New Kitchen Decorating 2015

Our New Sunroom

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy "almost" First Day of Fall!</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;">As I watched our home "virtually" being built, one of the things I loved about it was the sunroom right off of the kitchen.  I remember thinking that if this house were ever to become "ours," I could see myself spending lots of time in this cozy space.</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;">Fast forward a few months, now that the home "is" ours, and, I can honestly say that I do, in fact, spend lots of time in here ... </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">either curled up with a great magazine ... chatting with family/friends ... or, even dozing off for an unexpected snooze (oops)!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is what it looked like while the house was being built:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28skmTrre7n1J2Wo-yAVD3os_3lJAP78-xgNDNQaYCOYAWW3hsnoRxllQy5IFLIc0O52calaObLvUXlSJL33u7VfqngJlG9mYUD22WQz_1FXSspSsK4AbkaT_nUDO6U72sSWoquNn7DM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-06+at+3.18.57+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28skmTrre7n1J2Wo-yAVD3os_3lJAP78-xgNDNQaYCOYAWW3hsnoRxllQy5IFLIc0O52calaObLvUXlSJL33u7VfqngJlG9mYUD22WQz_1FXSspSsK4AbkaT_nUDO6U72sSWoquNn7DM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-06+at+3.18.57+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annnnd, here it is NOW, with a few familiar pieces and all ready for Fall!</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/AVvXsEiWULFjie9tkFBB_niuNTIS7M1mvZ-ASA9ogZ6Bm5hGYODZrxRV4ZW-IUpAHRQ3j1IGT6X_h5DWRCZkxpVMWqxp6wUrJfo0df4CivyF0AzeARWJLrzh8MrjiWkcQzPN9UzS7gR38itbcTU/s1600/newsunroomoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWULFjie9tkFBB_niuNTIS7M1mvZ-ASA9ogZ6Bm5hGYODZrxRV4ZW-IUpAHRQ3j1IGT6X_h5DWRCZkxpVMWqxp6wUrJfo0df4CivyF0AzeARWJLrzh8MrjiWkcQzPN9UzS7gR38itbcTU/s1600/newsunroomoverall.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of you may recognize my favorite fabric from our old home.  The chairs on the other hand, are new!  Well, new to us, anyway ... thanks to Craigslist, these practically unused and comfy IKEA  Ektorp chairs now serve as a place to just "plop!"  They're covered in light sage green slipcovers with cream piping ... and, they happen to match the green in the rug perfectly!  Yay!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2fb5SPYThcl-o01E2GQPJzK2Tdv5gwaz6_qFZGWzt448htx7l_bft6WLbxEqb6xERZpAMICLiL4ZDdHyo-ulw5TtR4vw7OTWTOruVJ-Uf6xmvh0RNxZB64lB3n-3yES6gZ8McwlXvY8/s1600/newsunsofaside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2fb5SPYThcl-o01E2GQPJzK2Tdv5gwaz6_qFZGWzt448htx7l_bft6WLbxEqb6xERZpAMICLiL4ZDdHyo-ulw5TtR4vw7OTWTOruVJ-Uf6xmvh0RNxZB64lB3n-3yES6gZ8McwlXvY8/s1600/newsunsofaside.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sofa table perched in front of the window holds a few Fall goodies, as well as a pair of lamps that used to be on our old screened porch.</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/AVvXsEhciY0PEVSRqe9Jm9I-uzc5xLTksI2qyWGBrFE712b80KtWWPRQNhnBdwO0f12yhlXNArKr-_yUmbao9osBuUTCWP7F5I64EmyLFu3c9i38UCBYK3vaRYaK58sNnZ-uzFCo2RO0NrAeLW8/s1600/newsunglass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciY0PEVSRqe9Jm9I-uzc5xLTksI2qyWGBrFE712b80KtWWPRQNhnBdwO0f12yhlXNArKr-_yUmbao9osBuUTCWP7F5I64EmyLFu3c9i38UCBYK3vaRYaK58sNnZ-uzFCo2RO0NrAeLW8/s1600/newsunglass.jpg" width="426" /></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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCTcVinhalkJ-PcZt9EgSCY9HX5ouhbgQl1hFODU6sCjxmwIn43KHwUmt37mcYQzwjQEZPZCRYO6Z3QgZxX2a1_LZEz7UJ75usdq0-LXLB3s1An_H99_pjKv43VcFmefF8wUUkLIcHSU/s1600/newsunpumpkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCTcVinhalkJ-PcZt9EgSCY9HX5ouhbgQl1hFODU6sCjxmwIn43KHwUmt37mcYQzwjQEZPZCRYO6Z3QgZxX2a1_LZEz7UJ75usdq0-LXLB3s1An_H99_pjKv43VcFmefF8wUUkLIcHSU/s1600/newsunpumpkins.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I played around with adding candle sconces and mirrors on either side of the center window ...</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/AVvXsEiVblHNaB0dhpCssae6QNn2ljurGU2cBz_8_48UKNiUyKFA-WaLPaE5gt6BUJ6N6gSTMDHnZZPykqjm6zugAldtB4cAHrJt29YbB2PxRreUoWAzChcA0vxPS_bLkYTQqa4tNR9_ngXCUvo/s1600/newsunfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVblHNaB0dhpCssae6QNn2ljurGU2cBz_8_48UKNiUyKFA-WaLPaE5gt6BUJ6N6gSTMDHnZZPykqjm6zugAldtB4cAHrJt29YbB2PxRreUoWAzChcA0vxPS_bLkYTQqa4tNR9_ngXCUvo/s1600/newsunfront.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I knew when I stumbled upon these prints at HomeGood, they'd work </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">really well in here for the Fall season!  And, at only $12.99 a print, I found this seasonal purchase easy to justify!</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/AVvXsEj9F8UskDUWC8jucUOoowzLRVR7nT7SbBPDd0YKMh6r0JnQDvHcM6pdVx3yOqngSkERkBcskB4oiaKQhVj-7C794FZApGmM7FNz1LsP847j5z_V3cUd1OVDT6VY5hR98yXjNQQ7EBWIsr0/s1600/newsunfallart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9F8UskDUWC8jucUOoowzLRVR7nT7SbBPDd0YKMh6r0JnQDvHcM6pdVx3yOqngSkERkBcskB4oiaKQhVj-7C794FZApGmM7FNz1LsP847j5z_V3cUd1OVDT6VY5hR98yXjNQQ7EBWIsr0/s1600/newsunfallart.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This little coffee table once sat on the screened porch in our old home ... thankfully, because of its petite size, I was able to place it in here:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><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/AVvXsEgvs4CKwSNbHLdzuOGxz-FDqPmqhhZA0kNetpEzMHV6_ru92vT2l3o-h0KaXjBoOSLQZXw8Z5DLyJOS_oauN-SdJPFWMuIG2rqzBrO3ak7dRVPTYiwHXjk5gfMS5L58rl27ApZQ48M3NAo/s1600/newsunsofaclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvs4CKwSNbHLdzuOGxz-FDqPmqhhZA0kNetpEzMHV6_ru92vT2l3o-h0KaXjBoOSLQZXw8Z5DLyJOS_oauN-SdJPFWMuIG2rqzBrO3ak7dRVPTYiwHXjk5gfMS5L58rl27ApZQ48M3NAo/s1600/newsunsofaclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My favorite wire tray from Pottery Barn sits on top of the table, filled with more Fall goodness:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVxOS1kySyDoX8YpAkx97mfsUh6fZJCWSuFntdWKqrN8XPd4lngc1-rnLSlGo7rox7WCDM7T6tLqYdY-jcdYnu_-KB-OhbRv0TWH01J_mKoYRPUL4d2LFY_9T2XPcGRmuDcoLP3aGLdU/s1600/newsunpumpkinclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVxOS1kySyDoX8YpAkx97mfsUh6fZJCWSuFntdWKqrN8XPd4lngc1-rnLSlGo7rox7WCDM7T6tLqYdY-jcdYnu_-KB-OhbRv0TWH01J_mKoYRPUL4d2LFY_9T2XPcGRmuDcoLP3aGLdU/s1600/newsunpumpkinclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let's take one more peek at the whole picture ... </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BEFORE:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28skmTrre7n1J2Wo-yAVD3os_3lJAP78-xgNDNQaYCOYAWW3hsnoRxllQy5IFLIc0O52calaObLvUXlSJL33u7VfqngJlG9mYUD22WQz_1FXSspSsK4AbkaT_nUDO6U72sSWoquNn7DM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-06+at+3.18.57+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28skmTrre7n1J2Wo-yAVD3os_3lJAP78-xgNDNQaYCOYAWW3hsnoRxllQy5IFLIc0O52calaObLvUXlSJL33u7VfqngJlG9mYUD22WQz_1FXSspSsK4AbkaT_nUDO6U72sSWoquNn7DM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-06+at+3.18.57+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AFTER!  I can't wait to see how this cozy space evolves throughout the seasons!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CVJ9xgP0I0qHwurE8WObzL80cv6Qg_G0ADUUGLmc0ruydZqGtQw3ZP-KyrfNSPuD-MGHvZtU8T5a0xl71wD5l16efVE6tXsp5Z7RX8q2RmwFE5NqR_F9Ic-NbB2ivYHC8IM90roQ-hY/s1600/newsunlast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CVJ9xgP0I0qHwurE8WObzL80cv6Qg_G0ADUUGLmc0ruydZqGtQw3ZP-KyrfNSPuD-MGHvZtU8T5a0xl71wD5l16efVE6tXsp5Z7RX8q2RmwFE5NqR_F9Ic-NbB2ivYHC8IM90roQ-hY/s1600/newsunlast.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for stopping by!</span><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" style="width: NaN%;" />

Our New Sunroom

Happy "almost" First Day of Fall! As I watched our home "virtually" being built, one of the things I loved about it was ...

10:08 AM

Our Simple Fall Mantel ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greetings!!</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;">If we could've pried our fireplace mantel/surround from the wall of our old house and nailed it to the wall here in our new house, we would've!  I truly miss it, but, we hope to "beef" up this one a bit in the near future.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until then, I can't neglect our simple mantel and had fun adding a few Fall touches to it, with things that I already had on hand ... don't you just love free decorating?!</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/AVvXsEjbnlqKJ6LxbiG5ThQFsQDJKikLfhIaM-LS0dbdgAKpheWOOHjvu1toJdXVs7NF_X3Eh8VA22_IOMpNCvn72qxShsaQ245gQDwUWKxIzOWvTI2Ex63nTMCeVYRzA5Bat925o0VbXitNEnU/s1600/newgreatmanteloverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnlqKJ6LxbiG5ThQFsQDJKikLfhIaM-LS0dbdgAKpheWOOHjvu1toJdXVs7NF_X3Eh8VA22_IOMpNCvn72qxShsaQ245gQDwUWKxIzOWvTI2Ex63nTMCeVYRzA5Bat925o0VbXitNEnU/s1600/newgreatmanteloverall.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;">A pretty Fall print that I snagged from Tuesday Morning a couple of years ago, along with our whimsical "GIVE THANKS" blocks, take center stage:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4RnViAaWZyOirfPi62nmHKp1Raz6XWge8g1QnaBdaQo2_VN6gcPXIId47-wMUrZgdloqLEy7Sna2iwJUeQNjX65XNB0bVJabiWTj5vx0pqZSWg6TPQThwC0ZvxCraumqTlgrTaNvDsg/s1600/fallnewmantelclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4RnViAaWZyOirfPi62nmHKp1Raz6XWge8g1QnaBdaQo2_VN6gcPXIId47-wMUrZgdloqLEy7Sna2iwJUeQNjX65XNB0bVJabiWTj5vx0pqZSWg6TPQThwC0ZvxCraumqTlgrTaNvDsg/s1600/fallnewmantelclose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like "easy" decorating, which is why I love filling inexpensive apothecary jars with petite pumpkins, acorns and leaves:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ840p6045J7X19DuwVKdvq2RxeUXNT8TPYxx4aZiUNQayPVyI21bDtI2WugmLGG9bnIRzSwiJF-exCYV9NjSGqFVzJYtU0liNozIx_I08O9DuThdzB1YHLsF8dmzaV6hNirVLOSynH0Q/s1600/newfallmantelpumpkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ840p6045J7X19DuwVKdvq2RxeUXNT8TPYxx4aZiUNQayPVyI21bDtI2WugmLGG9bnIRzSwiJF-exCYV9NjSGqFVzJYtU0liNozIx_I08O9DuThdzB1YHLsF8dmzaV6hNirVLOSynH0Q/s1600/newfallmantelpumpkins.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">A simple basket becomes the perfect place to toss a few pillows and add a soft blanket, inviting "warmth!"  Annnnd, our "falling leaves" made a return, too!</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/AVvXsEhi_oSb7QpRsLqquQmj2q-eGbNhm5hahI29NAMNgZIGF45n208niqWPYpsJ_7SQk8ccCJvm8b21-xvEodNKFu1IWO_pUzTDpE01KQNiEnwkEZP061ttDtfKlINtsOAZNqW02VG2M40MQsI/s1600/newfallmantelside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_oSb7QpRsLqquQmj2q-eGbNhm5hahI29NAMNgZIGF45n208niqWPYpsJ_7SQk8ccCJvm8b21-xvEodNKFu1IWO_pUzTDpE01KQNiEnwkEZP061ttDtfKlINtsOAZNqW02VG2M40MQsI/s1600/newfallmantelside.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instead of buying a new fireplace screen, I propped a metal piece from Kirkland's we had on hand against the glass:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyHlsoU4oIyZNAzd2PzyvvDpYx_ZagvM3yZJjVy-ZKNRPLqpl0isKbbtAViUOJ0PR89FUpFWYvzy8K_9UnbQXiDqrrH0DMV2E_IQVuAvtyNQARUTcXlefvGWnvMoFhUlX3dPb6orfp5Q/s1600/newfallmantelbasket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyHlsoU4oIyZNAzd2PzyvvDpYx_ZagvM3yZJjVy-ZKNRPLqpl0isKbbtAViUOJ0PR89FUpFWYvzy8K_9UnbQXiDqrrH0DMV2E_IQVuAvtyNQARUTcXlefvGWnvMoFhUlX3dPb6orfp5Q/s1600/newfallmantelbasket.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the soft glow that the lights hidden behind our "GIVE THANKS" blocks, along with the fireplace, give off at night!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsv8X3mbaYbdvQondj7in4fEI9YpRcbtglvyXS-mk_wpkkY5gNCvJJpQq-akDcJhf9j_k95sqzQX8bA1BohVzaaOKxDCIODw4wl01zC6G5licKhm3MTyzR58GFuKS2WPACd6cmRVJbsA/s1600/fallnewmantellast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsv8X3mbaYbdvQondj7in4fEI9YpRcbtglvyXS-mk_wpkkY5gNCvJJpQq-akDcJhf9j_k95sqzQX8bA1BohVzaaOKxDCIODw4wl01zC6G5licKhm3MTyzR58GFuKS2WPACd6cmRVJbsA/s1600/fallnewmantellast.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, "speaking" of Fall mantels, I was very surprised (and appreciative) to see one of Fall mantels (from our old house) included in a fun Fall mantel <a href="http://www.countryliving.com/homes/decor-ideas/halloween-mantel-ideas#slide-1">article</a> from Country Living!  Thank you!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KRjSj6GL4otQb-ZLwBg0PfmA9q_XbgfNoyhRmTkt_X3i1kRXGOPguOQQD2s0jys-n6b6gL3qMsgaJmKo094jzLh4BbpD3BuJZM206fu6pwhaNaYjBs-X5zdgq0r9yX_SWo-vPRnl2YQ/s1600/halloween-fall-mantels13-lgn-94539368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KRjSj6GL4otQb-ZLwBg0PfmA9q_XbgfNoyhRmTkt_X3i1kRXGOPguOQQD2s0jys-n6b6gL3qMsgaJmKo094jzLh4BbpD3BuJZM206fu6pwhaNaYjBs-X5zdgq0r9yX_SWo-vPRnl2YQ/s1600/halloween-fall-mantels13-lgn-94539368.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to finish up our kitchen project where the cabinets are now enjoying a lighter and brighter look... yay!</span></div><div><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/AVvXsEji19UYbABz12VS5_sJmjg-jKmhGK0pmmWyEEzOk326_CBI5GqhyphenhyphenF67VIHXUqautgNLb7IriPg736ZIb6lUiPmbU0fQYCDbmvqFtpMSnyRXKM6GVW2QQjficJILDnRgNMECniZJYXopIE8/s1600/FBnewkitchencabs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji19UYbABz12VS5_sJmjg-jKmhGK0pmmWyEEzOk326_CBI5GqhyphenhyphenF67VIHXUqautgNLb7IriPg736ZIb6lUiPmbU0fQYCDbmvqFtpMSnyRXKM6GVW2QQjficJILDnRgNMECniZJYXopIE8/s1600/FBnewkitchencabs.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy "early" Fall friends and thanks for stopping by,</span><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" />

Our Simple Fall Mantel ...

Greetings!! If we could've pried our fireplace mantel/surround from the wall of our old house and nailed it to the wall here in our new ...

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A New Member of the Family

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another beautiful weekend here in the Midwest!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My weekend started off by welcoming </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;">a new member to the family:  </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;">A new sectional for the Kitchen Hearth Room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What prompted this new addition?  </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;">Well, lots of ideas rattle around in this brain of mine...  </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/AVvXsEgInWXMtfxErC7bCxrtyTSIt8driHGDEdtgkhtT8rZibQSNa5qjLieSIVe7cJIVhpQdgdn8_os7MKrMt7ZcR841FoZV4V63WYsc5QIYgVaiGIKYM87uYBIw-v-VV1uf5g1_QUS09SE4eG4y/s1600/IMG_1556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInWXMtfxErC7bCxrtyTSIt8driHGDEdtgkhtT8rZibQSNa5qjLieSIVe7cJIVhpQdgdn8_os7MKrMt7ZcR841FoZV4V63WYsc5QIYgVaiGIKYM87uYBIw-v-VV1uf5g1_QUS09SE4eG4y/s1600/IMG_1556.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is the last look we had at the </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;">Hearth Room right before </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;">Miss Beaux's graduation in May.  </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/AVvXsEh73TWUiPNhDVfoAbOPx-NKynZbYMm1F6F8GGPogIN6yV4VV8mCzOE0SycVdIIHxF0IBqLQFUvwdo95vkNLUkzbVjAvZm1jjgI0cAd5elfDa09qSRxrySId-MMWAfZMR-hRzw7GX9k8_M-5/s1600/IMG_1559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73TWUiPNhDVfoAbOPx-NKynZbYMm1F6F8GGPogIN6yV4VV8mCzOE0SycVdIIHxF0IBqLQFUvwdo95vkNLUkzbVjAvZm1jjgI0cAd5elfDa09qSRxrySId-MMWAfZMR-hRzw7GX9k8_M-5/s1600/IMG_1559.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The whole room was bothering me!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just felt that there was </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;">too much furniture in the room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Or as my BFF said "too many legs".  </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;">Yep!  Too many legs!  </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;">Not to mention that the ottoman fabric </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;">had seen better days </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 our favorite chair </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;">had been ripped up by my son's dog.  </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/AVvXsEhuFgXPd-fzJ6M32JgnKAu417ipFnYPaXvrbzuFeHzzxeTHYP_uEqEG8bVKN7mqsZ5_N7NCxvmgvMh6pNE_BRSKZ7ErLMBJYIuQbbHvdWhB40QmhrX2ftpyjCTDdUWVPW1Y1x4jYLDwVZKo/s1600/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFgXPd-fzJ6M32JgnKAu417ipFnYPaXvrbzuFeHzzxeTHYP_uEqEG8bVKN7mqsZ5_N7NCxvmgvMh6pNE_BRSKZ7ErLMBJYIuQbbHvdWhB40QmhrX2ftpyjCTDdUWVPW1Y1x4jYLDwVZKo/s1600/001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I took my floor-plan </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 started sketching over it </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with some tracing paper.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I drew this plan when the house was built.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's handy to have </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;">whenever I am making changes.  </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/AVvXsEilm1FSuZuDW8ZB53dYVOtdhsHIXQRWyE6LYWtsFz4dk4ZVZUGEs5kiDnyQEE-HvkGL4TccF07nX3h35im23yPShWWFf9ys7FMwpYFfIuqm22lVfVjr2i2cX1Lh9iBk1WCEEDA2RdsHAdOq/s1600/IMG_0066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilm1FSuZuDW8ZB53dYVOtdhsHIXQRWyE6LYWtsFz4dk4ZVZUGEs5kiDnyQEE-HvkGL4TccF07nX3h35im23yPShWWFf9ys7FMwpYFfIuqm22lVfVjr2i2cX1Lh9iBk1WCEEDA2RdsHAdOq/s1600/IMG_0066.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I thought that a sectional </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;">would be a better alternative </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 neaten up the space, </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;">especially if we plan </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 sell the house next year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I measured the space </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 see how large of a sectional </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I could fit in here.  </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/AVvXsEiZjohOJW0pwZNOR4eUc5zvKl37NULhEn8gstM5UmtKxedMqegPY-aA6l5Ihy2ybLGz3e-OhbvqRGg7_xa6KPMgfVmV9wZOSHkBPAoKIHXXTPcIK4KPTN-2WHcyz65Fj8BxNlVfvWzlQqkW/s1600/IMG_0067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjohOJW0pwZNOR4eUc5zvKl37NULhEn8gstM5UmtKxedMqegPY-aA6l5Ihy2ybLGz3e-OhbvqRGg7_xa6KPMgfVmV9wZOSHkBPAoKIHXXTPcIK4KPTN-2WHcyz65Fj8BxNlVfvWzlQqkW/s1600/IMG_0067.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided that a sectional </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that was 102"X102" </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;">would be the max that would fit comfortably.  </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;">But even with all of the measuring </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I doubt myself sometimes...</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/AVvXsEgVgRyVWH2c0PWFuudz6lYxIBo798cV46gHoQw1AOT_Bk-wSWNEQTXapqgsQ1y3yqBHzwM7yYp-w_uyX1gGYWlC_bq20D25cK_jIz5-wykSjsKXLQYzrJO-BrpJVfZRj04vMK1zLftFh0rA/s1600/IMG_0070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgRyVWH2c0PWFuudz6lYxIBo798cV46gHoQw1AOT_Bk-wSWNEQTXapqgsQ1y3yqBHzwM7yYp-w_uyX1gGYWlC_bq20D25cK_jIz5-wykSjsKXLQYzrJO-BrpJVfZRj04vMK1zLftFh0rA/s1600/IMG_0070.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is the space with out the seagrass rug.  </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;">Yes, the floor is wet!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was mopping before the new furniture arrived.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did some pre-shopping on the internet </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">before I went out looking.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted something that would be neutral </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;">enough to change with the seasons.  </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/AVvXsEhcCr5bWFfhs6tMrYFZuy5UKswunDMGyjjJnbh029zgEZww6uXKc8pqqz-XkdOyGdS7npK4WYJAfpacdJFKMSagBX-36wRjJqjPIhRpbT2iUkcQzEVFX2BLSQeYwoi4Jww4VqdfwoR89eCc/s1600/img58c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCr5bWFfhs6tMrYFZuy5UKswunDMGyjjJnbh029zgEZww6uXKc8pqqz-XkdOyGdS7npK4WYJAfpacdJFKMSagBX-36wRjJqjPIhRpbT2iUkcQzEVFX2BLSQeYwoi4Jww4VqdfwoR89eCc/s1600/img58c.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I liked the look of the Pottery Barn </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;">Slipcovered Sectional, but I sure didn't like the price.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I thought I would venture out </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 Nebraska Furniture Mart on Labor Day Weekend </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 see what they had to offer.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found a great sectional in the "scratch and dent" </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;">(well that's what we call it) section of the store.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was perfect at 102"X102" </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;">but I wasn't completely sold on the fabric.  </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/AVvXsEj9OLNJ7bQx_k21ONktb9OcRBgrwe_Z8V2UjzNbolLkV8xIMrFOVVZF4-dzVdPoqGyuEe9v4XVCR5f9YABG0VC6xoWvVSNFd_F9FTL0qT468NsKvcf0-uIfPU4toFc_HzZiTPVqJIzJhrrF/s1600/sectionalnbfm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OLNJ7bQx_k21ONktb9OcRBgrwe_Z8V2UjzNbolLkV8xIMrFOVVZF4-dzVdPoqGyuEe9v4XVCR5f9YABG0VC6xoWvVSNFd_F9FTL0qT468NsKvcf0-uIfPU4toFc_HzZiTPVqJIzJhrrF/s1600/sectionalnbfm.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was made by Huntington House </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 originally $8,000 marked down to $3,000.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We asked the saleslady why it was </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;">in the clearance center and she researched it </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 told us that the people had returned it </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;">because it was too large for their space.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">THAT IS WHY YOU MEASURE!!!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know that they had to pay a restocking fee etc...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I passed on it because I knew </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I couldn't return it if I didn't like it.  </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/AVvXsEgX2Whyzmusgi-UqYM3K1KuvjO9NRSyKb_VBygGyoO6EaokOD3ydYcC1viTIf3Pn3uSPywOYxeSGrWrhAYpmaeOn4upkC_Sjbv6-xTB_0CLJVr5JNd1drWPQn9GpjbU3BNuPrmw3XtkqQ5d/s1600/a05ff821fef27ddde01e26ab30d0530b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2Whyzmusgi-UqYM3K1KuvjO9NRSyKb_VBygGyoO6EaokOD3ydYcC1viTIf3Pn3uSPywOYxeSGrWrhAYpmaeOn4upkC_Sjbv6-xTB_0CLJVr5JNd1drWPQn9GpjbU3BNuPrmw3XtkqQ5d/s1600/a05ff821fef27ddde01e26ab30d0530b.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On Sunday I found this </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;">slipcovered sectional at JCPenney.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <strike>dragged</strike> brought Mr. Beaux with me </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 the store that Labor Day Monday </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 check it out.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I loved the fabric and the size </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so we ordered it with all of our coupons and discounts.  </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/AVvXsEgDY3xt10U_cwMghHnMy3-cbTtXy-2bN1e_PpZi39XADRYTOL156zMHbgWum2n89mxLowhvKnciE6jnUyX01nmgamANC47SEnIP1j_d_S3VYP3XprGUryLV-P9VpFrAqaN6xa3tAj5S6vqe/s1600/IMG_0076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDY3xt10U_cwMghHnMy3-cbTtXy-2bN1e_PpZi39XADRYTOL156zMHbgWum2n89mxLowhvKnciE6jnUyX01nmgamANC47SEnIP1j_d_S3VYP3XprGUryLV-P9VpFrAqaN6xa3tAj5S6vqe/s1600/IMG_0076.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course, like I said, I never trust myself </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I taped out the measurements on the floor </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 see how much space it would take up.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It measures 100"X100".  </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/AVvXsEj4SBzKEA2rojmmmdh868ESGTzr30MZDitBpeiHe7tDQKk5O9ujYLSpAtSehPLXlXme7lFG-os4VB2Yd_shn6C7DK7Gs9Nvu8mk7dwuLVfIjsR762XfkfyJKLGVddcg7Dzg6KpGAELH0AlW/s1600/IMG_0072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SBzKEA2rojmmmdh868ESGTzr30MZDitBpeiHe7tDQKk5O9ujYLSpAtSehPLXlXme7lFG-os4VB2Yd_shn6C7DK7Gs9Nvu8mk7dwuLVfIjsR762XfkfyJKLGVddcg7Dzg6KpGAELH0AlW/s1600/IMG_0072.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It looks like the perfect fit.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I waited and waited on delivery day </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 finally it arrived!</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/AVvXsEhA0MixzcetiXa9onLD-0RZ1Jy2FWImnximFhH7L79D_NH8wT-vqujLfk8MGw8DKb-rxtYXlVJ2jN-fn4lY2fDNBB5Ulkkg76rNwWmMh0P9hzy-g7mSTR9bANQNL76yhuoMRTqdw1VA19wo/s1600/IMG_0082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0MixzcetiXa9onLD-0RZ1Jy2FWImnximFhH7L79D_NH8wT-vqujLfk8MGw8DKb-rxtYXlVJ2jN-fn4lY2fDNBB5Ulkkg76rNwWmMh0P9hzy-g7mSTR9bANQNL76yhuoMRTqdw1VA19wo/s1600/IMG_0082.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">YAY!  It fits perfectly!  </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/AVvXsEgz-COTq3fEQzONfUjqL7M_qplUPCw4BZYxWPEwyQz7dksay6q6YN_7YL8K-dxUvt6qnzGjRLtOOCHGfxHfAFPc2urClJyRmBJYd2G1-AgT1okgVWbYEbgs5WAx1LDmFnyMt_ZL3zr5gAi4/s1600/IMG_0088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-COTq3fEQzONfUjqL7M_qplUPCw4BZYxWPEwyQz7dksay6q6YN_7YL8K-dxUvt6qnzGjRLtOOCHGfxHfAFPc2urClJyRmBJYd2G1-AgT1okgVWbYEbgs5WAx1LDmFnyMt_ZL3zr5gAi4/s1600/IMG_0088.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It makes the whole space look so much bigger!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So now I had to figure out </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;">what chair I would place with it.  </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/AVvXsEgCJlwfmZsrd3yQt5UzfGNZ6y8o6Alqg3-PRAYys5KaYqlpjZiNyrqIHInoZDLF-Dovg0gBAvyHjZ7xNL31Nm2eiL-xog3eQeefJv-tP5Y4RrjkU9pbS4VPn-QMFkaRW_yvqFy1VzrCICQD/s1600/IMG_0092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJlwfmZsrd3yQt5UzfGNZ6y8o6Alqg3-PRAYys5KaYqlpjZiNyrqIHInoZDLF-Dovg0gBAvyHjZ7xNL31Nm2eiL-xog3eQeefJv-tP5Y4RrjkU9pbS4VPn-QMFkaRW_yvqFy1VzrCICQD/s1600/IMG_0092.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mr. Beaux and I dragged every chair up </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 the hearth room to try it out.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We finally decided on the comfy chair </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 ottoman and we will be recovering it soon.  </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/AVvXsEhxeFP5UQVa_94THEn6RqxK5IZOAzxDZLWWFYlS8VhrDrHdOyOOgiK_mk1MHgsuktgPj40J1_bmqAKy-iPP45DTEMqIWBP3-T4MkaU9hFpUiCIkQhlgriXLKtzm7Kdu7qzPd1JYgFem2Wfq/s1600/IMG_0095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeFP5UQVa_94THEn6RqxK5IZOAzxDZLWWFYlS8VhrDrHdOyOOgiK_mk1MHgsuktgPj40J1_bmqAKy-iPP45DTEMqIWBP3-T4MkaU9hFpUiCIkQhlgriXLKtzm7Kdu7qzPd1JYgFem2Wfq/s1600/IMG_0095.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course you know that I can't let it just sit </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;">like that with the original pilllows!  </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's decorate!</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/AVvXsEjk5p9K8N1pyvtHjzzFS3d4ub0CsW3Z4cWqCe4W1fzVUrXichgcuiT39Hc0fpleljUAGR-HgGzJxTA0ZvdpSpuZNI-un65utp6n5CQYbLVq6TiJyCETJ04XtsvPUYd3ImZ2HG-rkCniTomE/s1600/IMG_0101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5p9K8N1pyvtHjzzFS3d4ub0CsW3Z4cWqCe4W1fzVUrXichgcuiT39Hc0fpleljUAGR-HgGzJxTA0ZvdpSpuZNI-un65utp6n5CQYbLVq6TiJyCETJ04XtsvPUYd3ImZ2HG-rkCniTomE/s1600/IMG_0101.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have a million ideas swimming </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;">around in my head, </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;">but this will have to do for 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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdT8S_-P4-Z6f6eixoDDIln2sAcuhzJTD9D21ylzqKp0G0YCtm2aovtM3gcADZW3CEf3BEVZAL5C5jy1b4x2TJkEVjbsjq6PWaR_uLQ1H2gG85oGKv054t62_6nbHJUgcGWUBxqumKicjl/s1600/IMG_0102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdT8S_-P4-Z6f6eixoDDIln2sAcuhzJTD9D21ylzqKp0G0YCtm2aovtM3gcADZW3CEf3BEVZAL5C5jy1b4x2TJkEVjbsjq6PWaR_uLQ1H2gG85oGKv054t62_6nbHJUgcGWUBxqumKicjl/s1600/IMG_0102.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have an upholsterer lined up for this week </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to recover the chair and ottoman.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have some fabric picked out too.  </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/AVvXsEi_9AlDMUVmYotBSSaB4duJdK64xOGi3VDR_c8-jelMgqxXmntMFfkikROyrRNPMGhar5eCYc8fmSkK9-UnarXIotlCu5YTsV7QIzJcwC-PApDoiN_EnmwLTHT5jkKMnJtxo_-zVgcc1w6z/s1600/IMG_0104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9AlDMUVmYotBSSaB4duJdK64xOGi3VDR_c8-jelMgqxXmntMFfkikROyrRNPMGhar5eCYc8fmSkK9-UnarXIotlCu5YTsV7QIzJcwC-PApDoiN_EnmwLTHT5jkKMnJtxo_-zVgcc1w6z/s1600/IMG_0104.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But right now I am just enjoying </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the added space </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 the cozy seating arrangement. </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-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span><br /> <br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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