Home Maintenance~Sealing and Polishing Granite

<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 hope you all are having a great week so far!</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 wanted to share some home maintenance tips </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 I worked on over the weekend.  </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;">After taking all of the </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;">Christmas pretties down I really wanted to </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;">deep clean the kitchen.  </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 things on my list (for a while now)</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;">was to seal and polish my granite counter tops.</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/AVvXsEjIxp-hDJMgM_pEGnMYa7VSKMLwoQeYaM3RcSvmPeQQAARz_F0MujB4bRSYfALKOc6r0BG4npJg2EKSCSJAUmB1BZ8TZlHyFoux2Q88vBdvg9ykv1tQeAxcMeiQ5dmGOSev0ga7XXiwMwlR/s1600/IMG_9068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxp-hDJMgM_pEGnMYa7VSKMLwoQeYaM3RcSvmPeQQAARz_F0MujB4bRSYfALKOc6r0BG4npJg2EKSCSJAUmB1BZ8TZlHyFoux2Q88vBdvg9ykv1tQeAxcMeiQ5dmGOSev0ga7XXiwMwlR/s1600/IMG_9068.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;">I have used the Rock Doctor Granite Polish </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;">many times before but I had never used the Granite Sealer.</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 really liked and trusted the product </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 decided to give it a go and try it out.</span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found both products at Lowe's. </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/AVvXsEinDW-jrhz-URl2tgA_pEsgdtVfNw25FkuyS8r9WtmH1RvkqmrGW8Njip2AVtRqThTevCOBZcFcd4VDUZcRkU5KY-53ikyBLS-R4qUDHopG4jCoAoyEBQPq2SGG1UxdoZ8FqEL3c0WkDl6g/s1600/IMG_9074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDW-jrhz-URl2tgA_pEsgdtVfNw25FkuyS8r9WtmH1RvkqmrGW8Njip2AVtRqThTevCOBZcFcd4VDUZcRkU5KY-53ikyBLS-R4qUDHopG4jCoAoyEBQPq2SGG1UxdoZ8FqEL3c0WkDl6g/s1600/IMG_9074.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;">I cleared everything off of the counters and while I was at 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 took apart the stove for cleaning.</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/AVvXsEg2GziWDu1JDnAEl11PuYFaYeVdgqSSsVnmA537sPZ1z9vbGJtxtJglU0Haw1tgcKJlR_SvcPcBnGV3vIfjEcge0YfdC2iy6Mwkn47MTkmU_rT4QgX2I60Z0PzfRnqMeN9sTHmtAYiEYB8z/s1600/IMG_9071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GziWDu1JDnAEl11PuYFaYeVdgqSSsVnmA537sPZ1z9vbGJtxtJglU0Haw1tgcKJlR_SvcPcBnGV3vIfjEcge0YfdC2iy6Mwkn47MTkmU_rT4QgX2I60Z0PzfRnqMeN9sTHmtAYiEYB8z/s1600/IMG_9071.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 a close up of my granite on the island.  </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;">You can see the small whitish marks. </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;">Those are small pits in the granite.  </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 product, along with the polish </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;">is supposed to fill in these small pits.</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/AVvXsEjNDZlSqBXmOqhjeBQD_rJvWdxMZKm1OmeUlsEjefhoQ6oM5f-4zASZXZpZW_j-h-UMmkLhE6ojJ7Pgb0Ra9vuDgmuVixATGDFG_Ntg-yi_332fy57cfaqCrkJug9_omFw8KRyCLa1hFcLi/s1600/IMG_9076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDZlSqBXmOqhjeBQD_rJvWdxMZKm1OmeUlsEjefhoQ6oM5f-4zASZXZpZW_j-h-UMmkLhE6ojJ7Pgb0Ra9vuDgmuVixATGDFG_Ntg-yi_332fy57cfaqCrkJug9_omFw8KRyCLa1hFcLi/s1600/IMG_9076.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;">I sprayed the Granite Sealer onto the counters and waited </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 2-5 minutes before wiping it off.  </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 directions said to drop water onto the counters </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 if it beaded up well then go onto the polish.  </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;"> If it doesn't bead up well then apply another coat.  </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 was on the fence after the first coat </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 decided better safe than sorry </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 I applied another coat.</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/AVvXsEig9b7o1bZPuaBIWhp8ThtBT15nrp1ZZsxlxJWV59tST_6d92ubl_V6zl3CPguXH4_STLSydMXPa1a5tx1xi3GLLLO3BUELYM6SHKe5exdE8iClNvigG85H-uFwU1C-fY5D1xIxHv3VyZ2V/s1600/IMG_9095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9b7o1bZPuaBIWhp8ThtBT15nrp1ZZsxlxJWV59tST_6d92ubl_V6zl3CPguXH4_STLSydMXPa1a5tx1xi3GLLLO3BUELYM6SHKe5exdE8iClNvigG85H-uFwU1C-fY5D1xIxHv3VyZ2V/s1600/IMG_9095.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;">Now onto to the polish...</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;">You are supposed to spray it on and buff it in </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;">small circles with a clean </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;">cotton cloth until it forms a hazy sheen.</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;">Think "Wax On, Wax 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/AVvXsEjz2dc1D9MKtlRn5KBYgRP_2Ies1RDbl52Z522QrS9OZvOC-fT6IQq0sQLmi9ff7UohGyU-yITkdZC2aaQ4UdtscCnIzctnXs0SN-jJKrqCcT8Ce5l6COqnq8frb_oxkHtnO75PM-MB_W1m/s1600/IMG_9097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2dc1D9MKtlRn5KBYgRP_2Ies1RDbl52Z522QrS9OZvOC-fT6IQq0sQLmi9ff7UohGyU-yITkdZC2aaQ4UdtscCnIzctnXs0SN-jJKrqCcT8Ce5l6COqnq8frb_oxkHtnO75PM-MB_W1m/s1600/IMG_9097.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;">Hazy it is!  </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;">Now, wait at least 30 minutes before </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;">buffing it out completely.</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;">While I was waiting for the polish to dry </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 started another project:</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/AVvXsEi76_7RU9a4UMIYL_KMIWAIv7Wl2yR0gleumeHgocBttuEMTzFqRm6i_IlZzmWbHdLK_dXgUE3hLbzu5qt1F3xSYyXpbdbjycnlPUvJwE51XIWQxui3e7Arz2lE4vw8gzjn7bg07bb0ztBe/s1600/IMG_9077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76_7RU9a4UMIYL_KMIWAIv7Wl2yR0gleumeHgocBttuEMTzFqRm6i_IlZzmWbHdLK_dXgUE3hLbzu5qt1F3xSYyXpbdbjycnlPUvJwE51XIWQxui3e7Arz2lE4vw8gzjn7bg07bb0ztBe/s1600/IMG_9077.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;">This little table was rescued at an Estate Sale for $15.00.  </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 needed a small table for the side of the sofa </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 I thought that I could paint it if I couldn't </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;">revive the wood.</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 embarrassed to say that it sat like this </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;">for a few months! </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/AVvXsEj-bw15wkTYYsMP65oVxTzaXbyXVUt1dpnOJzbLk5u8kQLYMsGJ0j_poRpwlekpyhne63WabafzC82S5hnmdWz_yhqKdJBPXfjd4awIcmaS9so1IzePldX2tojgPIKefI58sPbsTPcEZrlA/s1600/IMG_9080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bw15wkTYYsMP65oVxTzaXbyXVUt1dpnOJzbLk5u8kQLYMsGJ0j_poRpwlekpyhne63WabafzC82S5hnmdWz_yhqKdJBPXfjd4awIcmaS9so1IzePldX2tojgPIKefI58sPbsTPcEZrlA/s1600/IMG_9080.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;">Isn't it cute though?  </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 love the slanted book shelf on the bottom.</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/AVvXsEiMpE7hdHz7nc7RjadAk2H4TG0HwVEaaKF8mck_UdGui1U58-dmmiZNa5QCXaRP7xgavDaRdAkmnIyhsvaEYnTVisXbFGL0ytwnWvHwomIRaxgew7axeGF9vyNrmIffJseMns1Ym7p0Tmwb/s1600/IMG_9079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpE7hdHz7nc7RjadAk2H4TG0HwVEaaKF8mck_UdGui1U58-dmmiZNa5QCXaRP7xgavDaRdAkmnIyhsvaEYnTVisXbFGL0ytwnWvHwomIRaxgew7axeGF9vyNrmIffJseMns1Ym7p0Tmwb/s1600/IMG_9079.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;">OK, let's take a good look at the top of this table.  </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;">Water stains, scratches and just general wear and tear.  </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/AVvXsEgCM8eSOjyr4Uxy6Mht4lEr2pN4wUTbUUsLqm5HcP6TQqD6eZnWrlPeyCwje0WiP5pzJlie_6bJqi9dsYktQaokeT9TRaFKevPdUf53fDxfA86F5qPvB6JAZz800F3d-QRvqcC-2BRyn2FK/s1600/IMG_9083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCM8eSOjyr4Uxy6Mht4lEr2pN4wUTbUUsLqm5HcP6TQqD6eZnWrlPeyCwje0WiP5pzJlie_6bJqi9dsYktQaokeT9TRaFKevPdUf53fDxfA86F5qPvB6JAZz800F3d-QRvqcC-2BRyn2FK/s1600/IMG_9083.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;">Resor-A-Finish is a product that my mom told me about.  </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 used it on just about EVERYTHING!</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 thought I would give this product a try first instead of sanding and refinishing. </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can only seem to find this at Home Depot. </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 so easy to use, you just wipe it on with a soft cloth </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 wipe off any residue.</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;">Let's see if it worked...</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/AVvXsEj3KmAjrA7zUIww31Nps1A5VEPlDCan-7QfwBnJCZP1ZFyW59zB917OcNZPDzBa9E5S6gxgQNpwnuLMXmpyR7ikU2vtMgjAwjKoX00itRJPNT_Y5-3fdLbhUbfSRMDk2tUPDXYvhUa69O57/s1600/IMG_9085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KmAjrA7zUIww31Nps1A5VEPlDCan-7QfwBnJCZP1ZFyW59zB917OcNZPDzBa9E5S6gxgQNpwnuLMXmpyR7ikU2vtMgjAwjKoX00itRJPNT_Y5-3fdLbhUbfSRMDk2tUPDXYvhUa69O57/s1600/IMG_9085.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OK, WOW!!!</span></span></i></span></b></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 took all of the scratches and water marks away!  </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 finish is even and back </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;">to it's beautiful self.  </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;">Do they sell this for faces?  </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;">OK, I love how it looks but it seemed to lack luster.  </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/AVvXsEjhnaYl1TDk4X7jwNQ7o1LRwe0D20C5L13QAF4P_L1577aSMPuTXgNZVUrevY6rXn-j0yR6I7CMRfBDaNFPM5SPSvcaTC9ZGr_-Ms46Rdm2CcTqt7bfARS2rCTnn4O2DwWC-uG3FlKB7j_A/s1600/IMG_9087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnaYl1TDk4X7jwNQ7o1LRwe0D20C5L13QAF4P_L1577aSMPuTXgNZVUrevY6rXn-j0yR6I7CMRfBDaNFPM5SPSvcaTC9ZGr_-Ms46Rdm2CcTqt7bfARS2rCTnn4O2DwWC-uG3FlKB7j_A/s1600/IMG_9087.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;">I wiped a little lemon oil on it and it just soaked it up!  </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 to apply it at least three times.  </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 think about 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;">Your furniture is thirsty in the winter!  </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 know that I have been reaching for the hand cream </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;"> a <b>LOT </b>this winter.  </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 a whole house humidifier 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;"> I still feel the dryness.  </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;"> Wood in the winter needs a little more TLC.  </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;"> Just wipe your furniture down with the lemon oil once 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;">week and watch it suck it up like it's a Margarita!</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;"> OK, let's see the 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-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7BKdYoVJJPrRHAWA84rxM7MpXlfvPPjz8UeLzTMTCEbiM54Nz5pXE9e1b9GZGlEkfmkQfty52Z1fhvzEO7FfAP5cmzECBEVROsPMYvy77to0fn3hiO2NVvfZXGPYppX0G__NW8e0I2QS/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/AVvXsEhk7BKdYoVJJPrRHAWA84rxM7MpXlfvPPjz8UeLzTMTCEbiM54Nz5pXE9e1b9GZGlEkfmkQfty52Z1fhvzEO7FfAP5cmzECBEVROsPMYvy77to0fn3hiO2NVvfZXGPYppX0G__NW8e0I2QS/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.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;">Now <b>THAT</b> makes me happy!</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-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Back to my granite...</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/AVvXsEjIfkYQKsLVbuosZVKhHzCnwO8xBsLRCr5QYR_N9PgPxmGH_iNa5ZgWMxJF4gF9rfeaFv3o48ibgdH_PfyEr2aqcC34ISbcLtfQ9wCS-eA30f2MmqGwqhyphenhypheng-JTP2or2qU4xdXgZ_dsKJ0Eb/s1600/IMG_9108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfkYQKsLVbuosZVKhHzCnwO8xBsLRCr5QYR_N9PgPxmGH_iNa5ZgWMxJF4gF9rfeaFv3o48ibgdH_PfyEr2aqcC34ISbcLtfQ9wCS-eA30f2MmqGwqhyphenhypheng-JTP2or2qU4xdXgZ_dsKJ0Eb/s1600/IMG_9108.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;">How shiny is that?  </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's like glass!  </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 redecorated, cause that is like </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 reward for my hard work...</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 kept some things and added some things from storage.</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/AVvXsEiVmPoYwp1Dm0Ti-iwJTXfZZmwvYGW6ZRqR3nHl_LqSZ3xfN7b6dS2hPLfFo6iKkmyKYMZOwjjyjLnsbvRTBbt2P2ZLdZ1tYnWwbQEvujK5HVg6OhMeNo5OBF0fnJB6Cq3IEVlPQsxn7d7T/s1600/IMG_9110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmPoYwp1Dm0Ti-iwJTXfZZmwvYGW6ZRqR3nHl_LqSZ3xfN7b6dS2hPLfFo6iKkmyKYMZOwjjyjLnsbvRTBbt2P2ZLdZ1tYnWwbQEvujK5HVg6OhMeNo5OBF0fnJB6Cq3IEVlPQsxn7d7T/s1600/IMG_9110.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;"> My favorite Vintage Tole platter.</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/AVvXsEgGl1W0LTx2NzOmPmGtJMH3WLjhUgKtvoHq3fzScWpsCKxOIx_wVG12YqPrMOwP6nSvkrSWCsWl4w91ZsfLHUEnSJCF0BrcLIFy_kV8PKMiBIzHSpvcv45eZ8RSPN_gZv60Hrv3HPw_9hkC/s1600/IMG_9111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGl1W0LTx2NzOmPmGtJMH3WLjhUgKtvoHq3fzScWpsCKxOIx_wVG12YqPrMOwP6nSvkrSWCsWl4w91ZsfLHUEnSJCF0BrcLIFy_kV8PKMiBIzHSpvcv45eZ8RSPN_gZv60Hrv3HPw_9hkC/s1600/IMG_9111.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;">A sweet cow print.</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/AVvXsEg1FBOWzgKHDLBis_L70Gqoio54siG47f-nOg9jdaz2oVNopyrFPqsZFLQ0_1P0eYwMAmmkpEnpPUrbjUiBpBJg6pOwgYnRewDnk_CJxei2SZLLrJnf2oHrFjrDDdkNDNFVY3w5uMs-2ty4/s1600/IMG_9113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FBOWzgKHDLBis_L70Gqoio54siG47f-nOg9jdaz2oVNopyrFPqsZFLQ0_1P0eYwMAmmkpEnpPUrbjUiBpBJg6pOwgYnRewDnk_CJxei2SZLLrJnf2oHrFjrDDdkNDNFVY3w5uMs-2ty4/s1600/IMG_9113.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;">And in the upper cabinets,</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/AVvXsEgc6GgG4GRP4o2-MHgzMqQ8tp4xjlwBJiUD43pVIjaySdJHosMUwVlHCgTiVcp3E6UJgB6JfMC-FGg_pl_KDv60k71LHtQIkcTehcf6y2xmZ2fKd61gOQkBLk7tT1rrcfj3RoIr6NjVXby1/s1600/IMG_9115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6GgG4GRP4o2-MHgzMqQ8tp4xjlwBJiUD43pVIjaySdJHosMUwVlHCgTiVcp3E6UJgB6JfMC-FGg_pl_KDv60k71LHtQIkcTehcf6y2xmZ2fKd61gOQkBLk7tT1rrcfj3RoIr6NjVXby1/s1600/IMG_9115.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;">I added a little bling with an old silver platter.</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/AVvXsEjqN7EBEPbQknPgXQNuSlG57PuzXwXeU0uu2vOdlOBycVqDDPyfbm9OgRHDzHSKyOJq1gupc0J_7DeCqkVZGfsHEnNArN3WOGuJVLvegTzfX2vEqTWcE5Lr3vQbt18N2jfjq0W7EigRPkM1/s1600/IMG_9116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqN7EBEPbQknPgXQNuSlG57PuzXwXeU0uu2vOdlOBycVqDDPyfbm9OgRHDzHSKyOJq1gupc0J_7DeCqkVZGfsHEnNArN3WOGuJVLvegTzfX2vEqTWcE5Lr3vQbt18N2jfjq0W7EigRPkM1/s1600/IMG_9116.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;">And another cow painting to carry on the theme.</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/AVvXsEiMw8-EzgPm2cOlUiVICiO2jnrcbddHuqHdaiMI9xDdLavmZXoREW3jYJyI0TMHYh4hebKSkCua83RpxrNvE1gSDKzbL9Xff55NKi0hlo0vaBSOWOSu9wCS1LG6UPnx_HzJQ15B5-kp74Gi/s1600/IMG_9101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMw8-EzgPm2cOlUiVICiO2jnrcbddHuqHdaiMI9xDdLavmZXoREW3jYJyI0TMHYh4hebKSkCua83RpxrNvE1gSDKzbL9Xff55NKi0hlo0vaBSOWOSu9wCS1LG6UPnx_HzJQ15B5-kp74Gi/s1600/IMG_9101.jpg" width="426" /></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;">My built in hutch is one of my most pinned pins!  </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/AVvXsEi3LksupHBMDyog7GGHfFtS_iQCNG1pT7zq5qNXn6k52ICvnziqq_fJYsIQgxk5k0xqmrtkEIk9ncqDnIqfCE7YOoVXregmNrAtLhRzto__K-_SMxnwAxNv44_jizRqBzf4zzdcaQioRi6P/s1600/IMG_9125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LksupHBMDyog7GGHfFtS_iQCNG1pT7zq5qNXn6k52ICvnziqq_fJYsIQgxk5k0xqmrtkEIk9ncqDnIqfCE7YOoVXregmNrAtLhRzto__K-_SMxnwAxNv44_jizRqBzf4zzdcaQioRi6P/s1600/IMG_9125.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;">I kept it simple on the sink side.  </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 don't like to have a lot of clutter or appliances out.</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/AVvXsEjf19yPO9SLek6NPb0IomPcTUaphGXm7iOx42WG6_f09HFudNG7RKlpqrsagDyrIvxbV65IawjCs6a-ma9oLgGpp1ueBaEGpzjsLMuOBgPtGrckzOcRoUEjNUqkfnzEHWtGMHf7DPc_-AZh/s1600/IMG_9127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf19yPO9SLek6NPb0IomPcTUaphGXm7iOx42WG6_f09HFudNG7RKlpqrsagDyrIvxbV65IawjCs6a-ma9oLgGpp1ueBaEGpzjsLMuOBgPtGrckzOcRoUEjNUqkfnzEHWtGMHf7DPc_-AZh/s1600/IMG_9127.jpg" width="400" /></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;">My favorite white rooster, a fresh tea towel</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/AVvXsEgkcDMiQt3F2M1fWQ-lJo-M8ReOTV5ZHP5VHggNSsSBiabb2sypcP3FU8IOK-PGC2JESDTJkJ9-AvF2jS7O7EbIk-i0HWj8p6BI2QKYvGJGMTacE3HQ-jWTfDxIZdowT3O_5XJU99KpkA0_/s1600/IMG_9128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcDMiQt3F2M1fWQ-lJo-M8ReOTV5ZHP5VHggNSsSBiabb2sypcP3FU8IOK-PGC2JESDTJkJ9-AvF2jS7O7EbIk-i0HWj8p6BI2QKYvGJGMTacE3HQ-jWTfDxIZdowT3O_5XJU99KpkA0_/s1600/IMG_9128.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;">And a little greenery.  </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 is the only plant in the house that I haven't killed...yet.</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;"><br /></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;">Thanks for stopping by, </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;">Until Next Time,</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;">Beaux R'eves</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;"><br /></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #999999; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing with:</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/">Savvy Southern Style</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/" target="_blank">Between Naps On The Porch </a></span></i></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.astrollthrulife.net/" target="_blank">A Stroll Thru Life</a></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><a href="http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/">The Scoop</a><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/" target="_blank">Tatertots and Jello</a></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">French Country Cottage</a></span></div>

Home Maintenance~Sealing and Polishing Granite

I hope you all are having a great week so far! I wanted to share some home maintenance tips  that I worked on over the weekend.   After taki...

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Winter Front Door

<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/AVvXsEj94jhvbgP1G3ZoMAdNTL7LfExxgWyz6x5_HnKc6JYog6f-MbgFP1czl8h3P9uWjaxM_OosY9FJrRUzSEq0mntBDhlC0jKcU_n6_DueQ8mwXHwxNvnaLy0kll4vrk3ZLEiotAcy7CuU7dNx/s1600/IMG_9132a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94jhvbgP1G3ZoMAdNTL7LfExxgWyz6x5_HnKc6JYog6f-MbgFP1czl8h3P9uWjaxM_OosY9FJrRUzSEq0mntBDhlC0jKcU_n6_DueQ8mwXHwxNvnaLy0kll4vrk3ZLEiotAcy7CuU7dNx/s1600/IMG_9132a.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;">I hope your weekend is going well.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I have been busy replacing the Christmas Decor </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 winter vignettes and a LOT of cleaning.  </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 thought I would show you my cute front door baskets </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;">before I take them down and replace them </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 Valentine Wreaths!  </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;"> Where does the time go?</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/AVvXsEjlkdoSiM8hoknYvSygYQ-Kd9xgTFnoxiTs6zlTLFBuAO5qbldm2IQYrZrD26_RNpXU2a3FmwmgJgzGMS7e7HC0o7DMGCqk7nFZQLoepPOjsSGXvk-61L7vHO08-IcdzB_y-ctSGweeQYtf/s1600/IMG_9129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkdoSiM8hoknYvSygYQ-Kd9xgTFnoxiTs6zlTLFBuAO5qbldm2IQYrZrD26_RNpXU2a3FmwmgJgzGMS7e7HC0o7DMGCqk7nFZQLoepPOjsSGXvk-61L7vHO08-IcdzB_y-ctSGweeQYtf/s1600/IMG_9129.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I found these snowman metal buckets </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at an Estate Sale for $3.00 (for two of them).  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have double doors so two of everything is a must.  </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/AVvXsEgpmPQBcThDhKA7_Ba_wYDaP25zY0pXi2onBC-xe7xm5z-ZheX4CXzpt_9vMPj6Y7Lk7QS9lMqijk7zUt_Q_SqEmrKo8tzIlk84aMkK-IeaOEwCKNC696FK-dDNfauhf9UZZ-ZF6PKB7tx6/s1600/IMG_9132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmPQBcThDhKA7_Ba_wYDaP25zY0pXi2onBC-xe7xm5z-ZheX4CXzpt_9vMPj6Y7Lk7QS9lMqijk7zUt_Q_SqEmrKo8tzIlk84aMkK-IeaOEwCKNC696FK-dDNfauhf9UZZ-ZF6PKB7tx6/s1600/IMG_9132.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;">I just wanted simple, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I dug into my greenery bin </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and came up with these frosted greens </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 the jingle bells attached.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The snowflakes are from my Christmas mantle.  </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/AVvXsEjU34wPibsNZ2DScAhrYe0D3n-vfSb2gZLYfbFxakDLbQmAqK-YLNpealxsAcAeijuAuYHmxush-Q-iBFa3QscQLLpqlSfdfLwDI5PKra5-YHLgGFKiMbIcqbSD6NqimtdjT422a0nQEpAi/s1600/IMG_9133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU34wPibsNZ2DScAhrYe0D3n-vfSb2gZLYfbFxakDLbQmAqK-YLNpealxsAcAeijuAuYHmxush-Q-iBFa3QscQLLpqlSfdfLwDI5PKra5-YHLgGFKiMbIcqbSD6NqimtdjT422a0nQEpAi/s1600/IMG_9133.jpg" width="466" /></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;">Probably took me all of two minutes to put these together.  </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/AVvXsEhc03Xm4pqD4KPJmkuxo01h5HHjmLLRPUZbrceM0nq_u107Ct8nZSoFjLyFASKLoWwYymku7CJJVG8DcKvjfviaaEyTbvRmFz0BTObQCDwXRYHRBGExgz6A4r2eMSbvQNeY2HNMwq8UPfnB/s1600/IMG_9131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc03Xm4pqD4KPJmkuxo01h5HHjmLLRPUZbrceM0nq_u107Ct8nZSoFjLyFASKLoWwYymku7CJJVG8DcKvjfviaaEyTbvRmFz0BTObQCDwXRYHRBGExgz6A4r2eMSbvQNeY2HNMwq8UPfnB/s1600/IMG_9131.jpg" width="532" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I left my greens in my urns from the holidays.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They are still fresh and pretty.  </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/AVvXsEi7woGcvx2WpGO2TwjUUlb2T89ZLpkyZ0IsddJYP447mKeHA4wWpPh2IM8LAwmJyMLDw0F0_a2GvQ2TlvLOf7Vgu0O6QbTBnQgt4gEGTQ7ZSPXN4Goo75qeF2pbZ2u_eQyci2XvKUS4PRPr/s1600/IMG_9134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7woGcvx2WpGO2TwjUUlb2T89ZLpkyZ0IsddJYP447mKeHA4wWpPh2IM8LAwmJyMLDw0F0_a2GvQ2TlvLOf7Vgu0O6QbTBnQgt4gEGTQ7ZSPXN4Goo75qeF2pbZ2u_eQyci2XvKUS4PRPr/s1600/IMG_9134.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The weather is not very  "Wintery"  today.  </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;">Temps are in the high 50's!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhronGMLMw2Jk8Wkv5HGo_wemvXuFQjwbfrJ81t9I9Z0gbVHHXKTgknyuaUt0-so9uhMNj7Up4mzseybynMJZl3CJhIgO2J1dwn1aZPpRD_a9MBTk93lluFURzpLG1x11oXQkKlfVv38fi8/s1600/IMG_9135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhronGMLMw2Jk8Wkv5HGo_wemvXuFQjwbfrJ81t9I9Z0gbVHHXKTgknyuaUt0-so9uhMNj7Up4mzseybynMJZl3CJhIgO2J1dwn1aZPpRD_a9MBTk93lluFURzpLG1x11oXQkKlfVv38fi8/s1600/IMG_9135.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am heading down to Atlanta in the morning </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with Mr. Beaux. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am tagging along while he is at a conference.  </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;">Hopefully the temps there are even warmer!</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;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> </i></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Sharing with, </i></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> </i><i><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/" target="_blank">Between Naps On The Porch </a></i></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><a href="http://www.astrollthrulife.net/" target="_blank">A Stroll Thru Life</a> </i></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/">Savvy Southern Style</a></div></div>

Winter Front Door

I hope your weekend is going well.    I have been busy replacing the Christmas Decor   with winter vignettes and a LOT of cleaning.    I tho...

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Hostess Chair for the Kitchen Table

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happy Monday, Everyone!  </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 hope you all had a spectacular weekend.  </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;">Our temps were a bit better than they have been </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;">for the last month, </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 my BFF and I got out and made our Estate Sale Rounds. </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-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I think that I mentioned briefly to you all that I took a full </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;">time desk job.  No, I wasn't out looking for a job for sure.  </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's Logistics company is getting </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;"> increasingly busier by the month.  </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;"> He needed a full time Office Manager/Assistant </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 I offered up my help.  </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 thought it would be temporary... </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 was about six months ago and I think I made the </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;">terrible mistake of doing my job too well!  </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 really do like working there though </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 I especially like all of the great people in his office.  </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 having fun but my Estate Sale-ing </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;"> is now limited to Saturday mornings and everything is </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;">already picked over.  </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;"> ANYWAY... We were striking out at the Estate Sales and we </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;">decided to run over to one of our favorite haunts: </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;"> Revival Furniture Store.  </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 treasure trove of consignment furniture </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 accessories.  </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 spotted this chair when we first walked into the store </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 I fell in love!  </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/AVvXsEjDSLkkTY3ThusggWDXf2J6sRq-9_GmB2Vz9jTjqFlFmOGh2Hi67J5URV2zoMum6q-fb8oYEzXWvpDtPWtUJ_ANyqZxxoIEJmJcI_aQyLzZxV7Ugy1hV08v69v1Bodvi__SuqI-NUDeCQF9/s1600/IMG_9051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSLkkTY3ThusggWDXf2J6sRq-9_GmB2Vz9jTjqFlFmOGh2Hi67J5URV2zoMum6q-fb8oYEzXWvpDtPWtUJ_ANyqZxxoIEJmJcI_aQyLzZxV7Ugy1hV08v69v1Bodvi__SuqI-NUDeCQF9/s640/IMG_9051.jpg" width="452" /></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;">It's an older wing back chair that they had </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;">newly recovered in a Waverly fabric.  </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 did some research online and the pattern is called Olana-Gold.   </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;">Wait until you see the best part of the chair.</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/AVvXsEgGIBi9i72KYDQjZjleQSaFekV48Z-NVURmO0tmA7f5u1JjdbjPOpuiQUbQiV9bKjawBkE1XEmusA54JMUmmfYvGYn0uAMmGZflJWEYMgU18Jjj2OPbCZOwsmSuiY0VWdRCqhX6eDQnfwLP/s1600/IMG_9048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIBi9i72KYDQjZjleQSaFekV48Z-NVURmO0tmA7f5u1JjdbjPOpuiQUbQiV9bKjawBkE1XEmusA54JMUmmfYvGYn0uAMmGZflJWEYMgU18Jjj2OPbCZOwsmSuiY0VWdRCqhX6eDQnfwLP/s640/IMG_9048.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;">Look at her beautiful exposed ladder back.  </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 don't think I have ever seen an exposed back wing chair.  </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 was taken as soon as found her.  </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 was just a little concerned that it might be </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;">a tad too bright for me.  </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 sat down and picked up the price tag.  </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 Yeah!  She was coming home with me!  </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 couldn't believe the price.  Only $158.00.  </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;"> Now, it's not the bargain of the century but I think that is 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;">pretty good price for a newly reupholstered chair.  </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/AVvXsEg5rL5gpx1ZVt6_8t4zjlFuRA-5LaEgTe9KV8XhRlaq1MgymSJQZJkpGBVES38HVHeB5YUNodKLWXc5MG_jfWNPUWj4ePix12Cy6lSZDufcjANEOvsEOkrSZmaKA1ngikBVsimFQZRnpgGZ/s1600/IMG_9050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rL5gpx1ZVt6_8t4zjlFuRA-5LaEgTe9KV8XhRlaq1MgymSJQZJkpGBVES38HVHeB5YUNodKLWXc5MG_jfWNPUWj4ePix12Cy6lSZDufcjANEOvsEOkrSZmaKA1ngikBVsimFQZRnpgGZ/s640/IMG_9050.jpg" width="358" /></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;"> I love the sweet yellow and cream check that they coordinated with the Waverly fabric.</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/AVvXsEgRD7kf3daFss8aHfN85mJNjJq6ccQeX6ohHEkda6jsLkzw_x-P4SnFCPMojJyUGyV2m9uXGNmt2-kXrTNDS5CyLTBP_2RJKcsleivQuewx80NXGzko0zeo8SURcZiEhCi7gVj2WMzwb1Di/s1600/IMG_9049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRD7kf3daFss8aHfN85mJNjJq6ccQeX6ohHEkda6jsLkzw_x-P4SnFCPMojJyUGyV2m9uXGNmt2-kXrTNDS5CyLTBP_2RJKcsleivQuewx80NXGzko0zeo8SURcZiEhCi7gVj2WMzwb1Di/s640/IMG_9049.jpg" width="444" /></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 loaded her into the car and took her home.  </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 was still a little nervous about the colors.  </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/AVvXsEiFe7NDuaCDwUGgeX_DODGSuT1IsxL46fl9mLuEQt7BtryOpbTriBg4hjzMQ4OMTSTM56VPQumwtU3TOGBOQDN0xZ2JQI_jhxHXCQwViF48eopmSDp2Nlps5YgcOOJGDNtY8EEYSEIY80pl/s1600/IMG_9046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFe7NDuaCDwUGgeX_DODGSuT1IsxL46fl9mLuEQt7BtryOpbTriBg4hjzMQ4OMTSTM56VPQumwtU3TOGBOQDN0xZ2JQI_jhxHXCQwViF48eopmSDp2Nlps5YgcOOJGDNtY8EEYSEIY80pl/s640/IMG_9046.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 got her into the kitchen and stood back for a look.  </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 really loved the way it punched up the </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;">table and the kitchen area.  </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 only had one concern.</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/AVvXsEjYvPhRE2zCTPF_Y_7DAHSYVzJ-pUBFnMll0uo_b_Lak-r564XPmTaYrkZaKXc8GzooTvb-mx3c0CviFBibn4CTb8A_lyu-84M81mlmpRpsb5817m6UYcsQRl8xrTrEYlosLsskk7BFO8xB/s1600/IMG_9057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvPhRE2zCTPF_Y_7DAHSYVzJ-pUBFnMll0uo_b_Lak-r564XPmTaYrkZaKXc8GzooTvb-mx3c0CviFBibn4CTb8A_lyu-84M81mlmpRpsb5817m6UYcsQRl8xrTrEYlosLsskk7BFO8xB/s640/IMG_9057.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;">Is it competing with this chair in our Hearth 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;">I don't know why I was agonizing </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 much over the whole thing.  </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 guess I am just more of a quiet, subdued person </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 when this loud gal entered the 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;">it took me a while to get used to her.  </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/AVvXsEix0fh8yKV_wm2c6_TV8rcTKRZAH9N2QRCdhLvJPx3ihFJX1QPMusWuLFJOswtgLxmO8mqTRZyAPDviQ2ctthMza8pvssh_j4QSvmjc540BomF9s11WyYkDqZVVXNtFAgKIrJoX_bMKA7-q/s1600/IMG_9054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0fh8yKV_wm2c6_TV8rcTKRZAH9N2QRCdhLvJPx3ihFJX1QPMusWuLFJOswtgLxmO8mqTRZyAPDviQ2ctthMza8pvssh_j4QSvmjc540BomF9s11WyYkDqZVVXNtFAgKIrJoX_bMKA7-q/s640/IMG_9054.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;">Look at her sweet little legs though </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 how they left them all dinged up and scratched.  </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's like one of those people you meet that are a little too </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;">loud and maybe abrasive at first </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 it is only because they are </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;"> overcompensating for their own perceived shortcomings.  </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 end up loving those people the most!  </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;">They usually have a heart of gold!  </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/AVvXsEj5fo81hDh0SNbv4BNh49swhHcFDhYhyEE6QLyemoyZgcFCebMVdzO0ghh_shMFAs54csSVgQ1c75anLfSlSI0NtTQOJ_xsPAF_7pgR_hmufVENccVY3Lg5VZSG0229TtoNTD6qNrp9YKQ9/s1600/IMG_9058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fo81hDh0SNbv4BNh49swhHcFDhYhyEE6QLyemoyZgcFCebMVdzO0ghh_shMFAs54csSVgQ1c75anLfSlSI0NtTQOJ_xsPAF_7pgR_hmufVENccVY3Lg5VZSG0229TtoNTD6qNrp9YKQ9/s640/IMG_9058.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 more I look at her the more I love her!  </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 I do have some ideas on how to tone her down a little.</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/AVvXsEhUuQE8QaJYbHANNQgv6u1enVm0WecWtzDZu7kwlr8FirXEhbYpy2w-azaKRy_IWMjlkeODg8LBY-uyNm4REKNEFbGMmOgiU9XDHHZSim6bP1FtMy5YuKvaVqXD3Lw9WzNcVEzsPyI5ZVYi/s1600/IMG_9059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuQE8QaJYbHANNQgv6u1enVm0WecWtzDZu7kwlr8FirXEhbYpy2w-azaKRy_IWMjlkeODg8LBY-uyNm4REKNEFbGMmOgiU9XDHHZSim6bP1FtMy5YuKvaVqXD3Lw9WzNcVEzsPyI5ZVYi/s640/IMG_9059.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;">I pulled this fabric out of my stash.  </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;">A lumbar pillow would be great in this fabric.  </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/AVvXsEjOcQGebXw3SDNtQmGi3Iy0k1vFuR4LYTBQJMs9zb42OWNTnN6HqDneTXdZxASrJIydkOBQeQLOlJWOOaE67CWuLgCLPywqhT0iMIlSOZncErwUP6w2aNTnXIrTaGgLsRQf8j8LRaqBRgxe/s1600/IMG_9063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcQGebXw3SDNtQmGi3Iy0k1vFuR4LYTBQJMs9zb42OWNTnN6HqDneTXdZxASrJIydkOBQeQLOlJWOOaE67CWuLgCLPywqhT0iMIlSOZncErwUP6w2aNTnXIrTaGgLsRQf8j8LRaqBRgxe/s640/IMG_9063.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;">Or maybe this red and cream check would do the trick.</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/AVvXsEhIEPRywD1A5hXW3QFyRAXjRIWNuGZUiVz0AjSyP2oAjVaT50ZUhXyJaogjpsRuionPWuP0GGRWmMMX6aVkasUCkrITlokOtZJkKlo6KgrmEE_D_jx1vJKfkT40uDAl1-RCO49PkZQ0_9yK/s1600/IMG_9062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEPRywD1A5hXW3QFyRAXjRIWNuGZUiVz0AjSyP2oAjVaT50ZUhXyJaogjpsRuionPWuP0GGRWmMMX6aVkasUCkrITlokOtZJkKlo6KgrmEE_D_jx1vJKfkT40uDAl1-RCO49PkZQ0_9yK/s640/IMG_9062.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;">And I have been saving this fabric to make </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;"> curtains for the kitchen window.  </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 would bring more color over to that side 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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FU3mHjTmaMELRlqSsNEi3f_6lVQBa7LgZAt86VEz2VNxxosehxcri_3XZ-Xoi90Xc1MxIZfLKc4CpRIf1xGbXGd1bWXEb4tuOPTYNT7bfn7VIThk4Bqf4vAJbP95i7Q9GO5EncEUkwUm/s1600/IMG_9064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FU3mHjTmaMELRlqSsNEi3f_6lVQBa7LgZAt86VEz2VNxxosehxcri_3XZ-Xoi90Xc1MxIZfLKc4CpRIf1xGbXGd1bWXEb4tuOPTYNT7bfn7VIThk4Bqf4vAJbP95i7Q9GO5EncEUkwUm/s640/IMG_9064.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;">Or.... </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 I can't take credit for this idea as it was my BFF's... </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;">taking the check from the back of the chair and making 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;">pillow out of a large Buffalo Check.</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/AVvXsEgb-armhaJb-FSkhn6ekYkTBIvLvpYF7HddxYS2nTRcLi4NK7IulchzT4csS82fuQ0sJWq1CxMvlqPMrrPu13WtvyXeDe9rNiUrCHksLluDVlC2EreuDoasXmJ8d41SglxbQbNMMksai2XW/s1600/Buffalo-Check-calico-corners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-armhaJb-FSkhn6ekYkTBIvLvpYF7HddxYS2nTRcLi4NK7IulchzT4csS82fuQ0sJWq1CxMvlqPMrrPu13WtvyXeDe9rNiUrCHksLluDVlC2EreuDoasXmJ8d41SglxbQbNMMksai2XW/s640/Buffalo-Check-calico-corners.jpg" width="472" /></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;">I love that idea!  </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 a wonderful Buffalo Check from Calico Corners.   </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/AVvXsEhvsd_x5Qf-Ij18HgZQhwAV5FTgtfynlBaD-Xe_i2-NSF64DB7foYt06V0ZKyHT6C4OrKGMRik4q12HyEpWcPs11THrUbRG-I2rXwjw-L_SX092gt6K98_O90J1mGhrLLwX1UNYwGLcsdnJ/s1600/IMG_9056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsd_x5Qf-Ij18HgZQhwAV5FTgtfynlBaD-Xe_i2-NSF64DB7foYt06V0ZKyHT6C4OrKGMRik4q12HyEpWcPs11THrUbRG-I2rXwjw-L_SX092gt6K98_O90J1mGhrLLwX1UNYwGLcsdnJ/s640/IMG_9056.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;">Whatever my solution is she is staying put for now...  </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;"> My eyes are increasingly adjusting to her while I figure out </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;">how to turn down the volume a bit.</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;"><br /></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;">Until Next Time,</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;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999; 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Hostess Chair for the Kitchen Table

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"Wintery" Sitting Room ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy New Year!</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;">Ahhhhh, Christmas is now officially packed away, BUT, that always leaves me stumped as to "what's next?"  New vignettes … colors … and arrangements invade my brain at full speed … can you relate?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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;">In our little sitting room, instead of going "coastal" for the warmer months (that I WISH would hurry up and get here), I decided to keep the greens and browns and stay a tad "wintery" for now.  </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6BmM-33m4Ha-m2zRWv7_1ixygRx64bctothoZ0Eyg9FDBbRRrIizW1np3-Xz6wRC_-CC8j1x5f9KAZ7KYoWzPiO9JNt4Doyhyphenhyphen2NjZflXypv6EqwFKgFYk9cVYlvFu7srLUbpj_0_TtQ/s1600/sittingwinteroverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6BmM-33m4Ha-m2zRWv7_1ixygRx64bctothoZ0Eyg9FDBbRRrIizW1np3-Xz6wRC_-CC8j1x5f9KAZ7KYoWzPiO9JNt4Doyhyphenhyphen2NjZflXypv6EqwFKgFYk9cVYlvFu7srLUbpj_0_TtQ/s1600/sittingwinteroverall.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the tree came down, I moved one of our garden seats in here to hold a few decorating magazines that always seem to distract me!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinab4GrDj6n5s_i9eSd8dmOYYPYvtUxSv1MZNgDfGUzVRVed4Ks28Jfhy2Sr_TR5-ilbjZnSySeK4FD7d0QsF-kq09Pp2b6bfNTSdA8vKyHfiz6t8ZrEQinXyVTVA60ydyv5fFyN1DZH8/s1600/sittingwintergarden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinab4GrDj6n5s_i9eSd8dmOYYPYvtUxSv1MZNgDfGUzVRVed4Ks28Jfhy2Sr_TR5-ilbjZnSySeK4FD7d0QsF-kq09Pp2b6bfNTSdA8vKyHfiz6t8ZrEQinXyVTVA60ydyv5fFyN1DZH8/s1600/sittingwintergarden.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before coastal birds fly over to our accent chest, a simple vignette sits there for now:</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/AVvXsEjZ-tQzPISWjHvBPYFcn_-2XUaRrJrdfnQ-7384Lv1y7pD7EpBV9VuJLa66SL6l51bLn6IivEqMGXqW4kOKG1-_GYNeEDgS1aagARWziUdU4_ljxesMEwlaFwl3EjVWA1UJewGLNDJaixE/s1600/sittingwinterchest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-tQzPISWjHvBPYFcn_-2XUaRrJrdfnQ-7384Lv1y7pD7EpBV9VuJLa66SL6l51bLn6IivEqMGXqW4kOKG1-_GYNeEDgS1aagARWziUdU4_ljxesMEwlaFwl3EjVWA1UJewGLNDJaixE/s1600/sittingwinterchest.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took down the Christmas branches and added shed antlers and wintery churches to our bookcase:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccX0vSpD5USuFh9A4pVclZ7mguS_VXSoKr964m5S85Z2fVDDm9vUiREpBpY7Y9h5j_SeosEdwfxmimFX7yd1PnOcG9HmSoXKA_oQNzkZh0mrWSZr6LWzyV-Z2b2m_J1oUuCok8zthwcM/s1600/sittingwinterbookcase1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccX0vSpD5USuFh9A4pVclZ7mguS_VXSoKr964m5S85Z2fVDDm9vUiREpBpY7Y9h5j_SeosEdwfxmimFX7yd1PnOcG9HmSoXKA_oQNzkZh0mrWSZr6LWzyV-Z2b2m_J1oUuCok8zthwcM/s1600/sittingwinterbookcase1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently, SOMEbody emptied the "cocktail" decanter … oops!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIn8Dx5vNn2HfpaIMxfI0XmsplODHWyXJGuEQTD-0iAj4Xq0qMlgfRd7bo5PQEmc7BIFKFrgC8viBV-pv5iEF6BGUpDlnBNuKLHMVk86e5a-7od-2Wsp0D-5A-gr8I6ha1r4TyeVCmew/s1600/sittingwintertable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIn8Dx5vNn2HfpaIMxfI0XmsplODHWyXJGuEQTD-0iAj4Xq0qMlgfRd7bo5PQEmc7BIFKFrgC8viBV-pv5iEF6BGUpDlnBNuKLHMVk86e5a-7od-2Wsp0D-5A-gr8I6ha1r4TyeVCmew/s1600/sittingwintertable.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I couldn't resist adding one little piece of coral here … maybe it will chase this frigid weather away!</span><br /><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/AVvXsEgL2mhpZJDGx8NFOz-uDM8BLhJqO9RJE1IiaFQi2OH7kSWDPuDeN0qhRCbimShhX-nHagZx3v8AT7VZLAylFZmI5qJJ6gtp95R7Is4X7lHCEdUtUoP6yGmYl52gm2n-_z7S7LyJ1BRNMDE/s1600/sittingwinterlamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2mhpZJDGx8NFOz-uDM8BLhJqO9RJE1IiaFQi2OH7kSWDPuDeN0qhRCbimShhX-nHagZx3v8AT7VZLAylFZmI5qJJ6gtp95R7Is4X7lHCEdUtUoP6yGmYl52gm2n-_z7S7LyJ1BRNMDE/s1600/sittingwinterlamp.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If "that" doesn't work, maybe these little teases of Valentine's decor going on elsewhere in our home WILL!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s4g4ID-_h8VBM6c0gBX2hs5dsYOuZeXpg2sWuC6Nx2Xyc1WMTqSDfO6NO9kUFF5B5TLxX3zwY-A_odq_Va2MqJ4kKvKme0QmxEDIBCjybmacQ8UyMKu60qW-c7iegEf4QbAvgFdIlIo/s1600/vdaymanteltease.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s4g4ID-_h8VBM6c0gBX2hs5dsYOuZeXpg2sWuC6Nx2Xyc1WMTqSDfO6NO9kUFF5B5TLxX3zwY-A_odq_Va2MqJ4kKvKme0QmxEDIBCjybmacQ8UyMKu60qW-c7iegEf4QbAvgFdIlIo/s1600/vdaymanteltease.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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