tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54825510854510458492024-03-13T00:32:17.266-07:00Puddles & TeaRainy Day Blogging, Decorating and Crafting...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-42396435895841222032015-07-08T13:46:00.000-07:002015-07-08T13:46:34.707-07:00Summer Updates in the Livingroom and Kitchen.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not much has changed really in our home, we did upgrade the free sofa to a Craigslist IKEA sectional. I have re-arranged some of the wall decor and chairs. Added some beachy/summer stuff to the mantel. </div>
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slipcover does fit better on the sofa it was meant for. It came with the
ottoman, and I haven't decided to keep the black, or buy a different
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Mantel is filled with rocks, shells, drift wood and sea glass my boys found on the beach, along with a couple of large shells from my childhood in Mexico.</div>
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Changes to the dining room include the chairs I bought off craigslist for $50. I painted them with Duck Egg blue AS Chalk Paint. They are a smaller scale and I can fit two on one side without table leaves. I think they are cute, but I have kept the originals, I'm not sure these will be kept if we move the table later.</div>
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Touches of fresh flowers from the yard. I put them all over the house to enjoy.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-73996311320055463782015-07-08T13:24:00.001-07:002015-07-08T13:47:10.115-07:004th of July Front Porch: 2015Posting an update of what the house is looking like this summer. We had family visit for the 4th so I actually did some porch decorating for the holiday.<br />
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A couple of big changes to the front. We have started painting the trim and doors. The garage doors were teal/french blue. As is the window trim. We plan to change all this to just the crisp white. I think I will keep the nautical navy on the door. The other change is the new garden fence and gate you can see to the left of this photo. It still needs stain and the tops finished, but it looks great and keeps the deer from eating our garden. <br />
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For the first time I actually have a large "old fashoned" coverd porch. I decided that some classic buntings would be the perfect touch for an island style 4th.<br />
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Simple red flowers next to the blue of the door, and moving a metal star to the door looks patriotic without spending much money. Everything here I already had.. just added the fresh flowers. <br />
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My pots are not looking super lush this year.. probably because it's abnormally hot and dry this summer. I'm going to have to break down and buy drippers and install them all over the yard. <br />
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Of course by the end of the week the porch was covered with sand, wet swim suits, towels and coolers... but that is summer life. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-14610502243104663542015-04-16T16:13:00.000-07:002015-04-16T16:13:40.597-07:00White Wash Brick Fireplace MakeoverDecided to breakdown and try a paint wash on the fireplace brick. The brick has a vintage/rustic feel to it.. like the used reclaimed brick, and the mantel was bespoke made local. Here is a "before" photo, it shows the fireplace insert before I gave it a paint makeover. You can see that <a href="http://puddlesandtea.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-simple-fireplace-makeover.html">HERE.</a> <br />
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The orange finish on the fur mantel combined with the dirty brownness of the brick was not doing much for me. I had to think long and hard about putting paint on the brick, as you really can't go back once it is done. I decided to use some of my Country Chic chalk paint in "French Linen" It's a very light gray.. I diluted it to about 40/60 paint and water. Chalk paint dries fast, and I wanted it to go on light.<br />
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I painted the wash on with a regular paint brush, then used an old damp towel to blot the excess off. Work in sections and if you take too much off, just put more on and dab again.<br />
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Now you can really see some progress.. all that is left is the right side, and the bottom hearth. It really brightend up the brick, but it still looks like brick.<br />
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The last step was to put on a few coats of glossy trim paint on the mantel.. and it sure looks like a different fireplace. The gray cast to the brick has more of a "stone" look. You can still see some of the rustic tones of the brick though it. <br />
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Welcome to my 2014 Christmas home tour. </div>
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I didn't get everything done that I had planned this year. Between the fall down the stairs and then the cold and bronchitis, I just decided to make due with what I have gotten up and chill with it. I planned for more fresh cut greenery... but I have quite a bit of faux greens from living in the desert. So I'm just sticking with no fuss. My dept. 56 village is still boxed up, it can join us next year. </div>
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So come on in out of the cold and take a tour of our beach cottage in the woods.</div>
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Come on into the entryway...</div>
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I'm pretty fond of this garland from Costco. It's huge, full of lights, and looks great after three years of use.</div>
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Our first room is the den. We chose to put the tree up in here, it shines through the front windows and has great atmosphere for family Christmas movies. </div>
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We love to snuggle up in here with the stove running and the Christmas lights on inside and out.</div>
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A cozy room for book reading or movies.</div>
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Next room in the tour is the living room. The big fireplace and the view of the winter woods give this room a cabin feel. I played that up with some decor in deer themes. I also added some vintage wool throws. The brown one on the chest is a vintage blanket from an airline and the plaid is a vintage Pendleton, both thrift store finds. </div>
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Our mantel features a couple of DIY projects that I actually got done. One is the stocking sign: our mantle is quite narrow, I knew that my stocking holders wouldn't fit with the garland. I found this cedar board in the garden and painted the signs and added hooks for the stockings. I think this is actually more secure than stocking holders. No more kiddo's with bloody heads after pulling their stockings down. (Yes, that happened) </div>
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The other project was adding custom burlap cuffs to our Pottery Barn
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Next up is the kitchen and dining area. </div>
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I used some left over burlap from the stockings to make a simple no-sew runner. </div>
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Take a break for a cup of tea and some chocolate chip banana bread. </div>
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Our last stop is the master bedroom. A simple addition of my Pottery Bard winter cardinal duvet and a thrif store wreath make the bedroom a snug winter retreat. <br />
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So my sneaky house tour this week is this gem near Seattle's Arboretum. It has been modernized but still has so much of it's original features, it's really quite lovely.<br />
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I love the dreamy dusty blue and white paint. It has the curb appeal of a tiny cottage, but the looks is deceiving, the house is actually over 3,000 square feet. It has a basement apartment, which could really be a boon for a homeowner who is looking to rent space in this neighborhood, so close to the university.<br />
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Classic craftsman fireplace with built-ins and more leaded glass. I'm loving these blue velvet chairs.<br />
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The dining space has more leaded glass windows.<br />
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The kitchen looks vintage...but I'm thinking these cabinets are more from the 50's.<br />
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It's actually looks to be quite a large eat-in kitchen. It has a vintage "farmhouse" feel. Including the cool vintage step stool. My great grandma had the exact same stool in her craftsman kitchen.<br />
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The bathroom looks quite original, the hexagon tiles on the floor, the sink, tub and built-ins, all look period. So nice to see a house with it's original character<br />
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The bedrooms are done soft and sweet. The blue in here is perfect and the chair rail with white is perfect.<br />
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Perfect cottage style room.<br />
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This attic room looks very large, I would love to have skylights like that.<br />
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I was so happy to find a craftsman that still has so much of it's original goodness and obviously well cared for I had to add it to my blog. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-84003306065537132412014-12-10T16:30:00.002-08:002014-12-10T16:53:41.488-08:00Our Christmas Front Porch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have always loved large front porches and our new home has a nice large wrap around porch. I was quite excited to get my decor out and see what looks I could create. My main purchase this year was to replace our failing incandescent strings with more LED. A couple years ago we bought two spools of lights for the roof line, but we wanted to replace more of them and took advantage of Home Depot's trade in deal.</div>
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We picked up a few sets of these icicle lights, they can switch between multicolor and warm white with the push of a button. A really cool idea, for us it's a great compromise as my little boys want everything "rainbow" and I prefer classic white. I added the string to some faux garland I have had for years, and I mean like from when we were first married and many houses ago. Someday they will need to retire, but they seem to be still going strong and I found a place to use them on the porch. </div>
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In a previous post I wrote about adding greenery fillers to my patio pots. I aso added it to the small urn by the door. </div>
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I also used some to perk up this terracotta quail.</div>
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I found two snowflake stakes at Hobby Lobby and added them to the pots. </div>
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The pots and arborvitie are wrapped in warm white twinkling LEDs. </div>
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My thrift store grapevine deer is standing at attention. </div>
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I used my Kirkland brand swags outside this year. One on the door and two on either side of the porch entry. and added bright red bows to every post. The icicle garland run the whole length of the porch. </div>
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The big shrub in font of the porch are sporting another set of color changing lights, here they are set to warm white. </div>
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Well that is our porch for 2014, Happy Holidays. </div>
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My house projects have had to take an unexpected break. I took a bad fall in November and actually broke my bum... or rather broke a blood vessel in my bum. It's quite painful, I would not recommend it. Pretty much only comfortable position was laying on my side for a few weeks, and still I'm not able to wear pants due to the swelling..and then I got a cold.. ha. Anyhow. I had a few good days to work on things, and this week I decided to fluff up my wilting patio pots. We actually had freezing weather and snow a couple weeks ago and it finished off my annuals. I had already put up my Christmas decor, these sad plants are certainly not a cheery addition to them.</div>
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I thought about just stashing them back in woods until time to plant
them again. Then I decided that maybe they just needed a bit of holiday
trimming. Luckily now that I have a house in the woods we have no
shortage of green trimmings. With our winter wind storms here the ground
oven is covered in them.</div>
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A bit of wandering back into our woods and I noticed that we had a little tree go over in the previous storm.</div>
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I took a few of these branches too. </div>
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I got a good pile of fir collected and set off for some holly. </div>
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We have a large variegated holly in our yard, one badly in need of grooming.. unfortunately it didn't have many berries.. but still add texture and I didn't feel bad removing branches from it's shaggy self.</div>
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I simply snipped bits of branch and I pushed them into the pots, and added some of the LED lights from my potted arborvitaes. </div>
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My husband has a wooden trunk his dad built for him to take all his gear to scout camp. It has lived in various ways around our homes and for awhile lived in the garage. Here I needed a table for our living room and decided to try it out. It seems to fit the space fairly well and is actually tall enough to serve as a table.<br />
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It's stained wood with brass latches, </div>
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First step was two coats of Anne Sloan Olive. Yep, the same color as my Union Jack dresser behind. </div>
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I could have stopped there, but I didn't want this piece to be the same as the dresser.</div>
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So I got out a can of Country Chic paint that I had used on my dining room table and slathered some on. This part was just slopping some white over the olive, I'm going to rub it in, so no need to be as careful.</div>
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Then comes the next step, getting an old towel and getting it damp. Be sure to squeeze out the excess, you don't want it dripping wet. I fold the towel and wipe lightly back and forth, pressing down harder in the areas I want more wear. I use a couple fingers wrapped in the towel to really rub across the wood trim, distressing those areas down until a bit of wood shows. </div>
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This side slopped with paint. I painted the hardware too.. they didn't match anyhow. I can always rub some off after.</div>
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I worked in sections, paint a side, then wipe-wipe-wipe. I folded and refolded the towel to expose clean damp sides and wiped against the grain of the wood first and then with the grain to smooth. </div>
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Now most sane people would stop there... but I wanted a touch of a third color. I had a can of this Anne Sloan from another project. I rinsed my towel and grabbed a dry paint brush.</div>
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Using the brush to dab a bit of blue on my damp towel. I then rubbed a bit of blue on the corners and trim and here and there on the surfaces, not all over. My thought was, If this is an old shipping trunk, it would have paint transfer from rubbing on other trunks in the cargo hold. So why not add a bit of rubbed color on areas that would have been touching?</div>
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I also rubbed on the hardware so the metal shines through a bit.</div>
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I decided to use the Country Chic Natural Wax. It looks like a tiny container...but you just rub the brush around on the top, brush across the wood and it actually goes on very thin. You can just see a slight shine to the areas you wax. I then use a scrap of flannel to buff. I waxed the dining room set and this trunk and have just a slight indention on the wax. </div>
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And here it is, all done and back in it's place. I changed up the decor on top. Going with a wood bowl of pumpkins, a white milk bottle with some hydrangeas from the yard and a candle. </div>
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I found a few great houses.. but this one caught my eye.<br />
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It's about 1,000 square feet. So definitely a cozy cottage.. I like the gray shingles with a bit of charcoal. I also love homeowners who are not afraid have their raised bed gardens front and center.. though it looks like they got staged with some ornamental plants, I would take those back out. There is nothing wrong with walking by your veggies regularly, or even better plant herbs along the side next to the walk. Nothing like the smell of basil and thyme in the summer.<br />
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A nice simple living room..pretty wood floors. Though I do think a wall other than yellow would show their color better. (Seattle seems to be the land of yellow living rooms)<br />
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I'm loving this dining space. The tomato painted walls with the green farm table and mixed up chairs. I love the simple pendant light and the HUGE window!<br />
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How fun is this kitchen? It looks like the homeowners are collectors of LeCreuset and have a mixed collection of colors. I also spy some bright enamel canisters, vintage coffee tin and lime colored mixer. The kitchen cabinets look vintage with simple white paint and bin pulls. The doors have been removed to show off collections and love the shelf with spices.<br />
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This outdoor space is so peaceful. It really feels like you could be out in the country. I could see those trees strung with fairy lights for late night get togethers. </div>
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First I found a black plastic cauldron. Mine isn't big.. it's a smaller cheepo one. You could easily find something bigger, check out thrift stores.</div>
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I then bought a Gemmy Fire and Ice light at Home Depot. Our Home Depot is done with Halloween and on to Christmas already, but I found them <a href="http://www.kmart.com/led-lightshow-spot-light-fire-and-ice-rry/p-009W007791727001P">here</a> also. I also saw that Grandin Road had a plug in version that stays on all the time, where as mine is battery operated and you have to clap or stomp to get it to light.</div>
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It makes a very cool effect, like watery flames.</div>
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This is how it looked, I decided it was a bit flat so I pulled up two edges a bit. Still leaving an opening for the light to reflect on the ceiling. </div>
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It looks like bubbling flames, but no worries about fingers exploring the pot. And if you want it inside, unlike dry ice, no water mess. Bonus you get cool ceiling effects for your party. </div>
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Overall, I'm pretty happy with it. Though I may upgrade to the plug in version at some point. Maybe when I find one on sale. ;)</div>
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I thought while I'm at it I would give you a bit of a tour of Po's hutch. We set up his hutch in a animal pen that was already here.<br />
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I'm not sure what the owners used it for, the neighbors said they didn't have a dog. Maybe it was just for the garbage cans. ( I spotted a can dumped over with two raccoon in it last night on my way home) But it works well as a run for him and to keep curious night time critters from harassing him. (we have coyotes and cougars too!) It has a lean-to roof and is nestled up against the brick of the fireplace.<br />
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I had noticed that even though his hutch is under cover, rain would hit the bricks and bounce back up into the bottom level of the hutch. He could still stay dry upstairs, but who want's to only have half a dry home? And besides the bottom corners is where he chose to keep his litter box. So it would be soaking wet and he would still sit there...if you have ever had rabbits you will know that wet dirty litter is not healthy for buns.<br />
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I pulled a bit of plastic I had in my fabric stash. It's the kind you can use to cover tables and it is sold by the yard at Jo-Ann fabric. (a shower liner would work too) I draped it partially across the front and around the side that is open on the bottom.<br />
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I didn't want the plastic to go across the whole front. This gives Po a place to sit in the fresh air. And keeps the hutch from having condensation inside. I tucked his food dispenser in behind the plastic to make sure rain dos net wet his food. I don't fill the dispenser all the way. Food can go bad left in it, so I just give him fresh food regularly. If we do head out for an over night I will add more to make sure he doesn't run out while we are gone. </div>
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Po enjoys lounging upstairs in the "loft". We use fleece for bedding. Underneath is layers of newspaper. The newspaper wicks the moisture down through the fleece and away from Po's feet, rather like how the new cloth diapers work. </div>
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The upstairs nest box has a box of rabbit safe shaving and paper mix with hay. This is where he likes to sleep and snuggle and he keeps this area pretty clean on his own. I rarely find any poop or pee in here. So far he has been really good about not chewing on fleece, but he does like to move the blanket around and "make his bed" by digging in it. </div>
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Down the ramp is his litter box with more rabbit safe shaving/paper mix. I buy this premixed at Pet Co. This isn't where I would have picked to put the litter box.. but this is where he decided to have his "potty corner" He does most of his pee in it. It really saves having to change the fleece and paper. I just use a little broom and pan to sweep up his little "bunny raisens" and change the litter, and we can go for a week without changing the fleece/paper. </div>
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The downstairs nest box has a box I cut holes into and the hay feeder. He loves to play with boxes and sit on boxes and hide in boxes. In this case he can play and munch hay in here and stay cozy on windy, cool, days.</div>
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So the rain storm came in and now the hutch looks like this. </div>
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The rain is also putting a damper on or other projects. My hubby has been putting up new garden fences. This winter the dogs will use this space for a run, and then next spring/summer the yard will get fenced and then with some chicken wire to secure the lower fence, Po will be able to free-range during the day in the garden. </div>
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Welcome to our Halloween front porch tour.</div>
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Well the wet season is finally here in the Seattle area. We had an unbelievably warm and dry first couple weeks in October, were talking beach weather still... but now fall is finally here. The rain and the leaves are coming down.<br />
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Come walk up our leaf strewn driveway...<br />
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........ and up to our porch.</div>
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We are the crazy neighbors that decorate for Halloween.. not just fall season. </div>
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Now grant you, we have younger kiddos. So nothing too creepy or gross. No blood or guts.<br />
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Some stuff is cute and happy...<br />
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Some are a bit furry. Go ahead, ring the door bell... he won't bite. (much)</div>
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The witch is currently absent from her pink rocking chair. Her cupboard is open and ready for casting spells this Halloween. </div>
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I used the old garden gates to frame the potions wall hanging, added a bit a creepy cloth and some ravens and lights. </div>
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A couple skulls and spiders are about as spooky as we can go. This skull has been named "Bob" </div>
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The talking raven in the cage is new this year. I found him at HomeDepot and loved him. The kid safe cauldron is fairly simple. You can find DIY instructions <a href="http://puddlesandtea.blogspot.com/2014/10/my-bubbling-cauldron-diy.html">here</a>. </div>
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With stuff still boxed from our move, I couldn't find my fall wreath. I did find my old fake pumpkin vines I found years ago at Goodwill. I stuck those on one of my white metal stars, added a sparkly dotted bow and some tiny red LED lights. </div>
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The pumpkins from the patch are not carved yet. They spoil way too fast here in the wet. In fact we had one turn to mush already and is currently being happily munched on by our composting worms.</div>
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These two dudes like to hang out in my bistro chairs. They tend to get too waterlogged in the yard. (and used as a punching bag by my boys)</div>
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My laundry room is the least favorite room in the house. It's small, dark and right off the living room. It's also the pass through to the garage so it ends up being a drop zone, it's too small for a drop zone. Then there was the paint... it was blue, like a bright blue with royal blue trim. </div>
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It had that "this is a random room in an old factory" look. Complete with fire extinguisher... </div>
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The wood cabinets are boring and the one on the side wall bugs me.. it's like just in an awkward spot. We are not redoing them right now, they will have to do and we need the storage bad. There is no floor space for a different type of storage. </div>
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The worst part is how exposed this room is to the living room. There is a door.. but with my boys running their dirty clothes in there and accessing the dog food, the door is always open. So when you sit on the sofa, this is the view. </div>
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We have plans to do some renovating the garage area in a while and it will have a new mud room/laundry, so while the room needed a makeover, it needed to be done in a thrifty way. Why spend money when this room would be overhauled in the future? So my plan is to makeover using only things I ALREADY HAVE. I know, crazy right? I have some partial cans of paint in the garage from repainting the main rooms and a can of old trim paint. I also have tons of decor around that could be put to use.</div>
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What to do with the cabinets? Paint.. if they didn't have flat fronts I might have considered it. They would look pretty boring with large expanses of white and no texture. I opted to take the doors off the big ones over the machines. Should I go with open shelves and pretty baskets? Sorry, I'm just too unorganized for that look. I went through my stack of Goodwill shower curtains and picked out a the Target bird one. I cut the shower curtain in half width wise. After hemming the raw edges and creating a pocket for the rod, I grabbed a couple of extension rods the old home owners left behind and hung one curtain at the top of the cabinet, Leaving the bottom area exposed for easy access to laundry soap and a place to display decor. The other half went below the cabinet to hid the hoses and electric cords. I didn't put it against the wall, it's actually about 5 inches forward. This gives breathing room behind for the equipment. </div>
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I added a simple folded cotton rug I already had to the top of the dryer. It makes a soft space to put a laundry basking and keeps it from making noises while the machine is running. </div>
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Remember that wall with the fire extinguisher? It now has a nice gilt mirror that is perfect for quick glance at ones hair and makeup before heading out to the garage and car. The flat boring door to the garage is dressed up with a chalk painted metal wall hanging. The white paint is a huge improvement.</div>
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The day we went was slightly cloudy, that seems to make the pumpkins colors even brighter. My older son went with me to help choose some pumpkins to carve and some small ones to add around the house that will stay throughout Thanksgiving.</div>
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They had some very interesting squash. I loved this one that was "tiger striped"</div>
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The farm also has this interesting building.. I'm not sure it's purpose. Maybe a viewing stand to watch the harvest, call in the crew for breaks? This farm is the oldest farm on the island still being farmed and this building looks fairly old. </div>
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In the end we picked out two pumpkins for carving, a handful of small pumpkins, a couple cute squash and one "warty" white pumpkin and one of the red pumpkins. I also picked up an acorn squash that will be one of this weeks side dishes. My husband made a trip with my younger son to choose his carving pumpkins and we ended up with more of the small ones too. </div>
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Welcome to our cottage candlelight Halloween tour. We are a bit Halloween crazy around here, but we have two boys that are young enough to have sleepless nights if things look too creepy. So we go with classic Halloween colors, with a touch of cutesy and glitter. Of course lots of pumpkins everywhere. </div>
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Our fireplace dressed with small pumpkins and gourds. My white owl vases, a white trellis I borrowed from the pouch, candles and a Halloween bunting that I picked up at an after season sale. </div>
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I use mostly LED candles. With my curious boys who like to experement by putting random things into flames, I only light real candles in high places, or after 8:30 P.M. So these candles are my friends, I can have the cozy glow anytime of the day, worry free. These happen to be the remote controlled candles from Costco, I'm pretty happy with them so far. </div>
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The china hutch has been turned into a Halloween village. I collect Department 56 buildings and I love how they look at night. They also make some spooky sounds, so no need for a soundtrack if you have a Halloween party.</div>
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The nook's table is kept simple. A poison place mat and some leaves added to our lantern. The boys regularly slather the table with maple syrup, so I need the surface to be kept clear for wiping down. I have a black lace "spiderweb" table cloth I can put on it for a spooky dinner. </div>
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The old sewing machine has a friendly witch, and a spiderweb cauldron candle holder. My glass cabinets have some ceramic pumpkins added to the white and china.</div>
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The stairs are decorated with a bit of creepy cloth and a garland. The entry table holds a friendly, glittery witch with her cauldron (really a scented wax warmer) a spell book that actually holds candy. One of the Pottery Barn napkins for color and some real leaves from our maple tree.</div>
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Thanks for visiting, come back soon for look at our outdoor Halloween decor. Check out our trip to the <a href="http://www.puddlesandtea.blogspot.com/2014/10/pumpkin-patch-wanderings.html">pumpkin patch</a> too. </div>
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The front yard has perfect landscaping, the window boxes and the vines give it that storybook feel.<br />
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I love the wood details on the front porch and the rustic wood door.<br />
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The celing has box beams and the old world fireplace is beautiful.</div>
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Light and bright kitchen with pretty windows.</div>
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This pretty blue bedroom has a romantic fireplace and practical and pretty built in shelves.<br />
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Overall it feels a bit English cottage. I love a house with interesting details.. I would love to see it done up for Christmas.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-86788668835480429882014-10-03T13:13:00.005-07:002014-10-13T08:56:23.575-07:00Making Pillows From Pottery Barn Napkins<br />
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I love Pottery Barn's seasonal pillows. They always seem to have just the fabric and print that I would love adding to my home. This year they offered their "painted pumpkin" accessories and I fell in love with how soft the colors were, and how well they would transition from Fall to Halloween to Thanksgiving. Three months of use for that print. Perfect!<br />
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Not so much the price. I didn't want to buy the outdoor pillows, I don't like storing pillows with built in inserts, takes up way too much space. I would have to spend over $60 to get two pillow covers for my sectional. In looking at the other items in that line I noticed they had a set of 4 napkins. And they measure 20" square. Plenty of fabric for a pillow. The napkins cost around $25 ( they are sold out now)<br />
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I picked out some fabric from my stash for the back side of the pillows. If you wanted you could simply sew two napkins together and stuff with an insert or poly-fill, but I wanted a cover I could remove and adding a simple back allows you to make 4 pillows. (or use the other napkins around the house) In this case I picked a natural colored linen blend. I already had it, so it didn't add cost to this project. </div>
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Next I cut two pieces of fabric the same height and about 3/4th the width of the pillow. I'm making an envelope opening, no need to fiddle with sewing zippers or buttons. </div>
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Next I did a double fold and sewed a seam to cover the raw edges that will be the opening side.</div>
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I sewed this seam on both back pieces. I then lay the pieces over the back side of the napkin and pin in place while turning the edges over. I pin it so the edge just covers the seam Pottery Barn put when the finished the napkins. </div>
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The two pieces will overlap in the middle and I simply tuck the top edges under each other and pin.</div>
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Using my machine I top stitch over the original seam. This seam will now look like a small flange on the finished pillow. Go slow.. don't forget to remove the pins on the underside as you go.. and I use a finger pressed on the seam to make sure my fabric is still under it while I'm sewing.</div>
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The end result is a pillow that fits an 18" insert well. </div>
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The back side.. (needs an iron)</div>
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If you wanted a 20" pillow you could pull out the napkins finished edge and sew a regular edge.. I may do that with the other two. For now I will enjoy my two new pillow covers and use my other napkins around the house. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-55588897900479550922014-10-03T09:16:00.000-07:002014-10-03T09:16:14.089-07:00House Spy Friday- Bremerton Beach CottageBremerton Wa. is located across the sound from Seattle.. and only a 45 min ferry ride. It's actually a reasonable choice if you are wanting a waterfront summer cottage. As the home prices are much more reasonable vs Seattle area. In fact we were tempted by a few of them ourselves while house hunting...and if it wasn't for the longer commute for hubby and the fact that some of the schools are rated fairly poorly, we may have bought one.<br />
Today's little gem is in Bremerton and it is waterfront, though not on the main body. I actually had this house in my favorites a couple years ago, and I found it's back on the market. Maybe if it's back by the time we retire, we will go look at it.<br />
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The color is perfect for it.. the marine blue shingles, the white trim and shutters and bits of color in the patio furniture. I love the mature trees and shrubs, they look well cared for, but not formal.<br />
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I'm usually not a huge fan of this much wood. However in this cottage it feels very sweet and cozy. The rustic built in's next to the fireplace, the huge amount of windows. I LOVE the dutch door!!This feels like a room meant to curl up with a good mystery and a cup of tea and listen to the rain pattering outside. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-7909846841497552402014-10-02T12:33:00.002-07:002014-10-02T12:34:01.583-07:00The Kitchen NookWelcome to our kitchen nook, just a little area between the kitchen and living room. It is our only dining space at the moment, and also double as our homework and board game headquarters.<br />
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It had a very vintage bronze and china chandelier. that threw up some very odd shadows on the wall. Seriously the shadow was the same shape as a certain body part.. I won't even show a photo of it. </div>
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This is our breakfast nook now. The light fixture is from HomeDepot and I bought the coordinating light for the kitchen. They are an antique gold color with glass beads and they cast very sparkly affects on the ceiling. They look very nice with the Rejuvenation crystal knobs and brass pulls the kitchen already had. </div>
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I havn't put a carpet in here yet. I'm a bit undecided on what would fit the space. It would need to be super hard wearing as the door to the back yard is right here and the dogs and kids go in and out quite often. For now just sweeping and damp mopping the space seems to be easiest.</div>
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The wall space next to the counter wasn't large enough for the china hutch, and it also doesn't have a wall outlet for anything that has lights. For the moment my antique singer treadle machine is living here. It actually sews, and dosn't need to be plugged in. Above is my thrift store chalk board where we write out our weekly meal plan. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-84455420576853783002014-10-02T11:41:00.005-07:002014-10-03T17:15:35.968-07:00Chalk Painted Windsor Dining Room Table and ChairsOur house has a dining space between the kitchen and living room. Basically the breakfast nook, though right now it's our only dining space. We had a formal dining room in our previous home, and it was used for meals probably once a year. This home also has a room intended as a formal dining, it's a pretty nice room with good windows. But as we downsized homes, I needed a space for my sewing room and office. So for now, our breakfast nook is our dining room, and homework hub. Our dining furniture is around 10 years old, we bought it before kids. It's seen quite a bit of abuse from them, there are marker stains and some dings and gouges, and frankly I'm just ready to have a new look.<br />
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In my quest to lighten and brighten this house in the woods, I decided to simply paint it white. I did consider more Duck Egg or even Provence. However I needed to actually pick up some paint for this project, not having enough on hand. I ended up buying a new brand of Chalk paint to try out.<br />
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Country Chic chalk paint. They have a ton of really cute colors.. including a more "pink" pink (Annie Sloan has a more salmon pink) They also do seasonal "limited edition" colors. They tend to run about $10 cheaper a can, locally, than AS paint. They are made in Canada.<br />
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I started with my chairs. I painted two in one day. I wiped down the chairs and scrubbed off any sticky bits. I didn't sand or prep. I usually don't with AS, and I wanted to see how this paint would preform. I found that I had to wait a bit longer between coats with this paint. It has a different feel, it's a bit thinner and kind of slippery. I ended up putting on three coats to get a sold covering, however the paint has a much smoother feel and look than AS. You could almost go without sanding if like. I wanted to distress a bit to allow some black through.. this is were there is a big difference between this paint and AS. I usually lightly sand AS before wax, and it turns to powder and distresses easy with a sanding block. I tried the same on this paint and I really had to put elbow grease into it to get it to show any black at all. So the You Tube tutorials say to use a wet cloth.. well I wet a cloth and the strangest thing about this paint is when you get it wet it kind of turns back into paint... so it kinda jells up after wetting but still wasn't easy to just rub off. I ended up wetting my foam sanding block and then scrubbing quite hard.. it would distress...but it was hard to predict how it would react. Some places I hardly wet and I would get a mass of paint removed, others I scrubbed forever and hardly any came off. In the end I actually ended up with a very "chippy" look. It looks good...however I usually go for more of a "rubbed" effect. </div>
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I decided to leave the cherry top and seats, for now. The wood color compliments the kitchen.<br />
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I't took me two days for the chairs. I would do one set a day. I wanted to make sure they were ready to go by the time the kids got home and needed to use them. I put two coats on the table the first day and a another coat the second day and then used the Country Chic wax to protect the paint. I'm a bit worried on how they will hold up around food and drinks, being that they re-liquefy when wet... but hopefully the wax will be a good hardener. The wax, by the way, is natural and non-petrol based. It has no smell at all and though it's a solid, you rub your brush around on it... then work it into the wood. You can see it go on with a nice sheen and I buffed with a bit of scrap flannel. It feels silky smooth. <br />
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Here it is all finished. I do love the white in this space, much more cheery and happy.</div>
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And looking for compost critters.... worms, rolly pollies and even a newt!</div>
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We sat and listened to live music and ate fresh Beignets.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-91608388725871408842014-09-28T18:08:00.000-07:002014-09-28T18:19:44.978-07:00A Simple Fireplace MakeoverOur house has a nice propane fireplace insert that was installed sometime in the early 90's. It is actually not bad looking, it doesn't have the clunky brass surrounds with tiny windows as we saw in a few other homes. It has a nice big glass and fairly realistic looking logs. I REALLY did not care for the surround color. It's was bright brick red...<br />
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The surround felt really pieced together.. It also showed that it was not quite the same size on one side vs the other. And though the red was probably designed to go with brick. It didn't match the brick we have.. So I picked up a few supplies.<br />
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1. A drop cloth... I used this to protect my driveway from overspray.<br />
2. Painter's tape. I used just a bit to cover the switch.. I didn't want to try taking it off, it was on pretty tight.<br />
3. <u>High Heat</u> black spray paint. Designed for BBQ's and other metals exposed to heat, it's very important to use this type on fireplace projects.<br />
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I got out a few tools and started carefully taking apart the surround.<br />
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I carefully unplugged the wires from the corner switch and used tape to keep track of what went to what connector. They were not marked in any way and I didn't want to reverse them.<br />
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I took the metal panels out to the driveway and gave them a couple coats of paint. Let dry and then put it all back together.. the result...I much cleaner look for the fireplace. It's much more neutral and compliments the decor. It also hides any issues with being square with the insert. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-83684326480710497622014-09-27T15:18:00.000-07:002014-09-27T19:36:12.680-07:00Union Jack DresserMy Union Jack dresser started life with me as a thrift store dresser. It had been painted with that textured stone paint.. it was cream with black flecks. The knobs were simple wood. I took it home and painted it glossy black and added antique gold pulls.<br />
Here is what it looked like when I bought it.. I'm about to paint here, drawers are pulled out and hardware removed.<br />
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Then it lived in our house for a few years.. and onto another house. It was a good look with my Tuscan/vineyard decor at the time. </div>
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Four years later I was ready for a new look. When we moved to a home that was a bit more cottage I had discovered Anne Sloan Chalk Pant and Union Jack dressers were popping up on Pinterest. I decided to take my own colorway. I love sage green, but I decided to go with Olive. It' made me think of military uniforms. I used two coats of Olive and then taped off the Union Jack and painted the stripes with Old White. When it was dry I removed the tape, sanded and distressed with a sanding block and finished with a coat of clear wax. The black and cream paint came through when I distressed and really look great with the olive. </div>
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The best way to see how a curtain will affect lighting is to take a photo of each, using natural light. In this case I used my phone. I took a photo of each and posted it to my facebook to see what my friends and family thought. Most people voted on the stripes. I had to agree, it was much brighter than the lattice print and didn't compete with the carpet.<br />
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And when taken with a real camera the room looks even better.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417385128791787833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482551085451045849.post-39447777168397211332014-09-26T10:34:00.000-07:002014-09-26T10:34:51.747-07:00Living Room ProgressionThe living room has had quite a few different looks, and we only moved here in July. The room pretty much started out as just a place to put stuff that no longer had a home. It's progressed to having a "new to us" sofa and freshly painted furniture to tie it together. Most of the changes were done using what we had. The only purchased items are the new painting, curtains and the sofa slipcover. Oh and the wall paint of course.<br />
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Here is the room from when we bought the house. Notice the dark yellow paint, this paint seems to be very common in this area.. we looked at a few different homes painted in what I call "Waldorf Yellow" I think the common thought it a sunny yellow will combat the feel of the dark and the gray outside. I find that yellow wall paint tends to change the other colors inside the house, making things look harsher and more reflective, including skin tone of people living in the house. The wood also blends into it, instead of complementing it.<br />
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Here is the room after I painted it with "Creamy Pebbles" and used a mossy brown as an accent. (later I regretted the accent wall and painted it over) The wood floor color is already looking warmer.<br />
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Next we moved our furniture into the house, and I tried to do what I could with what we had. It looked dark and had a very BoHo vibe to it. Appropriate for the island, probably.. but not really me. We placed the china hutch as close to the table as we could, on this wall it stuck out into the room a bit and made the space feel smaller. The painting was actually for my sewing room... but it was the only thing that fit the rather narrow wall space above the fireplace. The carpet is from a kids room.<br />
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Next came a re-arranging. I had in my mind that this space needed a sectional to truly work, but hubby was in doubt that one would fit. So I arranged the sofa and a chair into the dimensions of a sectional to get a sense of the space and try to win him over with the idea. The black shelf was moved to make a buffer between the dining space and living and the hutch was moved to the corner to allow for easier flow around the end of the sofa.<br />
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Next came a bit of good luck. I found this Bauhaus sofa on our local facebook group for free! I didn't have to talk hubby into plunking money for a sectional after all. The white canvas was stained but it was clean and had been washed, the foam under the covers was clean. I decided to give it a go, and it fit the room so prefectly. The lighter color added brightness to the room immediately. All it needed was a slipcover. I guessed that it was pretty close in shape and size to the Ikea Ektorp sectional and next trip to Seattle I picked one out to try.<br />
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I chose to get the Risane natural slipcover, It's kind of a drop cloth canvas look with cute buttons on the sides.<br />
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And it mostly fits.. there is just some extra on the sides of the bottom cushions and the main cover at the corner. These I can either live with... or tailor at some point if I feel like it. The best part is- it's machine washable. </div>
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The important thing is it fit the arms and the back... and I get really lucky they did. I may have to buy another slipcover to swap and wash, so far i have a sofa that cost me $299.00. Not too shabby. </div>
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Overall, I am quite happy with how the room is shaping up. The painted furniture and slipcover look is much more comfortable in this cottage home. </div>
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