Mod Mix Monday #150

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This room is just fun, isn't it? 

An apartment for a young woman. 

I'm too old for it. But it makes a cute first apartment.

Many good things linked up last week.

 I'm super late with the party again. 

I worked seven days in a row and finally have a day off 

on Tuesday except I must go in to show something to a customer.

So it's not totally off.

Hopefully, I'll get a few things accomplished the next two days.

Now look at all this cute stuff....

 Just look at this cute wind chime made by Tuula aka the Thrifty Rebel.

 These hydrangeas made by Gail of Purple Hues and Me.

You won't believe what they are made of!

 Natalie of Sette Design made this darling crate bed tray.

Now this is breakfast in bed in style!

 Victoria of Trois Petite Filles turned an old bed into a fabulously ornate french dream bed.

With the help of appliqués from Maison Decor she created a masterpiece!

Cindy of Cottage Instincts redid her fireplace.
I love the shabby wood she added above the mantel.

 Darrielle of D.D.'s Cottage painted this pretty little french desk the loveliest shade of blue.

And be sure to check out Suzanne's at Simply Suzanne's spring table. 

I'm in love with the black and white toile covered chair, too!

So this was number 150 for Mod Mix Monday.

Hard to believe I've done this 150 times. 

Thanks for partying with me!

Share your Mod Mix's in this week's party below.

Remember anything old made over to be new...anything new changed up to look old.

New and old together...

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Use a permalink to your individual post not to your entire blog.

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Open House Sunday

Atlanta Cottage in Morningside

 built 1930

Very quaint on the outside.

I love the simplicity of the color scheme in the living room.

 white, black, brown and red.....goes far in this home

 I wish the kitchen carried on the simple color scheme. 

White cabinets would be so much better.

love all this storage 

 Notice the low sectional in the corner? That's awesome.

I want that table! 

All in all a very lovely cottage.

see full listing here

I posted this last week but turns out she took a week off for Easter....

be sure to go to Tarnished Royalty and try out her new party!

 I've got a new sponsor over there on my left hand sidebar.

Check it out this week...

http://tarnishedroyalty.com/

Ann of Tarnished Royalty started up a new party.

Each Wednesday you can link up anything in your house, wardrobe, garden, etc...that you've

decided you don't want any more. Link it up and see if someone wants to swap

you something for it.

Sounds like fun...doesn't it?

Here are some of the things that were listed in last week's party.

I'm diggin those shoes, myself.

Sorry for the repost but I wanted to make sure you all went over to Ann's this week.

Mod Mix Monday #149

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Super late getting this up...I know.

I had a nice Easter although a little strange.

We went to a Chinese Buffet! 

It was delicious...although not the typical Easter fare.

Last night I just fell asleep and didn't get this up....so sorry about that.

Here are my favorites from last week's Mod Mix Monday!

 Patti of Old Things New shared photos of her daughter's adorable vintage apartment.

 Melanie of Lost and Found painted up a very cute dresser.

 Christine of Little Brags let us see her very own Easter Bunny. 

He lives at her house year round. Isn't she lucky?

 Darrielle of DD's Cottage painted up an old french mirror. It's divine now!

 Notice how pretty all is in the reflection! 

 I love Butterfly and Bungalow's kitchen so every time she shares it, I pretty much show it.

Look at the eggs they colored for easter and the pretty roses from her garden. 

But what always gets me is her frig!

Pennsylvania French painted this art deco vanity, named her Tansy and gave her a back story.

I love the story she came up with. You'll enjoy it too.

Donna of An Anglo in Quebec placed grocery store flowers all about her home to add a bit of early spring. 

I'm partial to this pot of hydrangeas. This shot looks straight out of a magazine...doesn't it?

Share your Mod Mix's in this week's party below.

Remember anything old made over to be new...anything new changed up to look old.

New and old together...

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Use a permalink to your individual post not to your entire blog.

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Thinking Easter

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Oh...how I adore Easter.

It's full of all my favorite colors.

I didn't decorate this year....I just had too much going on.

I did buy a little bunny the other day at Hobby Lobby on sale.

She'll be pretty added to my things for next year.

You can see what I did last year on this post.

And here too.

Since starting the new job...I've met so many nice and interesting people...

I've decided I'm going to start sharing their stories here.

We'll start with the 65 year old man that came in the other day to purchase two twin beds.

He and his new wife were adopting two teenage boys.

He met his new wife on Facebook a little over a year ago. 

Seems they knew a lot of people that knew each other. 

They had both lost their spouses to illness a few years before

and decided after visiting on Facebook to meet up.

They met at a Denny's and that first date lasted four hours.

After marrying his new wife, he learned that she had two great nephews whose parents were

involved in drugs and in prison. 

The two boys had been in different foster homes since they were little, now 15 and 18

they were coming to live with him.

He said in his previous life...he had two girls...now grown. 

The boys have already come and stayed many weekends with him and he was so excited to 

have them come live permanently. 

He HAD to have the twin beds by the weekend for their new room at his house.

He left telling me about all the activities he had planned for them and how he'd already

arranged for one of them to have a car to drive. 

He was so excited to have these boys in his life and filled with hope to bring happiness 

to them. The two boys grew up apart. This will be the first time they've gotten to see

each other every day and live in the same house since they were like 5 and 8.

The least I could do was help him find the right beds.

Oh...I love the stories of the people I help each day. 

More to come....