tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45582245218258267372024-03-18T12:58:25.400-07:00Create BeautyArt. Beauty. Life."Create Beauty"http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351220132065841813noreply@blogger.comBlogger440125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558224521825826737.post-49707783052941481992018-08-21T08:03:00.000-07:002018-08-21T08:03:14.591-07:00Swan Queen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><b>Walking With the Grace befitting a Queen and</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Adorned in </b></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Tulle </b></span><b style="color: #6fa8dc;">& </b><b style="color: #6fa8dc;">Crown</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-large;"><b>She Greets Her Swan</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-large;"><b>Who Glides Her Highness to Fairy Island</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-large;"><b>Where She Reigns</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-large;"><b>Has it really been two years since I've posted here? Is anyone still out there to see?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-large;"><b>If so, HELLO AGAIN!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><b>What have you been up to?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><b>~ Violet ~</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: x-large;">~ Welcome to our home ~</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">My friend Anita from </span><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Castles Crowns and Cottages</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: medium;">{link is at bottom of my post}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> has invited me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">to share our home renovations along with hers,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">and our mutual love of decorating and whimsy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">So here is a partial tour of our renovations and updates</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">to this 30+ year old home we purchased last year</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><b>~ First the "After" of the exterior ~</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">New roof, excessive trees removed, new lawn,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">larger upper story window with new trim around it</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">and the dormer windows, and more plants.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">This photo shows that larger window up on the left</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">which my husband took out of the laundry room where he installed a door.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Good bones, but badly needing a new roof, trees removed so the sparse lawn could get some light,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">and those light posts cut down </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Inside, with my husband doing the majority of the work</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">and me doing the painting, we removed layers of wallpaper,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">had the wood floors refinished,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">transformed a bedroom into the master bath</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">and turned the former bathroom into a master closet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">{All to eventually be shown here on the blog}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">I painted the large oak built-in bookcases on either side</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">of the rebuilt fireplace surround and mantle in the great room</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">in white and gray, and the walls in pale gray.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">{these can be seen in an earlier post}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">I fell in love with the kitchen at first sight,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">and even more so now after we replaced the formica</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">countertops with quartz, replaced the worn 30 year old</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Wolf range with a new Italian model, installed a new sink</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">and painted the walls.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">I removed 2 layers of wallpaper</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">{not the funnest job in the world to put it mildly...}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">A solid yellow had been applied over the tiny rosebud print</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">the yellow pulled right off ... but the underneath one was quite a task</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Then after painting the walls a pale blue-gray</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">I painted a mural in the breakfast nook.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">I spray painted this vintage chandelier aqua</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">and got rid of the </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">not so pretty ceiling light</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">like Anita, </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">I love </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">incorporating my love of art</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">we both love white and shabby chic </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">and French decor.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">My home has been my canvas this past year,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">With Anita, I share a love of whimsy and</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">it is evident in every room of our home... here you can see</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Here you can see the orangey oak floor, the old sink and rubber surround,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">the black range and the black speckled formica island top.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">This is where I sit every morning with my laptop, coffee in hand,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">Now, please go and visit <a href="http://wwwcastlescrownscottages.blogspot.com/2016/09/this-post-is-not-about.html" target="_blank">Anita</a>,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">(and ... one of my paintings is on her mantle!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Anita and I met through our blogs many years ago</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">decor, faith and laughter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Thank you Anita, for your beautiful friensdhip!!!</span></div>
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<br />"Create Beauty"http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351220132065841813noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558224521825826737.post-26645844012359443662016-08-15T15:36:00.000-07:002016-08-15T15:36:17.378-07:00The Pond (and Island) T R A N S F O R M A T I O N<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">~Which came with a concrete pond and an island~</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">last year when we moved in. Below is the "BEFORE" </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">I planted flowers in pots and decorated the oasis.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">And there was no going onto an island of thick weeds.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">is a place of beauty and whimsy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">can't believe it's been this long since I've posted</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-large;"><b>Hello Everyone!!!!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">where I post regularly on two accounts, one mostly my dogs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">and the other with Home and Garden images,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">~ see the upper left sidebar for links ~</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">~ Violet ~</span></div>
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~ April 1st. was like summer ~</div>
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~ So early in the Spring ~</div>
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<br />"Create Beauty"http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351220132065841813noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558224521825826737.post-41194831621175586122016-03-08T07:19:00.004-08:002016-03-08T07:19:59.029-08:00Fireplace wall and painting the oak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">and fixing up this 30 year old home we bought last summer,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">So I'll just jump in with sharing our fireplace wall.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">and I painted the oak built-ins and fireplace.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">And here's the finished wall. Oh, and I painted the entire room.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">The final thing to accomplish in this room is new flooring.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">A beautiful tile in grays in the area for going in and out</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">and probably carpet for the rest, also in gray.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">Really.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">...I know I said that before...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">~ Violet ~</span></div>
<br />"Create Beauty"http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351220132065841813noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558224521825826737.post-65224482520168028442015-12-26T17:11:00.000-08:002015-12-26T17:43:50.416-08:00Some December Creations<br />
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I'm back! ~ You know how when you haven't written to someone in a long time</div>
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you just keep putting it off because the stuff to say keeps growing as time passes?</div>
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And the longer I was away from doing a blog post,</div>
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the more I procrastinated!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So just some photos of a few of the Christmas crafts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~ And my WING painting ~</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">... some snow scenes ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So whatcha all been up to?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How was your Christmas?</span></div>
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Now that I have finally made a blog post</div>
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it will be easier to come back.</div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We moved, sold our house, moved some more.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">(left a bunch of things for staging as you saw in previous post)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">And I've had so many projects going!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">has been my favorite and so much fun....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">More of the decorative touches I gave our house for selling</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">(I did much of this when we lived here too... but added to it)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">~ Entering the front door you'll see ~</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">I added cheery yellow to the master bedroom</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">with touches of aqua and gray</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">We all 'stage' our homes</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">and create vignettes even if we don't call it that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">I don't know when the word "Staging" came to light</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">in regards to selling a home,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">and has even become a profession!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">{it's pleased me to no end when people ask</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">if a "Professional Stager" did my house}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Something interesting happened after I changed</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">a room some, taking away this, adding that,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">purchasing a few inexpensive items to add color...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">My husband said, "We should have done this before!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">(Yes, he uses the "WE" just as I do when "WE" build something)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Where we now live has so many wonderful features.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">But the hall bath and the powder room were so dated.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">There are other things that need to be done on this</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">30 year old house, and right now the bathrooms are not it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">So I decided to decorate them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">(there was absolutely no staging done on this house</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">when we were shown it by a realtor)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Although photos can't show the new beauty</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">(a small bathroom does not photograph well)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">A huge </span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b>splash</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-size: large;">of a<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">bright</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> floral</span><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">bouquet</span></b><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"> on a shower curtain,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">and a frame-less oval mirror for over the sink</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">has turned it into a room that is a delight</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">even with dated faucets and light fixture!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">If there is a room in your house you are not thrilled with</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">a room that you wish you could remodel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">or do a complete makeover on but it's just not possible...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">look at it and think:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">"If I were to sell this house, how would I stage this room?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Then de-clutter, get rid of things you don't like or don't use,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">or would be better in another room.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Shop your home or visit a thrift store,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">a flea market or stores like Ross, T.J. Maxx or Target.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Find something that has colors that speak to you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">And then work around that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">A floral bouquet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">A painting (even as an artist I still buy inexpensive</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">art for my bathrooms if I see something I love)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Then get a couple of pillows for the couch,</span></div>
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<br />"Create Beauty"http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351220132065841813noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558224521825826737.post-79029802099900066442015-07-03T10:38:00.000-07:002015-07-03T10:38:51.271-07:00White Flower Peacock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">which won't be so long in coming!</span></div>
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<br />"Create Beauty"http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351220132065841813noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558224521825826737.post-92200742426829977782015-06-08T16:13:00.002-07:002015-06-08T16:13:29.333-07:00Tulle and Roses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6;">~ Violet ~ </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">These vintage beauties caught my eye a while back.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">They were both at the same antique shop</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">and one wore the gown (although dirty and needing mending)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">~ Playing dress up is fun when you have a twin ~</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I made the house and rock fences last year</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>{Not my only gift .... but a wood box did bring me much delight!}</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6;">~ Violet ~</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">This is my story, my name (rightly so) is Prince.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I am a 4 month old Silken Windhound puppy formerly from a place called Texas.... </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">It was nice there. But since I discovered I am actually a Prince,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">and am treated so royaly here in my new home,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I have adjusted quite well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Even though there is a large hairy dog here who says he is the King,</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">{ But everyone knows she is Princess Porsha }</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I am 4 months old and she is 2 months old, smaller than me,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">and that sounds really fun, but my people miss her.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">We will all get to run in the fields of heaven with her one day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">We are smaller than a Borzoi and larger than a Whippet</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">And we are so fast, you would be amazed!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">{not too sure how much adoration will take place by our older Afghan Hound though!}</span></div>
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My heart is breaking, but I know from past experience</div>
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that God will help us through this, as hard as it will be.</div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">I cherish every GOLDEN MOMENT we have shared</span></div>
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Her illustrations and poem are exceptional, you can find it<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Animals-Nancy-Tillman/dp/0312553692/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419864122&sr=1-1&keywords=the+heaven+of+animals" target="_blank"> here</a>.</div>
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How I hope each one who reads this</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">{thanks Jeanne for coming over in these.... where can I get some?!?!}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">And yet I sit here blogging.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">The blessings of his heav'n.</span></div>
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