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  • January31st

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    Bar Stools

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    One of the many things that I didn’t have in my house in NC that I have now is a bar-and a pretty big one at that. It’s connected to the island in our kitchen and it really wasn’t an option to not have some form of seating there. And oh, since we didn’t have any bar stools…I had to look for some. Oh shopping, I love how we always meet.

    As always, World Market had a bar stool with metal and wood that I was eyeing, but I ended up buying something more suited for my needs. Because we’re renters, and will someday, move again and needing bar stools might not be in our next house, I wanted to make sure I got something versatile. So one of the things I loved about the bar stools I bought was that they’re stackable. They don’t have backs, but ironically, they’re pretty comfortable (which I didn’t think they would be). So even, someday, if we don’t have a bar, they can be stacked in a closet and pulled out for extra seating if we need them.

    Oh, and I love their look.
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    See how stackable those stools are?? And I can’t tell you how often we use them…maybe even more than the kitchen table. Have you ever bought something that was better than your expectations??

  • January28th

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    {DIY} Green Wreath

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    Even though I just posted on Lindsay’s Life of Splendor about my living room, my master bedroom is slowing coming together too. I still need curtains (like bad) and need to paint the attached bathroom, oh, and I want (not need) a new bedspread…but everything else is “done”. Remember I tackled the off-centered window problem here, well on the opposite wall is where my chest of drawers sits. With all of the neutral colors in the room, when it came to decorating the top of the chest, I knew I needed some green to add some natural-looking life in the room. So I took a stick wreath I had, and decided to make it into a green wreath instead. I used a vine and several bushes (all from Michaels) to make the wreath, and I attached them with green wire.
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    Now, before you say “that looks like a bush and not a wreath” hold on. Because when I put it on the wall, it was perfection!
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    I think the green wreath is the perfect finish to tie everything together on top of the chest of drawers. The picture was a wedding gift from J’s best man. He saved the cards we wrote our vows on, and had them framed. An amazing gift, right!

    How do you think my green wreath turned out?

  • January25th

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    Friday is here and I’m celebrating like I worked this week. Hah! Don’t worry, it’s coming, and I’m just a little excited! Today I’m over at Lindsay’s Life of Splendor talking about my favorite room so you’ll have to check it out! And if you haven’t met Lindsay yet, you need too. We both love antlers and deer. Enough said.  Happy Friday!

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  • January11th

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    Easy Art

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    With all the pictures I have, it’s hard for me to frame other kinds of art. It’s not that I don’t like non-picture art, I just have a lot of pictures. My MIL send me a little note in the mail-she always has the cutest cards, and the note she sent me just a few days ago, I just loved…so I framed it. I used a little burlap for the background and a white IKEA frame.
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    Right now it’s on one of my shelves in the living room, where it kinda perfect. AND, do you see some new furniture?? Maybe something to the right of the shelf? I’ll share on Monday!

    Have you framed anything a little different to use as art?