tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15187218474782284392024-03-18T14:57:56.912-05:00Mod Vintage LifeMod Vintage Life...a blog all about historic restoration of a hollywood inspired 1931 tudor revival storybook cottage in Oklahoma City's Edgemere Park. Discussion of decorating, weenie dogs, home restoration, antiques, art deco style, storybook style, 1920's and 1930's style. Decorating style is Shabby Hollywood Chic...ala Jean HarlowNita Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833196166679983378noreply@blogger.comBlogger1190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518721847478228439.post-34627441290890876732020-04-04T17:04:00.001-05:002020-04-04T17:04:20.330-05:00It's Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the world sure feels strange. I am sorry I haven't </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">all suppose to be in our houses I would have plenty of time </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But no...I am still delivering food to make ends meet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I am out every day taking food to people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish I could be home all the time - oh how I wish but </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">this is what I must do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been playing over on Instagram lately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know why it took me so long to use that platform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh...yeah...I was always at work and had nothing to share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway...I've been sharing my Easter decorating over there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't seen my Mom in over a month and won't see here till </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">this thing blows over. This means I will miss her 81st birthday</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Very very unhappy about that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She is fine. She is happy at home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But she lives across the street from my sister and that</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">worries me...that my sister and her crew won't keep Mom</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For that matter - my sister has many health issues that mean</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">she needs to stay isolated as much as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't trust her to make the right choices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I have made suggestions till I am blue in the face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is nothing I can do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So me and the dogs are having a fine time at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am trying to be as safe as possible when out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I must be able to find alcohol somewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am almost out of hand sanitizer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I kept on hand to clean my hands constantly when </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in the car before this but I am almost out now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay well...I'll post next week Easter photos here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime join me on Instagram.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I'm obsessed with Kitchen stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I go to sleep at night dreaming about </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I moved into my house almost 15 years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I moved in the kitchen was painted red and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I quickly painted the walls a cream color and later</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That immediately made me like my kitchen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hated those black tiles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I quickly learned those black laminate counter tops would</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As far as laminate goes they could be much worse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They look like dark soap stone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I soon realized nothing looked good on them except</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">white and silver and a little wood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have embraced them and enjoy having little vignettes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A tray under a group of objects immediately elevates those items.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It makes for a much more pleasing arrangement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few weeks ago I shared how I made a lamp for this room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love having little lamps on my counter top since I don't</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was having a hard time finding small lamps so I made one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But a couple of weeks ago I found this one at Hobby Lobby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It looked like this when I bought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course I had to make it over...it was too drab like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A little chalk paint and sanding and I had </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I am thinking I might need one more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These dark counters drive me mad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wipe them down and instantly there are little white flecks</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They show everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So recently my Mom sold some land and she said</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and her's. She has been getting a lot of things done </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She told me to make a list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course this has to be a reasonable list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We can't go crazy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have areas on the brick outside that need to be repointed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(new mortar put in)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That was priority one. Then the garage desperately needs</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the floor in my kitchen is a disaster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's falling apart. It's a linoleum stick down tile</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and it's just cracking up in little and small chunks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I will be getting a new floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom knows I have never liked these dark counters</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and every time we are in open houses with white marble or </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">quartz counters...I ooooh and ahhhhh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So she said..."Plan on getting new counters too."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But if I get new counters...I want a new sink while doing it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And a new faucet of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And new counter means I must have a new backsplash. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If I do floors - I eventually want a freestanding stove.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So that means changing the cabinets which would change the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">floor. So it would be a good idea to get a new stove now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I don't want a $700 stove. I want a $3,500 stove</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">or I'd rather not bother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A new dishwasher (cause the current one is black).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">new floor and maybe a new counter top but the rest is just too</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But all the little things arranged on the counter make me happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps all the big things will eventually happen a little at a time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I usually don't like things in my house with sayings on them cause</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But this little platter spoke to me because I so </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Yesterday I posted some photos of my </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think the dogs started barking wanting to eat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and that's what distracted me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So today a few more photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a lean year for me so I did not buy anything new.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(seems all the years are lean - I should be used to it)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But just cause I couldn't spend a dime doesn't mean</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've always loved this little heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It only comes out for the holiday. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Made this wreath last week of tissue paper flowers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and left over green stems from some silk flowers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Much better photo than the one I posted the other day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the Valentine's Mantel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most years I buy myself a living flower for Valentine's Day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last few years it's been an orchid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes it's been daffodils to transplant in the yard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I noticed today that those daffodils are making their appearance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope your Valentine is full of loveliness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If not from others than do it for yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know how I did it but I forgot</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with it's decor. I just took photos of bits and pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I shared on instagram this heart wreath I made last week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's just tissue paper flowers on a wire form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I painted that cabinet back in the fall and am really loving</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">else in the room...except I had left the existing top color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought maybe I could live with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I do not like it. It's almost black and too shiny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So it's going to have to be painted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the piece except for the top....so I've got to change it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am going to paint it to look like wood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really love this room in the sunshine...well any time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still looking for the perfect table to go behind the sofa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That little white one was a temporary fix.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And now it's been in that spot over 10 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Problem is anything that goes there has to be </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">no higher than 30 inches and 14 deep and about 40 wide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have not looked very seriously until I'd say the last 6 months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One day I'll find the perfect thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And oh...what I need to concentrate on is painting all</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the woodwork in this room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started trying to take the paint off because it was flaking off </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and it turned into the biggest mess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A big thing for me to tackle this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I shared this on instagram a few weeks ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The basket of flowers on my front door all set</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do love Valentine decor. But soon it will be time for Easter stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My most favorite!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cloudy day here...the perfect day to make a little lamp </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for the kitchen counter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I said the other day that I've been looking for a tiny</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">lamp for awhile to go with the other two tiny lamps</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">on my kitchen counter. I don't have under cabinet lighting and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">need the extra lighting there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I needed one more little lamp to place in a corner </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">on the other side of the sink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I could not find a tiny lamp anywhere but found this </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas candle at Joann's for $3.99 and knew I could make it work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here's my lamp parts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought that little ironstone creamer a couple of years ago </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and knew it was just the thing today for the base.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will miss it on the kitchen shelf but hey...an excuse to find another! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just in case I decide I don't want to use this creamer as a lamp </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in the future I decided to attach the candle with double stick tape</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">instead of using a permanent method such as glue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have used this incredible heavy duty double stick tape on several projects</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and it is a game changer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I made a trellis for my climbing rose with it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sticks to bricks! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But does not harm bricks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">See that post <a href="http://modvintagelife.blogspot.com/2019/08/lets-build-trellis.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I also used it to secure the mailbox on my house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had hung this box but it would move and fall off</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">if the postman wasn't careful. And of course he</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">wasn't careful. A few pieces of this tape on the back</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The trellis and the mailbox have been up since August</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and doing great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can order this tape <a href="https://www.lifeboostershop.com/products/magic-adhesive-tape?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=video_paid&utm_campaign=190617_magic_adhesive_tape&utm_content=video2&pp=1" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am in no way affiliated with that company I just think it's a great product. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So back to the lamp. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The candle was not as tall as I'd like so I stuck a small cap from</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ended up removing the felt from the bottom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tape did not want to stick to the felt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then a couple pieces of the tape on the bottom of the lid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And stuck it inside the creamer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> There you go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stuck tight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Easiest project I've done... maybe ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I want to turn everything into lamps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know you can buy a lamp kit and make things into lamps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've done that before but this was even easier than that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course this little candle only does a 7 watt bulb but</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that's enough for my countertop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You know how at the end of the year you feel like </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">everything will be changed in the New Year?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anything is possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the things you couldn't get done...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You'll some how be able to do everything in 2020.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then come the middle of January the cruel realization </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">comes in...that this is it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Things go the way they always go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did get my Xmas down and a little winter decor up. Very little.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm looking forward to Valentines stuff and especially Easter stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next weekend I think Mom and I are going to hit the Home and Garden Show</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">at the Fairgrounds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love thinking about Spring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I bought this little snowy fox several years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It reminded me of Franklin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought it shortly after he'd had back surgery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tell Franklin he's my little fox. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I've been trying to get a good photo of him but </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">he doesn't like his photo taken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Snapped this one real quick earlier today. But he was sleepy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is fully recuperated from when he had </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">three exploding discs in his back. That was back in 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish he'd take it easy. I'm scared to death he'll hurt himself again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His latest thing he likes to do is run and jump up on the bathtub </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and hoist himself over into it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've found him sitting in the bathtub a lot </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">over the past couple of weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A very silly boy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll be looking for him and pull back the shower curtain and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">there he is! Crazy pup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The other day I decided I needed a small lamp to go on </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">my kitchen counter under the upper cabinets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't have under cabinet lighting but instead </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have two small lamps under there and they make me very happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can see a bit of one behind that image above. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I realized the other day I need one more to fully light my counters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, you used to be able to find these</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">mini lamps everywhere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But now I can't find them anywhere at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the ones I am finding use regular bulbs </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and are just a little too tall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been all over town and can't find a little lamp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I was at JoAnn's yesterday seeing if they might </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">have something when I saw these Christmas candles and thought - </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Hey that will work!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Regularly $9.99 but on clearance for $3.99.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am going to use something around the house to turn it into a lamp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps a sugar bowl, flower pot, gravy boat? Not sure what will be the base yet</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but am pretty sure it will turn out nice. I'll post when I do.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">And then...I found this stove online when </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> was looking up Vintage Look Stoves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The brand is Hollman and it's available through Home Depot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Priced under $3,000 for a 30 inch gas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I might need a 36 which would be more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway...I want to upgrade my kitchen so badly and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">this would give me the french vintage look I crave at half the price. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom recently said she wanted to help me fix up my kitchen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That would be money wise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I think she means new floor. Which is badly in need. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Definitely not a complete overhaul. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But when I think of what I want redone in there it's </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">stove, dishwasher, counters, sink, faucet, and backsplash</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Way more than just a floor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I think just do the floor but if I just do the floor it will have to be changed again </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">when I eventually get the stove of my dreams. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That is my rational for thinking I need a new stove now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you are accomplishing more than I am in this New Year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A little of inside on Christmas Eve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">more on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/modvintagelife/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope your Christmas is full of laughter and love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent Christmas Eve with my friend David.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a bumpy night!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An odd Christmas Eve but one day we'll look back on it </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and remember and think it wasn't so bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You see I was delivering food to make extra money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My plan was to stay out as late as possible to make </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the most money but my last order was at midnight </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">at Jack in the Box and the line was 30 cars deep!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's when I decided it was time to go home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been doing this here and there to make ends meet...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">sometimes I'm out till 2am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh...I have a glamorous life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two pizza places were open till 4am and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I fully intended on working till 4am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">David came along for the ride. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His boyfriend was out of town and he had nothing better to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also drove around and looked at Christmas lights inbetween. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I only got in 10 deliveries. I was hoping for twice that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always do it alone. I listen to podcasts during and between.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm learning lots of things from that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm currently listening to every episode of Alec Baldwin's podcast -</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Here's the Thing"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love Alec Baldwin and it's quite enjoyable listening to him</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> interviewing artists, actors, musicians, scientists and politicians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But last night David and I just rode around </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and sat and talked and laughed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We like to do that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An odd Christmas Eve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We used to have big family Christmas Eve's </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and then they got smaller and then it was just me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom goes to my sister's. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't do my sister's. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I love her...I just can't do her married family)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd rather deliver pizzas which is what I did!</span></div>
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Nita Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833196166679983378noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518721847478228439.post-25611071561328990402019-12-22T08:30:00.000-06:002019-12-22T08:30:08.404-06:00A Few of My Favorite Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love vintage Shiny Brite ornaments </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and have collected them for years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My tree is literally drooping under the weight of all of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even though they are very light, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have so many it weighs down the branches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Almost everything on my tree is vintage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well that one that says Noel is not. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is new from a few years ago but it has a very vintage look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> When I was a kid, I hated Shiny Brite ornaments, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">especially the ones that had writing on them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I liked fancier Victorian ornaments or </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hallmark ornaments when I was a child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But now I love the simplicity of the round bulbs </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">or the ones with atomic shapes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I especially love the ones with messages </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">on them like the one above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If the ornament is faded and a little tarnished - even better!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That pink one? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had one just like it on our tree when I was a child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was always a favorite of mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our tree when I was growing up had many </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Victorian ornaments on it. They came from my Mother's family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This year I tucked all my elves and snowmen into the tree too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I love these simple little elves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They sold for 10 cents each in the 1960's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now they are quite expensive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought most of mine 20 or even </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">when I could pick them up for 2 to 3 dollars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The newly painted cabinet got all decked out too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I put this wreath together out of things I had lying around. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I added tiny pom poms to it and the Christmas tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> That little deer is a Montgomery Ward Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did you know that Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was originally written by a man who</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">worked for Montgomery Ward? My Mother has the original book that was published and given </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">out as a promotional item from the store. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My maternal Grandmother worked for </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Montgomery Ward for many years as an accountant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We as a family have several of these ornaments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used to pick them up every time I ran across one at flea markets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Read about the history of Rudolph <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This version of Rudolph is the real one for my Mom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But for me. I adore the 1960's TV special.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I listen to the soundtrack to this over and over during the holidays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This show inspires my decorating choices for Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Picked up this sweet deer this year at Hobby Lobby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She could fit right in at the North Pole with Rudolph.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ok, so she's pink. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The other reindeer might call her names.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I filled the iron plant stand with tinsel trees. It's usually full of a variety of faux ferns and plants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But that wouldn't do for Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I have cute Christmas pillows that should be out but I'm not sure where they are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This will just have to do for this year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Just this very minute</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I need a little Christmas....right now!</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't think it was going to happen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I questioned if all this would get up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But it did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Christmas Mantel 2019.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll share other photos of it at night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My sister gave me this tree a few years ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has yellowed over the years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just makes it look more vintage. I think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I could not bring myself to take the frames down off my mantel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have had them up for a couple of years and just decorate around them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just like the way they fill out the wall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been up here for two years in a dingy brown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now it's finally a crusty gold leaf. Much better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now it fits right in with the other vintage frames.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love bottle brush trees. Can you tell? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little tree I've had for several years and sadly this is </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the first year it's gotten fully decorated. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've just done lights for the past three or four years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A shame cause I have many beautiful vintage ornaments.</span></div>
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Nita Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833196166679983378noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518721847478228439.post-91004201795758070502019-12-14T18:10:00.001-06:002019-12-14T18:10:59.669-06:00Open House Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh My!!!!! A pink Spanish Bungalow!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> built 1928 1,524 square feet</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ran across this home the other day on Zillow and just fell in love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This house might tempt me to sell mine and move in to this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This house has been totally redone and is staged to sell. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They bought it last year for $85,000 and are now asking $329,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> An earlier photo on google maps shows it used to be white and very very run down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It's in the Lincoln Terrace neighborhood which is east of me - over by the medical community and the state capitol. This area of town has many beautiful homes, many many of them still to be fixed up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I just love that they chose to paint it pink. And just the perfect shade of pink too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to have to do a drive by to see in person. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I'm rather amazed that this house is staged all in shades of pink on the inside as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The placement of furniture is not good in this room but I'm sure it was placed in a way to show off how much room there is. I love everything about this room except the unfortunate vent in the ceiling. I would have found a way to avoid that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's a new mantel. I wonder what the original looked like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the finishes in this house are very modern but feminine. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So of course I like them even if they are more modern than I usually like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Odd placement of furniture...but we'll let it slide. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course room needs a rug. But lets just focus on the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I am not fond of the dining room light and it's hung too high but that's an easy fix. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The dining room furniture is all wrong but I'm sure they were doing the best they could with what they had available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> But imagine this room with a white tulip table or even this table but with white modern chairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Looking at these photos made me remember when I first move into my own vintage cottage and I had so much open space. I truly need to get rid of things. I need more open space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Pretty little office. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Always love when there are big french doors to another room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gosh! I'd love to decorate this house!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Hall is same as mine but mine does not have all that storage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This house is only about 100 square feet bigger than mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Ok, let's see what you think about the kitchen. I</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> love the choices made but I don't know that I could live with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> That backsplash! Ok, it's pretty wonderful but I could not live with it. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Nope...I'd need a white tile backsplash. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Although I love how this mimics the Spanish vibe of the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A young woman would love this though I think. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I do like the appliances chosen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So fun..So pretty..but I just couldn't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Bedrooms do not have furniture in them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> But this!!!! Oh...my I love this sooooo much. Except that toilet. That is the kind of toilet my bathrooms have and I hate them. I keep thinking they will get changed but so far it has not happened but it will...it will. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But that tile!!!! Oh...my goodness that tile!!! It's looks like a birthday cake!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm in love. I had to look it up after I saw this and it's an</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Annie Selke tile</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just scrumptious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Oh...how I love this tile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Yes all of it. Around the windows too. I want to redo my bathroom and when I do...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">its going to have lots of tile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">little side porch - so sweet. I can imagine the weenies running out there to see what I am doing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A cedar pergola on back. Just right for this house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It's pretty on the backside. If I had this house I'd have fun planting cacti around it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is a house in my neighborhood that's yard is all cactus. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I hate it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It does not go with the house. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The house is an English Tudor and it simply does not go. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But this house would look nice with an arid landscape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looks like the house next door is Spanish in style too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good thing I can't afford to move...this one would be tempting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">See full listing <a href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/909-NE-17th-St-Oklahoma-City-OK-73105/21844529_zpid/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I finally finished painting and distressing my little cabinet in the living room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought this like three years ago with the intentions of painting and it's taken me this long to get to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I might distress it more. I tend to not like things in my house super distressed so not sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My intention was to distress it more but the paint was stuck so tight it was taking tons of sanding </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and I just said - "that's enough"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sanded for like 5 hours one day and still wasn't done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sanded so much that I sanded my finger print off on my index finger and was not </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">able to open anything by touch on my iphone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For three days!!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Super annoying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did you know that some people because of jobs they have had have no finger prints?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yep, they wear them off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It can be a job that you work with paper a lot...like a secretary or an accountant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So for a few days I was afraid I'd removed my identity!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I still had two hours of sanding to do...but the rest I did with a rubber glove on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's the before. Ick. I am not into those kinda colors at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom loved it and I would have given it to her but honestly, she does not have room for it anywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I already gave her one sideboard I bought several years ago that was black and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">she didn't like it that I was going to paint it and said she wanted it. So I gave that one to her for </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">her soon to be (I hope) breakfast room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This photos shows up close the finish. The actual color is somewhere between this photo and the first photo. I don't know why I couldn't get the color to photograph more accurately. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am fully aware that Fall is over and everyone is on to Christmas but with all I have going on at the moment I decided to go ahead and post this while I had a chance and then post again later decked out for Christmas. I can't wait to see it with my Christmas things on it. I think this photo shows the color most accurate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's brighter than I intended but I do like how cheery it is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used Waverly Chalk paint because it was cheap and I'd read good things about it. Plus you can buy in the middle of the night at Walmart which is how I like to shop. I was very happy with the quality of the paint. I mixed the color using blue, yellow and white plus a little brown craft paint thrown in. I might distress it a little more. I might tone the color down a little more with a wash and or I might leave as is. I have not waxed it yet. I'm waiting to decide if it's done or not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I picked up this adorable pillow at Michael's in October. I could not resist it. Michael's has been having incredible sales. This pillow I think cost me $9.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now if you think I've been ignoring Christmas...I have not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have decorated two trees so far .... just not for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decorated a 9 foot tree for a client last week. What a chore! Just cause it was so tall!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She had great ornaments and enough of them. I was worried she wouldn't have enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My friend Toni who is a designer I worked with at the store and who recently quit same store because of crazy management came along and thank goodness she did because it took the two of us 6 hours to do the tree together. I also did the mantle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish I'd taken photos but I was so tired and ready to get out of there I totally forgot. Plus the whole family had gathered for a pre-Thanksgiving night and I felt like I needed to get out of the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was beautiful though. It was a Balsam Hill tree and she had all Balsam Hill ornaments in clear glass, white, cream and gold. Very tasteful. But not very creative for me. It's like you couldn't screw that tree up...with it's monochromatic theme. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Very tasteful </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then on Sunday my BFF, David wanted me to come over and help him with his tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had helped him shop for ornaments last month...making him buy way more than he thought he needed and keeping him on track with his theme. He was all over the place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He wanted help finishing the tree up. When I got there I was like "Where are the rest of your ornaments?" He was like "I saved them the tree is full."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Oh, no"...I said..."You need way more." I had told him you have to tuck the ornaments into the tree as well as on the branches. So he retrieved left over ornaments. About 150 and we went to town. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then several trips to the store for ribbon and floral picks completed his tree and he was happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It then looked as a tree should. He was happy. I was happy. I went home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I still could have put another 150 more ornaments on this tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is David's first tree in his first house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My first tree in my first house was like 3 feet tall with ornaments I made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving I spent with Mom and Peggy. That's my Mom, Alice in the floral top on the left. We ate at Ingrid's Kitchen. They have a huge Thanksgiving buffet every year. Peggy is an old family friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We spend every holiday together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am still caring for my sister's little Isaac who had back surgery a week and a half ago.</span></div>
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is doing great but is a handful. He's very smart and strong willed. He
has figured out how to get out of his crate. Which is exasperating! But I really can't complain. He's super sweet and all the weenies get a long just fine. It could be worse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just feel like I'm practicing the fine art of dog juggling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's hard making sure he doesn't run out the back door on his own. He wants to so badly. But he's not allowed to yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That above is Maisie, I rescued her two years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She's about 11 and very scrappy. She acts like she is 3. She loves Franklin and Franklin loves her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She's very independent. I'll write more about her later. She came from a situation where she was living in the backyard and never got to come inside. Her name was Heidi at the time but had been also Fiona and Fifi. She'd been in rescue situations a couple of times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I renamed her Maisie because she didn't know the name Heidi at all. She learned Maisie immediately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It took a year for her to feel secure here. She's a happy girl now but she had anxiety at first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well I tell more about her later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next week Isaac goes back to back doctor. I know he's doing very well. He is walking fine. Doing everything fine but I have to make sure he doesn't over do. He is not allowed to run or wrestle with the others. Not sure how long he'll stay here. He seems ready to go home but he gets better supervision here than he will at my sister's. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry, to go on so....can you tell I'm alone a lot these days?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No one to tell all to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;">historic bungalow</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">built 1920</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little gem has been fully renovated. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been stage in a very modern way which will appeal to young buyers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Lovely open rooms. Whoever staged this did a fantastic job!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A very pretty color scheme going on in this room. The celery colored velvet chair is a nice touch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This room is pretty, feminine and modern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course those drapes need to be hung higher and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">they need to be longer but this is just staged, not permanent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Love those french doors that are common in bungalows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The layering of rugs is nice. I know young people like those macrame wall hangings but I still</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">remember them from my childhood. I didn't like them then either. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So glad they left the partial wall in between the living room and dining room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So many times in a renovation they remove this. Which is a total shame because it's such</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">a specific design feature to a craftsman bungalow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the office through the french doors. I have been thinking of adding closets in this fashion </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to my front bedroom. I need the storage and I think it's quaint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Odd thing about this renovation is that it's staged modern but they chose old world lighting and bathroom finishes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A mid century modern light fixture would look wonderful over the table here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> But that's an easy fix for the new owners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really like those bar stools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Love the original built in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> That gold bar cart is just right against that wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The flooring is very pretty here. Counter tops are too busy with the vibe of this house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And another old world fixture over the sink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Really like the floor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A big miss in the bathrooms. They looked totally out of place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the other bathroom. A pretty cabinet but does not go at all with the vibe of this house. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's pretty but just not right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">See the full listing <a href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1216-NW-39th-St-Oklahoma-City-OK-73118/21854498_zpid/?" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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Nita Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833196166679983378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518721847478228439.post-62326776095170918382019-11-23T13:23:00.000-06:002019-11-23T13:23:31.369-06:00Much Ado About Fall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I've been MIA again. Sorry about that. Trying to make ends meet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of running around. I started painting the little cabinet that sits under this </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">window frame in the living room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope to put the final coat of paint on it today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But life keeps getting in the way of me finishing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom's little truck got hit and totaled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Luckily she was not hurt. But it took forever to get the man's insurance to take care of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we spent days truck and SUV shopping. She had a little 2004 Toyota Tacoma</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and that is what she planned on buying again but now they are big!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So we shopped all over trying to find something she liked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the end she bought a new Tacoma. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went with her on most of these shopping trips cause she needs new hearing aids </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and cannot hear things right. When she goes alone she hears things all wrong</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and things get all kinds of messed up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The final day she decided on the truck, she went back alone thinking she had it all</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in mind as to how it was going to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Four days later she confessed that she was upset cause they'd signed her up for a $4,800 warranty she</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">didn't understand was going to cost that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This time I went back with her. Immediately they said they'd increase the warranty from 5 years to 8 years and bring the cost down to $2,800.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hmmmm...if they could afford to do that - why did they charge so much in the first place?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the end after repeatedly saying no...she walked out happy with just the warranty the truck </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">comes with. 3 years</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Mom is also getting badly needed repairs and renovations done to her house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So there have been many conversations on this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her washer and dryer are in the basement and for years Dad wanted to move it upstairs into</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the back room of the house. Mom would not agree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She wanted to expand the kitchen and didn't want the laundry on the backside of the kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well now she is getting practical. She does not need a bigger kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But when she told the repair/construction guys she wanted the washer dryer upstairs they suggested </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">where Dad wanted to put it or removing the tub from the back bathroom and putting it in there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was going to do this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She said she didn't want the washer dryer standing out in the backroom. Which used to be a bedroom but she recently used as an office/library and now is going to be a breakfast room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I immediately hit Pinterest to show her how pretty the washer dryer could be with shelves and cabinets above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well she liked that idea and that is what will be done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have redone her bathroom and will work on the laundry next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her next plan she says is stairs to the attic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am saying - no no no. You don't need that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last thing she needs to be doing is climbing stairs to the attic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then....my sister's little black and tan dachshund ruptured a disc in his back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So he had surgery this week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't trust my sister to keep him out of trouble while he recuperates so he is now </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They all keep getting in his kennel with him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They don't want him to be alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It would be fine except he has a very long incision on his back that I don't want them to lick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have not even tried but left alone they might. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is not happy sleeping alone in there and lets me know periodically throughout the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is walking already.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But will be here probably 6 to 8 weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just a few photos of some fall. Christmas stuff to come out soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully it will be finished this week and I'll show it with Christmas decor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I am taking the time to paint today because if I don't...I don't know when it will get done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am going to a new client's house on Monday to decorate her home for Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hoping it will only take the afternoon. But I really don't know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Several other people quit at the place I was working. They tell me it only got worse after</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I left. I thought maybe the manager would be on good behavior for a few weeks at least.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The other designer quit a few weeks ago. They had hired a new designer to take my place </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and apparently within a week she was asking "What is wrong with her? What have I done? Why is she picking on me?" She was told by the other employees - "Oh, it's nothing you have done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You are doing a good job especially for someone new. It's her. That is how she deals with everyone."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course after I left I imagined that she snapped herself out of her imagined reality and started</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She thinks everyone else is messed up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hear the manager over her is asking why she has such a huge turnover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Somehow she talks he way out of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know how...oh no...I do know how...nepotism. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is always a job for her somewhere in that company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They just move her around. But she will never be fired. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But many many others have and will quit because they can't tolerate how she treats people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ok, I better get in there and paint! Isaac has howled himself to sleep, finally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was sleeping good an hour ago when I was in the room with him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got up and came into the den and he woke up and started howling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last weekend, imagine my surprise when I was browsing the latest issue of 405 magazine and I found published on it's cover and inside a house for which I created the interior design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jennifer the home's owner needed help fast. She was going back to work and moving into a brand new house and needed her living room furnished and other rooms completed using furnishings she already had. When I got this mag in the mail... I thought it looked familiar but it wasn't till I got to the inside article that I realized it was a house I'd done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is an article about suburban home building. I'm not sure how Jen's house got in this issue and unfortunately, she said she didn't have the opportunity to share my name or the builder's name. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this room which is the children's craft room - she already had furniture but I suggested the art over the bookcases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This was the original plan for the living room furniture. As you can see I did this while I was working as a designer at Bassett Furniture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is a mock up I did placing furniture in the room. The house was still in construction at this point. The giant fireplace was the biggest challenge of the room. The tall cathedral ceiling with beams made sense with the fireplace but it was giant and dwarfed everything else. The other side of the room has a large open white kitchen with marble counters. I suggested the two matching consoles that would provide much needed storage and would make the scale of the fireplace make sense. I suggested artwork but Jen chose to spend time looking for things that are special to her. Which I will not argue with. Art should be personal. But even now 8 months later, her walls are still bare. She'll eventually fill them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a photo I took after delivery. I did the chairs and table in the breakfast nook too but didn't take a photo for some stupid reason.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this photo shows the consoles in the room. Sofa bookcases/tables still have lots of space to fill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I texted Jennifer the day I saw the article and she was kind enough to send me the professional photos. This is the craft room. I didn't do anything in here but artwork.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the dining room she already had everything from her old house. I suggested the mirror over the console to bring a little modern in over the traditional console.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the entry. I searched for just the right bench to put in this space. We wanted something modern but something that hasn't been seen everyday. This one was just right and Jen decked it out in a nice mix of pillows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here's the living room with a few more accessories. Still no art over the consoles and it really needs it. They stained the mantel dark. I would have left it a wood tone as it was when I first saw it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The view out the doors/windows is lovely. A country lake with an urban pool in front of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A beautiful spot just out the back doors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish I had a photo of the front of the house but I don't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's kind of Modern European Farmhouse...with emphasis more on modern than farm house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It finally cooled off here and now feels like fall. All of September was hot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know everyone else has been doing fall for like a month and a half but it was still summer here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, the title of this page is deceiving. I have struggled of late to find houses I wanted to share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So today I am sharing a couple of places on the outside. I have been out and around town a lot lately and these two places really struck a cord with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This first one is such a lovely example of mixing modern with traditional.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love this house! It's kinda all by itself in an iffy part of town - empty lots on either side and run down houses on the rest of the street. But that part of town is changing rapidly and one day it will have neighbors befitting this home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This little 1920's apartment complex is so charming. Kind of Melrose place-ish. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The courtyard comes to life at night. This is close to Paseo so I imagine artists living there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Probably not, but that's how I pretend it is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Early in the week I procured this. I have wanted a potting bench or bakers rack for the back deck forever. This one will do nicely. It needs a paint job. That will have to wait till spring, most likely. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't wait to fill it with plants, flowers and accessories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This photo is from the listing. I found it on Facebook Marketplace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been searching for the perfect bakers rack for at least a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the perfect one! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Last weekend I took a little day trip to Guthrie, Oklahoma. This town almost seems as if time has stood still. It was the original Capitol of Oklahoma till 1910. I had always heard the state documents and state seal were stolen in the middle of the night and the move was made. But I just read up on it and apparently an election was held to decide where the capitol should be and Oklahoma City won the election. Although Guthrie was not happy about it. Guthrie is only about 35 minutes north of downtown Oklahoma City but seems a world away. There are many housing developments outside of the town but the downtown of Guthrie and town proper seem to still be in the Victorian age. I had not been there in many years and was surprised to find it much the same. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are many Victorian homes in this town and the Victorian downtown still stands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is just one of many amazing Victorian homes in Guthrie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> But this was my main reason for making the little trip. I'd seen this vintage garden gate on Facebook Marketplace and knew I had to go get it. I have been in desperate need of a new gate. I wanted a wood one but just have not gotten around to building one. I have patched my existing gate many times to get me by and it's on it's last legs. It was never a nice gate to begin with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I remember the day I bought this house my Mom exclaimed -</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"What a nice gate and carport!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both things that were just awful. But that's my Mom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She only sees the good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The carport has long been gone. Thank goodness. It practically removed itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Falling apart a little more after every bad bit of weather.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here's the gate setting in it's new home. Now I have to buy poles to install it on and hinges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another project. But I got this gate at a good price and I think it's pretty. I will probably paint it and add some metal scroll work to it to make it prettier. The main thing is it's very sturdy and will keep those pesky weenie dogs in their yard!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Back to Guthrie - Another lovely large home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd love to sit on the porch of this one and have a glass of ice tea. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Now for some photos of downtown. I went in and out some of the antique stores while there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Very unusual architecture. It's Victorian but rustic at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It was hard to get a good photo of this one. The sun was behind it. This town is a mix of Old West and Victorian sensibilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And finally, I had lunch with a friend last Wednesday - Elaine. She gifted me this lovely scarf.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She knows I have a thing for flamingos. It's almost too pretty to wear. I draped it in the living room for a few days as I like to pretend I live in a place by the ocean during the summer and display flamingos and shells. It's still hot here. But I'll be getting the fall stuff out this week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today when I was out watering I thought geez it feels as hot as ever! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looked at my phone and it said 91 degrees but feels like 98. Well that would explain it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is still hot.</span></div>
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Nita Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833196166679983378noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518721847478228439.post-51193753637122889732019-09-11T19:23:00.001-05:002019-09-11T19:23:47.574-05:00Fall at The Feathered Nest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">One day last week when I should have been doing something constructive - I instead went browsing at one of my favorite shopping spots. The Feathered Nest in Warr Acres near Oklahoma City.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This place never disappoints. Here is their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FeatheredNestMarket/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of pretty fall displays to get you in the mood for cooler weather.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's still in the 90's here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Love that gray cubbie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Lots of cream, greige and wood tones in this booth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I considered buying that little alabaster lamp for my kitchen but in the end left it. It was too yellow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I'd never seen this china pattern before. It's Spode. I love that it has dogs on it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If I had money to burn this would have come home with me to set a Thanksgiving table!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> That mossy green ribbon really does it for me in this vignette.</span></div>
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Nita Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833196166679983378noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518721847478228439.post-35468636906734424652019-09-05T08:30:00.000-05:002019-09-05T08:30:02.469-05:00A Modern Townhouse<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">So this is what I worked on last weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My client who lives here and needed help accessorizing her townhouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She'd bought most of her furniture already but needs help pulling it all together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd helped her at the furniture store one day when she came in trying to pull together her dining room wall and buy some lamps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She came in with some little gold starburst things she bought at Hobby Lobby and wondered how to use them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She liked them but didn't know what to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She had three.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I immediately thought of the starburst mirror we had that would look great with them and suggested she go buy six more of the starbursts. I had her send me a photo of her dining room. It has these cool navy stripes painted on one wall. She wanted something to sparkle and add to the splendor of the room with its baby grand piano.</span></div>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TUyuIinYQYA/XXCIhujp1xI/AAAAAAAAmlk/RLXBSsc4UCk0asro-0Dk4OL3cta0rqCMACLcBGAs/s1600/diningmock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="720" height="484" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TUyuIinYQYA/XXCIhujp1xI/AAAAAAAAmlk/RLXBSsc4UCk0asro-0Dk4OL3cta0rqCMACLcBGAs/s640/diningmock.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was the mockup I did for her in power point at the store. The only program I had to work in at the store other than a floor plan program.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the after as I photographed it when visiting her home a couple of weeks ago.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It did turn out to be just the right thing for her wall. This led to her asking me to come accessorize more of her townhouse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Starting with the entry. That's the before.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">She likes to shop online because she works full time and does not have time to go around town shopping. So I picked out everything online. Mostly Wayfair. I looked other places but Wayfair had what we needed! Isn't that their slogan?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Wayfair We Got What You NEED!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is my mockup done in photoshop of what she should buy to add to the space.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I sent her links to everything and she ordered on Tuesday.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I can't wait to see for real photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Living Room Before</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> These are living room before. As you can see she has the basics. I helped her with that lamp a couple of weeks ago. She picked everything else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is all Lazboy furniture. That sofa reclines but doesn't looks like it does.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"> And here are my suggestions for accessories and a cocktail table. She has already ordered the cream colored glider with my approval. She has a new grand baby, so she had to have.<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0dY4ZE2QsV0/XXCH79duN3I/AAAAAAAAmlA/B1hogrMNVhkdVp6nxNVGT8VVmhYZrci8QCLcBGAs/s1600/DelanaLRAntonio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="900" height="460" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0dY4ZE2QsV0/XXCH79duN3I/AAAAAAAAmlA/B1hogrMNVhkdVp6nxNVGT8VVmhYZrci8QCLcBGAs/s640/DelanaLRAntonio.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did several layouts with different tables but these were our favorites. I still don't know which she will go with. She has not decided.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I suggested these shallow gold shelf/boxes for the walls in this room. I've seen these in person and they are really nice. Understated and gets pretty things up on the wall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And this is her Thomasville sideboard from her old traditional home. She is doing everything modern in this house but didn't want to get rid of this. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I suggested painting it gray and adding a little gold leafing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lamps I helped her pick several months ago...bringing some modern onto the traditional piece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love having just a splash of gold leaf on the corner like this piece below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Or if she wants to play it safer...a gold dipped look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also did a few things to the baths and the master bedroom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And gave lots of suggestions for remodeling the kitchen. The kitchen is very nice but it could be amazing with a little work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I would do presentations to clients at the store I always included accessories in the mood boards. Because accessories make the room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd be busy cutting and pasting from the internet. It always helped the client visualize how it actually would look in real life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still hot here but Fall is coming I know it is. Really it is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I ran across a piece of furniture on Pinterest the other day that led me to the Etsy store for a very talented lady. The shop owner for Texas Gypsy Style is Krista Mulkey. This furniture just wowed me! Look at all the layers of color! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I have a thing for these old Jacobean style sideboards anyway. I have one myself I painted mine a creamy white. I love it but oh...my these are jewels! These are something else!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The depth of color is amazing! Let me tell you it takes a lot of time to get this effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the first piece I saw that made me stop everything and go through all of this Etsy shop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The layer upon layer of color is so scrumptious!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Yummy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one's a little more simplified but still beautiful. Still fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I'd love to paint some furniture around my house like this. But afraid it's a little bold for my cottage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One more for good measure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't get enough of this furniture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">check out the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TexasGypsyStyle?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=689996992" target="_blank">Etsy store.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I worked. My Mom is car shopping and I went looking with her three days last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ugh...car shopping...it's the worst. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her little pickup got ran into a month or so ago and it was totalled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She is trying to figure out what she wants now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Three days of walking many car lots while she tried to decide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think she has it narrowed down to three.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't get much done during the week so I had to work a lot Saturday night, Sunday and today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you can believe that! But totally redone 2019.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This house might not have been the finest example of 1929 design but I would have rather seen a renovation that paid tribute to its origins rather than making it into a house that looks brand new. But that's just my opinion. Yes, placement of windows is odd. I wouldn't object to adding widows. Modern farmhouse is still very hot around here. Problem is...this house will look dated in a few years. If they had gone with a more classic renovation it would not look dated. That said...they did a good job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nice open foyer. Simple pretty staircase.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Fireplace is cute. But will look dated in a few years.<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EBhy1BxSOIs/XWh1YbMpt0I/AAAAAAAAmgk/uXej2DqZ78E60fYgfHp9JJ2row__OtVrwCLcBGAs/s1600/ISn6rvmfrj4dfu0000000000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1024" height="424" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EBhy1BxSOIs/XWh1YbMpt0I/AAAAAAAAmgk/uXej2DqZ78E60fYgfHp9JJ2row__OtVrwCLcBGAs/s640/ISn6rvmfrj4dfu0000000000.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although, that said my own fireplace is of course very dated to 1931. I like that it's antique looking. But I'm sure people living in 1961 hated it. But you give something some time and it becomes cool even if it isn't in style. That's why I like antiques.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This house is staged and they did a good job. I love those bobbin chairs. I like the light wood color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Classic Chesterfield sofa. When I was working in furniture stores - people always came in wanting a Chesterfield and we did not keep them in stock. They had to be ordered. I always wondered why they wouldn't just keep a leather chesterfield in stock and one in a neutral fabric. I could have sold them over and over. Now you'd think the store owners would ask us designers what people came in asking for. Nope. They did not. They let the merchandisers pick what was on the floor even though those merchandisers never had contact with the public. Very frustrating. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Very nice kitchen and dining. A little too masculine for my taste but I know buyers like all of this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you like the stacked subway tile? I prefer the traditional brick pattern. But this is more modern. Everyone says they are over white subway tile that bolder patterned tile is the way to go but I still love it. Love these countertops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love the tub.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh...see you can see that the master bedroom was an addition.</span> </div>
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see the full listing <a href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2917-Cummings-Dr-Oklahoma-City-OK-73107/21865559_zpid/" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So since 2013 I've been working as a designer in a furniture store and not home much and not blogging much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">During that time all my projects got put on hold around the house except for HAVE TO</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that I'm once again between full time gigs...it's time to confront all that needs to be done here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought that little chest above two years ago because it was just the right size to go by the front door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted something not very deep but wide enough to fill that wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh...I could've bought this in a creamy white finish that would have gone very well with my decor but it was three times the price in that finish. So I bought the version on sale for $130 planning on painting it myself. Here it is still waiting to be painted two years later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am thinking of painting it similar in style to this. I don't know where this image came from I've had saved on my phone a long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A year ago Kirklands had this version of the same cabinet in a natural wood finish. I would have been happy with this finish but it was around $400 and that's not in the budget and now they don't have it any more. I'd rather an antique piece in this spot but antique pieces are always deeper. This one is only 12 inches deep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's just the right size by the door. Oh...that burgundy color looks so bad. When Mom saw it she loved it and said I should not paint it. But I hate it so it's getting painted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started to strip and paint the wood work in this room and never got back to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That is a priority project that needs to happen. Then I need drapes after that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh and the room desperately needs a bigger rug.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seems like I should be getting lots done right now but between working on two design projects for clients and searching for a full time job and....I have a part time job I am doing that is keeping me solvent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is not much time for decorating in my own house these days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I love alabaster lamps. This one I found out shopping with my friend Leslie at a country antique show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I am WAY over that lamp. But have not found one that speaks to me yet to replace it. One day I'll run across one I can't live without. I have bought two different ones that I thought would go in this spot but neither looked as good as this one. So they ended up in other places in the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aiming for it to look somewhat like this. I am a little worried that it will fight the fireplace a little.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I once had a table in this spot that was given to me. It was painted a pale yellow green.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The color looked actually fine in the room. But I didn't like the color so I painted it periwinkle instead. The table looked great in periwinkle but it looked too bold for the room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ended up moving the table to another spot in the house. It was the wrong size anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I could go the safe route and paint this a creamy white but I have a lot of creamy white in the living room.</span></div>
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Nita Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833196166679983378noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518721847478228439.post-9570945487746565542019-08-25T08:30:00.000-05:002019-08-25T08:30:02.044-05:00Open House Sunday<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Today...a Modern Bungalow...sort of...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">built 1917</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, this is an old house...for sure...but inside it's brand new!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little bungalow is in the Plaza District neighborhood of Oklahoma City.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Twenty years ago this neighborhood was really down on it's luck but now it's one of the most popular areas of town for dining and shopping and just hanging out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the old homes that were long neglected are being renovated in this neighborhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This neighborhood is not on the register for historic places so anything can be done to a house and anything is being done to houses in the Plaza.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one is cute...of course. But new modern windows replace the original wood windows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In my neighborhood if it's decided a window is in such poor condition that it needs to be replaced a new one must be made of wood just like the old ones. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thankfully there is a company in town that does a fantastic job at this.</span></div>
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<a href="http://woodwindowrescue.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Wood Window Rescue</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They restore and repair historic windows. They did my neighbor's house a few years ago and they did an amazing job!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So if your house is designated Historic and is on the Historic register - you are not allowed to willy nilly do whatever you like on the outside. I'm happy about that...it keeps people from doing weird renovations. But on the other hand there are things I'd like to do to my house that are period appropriate but because my house didn't have them to begin with...I'm not allowed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like I'd like to turn my windows in front into french doors going out on to the front patio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was something that was done to other houses when my house was built but because my house didn't have this...I can never do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh...well...I'll survive. I understand they want to keep it all authentic to the time period. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Back to this house...it's very light and bright inside. I love that but....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bungalows traditionally were not light and bright.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They were cozy and dark. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I wonder about renovations that take all the original inside character out and replace it with modern things. Like that modern wall fireplace. It's cool...I suppose...but I'd rather the original fireplace if there was one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This house is staged and it's a crazy mix of furniture. I do like that it's fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But if I bought this house - the first thing I'd do is put in a more traditional looking fireplace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So the wall is gone between living room and dining room and kitchen. One of the things I love about bungalows is they usually have a pretty divided wall between living and dining. Maybe this one didn't but I hate to see those gone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But it is a nice open space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do like this kitchen ...but it's so modern farmhouse. I love a white kitchen. My own kitchen is white but this kitchen doesn't look like it would be in a bungalow at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that bothers me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But a lot of people will love it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I guess that's all that matters. Actually...I should try to design a bungalow kitchen that is light and bright but still feels like a bungalow..that would be a nice challenge for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tile is fun. I'd get tired of it very fast though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I really like this mirrors and the lights over them...again..this does not feel like a bungalow at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Very cool shower and tub.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Very modern</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> They created rooms in the attic...so it's a two story now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The backyard has a ways to go to reach it's full potential. That's for the new owners to work on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> see full listing <a href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1629-N-Klein-Ave-Oklahoma-City-OK-73106/21857949_zpid/?" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> What's your feelings on renovations like this? Do you think they should stay more true to the original character of the house or go with what's trending at the moment?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Personally, I think it's better to mimic the original vibe of the house than to go with trends that will be dated quickly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I know it's mainly younger buyers in this neighborhood and they have to do what appeals to them. </span></div>
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Nita Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833196166679983378noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518721847478228439.post-77845842845596597832019-08-22T10:47:00.000-05:002019-08-22T10:47:07.143-05:00Let's Build a Trellis<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">the easy way</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's post is about a product I ran across on Pinterest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't like it when Pinterest started with the ads a few years ago but darn it if I don't find things I need through that feature from time to time. Clothes and shoes mostly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But...I've had a situation at my house for quite awhile that I did not know what to do about till I happened upon a solution on Pinterest.</span></div>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L_5ax64CVuE/XV3ovO6_WBI/AAAAAAAAmYc/mk3qTjShZooXzgdgVZCygFCfLMf2ZNPdACLcBGAs/s1600/roseclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L_5ax64CVuE/XV3ovO6_WBI/AAAAAAAAmYc/mk3qTjShZooXzgdgVZCygFCfLMf2ZNPdACLcBGAs/s640/roseclose.jpg" width="628" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last summer I bought a sweet pink climbing rose off Ebay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I buy all kinds of stuff off Ebay including plants. I've bought hostas, lilies and this rose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This rose was advertised as being native and hardy to my part of the country and I needed a rose that could survive the bright sun and heat that hits the front of my cottage in the summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just looked up my past purchases on Ebay and this was an Antique Heirloom Seven Sisters Climbing Rose. I bought in June of 2017. Oh my two years ago!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was just a little sprig of a thing. The first year, not much happened.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But this past spring I got some lovely blooms and it took off growing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But as the summer progressed - this was the situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I knew I needed a trellis. But all the trellis's were made straight up and down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted it to curve and follow the arch of my front porch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I debated making one of wire or copper pipe...which seemed involved and I didn't want a big trellis on the front of my house. I had seen hooks that you are suppose to drill into your house. But I did not want to drill holes into my brick. It's old and fragile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So one day I'm on Pinterest and I see this ad for Magic Tape!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This stuff is suppose to hold up anything. And even works on a rough surface like brick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's double sided.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It will stick up very heavy things and when you are ready to take whatever down..it comes off without leaving a residue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's truly magic stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the <a href="https://www.lifeboostershop.com/products/magic-adhesive-tape?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=video_paid&utm_campaign=190617_magic_adhesive_tape&utm_content=video2&pp=1" target="_blank">link</a> so you can watch the video if you have not seen it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought from the site <a href="https://www.lifeboostershop.com/products/magic-adhesive-tape?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=video_paid&utm_campaign=190617_magic_adhesive_tape&utm_content=video2&pp=1" target="_blank">LifeBooster</a>. I was skeptical and worried it wouldn't come but in two weeks it appeared in my mailbox.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ordered the smallest amount. It was $14.99.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I bought command hooks at Walmart. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I bought these because they are clear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I cut small pieces of the tape and stuck it into the grout of my brick. I had done a test the day before on the back of my house to see if it would work and it did...stayed all day and came off very easily when I pulled it off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I stuck up several hooks with the stuff and pushed the vine into the hooks. I had contemplated tying the stalk to the hooks with twine but decided to push inside. I may regret and be taking them out and tying next year because if the vines get large they will burst out of the hooks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Any gardeners have an opinion on this? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There you see it close up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this has been up over a week now and it's doing great. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still stuck very tight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I guess as more branches grow - I'll add more hooks.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I guess...I don't really know how this is going to go.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's an experiment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One day the front of my house will look like this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This magic tape is amazing. I fixed this little problem too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought this mailbox a year or so ago because the weenies kept eating my mail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a mail slot and it drops to the floor and the dogs run in there and get my mail before I do and scatter it around the house. This has been a problem since I moved in. But one day I was browsing Hobby Lobby and found this antique looking mailbox that was just the right color to blend with my historic house plaque on my porch.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This was the solution to keep the weenies out of my mail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I drilled holes into the brick and used anchors to hang it but there was no way to keep the bottom of the mailbox attached to the house. This really became a problem say if I got a magazine or a bunch of mail - the postman would cram it in there and I'd come home finding my mail box about to fall off the wall. Sometimes dangling. It just wasn't stable. It needed to be attached to the wall at the bottom as well. I tried several sticky things and nothing stuck to the brick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But after I made my trellis, I cut a bit of the magic tape and stuck to the bottom on the back </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and ta-da!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now my mailbox is very secure. It doesn't move around at all any more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have no idea what else I'll use this magic tape for but I bet I come up with some other uses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few photos of the porch as summer is winding down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It will be super hot here for at least another 4 weeks. So it will be awhile before fall goes out on the porch. I keep twinkle lights in the lanterns on my front porch year round.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I love that nest pillow. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I bought from my sponsor over on the right margin of this blog - </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was the first pillow bought from her. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But I have several that I change with the season.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm sure many of you are familiar with her designs. So lovely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My impatiens are doing really well now. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't have much of a budget for flowers this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought one group of six impatiens for $1.98 in the spring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With that one group of six tiny plantings...I've filled four big pots full.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Actually, when I buy impatiens I look for gangly ones...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ones that have gotten long because I </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">nip them off and stick the part I nipped off into damp soil in a pot and keep it damp for a week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the end of the week...those little cuttings have started growing in the new pot and the old ones are better for being groomed. I do it over and over during the summer till I have lots of impatiens around here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> built 1929</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little house is on my street but in the neighborhood to the west of me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It actually sold last summer but I was too busy at the time to blog about it so doing now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This house had a huge makeover before going on the market. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think it turned out very pretty but personally I would not have made it quite so modern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the before. This neighborhood is not designated historic so you can do whatever you like to your house. In my neighborhood you would not be allowed to make the cosmetic changes that were made two this home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't mind that they painted it white. I like that. But I would have kept the original windows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think I would have kept the wall too that surrounds the front porch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do like how open the house is now without the wall but there are ways you could have made that wall special and more cozy without removing it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to how the house is now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like a lot of the choices made on this home. I just think they could have made them and kept the original details intact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Colors used throughout the home are very cheerful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like the front door painted blue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do like how the inside was staged to sell. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's very modern appealing to the young buyers who want to live in the city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like the color they painted the fireplace. It would have originally been brick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pretty arched doorways throughout. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would have fallen in love with this house back when I was shopping but wouldn't have bought because I wanted original details. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can you imagine how beautiful that original window was in this room with it's arched top?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That was such a mistake removing it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm sure it was a financial decision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not a fan of the ceiling fan. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y6rO6x_kzXA/XVm29tFd4VI/AAAAAAAAmVs/w7YL8_PZMNw1m24o_SCWFbLWGFoYGAbmwCLcBGAs/s1600/ISqha5xa9amkae1000000000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y6rO6x_kzXA/XVm29tFd4VI/AAAAAAAAmVs/w7YL8_PZMNw1m24o_SCWFbLWGFoYGAbmwCLcBGAs/s640/ISqha5xa9amkae1000000000.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They opened the dining room up to the kitchen. All these houses are being opened up in this way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both houses on either side of me have had complete remakes of the kitchen dining areas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both have been opened up. Mine is still closed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I understand why they do it. It's beautiful and feels so airy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe some day I will - maybe </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Just a very nice black and white kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd prefer a range hood. I am not a fan of a microwave over the stove.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know it's convenient. I just don't like the look of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd have fun accessorizing this kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I'm jealous that there is a laundry area off the kitchen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My laundry is stacked washer dryer in the hall closet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am growing weary of that arrangement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Basic bedroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Another bedroom/office</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again...this home was staged. No one living in it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bathroom is cute. Small but cute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The bathroom cabinet is more modern than I would have gone but I'm sure it appeals to many.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Oh...my! I am digging that shower head. I absolutely need. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where can I get one? I'm going to go searching. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like the hex tile used in this bath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back yard is very basic. It's interesting what they did with the garage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looks like they tore it down partially or built it back up partially.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't mind it. I wouldn't want to put a car there though. I'd want to decorate it</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as an outdoor room. Lots of room here to create something fabulous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">See the full listing <a href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/716-NW-Eubanks-St-Oklahoma-City-OK-73118/21848264_zpid/" target="_blank">here </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">although it sold last year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I got another design project last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are these cute little brownstones near downtown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's called The Hill at Bricktown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my past customers asked for my help finishing up her brownstone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She has done an excellent job of furnishing it and just needs help accessorizing and adding a few pieces here and there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I helped her with her dining room last fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This will be a fun project for me just adding the little things that makes a house a home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are photos of the neighborhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I told her you can almost pretend you are living in Brooklyn, NY.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> They are awfully cute and close to downtown as you can see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is a clubhouse and a swimming pool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Hope you are having a nice Sunday. I'm staying in working at the computer. I'd like to be out but it's 100+ outside. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This is that time of year when I start thinking summer cannot end fast enough for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decorate with shells in the summer months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought I'd share because won't be long till it all changes to fall stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought that little ocean life painting off Ebay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was painted in the 30's or 40's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's very nicely done and I love the original frame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are in the dog days of summer now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So hot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been trying to clean up things in the backyard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been neglected while I was working at a store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There just was no time and I was exhausted or working on my days off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Doesn't take long for vines to take over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been cutting and pulling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weenies are enjoying me being home...they want to go in</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and out all day long..drives me crazy but a good crazy.</span></div>
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linking up at Debra's party at <a href="https://www.commonground-do.com/2019/08/all-about-home-link-party-1.html" target="_blank">Common Ground</a></div>
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