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Just a Little Update

 

(aren't I cute?)

 I got an email the other day from a nice lady asking if I'd be interested in blogging

about my experience shopping and using Build.com's products.

She asked me to view the site and let her know which items I might want.
Well, I wrote back and said I could redo my whole kitchen with what is on Build.com.
Let's start with a farmhouse sink, new appliances, etc....

She wrote back and gave me a budget.
So I'm starting small....

 

New cabinet pulls. I've wanted bin pulls for my drawers for ages but could never find 

any the right size. I wanted some that would not involve me drilling new holes.

On Build.com you can search by style, color, metal and measurement!

That led me to several options including the one pictured above.

14 please! 

I'm keeping my existing knobs as they are perfectly fine and anything new

I would want, would look pretty much the same.

 

(Can you imagine it with the bin pulls instead?)

Not a big changed but I have just always wanted bin pulls.

 

So since I didn't spend much on the kitchen...and I already have a new kitchen faucet 

just waiting to be installed...I turned my attention to the master bath.

I like my faucet just ok in there....so a new one seemed like a good choice.

 

Pretty...right?

And it says HOT and COLD...I always like that vintage touch.

As I typed this the door bell range and it was Fed Ex with my bin pulls!
Faucet is coming, separately.

I can't believe how fast the shipping was.
I chose like last Friday and here it is Wednesday and they are here already.

I can't wait to get in there and do the ol'switcheroo.

But first today on my day off...I'm going to the vet to pick up more
antibiotics for Violet.

Last Wednesday she had another seizure.
Scared me bad and I called my Vet at home.

He said just to watch her and if she has a third...we'll do something.
Next night...Thursday...she has another!

So painful to see her struggle afterwards.

As I sat with her after the third one...I thought about is there anything different in her life
that might be causing this...since the vet did blood tests and couldn't find anything wrong?

The only thing different in her life was a new food I'd fed her.

I'd bought on a whim Iams dog food...dry...naturals with no grain or chicken.
Violet has been eating canned food for the last three years because she does better on it.
She is allergic to grain and chicken.
Every once in awhile I'll buy a dry food to try her on...and she usually gets stuffed up in her nose and coughs a lot!

So I tried this new food and she seemed to do well.
She ate it and her canned food off and on for about maybe a week.
Then she had the seizure.

I took her to the vet and he said her teeth needed to be cleaned and she had an infection.
He put her on an antibiotic which I had to feed mixed in the canned food.

So she only ate canned food for a week.

A week goes by...no seizures.
Then last Wednesday, I had a doctor's appointment and I was running late...so I just poured out
some dry for them to eat until I could get home and properly feed.
That night she has a seizure!

The next day...I fed as usual...then they acted like they were hungry later in the day so I poured out
some of the dry. That night Violet had another seizure!
All three of these seizures have happened while she was sleeping.
But afterwards she cannot sleep and she is totally out of it and crying and it takes hours for her to settle down and go to sleep.

So I looked up on the internet to see if seizures can be related to food and read that they can be.

So....I called my vet yesterday to tell him what I think and he says I could be right.

So now...she's going to have another week of antibiotics and I'll watch her and then we'll decide
if we'll do the teeth cleaning or not.

She needs the teeth cleaning cause we don't want the infection to spread to her organs.

For a few days she seemed a little unsteady on her feet but she seems to have recovered from that.

The vet said she could just have been sore from the actual seizure.

Plus she seemed like she couldn't see well...he said that too can be an after affect but that hopefully her
eyesight would return.
I think it has.

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Mod Mix Monday #181

Like in the Library

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I've seen that wallpaper before...but never so much of it!

I think it's pretty brilliant used in this space.

It makes a very very tall space....some how cozy.

How was your Valentine's Day?

I worked. Everyone at worked dressed for the day....we had our reds and pinks out with pride.

I was surprised after work by cupid...he left several gifts for me at my house.

Thanks, Mom!

 They included a miniature rose bush. 

I love those.

A little concrete statue for the yard...which was a little nest full of birds.

and for some reason....a fancy weed puller.

She said she loved her's and was sure I'd love mine. 

I thought it was a pooper scooper which I say I have more of than weeds.

It was a very nice surprise.

Here are favorites from last week's Mod Mix Monday.

 Martinel made herself this pretty coat rack.

 

Nicki of Tshirt and Jeans showed off this precious little girl's room.

It starts with that cute needlepoint fox pillow and then pan out.

 Love the pink dresser...and the rug is super cute.

 Everyday Living sets a pretty Valentine table.

 Adirondack Girl @ Heart made a very sweet Valentine banner for the fireplace.

Darrielle of DD's Cottage paints another piece of furniture and turns it into something special.

Please join in this week's Mod Mix Monday!

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

New and old together...

Please include the Mod Mix Monday logo and back link to me.

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

If you link up...I'd appreciate it, if you'd follow me.

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Open House Sunday

Tudor Cottage in Atlanta
 

built 1935

 This precious Atlanta cottage looks very vintage on the outside but inside,

it's all brand new. I wish they'd left some of the original details intact.  

 Of course these photos were taken mid winter but you can tell the yard must be picture perfect in good weather.

 I like the large slabs of stone that create a front yard patio. 

It's more the suggestion of one

than really one...but I really like the look of this.

This is really something to file away in an idea file for future yard ideas for my own home.
The details on the outside of this house are just lovely.

 I'm in love with this living room. It's so light and bright!
I'm a sucker for a sofa like that, especially in that color.
I really like the lucite coffee table. 

It's just all very very pretty. Obviously original 1935 walls have been removed to make the space open.
I like that big gold table between the two chairs too.

 The kitchen has all the right things in it.

Aren't the bar stools pretty? Love the range hood.

 Obviously, this room has been opened up too so that the whole house is open concept.
It's nice but inside this old house now feels brand new.
Any old features are now gone. And I love an old house with old house details.

 But this house is very liveable...that is for sure.
Kitchen opens up to another living area. I'm sure this living area was an add on to the original house.
 It would be a great space to cook in.

 I like any house that includes a butler's pantry.
  Light and bright dining room just off the front living space.

 More of the back living area.

What is not to like? It's beautiful but again you feel like you are in a brand new house...not a vintage one.


 Master bedroom

Interesting built in - in the master bedroom.

Lots of marble in the bath...who doesn't like that?

Love this sitting area!

Outdoor fireplace on the screen porch is a plus.

Big nice back yard.
What do you think? Is it too modern on the inside or do you like it?
I don't like it when old houses are gutted and made brand new inside.
Build a new house if you want it all brand new inside.
But this is a pretty house...and wanted you to see.

See full listing here.

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