Mod Mix Monday #90

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This room appears very simple, doesn't it?

But it's the little things in it that make it charming.

Small retro chairs flank the antique marble fireplace.

Shabby sconces and chandelier complete the ambiance.

I love the artwork. 

"Incurable Romantic"

I think those words describe this room very well.

Again many nice projects linked up in last week's party.

Here are my favorites.....

Angela at Hickory Trail used chalk paint for the first time to paint her buffet.

The paint really brings out it's pretty lines.

Pattie aka The Shabby Chick found a pair of great chandeliers for her kitchen at World Market.

The color is perfect with her grey cabinets.

City Farmhouse shared her family room makeover. 

It includes this great piece she bought for $10!

Geez! It's pretty.

Jennifer of Simply Ciani shared how she made this sweet lampshade.

And finally, Tanya of Twelve O Eight tells how to make this 

smashing shamrock banner for St. Patty's Day.

Share your Mod Mixes for this week below.

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

New and old together...

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Open House Sunday

Historic Tudor in Dallas

built 1932

This house is very pretty from the outside. 

I love the decorative trim on the gable of the front door overhang.

Fantastic stain glass too.

There seems to be a green color scheme going on within this home.

I'm sure it was inspired by the green tile fireplace.

Of course this room would be better without the ceiling fan.

That's an unusual archway to the dining room. 

I haven't seen shelf openings like those before.

The top shelf is open to the other room and underneath it's a regular built in bookshelf.

See, just small openings on the dining room side.

Looks like the original chandelier here.

Stain glass door...wondering if it's original to the house.

Here the green follows through with a checkered floor.

This kitchen would be spectacular with new countertops and appliances.

This breakfast bar would not have been original. 

A wall was taken out here to open the kitchen up to the breakfast nook.

I know they tear these walls out in lots of these homes to make the kitchen bigger.

Personally, I prefer the kitchen kept it's original size.

I like the separate room of a breakfast nook.

Here's the nook...

I wish we could see more of the built in buffet.

I love those. My house only has a small corner cupboard built in.

I so wish I had a big one like this.

This shot shows what I'm sure is the hallway to the backdoor. 

And it's where a staircase is to go upstairs.

A curved staircase...very unusual.

Pretty spot for a master under the eaves. 

I hate, hate, hate that staircase railing. 

It is just weird.

See how strange it is? Looks like lots of black garden hose.

This is my favorite room in the house by far!

Love love love this bathroom!

Look at all this tile!

It's so va-va-vintage!

Cute little vanity here too.

Another room under the eaves.

Back downstairs, another bedroom.

And a bedroom turned sitting room. 

I imagine this was originally an open porch. 

This room would be so pretty with furniture in it. 

These photos make me think the family is already moved out.

Big garage...for a historic house this size. 

Oh....I adore this little side porch all private and hidden.

Interesting brick path and nice pergola.

See the full listing here

Can't wait to watch The Academy Awards tonight...how about you?

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Romantic Kitchens

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Can a kitchen be romantic?

Why of course!

That one above is definitely romantic.

The frilly details of the cabinets and the sconces make it so.

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This one is -  in a bright airy way.

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Pretty brackets, dishes and flowers makes this one dreamy.

That marble doesn't hurt either.

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The hot pink towels make it clear that this kitchen is intended for romance.

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This kitchen is divine. 

Chandeliers....beautiful furniture and a fireplace...complete the romantic ambiance.

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More marble, pretty china and flowers take this kitchen from ordinary to precious.

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This is a glamorous kitchen. Clean and pretty and flowers.

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This kitchen is for romance most assuredly. 

Perhaps too much romance going on here and not enough cooking.

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This I think would be the most romantic kitchen of all...side by side stoves.

You each have your own stove to cook on!

It's a great kitchen too!

Though I don't live with another person...I do have someone to cook with.

My Violet.

I cook pasta a lot and rice too...things that need to boil and then simmer for awhile.

I will start the pot and then come in and get on the computer and before I know it I've forgotten all 

about my cooking pot.

But Violet doesn't...she will come in when she knows it's done. 

She can smell that it's ready.

So many times I've forgotten I was even cooking anything and then here she comes

with her demanding bark.

Many times...I've said.."Now, hush!"

"You've already been out and you've eaten."

"What could you possibly want?"

I totally have forgotten I had something on the stove.

Violet becomes more insistent.

Barking her loudest bark and lunging forward.

Finally, I get up to go see what she wants only to discover my pasta is boiling or 

the rice is about to scorch!

And then I feel so bad for putting her off!

She knows the food is done and has come to tell me!

She always gets a big thank you and bites of whatever I'm cooking.

Of course she knows she will get her share which is why she watches it so closely.

She doesn't want me to burn her dinner!

So I'm thinking about kitchen stuff because I bought a new kitchen faucet about a month ago.

And now that life has settled down...I'm thinking of installing it.

Have any of you installed a kitchen faucet yourself?

The only thing that has me worried is where you turn the water off.

I'm not sure about that. 

Let me know if you've done it and if it was very hard.

I watched my Dad install a bathroom faucet once in my old house.

He made an awful ruckus about having to be under the sink.

I fear that is the hardest part.

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