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Spring Colors... for the bathroom

<div style="text-align: center;">Hello friends! <i> </i>I think t's the perfect time for any update don't you think? So today, we're going to be talking about  Spring Bathroom makeover.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Finally Spring! </span></i><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cold winter days are behind us  and now is the right time to go for spring </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">color trends hunting. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Placid Blue, Violet Tulip, Hemlock, Sand, Cayenne, Freesia, Celosia </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Orange, Radiant Orchid and Dazzling Blue – that's how the color palette sounds for</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spring 2014, after Pantone brought to the world of design its colorful equilibrium. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, let's imagine how we can use these hues to decorate a bathroom. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's a range of <a href="http://www.decorplanet.com/" target="_blank">beautiful <b>BATHROOM VANITIES</b></a> and accessories, presented in the best Spring colors!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Placid Blue surface in combination with Violet Tulip bath accessories</span></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofY0jwc1pO109inTVNWxDMdRxGTcO8bVnhAR5NMdoNI1235tvjf3Esg4wLtdWvsSQXScdVlYzKBS6ZefTOnw-2HdAQBqcrAESYT2Fnlxt2c53n5OcoWH45r9bu3Qk0RkzThrf94AvfiY/s1600/b1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofY0jwc1pO109inTVNWxDMdRxGTcO8bVnhAR5NMdoNI1235tvjf3Esg4wLtdWvsSQXScdVlYzKBS6ZefTOnw-2HdAQBqcrAESYT2Fnlxt2c53n5OcoWH45r9bu3Qk0RkzThrf94AvfiY/s1600/b1.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fairmont Designs Shaker Transitional Polar <a href="http://www.decorplanet.com/Fairmont_Designs_Shaker_48_in_Bathroom_Vanity_p/185-48.htm" target="_blank">White Bathroom Vanity with marble countertop</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Calming, serene and all set to get you in the mood to think about the blue waters of Summer too, don't you think? </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Celosia orange gives bursts of energy and zest into any room</span></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCO1XpCr_00kEdH84X202ArMWukD6eRUapNPkPqiJLM6CprhYvA1rQ31irpIvlZ7b3MUslyjStJZMKfFaM-P7Hm0uwV9hq26ytU6A0UuVfdYbhqVyAyiC4W5hfeHnPocK9xI_ZMNMXVE/s1600/b2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCO1XpCr_00kEdH84X202ArMWukD6eRUapNPkPqiJLM6CprhYvA1rQ31irpIvlZ7b3MUslyjStJZMKfFaM-P7Hm0uwV9hq26ytU6A0UuVfdYbhqVyAyiC4W5hfeHnPocK9xI_ZMNMXVE/s1600/b2.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.decorplanet.com/Modern_Bathroom_Vanities_s/27.htm" target="_blank">Fresca Energia Orange Modern Bathroom Vanity</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dazzling Blue and Radiant Orchid is an unexpected but perfect like Spring color combination, think blue skies and flowers</span></i></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw93uLZGOaHe71db7mLk2oTTWLYxB4bgpSQN6BL-KzDdsO5qHQE4OBU96Dvhhox-2RVGR8lI7gIxW5I35zYarNu8wCq7t85XEJy3KSqmwnV7d_YJ0I93CDc7A7JXBD4A7Rwb8TWnnS9yo/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-03-27+at+7.14.27+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw93uLZGOaHe71db7mLk2oTTWLYxB4bgpSQN6BL-KzDdsO5qHQE4OBU96Dvhhox-2RVGR8lI7gIxW5I35zYarNu8wCq7t85XEJy3KSqmwnV7d_YJ0I93CDc7A7JXBD4A7Rwb8TWnnS9yo/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-03-27+at+7.14.27+PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.decorplanet.com/Bathroom_Vanities_s/1.htm" target="_blank">More choices to see HERE</a>!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgMIu80NfGh9FR-dmoEk1EikZx0I5XoKUjejICpYYa9PYLpUj0oyVixLWWBu74Z-bqVfYNrC4nuXL6yEKKm-sCUDdISzRmYjtXojM54m5DQ_KYsRqIMKFhHopoWIDwokpCilBsOvm7zw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-03-27+at+7.35.22+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgMIu80NfGh9FR-dmoEk1EikZx0I5XoKUjejICpYYa9PYLpUj0oyVixLWWBu74Z-bqVfYNrC4nuXL6yEKKm-sCUDdISzRmYjtXojM54m5DQ_KYsRqIMKFhHopoWIDwokpCilBsOvm7zw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-03-27+at+7.35.22+PM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.decorplanet.com/Avanity_Windsor_72_inch_Double_Sink_Bath_Vanity_p/windsor-vs72-wt.htm" target="_blank">Avanity Windsor Vanity</a></td></tr></tbody></table>      <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Use any of these top spring colors to refresh your bathroom or even your entire home!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bring color and sophisticated touch to your home design. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can make it possible without the help of professional designers. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A true designer lives within you. Just release your creativity and be passionate ab</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">out what you do!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 107%;"><b><i><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">Have a Great day!</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>VEL </i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! Please share away...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">DISCLOSURE: Thank you to <b><a href="http://www.decorplanet.com/" target="_blank">Decorplanet.com</a> f</b>or the privilege of featuring some of their awesome products!  To see full disclosure policy, click <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/p/disclosure-policy.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></div>

Spring Colors... for the bathroom

Hello friends! I think t's the perfect time for any update don't you think? So today, we're going to be talking about Spring Bathroom makeover.Finally Spring! Cold winter days are behind us and now is the right time to go for spring color trends hunting. Placid Blue, Violet Tulip, Hemlock, Sand, …

31Mar2014

A Cottage By the Sea

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come on in and see my little house by the water......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEDibrVIAKQpc-lvMAgwM-dJapEeCaZb1EPcy2fe1QNpOIz1bIvNxlmpfwivyBbTOnU946dExGtO9MCHHc9vQgIBHUKFAL5XCQYmQpbMKdJCb0lMws323fVOyGIO71q04O-sNCvQX/s1600/front+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEDibrVIAKQpc-lvMAgwM-dJapEeCaZb1EPcy2fe1QNpOIz1bIvNxlmpfwivyBbTOnU946dExGtO9MCHHc9vQgIBHUKFAL5XCQYmQpbMKdJCb0lMws323fVOyGIO71q04O-sNCvQX/s1600/front+door.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was designing the remodel/rebuild of my tiny vacation home, I hit the salvage yards with a vengeance.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found this door with a round stained glass window that screamed at me </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>"Take me home and use me!!!!!"</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It needed a lot of chalking and paint to make it functional, so it probably wasn't the most practical of choices.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but then living on the ocean isn't the most practical of choices.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the outdoor sconce I chose a classic onion light that reflected the nautical theme.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The storm door was the old fashioned wood kind that has both a glass and screen insert for the change of the seasons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you stepped in the door, there was a clear unobstructed view of the ocean.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a pair of French doors installed directly across from the front door to accommodate the view.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1BqrC0Oh2w8c5Dnh9Yoo-Sorsyj5eOM3ngkmFjmzF3ne73nOSNpbIrfFqtFRovgdKJu4JJqQ7yZBtQtiqnwDZ0TpR5uQ2wZt6NNf7UN0-3XSPmRiI_9_l6-qdCmd98nN6zP5y_O9/s1600/view+to+back+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1BqrC0Oh2w8c5Dnh9Yoo-Sorsyj5eOM3ngkmFjmzF3ne73nOSNpbIrfFqtFRovgdKJu4JJqQ7yZBtQtiqnwDZ0TpR5uQ2wZt6NNf7UN0-3XSPmRiI_9_l6-qdCmd98nN6zP5y_O9/s1600/view+to+back+a.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the other side of the stained glass front door was the kitchen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IJJALDWW1HXo20_i64FhgpGhIuEWa6PQRZ3aE8pMafqoH1Z4hwhWl5zPTTjYqaJbghPgc7Z-TebCXbGDWDgxmLHsIxfsklcdt0ohA2SiSUHBp9jbXZwGK4CfujGI18jkV2ccQfGz/s1600/Dennis+cottage+16a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IJJALDWW1HXo20_i64FhgpGhIuEWa6PQRZ3aE8pMafqoH1Z4hwhWl5zPTTjYqaJbghPgc7Z-TebCXbGDWDgxmLHsIxfsklcdt0ohA2SiSUHBp9jbXZwGK4CfujGI18jkV2ccQfGz/s1600/Dennis+cottage+16a.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Boston  Globe Magazine 1190</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I raised the roof on the house I had several sky lights added.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the kitchen I had a stained glass window framed in to rest just below the sky light, so it would be lit by the sun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It repeated the feeling of the front door.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMRnMbDEe6Naguo0-gr7CfNwvcJXtRAxTW9M3nyYk-uG_va7auex6yUWB_HZmtMpU5bNmz3xVZ5py8uC_lqPf7EUI8ENcwB_kT08pBTyQ2u-EBlqJP73uvdPgjaSLzKMjHUFy_y7f/s1600/Dennis+cottage+6ea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMRnMbDEe6Naguo0-gr7CfNwvcJXtRAxTW9M3nyYk-uG_va7auex6yUWB_HZmtMpU5bNmz3xVZ5py8uC_lqPf7EUI8ENcwB_kT08pBTyQ2u-EBlqJP73uvdPgjaSLzKMjHUFy_y7f/s1600/Dennis+cottage+6ea.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted the look of a vintage stove, and found this one in a second hand appliance shop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It cost 50 dollars and worked great.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's from the 1950's.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Maybe if it had been from the 1960's it would have cost 60 dollars?????</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Pt6ODaTnlSetLDKVLynEILByz_z-_A2pDpB2ckHefwXULC9OMjsPPdMVRXlUfH9o3pBQSVOJy0ZnnHE6XD9Ryd0o6e08iJDcR8IYjRpGJ5MCzNzu873Kt8zNwcEu_vy4OWPYtmIj/s1600/Dennis+cottage+17a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Pt6ODaTnlSetLDKVLynEILByz_z-_A2pDpB2ckHefwXULC9OMjsPPdMVRXlUfH9o3pBQSVOJy0ZnnHE6XD9Ryd0o6e08iJDcR8IYjRpGJ5MCzNzu873Kt8zNwcEu_vy4OWPYtmIj/s1600/Dennis+cottage+17a.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Decorating Magazine 1990</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the stove, below the rose water color, I hung a pair of alphabet prints of my initials.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>B S</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love my initials.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They really sum up my outlook on life!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To the right of the stove is a wall cabinet that I had made out of a radiator cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHumHeRFrQK5TyPC9MAOo22xvhMcKwGcnCt5nD5ydW0irVRXfgm845LDKHEQ2iS-n-s8L98WaKWPoplBccQK2Z-jpRm5mQ77PiOqeSjwHNLEurzPRvRRUutobp8D1sBhMraZmTMeXR/s1600/Dennis+cottage+6da.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHumHeRFrQK5TyPC9MAOo22xvhMcKwGcnCt5nD5ydW0irVRXfgm845LDKHEQ2iS-n-s8L98WaKWPoplBccQK2Z-jpRm5mQ77PiOqeSjwHNLEurzPRvRRUutobp8D1sBhMraZmTMeXR/s1600/Dennis+cottage+6da.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Boston Globe Magazine 1990</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted something that had ventilation in the doors, due to the humidity by the water.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found this in a salvage yard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had it turned up side down, and put a bottom on it, and added shelves inside.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUeUDiwSTb9fRJp5oaXA9eLUlpegueklvS7unHMxejvDNWNDEz_QqF4Zb1L3pW4RoH65_eBQQGYYJbZ-zadnONgU77Hs_h0rB1qFquksWPGINSigsVHWUyBmQupxa-gK9NflM-npP/s1600/Dennis+cottage+6fa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUeUDiwSTb9fRJp5oaXA9eLUlpegueklvS7unHMxejvDNWNDEz_QqF4Zb1L3pW4RoH65_eBQQGYYJbZ-zadnONgU77Hs_h0rB1qFquksWPGINSigsVHWUyBmQupxa-gK9NflM-npP/s1600/Dennis+cottage+6fa.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See, I turned it upside down!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd53OK7eFsgfj5eTLKQF1qS5rGYAvH0IzSPYQ3Cn-_UmAuWhWm6eubAndB2n_OUAjLfuTtBTVNRbGzgIvmUSSveJj2mVX6clZTIUIoiHzc_jgUW9VTsB89vs9KT6LKI8GCIea-PbY8/s1600/Dennis+cottage+6faa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd53OK7eFsgfj5eTLKQF1qS5rGYAvH0IzSPYQ3Cn-_UmAuWhWm6eubAndB2n_OUAjLfuTtBTVNRbGzgIvmUSSveJj2mVX6clZTIUIoiHzc_jgUW9VTsB89vs9KT6LKI8GCIea-PbY8/s1600/Dennis+cottage+6faa.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought the legs made a great looking crown molding,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>See?????</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVyeg3vuUZrX7iSeu5ySpGxWQuPI88MzgnhAHEUJX5enfVLY9F1uSWwf1pdoVPSkee8ub2G4t_WNwkAXfZTbqumA5viS0dvHQfCey5yB_jFWGxjgyO0l9cE0nW35mI9LpZE7Obnpt/s1600/Dennis+cottage+6fa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVyeg3vuUZrX7iSeu5ySpGxWQuPI88MzgnhAHEUJX5enfVLY9F1uSWwf1pdoVPSkee8ub2G4t_WNwkAXfZTbqumA5viS0dvHQfCey5yB_jFWGxjgyO0l9cE0nW35mI9LpZE7Obnpt/s1600/Dennis+cottage+6fa.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I know.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>I'm very clever!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's it for today, campers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been working my fingers to the bone on Miriam's ottomans.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did one <i style="font-weight: bold;">wrong</i> and had to redo it today, so not a lot of time to blog.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On that note,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latah, Gatah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/?action=view&current=Betsysignature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/Betsysignature.png" /></a></div>

A Cottage By the Sea

Come on in and see my little house by the water......When I was designing the remodel/rebuild of my tiny vacation home, I hit the salvage yards with a vengeance.I found this door with a round stained glass window that screamed at me "Take me home and use me!!!!!"It needed a lot of chalking and paint…

30Mar2014

A Cape Cod Ocean Side Cottage

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I am going to start strolling down memory lane, and begin to show you guys the cottage I renovated on Cape Cod when I was younger and foolish.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9N-bf7sl5UUoCGJincWa2gImQSaPSfnr77iPqgTQEwx1WICPbldlJN638meYW8yDxHVxESIxRe3ojF2lBI-tZ8st6X9Yddd91U6dcUQBleWTYipQ0aDpt2WOwffBMSZQymdRE6mIk/s1600/Dennis+cottage+1ba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9N-bf7sl5UUoCGJincWa2gImQSaPSfnr77iPqgTQEwx1WICPbldlJN638meYW8yDxHVxESIxRe3ojF2lBI-tZ8st6X9Yddd91U6dcUQBleWTYipQ0aDpt2WOwffBMSZQymdRE6mIk/s1600/Dennis+cottage+1ba.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Decorating Magazine 1990</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's a split down the picture because this is scanned from a magazine, and it was a two page spread.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a fantasy that it would be </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;">marvelous </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to have a little vacation home by the ocean.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Cape Cod.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I was out of my friggin' mind!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sooooooo.......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started looking around the cape.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course it's easy to get to the Cape in the winter, when I was looking at real estate.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Try getting there in the summer, when I actually used this house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your whole life becomes scheduled around trying to beat the traffic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>anyway.......</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this is what I first saw when I found my little cottage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpOLpHoO-_LS6vJfiVMqaXE3qu9J-etgBc-Ojmreu4A5brUx7e1gzPlTahdRENs5Uuttb5F802Kg_XWwxLz2UfdkydFaDPNzCUc0lAMTocXgu2yvFGjkqgmCVWrZ7Ya2Ngke41Xeu/s1600/Scan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpOLpHoO-_LS6vJfiVMqaXE3qu9J-etgBc-Ojmreu4A5brUx7e1gzPlTahdRENs5Uuttb5F802Kg_XWwxLz2UfdkydFaDPNzCUc0lAMTocXgu2yvFGjkqgmCVWrZ7Ya2Ngke41Xeu/s1600/Scan.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was part of a group of 8 cottages that had been made into a co-op, so the land was owned by everybody, and the individual units had a 99 year lease.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's similar to a condo, only different.........</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I know, I know.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OY!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here's a side by side of the before and after, just to show you much I changed</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> this <strike>piece of crap</strike> sad little cottage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfsglzRd1j_B9-ZTw6WA-f7b9EZNu484DXtQh1NSQCc6x543LoKcut4M_GK4xI48zcQfxTcSk1TePgxsZiDF8umihd8VvL1Q-ZTDFv3VY3Rkkwmz-TMvpQ25lFbOXl1XC2k9tq01P/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfsglzRd1j_B9-ZTw6WA-f7b9EZNu484DXtQh1NSQCc6x543LoKcut4M_GK4xI48zcQfxTcSk1TePgxsZiDF8umihd8VvL1Q-ZTDFv3VY3Rkkwmz-TMvpQ25lFbOXl1XC2k9tq01P/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was right, smack on the ocean.....just sitting at the top of the sea wall.....nothing between the view and the house!!!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which meant, nothing between the hurricanes and the house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was young.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was idealistic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was stoopid.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I fantasized about having my morning coffee looking over the ocean.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AND I DID IT!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKn00TJj816EzA4-sOHFv-5B5J6U0jaN7y7boZoOxNuHrKgFg4jbgCDYuHWBSpBeVokrHtztUJOHLVgn7L8ZxZxeooGFGDeaIeJde144RtrU-Syu3RNAUkQrSP_KnbUb2qSFgE9uD/s1600/Scan+caa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKn00TJj816EzA4-sOHFv-5B5J6U0jaN7y7boZoOxNuHrKgFg4jbgCDYuHWBSpBeVokrHtztUJOHLVgn7L8ZxZxeooGFGDeaIeJde144RtrU-Syu3RNAUkQrSP_KnbUb2qSFgE9uD/s1600/Scan+caa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Look!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There I am doing it!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the next week or so, I will show you the renovation and</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> how I did what I did and why I did it.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, let me just give you a little peak of the inside, because I really don't have time today to write a long post.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1MfstQQ4VZQeP9jxUmdxrRlODWVAfgCNTsvM5nlfN5PoTOtr5HjrrJoWBlhluD0K8zYtnuuWXI_ofkwo4sccJJCi5Ju1Ly2h-cRO9OkWSKkF_ZaDa2dTOBY6qoE1QM0b2-bBzj7v/s1600/Dennis+cottage+living+room+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1MfstQQ4VZQeP9jxUmdxrRlODWVAfgCNTsvM5nlfN5PoTOtr5HjrrJoWBlhluD0K8zYtnuuWXI_ofkwo4sccJJCi5Ju1Ly2h-cRO9OkWSKkF_ZaDa2dTOBY6qoE1QM0b2-bBzj7v/s1600/Dennis+cottage+living+room+a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Decorating magazine 1990</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need to go for my walk, so my body doesn't fall apart any more than it already has.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And don't forget I'm working my behind off trying to finish the ottomans for Miriam's living room before her baby shower.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soooooo.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on that note.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latah, Gatah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/?action=view&current=Betsysignature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/Betsysignature.png" /></a></div>

A Cape Cod Ocean Side Cottage

Today I am going to start strolling down memory lane, and begin to show you guys the cottage I renovated on Cape Cod when I was younger and foolish.Decorating Magazine 1990There's a split down the picture because this is scanned from a magazine, and it was a two page spread.I had a fantasy that it w…

27Mar2014

Toy Nook Progress

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since we fixed the reading nook in my <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2013/11/tween-boy-bedroom-update-reveal.html">Tween Son's Bedroom</a> , I thought it was time to fix my little man's walk-in closet. Actually, it's more like his TOY closet really.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I actually fixed this up 2 months ago, but never really have gotten around to posting about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Here is what it looked like <b><u><span style="color: #990000;">BEFORE</span></u></b>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Kiu2McjJfXWL4JjoQRzCYCmujFgm18pYJdc1va81_o1izmgPSQJI-uR2j1bVL6wvsZ6m8ZseAWCgy53uvvTEmiIEb0ios8QTf67YAL2jlHYKU0N9CfUw7r133ArdnLAxyDFN3n39c5w/s1600/DSC_0032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Kiu2McjJfXWL4JjoQRzCYCmujFgm18pYJdc1va81_o1izmgPSQJI-uR2j1bVL6wvsZ6m8ZseAWCgy53uvvTEmiIEb0ios8QTf67YAL2jlHYKU0N9CfUw7r133ArdnLAxyDFN3n39c5w/s1600/DSC_0032.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, he's a 'hoarder' like his mom :-)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPL4eSHCORIOug5Jmv7hHgoP26TMfxY2t3J4PtOc1rg9Td-_grvJjpdz5OaZuNi07TL8O274n53QF3heQeOmjbKlp9OruMnBc6soU3BPTaDCzulXSVn0UOxt5bHuiueQ7D4bThViqw8CA/s1600/DSC_0033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPL4eSHCORIOug5Jmv7hHgoP26TMfxY2t3J4PtOc1rg9Td-_grvJjpdz5OaZuNi07TL8O274n53QF3heQeOmjbKlp9OruMnBc6soU3BPTaDCzulXSVn0UOxt5bHuiueQ7D4bThViqw8CA/s1600/DSC_0033.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dumping ground for unused clothes, toys, etc...</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">So one day, I did this...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #990000;">PROGRESS</span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9o1GR4SVD5Sqs3x8XmAd7aAWsXfPD-lUsd1Mz99EdZo5IjWiYxEpmF854-_UCBaWjuB20nG7kU_tDBgxsATZ1XG1MWFO63LRlQTswjlbdsM-CAKsOXXkV0C4tfLuWkAY561oWyvyIAuk/s1600/DSC_0044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9o1GR4SVD5Sqs3x8XmAd7aAWsXfPD-lUsd1Mz99EdZo5IjWiYxEpmF854-_UCBaWjuB20nG7kU_tDBgxsATZ1XG1MWFO63LRlQTswjlbdsM-CAKsOXXkV0C4tfLuWkAY561oWyvyIAuk/s1600/DSC_0044.jpg" width="425" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did a lot of editing already</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbRbpijFVNLBZnnuz1D7VKlrONn_oBaWOYRsZufJUEhkL5_XszhpcPXN4as_KNV0Vw1NoUBLqprWWPUfbDPoHJmZFSn7mzHWo0n0Zv1XaZW5MMaO5aGYVJ65S4c7NXad9oGVunYOmW9w/s1600/DSC_0045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbRbpijFVNLBZnnuz1D7VKlrONn_oBaWOYRsZufJUEhkL5_XszhpcPXN4as_KNV0Vw1NoUBLqprWWPUfbDPoHJmZFSn7mzHWo0n0Zv1XaZW5MMaO5aGYVJ65S4c7NXad9oGVunYOmW9w/s1600/DSC_0045.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Added his own small corner for reading which he loves to do</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX-OX5a-4QRV2l-iUpMvsTcNdPTk_qdckb8YxgoiU9qPzrz-7ZP_I-XsWy3Tad_RvYdwhjLeyCIeCIgWcEw1HRfrAkGCc7VQtnOaXiOoYAG8hyIx2VdLpECIXYJdypVUGldyBhyR_QJo/s1600/DSC_0046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX-OX5a-4QRV2l-iUpMvsTcNdPTk_qdckb8YxgoiU9qPzrz-7ZP_I-XsWy3Tad_RvYdwhjLeyCIeCIgWcEw1HRfrAkGCc7VQtnOaXiOoYAG8hyIx2VdLpECIXYJdypVUGldyBhyR_QJo/s1600/DSC_0046.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clothes for the week which we ready on the weekend - He loves this system a lot and gets excited fixing himself up in the morning!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOM6m3oWYn4GSycwjVk9lFzOx-tfzyafGZQpbGFPSDGbr5rE9m3mz0lp928AyQmU9XdgxDdL-YuuAj-eqEfpKfz7JmabgeRNo1Tdt-IFTt2TC06ypNr4N2LvXhIoq2USadnYNsP1IKuM/s1600/DSC_0047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOM6m3oWYn4GSycwjVk9lFzOx-tfzyafGZQpbGFPSDGbr5rE9m3mz0lp928AyQmU9XdgxDdL-YuuAj-eqEfpKfz7JmabgeRNo1Tdt-IFTt2TC06ypNr4N2LvXhIoq2USadnYNsP1IKuM/s1600/DSC_0047.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His Chore & Responsibility chart - he gets a Dollar Store prize at the end of the week!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjyk10hwZsBKHThbb9qZWiQiYpDDfgPsATPZDnpszI_vYXV6cx3zEf5cyF92CrqhOP1yWteab_mi-xxefdxdsOPrwXMIg2NLNPZgoXG_Bj96Oh2fznYjTuMPJPOhKLwGMkT4h3FGKlPU/s1600/DSC_0048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjyk10hwZsBKHThbb9qZWiQiYpDDfgPsATPZDnpszI_vYXV6cx3zEf5cyF92CrqhOP1yWteab_mi-xxefdxdsOPrwXMIg2NLNPZgoXG_Bj96Oh2fznYjTuMPJPOhKLwGMkT4h3FGKlPU/s1600/DSC_0048.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But I thought this area still looked too busy...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is indeed a huge progress from what it looked like before and I'm happy to say 2 months after, it looks the same. I still need to do some tweaking on this space, but over-all, my little man is happy and I am too!<br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">Have a Great Day!</span></i></b><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">VEL </span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! 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Toy Nook Progress

Since we fixed the reading nook in my Tween Son's Bedroom , I thought it was time to fix my little man's walk-in closet. Actually, it's more like his TOY closet really.I actually fixed this up 2 months ago, but never really have gotten around to posting about it. Here is what it looked like BEFORE..…

27Mar2014

A Nursery For Leo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's leave Connie and Chris's house for a bit and return to Miriam and Ross's home in Massachusetts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've shown you guys their dining room and living room redos.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a shot of the living room....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT4ogzrjkIT2GM4_VEt8wVxXpI2KX2ibCMDmGd9uERXS85NrS3wnszCsKkfOZPOknGBb0cLQmd3BiqiNBn87zmgA6Kc1Bz5VQEb2pkF9NtYbgZgHcCfW9ajiq2d3LSVujvL5ahGs4/s1600/39aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT4ogzrjkIT2GM4_VEt8wVxXpI2KX2ibCMDmGd9uERXS85NrS3wnszCsKkfOZPOknGBb0cLQmd3BiqiNBn87zmgA6Kc1Bz5VQEb2pkF9NtYbgZgHcCfW9ajiq2d3LSVujvL5ahGs4/s1600/39aa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's still a lot more to do, and I'm working on it, but things keep getting in my way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Like this.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoVtgOwrpXkZNqBm1YwpEfV_Mmk08KRYl5SQvnk4mPpJm7U1aOTN6_tKCoEKK5QajuzAtFX2lRN8nzIXCn4rO12A8qQMlrEk2t-L4VvIxuDsylBUn3Yp-lY4uSTDDgeKDzAifYjrY/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoVtgOwrpXkZNqBm1YwpEfV_Mmk08KRYl5SQvnk4mPpJm7U1aOTN6_tKCoEKK5QajuzAtFX2lRN8nzIXCn4rO12A8qQMlrEk2t-L4VvIxuDsylBUn3Yp-lY4uSTDDgeKDzAifYjrY/s1600/2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miriam and Ross refused to put their family planning on hold so I could finish the living room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfaDkYOV4x1LrzEam9a39Efnb1KALRnmS0BkmVXztL9_eBR2vRItV5MQZNWEPNpjX50_PKAwdWDpzpa3Trc_FlP0zsS2ft785AU1r5v05X58tVzvu0Mx7de1RrnKk_5BhGgvtRw0b/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfaDkYOV4x1LrzEam9a39Efnb1KALRnmS0BkmVXztL9_eBR2vRItV5MQZNWEPNpjX50_PKAwdWDpzpa3Trc_FlP0zsS2ft785AU1r5v05X58tVzvu0Mx7de1RrnKk_5BhGgvtRw0b/s1600/1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will be my first great nephew!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kids are great, but decorating a baby's room is <span style="font-size: x-large;">GREATererer</span>!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sooooo...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">let me share what we are going to do.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a before shot of what will be the nursery.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was Ross's office and a catch all for lots of crappola.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Mq1fr2uEy4ENs6ynU497fvE1eg9B_YjPZkT6yCehsjIktMm_Xbxy4Gvcs2bTzjw2s_5SMLuVoJlm00K73uBMvUkr6u6SQUl8dRxAkwjVZGwKj7omc0A-tiFZt3Ec2uXjgU3Ea7Z-/s1600/c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Mq1fr2uEy4ENs6ynU497fvE1eg9B_YjPZkT6yCehsjIktMm_Xbxy4Gvcs2bTzjw2s_5SMLuVoJlm00K73uBMvUkr6u6SQUl8dRxAkwjVZGwKj7omc0A-tiFZt3Ec2uXjgU3Ea7Z-/s1600/c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And let's not forget this attractive view!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju36gqVZLZdWea1Qb55gWTNzY33tCbxIbtflPSRrRCkH5PojuGkmDTZo8iVxZ_d3uJEHqE0gVPeHtXlbcVvq0COqoDTC6oI_T_rMEqPabr_eL9ou4JYErqKv8J7nK0WfvlvZTYvRRa/s1600/b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju36gqVZLZdWea1Qb55gWTNzY33tCbxIbtflPSRrRCkH5PojuGkmDTZo8iVxZ_d3uJEHqE0gVPeHtXlbcVvq0COqoDTC6oI_T_rMEqPabr_eL9ou4JYErqKv8J7nK0WfvlvZTYvRRa/s1600/b.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I booted that chair and ottoman out of the living room, and now it's <span style="font-size: large;"><i>AGAIN</i></span> in my way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First we chose a rug to work off of.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pottery Barn has some great stuff, and I used their website and store <span style="font-size: x-large;">A LOT</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found this rug and just loved it, imagining when the baby boy.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>YES WE'RE HAVING A BOY!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">anyway....imagining the little boy playing with cars on it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycZVAGhzTMIMGNVUSGhum_Ru4anTfomCfG490tNCcz5-XQf-O_OvFZmDDI3WaUtTvhO4zXeSGCaIhPCdOCTM8NFTW_4_4YtUq-D93EeWO_g5T4anzX_o4PlYyn60Qr6fSavY2sKEF/s1600/rug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycZVAGhzTMIMGNVUSGhum_Ru4anTfomCfG490tNCcz5-XQf-O_OvFZmDDI3WaUtTvhO4zXeSGCaIhPCdOCTM8NFTW_4_4YtUq-D93EeWO_g5T4anzX_o4PlYyn60Qr6fSavY2sKEF/s1600/rug.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sooooo.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ordered it , and checked it out in the room with Perla the wonderdog's help.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgRFmX37wqIB7myVbWlRBIY41pJbawp90pLX9vCWSo9__4iqkhQKb0jcdc-ypD6YphkjLU9dsqaEJNFZmqbW4eJoswEZ0gwSjlfqji5iYGMjIo3R3sidcJma8b4hjQgwpIcCk2SfI/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgRFmX37wqIB7myVbWlRBIY41pJbawp90pLX9vCWSo9__4iqkhQKb0jcdc-ypD6YphkjLU9dsqaEJNFZmqbW4eJoswEZ0gwSjlfqji5iYGMjIo3R3sidcJma8b4hjQgwpIcCk2SfI/s1600/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To go with the rug we are doing Pottery barn ready made window panels in madras.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3KesmRBQzq_WXZOP6C_69OxPUboCjU5K5ZtvuTXs3nPY2jZRHI9xDxeJMp9Vf1G9OiGSJZLvays225NK1rJYnX8hRXpxA6DtRdXlzhDO6NK_dTmZx9114Gf6p4uqgvCxM1WzakxT/s1600/curatin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3KesmRBQzq_WXZOP6C_69OxPUboCjU5K5ZtvuTXs3nPY2jZRHI9xDxeJMp9Vf1G9OiGSJZLvays225NK1rJYnX8hRXpxA6DtRdXlzhDO6NK_dTmZx9114Gf6p4uqgvCxM1WzakxT/s1600/curatin.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And will paint the walls blue, like the gingham crib sheets we bought.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKpU4nOJ20aAOINmln4tVXF-pVCto519rstC7hTVQ-qCttve2q8zIWO_gVnw14cXMgPpi7-KFL22nJTt0AedzQSFnWR2lB0p4cdZmiuC1CDZOpdeqUTjPo7gjlfZfFpafubcwgMIW/s1600/curtains.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKpU4nOJ20aAOINmln4tVXF-pVCto519rstC7hTVQ-qCttve2q8zIWO_gVnw14cXMgPpi7-KFL22nJTt0AedzQSFnWR2lB0p4cdZmiuC1CDZOpdeqUTjPo7gjlfZfFpafubcwgMIW/s1600/curtains.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbXs8hGkZoZ9R_t157_Aov_1Trgwh0ziNR_G6BzDP9Tx8LjtBeEX0tU6N8qui6pDEoNLMCLdXdycAaLyl9tKWA18BFjyXoFFxwcQhyphenhyphenuUiKxJM6DF8Dl0YUchnF4eRphw9L2k8SL7H/s1600/gingham+sheets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbXs8hGkZoZ9R_t157_Aov_1Trgwh0ziNR_G6BzDP9Tx8LjtBeEX0tU6N8qui6pDEoNLMCLdXdycAaLyl9tKWA18BFjyXoFFxwcQhyphenhyphenuUiKxJM6DF8Dl0YUchnF4eRphw9L2k8SL7H/s1600/gingham+sheets.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We chose the light blue ones.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaw-sszTfUFVo7hFazPFpJ72w3GT3hGebMGIADN4QLDhB_9cxbdR47b0E848HS3RNt2Ir88QPoph5Jrn2jFLbiQABkaaWPkj6-rsHiei0d6GMZGwsL-9ArFOmwOqBPp6_KzsQkXGMC/s1600/sheets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaw-sszTfUFVo7hFazPFpJ72w3GT3hGebMGIADN4QLDhB_9cxbdR47b0E848HS3RNt2Ir88QPoph5Jrn2jFLbiQABkaaWPkj6-rsHiei0d6GMZGwsL-9ArFOmwOqBPp6_KzsQkXGMC/s1600/sheets.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are not going to use a bumper, because of concerns regarding them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I don't know, don't ask me, I never had kids.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the crib, we're going with a very economical one....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf21o6iH4a_2Gfmjru1LFZjuB0p8m8xJFNwipW0yEB43uy08uiZrT9s14H3MWGZnjDf4e8yBAM88ajCmgPmTlT0ZvxTGJtBtD96AfRMMkJtpiS8tXL58MaJZi4UbrffQoo9wSyQvaL/s1600/crib.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf21o6iH4a_2Gfmjru1LFZjuB0p8m8xJFNwipW0yEB43uy08uiZrT9s14H3MWGZnjDf4e8yBAM88ajCmgPmTlT0ZvxTGJtBtD96AfRMMkJtpiS8tXL58MaJZi4UbrffQoo9wSyQvaL/s1600/crib.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I chose the largest changing chest I could fit, as Miriam can use all the room for storage she can get.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgba3FI1ZM2o2m8UggZZlUzwPKMEhN4PxbWpSjVbNWo4f8C1ISJMZ89fdGh_i0DnDu1SrpOFrs7gNXytr6oqcymYTZCvZT_9CzAZXeB7IOdWnPeDkeKhIu3GuF1km9POYrUU_Vsi6Xj/s1600/changing+table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgba3FI1ZM2o2m8UggZZlUzwPKMEhN4PxbWpSjVbNWo4f8C1ISJMZ89fdGh_i0DnDu1SrpOFrs7gNXytr6oqcymYTZCvZT_9CzAZXeB7IOdWnPeDkeKhIu3GuF1km9POYrUU_Vsi6Xj/s1600/changing+table.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The baby shower is in two weeks, and I am rushing to finish the footstools that go in front of the two slipcovered chairs in the living room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miriam has invited 1327 people to this shower, and we need extra seating.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a note for my readers.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I've never changed a diaper, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>and I'm not going to start now!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On that note, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latah, Gatah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/?action=view&current=Betsysignature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/Betsysignature.png" /></a></div>

A Nursery For Leo

Let's leave Connie and Chris's house for a bit and return to Miriam and Ross's home in Massachusetts.I've shown you guys their dining room and living room redos.Here's a shot of the living room....There's still a lot more to do, and I'm working on it, but things keep getting in my way.Like this.....…

23Mar2014

How to make a Diaper Cake

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've got "babies" on my mind lately.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You see, I have 5 friends who are pregnant, actually one gave birth already. So I've been thinking of unique ways to give my gifts. There are tons of ideas out there, but one that I really wanted to make for all if I can, is a DIAPER CAKE!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This video tutorial has ben the most helpful to me...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HTFYQhCoidI?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, I gathered my materials...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtQlLCN9SP5NF90PvhmoykPUnpCe9-m0d4KPAjrDkqXLlZaiQag5OYStvqHEDAiSNsAgYhKBtPaX21CuQeckHgQCobAPHantiie5ZeAAoNFABkMe_cmQMtOOQRTMdOVNdveeO9PNyKvI/s1600/DSC_0206_Fotor_Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtQlLCN9SP5NF90PvhmoykPUnpCe9-m0d4KPAjrDkqXLlZaiQag5OYStvqHEDAiSNsAgYhKBtPaX21CuQeckHgQCobAPHantiie5ZeAAoNFABkMe_cmQMtOOQRTMdOVNdveeO9PNyKvI/s1600/DSC_0206_Fotor_Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used only one pack of size 1 diaper from TARGET ($6.99) , ribbons, cellophane plastic, big rubber bands, glue gun (for your ribbons) , baking pan, chocolates (for mom) and other cutsie baby gifts you want to give or add</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Then started 'baking' my cake!</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/AVvXsEjdoho2ob6lThyX5zKYnJIM1SJ8rkhbJqQARRXLlSe0M3U2vR4NvlzvXJZJuUr_4ORSdwHyjc6enImFdab4Fup9pIksMKDzsk90vvHasQgcvU_2I5bj-RE7qAHA311uo6mJeRnE3v0jCws/s1600/DSC_0204_Fotor_Collage_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoho2ob6lThyX5zKYnJIM1SJ8rkhbJqQARRXLlSe0M3U2vR4NvlzvXJZJuUr_4ORSdwHyjc6enImFdab4Fup9pIksMKDzsk90vvHasQgcvU_2I5bj-RE7qAHA311uo6mJeRnE3v0jCws/s1600/DSC_0204_Fotor_Collage_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I then added all my soft gifts in the middle since I was only planning a single layer diaper cake...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75FL0Uw2kCxKz4ajNmVjc5cwokQtUMpyTikRu8VwYSUg0Kd5Pgj4RCLZkamY7TW6IPvHdExgzCcomUchtNBzo4adWaYmrlv7drCiiBnBRSIXsFSDF77785T9XUygMxnRYn9G-hZPaMgI/s1600/DSC_0207_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75FL0Uw2kCxKz4ajNmVjc5cwokQtUMpyTikRu8VwYSUg0Kd5Pgj4RCLZkamY7TW6IPvHdExgzCcomUchtNBzo4adWaYmrlv7drCiiBnBRSIXsFSDF77785T9XUygMxnRYn9G-hZPaMgI/s1600/DSC_0207_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rolled up the onesies in a roll to make it roll like roses and tied it up with rubber bands.<br />The hat eventually ended up in the middle, mittens on the side.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGotFov1ENb5M-e49ThPh8PPOmLweAG4EHG9_84zHNd0Rje-vVDDnaOQB6jEboT3FB0EBQczOPoPvCL-GIZ5JznxTxlGByQ7ff_ccvpZCtb7UFO0bnMbkzIyYSdddJ45yNeTKd1Dk21UE/s1600/DSC_0209_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGotFov1ENb5M-e49ThPh8PPOmLweAG4EHG9_84zHNd0Rje-vVDDnaOQB6jEboT3FB0EBQczOPoPvCL-GIZ5JznxTxlGByQ7ff_ccvpZCtb7UFO0bnMbkzIyYSdddJ45yNeTKd1Dk21UE/s1600/DSC_0209_Fotor.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I then added the rubber band to hold everything in place</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Then the fun part, I added the ribbons tight, holding them in place by gluing both ends together.  That way you can use ALL THE DIAPERS still once it's disassembled.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the end, I only ended up using 1 rubber band in the middle to hold the diapers in place.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here it is...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA1ZKRmWgNCfOgkjkQpjwRIk1k9MlPIHtRiKCqc_2jLRCGJBD-mJzEqC2dbH9zkwXcKhQMasnPBYnwgdemCUBiStKfnMf77FKpqu9cuRd5_7hH9vvABCvpwjsyiQRTZQmIKXzdEwCXsY/s1600/DSC_0210_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA1ZKRmWgNCfOgkjkQpjwRIk1k9MlPIHtRiKCqc_2jLRCGJBD-mJzEqC2dbH9zkwXcKhQMasnPBYnwgdemCUBiStKfnMf77FKpqu9cuRd5_7hH9vvABCvpwjsyiQRTZQmIKXzdEwCXsY/s1600/DSC_0210_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added some chocolates for mom in between the diapers</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswOMZm4-kkIoAwiBUmVbeUy9hR-Ia-IuinHoQ6yudpBvZ2wP_ZDlllwFmfrzY4srH0cL1qiIeTrSWjFlKRxd1eqpETZ8bQ7m4FZVBb6rwyds9-927__ElLxCJlVkvpKM92LobqECtDZc/s1600/DSC_0211_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswOMZm4-kkIoAwiBUmVbeUy9hR-Ia-IuinHoQ6yudpBvZ2wP_ZDlllwFmfrzY4srH0cL1qiIeTrSWjFlKRxd1eqpETZ8bQ7m4FZVBb6rwyds9-927__ElLxCJlVkvpKM92LobqECtDZc/s1600/DSC_0211_Fotor.jpg" width="618" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also added extra ribbon scraps in between the onesies and mittens up top</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I finished off the gift by wrapping it up in cellophane from the Dollar store. </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/AVvXsEgNvxrfPxhzRMywPQOrcj8FQTkDPPiPXCTYyYU7LKcyinmeZFDZA56khsf024e-74dvD1jg5VQIy_88wAh_iqbRBWkvqOAqxfUos88PaGsTVF3eFjdGbX3uL0_hnAblHLufQV6HLl_oTcg/s1600/DSC_0216_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvxrfPxhzRMywPQOrcj8FQTkDPPiPXCTYyYU7LKcyinmeZFDZA56khsf024e-74dvD1jg5VQIy_88wAh_iqbRBWkvqOAqxfUos88PaGsTVF3eFjdGbX3uL0_hnAblHLufQV6HLl_oTcg/s1600/DSC_0216_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlZ1SUeEokcMPciUBheGPttOqDhfzfRu2S1UhbgZv74BCHmzKngemyCHKIZyZqAL0TU-nhFKJzzkosP6OCSy4olKpyX8EWVg5NFrUl0uvhTX-aI9b6jLMMmFW8TXwbXMeayj3Bov4zXs/s1600/DSC_0215_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlZ1SUeEokcMPciUBheGPttOqDhfzfRu2S1UhbgZv74BCHmzKngemyCHKIZyZqAL0TU-nhFKJzzkosP6OCSy4olKpyX8EWVg5NFrUl0uvhTX-aI9b6jLMMmFW8TXwbXMeayj3Bov4zXs/s1600/DSC_0215_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What better way to pin a card than to actually use a safety pin!<br />I added the sandals outside since they didn't go well with the cake.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to try 2 layers next time and I hope my friend and her new darling will love this as much as I enjoyed making it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">Have a Great Week!</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">VEL </span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! 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How to make a Diaper Cake

I've got "babies" on my mind lately.You see, I have 5 friends who are pregnant, actually one gave birth already. So I've been thinking of unique ways to give my gifts. There are tons of ideas out there, but one that I really wanted to make for all if I can, is a DIAPER CAKE!This video tutorial has b…