tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69990104451255396022024-03-14T07:16:04.152-04:00Wise Designs Inspirations.Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04402209872505900515noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999010445125539602.post-32424876151696125312013-10-14T12:11:00.000-04:002013-10-14T12:11:48.598-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>OUR NEW (OLD) HOME!!!</u></span></h2>
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7643 Timber Springs Drive, Fishers IN 46038</h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is our new (old) home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">21 years old in fact!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But in perfect condition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ready to move in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But still providing us with some fun updating projects to tackle over time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the back of the house:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have lots of trees and shade and not much grass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is a tree specialist coming out soon to trim and cut some of the smaller trees down to "open" things up a little more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are also going to put down some flag stone, gravel and other "hardscape" finishes. This will help keep the mud to a minimum and allow us to enjoy the back yard more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know you are anxious to see pictures of the inside but I haven't taken any with our "stuff" yet....so be patient!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hugs for now,</span></div>
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Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04402209872505900515noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999010445125539602.post-91668655733371542062012-08-27T13:58:00.001-04:002012-08-27T13:58:07.951-04:00UP IN A BALLOON!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Sammy and I went to Conner Prairie </i><a href="http://connerprairie.org/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">http://connerprairie.org/</a> <i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">this past Saturday. It was loads of fun...a little warm but fun. </i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">We took a ride on the Helium Balloon. We met Maria who was the balloon pilot who took us up 300 ft i. The only other one like this is in California!</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>You can see the outdoor theater where they have open air concerts throughout the summer and you can take a picnic...too fun!\</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We met Mike the the Lenape Indian and we both had goes throwing the tomahawk at the target. ...I hit it twice...!!! </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Then we met Alexander the trapper who told us where the term "Buck" (as in $) came from....A buck's skin was worth a dollar back then....and that's where the expression..."Got a Buck?" came from! </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>We walked towards Prairie town (outdoor pioneer village) and met Elizabeth, originally from Leeds, England in the loom house.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Popped over to see "Jo" at the Connor House (first brick house in the county!) </i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzfCOlIj9tU0P51UvBzjc4ciN0Temlheti5nYlK2VV8DLDVgl2O2Z7NrxpJCVcAu2vlMC1dVGkA34xtKwMgK7iso8k7BNSj5ByyoK4yvuQP8ZBkBoU4XEtg3XT0fNqZpjt6j4v_r3Zfo/s1600/images+%25289%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzfCOlIj9tU0P51UvBzjc4ciN0Temlheti5nYlK2VV8DLDVgl2O2Z7NrxpJCVcAu2vlMC1dVGkA34xtKwMgK7iso8k7BNSj5ByyoK4yvuQP8ZBkBoU4XEtg3XT0fNqZpjt6j4v_r3Zfo/s400/images+%25289%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We petted some cuuuuute baby animals in the barn.</span><br />
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<i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">and finally we headed back to the car. This was a great place to take a young special guy like our Sammy. Everyone was so sweet to him!</span></i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Here is the link to Conner Prairie outdoor Pioneer Museum if you are ever in Fishers, Indiana it is a MUST SEE!</i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mandy</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Long time "no see"...but I have my reasons....busy, busy summer. There wasn't much "downtime" for me to concentrate on blogging. Just enough to follow others. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Moving day with college kid...</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I was feeling pretty "down in the dumps" earlier this week...everything just hit me at once. I had no more zap left...not for anyone or anything! No! Guess the result of dealing with a special needs teenager, sending another one off to college, having a potential offer on the lake house fall through and a bunch of everything else you don't need to hear about just did if for me! </span></i></div>
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<i><i><i style="text-align: left;">I'm not very good at talking when I am "down". Would rather let those close to me know with an email. So I sent off a long email to my sister in Switzerland and she picked up the phone and called me. The result of that phone call was a beautiful basket of flowers delivered to my door the very next day!!!</i></i></i></div>
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<i>Here they are "sans" pink flowers....sorry forgot to take before pic...but just imagine pink "Carnies" etc stuck here and there. </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So Pwetty! and in case you wanted to proof! I bought it in a little shop in England lots of years ago!!!!!</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;"> </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There it sits with the little kitten trinket box my mum gave me when I was much younger and a little Lenox vase I picked up at good ole' GW (Goodwill). He holds my make up brushes...which don't get used a lot!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Today we participated in Central Indiana's Best Buddy Walk. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">We dragged our teenage boys out of bed this Sunday morning which, believe me, is quite an acoomplishment! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Other members of the "clan" showed up and we headed downtown. It was cold and damp. But we were doing this </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">for a great cause. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Our son, Sammy loves his buddies. They take him bowling, to the movies and shopping. This is fun for a young teenager to have peers to "hang" out with. It is a great program and we, as parents of a special needs child, truly appreciate it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">So here we are before the start of the race, actually I am taking this picture! My husband Mark, Pam, Ryan & Katy, Alan 18, Sammy 15 and Joe 15. (Hannah and Michael are trying to get ready for the Wedding so could not be with us). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A fun time and thanks to my wonderful family for taking time out of their weekend to show their support! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>What a fun day we had! So many laughs and a few sweet tears... Great food and great company!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Early one evening something caught Mark's eye outside the window in the family room....it was a deer...it was about 10 feet from the window....of course my camera was back in our bedroom inside my handbag...isn't that just typical??? Anyway, I rushed back with it and managed to snap this shot. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">We often see the deer come out of the woods at this time, but usually they stay quite a distance away. This was the first time they had ventured so close to the house. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">We are so lucky to have a nature preserve right on our back step. The wildlife is a treat. We have seen foxes, coyotes, turkey vultures (yuck!) lots of bunnies, ducks and the dreaded geese (</span><span style="font-size: large;">I don't like them...there are too many of them and they poop everywhere...Lola chases them away for us.) </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> lots and lots of birds and deer of course . </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>March is upon us, and here in Indiana the daffodils stalks are pushing through the mulch and reminding us that the spring season is upon us.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I just did some very simple additions or changes to the already existing vignettes...I like change, believe me but when I find something that works I tend to stick to it until I am absolutely sick of it!!! With work, teenagers and trying to sell a house, this seems to be working well for me too!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>So, main rooms that got "hit" were the main living areas: Kitchen, dining room and a wee touch in the living room.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Kitchen table</i>: Boot tray, corks (hmm...wine consumption.....but many years worth!!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kitchen mantle: Large blue eggs (a few years old and realize I need to remove labels...!), broom brush bunny (Goodwill last year).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cabbage bowl (last year Ebay - dirt cheap), ceramic bunny (old) cloche filled with eggs, croissants and artichokes (all stuff I had),</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Centerpiece: Same old basket from sale last year. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">filled with 3 wire baskets (Tuesday Morning) full of gourdes, decorative balls and two large decorative eggs (Michael's). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">I tweaked the mantle. Brought back orange Japanese Lanterns and 3 cool handmade brown artichoke looking stems (World Market), painted an existing cardinal orange and added milk glass etc.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">As soon as some of the other students saw Joe's shoes they wanted a pair...so yesterday, I worked on 3 more pairs.....a very large pair for one of the young men, David, and two smaller pairs for a couple of the girls, Daisia and Abbey. Abbey's were a really small pair of practice dance shoes...</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>And one of the girls did a great lace on Joe's shoes...need to copy that!!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>The premier was tonight....I hope they all held up and that everyone did well!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Oh and to make a lot of you feel good, this is what my laundry room looked like this morning when I got up...ugh!</i></span></div>
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<br /></div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04402209872505900515noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999010445125539602.post-90507331897675832622012-02-17T07:47:00.000-05:002012-03-15T07:30:29.284-04:00FINALLY! PAINTED BAR CHAIRS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Yup they're finally done....(actually they've been upstairs for a couple of weeks but haven't had a chance to create a post on them....), the dreaded kitchen bar stools that hubby asked me to paint and I happily agreed to take on remembering how easy the dining chairs had been see that post <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/11/painted-dining-room-chairs.html">here</a> are finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">And here they are down in the basement waiting to be painted</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Now I don't have any of the actual paint process...but I can tell you it was painfully slow and tough...see those lovely craftsman style spindles?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">I am happy they are done...really happy!</span></div>
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</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04402209872505900515noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999010445125539602.post-88161017613435865532012-02-15T07:46:00.000-05:002012-02-15T07:46:00.099-05:00WINTER BOOT TRAY DECOR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">I haven't shown you my kitchen table boot tray centerpiece yet and as we are already February and here in Fishers, Indiana we are having our first real snow fall of the winter (!) I thought I'd better get this post out there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">I took this picture at dawn the other morning, that poor tree to the left of the photo has a serious case of coffee deprivation!</span></div>
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</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04402209872505900515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999010445125539602.post-63525607013680246272012-01-26T20:34:00.000-05:002012-01-26T22:26:52.667-05:00FABRIC SCRAPS AND A GOODWILL FRAME<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Okay, I have to apologize because I do not have any tutorial pics on this...sorry :( It was a quickie job and knowing me, the urge hit me and I went for it...no prep just make a mess and GO!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">So, I got this frame ages ago...more like years ago!! The glass was long gone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">I had some fun fabric scraps left over from various projects and decided to "do something" with these "unwanted" items!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Grabbed the frame, took the back off, placed some batting on the the backing and glued down strips of fabrics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Oh! the little fairy guy was in my "decoupage" stash...too fun eh??</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.stuff-and-nonsense.net/">http://www.stuff-and-nonsense.net/</a>
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</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04402209872505900515noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999010445125539602.post-24488632380581667882012-01-20T08:16:00.001-05:002012-03-15T07:31:26.467-04:00OVERLOADED "TO DO" LIST<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">my "<span style="color: blue;">TO DO</span>" list is so long I can't see the end of it!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And, to be honest, blogging has triggered my brain to want to do more!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I do love all the inspiration though, and I love to dive into a good project anytime... but part of the unfinished basement looks more like a bad case of "project overload" or a very badly managed furniture restoration site at the moment. Remember I showed you this pick from my post about my organized basement see <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2012/01/basement-organization.html">here</a>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">See the cute drop leave table to left? Okay, the top is now done but I need to paint the legs...thinking a soft aged green...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The two tall chest of drawers that used to look like this</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The two armchairs that go with my dining set are now painted to match the chairs I painted last November see <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/11/painted-dining-room-chairs.html">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">So, why am I not seeing the end of the list???? Well, hubbie asked me to paint our kitchen counter chairs too. "Great!" I said, "Bring them down, I'll get started on them!". So down they came. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Now, I have learnt with this particular project that not all chairs are built alike...duh....! My dining chairs had rounded spindles, here's one I showed you that a certain doggie chewed on....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">but my kitchen Mission Style counter to chairs have squared spindles like these... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And are much more time consuming to paint...they are close together, there are many of them....20 per chair to be precise with four sides each....80 sides altogether!!! And then add all the joists, legs etc.... So after a good sanding I got started...thought I'd try black stain instead of paint..liked it but too runny...(those spindles again!) so reverted to paint...but it stills builds up easily...hate that...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I over sanded after the first coat with my power sander, and had to smooth over everything with a higher grade sanding sponge...by hand...then wiped down, and painted again...t</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">hen I have to let them cure before next coat, </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">and do you find that you try to stick to a "system" when painting but get distracted by either outside things or by day dreaming and then miss spots or in my case entire inside legs?!! ...I am tired....I was down in my workshop ALL day yesterday and am NOT done...not even close .....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I'm pooped and soar </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And of course the life of a mother of three teenagers involves more than painting her life away....the "Engine Room" constantly needs attending to....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And DOES NOT look like this too often!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And all the other things....like a part time job and kids stuff and, and, and!!!! You guys understand. Today, I am not going to get back down "there"... I have a tennis match...and dinner plans with hubby. So will probably get back to it this weekend...In the meantime, the boys' bedrooms look like a bomb hit them, the laundry is building up, the phone calls need to be made....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">oh well...I do feel better having share my "scream" moment with you though</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Yup, spent the better part of a weekend, sorting and organizing the storage area in our unfinished basement. I couldn't believe how much STUFF I was able to weed out......AGAIN....ever since we put this house up for sale almost 3 years ago... (this is the year...yes it is!) I have "gone through" the unfinished basement several times. It seems that every time I find more STUFF that is no longer needed, wanted or necessary. I even got hubby and oldest son to weed through electronic and empty electronic boxes too..!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">All this lot went to the county recycle center!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And all this lot went to either Goodwill or the local consignment store...well actually, I haven't made it to the consignment store yet but am planning to this week :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">At the moment, I am also doing some painting...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The table to the right is actually topped with an old glass door and sits on wooden risers so that it is counter height. A great piece for wrapping/painting and other projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The other table is being "worked" on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Anyway, back to the storage area...check it out...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I say "Vowwww" in my best German accent to this pic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Look at all the empty shelves left!!!! By the way, I had the builder put this shelving up for me and I have never regretted it. Although it has been referred as "The Morgue"...can't imagine why????</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">All those totes to the left are ...EMPTY...woo hoo! The rest is extra tile, extra wood and paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This armoire sits off to the side. It is a great piece but not being used in the home decor at the mo' however it now holds the few silk flowers I still own, some faux greenery and branches and small items that need to be painted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">What a fine lady she was...I was truly blessed to have met her. She was known in our family as the "Fun Purple Lady" as this was her favorite color. She put together gift bags for one of my sons when he was little and in it were all sorts of nick knacks, bows, pens, etc and all were the color purple!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">She was a real character. She loved people and she decided early on that she wanted to live in an assisted living environment that allowed her to live independently in her own apartment but also gave her a community of friends and the social life that she loved. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Here she is with Steve and Sue's lab Shadow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Bernie kept a diary and some of her entries are very funny. She wore a wig and always put on make up. She modified her clothes by adding large pockets to her tops so that she could have any necessaries on hand. She wore bright colorful outfits and described each one in her daily entry. She spent a lot of time in the home's lobby meeting and greeting people and visiting with the local home's pet. She would have meals with some of her favorite "inmates" as she referred to them...hilarious....!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Now look at how creative and fun her pins are:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Sadly Bernie suffered a stroke earlier in November and seemed to be recovering well when she suffered another stroke. This time, sweet, delightful Bernie was not able to recover and passed away peacefully...she was 94 years old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Sue had these pins with her when she and Steve came over for Thanksgiving and I just had to dedicate a blog to this fine lady.</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In this "Review" post I want to show you some of the furniture projects I showcased on my blog in 2011.</span></i></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><u><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">Faux finished end table</span></u></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/01/faux-finished-table.html">here</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to see the full post.</span></span></i></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><u><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">Fun painted chairs.</span></u></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/01/fun-painted-old-dining-chairs.html">here</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to see the full post.</span></span></i></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><u><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">From old map cabinet to......</span></u></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/01/from-old-map-cabinet-to-tv-armoire-to.html">here</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to see the full post.</span></span></i></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><u><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Another fun painted chair</span></u></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/06/another-fun-little-painted-chair.html">here</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to view this post.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><u>Painted Angel</u></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Click<b> </b><a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/04/painted-angel.html" style="font-weight: bold;">here</a><b> </b>to see the full post.</i></span></div>
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<b style="color: #e69138; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Artwork or Chalkboard?</span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><u>Leather & Studs</u></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #4c1130;">Click <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/08/leather-and-studs.html">here</a> to see the full po</span>st.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><u>Kitchen Mantle</u></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>See <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/09/kitchen-mantle.html">here</a> for full post.</i></span></div>
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<b style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Easy Decoupage Table</span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b><u>Cool Painted Ladder Back chair</u></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>See <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/10/cool-painted-ladder-back-chair-before-i.html">here</a> to see full post.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><u>New Dining Chair Covers</u></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>See <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-dining-chair-slip-covers-and-seats.html">here</a> for full post.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><u>Painted Dining Chairs</u></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have every excuse for not blogging for the past few weeks....the day after Christmas I started ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">a cold</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">accompanied by a cold soar under my nose...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">accompanied by another cold soar in my nose, followed by ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I am pumping the vitamins, especially C so hopefully I'll crawl out of this rut, however, I did figure out that drinking lots of orange juice was only aggravating the cold sore situation due to its high acid content so I'm popping "horse" pill size Vit. C instead!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">During the germ attack, I did manage to get a few things done...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. All the Christmas decorations were sorted and put away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">6. And I working on some painting projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So not all bad really...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hugs for now,</span></div>
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</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04402209872505900515noreply@blogger.com411479 Lantern Rd, Fishers, IN 46038, USA39.9555928 -86.013872939.8582208 -86.171801399999993 40.0529648 -85.8559444tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999010445125539602.post-70770319748493468442011-12-23T06:59:00.000-05:002011-12-22T23:55:53.158-05:00SHOWING OFF THOSE BEST WISHES!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">I love receiving Christmas cards! Personally I prefer the good ol' fashioned ones instead of the now popular "photo" family cards. Don't get me wrong, I love to see all the families and friends, but receiving a pretty card with a beautiful saying just makes me smile! AND they don't go to waste. I re-use them to make my Christmas cards...that's another blog!....I also love to display them. Growing up my parents always strung the Christmas cards on ribbons and strings across certain walls in our home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">So here is my first card display area....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Having seen this idea all over blog land I was dying to try it, so I grabbed this old frame from the basement. I took the poster out of it. I had previously painted it (very quickly) and it got scuffed up over time but love that now! </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Attached some ribbon and cording to the back and pegged up some of my Christmas cards! It is on the wall above the small desk...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Easy peasy but oh so fashionable!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">In the living room I strung a long ribbon from either end of the mantle and just pegged them up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I did select the more muted cards for here.</span></div>
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</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04402209872505900515noreply@blogger.com211479 Lantern Rd, Fishers, IN 46038, USA39.9555928 -86.013872939.8582208 -86.171801399999993 40.0529648 -85.8559444tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999010445125539602.post-22665673612834226002011-12-21T06:57:00.000-05:002011-12-21T23:18:26.096-05:00CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART OF THE HOME.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large;">Replaced pumpkins with baubles in the glass containers and fall greenery for snowy and green greenery on the mantle. </i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large;">Set up all my little trees and various </i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large;">I set my tall old "nosey" Santa on the table. The tree and straw reindeer and antique angel and snowman I added. </i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large;"> The hutch has my large Guy Buffet green plate with some fun red Christmas mugs and I reused the vases that usually sit on the TV shelf.</i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large;">On the island I still have my birthday carnations on display.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">What better scent at Christmas time than the sweet aroma of oranges mixed with cloves?!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">I love to do this to oranges that might be a little past their prime...it's actually a fun little activity for most family members to do. Leave a bowl of cloves & some tooth picks (to make holes so as not to break cloves) next to a few oranges and let the fun begin. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3Robl6Vv8sTy5JJvdxyzGoTflpeBGsUM49wxZt1v0Np2y-xWdRgcvwRqcM9mQyEsCoTGjnkUYzJtmizlg-WoBYl9N9DiL1UMcc8i_kN92vvtc-9hi2a76YcTsEGfcYpFuMW5-ARY85k/s1600/mosaic83c35d42b747854ef70309195e54473456fb1348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3Robl6Vv8sTy5JJvdxyzGoTflpeBGsUM49wxZt1v0Np2y-xWdRgcvwRqcM9mQyEsCoTGjnkUYzJtmizlg-WoBYl9N9DiL1UMcc8i_kN92vvtc-9hi2a76YcTsEGfcYpFuMW5-ARY85k/s640/mosaic83c35d42b747854ef70309195e54473456fb1348.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">My </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>living room</b></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"> this year is decorated in a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>monochromatic</b></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"> decor which surprised even me! But I do love it. I just stayed with the teal, turquoise, green and cream theme that was already there and added in my Christmas decos around that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">The mantle is decked with frames, a photo of my parents on their wedding day, ivy, soft furry garlands, and green, bronze and turquoise ornaments. On two of the side tables I created little vignettes featuring my older children with their significant others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">No large Christmas tree for us. I have loved our tall skinny log trees for some years now. Easy to move around, transport and decorate! And, I love and admire all those gorgeous large trees I see in blogland too! This year, each boy has his own tree. I placed the twins trees on the stairwell. Alan's the oldest, has a slightly taller tree in the kitchen. Every year they receive tree ornaments from me and from our dear friends who play the surrogate grandparent role to them. I also divided up my parent in laws old fifties glass baubles. I added bows and orange baubles to create a cohesive look. I wish l.e.d. white lights didn't give off the blueish hue...but determined to stay green I went with the multi colored l.e.d. lights instead. Kids love them! </span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>In my front entrance way sits the desk I recently updated with paint. </b></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This "creche" was part of my childhood including the little angel ornament hanging from the little roof to the left on the picture below</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>In the nook of the stairwell sits a darling little cherry desk I picked up in an antique shop in England years ago. It is the perfect size for the space. </i></b></span></div>
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Next to him sits a lovely little lidded pot I picked up at GW. </span></i></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Now I know, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #990000;">a toned down Christmas</span></b> sounds sort of wrong somehow... but this year after spending a lot of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>time and effort</b></span> toning down our entire house decor in order to help depersonalize and create a <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af;">"cleaner look"</span></b> to help <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">sell it</span></b>, the last thing I wanted to do was overload everything with Christmas decor. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I also wanted to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>dig</b></span> through all the Christmas decorations and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>sort</b></span> out what I wanted to keep and what I did not. This process actually slowed me down quite a bit.... but I finally got done and really like the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>new look</b></span>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"I'll have a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #9fc5e8;"><b>blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas....</b></span>" is the song that plays in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>living room</b></span>:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The hallways brings </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: x-large;"><b>peace on earth.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">I made this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>table topper</b></span> for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Liz' s dining room table</b></span> to tie in with the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">chair covers</span> </b>that I had made earlier (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">see those</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-dining-chair-slip-covers-and-seats.html">here</a>).</span> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Liz had already purchased the fabric which looks a little like burlap. I added a band of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><b>brown</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> cotton ribbon and a band made out of some of the leftover </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><b>drop cloth</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> material to the outside edge. </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01wDoDlwhidrhK7kI3V34B0r9hkM0KDYNSynQyT2uDZSCMM7JIqBix9frDy0rXZcbSD8JUgraBMaaCwMGXn9SdsYKh_spgbPkwLZ24zIiGfEDk6UkURjHOwro_rn2jvlwvijw5yx1u34/s1600/oct+14th+093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01wDoDlwhidrhK7kI3V34B0r9hkM0KDYNSynQyT2uDZSCMM7JIqBix9frDy0rXZcbSD8JUgraBMaaCwMGXn9SdsYKh_spgbPkwLZ24zIiGfEDk6UkURjHOwro_rn2jvlwvijw5yx1u34/s640/oct+14th+093.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">I made it <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>reversible</b></span> too. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">One side has a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><b>brown wooden bead</b></span> in each corner, these are the same beads I used on the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><b>chair covers</b></span>.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;">Very practical, very necessary but an eyesore. </b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large;">By placing two of her painted ladder back chairs either side of it and setting a chess board on top it now also plays the role of game table!</b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Although you have already seen these chairs in a couple of my previous posts featuring the new dining room wall colors this past summer see <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-fresh-dining-room.html">here</a> and my fall vignettes see <a href="http://wisedesignsinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/09/mirror-mirror-on-wall.html">here</a>, I thought I would create a post just for them...especially with the holidays coming up .</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Anyway, here is our dining room set prior to the transformation. It is a basic, solid oak table that has several leaves which is ideal for family get togethers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The day I painted my kitchen mantle, </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I grabbed one the of the dining armchairs and gave him a quick coat as well. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I loved the way he looked and immediately placed him in the hearth area where he popped against the brick back ground.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So late in August, I dragged all six of the the armless chairs out to the garage and proceeded to clean, sand, wipe, paint, sand some more, and finished them off with two coats of polyurethene.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">..trying to hide the doggie gnaws and bites....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and here too....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Here's the culprit....caught napping....and she only chewed when she was a puppy ....thank goodness!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So here you can see the end result. I like how the black chairs "ground" the space. </span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Now I still have the armchair to paint before Thanksgiving!!</span></div>
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