New Kitchen Decorating 2015

Feature at Worthing Court

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Friday, sweet friends!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I'm going crazy in our home this weekend, taking down Valentine's and adding in Spring/Easter decor, the sweet and talented Suzy is featuring our humble abode over on her wonderful blog, <a href="http://worthingcourt.blogspot.com/">Worthing Court</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd love for you to come visit if you have a moment ... just click <strong><a href="http://worthingcourt.blogspot.com/2013/02/house-snooping-at-adventures-in.html">HERE</a></strong>!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1HM9W0guKSccgAORgi0pootmOEJ_iQ9hKN459Ki-sWiuLGXPUvjzGHlo6oEL3dHAp88N37uc9MVkvqMx6KvbDifmWGsWCJgUpCU501D2RQP7VmWvm-d875AZHzkSTHiCOrPNvtcv8Q/s1600/suzy.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks a bunch and have a fabulous weekend!</span></div><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" />

Feature at Worthing Court

Happy Friday, sweet friends! While I'm going crazy in our home this weekend, taking down Valentine's and adding in Spring/Easter d...

11:10 AM

Because My Dad Said So!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meet my dad, Sam ... devoted husband to my sweet and beautiful Mama ... retired dentist ... golf enthusiast ... and, now, apparently, decorator extraordinaire.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yDuN-KdYxwpXhxIXqS5RISqHn-s3bV7zD55Q2ZXe1s38_5ozz3mcuk0cdeIwmxDO_jZ2tyuNW58weWgS5_4mQS6p10Ph0Fe9YU6xRNAs26pBa85aGYzfV_vZCkvbovPSrUx_ppBA9Q/s1600/dad1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yDuN-KdYxwpXhxIXqS5RISqHn-s3bV7zD55Q2ZXe1s38_5ozz3mcuk0cdeIwmxDO_jZ2tyuNW58weWgS5_4mQS6p10Ph0Fe9YU6xRNAs26pBa85aGYzfV_vZCkvbovPSrUx_ppBA9Q/s640/dad1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the past few years, whenever Dad has come over ... more often than not, he would look up at our dining room ceiling and say, in his deep southern, instructional voice, "Becca, *when* are you gonna paint that ceiling(?)," OR "you *need* to paint that ceiling ... it's too dark and brings your room down," OR "I see you *still* haven't painted that ceiling!"  Time after time, I've humbly answered (as I'd roll my eyes and nod my head) "I know ... I know, Dad."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, this 43 year old gal finally listened!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before (from last Fall):</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodksQBPnXgV-U9f2VWeRjPoaRf8FzLUp9Dx2n552lu2GHB0kx2dCfH4fMKbjjFNK4q7qytFvH-g7LaqR3ocr-EZbDctfY7Nb_ny1C0kURz6necEQw5exe3DplVgZTMMiUqF-bYsuKmg/s1600/diningb4ceiling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodksQBPnXgV-U9f2VWeRjPoaRf8FzLUp9Dx2n552lu2GHB0kx2dCfH4fMKbjjFNK4q7qytFvH-g7LaqR3ocr-EZbDctfY7Nb_ny1C0kURz6necEQw5exe3DplVgZTMMiUqF-bYsuKmg/s640/diningb4ceiling.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>AFTER</b>: <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Sorry that I'm only showing a snippet for now ... will share more once I replace our ceiling medallion!)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJyzLjTXW6VfQJfS1qeKUWoQdYKYYo2ZOPFELSsx3dhpt_jlEP1vZ8jkMRJohvlJcf4kRJ_1NiMYEPkfKNnC4BGvikgr2zJHgOzv0muEscErmwSwa16qzlaDaCqqjs3L4dCZZQ83KdQ/s1600/diningwinteroverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJyzLjTXW6VfQJfS1qeKUWoQdYKYYo2ZOPFELSsx3dhpt_jlEP1vZ8jkMRJohvlJcf4kRJ_1NiMYEPkfKNnC4BGvikgr2zJHgOzv0muEscErmwSwa16qzlaDaCqqjs3L4dCZZQ83KdQ/s640/diningwinteroverall.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Admittedly, Dad was right!  A lighter ceiling (BM's Maritime White) IS better in here!  I never realized what an effect the gold, metallic ceiling had on the Manchester Tan walls, and how it would cast the darker color down onto the walls.  It seems brighter now ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnbsHGC35Yj8AbYCKmjcTU0megUHKggb76PAolQu0ILJ7livPFkcZH_et0h3RITJvsBktOWKh4-RCHom6L-qeMlreN9N95mfdw5VXJm6Vx_6XGAR_y1tcODanlircSymeUY1CoIwqVw/s1600/diningwinterbuffet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnbsHGC35Yj8AbYCKmjcTU0megUHKggb76PAolQu0ILJ7livPFkcZH_et0h3RITJvsBktOWKh4-RCHom6L-qeMlreN9N95mfdw5VXJm6Vx_6XGAR_y1tcODanlircSymeUY1CoIwqVw/s640/diningwinterbuffet.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact, Mr. Roo just might break out in song!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixV0coCsUxuSfUwm-u2dsNBXt4uLq-H76OQwXPU8IKfk_jfLmElh-rFVdSqZTzHxFDWIHPb_z-qDI_oZsrNgtOTwnPV87rhzW-jDun9NAIfc1A4LcWSaWx7Bli6NlGWv6bb1ZyUB9gw/s1600/diningwinterroo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixV0coCsUxuSfUwm-u2dsNBXt4uLq-H76OQwXPU8IKfk_jfLmElh-rFVdSqZTzHxFDWIHPb_z-qDI_oZsrNgtOTwnPV87rhzW-jDun9NAIfc1A4LcWSaWx7Bli6NlGWv6bb1ZyUB9gw/s640/diningwinterroo.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm pretty sure that our *faux* orchid has even started to grow:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRoyNPMZOWnPMyeGgoM2YvGNiJgk96ityBpun4BsGOHDXmRNepKEsXBEMDPx0gVDXr_mIsy3BnNFlIRBp4pb9QnNVTDIy7Wi0ZM_Zrr_orZO90Zf5BuLsCessk-4SIYRUViNXxY6rxA/s1600/diningwintercandle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRoyNPMZOWnPMyeGgoM2YvGNiJgk96ityBpun4BsGOHDXmRNepKEsXBEMDPx0gVDXr_mIsy3BnNFlIRBp4pb9QnNVTDIy7Wi0ZM_Zrr_orZO90Zf5BuLsCessk-4SIYRUViNXxY6rxA/s640/diningwintercandle.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, because I just KNOW that Dad is going to want to bring his friends over and show them the influence he has, I added extra seating by bringing in slip covered parsons chairs (that were in our bedroom) to the heads of the table:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijw9ALeVOfCUJksXFzE3anEDDk5mouPDhHoB5E3X3viZYcPWIc9vEHX59zpGgJg9tlYDDuH88C0qABWrLrxCkTLHTUuKoT83lv7xmvBoLWzYJhLVyixZms8r1uvk1LNiPiJFLEgt7_6w/s1600/diningwinterchair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijw9ALeVOfCUJksXFzE3anEDDk5mouPDhHoB5E3X3viZYcPWIc9vEHX59zpGgJg9tlYDDuH88C0qABWrLrxCkTLHTUuKoT83lv7xmvBoLWzYJhLVyixZms8r1uvk1LNiPiJFLEgt7_6w/s640/diningwinterchair.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks, Dad, for the suggestion (or was that an order) ... I *finally* did as I was told!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRC4IZsYITFkXr2Y2LxTfSz5wwcqFBv2gau7rKPtcSpnk-BpEh6SqzGgYQ7DIwCBgYBF6h0zQk9ukKbo8X8m4WhdA7UL4ffTMeK4g9HtrGY2nwIeTm7G6e6kXhD0aS46TurwXEZvlWfQ/s1600/diningwintersideright.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRC4IZsYITFkXr2Y2LxTfSz5wwcqFBv2gau7rKPtcSpnk-BpEh6SqzGgYQ7DIwCBgYBF6h0zQk9ukKbo8X8m4WhdA7UL4ffTMeK4g9HtrGY2nwIeTm7G6e6kXhD0aS46TurwXEZvlWfQ/s640/diningwintersideright.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully, Dad approves of the new ceiling and will now enjoy saying "Aren't you glad you *finally* painted that ceiling(?)" over ... and, over again!  And, admittedly, I wonder what he's going to say I need to do next!  LOL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By the way, if you need someone to tell it like it is (or give you advice or instruction that you didn't realize you wanted or needed), I'm sure "Sammie" will be happy to zip on over in my (I mean, HIS) Corvette and share his thoughts!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uYo6chHHqYiK9u57zZM0k-DmQSgCbgiDUAm8Cpv_mmDwL2ZfMspR6s3pzmhsbRRp8dsdwGVYDcNxVUWcjvN41kcDkPmfcwP_etoNijrvT21y-3Rc-D8X_OGC2713_YyppkphWAtWEg/s1600/dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uYo6chHHqYiK9u57zZM0k-DmQSgCbgiDUAm8Cpv_mmDwL2ZfMspR6s3pzmhsbRRp8dsdwGVYDcNxVUWcjvN41kcDkPmfcwP_etoNijrvT21y-3Rc-D8X_OGC2713_YyppkphWAtWEg/s640/dad.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As always, thanks for stopping by!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm off to party here:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">French Country Cottage/<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/02/feathered-nest-friday_14.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FQoLtm+%28FRENCH+COUNTRY+COTTAGE%29">Feathered Nest Friday</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" />

Because My Dad Said So!

Meet my dad, Sam ... devoted husband to my sweet and beautiful Mama ... retired dentist ... golf enthusiast ... and, now, apparently, decora...

6:07 AM

The Domino Effect

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isn't it funny how one little purchase can catapult you into a full blown decorating frenzy?  When we bought this secretary (which I transformed from Mahogany stained secretary to "Pure White" - transformation <a href="http://adventuresindecorating1.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-new-addition.html?utm_source=bp_recent&utm-medium=gadget&utm_campaign=bp_recent">here</a>) ...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRADC8qC7XyC3fbAs_XbxFy4AaxiQt_8lMH4j73UJ20x0YjHNNPQg2TazDHrcKEumjSpBZXSY8Kzj2H0spfbTV_QBzTpOCmtgi5AXI4b4NxZc6B_z2zitzRaxpvhh4JkZEhBy7ov5Lw/s1600/greatvdaysecretary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRADC8qC7XyC3fbAs_XbxFy4AaxiQt_8lMH4j73UJ20x0YjHNNPQg2TazDHrcKEumjSpBZXSY8Kzj2H0spfbTV_QBzTpOCmtgi5AXI4b4NxZc6B_z2zitzRaxpvhh4JkZEhBy7ov5Lw/s640/greatvdaysecretary.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(to which I then just added a coat of "Duck Egg" on the back of the inside), I never realized that that little purchase would cause me to go into ADD (Attention *Decorating* Disorder) overload!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGl-s5v9UO-yFi7VNPFNMJ1O-3r3hgKREQ0VRfIiqLarFgJMxrRh_QbVDts6oVw9RfGqWl3vz22_hy_TRasx1Y7TeCebr90QGuKaqtMX3FG_4bf7SyXAAt2VmvMb7-KM_oAVJi4J9Oqw/s1600/greatvdaybookcaseinside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGl-s5v9UO-yFi7VNPFNMJ1O-3r3hgKREQ0VRfIiqLarFgJMxrRh_QbVDts6oVw9RfGqWl3vz22_hy_TRasx1Y7TeCebr90QGuKaqtMX3FG_4bf7SyXAAt2VmvMb7-KM_oAVJi4J9Oqw/s640/greatvdaybookcaseinside.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You see, because of where we placed the new secretary, that meant I had to find a new home for the buffet that had lived there for a few years.  Glancing around, the only logical place to put it seemed to be in the alcove beside our fireplace.</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;">Once we placed it there, my husband then decided that we needed a larger TV to balance better with the newly added buffet (LOL ... love how he actually tried to use that for his argument).  Actually, we had been planning on replacing it, anyway.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">But, because of the new TV, I thought it'd be nice to have more seating in here  ... so, in came the love seat from the sitting room:</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJe33s3xjE_qTDGYZlS3lUQ_A2tbq9EaxTZDY8JMl0Je6jnT7stKIlBWOFKVkSxaMoSWXwsjw7k7WbzDU6SXqcngQzsiNa8FyJWmqjdad5Txt5FeU4Yzfk-4-ja2yC6J_wMUtABHhbA/s1600/greatvdaynewtv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJe33s3xjE_qTDGYZlS3lUQ_A2tbq9EaxTZDY8JMl0Je6jnT7stKIlBWOFKVkSxaMoSWXwsjw7k7WbzDU6SXqcngQzsiNa8FyJWmqjdad5Txt5FeU4Yzfk-4-ja2yC6J_wMUtABHhbA/s640/greatvdaynewtv.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, a few pillows *had* to be added:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ucWEEhO7-m7sJLtizrOxQDsh0Tei8nFI9d4mlvq1mw2rRy8onlY_MOx18ALnlqmb7xJPd-zPRTOUC61J059fXIagyslQxgs3gdIfWfz5Q24VL4FY1U28j1vy2PhNYmIyp1mJU5eE2A/s1600/greatvdaypillows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ucWEEhO7-m7sJLtizrOxQDsh0Tei8nFI9d4mlvq1mw2rRy8onlY_MOx18ALnlqmb7xJPd-zPRTOUC61J059fXIagyslQxgs3gdIfWfz5Q24VL4FY1U28j1vy2PhNYmIyp1mJU5eE2A/s640/greatvdaypillows.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, then, as I was sitting at our breakfast table, peering into the great room with its new arrangement, I thought to myself "if only there were enough room to add a sofa table behind the sofa.  I've always wanted to try that, but just never have ... that was, until now!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_N-m-aYEdB-vKZsOyTU5kgEXSKYV50a9TAFt2Tt4xJbJE7CCgSsGy_eJNTFuRFT2ig5QgaQ0ycJ3UamgFA5_Hkq8LrOhRSJsOr2lzZUW4I1IwQABGMHA21n8pfQY3g4PzAwskef9Yiw/s1600/greatvdaycloche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_N-m-aYEdB-vKZsOyTU5kgEXSKYV50a9TAFt2Tt4xJbJE7CCgSsGy_eJNTFuRFT2ig5QgaQ0ycJ3UamgFA5_Hkq8LrOhRSJsOr2lzZUW4I1IwQABGMHA21n8pfQY3g4PzAwskef9Yiw/s640/greatvdaycloche.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I grabbed the table that I had recently added to the sitting room and placed it in its new spot.  I then added a basket underneath, which serves as a great place to hide the *not-so-pretty* woofer to the TV's surround bar</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> system:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqz8yToEq7nU0OqPQDHoXmEnTGKGXaQcY831vXOoDDYT2Nb2FGzw7hs8TpBnO7cNmZkn3ymS6OIk8cHAgpMqnmAx8i6HECIUKgODZkAptL3nEfxM4pmsNN6pL0jfi-mpnSq1x7K6bIQ/s1600/greatvdaysofatable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqz8yToEq7nU0OqPQDHoXmEnTGKGXaQcY831vXOoDDYT2Nb2FGzw7hs8TpBnO7cNmZkn3ymS6OIk8cHAgpMqnmAx8i6HECIUKgODZkAptL3nEfxM4pmsNN6pL0jfi-mpnSq1x7K6bIQ/s640/greatvdaysofatable.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I kept one of the accent chairs in here ... brought the blue lamp back in (the beautiful lamp my Mom bought me is now in the office) and added another garden seat (from TJMaxx):</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLxorEXCMRoXqhjAyBqmHTP_92qNkF_RwRqT5lNV9gfx1lYC9JIxwluLz4Xi7NvuBx7zayXK2aPFOe8opS2yM1G4ZNiMiK6JgqAnFPsg-7fkvJrFTLvAT1qr051fM2KweYSSEo0bK_g/s1600/greatvdaychair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLxorEXCMRoXqhjAyBqmHTP_92qNkF_RwRqT5lNV9gfx1lYC9JIxwluLz4Xi7NvuBx7zayXK2aPFOe8opS2yM1G4ZNiMiK6JgqAnFPsg-7fkvJrFTLvAT1qr051fM2KweYSSEo0bK_g/s640/greatvdaychair.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This sweet pillow from Home Goods was a fun, inexpensive addition, too!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJlm3mJU5bVIW9A4DtLH-ISUvLPnrycLxKhhLSmz7_VVUb4u3Aom0qBUHFupXrjJlmrRwCSZjQZtUNUoAp39gRlaydWCiqh_7jS_I97zW5n0aneuztZyd7UMbr-pF4n3PTGpJhIHXtw/s1600/greatvdaybirdpillow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJlm3mJU5bVIW9A4DtLH-ISUvLPnrycLxKhhLSmz7_VVUb4u3Aom0qBUHFupXrjJlmrRwCSZjQZtUNUoAp39gRlaydWCiqh_7jS_I97zW5n0aneuztZyd7UMbr-pF4n3PTGpJhIHXtw/s640/greatvdaybirdpillow.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I wish our great room was a bit wider, I'm enjoying the cozy feel that this new *decorating frenzy* arrangement brings:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFpGX-DsTFMu8xc9A6rVYP_obzJ4Y-XXviywHHdcmEb_O0zBvPo8AzqE6xidB680NrrGZaD_IYr-xzWjWwrZvxkgx_2BSgrKybFHJkLwNxvuvCzauCJw67cT5lf9gKveVz0d0K8-zHg/s1600/greatvdayoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFpGX-DsTFMu8xc9A6rVYP_obzJ4Y-XXviywHHdcmEb_O0zBvPo8AzqE6xidB680NrrGZaD_IYr-xzWjWwrZvxkgx_2BSgrKybFHJkLwNxvuvCzauCJw67cT5lf9gKveVz0d0K8-zHg/s640/greatvdayoverall.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">What decorating frenzies have been going on in your house, lately?!</span></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span><br /><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I'm linking up with):</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">French Country Cottage/<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/02/feathered-nest-friday.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FQoLtm+%28FRENCH+COUNTRY+COTTAGE%29">Feathered Nest Friday</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jennifer Rizzo/<a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2013/02/fabulously-creative-friday-linky-party.html">Fabulously Creative Friday Linky Party</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-123/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tuesdays-treasures-123">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span></div></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><i>Becca</i></i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>

The Domino Effect

Isn't it funny how one little purchase can catapult you into a full blown decorating frenzy? When we bought this secretary (which I tra...

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Bare Can be Good!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As much as I love bringing new life to an older piece, sometimes it's fun to bring life to a brand new *bare* piece!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For awhile, I've wanted to retire our two wrought iron barstools from our breakfast bar and add four matching wood ones in their place but, the ones I found were either the wrong style or too expensive.  It was then that I remembered a sweet reader of mine mentioning "<a href="http://youfinishfurniture.com/">Bear Naked Furniture</a>," an online store that sells unassembled, bare furniture for an extremely reasonable price!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are two of the barstools being introduced to Annie Sloane's Pure White:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pepWlgZAve6v_vFrOO-HMqmnHINNjAaPbeJlxKebv2xuoGlKIKzDZAZfySS94VJ0N02ErjicZJtlFUHPPV0FRYZVVrXcrWXgnSI0iiQOizqaAhzPvdkGd8g9FUYJARz1Ch7IsNJMBA/s1600/newbarstoolsb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pepWlgZAve6v_vFrOO-HMqmnHINNjAaPbeJlxKebv2xuoGlKIKzDZAZfySS94VJ0N02ErjicZJtlFUHPPV0FRYZVVrXcrWXgnSI0iiQOizqaAhzPvdkGd8g9FUYJARz1Ch7IsNJMBA/s640/newbarstoolsb4.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the "Pure White" dried, I then decided to add "Chateaux Grey" so that they would tie in with our island and dry bar (which are painted the same color).  And, then, out came my paint pen and sanding blocks:</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlx5oiKUj2OXqUFe76COEvYzkaYMRq9ICula79PvdZcoIibH5yTNxBnnK7pVRDjfLVqG_h3zphmVYrOxX1oRZSg4QP-N6psCPi8gqBXn4m34SszKXg3oBHaPxbOfoqNsZgcBWlTInHQ/s1600/barstoolsnumber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlx5oiKUj2OXqUFe76COEvYzkaYMRq9ICula79PvdZcoIibH5yTNxBnnK7pVRDjfLVqG_h3zphmVYrOxX1oRZSg4QP-N6psCPi8gqBXn4m34SszKXg3oBHaPxbOfoqNsZgcBWlTInHQ/s640/barstoolsnumber.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My sweet hubby then mounted the rush seats:</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYru7Fr4Brscr9nweRlb-Xwz8KTkhivHASw3gUIMc7xXM8NmfHIhqWc_bCVMokFrAqB6l4kFYU9dpyY1c8Xx50fywta4dm15h4wR6imNRXFmyc1prcOqCi6j8a-CP3csZ3DkM9lm-bA/s1600/barstoolsafter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYru7Fr4Brscr9nweRlb-Xwz8KTkhivHASw3gUIMc7xXM8NmfHIhqWc_bCVMokFrAqB6l4kFYU9dpyY1c8Xx50fywta4dm15h4wR6imNRXFmyc1prcOqCi6j8a-CP3csZ3DkM9lm-bA/s640/barstoolsafter.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, voila!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsDNdCTTedCxslvzqgD-VtxDOjtsBf8bcqKlhReeMnT_L9tCAt4gYwqZnRTd0dQp7WSWtWGZIjqU2bbCa2nla9xvNx5UCDOStHz-SM5BZZRn2WQ_ER8LooGecbsOhMI_4dT3dPrS9VQ/s1600/barstoolsside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsDNdCTTedCxslvzqgD-VtxDOjtsBf8bcqKlhReeMnT_L9tCAt4gYwqZnRTd0dQp7WSWtWGZIjqU2bbCa2nla9xvNx5UCDOStHz-SM5BZZRn2WQ_ER8LooGecbsOhMI_4dT3dPrS9VQ/s640/barstoolsside.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love, LOVE having four stools here now and thank our friends for breaking them in last night at our Superbowl gathering!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGcwshDjCQSRcYrDn64WomXSBex8hrYfylmMZyQnMGhpP2u0q4Y7BbapXt2Ityi6AWpKyYaxGg5qPa7IuXh2Oh2vDo8B7FhUUHYAThCLRudNdOprNFpjQK45vIafOZp5WQpCwJe7lLQ/s1600/barstoolsnewall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGcwshDjCQSRcYrDn64WomXSBex8hrYfylmMZyQnMGhpP2u0q4Y7BbapXt2Ityi6AWpKyYaxGg5qPa7IuXh2Oh2vDo8B7FhUUHYAThCLRudNdOprNFpjQK45vIafOZp5WQpCwJe7lLQ/s640/barstoolsnewall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did I mention that chairs weren't the only thing I ordered?  I'm *almost* done with my other purchase and hope to share it soon!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What about you?  Have you ever purchased bare furniture?</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for stopping by,</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" /></div><br />

*Bare* Can be Good!

As much as I love bringing new life to an older piece, sometimes it's fun to bring life to a brand new *bare* piece! For awhile, I'v...

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Forcing Forsythia Branches

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is getting to be that time during Winter </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;">where I am a tad tired of it all.  </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;">Now granted, we have had a mild winter </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and even had temps in the 70's yesterday. </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;">So, I am not complaining.  </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;">OK, well I <b>AM</b> complaining just a little.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I miss green grass and blooming trees </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and flowers in the yard. </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;">So you can imagine how happy I was </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when we were at Costco the other day </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I saw <b>Forsythia </b></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;">branches in their floral section.  </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;">Mr. Beaux was across the aisle and I happily declared </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;">"Forsythia!"  </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;">He looked at me all quizzical </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and so I said it again as I held up the branches.  </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;">"Forsythia"  </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;">He thought I was saying </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;">"For Cynthia"  </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;">He thought I had lost my mind (very possible) </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and that I was now referring to myself in the third person.   </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And using my formal name to boot!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I explained that I was excited about the </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For-Syth-ia </span></span></i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">branches that I had found.  </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;">He looked at the bundle of branches </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and then at me and then back at the branches...  </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;">Yep, he was certain that I had lost my mind!  </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;">"Why would you want to buy some sticks?"  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had to explain that they would bloom </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and little flowers would emerge.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Costco worker up at the checkout </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;">had the same thoughts as Mr. Beaux...  </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;">"Nice sticks you got there"  </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;">"Don't you like flowers?"  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They both teased me the whole time we were checking out!  </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;">Well, who will be laughing a week from now?  </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;">Oh who am I kidding, guys just don't understand </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but I know you <b>DO!</b></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/AVvXsEjdLghf0MlQPiMXS1_yIUVNho7jq5zCmJ82f0RTzGtQK4u_MG869TnyIRk4uf3BwMINb_nSAwOIu95kY6OT5s8qWRW7DUfOQMphYbdjNb6qqWHhGR4V521ReM0ijDFzDeDd1qB5HUV2N36-/s1600/IMG_7336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLghf0MlQPiMXS1_yIUVNho7jq5zCmJ82f0RTzGtQK4u_MG869TnyIRk4uf3BwMINb_nSAwOIu95kY6OT5s8qWRW7DUfOQMphYbdjNb6qqWHhGR4V521ReM0ijDFzDeDd1qB5HUV2N36-/s640/IMG_7336.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I put them in my new Pottery Barn Vases </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;">on either side of the fireplace in the Hearth Room. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used a clear vase with water on the inside of each pot.   </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can see a few flowers already blooming.</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/AVvXsEjD8PJCilteXbuQgxWMJ_xj3fnteFEBkBdIxcyw8iUG3Uz3uQ3Rtd_qeWcf21qAHKdd1bkIZnQtAYQPvpae8rtP8XI9viHWPqg0vP47POfPntYh9KgxW2SZM6l4wrahNUZBBSh3S4RhZ8Vx/s1600/IMG_7343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8PJCilteXbuQgxWMJ_xj3fnteFEBkBdIxcyw8iUG3Uz3uQ3Rtd_qeWcf21qAHKdd1bkIZnQtAYQPvpae8rtP8XI9viHWPqg0vP47POfPntYh9KgxW2SZM6l4wrahNUZBBSh3S4RhZ8Vx/s640/IMG_7343.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ahhhhhhh, Like Spring indoors!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can't wait for all of the flowers to bloom!</span></span></i></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><img height="556" id="irc_mi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGR4B55hXsb6PeTRA1KsCgs91Hpm_PsN5KYBAU99QPfM5gyTlA6sfunbG2ozE9JM0V19g-T63qb50-VOi3aonKDyjHlXJlxVi6fz0Es9Wm0SOKlN0_8vO6LrXn73AR35eDRAo9ICJJm0/s1600/Forsythia-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 22px;" width="840" /></span></span></i></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Google</span></i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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;"><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;">If you are lucky enough to have a Forsythia bush </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">now would be a good time to bring in a few branches </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to force inside.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Make sure that you pick a day that is above freezing </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to clip your branches.  </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;">Place them in a bucket of warm water </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 cut the stems about an inch while they are under water.  </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;">Let them soak up the water for a few hours </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 then change the water.  </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;">Put some floral preservative in your new water </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 cut them again about an inch.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now just watch them bloom </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for a bit of Spring <b>Inside</b>!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><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;"><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></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;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></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;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO </span></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>Linking up to:<br /><span style="color: #666666; 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Forcing Forsythia Branches

It is getting to be that time during Winter where I am a tad tired of it all. Now granted, we have had a mild winter and even had temps ...

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Lovin' in the Kitchen ...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, folks, the tree is still up!  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Out went the Christmas elves and gingerbread men ...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Uo6yWtLh03s2hl8ftaHZFj75nNuuGm8Ryp5lXF6JizzH6pq2dPWul3NlJLVbTvPQSjGvc7CgLcduUWb-fcFJ6JoD6SiltNePvo6PHpTMAq0pshYdE5sg_jyqTwkUHnHHtjOQsfWv9g/s1600/vdaykitchenoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Uo6yWtLh03s2hl8ftaHZFj75nNuuGm8Ryp5lXF6JizzH6pq2dPWul3NlJLVbTvPQSjGvc7CgLcduUWb-fcFJ6JoD6SiltNePvo6PHpTMAq0pshYdE5sg_jyqTwkUHnHHtjOQsfWv9g/s640/vdaykitchenoverall.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and in came the hearts.  There are flowers embellished with hearts ....</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBF7YdCcUKHdAdv3z5bpCDRgze8SoxIsl6z-TeYiJoGF66PqRY4ur8PFdEym71VZxx8l0iNvTboAm0WjXxIZ2c9bOyUS2EaWsF7M5lkKJxrctwj5yzkJnLpMcBS4-7o1ZZSJjEbqIGVA/s1600/vdaykitchenflowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBF7YdCcUKHdAdv3z5bpCDRgze8SoxIsl6z-TeYiJoGF66PqRY4ur8PFdEym71VZxx8l0iNvTboAm0WjXxIZ2c9bOyUS2EaWsF7M5lkKJxrctwj5yzkJnLpMcBS4-7o1ZZSJjEbqIGVA/s640/vdaykitchenflowers.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hearts that say "I like you!"</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/AVvXsEiolxU0J0DppxFP9QocUrdnSk5uyRfH8Wp5e8C6fDfBde9EPe-dCUgo14Ncev8Mt8gFL0ajd1NcWGqQgOYKzmDAjhpH-BSzO_GWTnB6slaAQ4TdDJ700Ww3D8gnFb5Wd3NX4UMwx5s2Dw/s1600/vdaykitchencanisters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolxU0J0DppxFP9QocUrdnSk5uyRfH8Wp5e8C6fDfBde9EPe-dCUgo14Ncev8Mt8gFL0ajd1NcWGqQgOYKzmDAjhpH-BSzO_GWTnB6slaAQ4TdDJ700Ww3D8gnFb5Wd3NX4UMwx5s2Dw/s640/vdaykitchencanisters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">one with a simple word of:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9hHIiAYcHM7yq_rFZmb_U3HsK-qc9nQcKUYxHXtsZiaQTFIuwv4MgvMSI95uZpx2RUGd7f4zjRrqHMOSussTHloZ3d1Xcn_1K5MVolmJ0QffY5-ekypIU8Km9ozOS1FPAjh9ZNPz_Q/s1600/vdaykitchentowel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9hHIiAYcHM7yq_rFZmb_U3HsK-qc9nQcKUYxHXtsZiaQTFIuwv4MgvMSI95uZpx2RUGd7f4zjRrqHMOSussTHloZ3d1Xcn_1K5MVolmJ0QffY5-ekypIU8Km9ozOS1FPAjh9ZNPz_Q/s640/vdaykitchentowel.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, ones that don't say anything at all.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CbY5IqeWrjyc_AHXVZX1e_BC-1Hg5jcZnlEMkyJuwquchbejKv_muHvwSMZNjERZP9mPxfS2JsDVlVW0MW46BtfP1i-9O0kPpcT-DJOQzC0mFT71XtkA4-lE19uPmgsjm43lCe0ICQ/s1600/vdaykitchenscale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CbY5IqeWrjyc_AHXVZX1e_BC-1Hg5jcZnlEMkyJuwquchbejKv_muHvwSMZNjERZP9mPxfS2JsDVlVW0MW46BtfP1i-9O0kPpcT-DJOQzC0mFT71XtkA4-lE19uPmgsjm43lCe0ICQ/s640/vdaykitchenscale.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, there are *YUM*mies to indulge on ...</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbllHA9Cty4wSxjogqrhzUq1bErIxMPqAh1Hka7bTHb15s9mTMbdIMrQOcHNIlwHsmFBDbVxoh6LSgKyTC-36eqszaFNlzXusXd5J5WuxDEUX7d3PPpor8jzXagdUIOvE-1GZ1mTVOUQ/s1600/vdaykitchenyum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbllHA9Cty4wSxjogqrhzUq1bErIxMPqAh1Hka7bTHb15s9mTMbdIMrQOcHNIlwHsmFBDbVxoh6LSgKyTC-36eqszaFNlzXusXd5J5WuxDEUX7d3PPpor8jzXagdUIOvE-1GZ1mTVOUQ/s640/vdaykitchenyum.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbbRPH9qZtITk4su0XEAcRabjB0AG9J_mnz1_CcDSIUUt3sDVrMRBYtgr_P9djIZsYHvgVJfcv7wUNAu0aSiWrGV-FeqW0rcPby1ZOz82XU9Qov0sRMebTx_iDei4lGjQVV5MG6un-A/s1600/vdaykitchencandycorns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbbRPH9qZtITk4su0XEAcRabjB0AG9J_mnz1_CcDSIUUt3sDVrMRBYtgr_P9djIZsYHvgVJfcv7wUNAu0aSiWrGV-FeqW0rcPby1ZOz82XU9Qov0sRMebTx_iDei4lGjQVV5MG6un-A/s640/vdaykitchencandycorns.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because they're nice and ...</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyourHWwZQfFt6fc1nZv5-GthofTOwOwABg1NdMqA3gn17SIYTFEHqYg8wFAAcOUgWZeieTzDwNsjCsLpKJ7HgTirkDqWa2smj0ekO9uiz7GeQMaMhTxsqVnwLQ1Wq1Xw5rpCgz9Dow/s1600/vdaykitchensweet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyourHWwZQfFt6fc1nZv5-GthofTOwOwABg1NdMqA3gn17SIYTFEHqYg8wFAAcOUgWZeieTzDwNsjCsLpKJ7HgTirkDqWa2smj0ekO9uiz7GeQMaMhTxsqVnwLQ1Wq1Xw5rpCgz9Dow/s640/vdaykitchensweet.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annnnd, there's a reminder of what we all want ...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1I6zAMN6v3RDlWDwywINll3u7OGLRUouShkDPmtToZ3PKe3lp7AvPSxMmQRdUBoZ7gsGP3fTgQoaGBqM4yjdq-qzAhdQSXLqlOTlljzPf6iFyIlyQD6tRBhvaixavsVE5J6pCLgNeA/s1600/vdaykitchenxo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1I6zAMN6v3RDlWDwywINll3u7OGLRUouShkDPmtToZ3PKe3lp7AvPSxMmQRdUBoZ7gsGP3fTgQoaGBqM4yjdq-qzAhdQSXLqlOTlljzPf6iFyIlyQD6tRBhvaixavsVE5J6pCLgNeA/s640/vdaykitchenxo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">along with a big reminder of what we all need!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K_5LrnhncwzIsl6ukokmZ-osJ7kblsNx8bnC0aY_aPhnjG5FpVwKBZ5O2klla0q6WHvPkK_gbW3P39_QrxCP1C602xcj6X4sGFgxxu9jXcO4jJFMGk-ME9KOsKmdd_CFJ8AsqS8uTQ/s1600/vdaykitchenchalk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K_5LrnhncwzIsl6ukokmZ-osJ7kblsNx8bnC0aY_aPhnjG5FpVwKBZ5O2klla0q6WHvPkK_gbW3P39_QrxCP1C602xcj6X4sGFgxxu9jXcO4jJFMGk-ME9KOsKmdd_CFJ8AsqS8uTQ/s640/vdaykitchenchalk.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, is there "lovin'" going on in your kitchen?</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUlkcuRzr61jMwvsoPbxiSDlBtklKFh8yTikkKqPL5SSzggLe-TbuWtMHtad7KkIL0CJAkip7Y5qW974yYyWrMog_D5F-RYWUWPm6eAUEbuzdOwwOYFQHBC2vwohyphenhyphenelA2jOx3iwWhWA/s1600/vdaykitchenfrombed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUlkcuRzr61jMwvsoPbxiSDlBtklKFh8yTikkKqPL5SSzggLe-TbuWtMHtad7KkIL0CJAkip7Y5qW974yYyWrMog_D5F-RYWUWPm6eAUEbuzdOwwOYFQHBC2vwohyphenhyphenelA2jOx3iwWhWA/s640/vdaykitchenfrombed.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sharing with:  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-122/">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/02/wow-us-wednesdays-104.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavvySouthernStyle+%28Savvy+Southern+Style%29">WUW</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; 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Lovin' in the Kitchen ...

Yes, folks, the tree is still up! Out went the Christmas elves and gingerbread men ... and in came the hearts. There are flowers embellis...

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Ballard Botanical Print Knockoff

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Friday!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goodness, where has the week gone?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been really busy with my mom here visiting </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but here is a project that I knocked out or </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Knocked Off" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I should say...  </span></span></i></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OR9jyURDGYCaKUzT0Is3vOo58y21QtGCESMd5hNFmyUT1jRwl5aIFtmxCOYeQ63eVUX5mtTGlIPCjdH0gV2aqKGoYJKRj3FluFAisQbDzWIYptHPjgYM5z8pdlKSKf6eYSa3gu_wA2TX/s1600/43136108902992849_e7nkHeQf_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OR9jyURDGYCaKUzT0Is3vOo58y21QtGCESMd5hNFmyUT1jRwl5aIFtmxCOYeQ63eVUX5mtTGlIPCjdH0gV2aqKGoYJKRj3FluFAisQbDzWIYptHPjgYM5z8pdlKSKf6eYSa3gu_wA2TX/s640/43136108902992849_e7nkHeQf_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="color: #666666;">Ballard</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After all the Christmas things were put away I started to take a good look at the house and what I wanted to change.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The walls in the Kitchen Hearth Room were looking a little busy to me and I knew exactly what I wanted to do.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love Botanical Prints and I had spied these on the </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ballard website.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought they would be perfect for the space </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">above my built in's in the Hearth Room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3yeU44Ld3DhceLjf9wjpO3uydWg26MX11eHjxr8kY1Bu1k8NWPwDamfaDAJD_o98b1yIrcfOcZaW4jrQggxt6R3MCdXGr84WM7nZJZmjrRLfkNILMNwqbNGdcCLhfjdN3VwCFl38ncl-/s1600/IMG_6516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3yeU44Ld3DhceLjf9wjpO3uydWg26MX11eHjxr8kY1Bu1k8NWPwDamfaDAJD_o98b1yIrcfOcZaW4jrQggxt6R3MCdXGr84WM7nZJZmjrRLfkNILMNwqbNGdcCLhfjdN3VwCFl38ncl-/s640/IMG_6516.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is how the room looked at Christmas time.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">See all of the plates on the wall?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yeah, a little busy.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Especially with the other things happening in the room. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My thought was that two of the prints stacked on each side would be perfect!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, but wait... $150.00 each?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe not.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, I'm always up for a challenge </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">so I remembered a Botanical Book that I had been saving </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to cut up and I went hunting for it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hmmmmmm, It is an awesome book but </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought that the prints were a little too small </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for my project.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I kept looking.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I took a trip to the Mission Road Antique Mall </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with my mom and Miss Beaux on Sunday </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">certain that I would find exactly what I was looking for.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nope, too expensive and too small.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I did find other fun things that I will show you later.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1LfNp5sKnEeVc9YzbRmkb-wa33Bh0T7aKm2-PjEOJhMERv5y5QIimRYKjmQNyCPk1RWdP7kqsexccZJ1fj_FoGA7zy2fHRbOMim2lVU_ctEECZd6VByTMqTDjUqxCdA8l0a3Icw5jK9I/s1600/IMG_7297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1LfNp5sKnEeVc9YzbRmkb-wa33Bh0T7aKm2-PjEOJhMERv5y5QIimRYKjmQNyCPk1RWdP7kqsexccZJ1fj_FoGA7zy2fHRbOMim2lVU_ctEECZd6VByTMqTDjUqxCdA8l0a3Icw5jK9I/s640/IMG_7297.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On a whim I went to the half price book store </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">near us and scouted around.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">No Botanical books but I did find this awesome </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Audubon Birds Of America book for $7.99.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next to it you see my botanical book.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I went ahead and bought it just in case...</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLstyMxna4P__hNjhZh-UDh8fbL95E_gTeVzM7Cgd9P9dvxrddCqLxML83nmu7sQbn2j72D6zi0BwSVd5sxBUnUOQWe0E5XcjIfohTqbwrBcRJbob0kB99dIXZcYY0oscWm0ypwYQE0H1s/s1600/IMG_7301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLstyMxna4P__hNjhZh-UDh8fbL95E_gTeVzM7Cgd9P9dvxrddCqLxML83nmu7sQbn2j72D6zi0BwSVd5sxBUnUOQWe0E5XcjIfohTqbwrBcRJbob0kB99dIXZcYY0oscWm0ypwYQE0H1s/s640/IMG_7301.jpg" width="590" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It has really great pictures in it!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know that there are FREE prints that you can print off </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I wanted prints a little larger </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">than my printer could print off.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here they are if you are interested.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="free-botanical-art" height="2393" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5964635298_7784690f3e_o.jpg" width="600" /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found these on <a href="http://honeyandfitz.blogspot.com/2011/07/free-botanical-art-prints.html#axzz2J2OSd4it" target="_blank">Honeyandfitz</a> blog on a <span style="font-size: large;">Google</span> search.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The website is http://botanicus.org/.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9PFck1OGlkK2QuziHLOqmSEpq9KC04d5f5F6g5vgP6f-9l2jE4sp5H-H7xQz-5A6I_hu-EeWd2KHhD6EepetK1W1-mgmrijaEfFnVkKofrAAHiAJs81j2YNuN2bySn8Akq6U_YdBu8r0/s1600/IMG_7300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9PFck1OGlkK2QuziHLOqmSEpq9KC04d5f5F6g5vgP6f-9l2jE4sp5H-H7xQz-5A6I_hu-EeWd2KHhD6EepetK1W1-mgmrijaEfFnVkKofrAAHiAJs81j2YNuN2bySn8Akq6U_YdBu8r0/s640/IMG_7300.jpg" width="478" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">OK, long story short, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found pictures in the Audubon book </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that were a mix of botanical and birds.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsMSw_4bvvHp3kHwSKkkc6N4t5qcISN7lPj-tIhy3DOGBScQUxaMfE0zZqTuOtGLmL7wNXSpUcGWFxoiFgquxLFzkx4rdXBeMrS7oHBIh4-a_2YVcgNnzSXKbKQbow_sapui8MqhzGoyu/s1600/IMG_7302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsMSw_4bvvHp3kHwSKkkc6N4t5qcISN7lPj-tIhy3DOGBScQUxaMfE0zZqTuOtGLmL7wNXSpUcGWFxoiFgquxLFzkx4rdXBeMrS7oHBIh4-a_2YVcgNnzSXKbKQbow_sapui8MqhzGoyu/s640/IMG_7302.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I took off to Michaels in search of frames and matting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found 16X20 frames that were on clearance for $19.99 </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I had a coupon for 15% off which helped with the rest.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I double matted the prints because </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to use the largest frames possible.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The larger vanilla matt had a gold edging that I took out.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu37BLbw7xt4aNgMhV0RYldyy81w8izV3pi_WsWESRUUE2pbsQjcCUxjLKobijs57e9k6b7vV0dxL4gO0a-LQc9S9e89yxyb4d01FPp02xXqRQKrNMM4S2O3jAIcs-VehHj_eHd51V52K/s1600/IMG_7321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu37BLbw7xt4aNgMhV0RYldyy81w8izV3pi_WsWESRUUE2pbsQjcCUxjLKobijs57e9k6b7vV0dxL4gO0a-LQc9S9e89yxyb4d01FPp02xXqRQKrNMM4S2O3jAIcs-VehHj_eHd51V52K/s640/IMG_7321.jpg" width="574" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And here is the end result.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sorry for all of the glare!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2rnBn3Q93ESNPHrF3FzsxfJSupWFEpdHFXHI4mt5h9UsLFwvfOxTs7RQpWD2Wi9TZ5GpLeKHDZghp4Me_eIfU2sSgxo0EGp86r3PbgWVHpOjzXvLezdh8xig6PJMwj6QL3oL72SPoLC3/s1600/IMG_7322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2rnBn3Q93ESNPHrF3FzsxfJSupWFEpdHFXHI4mt5h9UsLFwvfOxTs7RQpWD2Wi9TZ5GpLeKHDZghp4Me_eIfU2sSgxo0EGp86r3PbgWVHpOjzXvLezdh8xig6PJMwj6QL3oL72SPoLC3/s640/IMG_7322.jpg" width="552" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6KJa0CCzm0-cwN0m5hdiNT9nwIRveuWxNO7iZfucR1cxnuCAWahh_TdQ-ki10cB_u8J49w0_IrMOYBPvIvZv-RUQw4KnR9rtjw97-70vK61IULiQ_GgBSIw9zb5RsFQDKSgyWYpQLJl1/s1600/IMG_7323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6KJa0CCzm0-cwN0m5hdiNT9nwIRveuWxNO7iZfucR1cxnuCAWahh_TdQ-ki10cB_u8J49w0_IrMOYBPvIvZv-RUQw4KnR9rtjw97-70vK61IULiQ_GgBSIw9zb5RsFQDKSgyWYpQLJl1/s640/IMG_7323.jpg" width="600" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYsa8gmJaqx187Yfrkr6gSc6fCbNd0wCC3FKzNfHQyUxyxo9xm5gHdi0j28vWfwcWWeEYHSO7VPSp2QHXvF8qH-ieRUIBVdf0Ij8UlvhrSANIP_t_mN__d_GKpw5plxQK2kuFgqUCSwIg/s1600/IMG_7324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYsa8gmJaqx187Yfrkr6gSc6fCbNd0wCC3FKzNfHQyUxyxo9xm5gHdi0j28vWfwcWWeEYHSO7VPSp2QHXvF8qH-ieRUIBVdf0Ij8UlvhrSANIP_t_mN__d_GKpw5plxQK2kuFgqUCSwIg/s640/IMG_7324.jpg" width="606" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think they look pretty close to my inspiration </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">at a fraction of the cost!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf3o5_wn9vazvVwFezJ8c7lXnroBnaxeGiBzZi18jC1giB_OCAPCq-GHqqeJFhANqf9uy7c3G4B75N_CXb5j-qZhW4-LWWqZ5nCQ5YLsjdCw9bsvfwBaslmrPsXvcaPWM6-76rzZuISOl/s1600/IMG_7307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf3o5_wn9vazvVwFezJ8c7lXnroBnaxeGiBzZi18jC1giB_OCAPCq-GHqqeJFhANqf9uy7c3G4B75N_CXb5j-qZhW4-LWWqZ5nCQ5YLsjdCw9bsvfwBaslmrPsXvcaPWM6-76rzZuISOl/s640/IMG_7307.jpg" width="530" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And here they are on the wall </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">courtesy of Mr. Beaux and his precise hanging methods.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqUugF_Yx_Q5SvPLck7a_JGKJwZBGkYrhKD7T-DedGWGK-GDRogmMoYpYUSPLMbudPAtxbGzbZ-rxTwoMBtkNQWZ3VlJQ6g7haA0pCsD4fb8-_ExvUfRAZVPidhfLhAnyMxJdHQK5Kyvk/s1600/IMG_7305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqUugF_Yx_Q5SvPLck7a_JGKJwZBGkYrhKD7T-DedGWGK-GDRogmMoYpYUSPLMbudPAtxbGzbZ-rxTwoMBtkNQWZ3VlJQ6g7haA0pCsD4fb8-_ExvUfRAZVPidhfLhAnyMxJdHQK5Kyvk/s640/IMG_7305.jpg" width="434" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And the other side...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The shed antlers were purchased at the Antique Mall </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for $15.00 each.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everyone was oooohhhhing and awwwwwwing </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">at the checkout at my bargain hunting skills.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, Thank you!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Urns were a Pottery Barn purchase with my gift card.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh how I HATE paying retail </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I really wanted t<span style="font-size: large;">wo</span> identical things for this space </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I wanted them NOW!!!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know you can relate!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctNbHOj62ybH2pLDPex7_lQrY5SPyuSaA7bPYE7VzqKRgn8wmKTo_fp_MsNnnnlMJQ4dAqHM2wJKr9NeD6Jr-rcEMN9R_agit1Q4UUPtV0bPWzLIJ4xy3R1JbvqslZp9KTCyEgeHsFEfV/s1600/IMG_7310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctNbHOj62ybH2pLDPex7_lQrY5SPyuSaA7bPYE7VzqKRgn8wmKTo_fp_MsNnnnlMJQ4dAqHM2wJKr9NeD6Jr-rcEMN9R_agit1Q4UUPtV0bPWzLIJ4xy3R1JbvqslZp9KTCyEgeHsFEfV/s640/IMG_7310.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the wide shot.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I am very happy with the balanced<span style="font-size: large;">,</span> more minimal look.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Especially at a fraction of the cost of Ballard.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">l<span style="font-size: small;">inking up to: </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; 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> for Tabletop Tuesday</span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span></i></span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #666666;">Kim at <a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">SavvySouthern Style</a> for Wow Us Wednesdays   </span></i></span>  <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">    <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"> Judy at <a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/">DIY by Design</a></span></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Roeshel  at <a href="http://diyshowoff.com/" target="_blank">DIY Showoff</a></i></span>      <span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></span></i></span> <span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stone Gable  <i><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/" target="_blank">Tutorials, Tips, and Tidbits </a></i></span></i></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> </b></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> </b></i><span><span style="color: #666666;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span>Courtney</span> at <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">French Country Cottage</a> for Feathered Nest Friday<br />Heather and Va</span>nessa at  <a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/">At the Picket Fence</a> for Inspiration Friday <br />Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground</a> for Vintage Inspiration Friday</span><br />Sherry at<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/"> The Charm of Home</a> for Home Sweet Home Friday </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><i><b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Jen at  <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a> for the Weekend Wrap-up Party  </b></i></span>  <span style="font-size: small;"><span>  </span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span>  </span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>          <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Donna at <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Funky Junk Interiors</a> for Saturday Nite Special</span></span></span></i></span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></div></div>

Ballard Botanical Print Knockoff

Happy Friday! Goodness, where has the week gone? I've been really busy with my mom here visiting but here is a project that I knock...

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