Open House Sunday 36

In Carmel, California

built 1992

Due to lack of good houses to show in these parts....I'm showing a cottage in Carmel, California this fine Sunday.

Built in 1992 but great pains were taken to make it appear to be a vintage cottage.

That's quite a reach for a good book.

This is a bit rustic for my taste and wow I hate what they did to that dishwasher. 

I still know its a dishwasher, don't you? They aren't fooling anybody.

I believe appliances should look like appliances...it's ok...it's a kitchen.

Ok, this bathroom looks like 1992.

Kind of love that whitewashed knotty pine.

Three stories on the backside. Very quaint.

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Saturday Morning

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This is how every Saturday morning should look.

Sparkling sunshine and flowers.

I realize it's still winter but a girl can dream of spring mornings.

Word around the internet is that google followers might be going away eventually, 

so I added the new Linky Followers that will always be available.

It has some really cool features.

I use Linky Tools for my linky party every week and it's the bomb.

So I hope you'll follow me through the new Linky Followers feature I've added to my 

right margin.

I plan on following all my favorites through it.

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Romantic Decor

No One Does It Better

Rachel Ashwell, of course.

The Queen of Shabby Chic Style

The above photo came from the latest issue of Cottage Style (spring/summer 2012)

This one too.

She's using more color these days.

But you can't beat her more typical palette of white, pink, grey and a little turquoise.

This bedroom is like sleeping in a cloud.

billowy pink curtains

luscious

shabby chic sheets

pretty bed...perfect for Valentines

So the other night I'm working guest services at Target and a lady returns a set of queen 

simply shabby chic sheets. She hands them to me and says,

"I want to return these."

They have obviously been washed and are wadded up and stuffed in a sack.

I asked if there was anything wrong with them.

She said, "Yes, look at them! They are so wrinkled!"

I smiled and said..."Well, I think that is the whole idea."

"The shabby chic experience. They are suppose to be rumpled."

She said back, "Well, if that is how they are suppose to be...I want no part of that experience."

So she went off to find some polyester sheets to exchange them for.

Well, I couldn't stand to see these perfectly good sheets go to waste. 

So I snatched them up at the repackaged price of $35. 

The girl who rang me up thought it weird I was buying slightly used sheets.

I didn't think it weird but frugal.

Would you have bought them?

They were the grey ones with embroidered edges.

Everyone is asking for a Franklin update.

Things are going fabulously.

Harvey finally warmed to him although he doesn't love him like he did Newman.

Franklin adores Sally and follows her everywhere and pesters her non stop.

All three of them play together. 

Franklin is at the window when I come home each day.

That is so nice to be greeted by him. 

He likes to steal things. He stole my nightgown while I was  taking a shower the other morning 

and took it into the backyard.

He is not destructive...he just likes to grab things and run off with them.

He learned to eat off a spoon like a little baby very quickly.

Only took one time of watching the others to learn how to do it.

He kept trying to steal everyone else's bites of food until I started saying out loud...

"This one's for Violet"

"This one for Sally"

"This one for Harvey"

"Now, THIS one's for Franklin"

Now he is understanding that each gets their turn when I say each one's name.

I'll have new photos of him soon, I promise.

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