tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22201070330621647882024-03-17T13:14:14.376-04:00The Pineapple RoomPut a little elegance and beauty in everything you doThe Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-69224049437648064102014-09-24T16:30:00.000-04:002014-09-24T16:30:32.335-04:00Fall Home Tour Part 2<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;">Welcome Back</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">to Part 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">of my Fall Home Tour!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Let's get right to it</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">shall we....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The children's bathroom....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">this cabinet is one of my</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Looks like the maid </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The young man's room...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I was only allowed to put up</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">a few pumpkins...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">we can't get in the way of </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The little lady's room...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">She likes her little pumpkins and owl</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">next to the gumball machine! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And here is the master bedroom...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">We finally have a new bed!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">No more "girly" swirly white bed</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Sweet Husband wasn't a fan of it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">We found this one on Craigslist</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and painted it black!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I did have a moment where</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">but I'm glad we went with black. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;">Of Fall!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">While it's most definitely not fall</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">stopped me from decorating</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">for the season!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">We've changed a few things lately </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">added a bit more color...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">a new front door...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">and a few new furniture pieces...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"> so keep your eyes open!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here we go...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Found a few pumpkins around town </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and placed them next to this sooo cute</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">sign I painted thanks to the tutorial</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">over at Ella Claire...so easy and oh so cute!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">You can find <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.ellaclaireinspired.com/2012/08/autumn-sign-tutorial.html">Ella Claire by clicking here</a></span> </span> </div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The front porch ready for pre-fall...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I was joking with my girlfriend the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">seasons between now and November...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Pre-Fall</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Halloween</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Full Fledged-Fall</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Full Fledged-Fall </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I will bring out more pumpkins</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and hopefully corn stalks!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And MMMOORRREE pumpkins!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Simon the cow looking</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">over a few velvet pumpkins</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and an olive basket who is</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">patiently waiting on mums...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">darn these South Florida produce markets!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Guess it's just too hot here!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The front entry way...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Sweet Husband installed some</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">knee wall a month or so back....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it definitely added a much</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">And here she is...my beautiful new door!!!!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Dad & Mom were able</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">to acquire a bit of reclaimed</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pecky Cypress boards and they</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">were kind enough to share with us!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">So Sweet Husband had been <strike>dying</strike></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">....okay not really he was more or less</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">...bribed...bullied...& threatened by me</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;"> to make a new door out of the boards!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">And I think he has found a new profession!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">My current obsession...antique turtle shells</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Love this old rug I found last weekend </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Although Sweet Husband wasn't to sure about it...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">he referred to it as tattered...and when we </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">she told us someone had come back by to buy it after</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">we had....and so he asked her who it was so he</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">that man sometimes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">other obsession...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">built out of old windows</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Stop back by tomorrow for </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">the rest of the tour!</span></span></span></span></div>
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The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-88596984437788961262014-05-28T16:08:00.000-04:002014-05-28T16:09:19.419-04:00An all white kitchen! FINALLY!!! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Welcome Back!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I've been MIA for a </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">long time apparently! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Gosh....it says I haven't</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">blogged since SEPTEMBER!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">YIKES!!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">What can I say we've been as</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">busy as a one armed clothes hanger!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Guess what....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">we FINALLY tackled the kitchen!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I'm going to share all of it with you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">the good, the bad and the </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">close to calling a divorce attorney bad!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">But hey....in the end it all got done...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">We are all satisfied...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> and the marriage is</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">still happily intact!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">This is a before picture of the kitchen!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> And here is the after!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I was aiming for a mix between the kitchens</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">from It's Complicated, Downton Abbey</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">and Practical Magic....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I think I hit closer to Practical Magic...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">what do you think? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So let me start by saying this....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">kitchen redo's are not for the faint of heart!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Sweet husband and I have tackled our</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">fair share of projects in the past</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">but I have to say this one darn near</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Of course he would start by telling</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">you that <b>MY</b> first mistake was</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">trying to pack a 2 month or more</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">project into 1 week (yes 7 days!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> But in my defense who wants to pack</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">school lunches and make dinners in</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">a messy kitchen? I thought...we can</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">do this...one week...TOPS!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">UUUUMMMM.....yeah....NO</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Granted it was back in tack by 7 days </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">with the majority done...but it was no</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">where close to done! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">And after 7 days...we were both exhausted</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">and barely speaking...not sure if it was all the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">work, the paint fumes or the countless </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">decisions that had to be made...but it was rough!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> However, I did learn a few things </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">about myself, my family and kitchen redo's...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I'm going to share them with you and then I promise</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">to get to the good stuff!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">1.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> I HATE painting kitchen cabinets! Matter</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">of fact...you will never catch me doing that again!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I will save up every penny I own and buy white</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">cabinets before I EVER do that again!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">2.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Just because you're husband is a General Contractor</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">and can make/do/fix just about anything.....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">this does not and I repeat NOT mean he</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">is the right GC for you! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Because believe you me....it makes for an </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">uncomfortable family dinner time when </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">you have just fired him off the job that morning!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">3.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">My daughter will jump a sinking ship faster than a rat!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Day 3 she had called her Nana to come get her</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">and save her from the chaos!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">4.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">My son is oblivious to anything as long as you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">keep feeding him...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">breakfast...snack...lunch...snack....dinner..snack</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">5.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">If you think it's going to take an hour/week/month</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">and it's going to cost $/$$/$$$</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> well just go ahead and double everything...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">you're better off that way!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">6.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">And finally I always thought I was</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">pretty confident in my decorating </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">decisions and most of the time </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">pretty good at it....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">this taught me I know nothing </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">and it's a good thing to have </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">friends who are design savvy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">who can help you when you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">are almost in tears in the middle</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">of the grout selection at the Depot! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> Now...on to the good stuff!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Much to sweet husband's dismay I decided</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">if I was going to paint cabinets then I was</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">going to use the GOOD STUFF!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Annie Sloan Chalk paint...here I come!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I ordered from a wonderful store...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> <a href="http://robynstorydesigns.com/"><span style="color: black;">http://robynstorydesigns.com/</span> </a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">seriously they were super nice and super quick</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">with both shipments of paint!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">(remember...double everything...HA!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> I didn't buy enough first go around)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Upon researching the colors</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">on other blogs and websites </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> I found that Annie Sloan's</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Pure White would be too white</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">and Old White would be too yellow.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">But a 1 to 1 ratio of both would be perfect!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">And it was! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">It took about 3 good coats..but we got there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I then finished with a coat of </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Varathane water based</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">satin floor sealer from Lowe's </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Sweet husband did a fabulous job </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">He also added trim to all the cabinets</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Luck was on my side when I found this</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">deep white Kohler porcelain sink on Craigslist...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">for only $20!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Bessie the cow!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I've wanted her for so long...but she </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">the reason we built the hood!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Her name is now Daisy and we love her!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">You can buy your own Bessie at</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.piperclassics.com/products/Yearling_Heifer-10016-26.html">Piper Classics</a></span>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">I think they are on back order right now...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> We used classic white mini subway tile from</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">The flooring was also from the Depot and is</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">a really cool product. It is water resistant and can</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">even be used in basements. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">We installed it right over the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">existing floor. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">It even stands up to commercial use!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Perfect for a rental home such as this!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">For those of you who don't know or don't remember....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">we only rent here! So everything we did had</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">up for many, many years! Plus, since we were </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Because, lets be honest if it were my house</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">you can bet I would have been looking at</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">great big beautiful white marble slabs and</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">new stainless steel appliances! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">But all that aside I think it turned out wonderful!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">And not to be tacky and talk money here....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">but....just so you have an idea...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">everything from the </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">hardware, paint, counter top, tile, wood, sink, & flooring...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">we spent under $800.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">Even though I realize I have a free General Contractor...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"> I think anyone can do what we did.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">And while the upfront money was hard to stomach..</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;">that's honestly only 8 REALLY good dinners out!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">What can I say...we were really inspired by</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Who else besides me has fallen </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">in love with all of the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">sliding barn doors you've</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">We have been looking for</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">a way to "dress" up a </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">door way in our house...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it is the entrance to the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So I showed sweet husband</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">begged him to go on a </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Let me show you how</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">he did it...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">He dismantled two pallets</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">and laid out the </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">frame of a door </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">(customized to fit our space) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Then he made two cross pieces</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">for the look and support</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">After that we discussed what type</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">of pattern we would like..</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">then he cut the pallet boards </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">to fit the frame.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">If you look closely you can</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">see the molding he used </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">to attach the boards to...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">and to keep them straight</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">because pallet boards</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">have a mind of their own</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">After hours and I do mean</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">HOURS...of sanding...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"> Now I wish I could be more helpful here...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">but this is what I can tell you about the</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">instillation...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"> he went to his shop and created something...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"> yep that's the best I can do for ya.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">I know he took aluminum and created</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">brackets and a track.....</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">and then he attached rollers </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">that came off an old glass sliding door...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">I am so not kidding...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">he is like MacGyver when he</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">rigs things... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">We both love how it turned out...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">even though he is threatening to </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">remove Pinterest from my computer</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">Now I just need to find the</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">right door pull for it...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">good thing there is</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">an antique show this weekend! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">We've also been very busy working</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">on fixing up the back porch...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">here's a sneak peek! </span> <br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Thanks for stopping by to </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">see our new "old" barn door...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: black;">P.S</span> </span><br />
To anonymous who left me a comment....<br />
I don't know how to send you a reply so hopefully<br />
you will see this...<br />
<br />
You asked how sweet husband built the glass house....<br />
specifically how he managed to attach all the windows together.<br />
<br />
I will try and find out specifics for you...<br />
but I can tell you that he built a<br />
box like frame out of sturdy metal post...<br />
If you would like to email me <br />
I can have him give you more specific information!<br />
Thanks!<br />
Amy </div>
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The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-8892210576910756212013-06-23T22:20:00.002-04:002013-06-23T22:38:34.985-04:00Decked out for the 4th of July<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #444444;">I love holidays...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and while I would</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"> be hard pressed</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">to pick a favorite</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">there is just something</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">about the 4th of July</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">that gets me every time...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">maybe cause it's summer</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and it's just a relaxing kinda </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">holiday!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"> The saying goes that</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">"Necessity is the mother of all invention"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">well in my case</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Necessity is the mother of all crafting!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I wanted to spend my money </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">on a well made American Flag</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and bunting....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">so that left very little $$ for </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">other things.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But I did have</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">2 buckets of baseballs.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">an old pallet....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and yards of burlap</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A quick search on Pinterest...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and here is what I put together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Chalkboard with the pledge of allegiance</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">written on it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Two painted burlap flags tied onto</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">a Y shaped piece of driftwood </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Sweet Husband found....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">tucked into a garden urn filled</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">with coral...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I think it turned out right cute! </span> </div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">old baseballs painted </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">so much he wants</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it to stay up all year..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And I kinda do too!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">their summer...and gearing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">up to celebrate the 4th! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Joining up with.... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">This summer I plan to </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">On the house that is....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">First order of business was to</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I am a Georgia girl and the place I LOVE</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">most is Savannah, Georgia</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So I wanted my front porch to</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">have a southern feel and maybe if</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I closed my eyes for just a second </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I could pretend I was in Savannah!</span></div>
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We took the previous white and rusted </div>
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cast iron urn along with the pedestals </div>
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a semi-gloss black. Sat one on</div>
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top of the other to make it look </div>
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like one tall piece.</div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I have been dying to paint the porch</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">ceiling in a haint blue color.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Now I will admit that when </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">sweet husband painted the first</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">section I had a few moments (hour)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">of oh no what have we done...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">but I stuck with my gut and </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">we went for it...and I LOVE IT.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Only after it was done did</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">even he was doubting it </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">till it was finished....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">what a good guy....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">painting and letting me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">have my way without saying a word!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Sweet husband's job comes with a few perks</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">one of which is he occasionally comes</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">He made a porch "railing" out</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">You can see the garden statue </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">through the gates as you come </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A better view of the blue ceiling</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">For those of you who aren't familiar</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">with a Haint Blue ceiling... it is a common</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">ceiling a blue color.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Way back when they use to believe that</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it would keep the evil spirts away </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Another theory is that it keeps the bugs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">One of my favorite descriptions of a </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">"haint" blue ceiling is because</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it "haint" blue and it "haint" green!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Anyway you choose to view it </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I love it.....and strangely enough</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">since we did it we have had less</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"> We finally painted the old white screen door </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">to match the front door.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Now why in the world I haven't done</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">this sooner is beyond me...cause</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it has made a HUGE difference!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">View looking in</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I found this awesome foam relief of 3 angels</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">at one of our local thrift stores....it is</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The aluminum scrolls I had picked</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">up awhile ago at our Habitat for Humanity</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">thrift store....I only paid $3 or $4 dollars a piece</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">for them. They have been sitting in the garage for </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">almost a year now because I had no idea</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Then as sweet husband was painting the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">ceiling I thought...well DUH I could</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">use them to hold the lanterns!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And that progressed into using</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">the remaining ones as corbels </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Much to my son's dismay I dug this bamboo</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">rug out of my neighbors trash...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">what can I say I needed a rug...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it was the right price and I didn't</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">want to get cleaned up and dressed </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">to run to the store!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Nothing a little Murphy's Oil Soap </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and a beeswax polish couldn't clean up!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Now it's perfect again...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and he will actually step on it </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">now cause it's been cleaned! </span> </div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Now i'm on to the back porch...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">wish me luck...it's a BIG job!</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Front Door Paint</i></span></u></div>
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The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-23194415169506974462013-03-18T19:51:00.000-04:002013-03-18T19:51:06.736-04:00The Guest Wing<br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;">My Mother and Sister</span></div>
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<strike><span style="color: #444444;">reading my magazines...</span></strike></div>
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<strike><span style="color: #444444;">drinking wine </span></strike></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I mean "helping " out</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">with pre-Easter things</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So Mom as she</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">was taking a well</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">deserved break from</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">all the hard work...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">was flipping through</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">one of the magazines </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and she came across</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">this beautiful porch swing...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">She mentioned that she would love </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">something similar out back...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">but maybe a bit bigger.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Well that got me to thinking...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I think we need a guest room</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">(don't ask me how I went from porch swing to guest wing)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But fast forward 24 hours and here is the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I was able to decorate it with </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">AKA...cluttered, out of control,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">someone may just possible be </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">It's been killing me to use these shutters</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">behind a bed somewhere...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">but it would be way to much</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">color in my house.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">However it's perfect in the garden! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A sweet little Audubon bird print!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I think the planter needs a few</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">comfy blankets....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">or more books to read</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Botanical prints....perfect for a garden guest room</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Now the question is...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I think I may give it a test try...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">well that is if the oak trees </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">In defense of Mom and Sis...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">they really were here to just </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The true worker of the day </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">sweet husband</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">with a little project!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"> So here is a little</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">look at my...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I mean our new toy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Meet Betsy...our new to us...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Golf Cart!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">She just needs a little love </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and she is gonna be a beauty!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Thanks Dad for helping </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">to fix her up! </span></div>
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The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-85312062645173115582013-02-13T20:04:00.003-05:002013-02-13T20:04:43.176-05:00Valentine's Eve<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red;">Twas the eve before Valentines</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">and all through the house...</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">sweet husband was sleeping</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">because he had the flu!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">The pink and red hearts</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">with care...</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">in hopes that cupid</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">The valentines were signed</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">with care...</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">and Mommy....</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">well she was really hoping</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">to be tucked into bed for a long</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Valentines nap...</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #444444;">Anywhooooo...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #444444;">you see where my Valentines is headed!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #444444;">Just praying that no one else in this house gets sick!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #444444;">Thankfully germs can not spread through blog post...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #444444;">so I thought maybe I would share our little touches </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #444444;">around the house for Valentines!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">one day I swear</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I finally made one of those pendant</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The little ones Valentines</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And only one Valentine required for</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">the oldest....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">guess his special Valentine has braces</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and can not have candy...so juice boxes </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">is how we roll?????? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I am embarrassed to even say this out loud...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it's been 3 months since i've even typed</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Do you ever just need a break?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Time to renew your creative juices?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Well that was us over the holidays!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But....the first of this month I saw </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I needed....had to have...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">wanted very, very badly</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So like a good, sweet husband </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Sweet husband built it as one large piece and </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Since we opened up space in</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But we can't decide which one looks best... </span> </div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">This one is more oval and farmhouse style,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Well for heaven's sake who knew</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">So since i've been getting a few questions about them</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">In the meantime here is a sneak peek at</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">This guy was one of 10...I will tell you all</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Lots of things have happened around</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Well this year the theme is..... </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">The Haunted Mansion!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Don't let the gargoyles fool you</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">they may look like stone, but we hear</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">warning you to turn back!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Turtle shells, eggs and birds nest....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">....please make sure to shut the gate on</span></div>
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The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-51523058794346656332012-10-09T11:51:00.000-04:002012-10-09T11:51:02.616-04:00Downton Obsessed...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #444444;">I am not at all embarrassed to admit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">that I am obsessed with </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Downton Abbey!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/">Downton Abbey</a> </span>is a television show</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">on PBS. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">It follows the lives of the aristocratic</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"> Crawley family and their servants.<span style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">And it is set in the fictional </span><span style="color: #444444;">Yorkshire </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">country estate of Downton Abbey.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">Not only is it a very good show, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">but the scenery and the costumes are</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">nothing but pure inspiration! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">This makes me want to run out and buy boots,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">tweed and hats! I might have to take a bit of this</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">look and add it to my fall wardrobe </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">(or in my case lack of fall wardrobe I do live in hot South Florida) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">This is the kitchen</span>....</div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Don't you just love the copper pots lining the back wall!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And don't even get me started on the long farmhouse table.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Look at the copper molds, how many of those have</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"> I may have to pick those up next time I see them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The table is set so pretty with just greenery and candles....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">oh and I guess lots of crystal, china and silver.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">No problem i'll just substitute glass and silver plate,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I think I can manage the china.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Now if only I could find a few footmen to serve.... </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">This is my favorite....don't laugh.....but I love</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />Mind you ,i'm certain that I wouldn't be </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">the one ringing the bells back then,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">more than likely I would have been </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">Completely obsessed I tell you....we just love to watch this show!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">Sweet husband too if you can believe it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">On another note....we are all decorated for Halloween..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and as soon as I can get my camera to work i'll share with </span></div>
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The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-842376477798245452012-08-27T16:01:00.003-04:002012-08-27T16:01:49.660-04:00All the pretty horses<div align="center">
<span style="color: #444444;">I don't know when or how</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I've never even been on a horse...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">matter of fact one of my best friends has</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But you put them on a canvas or in a frame</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">This is the newest lovely fellow to grace our</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I just love the neutral colors in the print</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">These guys are in our master bedroom...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">When we went to Charleston this summer</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">the girls and I had drinks at </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The Thoroughbred Club inside</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Charleston Place and they</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: xx-small;"></span><span style="color: #444444;">These are pictures I found online...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">not the best but you can see what</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Great Hotel and Bar by the way</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">if you're ever in the area!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">I wouldn't mind if this handsome guy </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Love this guy in the windowsill...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">we actually found one similar in Charleston</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">he is sitting in my house right now..</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">but I can't seem to get a good picture.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">Maybe one day when we aren't being</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">LOVE this picture by </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">I just love everything</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">If you are in the line of Tropical Storm Isaac...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Well it's the night before the BIG day...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Back To School</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Which is similar to a dirty word in our house...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">we LOOOOVVVEEE the summer and </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">hate to see it end!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And this year is a big one!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">One is starting the 6th grade</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I can't even believe i'm saying that</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">we just started Kindergarten last year...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">i'd swear to it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But i'm not gonna cry,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">instead i've wasted time today making</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">teacher gifts...for the little one anyways..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">cause no way in you know what is</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it even remotely cool to give a teacher </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">a gift in the 6th grade....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">matter of fact everything is up for the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">is it cool discussion lately...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">lunchboxes....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">shoes.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">backpack....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">folders......</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">the way we walk....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">well you get the idea....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">there really hasn't been enough</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">crafting and/or wine to get me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">through the trials of the last couple</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">of days getting ready for the big day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But without further delay here's our attempt </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">While browsing pinterest I saw this and thought it was so cute....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Take a picture frame and place a piece of notebook paper inside...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">attach a cute bow.....I like fall colored ribbon even if</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it's 100 degrees here in our part of Florida!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Write a cute message with a dry erase marker...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">your child's name goes where I placed the star,</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">sweet husband would FREAK if I posted our </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">baby's name all over the world wide web!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">When you're all done you have a cute, thoughtful, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">quick and inexpensive </span><span style="color: #444444;">back to school gift!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Don't forget to send the dry erase marker with the gift....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Oh...and cross your fingers they don't smudge</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">it all off and get it on their clothes on the way to class.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">Just to be safe don't dress them in white that day!</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">Or place it in a pretty bag...which would have</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">been a good idea...i'm just to tired at this point</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">black shirts for everyone tomorrow!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">and if those days have passed you or if they</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">with 6th graders having meltdown over </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">uncool lunchboxes.....</span></div>
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The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-85829278876185439162012-07-15T21:51:00.000-04:002012-07-15T21:51:15.255-04:00Breezy Summer Porch<div align="center">
<span style="color: #444444;">This summer has been crazy busy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But this weekend we finally</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">so sweet husband and I </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A bit of scrubbing....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">a new fern plant...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and a few billowing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">white curtains...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">just what was needed for a</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">White bargain Ikea curtains...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">$6.00 for a pair!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Can you believe sweet husband found this</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Hope you all are having a fun and breezy summer!</span></div>
The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-14722917533830047892012-06-08T18:20:00.001-04:002012-06-08T18:20:19.001-04:00Angel Oak<div align="center">
<span style="color: #444444;">Happy Summer Vacation </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">everyone!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The kids and I are so happy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">We just returned from </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">One of the most beautiful things</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">It's located on Johns Island</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and it is estimated to be</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">over 1,500 years old!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And it is said to be one of the oldest living</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">If you are traveling anywhere near</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">here over the summer...try and stop by</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it's definitely awe inspiring!</span></div>
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</div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-75816367009364570862012-04-28T22:46:00.000-04:002012-04-28T22:46:25.266-04:00Hydrangea Happiness<div align="center">
<span style="color: #444444;">Did you do something today that made you happy?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Well I certainly hope so!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">My daughter and I stayed inside and watched movies together..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and then when sweet husband came home from work</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">we all went out to find a thrift store that I find on</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">this really cool website my girlfriend Ann found....</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.thethriftshopper.com/"><span style="color: black;">The Thrift Shopper</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">you just enter your zip code and state and it gives you</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">thrift stores in your area!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Now I consider myself to be up on all the local thrift stores...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">however...there was a new one I passed every day and I</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So we went on the hunt!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And I found this really cute silver trophy bowl...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">After that we went grocery shopping </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">now normally that's a big chore..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">but I needed a few things from Whole Foods...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and I LLLLLOOOOVVVVVEEEE </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">their fresh </span><span style="color: #444444;">flower area!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So I treated myself to these beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and wouldn't you know they fit perfectly in</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">It's made me completely </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">heart skipping a beat </span><span style="color: #444444;">happy...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">not sure if it's because I had a great day with my </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">family, or I found a great find, maybe it's the beautiful flowers,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">because she took a moment out of her day to </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I guess what i'm trying to say here is....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">when you do something or say something</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">good or bad....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">but if your words are kind...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and you do it with love in your heart...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I truly hope you did something today that made you happy</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">and that you only had kind words for those around you!</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">While it might not always be easy...don't we really owe it</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">to those around us...and especially to ourselves!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Thanks Ann for thinking of me today...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">it made a difference in my day!</span></div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-24156210857164123922012-04-24T17:24:00.000-04:002012-04-24T17:24:56.119-04:00I was going to resale this....WAS being the word!<div align="center">
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<span style="color: #444444;">kinda...sorta....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">he just shook his head</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Two weekends ago I ran by a church garage sale</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Because do I really need another dresser?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">However I just couldn't stop thinking </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">being all alone and not having a home.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">It was in really rough shape...so I thought...well</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">maybe I can clean it up, paint it and resale it....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">find it a good home where it will be loved!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I mean really...it was only $20.00...so no big risk right!?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Yep...it found a home alright...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">in my living room!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And i'm not even going to paint it...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I cleaned it, waxed it and polished it up...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Can you believe I was thinking of painting it?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So glad I didn't!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I just need to find replacement handles..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">but even without them I love this piece!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I bet sweet husband cringes every evening</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Hope you all are having a great week...</span></div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-70587923204263693002012-04-14T12:15:00.000-04:002012-04-14T12:15:10.672-04:00Butterflies and Birds...Oak Tree Centerpiece<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I know Easter has come and gone...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">but I wanted to show you what</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I did with the centerpiece</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">for our Easter Brunch.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">It's not Easter</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">specific...you could use </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">it for Mother's Day,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Birthday's, Showers</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Etc</span>.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I apologize that the pictures are</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">not that great...it's hard to take</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">pictures on our back porch...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Sweet husband removed a large branch </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">from one </span><span style="color: #444444;">of the oak trees</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"> (it was hanging over the roof and had to be removed</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">anyway...no oaks were harmed in the making of this)</span></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">He then tied it with a zip tie to the existing hook </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">hanging from the ceiling....underneath is a </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">large sheet of florist Styrofoam that the base</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">of the branch is pushed into.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn8AqXAZqmY2vMfDlreEuec0HWYecAOpNSHUDmh4gG3W1JRgJVFYUNiCDMgKuSNO9vERc8Kg8t7hYljHtOEJq3gIvjxUoZIAbDSW00xsxCuGhqVmGo0Xi0OMKyTDyrbycaZWlhj8dGMr1/s1600/100_5039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn8AqXAZqmY2vMfDlreEuec0HWYecAOpNSHUDmh4gG3W1JRgJVFYUNiCDMgKuSNO9vERc8Kg8t7hYljHtOEJq3gIvjxUoZIAbDSW00xsxCuGhqVmGo0Xi0OMKyTDyrbycaZWlhj8dGMr1/s400/100_5039.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Then I just went wild...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">hanging butterflies, birds</span> <span style="color: #444444;">and nest everywhere</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">At the base I covered the Styrofoam with green</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">and grey moss...to try and resemble the base of</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">a woodland forest...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Then I added the glittered mushrooms the kids </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">had made...and more butterflies!</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFcXaUVnJrUdj-jbtVM8Fv4p4KinOG_O9VUxetKzxnKqo1YZB_30joITgqv8iseb9nsENpKhHEajEfJPR3Tbq3cM50TMDPNBTbiA-zGvGsVumFptJIj67Mq1W2VsaenAL66IlbcO44xyz/s1600/100_5043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFcXaUVnJrUdj-jbtVM8Fv4p4KinOG_O9VUxetKzxnKqo1YZB_30joITgqv8iseb9nsENpKhHEajEfJPR3Tbq3cM50TMDPNBTbiA-zGvGsVumFptJIj67Mq1W2VsaenAL66IlbcO44xyz/s400/100_5043.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Mushroom and bird glittering...in the process!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">It was sooooo messy!</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJl5oxnKCvyO17qgkPhHp74OClP3L2-t1d7XCjZdFqbu5KE0kQ2I2FzotrEv1X5_2z92zC7N0G5WXHTO6dBAsoasY7F5C2Yr5nCsI0_EjPA0hESjJWk7GPqzin0YilxRQXXpl6k0IKXng_/s1600/100_4966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJl5oxnKCvyO17qgkPhHp74OClP3L2-t1d7XCjZdFqbu5KE0kQ2I2FzotrEv1X5_2z92zC7N0G5WXHTO6dBAsoasY7F5C2Yr5nCsI0_EjPA0hESjJWk7GPqzin0YilxRQXXpl6k0IKXng_/s400/100_4966.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">But I think it was worth it..</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiO0eOz6u7R88dLSjLywBxFRE7F4TpRCzNpFkQzcegWfIJyznXHn9IV0Gll9VSQlJVgLgKDS00cWfpqyyyBOvSM_Hq5hRai90a-0QV0ByHMtMOjCOf8ncrQS8Q2MtQyThAIFzDOQXLWuDa/s1600/100_5046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiO0eOz6u7R88dLSjLywBxFRE7F4TpRCzNpFkQzcegWfIJyznXHn9IV0Gll9VSQlJVgLgKDS00cWfpqyyyBOvSM_Hq5hRai90a-0QV0ByHMtMOjCOf8ncrQS8Q2MtQyThAIFzDOQXLWuDa/s400/100_5046.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I don't think the pictures do it justice...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">it was much prettier and bigger in person</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">It was a low cost....Big Impact centerpiece</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Honestly the biggest cost was the butterflies..</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I was able to get them 1/2 off so I probably</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">only spent $15 on them.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">And I will have them again for next year!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">You could do lots of things with this concept...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Take your branch and you could</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">hang....lanterns, lights, fruit, tags with</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">quotes or words on them, or flowers.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">It would be cute for a dinner party to hang</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">trivia questions or conversation starters.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">as long as you are consistent with the colors,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">and style of whatever you are using it </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">will turn out cute as opposed to tacky!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Alright...i'm off to clean and polish a </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">dresser that I picked up this morning</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">because it had no home and begged</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">for me to give it one...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">well at least that's what I heard it say</span></div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-63807217765966532892012-04-06T20:56:00.000-04:002012-04-06T20:56:47.568-04:00Shutter Benches and Checkerboard Patio<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Okay...so do you remember awhile back</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">when I told you all that sweet husband</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">had come across alot of <a href="http://thepineappleroom.blogspot.com/2011/08/lots-and-lots-of-shutters.html"><span style="color: black;">green shutters</span></a>?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">And I promised to show you what he did with them...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">well it took awhile but here it is</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">He built beautiful benches for the garden with all the shutters</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">And then he was sweet enough to build me a</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"> checkerboard paver and grass patio for them to sit on!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">I made pretty white ruffled pillows to go on the benches</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Excuse the overgrown grass...we are waiting as long as we can</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">for it to fill in before we cut it tomorrow...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">just in time for Easter egg hunting!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">We are so happy with the way it turned out...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">I have to admit that I wanted to </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">spray the benches white..</span><span style="color: #444444;">imagine that!</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">But he said we should leave them the lovely</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">vintage green that they were. </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">And lordy no one tell him this...but he was</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">absolutely right..they are perfect green!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">an old fountain turned into a tiny</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">succulent garden</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">If I don't talk to you all before Sunday...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">I hope everyone has a blessed Easter!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">And that you are surrounded with</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">the love of your friends and family!</span><br />
</div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-46627387925225725422012-04-05T12:02:00.000-04:002012-04-05T12:02:26.991-04:00Easter Pails and Bunny Noses<span style="color: #444444;"></span><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Well the Easter pails </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">are finally finished!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">This year I used the pails as </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">an excuse to buy the</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Cricut Machine...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Now doesn't that sound</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">logical to you...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">$1.00 sand pails </span><span style="color: #444444;">+ </span><span style="color: #444444;"> a $300 Cricut </span><span style="color: #444444;">machine </span><span style="color: #444444;">=</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Very expensive plastic buckets!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I found the jars at Michael's Craft Store...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">bought baby pink jelly beans from a candy wholesale company...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">used the handy dandy Cricut to make labels</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7JYSWbtPHwhk_EJ3sNvJJmzgHGhWoSG8B5PiXIuDtoiulCpHogEjTj1bZdlavw1ecmjjkxhNqGdOJUi4QkiMVFjANuBlcipzCDVwo0ffM-3cfb9p0i72y4OEJAkoNSexa-gMIDvLWjwg/s1600/100_5030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7JYSWbtPHwhk_EJ3sNvJJmzgHGhWoSG8B5PiXIuDtoiulCpHogEjTj1bZdlavw1ecmjjkxhNqGdOJUi4QkiMVFjANuBlcipzCDVwo0ffM-3cfb9p0i72y4OEJAkoNSexa-gMIDvLWjwg/s400/100_5030.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">And there you have baby bunny noses in a jar...</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Md9TVQm25B-zhNanJdvjqt7Kpme69LKedwfQuq_TLjdkCo2CuPHBw5DbDPv6nnS8fSxbolBfiKFK8g_fnKjEynhPeEVkQGymv1ltpDiJL8ODykSJyaanlsfEMcT28xagbodZg3gT3ZkU/s1600/100_5034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Md9TVQm25B-zhNanJdvjqt7Kpme69LKedwfQuq_TLjdkCo2CuPHBw5DbDPv6nnS8fSxbolBfiKFK8g_fnKjEynhPeEVkQGymv1ltpDiJL8ODykSJyaanlsfEMcT28xagbodZg3gT3ZkU/s400/100_5034.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Now if you will excuse me</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I need to go make a few dozen butterflies...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">You know that Cricut machine</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">needs to earn it's keep!</span></div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-12401142259413173482012-04-01T18:33:00.000-04:002012-04-01T18:33:04.360-04:00Fairy Ring<div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #444444;">What is a Fairy Ring????</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Well growing up we always </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">knew the answer to that...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">anytime my Sister and I would</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">spot a ring of mushrooms our</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Mother would tell us that Fairies</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">had visited us in the middle of the night!</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #444444;">And each mushroom was a seat for one</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #444444;">fairy...and they would laugh and dance</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #444444;">with each other all night long...until the</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #444444;">morning came and then all that was left</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #444444;">was the mushrooms!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Wikipedia defines a Fairy Ring as this...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">A fairy ring, also known as fairy circle, elf circle, elf ring [1] or pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms. The rings may grow to over 10 metres (33 ft) in diameter, and they become stable over time as the fungus grows and seeks food underground. They are found mainly in forested areas, but also appear in grasslands or rangelands. Fairy rings are detectable by sporocarps in rings or arcs, as well as by a necrotic zone (dead grass), or a ring of dark green grass.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"> If these manifestations are visible a fairy fungus mycelium is likely to be present in the ring or arc underneath.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">Fairy rings also occupy a prominent place in European folklore as the location of gateways into elfin kingdoms, or places where elves gather and dance. According to the folklore, a fairy ring appears when a fairy, pixie, or elf appears. It will disappear without trace in less than five days, but if an observer waits for the elf to return to the ring, he may be able to capture it.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"></span> </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Well since this Easter i'm going with a Woodland Theme...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">and I subscribe to the philosophy of if you build it they will come...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">I asked sweet husband if he could</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">make me concrete mushroom seats</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">for the garden and of course the children. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">He thought about it for a week..came up</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">with a way to do it and got straight to work</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">So here are sweet husband's 7 concrete mushrooms that form</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">our garden's Fairy Ring...</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTInwno1f67Rj8TOft9wvrj3EvxGIMyF6Sch1C2laTJ5Ncbf48Hyzl4uvgO_XQYSKGv2QkSGp7uj7pO74NoUQGz5vZSf2Iw4IRVmcYZr5n9gCMoAomSoaxam4HOnSWmFbmDDv5WC9XMKgF/s1600/100_4998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTInwno1f67Rj8TOft9wvrj3EvxGIMyF6Sch1C2laTJ5Ncbf48Hyzl4uvgO_XQYSKGv2QkSGp7uj7pO74NoUQGz5vZSf2Iw4IRVmcYZr5n9gCMoAomSoaxam4HOnSWmFbmDDv5WC9XMKgF/s400/100_4998.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #444444;">The morning after St. Patrick's Day we woke up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">to find green leprechaun glitter everywhere..</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">guess it's not just the fairies who get use</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">out of the new mushrooms...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">We even have a fairy door on the Oak tree...because you know</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">they prefer to gather around Oak trees...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">But you'll have to wait till next time to see the</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">full reveal!</span></div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-67417594121961618912012-03-29T22:07:00.000-04:002012-03-29T22:07:51.279-04:00Falling off the face of the earth...<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I swear...as some people have asked</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I have not fallen off the face of the earth!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I just needed to fix some things...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">myself..our house...our garden....</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">you know stuff!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I joined a gym...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">the scale and I came to an impasse...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">it said I was way over my limit </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I told it that it was full of lies...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">unfortunately the scale was right..</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">so the gym is where I have spent</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;"> most of my time for over a month now</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">The children needed reeling in...homework</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">was in a disarray...things were out of line...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">so that's where another portion went.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">And last but not least...the yard was horrible!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">So with Easter coming up....</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I was motivated!!!!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">BIG TIME!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">So here is the first in a long line </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">of garden updates...</span></div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE27IQ_PonedGgmyNqv1eHPUbZAluj6z5uJU1jRNS9_-DNvnzJd65FqUEOPzEQbUi3b_isF6-9utzWGvQAjAHMELFffsD3SqEViG-wxrsMivEsllNj21efJCiBmCvBfSJRix21zSfhAY_s/s1600/gh1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE27IQ_PonedGgmyNqv1eHPUbZAluj6z5uJU1jRNS9_-DNvnzJd65FqUEOPzEQbUi3b_isF6-9utzWGvQAjAHMELFffsD3SqEViG-wxrsMivEsllNj21efJCiBmCvBfSJRix21zSfhAY_s/s400/gh1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">We cleaned up the glass house...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">and added two green shutters</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">that hold sconces</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">And sweet husband built me a bench out of</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">an old headboard and footboard...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">just need to </span><span style="color: #444444;">add a few pillows</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Then he took me antiquing down on Dixie Highway</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">near Palm Beach and we found this great old rug...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">So once the glass house was in order we</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">moved on...to making a fairy ring</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">around the oak tree...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">here's a sneak peek...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Fairy ring in the making</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">A quick peek at a portion of the fairy ring...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Will show you the rest next time!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Hope you all have a wonderful weekend...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-68345904556308141312012-02-11T12:41:00.000-05:002012-02-11T12:41:09.100-05:00Raindrops and Boots...<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Raindrops kept falling on my head...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">and falling and falling</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">and my feet were soaked</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">sooooooo......</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I finally bought rain boots!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Hot Pink ones in honor of </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Valentine's Day coming up</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoW77TUq1oJQSI7psfJwYCpHO5g5PppqUzi-Au5giNMkyYp9aHzyrUuIWDeV09fH4GRguxLn0rn0o3E5TwYXlTn0Ic1da_k1erWVTe3BJv9bqCIJl1I5ouQncXraZC1ptAJXu9Urr1Zi55/s1600/100_4923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoW77TUq1oJQSI7psfJwYCpHO5g5PppqUzi-Au5giNMkyYp9aHzyrUuIWDeV09fH4GRguxLn0rn0o3E5TwYXlTn0Ic1da_k1erWVTe3BJv9bqCIJl1I5ouQncXraZC1ptAJXu9Urr1Zi55/s400/100_4923.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">And a cute scarf to tie them in with my purse...</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPwDJtLC5n82mirBF-bq5Rfe2_WhCz-KYNtfVjj5ZbyyhIhf5DdpKVLSe-SzZndEh4dc0ZtXgJ1PFv7al9lCrGqHzd15lG1qBq_IwTlrsbOyWZgbWJ9Vpk9uSxNrwBW1NrwxxuVWKrHzm/s1600/100_4925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPwDJtLC5n82mirBF-bq5Rfe2_WhCz-KYNtfVjj5ZbyyhIhf5DdpKVLSe-SzZndEh4dc0ZtXgJ1PFv7al9lCrGqHzd15lG1qBq_IwTlrsbOyWZgbWJ9Vpk9uSxNrwBW1NrwxxuVWKrHzm/s400/100_4925.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Five straight days of rain...and today sunshine..of course!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Now i'm going to do a little rain dance </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">and hope for rain so I can wear them again!</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-v1cHlrk4SesODV8SlFooXKnxKpS1a2UkeZlpO2q5L-X0ptdp5GWTV_Gt4s9PyIayZzBRLTJKjPTHmNMZ9ibXee_6k-OfFsWX8V7yKGOFP6Npb5cE1B73NhUrGrW1qcKZdlynaZ4mki3G/s1600/100_4928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-v1cHlrk4SesODV8SlFooXKnxKpS1a2UkeZlpO2q5L-X0ptdp5GWTV_Gt4s9PyIayZzBRLTJKjPTHmNMZ9ibXee_6k-OfFsWX8V7yKGOFP6Npb5cE1B73NhUrGrW1qcKZdlynaZ4mki3G/s400/100_4928.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">If the rainclouds come your way...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I hope you find something that </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">makes you smile until the sunshine </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">finds its way back to you!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I'm headed to Ikea...YIPPEEEEEEEE</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">p.s found the <a href="http://www.target.com/p/Women-s-Merona-Zora-Rain-Boot-Berry/-/A-13759936#?lnk=sc_qi_detailimage"><span style="color: #e06666;">boots</span></a> and scarf at Target</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">love Target!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-42178171610845298312012-02-08T12:37:00.000-05:002012-02-08T12:37:16.188-05:00Burlap and Muslin Patchwork Board<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Looking through the Pottery Barn Kids</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">magazine the other day I fell in love with</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">the wall they did with patches of fabric</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">did you see it?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Isn't that so cute</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Well I came across this corkboard for $5 at</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Goodwill yesterday...and I had a thought...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">bet I could do like PBK but on a smaller scale</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I took left over fabric and cut it into squares...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">and stapled them onto the corkboard</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Then made a little banner for Valentines </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">and strung it across..</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">I had to fix the middle square with the fleur de lis..</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">because I tried to spray adhesive it and it left a mark.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">So don't do that!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Such a quick and cheap project...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">And it turned out so cute~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxQwCiOYBrls2e9sXDqkjBSHxIICJ9vXdHV8LoFP9orH0_vccsze2ovXp59Fesz6zcFdSzvXTmz9CLQyvknKPfx1YVNV181jGl3K2Q-kcLP_J-n5B7-cyQqEvxemQrYxbRb450yYNpnZW/s1600/100_4920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxQwCiOYBrls2e9sXDqkjBSHxIICJ9vXdHV8LoFP9orH0_vccsze2ovXp59Fesz6zcFdSzvXTmz9CLQyvknKPfx1YVNV181jGl3K2Q-kcLP_J-n5B7-cyQqEvxemQrYxbRb450yYNpnZW/s400/100_4920.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I know I promised to show you the redecoration of the </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Glass house...but it's done nothing but rain here and</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I can't seem to get good pictures in this dreary weather</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">But I promise as soon as it stops raining i'll show you!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220107033062164788.post-79249469139659811902012-01-23T14:57:00.000-05:002012-01-23T14:57:47.081-05:00Weekend Find<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Saturday sweet husband</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">was extra sweet and took me</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">down to Dixie Highway to thrift...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">It's not a place I like to go by myself</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;"> it always makes me laugh when i'm </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">reading a magazine and they mention</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">how decorators like to fly down to Palm Beach</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">and shop for finds on Dixie Highway!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Really??? </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Okay I guess...but I hope you </span><span style="color: #444444;">bring a friend. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Anyways I bring sweet husband who fights the traffic</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">for me and parks (cause that's the worst part) and lets</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">me hop out and go search while he waits.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Alright enough chit chat...on to the good stuff!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Guess what I found??</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I almost ran across the store to </span><span style="color: #444444;">get to this....</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Isn't this lantern AWESOME!!!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">And here's the best part...I only paid</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-large;">$12.95</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Can you believe it...I almost fell over!</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYD7FvTT-_FCI8n5_kicKb9WgmpF3XDruGJiFPkRE9jxWAceQME3TMpBnEcXZYGSxyw0nO6nRfW3iw2z2idUJFxHSxc2fZ_iEXd6gQcUfa-92W83Cz2_7d96YDXQvmDlE9eqnTVgsVZKuV/s1600/100_4877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYD7FvTT-_FCI8n5_kicKb9WgmpF3XDruGJiFPkRE9jxWAceQME3TMpBnEcXZYGSxyw0nO6nRfW3iw2z2idUJFxHSxc2fZ_iEXd6gQcUfa-92W83Cz2_7d96YDXQvmDlE9eqnTVgsVZKuV/s400/100_4877.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">It's huge!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">And not only was sweet husband so sweet to take me</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">thrifting...he was REALLY SWEET to give</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">up his ceiling fan in the bedroom. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Although I do think he cried a bit when he took it down</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">I am so thrilled with my weekend find...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">We also spent the weekend cleaning up</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">and redecorating the glass house!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #444444;">Come back tomorrow and i'll give you a tour!</span></div><div align="center"></div>The Pineapple Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004773761749005542noreply@blogger.com3