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The Power Of Paint
Wanna know a secret? There is one thing, above all other things, that is almost like magic when you are looking to completely change the look of a room or a piece or furniture. Something that doesn’t have to cost a whole lot of money and that almost everyone can do, with a little practice, whether they have much design experience or not. Would you like me to let you in on this secret? Okay I will but only because I really like you and we’re friends. It’s paint! I thought I’d share just a couple things I’ve done with paint to show you what I mean. Furniture I purchased…
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It’s All About The Fall Vibes: Keeping It Simple
I’m not sure anyone can truly appreciate the room I’m about to show you, unless we once again take a brief step back. Back to what my powder room was like only 1 short year ago. Back before the board and batten. And the Alabaster paint. And the palest of coral paint (Thanks Emily’s sister for giving me the perfect shade of blush). And before the cool painted floor. And definitely before the most perfect vintage mirror!!! Oh yes! And then let’s start our little tour at “the now” and we can be surprised together and oooh and aaaah and make our eyes really wide! Are you ready? Me too!…
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Fabulous French Buffet
I’ve been looking for specific pieces of furniture off and on for several years now. As y’all know I prefer to get solid used pieces or antiques and refinish them if necessary rather than buy new and either pay a small fortune for solid wood or wind up with cheap pressboard garbage that won’t last as long as a snowball in a hot place! Keeping in mind that I have very specific size requirements for several of the pieces due to the lack of any walls (open concept) and adding in my love of ornate french details, its not easy to find used pieces in the area in which I…
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The Train Has Left The Station
Well…..not quite yet but it will be leaving shortly for a new station. As such most of the train cars are already inaccessible and the box cars are filled with coal and all sorts of other things to transport to the new station. I’d love to show you what the old train station looked like and I hope to be able to one day but I’ve looked and I’ve looked and I can’t seem to find the before pics. I’m sure I have a few. Maybe I don’t. But I think I do. But maybe I don’t. Anyways it was pale pink and had very damaged walls. Think swiss cheese…
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How Much Do You Really Know About My Bedroom?
Anything? Anyone? Have you seen it ever? There’s a good reason for that. Want to see what it is? If a picture is worth a thousand words I think this one should be worth a couple thousand at least. Don’t you? In my defense, this was before I arrived on the scene. None of this is my stuff. Not even the lumps in the bedding. That bookcase on the right did stay though and believe it or not it’s still on the scene. You would never know it now, however. The ensuite bathroom is to the left. You can see the doorknob here. Don’t you just love a good before…
