

6:08 AM

Master Bath ~ A Few Finishing Touches

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello Readers!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have been diligently working on getting our house </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">ready for sale.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is a tedious process!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cleaning out closets and touching up the baseboards is hardly blog-worthy but I thought you might like to see the changes I've made in the Master Bathroom.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have never given you a full tour of this room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I thought you might enjoy seeing the space.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYk-JyVdaD7iCU40qogRY14wWwXEtAbJE64f3inbDBC0SUsP6ysA9h0DqPs9rhDp6fmSXCsuAzYSmV87qhRbsBmkgD4FH9QTVuy3Ty2BnhVh-pPuZVhUIZWwxZwGsGa-P9tZ22skj1Nnp/s1600/IMG_7567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYk-JyVdaD7iCU40qogRY14wWwXEtAbJE64f3inbDBC0SUsP6ysA9h0DqPs9rhDp6fmSXCsuAzYSmV87qhRbsBmkgD4FH9QTVuy3Ty2BnhVh-pPuZVhUIZWwxZwGsGa-P9tZ22skj1Nnp/s640/IMG_7567.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is what it looked like before I gave it a new coat of paint.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxJzsu7-EhZ8Gw8phxpa9P9rlvfMtIhNTEzlDx01RC0_s_DaTW-WOiCT91N0LqrNb-wVWl2DidsTv7-BxKDxmFTNk8ItO9RanljcOdplwg9kEzZGK6TuykXCYioWtj-C6-_y47TmGbf4N/s1600/IMG_7446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxJzsu7-EhZ8Gw8phxpa9P9rlvfMtIhNTEzlDx01RC0_s_DaTW-WOiCT91N0LqrNb-wVWl2DidsTv7-BxKDxmFTNk8ItO9RanljcOdplwg9kEzZGK6TuykXCYioWtj-C6-_y47TmGbf4N/s640/IMG_7446.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There was nothing wrong with the bathroom<span style="font-size: large;"> itself,</span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but the Khaki color needed to be changed </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and lightened up a bit.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6yEupHItdr4GEygnir4Vzc3XNk52gizAlf02PTmBQDFnOpPzf2B04IFHzQXwNTLgV-z6rfP4S5sQFR5csSmN2n0bbv_W6Orx5JimKyWTpExdPaqMiH41xZi_lq89fyVKzYLe9egKNMGi/s1600/IMG_7596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6yEupHItdr4GEygnir4Vzc3XNk52gizAlf02PTmBQDFnOpPzf2B04IFHzQXwNTLgV-z6rfP4S5sQFR5csSmN2n0bbv_W6Orx5JimKyWTpExdPaqMiH41xZi_lq89fyVKzYLe9egKNMGi/s640/IMG_7596.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And here i<span style="font-size: large;">t is after a coat of fresh pa<span style="font-size: large;">int.</span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><img alt="Sherwin-Williams - Patience SW7555 by Sherwin-Williams" height="256" src="http://d2gzmlqnkfjqmm.cloudfront.net/data/product/content/agg/autodeskbim/SherwinWilliams/15138/D2BA7CC2EB761B73AB4D90B9897AAB3C_sherwin-williams+-+patience+sw7555_15138.detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Sherwin-Williams - Patience SW7555 by Sherwin-Williams" width="256" /></span></span></i></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">SW7555 Patience</span></span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <img alt="SW7555 Patience" class="main" id="colorDetailsMainSwatch" itemprop="src" src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAOLUweLUwSwAAAAAAQABAEAIBAABBAQAOw==" />This is a better representation of the true color.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I already had a five gallon bucket of this paint </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">from the upstairs bedrooms.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The biggest change is how flattering is is to your skin.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The pink undertones give you a beautiful rosy glow which always helps on those cold winter mornings!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlcYpGGafnWLTT_3zBwBZRGZFDS0Utd2nsYy-jwwQgFwcesERPjBwsb1VOPp-elVoDMsGsPp6OJuZuxAJRMfVQEbjz_jPv7Zo_MghrBfnnQ3d6ji1GuyuyhUrT9kttPRM8aO1TAcVjrMm/s1600/IMG_7555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlcYpGGafnWLTT_3zBwBZRGZFDS0Utd2nsYy-jwwQgFwcesERPjBwsb1VOPp-elVoDMsGsPp6OJuZuxAJRMfVQEbjz_jPv7Zo_MghrBfnnQ3d6ji1GuyuyhUrT9kttPRM8aO1TAcVjrMm/s640/IMG_7555.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Since I have never given you the full tour </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I will show you around.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The<span style="font-size: large;">r</span>e are two sets of double doors from the bedroom </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that are on either side of the see through fireplace.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The fireplace is surrounded with tumbled marble and above the fireplace is a niche that can house a TV.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We have had a TV there in the past and </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when Miss Beaux was much younger </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">she would beg to take a bath in our bathtub </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so she could watch cartoons!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oh, the life!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaOEnhtMEEcSWN8lbjrqtlhNXkvlDxVWz1DLDx41L8Rwqn0cbeEkrzAN_4CFkghH-rQrJev13hS1BLkBBcClc8Tm6BPwAcQJHDa6NXZzRiKmcHNqESCqMTem8qePaXYbSxaXO2lgb82zg/s1600/IMG_7598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaOEnhtMEEcSWN8lbjrqtlhNXkvlDxVWz1DLDx41L8Rwqn0cbeEkrzAN_4CFkghH-rQrJev13hS1BLkBBcClc8Tm6BPwAcQJHDa6NXZzRiKmcHNqESCqMTem8qePaXYbSxaXO2lgb82zg/s640/IMG_7598.jpg" width="436" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This little cutout holds a mini fridge and a microwave.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The fridge is very handy for storing small bottles of water </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the microwave heats up my morning coffee.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh105gzjAygUi-XhdvEsdtLSi9uAB9UvqKrcBsAjb4k1774E43CpQBtsu5IczfQH7mIrIFnBlhwXCKBHb3KSNazaW1KsiemKaxBdtu92SWlm_u10e0hN_4sQ3Tsk8n2Q82bxHQbol0u_WZH/s1600/IMG_7599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh105gzjAygUi-XhdvEsdtLSi9uAB9UvqKrcBsAjb4k1774E43CpQBtsu5IczfQH7mIrIFnBlhwXCKBHb3KSNazaW1KsiemKaxBdtu92SWlm_u10e0hN_4sQ3Tsk8n2Q82bxHQbol0u_WZH/s640/IMG_7599.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The <span style="font-size: large;">his and hers </span>vanity space is a very long bank of cabinets<span style="font-size: large;"> with transom windows above that let in natural light.</span> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAi-H8uMGH-CmtQfD1S7arJFDEdnUIss74RnVhWs1299EBtQzNEQnPAwWT36hc2WY0zNo6zdKlY2fjWBXDTvhWNNE9H6gNRQojrceoXo4TWZy1ML9RLCSJiDg1GrGd5ZgmVElJKaK2SKDa/s1600/IMG_7594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAi-H8uMGH-CmtQfD1S7arJFDEdnUIss74RnVhWs1299EBtQzNEQnPAwWT36hc2WY0zNo6zdKlY2fjWBXDTvhWNNE9H6gNRQojrceoXo4TWZy1ML9RLCSJiDg1GrGd5ZgmVElJKaK2SKDa/s640/IMG_7594.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The mirror is trimmed out in the same wood tone as the cabinets<span style="font-size: large;">,</span> as are the recessed cabinets on each side of the vanities.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVwMWCyw5wc5MMKNY9jzxJb_Md76nvNx4WH2HsFlFhSFgKu07le2JnkPqQVenbLbVyuwoPIJxZlqOQ7ep0FefDPAaSDDhCWHwcSC5vS-VoJW4Dq74AqXnDko-VnGhmdhFLAmrNTebpmU2/s1600/IMG_7552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVwMWCyw5wc5MMKNY9jzxJb_Md76nvNx4WH2HsFlFhSFgKu07le2JnkPqQVenbLbVyuwoPIJxZlqOQ7ep0FefDPAaSDDhCWHwcSC5vS-VoJW4Dq74AqXnDko-VnGhmdhFLAmrNTebpmU2/s640/IMG_7552.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We debated whether or not to have a vanity space here.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had never had one and wasn't sure if I would use it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am really glad that I added it because </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I sit here every day and <span style="font-size: large;">put</span> my face on!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of the features that I included in the design is the absence of electrical outlets on the backsplash.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It gives a cleaner look to the tumbled marble countertops.  There are plugs inside the two cabinets </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and under the vanity space.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mr. Beaux drilled a hole in the back of the drawers so I can leave my flat iron plugged in inside the drawer.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0owBe4hd5NOG5UBCqNJWqVnI8OFejPqshOoRtttpQz3YYDjmMEQ3S5OJIEer0h8uLuKacJ0m3tiAb6qc41IwZGZL1cNq8fN26OtQ_adt4zVWv8VGSXCKySiboa4dLzeW96V_C4mcMJu_7/s1600/IMG_7574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0owBe4hd5NOG5UBCqNJWqVnI8OFejPqshOoRtttpQz3YYDjmMEQ3S5OJIEer0h8uLuKacJ0m3tiAb6qc41IwZGZL1cNq8fN26OtQ_adt4zVWv8VGSXCKySiboa4dLzeW96V_C4mcMJu_7/s640/IMG_7574.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The stone sinks have this lovely detail on the overflow.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So instead of putting on the side where you wouldn't see it we reversed it to show it off.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJTMIUK8gmFF48OeIiBUUE2Syf_yKglJ1nvPhulXb5EiGqDafqz4i_iRj0R1NQMG0aKzgM0L8OioCk2mvK98LjVxmFr2ojxxilYToJYQhCc7HtM6KfLj9qInymlNS5u10bDpAFABCVavk/s1600/IMG_7600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJTMIUK8gmFF48OeIiBUUE2Syf_yKglJ1nvPhulXb5EiGqDafqz4i_iRj0R1NQMG0aKzgM0L8OioCk2mvK98LjVxmFr2ojxxilYToJYQhCc7HtM6KfLj9qInymlNS5u10bDpAFABCVavk/s640/IMG_7600.jpg" width="414" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The vanity chair is a parsons chair with a new aqua blue and cream slipcover from Pier One.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love adding a bit of modern geometric to a traditional space.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYT6i7CP7qpeje4MyI8a_fRWzV2DIw6IhBfRid1VXnvzFqxupB9Pewq1ABhI-dZvsLsI7WqT7hiEDCWriaCTVMPWsX0W7Q3HW5aiP-0CbXysotfJF-H64l4-vF7DTGJ3rQWh3KBgXcnE3N/s1600/IMG_7595.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYT6i7CP7qpeje4MyI8a_fRWzV2DIw6IhBfRid1VXnvzFqxupB9Pewq1ABhI-dZvsLsI7WqT7hiEDCWriaCTVMPWsX0W7Q3HW5aiP-0CbXysotfJF-H64l4-vF7DTGJ3rQWh3KBgXcnE3N/s640/IMG_7595.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Master Shower is the centerpiece of the room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The tiled columns support the arch that continues around the shower.  To add interest but save money we added a rope trim along the back wall and angled the wall tiles.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This allowed us to splurge on the Moen shower system.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Inside of the back columns are small niches </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to hold shampoo and soap.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It keeps the shower looking neat and tidy.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghkcfRGVnEpSTBepotItspQYJJstThgjXo7ukjEHh7Z4TNNYXzGy6P4-8qg1WcF-b4hNoMhQKdh2DWvjd8ZJpyOX41rlAXG7DmYA78NxR9AOm0rTSYuKfehU9uql9X2mjqgLBA2Nvkx6x/s1600/IMG_7562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghkcfRGVnEpSTBepotItspQYJJstThgjXo7ukjEHh7Z4TNNYXzGy6P4-8qg1WcF-b4hNoMhQKdh2DWvjd8ZJpyOX41rlAXG7DmYA78NxR9AOm0rTSYuKfehU9uql9X2mjqgLBA2Nvkx6x/s640/IMG_7562.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I created this raised relief from a stencil and plaster.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was easier than I thought and I think it adds just the right amount of detail and character.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I will show you a tutorial later on.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8J_u6_OsuoB3ZphtIazR6kbooK2nYNL2ROwxbAFJj-iexyUY-3oGJNi0nU8UJkT6VLa3VTvubfu57rivhzdH5kiYnR6flm1YcWVs3IdFwk9vUvmN7xN_oD3XrrHWQGmgvO2BZOWmr8yxQ/s1600/IMG_7576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8J_u6_OsuoB3ZphtIazR6kbooK2nYNL2ROwxbAFJj-iexyUY-3oGJNi0nU8UJkT6VLa3VTvubfu57rivhzdH5kiYnR6flm1YcWVs3IdFwk9vUvmN7xN_oD3XrrHWQGmgvO2BZOWmr8yxQ/s640/IMG_7576.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you enjoyed this tour of my Master Bath!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am still working on getting every room "Show" ready and would really appreciate your input!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybOuATlCTQtSE1D04RxdJ6Ao04bahadKnRb9rU96mF2XnaVRM8zJbEHGZjfOu-Y5NJWBeKQElxapyBUa8pCBR3EdPaCkrDwNNmwC9bE4SUgmUYjqKGEXU9uYquFAvGK1_Nbt953yUfG1V/s1600/IMG_7571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybOuATlCTQtSE1D04RxdJ6Ao04bahadKnRb9rU96mF2XnaVRM8zJbEHGZjfOu-Y5NJWBeKQElxapyBUa8pCBR3EdPaCkrDwNNmwC9bE4SUgmUYjqKGEXU9uYquFAvGK1_Nbt953yUfG1V/s640/IMG_7571.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><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; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at:</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; 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Master Bath ~ A Few Finishing Touches

Hello Readers! I have been diligently working on getting our house ready for sale. It is a tedious process! Cleaning out closets and ...

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Winter Be Gone!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's right, friends ... even though it's cold and still feeling like winter OUTside ... according to our mantel ... the warmer temps have arrived ... the bunnies are hopping ... the *faux* florals are blooming ... annnnnd, the fake eggs are out in full force!  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm hoping maybe ... just MAYbe ... that these Spring touches I've added will grab Mother Nature's attention and encourage her to move the season along!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9D9DpCETsUWdqvZlnldYtxOHWmGAGvg5YF5fq7O0zJCGj0RizOmchlSBrY0GAPOeg-iF9zHugbNyoXV9VhiKRoyEdz24s1UrcQ7ilWrBbcOMyiRXU0mHQuPlP_UbOU_UTBtfb9XVtA/s1600/eastermanteloverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9D9DpCETsUWdqvZlnldYtxOHWmGAGvg5YF5fq7O0zJCGj0RizOmchlSBrY0GAPOeg-iF9zHugbNyoXV9VhiKRoyEdz24s1UrcQ7ilWrBbcOMyiRXU0mHQuPlP_UbOU_UTBtfb9XVtA/s640/eastermanteloverall.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3D1crw55TP-HjWG6vcUQ3qEZToFQDiXnWcnFHtLCusN0rKnhfvfAyU-LEN_szIZzEyeBcEaKgsjVJhYubvLlQOoivsoIQWuFKaSchxIeWuFEhJnFmAym_bgmSB6al6CYZsdwBiFY7w/s1600/eastermantelclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3D1crw55TP-HjWG6vcUQ3qEZToFQDiXnWcnFHtLCusN0rKnhfvfAyU-LEN_szIZzEyeBcEaKgsjVJhYubvLlQOoivsoIQWuFKaSchxIeWuFEhJnFmAym_bgmSB6al6CYZsdwBiFY7w/s640/eastermantelclose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I mean, after all ... our pretty, faux plants from IKEA should help scare the cold temps away, right?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4x5gb5eXJjtn1kkwLe_Lsfh7kiDTUf4g8WnNTzkFY0GnFfwjVufQPjgdzmiupCdqaRFz8WdRkg3YvXf3PBeiF89rb3wwJgtJTBlMnwIw4G2w3p2z-jvRr5bSVh2j4A6u16YJLkbK2g/s1600/eastermantelplant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4x5gb5eXJjtn1kkwLe_Lsfh7kiDTUf4g8WnNTzkFY0GnFfwjVufQPjgdzmiupCdqaRFz8WdRkg3YvXf3PBeiF89rb3wwJgtJTBlMnwIw4G2w3p2z-jvRr5bSVh2j4A6u16YJLkbK2g/s640/eastermantelplant.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, this sweet "bunny in a basket" ornament and faux flowers from Michael's should make old man winter go into hiding! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhOsRv3_VceuwaAnAXfh8OLtRYpLMAOLKrTv_GgItwT2xDP5wFmjdwNMFlzca0q71FXxJoL_UMT7hjqZ-wrTHuNCc_ystYP3yPyjp3jqNl3JibDq3UB9YetQWqZTG6Uyksoo0sDj0kA/s1600/eastermantelflowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhOsRv3_VceuwaAnAXfh8OLtRYpLMAOLKrTv_GgItwT2xDP5wFmjdwNMFlzca0q71FXxJoL_UMT7hjqZ-wrTHuNCc_ystYP3yPyjp3jqNl3JibDq3UB9YetQWqZTG6Uyksoo0sDj0kA/s640/eastermantelflowers.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, naturally, these seasonal pastel malted milk balls will entice Spring to come closer, right?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LezCM_GqZ7Rt_RrMBWJpePgTpD9zV59OGTDQjzoU6FOdsjtrZrmayOnVS3PRXs78NXinr0OagiLAQ036rk88hBuIci9xCQEcHZ_T4JNbL6aFr5vo34oBpGCs_AyYEanM7mVlCzDrDQ/s1600/mantelcandle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LezCM_GqZ7Rt_RrMBWJpePgTpD9zV59OGTDQjzoU6FOdsjtrZrmayOnVS3PRXs78NXinr0OagiLAQ036rk88hBuIci9xCQEcHZ_T4JNbL6aFr5vo34oBpGCs_AyYEanM7mVlCzDrDQ/s640/mantelcandle.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look ... even our little bunnies have had enough by showing that they "shalt" not "hear, see or speak" of winter ANY more!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdjDUfHIBOm9-tI1YWThQSHfaVPWX6-TotDoYaaL4ZemSxMCVUnOl_4Bti2VIfSGcwUAaHMAghnI_14tw0ItyAYHmUq3rX869qvn0K_7ktQY6b0yQxT_He4P568GgimyFjLRI7n-ABg/s1600/eastermantelbunnies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdjDUfHIBOm9-tI1YWThQSHfaVPWX6-TotDoYaaL4ZemSxMCVUnOl_4Bti2VIfSGcwUAaHMAghnI_14tw0ItyAYHmUq3rX869qvn0K_7ktQY6b0yQxT_He4P568GgimyFjLRI7n-ABg/s640/eastermantelbunnies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If that still doesn't send winter away, hopefully, our egg wreath (from Home Goods) will help to do the trick!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzU6WRSSjtHXlUWHjXn0oIo7MLe18S2OJ4CwWT0NgfVp7Rsu8RYVAKuoi970kJXNahzsK_pX8-89pComniKrJ2X45rESrZ19VAYL36E24ve-HLOxuO9Adm6Ai8BWQLAGKtfYQEehQCg/s1600/eastermantelwreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzU6WRSSjtHXlUWHjXn0oIo7MLe18S2OJ4CwWT0NgfVp7Rsu8RYVAKuoi970kJXNahzsK_pX8-89pComniKrJ2X45rESrZ19VAYL36E24ve-HLOxuO9Adm6Ai8BWQLAGKtfYQEehQCg/s640/eastermantelwreath.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If not, our banner (from Target) announcing SPRING will certainly let Mother Nature know that enough is enough!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MUa0EXJq-pVvE_5Z_iw2zJ4Po29Q2TZVAFPa6A9JRC07fiNOIgXH2TXn2QJOjE3EUutuRQeIa8ROKw9kMN89eQCwaXNpWH_pApmc_aYjnWZiGYDOopd5FaUZMf5NCmCen6L0O3VdRg/s1600/eastermantelbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MUa0EXJq-pVvE_5Z_iw2zJ4Po29Q2TZVAFPa6A9JRC07fiNOIgXH2TXn2QJOjE3EUutuRQeIa8ROKw9kMN89eQCwaXNpWH_pApmc_aYjnWZiGYDOopd5FaUZMf5NCmCen6L0O3VdRg/s640/eastermantelbanner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I say that we all join forces by pulling out our eggs, bunnies, florals and anything SPRING to help make winter disappear(!)... whaddaya think?  No way will it want to stick around if we all ban together!  I'll be eagerly waiting to see all that you do!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until then, I'll just stare at our mantel a bit longer and see what happens!  LOL</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Winter Be Gone!

That's right, friends ... even though it's cold and still feeling like winter OUTside ... according to our mantel ... the warmer tem...

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