Denim For a Teenager's Bedroom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Oy Vey!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>@#$&!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris has been giving me a hard time about not writing my blog.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know you guys don't care, but I am under a deadline on getting my first couple of fabric designs completed,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so I can have strike offs printed,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so I can have something for Traditional Home to photograph when they come here next month.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I'm lucky, they will push back the photoshoot till September, so I have a little more time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I am not a graphic artist,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I am having to learn two different graphics programs.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">plus figure out how to design fabric,</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>which I know nothing about.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's taking me a <b><i>leetle</i></b> bit of time.</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;">I figure this is good for my brain box,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">learning a new skill.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">RIGHT?????</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please tell me this is good for me.</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;"><i>ANYWAY.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">back to my 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;">We left off in Kris's son's bedroom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvxHvXoGsgxBALrbTYc9akc3mraNRnZpAV8bOSx3cJHxY4zbS5eOKgueehbwrLOPJvSuRUC676VkqYQLykBnSj8MCTbfUWh2dIT5lZi1XDhvBDFV0kq7omveYckNnAP7Y2__CNQQO/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvxHvXoGsgxBALrbTYc9akc3mraNRnZpAV8bOSx3cJHxY4zbS5eOKgueehbwrLOPJvSuRUC676VkqYQLykBnSj8MCTbfUWh2dIT5lZi1XDhvBDFV0kq7omveYckNnAP7Y2__CNQQO/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We tucked a small upholstered arm chair in the other corner of the room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3BT_bBMI1zpWvwnhc1SkQZQwCu9kgEta3b7VIXl7b2Ie05SbY_aNRNYoftF-IjXVwO8EKcuhvzruFBEaSlhmBAAaeuXZUfo_SUYYWfbFjAHAUurZM4OCF5NrNB50Qai9e8C5W7cN/s1600/IMG_6060ab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3BT_bBMI1zpWvwnhc1SkQZQwCu9kgEta3b7VIXl7b2Ie05SbY_aNRNYoftF-IjXVwO8EKcuhvzruFBEaSlhmBAAaeuXZUfo_SUYYWfbFjAHAUurZM4OCF5NrNB50Qai9e8C5W7cN/s1600/IMG_6060ab.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found it in a junk store and had Drape It recover it in a blue denim that matched the Pottery Barn curtains we had hung.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had them do a baseball stitch at the boxing of the seat in red thread to go with the feeling of a true jean.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But since I didn't think to shoot this detail when I was in the room, I blew up the picture, and the detail blurred.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just another wonderful blog post by your's truly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwX1rhbINRyGuCFQDxooYtIqNvXYIn_2yF5DXrBa6D5QTgpRozoBJpdts8nXgAADcuEiG4uwo4CFtARsrh0gM6bti7Gnl4-UFmJ-NRRPwceKVuu-aZO3HEYBkrVNlLTX-D-iqQ8uD/s1600/IMG_6060abc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwX1rhbINRyGuCFQDxooYtIqNvXYIn_2yF5DXrBa6D5QTgpRozoBJpdts8nXgAADcuEiG4uwo4CFtARsrh0gM6bti7Gnl4-UFmJ-NRRPwceKVuu-aZO3HEYBkrVNlLTX-D-iqQ8uD/s1600/IMG_6060abc.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris had a pillow made out of pennants she found on eBay.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>The girl can be very clever!!!!! </i></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The yellow throw is from the 2011 Bruins Stanley Cup!</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go Boston!!!!</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">The Bruins are a Boston team, right?????</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stuffed dog (</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>AKA floppy ears</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) he's had since the dawn of time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OjjmWWJVrbhA3g55MLMQ_CjppWUXepUX-8N8MJPoW8bWT4c9GjHcxGihyphenhyphenzxfNnsKEhUJtON5LUiw63O64eiGKXbl3neyhENHFWALj68hr5-nb7iMTGUv6gOQH3VvHEV5N1RPuvgj/s1600/IMG_6062b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OjjmWWJVrbhA3g55MLMQ_CjppWUXepUX-8N8MJPoW8bWT4c9GjHcxGihyphenhyphenzxfNnsKEhUJtON5LUiw63O64eiGKXbl3neyhENHFWALj68hr5-nb7iMTGUv6gOQH3VvHEV5N1RPuvgj/s1600/IMG_6062b.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Along side the chair we hung a trio of 1930's football etchings that Kris found in her hunting and gathering OCD.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7w7eXBvLluQS7YYin1W1ig_5NDu0gyAbF7soe3OS5mGz243RvucFmIyfgiXjxMR5AsdLZ_8LyqyOOFOyzmYy3dTe888LZpl8mJG2P_U0AIWVljuBUR3AXw1q1AuB0-eGoeskLr2B/s1600/IMG_6063c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7w7eXBvLluQS7YYin1W1ig_5NDu0gyAbF7soe3OS5mGz243RvucFmIyfgiXjxMR5AsdLZ_8LyqyOOFOyzmYy3dTe888LZpl8mJG2P_U0AIWVljuBUR3AXw1q1AuB0-eGoeskLr2B/s1600/IMG_6063c.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were drawn by Rosamond Tudor, daughter of Tasha Tudor.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have never heard of them, don't feel bad, neither had I, and Kris made fun of me.</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;">I did what I always do, and <i><span style="font-size: x-large;">googled it!!!!!</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">click here to read </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasha_Tudor">Tasha Tudor</a></span></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/AVvXsEgen3wWOtHy3QF82kxF6WJVH5CQ3Q0uKxFPbvA5p409h3sMmBpI-uzWSxnrBCXP0CPfL-YbEyF54bykmH_-lpNyMuHqJe2DTrzEn-FabYnj-fGQZMDvL0n2GC_sEA6YVseRoLx6Wh-t/s1600/IMG_6064b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgen3wWOtHy3QF82kxF6WJVH5CQ3Q0uKxFPbvA5p409h3sMmBpI-uzWSxnrBCXP0CPfL-YbEyF54bykmH_-lpNyMuHqJe2DTrzEn-FabYnj-fGQZMDvL0n2GC_sEA6YVseRoLx6Wh-t/s1600/IMG_6064b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know this is short, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and you probably all are mad at me.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BUT I have to go grocery shopping as I have </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">no food in the house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How can I have my glass of milk at night, if I have no milk????????</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a different note,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how can I have dinner if I have NOTHING IN 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 am truly excited about my fabric collection,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but I absolutely haven't a clue what I'm doing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reinventing myself after I closed my design business has been a blast!</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;">P.S. next post I will discuss the wall of cabinetry we added for extra storage.</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>

Denim For a Teenager's Bedroom

Oy Vey!!!! @#$&!!!! Kris has been giving me a hard time about not writing my blog. I know you guys don't care, but I am under a dead...

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Saying "good-bye" to our Master Bedroom as we know it... for now

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't done a lot of changes in our Master Bedroom, but I must say, with my plans of <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/05/why-im-delaying-setting-up-my-nursery.html" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>delaying setting up our Nursery</b></span></a><i style="color: #0b5394;">, </i>a lot of changes are coming into this room and I am gonna miss the way it looks now...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEhAtJ_WVEir1N2IDgN5UTPbVLRijoYHPp9otJZqfeMExSWa2znodwGznDJmHtNgOETtfng1dqK3cCvNW6E6aWmeddgzj1phfiGiSVMNt8xrONnwgZ9TgkzkObeDe9h_kuPo26sJemDxnLo/s1600/DSC_0498_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtJ_WVEir1N2IDgN5UTPbVLRijoYHPp9otJZqfeMExSWa2znodwGznDJmHtNgOETtfng1dqK3cCvNW6E6aWmeddgzj1phfiGiSVMNt8xrONnwgZ9TgkzkObeDe9h_kuPo26sJemDxnLo/s1600/DSC_0498_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our respite after a long day of work</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> The window area is where the crib will go so this favorite recliner of my hubs ( a gift 4 christmases ago from moi), will have to make a move....</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/AVvXsEjTo9jgyeLmc7nw6KLE3B9WfQ54BPVgAFq8ZY1DHJZJOP5Nj90iDEPxvu5QyrxNrwas1k9NpApW_4cI0lc-Gta3eB48fyx48s2oobHu3pwycJxmIEKf_C5wtcLhoV52gtmVe0PXSLbcDQ4/s1600/DSC_0499_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTo9jgyeLmc7nw6KLE3B9WfQ54BPVgAFq8ZY1DHJZJOP5Nj90iDEPxvu5QyrxNrwas1k9NpApW_4cI0lc-Gta3eB48fyx48s2oobHu3pwycJxmIEKf_C5wtcLhoV52gtmVe0PXSLbcDQ4/s1600/DSC_0499_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My 'messy' bedside table, will house a lot of needed baby feeding essentials (breastpumps, bottles, etc)...</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/AVvXsEiGLyt2bJ_a8JSAUXMfjQtvEWsSDsmRFLvwChyLWS9kHBl6zxoXiltURsyj4z1Q5SR4M3lkgVb74xzNSUB-F1ZIRud5pyz8SUCR-64Tu0v1VQ3iJQ6GpSqCdQJO5Hg9cJ4doj9omZjYCnA/s1600/DSC_0500_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLyt2bJ_a8JSAUXMfjQtvEWsSDsmRFLvwChyLWS9kHBl6zxoXiltURsyj4z1Q5SR4M3lkgVb74xzNSUB-F1ZIRud5pyz8SUCR-64Tu0v1VQ3iJQ6GpSqCdQJO5Hg9cJ4doj9omZjYCnA/s1600/DSC_0500_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add caption</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">This is our very messy dresser area.  I'm planning to move this too to make way for my hubs recliner. Most of the stuff here anyway are non-clothing items, we'll see...</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/AVvXsEgR2dD91pZX5uVv4gvxzDR-r8XkNRNjW8N1aMhlron704aunSUa4QSS81LbIk9SKtog256xQRPvvO-V8yE0cGqThj7YS05K-42x3SjqzITaoF-qZrqHjS05J8wBnGvghqCMhhZrRzHqlcg/s1600/DSC_0501_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2dD91pZX5uVv4gvxzDR-r8XkNRNjW8N1aMhlron704aunSUa4QSS81LbIk9SKtog256xQRPvvO-V8yE0cGqThj7YS05K-42x3SjqzITaoF-qZrqHjS05J8wBnGvghqCMhhZrRzHqlcg/s1600/DSC_0501_Fotor.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">And of course, the "Baby invasion" has begun....</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/AVvXsEhppCvhoTUDpDMP3TGQJB5OP0QWhVClWGaIhjNbJ0-OXFKSaJ5rxNUu2PAoUSGft4b1JbqD6g2lKN-ccfVQzCNrfb2c_TR9t7k7KH9IYx_5GH_5OJCHMA7G04ZwiGNYIarP2fD_BanBy50/s1600/DSC_0502_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppCvhoTUDpDMP3TGQJB5OP0QWhVClWGaIhjNbJ0-OXFKSaJ5rxNUu2PAoUSGft4b1JbqD6g2lKN-ccfVQzCNrfb2c_TR9t7k7KH9IYx_5GH_5OJCHMA7G04ZwiGNYIarP2fD_BanBy50/s1600/DSC_0502_Fotor.jpg" width="486" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of her stuff</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I'm both excited and weary about this change, but more excited for sure. And I will surely keep you all posted on it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We're going on a short vacation in Florida so I may be M.I.A. again next week. Hope you all will have a great one though!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH8p1ot-IzmDa3iE5VKgS0bi5D4l83PmYc-y5RMh6fC2hJhV22hOxz5h_E6Cvfx7mPRFdJoSzJ_9oNiqC55kx2RzKIqzPSrhmu7c8T5CRIl55YCnS3KO9vduudvFeRceXBvE7pAJch68/s1600/photo-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH8p1ot-IzmDa3iE5VKgS0bi5D4l83PmYc-y5RMh6fC2hJhV22hOxz5h_E6Cvfx7mPRFdJoSzJ_9oNiqC55kx2RzKIqzPSrhmu7c8T5CRIl55YCnS3KO9vduudvFeRceXBvE7pAJch68/s1600/photo-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">Have a Great Weekend!</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">VEL </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! Please share away...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

Saying "good-bye" to our Master Bedroom as we know it... for now

I haven't done a lot of changes in our Master Bedroom, but I must say, with my plans of  delaying setting up our Nursery , a lot of chan...

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Basement Updates

<div style="text-align: center;">I'm sure most of you are like ours.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Basement becomes the home of old furnitures and other knick-knacks in the house that it's rarely featured on blogs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our is no exception. Other than the <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2012/04/home-made-movie-theater-screen.html">Movie Theater area</a> (we D-I-Yed our movie screen <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2012/04/home-made-movie-theater-screen.html"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">HERE</span></b></a>), <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2012/06/painting-basement.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Painting the walls</i></span></a> and <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2012/07/getting-floored.html"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Changing the floors</span></i></a>, it pretty much remained the same.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I did however added this...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEhxndZKeJ63Dp3f0AIEvUTa5lUkNey0PmKTUmrUDslMH3XGNgLurnXvMo8OkadOzTjUtsvxqAUWtg-xDJ9jBACk6sLEKyo44cdn0w3-dZtG7_YGGKr5FesfdILa8uXwIOD9Cxi1gNYFqa8/s1600/DSC_0503_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxndZKeJ63Dp3f0AIEvUTa5lUkNey0PmKTUmrUDslMH3XGNgLurnXvMo8OkadOzTjUtsvxqAUWtg-xDJ9jBACk6sLEKyo44cdn0w3-dZtG7_YGGKr5FesfdILa8uXwIOD9Cxi1gNYFqa8/s1600/DSC_0503_Fotor.jpg" width="498" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our counter-height table and chairs</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">This was what we had BEFORE</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/AVvXsEgQMPUyoY4Q4r7bkqgw_nJvTUMhlg_x_vWWA_T46fpmoT61CCSJHAiPsm6RjFSbq0VdSrykNPPmwjjTrzfzrz1FpyCx4x0QmHdjR3AwtXMINZlp2qcGJKchBOfw2kJ9Klw0TG4HnIRBB6Q/s1600/DSC_0017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMPUyoY4Q4r7bkqgw_nJvTUMhlg_x_vWWA_T46fpmoT61CCSJHAiPsm6RjFSbq0VdSrykNPPmwjjTrzfzrz1FpyCx4x0QmHdjR3AwtXMINZlp2qcGJKchBOfw2kJ9Klw0TG4HnIRBB6Q/s1600/DSC_0017.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup, plastic table wasn't cutting it for us</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I actually changed this over a year ago but just I haven't shared it to you all ;-)</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/AVvXsEjjf6jOHnKURDz88aJfdToWjlC2ERwKmKAbHegfHHANeXVzu08Wm2IH-rAM1OAN77y86Trl1G_lM-rVwHZ-ce6evWv0h2vbp6Md5mUc-xBz1vuc69L8cn_RCfe6CERkgJm3LjbuvsGzCb4/s1600/DSC_0504_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjf6jOHnKURDz88aJfdToWjlC2ERwKmKAbHegfHHANeXVzu08Wm2IH-rAM1OAN77y86Trl1G_lM-rVwHZ-ce6evWv0h2vbp6Md5mUc-xBz1vuc69L8cn_RCfe6CERkgJm3LjbuvsGzCb4/s1600/DSC_0504_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Better</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I got the wooden dining set from a Resale store for less than $200 and I added the 2 upholstered chairs from World Market. The picture of Chicago is from IKEA which I recently purchased.</div><br /><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/AVvXsEjNWUYUU7-Jw2WwopgYZlqY96mRZxmz48TQIndKwJB2KcjKoLtWqQkCKvyKDMQ2OyTpdJEEJRxTfZx5TrukRJCFvRBLlPrdj3p9KdGNQoGwakWgZtTlErnF5oOYwRBl3f7YPt5F6SppElc/s1600/DSC_0505_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWUYUU7-Jw2WwopgYZlqY96mRZxmz48TQIndKwJB2KcjKoLtWqQkCKvyKDMQ2OyTpdJEEJRxTfZx5TrukRJCFvRBLlPrdj3p9KdGNQoGwakWgZtTlErnF5oOYwRBl3f7YPt5F6SppElc/s1600/DSC_0505_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great view from here too</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I had to have counter-height table and chairs because as you can see, part of our theater area is elevated so we needed taller chairs for sure to accommodate more people if needed ( great for big games and all).</div><br /><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/AVvXsEicDjbjLpbK1YohG4M9aRG61Gef1WJ19Y5ERGnNbxOK8-7T7LvYPVCrS7DRUE-lOdfCwIc4Ux6XqWDE4yYn_kp9F5KdHgHt-SXHgL5I_aINY1_EfkTsG9XH1mVvyJHlqeT-u9Fpp893rpk/s1600/DSC_0506_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDjbjLpbK1YohG4M9aRG61Gef1WJ19Y5ERGnNbxOK8-7T7LvYPVCrS7DRUE-lOdfCwIc4Ux6XqWDE4yYn_kp9F5KdHgHt-SXHgL5I_aINY1_EfkTsG9XH1mVvyJHlqeT-u9Fpp893rpk/s1600/DSC_0506_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally hung these too!</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/AVvXsEgG503NDJjke-XHU-mb3lLsHD7kAUrG4c5Wi415zssf5MJ_GXJvQT73p33xfUsiLKFwj4XR1NIwY4KVgvuB2lwRiIjaN2z9TQeGD4kItBrZyyA_uCKk1pQbL9iaZPdZqLKMsSHhi0LIjXI/s1600/DSC_0508_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG503NDJjke-XHU-mb3lLsHD7kAUrG4c5Wi415zssf5MJ_GXJvQT73p33xfUsiLKFwj4XR1NIwY4KVgvuB2lwRiIjaN2z9TQeGD4kItBrZyyA_uCKk1pQbL9iaZPdZqLKMsSHhi0LIjXI/s1600/DSC_0508_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out that thing on the right....</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">We finally hung our favorite movie posters on the wall ( this will needs some tweaking since my oldest son is currently so into Stanley Kubrick and insists we change "TITANIC" to "2001 Space Odyssey"!), and that big "spaceship-like" chair on the right was my Christmas gift to my hubs...</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/AVvXsEjDMHCx5lGmQYhHdzBfezJVvMPF76rdzYS_E2bDUAswLGp9qnU1BI-qp7bD3tzgAxI9PVr55mjO2Rv-mqmlwQjI9zlttosVjl4XLd4gr66qCkKg76nJY7K729bBoxcxRbrc9eDjS2MzeP8/s1600/DSC_0509_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMHCx5lGmQYhHdzBfezJVvMPF76rdzYS_E2bDUAswLGp9qnU1BI-qp7bD3tzgAxI9PVr55mjO2Rv-mqmlwQjI9zlttosVjl4XLd4gr66qCkKg76nJY7K729bBoxcxRbrc9eDjS2MzeP8/s1600/DSC_0509_Fotor.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.emassagechair.com/massage-chairs/osaki-massage-chairs/osaki-os-4000-executive-zero-gravity-massage-chair.html">Osaki 4000-T Massage chair</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This massage chair was truly worth the money I think. It doesn't look great, but man, we can sit on it for a looong time and feel so relaxed and refreshed afterwards. If you want to know more about it just let me know. ;-)</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/AVvXsEhW6hQBF8zrIERdiOjaZ_mm8zqm5vLXfXNlB9MDEh9q3Vy3qb6lNkWLp2O9vX8fowoy_AmoWy-1rDhMYuYcGuTWSVxYZfhIGSBiwInwqym9TeMLeMMvhQb0YCVIXPcNXQVGbf1l0b8hNvg/s1600/DSC_0511_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6hQBF8zrIERdiOjaZ_mm8zqm5vLXfXNlB9MDEh9q3Vy3qb6lNkWLp2O9vX8fowoy_AmoWy-1rDhMYuYcGuTWSVxYZfhIGSBiwInwqym9TeMLeMMvhQb0YCVIXPcNXQVGbf1l0b8hNvg/s1600/DSC_0511_Fotor.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Concession stand</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">We also got a Candy Grabbing machine as a gift from a friend last Christmas and it was added to our concession stand.</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/AVvXsEgTXARfyfLC-h9SomnX9PUPSq8E3tdAh0oAfMpRRQWqvNSGgAIGN9GmG3xrTYMbewOma5wcNpO1LQfH2skWebeh4YUgYdtlCZSz4PsiX-TOAn9oVvJAIlh8YvGwTmASfd_XMeKK7EJh2T4/s1600/DSC_0512_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXARfyfLC-h9SomnX9PUPSq8E3tdAh0oAfMpRRQWqvNSGgAIGN9GmG3xrTYMbewOma5wcNpO1LQfH2skWebeh4YUgYdtlCZSz4PsiX-TOAn9oVvJAIlh8YvGwTmASfd_XMeKK7EJh2T4/s1600/DSC_0512_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not much change</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Like I said, the basement is our cast-offs home too. So the leather sofa bed sectional sits here as well as other occasional chairs are here</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/AVvXsEhEeViBUfOd_EZeHhFhTyhkfbTWjsLKlTS9UpMxz-vEb50Oe5r2zKt8BCnaRH_nbgycFyGzRnTFAWc-8ZyVaYsuiyCl_1O7DtfL9GCK8WqErXLaCEHmXR5mNsr4YLkp0xvzb1jr222VymU/s1600/DSC_0514_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeViBUfOd_EZeHhFhTyhkfbTWjsLKlTS9UpMxz-vEb50Oe5r2zKt8BCnaRH_nbgycFyGzRnTFAWc-8ZyVaYsuiyCl_1O7DtfL9GCK8WqErXLaCEHmXR5mNsr4YLkp0xvzb1jr222VymU/s1600/DSC_0514_Fotor.jpg" width="425" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Moroccan table still has to make an appearance above ground ;-)</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/AVvXsEgK_MFO_cu_qfSmNKXU_DuNUDgq4XOm9B1jnSuVBlZdCmNZThiKtBxYyElM_txE_O_sBnOjpst2gnn3WnKLrG0VWLiJymfaPs5lmwLCojq6sJLe4eWYOHllrZxyDSf9DKYEiPikP_ugci4/s1600/DSC_0515_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_MFO_cu_qfSmNKXU_DuNUDgq4XOm9B1jnSuVBlZdCmNZThiKtBxYyElM_txE_O_sBnOjpst2gnn3WnKLrG0VWLiJymfaPs5lmwLCojq6sJLe4eWYOHllrZxyDSf9DKYEiPikP_ugci4/s1600/DSC_0515_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">It's suits well here since it can provide extra-seating for watching on the big screen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We still have our gaming & exercise area across the sectional - it's too chaotic to show just yet.</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/AVvXsEjmfT1Bnphu96OkD_S3KDwQ0vvjNolXIiAzMPogUpzW1pS_XfSUBLHfdi_g44HV5bGfnryFtlCzij-kPIMNzA6y98w7hbmSGmOit2HPpMC1fC3nA_-iuM_fPD_847vh9p3Gjjju647l4bE/s1600/DSC_0516_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfT1Bnphu96OkD_S3KDwQ0vvjNolXIiAzMPogUpzW1pS_XfSUBLHfdi_g44HV5bGfnryFtlCzij-kPIMNzA6y98w7hbmSGmOit2HPpMC1fC3nA_-iuM_fPD_847vh9p3Gjjju647l4bE/s1600/DSC_0516_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That Gallery wall needs major tweaking too </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMrQkl_3x7ED5fE5PUeXLMocFby2_vWVpU2FH37n3t0AX9L7dShpEG1E2sPKzMkkFl_FpwVAmrFYfA2ZZV-oV0_vUxbTiuY6wS7w_0bMmfNIi8emVLuD2RSP3EoQB-Jfc2YgCADuvYOk/s1600/DSC_0510_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMrQkl_3x7ED5fE5PUeXLMocFby2_vWVpU2FH37n3t0AX9L7dShpEG1E2sPKzMkkFl_FpwVAmrFYfA2ZZV-oV0_vUxbTiuY6wS7w_0bMmfNIi8emVLuD2RSP3EoQB-Jfc2YgCADuvYOk/s1600/DSC_0510_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There you have it, our basement updates. We actually use this room often since we love movies and it's always nice and cool down here. I need to do a lot of tweaking as I mentioned, and hopefully, I can and I will soon. We'll see.. ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">Have a Nice day!</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">VEL </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! Please share away...<br /><br />Linking back to..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thepinjunkie.com/2014/07/pin-junkie-pin-party-77.html">The Pin Junkie</a>, <a href="http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2014/07/frugal-friday_24.html">The Shabby Nest</a>, <a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2014/07/fabulously-creative-friday-linky-party-15.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JenniferRizzo+%28Jennifer+Rizzo%29">Jennifer Rizzo</a>, <a href="http://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/2014/07/party-time-fnf.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FQoLtm+%28FRENCH+COUNTRY+COTTAGE%29">French Country Cottage</a>, <a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.blogspot.com/2014/07/friday-favorites_24.html">The Diary of a real housewife</a>, <a href="http://rootedinthyme.blogspot.com/2014/07/our-new-chickens-and-simple-sweet.html">Rooted in Thyme</a>, <a href="http://www.serenitynowblog.com/2014/07/weekend-bloggy-reading-link-up_25.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SerenityNow-aMommysSolutionToStayingSane+%28Serenity+Now-A+Mommy%27s+Solution+to+Staying+Sane%29">Serenity Now</a>, <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2014/08/august-before-and-after.html">Thrifty Decor Chick</a></div>

Basement Updates

I'm sure most of you are like ours. The Basement becomes the home of old furnitures and other knick-knacks in the house that it's ra...

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A Teenage Boy's Room, part II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hiya!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last post I'd started showing what my buddy Kris and I did when we decorated her teenage son, Kieran's bedroom.</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;">let's continue where we left off.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris and I placed a desk across from his bed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had visions of him working on his homework there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know if he ever did, 'cuz these days kids use laptops and sit just about anywhere when doing their work.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioB1ZPYnGuGrW1reZc6_Ma__v9NJbzedcgN6Jy3JI0CdMXEamUU6VWO3SAUJgmXXW5EbwlcDj5zDF4lAaAwDn5dpVh3Z_7sUjENTPEj3gV8aQsz_KUuofkQeNu7_LsZ_WOpVBGwqd1/s1600/IMG_6065ab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioB1ZPYnGuGrW1reZc6_Ma__v9NJbzedcgN6Jy3JI0CdMXEamUU6VWO3SAUJgmXXW5EbwlcDj5zDF4lAaAwDn5dpVh3Z_7sUjENTPEj3gV8aQsz_KUuofkQeNu7_LsZ_WOpVBGwqd1/s1600/IMG_6065ab.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b><i>rosewood</i></b> desk and chair are Anglo Indian.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found them in a local antique store.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anglo Indian furniture is very often made from <b><i>rosewood</i></b><span style="font-size: large;">,</span> which is native to India.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tried to do some research for you guys on this style, but got bored and didn't finish.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From what I could gather, it's highly carved and turned and</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> made from rosewood!</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that's all I know, </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 now you know it too!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErL9kIwn28P4K4f9TK5bPtBMr_Zui_988E8BqCqt10zJtYcH8NenxOjhrfmTxtttO8CwTeKPIqnsxbxwzNMmck6o4qnu19SdgFBW_hVTHTrOfk2GyVFDKTtk6kMuUV13Uc8t8FCGe/s1600/IMG_6065abc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErL9kIwn28P4K4f9TK5bPtBMr_Zui_988E8BqCqt10zJtYcH8NenxOjhrfmTxtttO8CwTeKPIqnsxbxwzNMmck6o4qnu19SdgFBW_hVTHTrOfk2GyVFDKTtk6kMuUV13Uc8t8FCGe/s1600/IMG_6065abc.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We wanted to hang a shelf over the desk, to hold his trophies and memorabilia....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We found this one at auction.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's called a whale back shelf and is American from the early 1800's.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWL7tdKboO-tKLPjGEDmkh76ITX9D8h0-qkoOxGV_p09Pg7_AQvRixBcrX_HIbjaJu5e6BZuu3MDY1-2NWxm7NR2mQvM4fJ5_mY_7S1FJMrjIn0wapEoopEO5uSeB1n7LJrVJZU0Vw/s1600/IMG_6067ab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWL7tdKboO-tKLPjGEDmkh76ITX9D8h0-qkoOxGV_p09Pg7_AQvRixBcrX_HIbjaJu5e6BZuu3MDY1-2NWxm7NR2mQvM4fJ5_mY_7S1FJMrjIn0wapEoopEO5uSeB1n7LJrVJZU0Vw/s1600/IMG_6067ab.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sides of this type of shelf are shaped, many of them resembling whales, giving it it's name.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEi_5bp69xQQXXsI_x5nxqwyRvjoa7-oRO1W5MRAjoQiIxvr3okaNZP0l-nhXss4lwyQUtmo5aYcDG9Czs15uSH35KzCcTvnkJ8X62iKkYah-qwYVDaoTX15tnk_XkG9kr_osmr56/s1600/IMG_6066ab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEi_5bp69xQQXXsI_x5nxqwyRvjoa7-oRO1W5MRAjoQiIxvr3okaNZP0l-nhXss4lwyQUtmo5aYcDG9Czs15uSH35KzCcTvnkJ8X62iKkYah-qwYVDaoTX15tnk_XkG9kr_osmr56/s1600/IMG_6066ab.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stole this image off the internet to explain this better, since I didn't take a better shot.</span><img height="400" src="http://p2.la-img.com/366/27890/10622724_1_l.jpg" width="304" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/10622724_new-england-mahogany-whaleback-shelf">source</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the boy was growing up, we gave him a desk lamp with a little more sophistication,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> not that he gave a rat's behind.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>but</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Kris and I did!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwL8YdXSFZvwo9WkMMhEJ1agBRSk8QeTkRq4OZOa1yld1OVnERhpb_80DQFukrmIcy-7ZQvnvywN_sJTrMIt9zkkA5rg52L8k_pUmdgZ0DbElvzvbgxWES3lQYaiGog6NXS6MONN9d/s1600/IMG_6068ab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwL8YdXSFZvwo9WkMMhEJ1agBRSk8QeTkRq4OZOa1yld1OVnERhpb_80DQFukrmIcy-7ZQvnvywN_sJTrMIt9zkkA5rg52L8k_pUmdgZ0DbElvzvbgxWES3lQYaiGog6NXS6MONN9d/s1600/IMG_6068ab.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was another Pottery Barn find,</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 is a side by side of the bed and desk, so you can see how the room was coming together.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-MuqhQIMPUAcE_5hL5PQmp2T5vuWWt9Jrtr6HunZh-pZE2U2fy1NTK2oS9Vh7mXJwTBsI7Bv45BqINmeEYzLeBZNYTQFSw6DKiuJ6EScbDBeF0ej2oVmQJ6dWa2ireh6_wWk2djn/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-MuqhQIMPUAcE_5hL5PQmp2T5vuWWt9Jrtr6HunZh-pZE2U2fy1NTK2oS9Vh7mXJwTBsI7Bv45BqINmeEYzLeBZNYTQFSw6DKiuJ6EScbDBeF0ej2oVmQJ6dWa2ireh6_wWk2djn/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next post.....</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>the other corner of the room!!!!!</i></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 Teenage Boy's Room, part II

Hiya!!!! Last post I'd started showing what my buddy Kris and I did when we decorated her teenage son, Kieran's bedroom. Sooooooo, l...

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Simple Door update

<div style="text-align: center;">I did a very simple update on my doors in the kitchen...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEjfIB_O1kzWznaGiviQP4mTXP3GWE8MQUZcOfnTliJZdHUyTrNU2qIQpwL7qeZwoIz_1d-CmSSj7xEOyf0nq5BrIyDedMSP8qCQT0o5DZywg0gGaeGdLqi-XXmzj-pEDOpYdkNShpnjPTg/s1600/DSC_0498_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIB_O1kzWznaGiviQP4mTXP3GWE8MQUZcOfnTliJZdHUyTrNU2qIQpwL7qeZwoIz_1d-CmSSj7xEOyf0nq5BrIyDedMSP8qCQT0o5DZywg0gGaeGdLqi-XXmzj-pEDOpYdkNShpnjPTg/s1600/DSC_0498_Fotor.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BEFORE</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> I added this...</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/AVvXsEhnlgUHD_uy8SS4kUOL-3fjROxarSMWPnuBA_UNwEjDmKBThd1hPwzcb1Ya1dPSqD9Mzo-RpYCirO7HA1-1SOEGjM9Pvy-E_pZu8rzr9BwEYKaZ1UMs2IomMEIQqazCY0XdSA3-zgq8Xok/s1600/DSC_0499_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlgUHD_uy8SS4kUOL-3fjROxarSMWPnuBA_UNwEjDmKBThd1hPwzcb1Ya1dPSqD9Mzo-RpYCirO7HA1-1SOEGjM9Pvy-E_pZu8rzr9BwEYKaZ1UMs2IomMEIQqazCY0XdSA3-zgq8Xok/s1600/DSC_0499_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/transaction/212803359">Yup, a Decal I got from HERE</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Whenever I have parties, people often get confused as to which door to take going to the Powder room, so I thought it best to just LABEL the doors, to avoid confusion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJRxHwozvyn-lxYnGbPOtfCFwI-6ITZLMMbobsn5XCsDXBKk9QJ4h37-OjaGRnSgVZaAR4dqZ83ZyhpwF0TZFEVHOifzBnigKBulhazgzSeqXP6XG4dgN27kMn_s7Pv4bvs6mm1CWP4g/s1600/DSC_0505_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJRxHwozvyn-lxYnGbPOtfCFwI-6ITZLMMbobsn5XCsDXBKk9QJ4h37-OjaGRnSgVZaAR4dqZ83ZyhpwF0TZFEVHOifzBnigKBulhazgzSeqXP6XG4dgN27kMn_s7Pv4bvs6mm1CWP4g/s1600/DSC_0505_Fotor.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9prYtF9CUWBxa4l29RtN8AYAwBDbkdQgyAACjKpPDxrjVK5m9wdiRoHh9XwLnscdRUrVVdoaDn7_H94KWhkMtXLV_ZObI_4tGnO7vY-LZcY98XlujhpYje0RQ1bCMMZZh_CE9s_ETzM/s1600/DSC_0502_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9prYtF9CUWBxa4l29RtN8AYAwBDbkdQgyAACjKpPDxrjVK5m9wdiRoHh9XwLnscdRUrVVdoaDn7_H94KWhkMtXLV_ZObI_4tGnO7vY-LZcY98XlujhpYje0RQ1bCMMZZh_CE9s_ETzM/s1600/DSC_0502_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">As usual, I chose decal because it's easy and won't damage my doors. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Their a bit on the small side if you base it on the photos, but in person, their just right. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Good enough to be seen even by the weary-eyed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipA10sR7SwQn1yWJ_t5b_3eFdEiC363BlHZ8QlCTE7cPMlgnzxbuwOFfQ3k8ae7wkU3SKe0GVhnmJEHbkW8u4ejdqt8EUWPCczoKatHklIOS998VeFd-7_-nFrEDiUUskxbZDvN_8Gch4/s1600/DSC_0503_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipA10sR7SwQn1yWJ_t5b_3eFdEiC363BlHZ8QlCTE7cPMlgnzxbuwOFfQ3k8ae7wkU3SKe0GVhnmJEHbkW8u4ejdqt8EUWPCczoKatHklIOS998VeFd-7_-nFrEDiUUskxbZDvN_8Gch4/s1600/DSC_0503_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Simple projects like this make me happy and smile. </div><div style="text-align: center;">How about you, what very simple project have you done lately? Do share!</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: #e69138; font-size: x-large;">Have a Great Day!</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Vel</i></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Linking back to...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mariaelenasdecor.blogspot.com/">Our Home away from Home</a>, <a href="http://www.dwellings-theheartofyourhome.com/2014/07/amaze-me-monday-68.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:">Dwellings-the heart of your home</a>, <a href="http://thestylesisters.blogspot.com/2014/07/centerpiece-wednesday-tablescapes-and.html">The Style Sisters</a>, <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/07/simple-door-update.html">JAQS studio</a>, <a href="http://www.frommyfrontporchtoyours.com/2014/07/treasure-hunt-thursday-165-highlights.html">From My Front Porch to yours</a>, <a href="http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2014/07/frugal-friday_24.html">The Shabby Nest</a>, <a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2014/07/fabulously-creative-friday-linky-party-15.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JenniferRizzo+%28Jennifer+Rizzo%29">Jennifer Rizzo</a>, <a href="http://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/2014/07/party-time-fnf.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FQoLtm+%28FRENCH+COUNTRY+COTTAGE%29">French Country Cottage</a>, <a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.blogspot.com/2014/07/friday-favorites_24.html">The Diary of a real housewife</a>, <a href="http://rootedinthyme.blogspot.com/2014/07/our-new-chickens-and-simple-sweet.html">Rooted in thyme</a>, <a href="http://www.serenitynowblog.com/2014/07/weekend-bloggy-reading-link-up_25.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SerenityNow-aMommysSolutionToStayingSane+%28Serenity+Now-A+Mommy%27s+Solution+to+Staying+Sane%29">Serenity Now</a></div>

Simple Door update

I did a very simple update on my doors in the kitchen... BEFORE  I added this... Yup, a Decal I got from HERE Whenever I have parties, peopl...

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Decorating a Teenage Boy's Bedroom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My buddy Kris has a son who is now a young man.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <i><b>college graduate</b>!!!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But he wasn't always that way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I first met him he was a little@#$!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He would play cards with us, and go to the movie's with us.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He would insert himself into every conversation asking....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"What's that mean?????",</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">now I'm lucky if I get a hug.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>AND I HAVE TO ASK FOR IT!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">over the course of him growing up, we decorated his room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjLO1Ws6H64wBoynCx8WFnmTKqeaf0jaEAv1_rfOeChAKk2iIGnVbiU_enWqv6QrHyTEbB-Lik1eWj_u6_GbjXDqF-HhH2SIQniyo3fkFsbbcZet3F2k5Ujik0ej8vKgzLmCPdutQ/s1600/IMG_6057bb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjLO1Ws6H64wBoynCx8WFnmTKqeaf0jaEAv1_rfOeChAKk2iIGnVbiU_enWqv6QrHyTEbB-Lik1eWj_u6_GbjXDqF-HhH2SIQniyo3fkFsbbcZet3F2k5Ujik0ej8vKgzLmCPdutQ/s1600/IMG_6057bb.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bed is a mahogany Empire sleigh bed that Kris snagged from a local antique store for a really good price because it is an odd size.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that's OK because her son is odd!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">see what happen's Kieran when you don't want to hug me?????</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">You get trashed on the internet!!!!!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-ClifEhDHjnbdu_DdFQ504lSyBo2cZWheO4cxxXDwe1p8iwKg36TJsB86nkNydoAleonwOlHsKJx4sB6qlmv42Z7sIUtQRhHf1S6wuPzb9BHX2V5Bw7lGFZnvjWwP9Lx-ZpOEY_8/s1600/IMG_6059ab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-ClifEhDHjnbdu_DdFQ504lSyBo2cZWheO4cxxXDwe1p8iwKg36TJsB86nkNydoAleonwOlHsKJx4sB6qlmv42Z7sIUtQRhHf1S6wuPzb9BHX2V5Bw7lGFZnvjWwP9Lx-ZpOEY_8/s1600/IMG_6059ab.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the bed we hung a 1920's football homecoming banner that we had framed in black with a yellow mat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It works with the sporty themes in the room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For lighting we found these swing arm sconces at Pottery Barn.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dark tones of the metal relate to the black hue of the frame.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always think of how every thing will relate that I plan on hanging together on a wall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's if I plan in advance.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually just collect a ton of #$% and see what goes together.</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;">Then we hit Bed Bath and Beyond for the bedding.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We decided that denim was the way to go, as a teenage boy couldn't destroy it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bucking bronco pillow was something that Kris has had so long that she doesn't remember where it came from.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">NOTICE HOW WELL IRONED THE PILLOWCASES ARE!!!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is how they really looked.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR1W9vZidgmyZ-isZ0d8ZiqiyAaoEllFu90_B5MJuTnBK7eO49u1NG4H6unUucwQ6nZ9GirpOtHPMHT7AfoqNW0OQ8Ss_1VN3s4brL8gF2AtOLwSd2QKAgBt2zqCcfcbme4SG_LuJ6/s1600/IMG_6055a-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR1W9vZidgmyZ-isZ0d8ZiqiyAaoEllFu90_B5MJuTnBK7eO49u1NG4H6unUucwQ6nZ9GirpOtHPMHT7AfoqNW0OQ8Ss_1VN3s4brL8gF2AtOLwSd2QKAgBt2zqCcfcbme4SG_LuJ6/s1600/IMG_6055a-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used the wrinkle remover in PicMonkey that's used on faces to remove the wrinkles in the pillow cases!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDjbm2pYx1AnoZJDwZT_BFFKBS0sjnJzg6XaaW0GFgkG2j-13dr-mtEUt-VkChvvJq6R713mCj-dawqUEvHVCqOKxcpPq-vNoTli6gTlkgh4SWtl7-aZc1U6ZXolbp3XeexUy1LQO/s1600/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDjbm2pYx1AnoZJDwZT_BFFKBS0sjnJzg6XaaW0GFgkG2j-13dr-mtEUt-VkChvvJq6R713mCj-dawqUEvHVCqOKxcpPq-vNoTli6gTlkgh4SWtl7-aZc1U6ZXolbp3XeexUy1LQO/s1600/Untitled.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another of my stellar side by sides!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcFwwe5TtrUl8Ma-uZ_VJcBRpT4FSlSU5I6vyt3jgoFKSoNNiNZeVqmHlivdptBX13WQLyKcCJlTL9ocp-PyfKya3JsTm0cyRu_uf5sorl82pHPHteuBVZDCaxjsDoeoivNoeJtZB/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcFwwe5TtrUl8Ma-uZ_VJcBRpT4FSlSU5I6vyt3jgoFKSoNNiNZeVqmHlivdptBX13WQLyKcCJlTL9ocp-PyfKya3JsTm0cyRu_uf5sorl82pHPHteuBVZDCaxjsDoeoivNoeJtZB/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This just tickles my funny bone.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mean....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got home after photoing this room, and looked at my pictures, and was horrified by how bad the wrinkles were.</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 WAS ABLE TO FIX IT!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did the same thing to Kris's portrait.</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/AVvXsEh2L5N7lOBx_-F7wn1wA8gdL6vczjPMKqLkSj4PRRKSNPVSJ-psU8FWU_0YqG3ZYqr-PfDHzc4l6dBMLQmx34iPd9aqz8pHOGQzFAFP2FiYFaKR8-CQ4KiyIUnfi3Nz0eT9QFoedNlz/s1600/IMG_6152a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2L5N7lOBx_-F7wn1wA8gdL6vczjPMKqLkSj4PRRKSNPVSJ-psU8FWU_0YqG3ZYqr-PfDHzc4l6dBMLQmx34iPd9aqz8pHOGQzFAFP2FiYFaKR8-CQ4KiyIUnfi3Nz0eT9QFoedNlz/s1600/IMG_6152a.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But don't tell her I told you.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;">I mean, she is over 50 for goodness sake!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</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 will show the rest of the room next time.</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>

Decorating a Teenage Boy's Bedroom

My buddy Kris has a son who is now a young man. A college graduate !!!!!!! But he wasn't always that way. When I first met him he was a ...

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Coastal Vignettes

<div style="text-align: center;">Now that you've seen our <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/07/our-summer-coastal-living-room.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>SUMMER COASTAL LIVING ROOM</b></span></a>, I wanted to share with you the little details in which I tried to make my room feel more "coastal"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's start with the coffee table...</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/AVvXsEj-zAtSW67njzqbu2dWQgZAl1QtMqYiJ6grzA2xRWfQ6wv0Cm4DQIDQ7AlgTDy5Xy1MpOvNNfLD2VQ3T9d6GWIw8HhavoU69kZe98ojpdZdtRYnOteQn6AUsvNZTAJVul8r4GE07Y89tGc/s1600/DSC_0424_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zAtSW67njzqbu2dWQgZAl1QtMqYiJ6grzA2xRWfQ6wv0Cm4DQIDQ7AlgTDy5Xy1MpOvNNfLD2VQ3T9d6GWIw8HhavoU69kZe98ojpdZdtRYnOteQn6AUsvNZTAJVul8r4GE07Y89tGc/s1600/DSC_0424_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simple set-up</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I moved my capiz-lined driftwood bowl I scored from TJ Maxx from the Breakfast room to here and added 3 shell-covered balls inside. I stacked up 3 coffee table books and added my magnifying glass and brass compass-like-thingy on top.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggm9RiHicl4GNEq3VMgPeFd96li6Fpsv5JZDx20S53DOV08HbKPexGUhM72dX47BUPm7C3qJTVhHqpJRxDE6IXoLGCr6C0fXBkRr8FopAr_Uy9ZBEC7yLNcaS4Qr8ZuSO-qK5LMdANtZM/s1600/DSC_0423_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggm9RiHicl4GNEq3VMgPeFd96li6Fpsv5JZDx20S53DOV08HbKPexGUhM72dX47BUPm7C3qJTVhHqpJRxDE6IXoLGCr6C0fXBkRr8FopAr_Uy9ZBEC7yLNcaS4Qr8ZuSO-qK5LMdANtZM/s1600/DSC_0423_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">To finish it off I added my fish-shaped bowl with our pet Beta and added this brass Threshold Sand Dollar I scored at TARGET on clearance for $3.28 /3 pieces.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For one of the side table...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5b6xQhiYpdf0n6SlzM1z8ljJQyVZ6zlcA5AReq8xKSCDsrfuBaiUavGDrG7w-jhQAfTSbxsWilZSDBAvA_DjBpoLxch8SKzXgGjXgqEcyIyQeRykP1qDK07K4Gb_H_dc3G9Lwzvu0Ws/s1600/DSC_0428_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5b6xQhiYpdf0n6SlzM1z8ljJQyVZ6zlcA5AReq8xKSCDsrfuBaiUavGDrG7w-jhQAfTSbxsWilZSDBAvA_DjBpoLxch8SKzXgGjXgqEcyIyQeRykP1qDK07K4Gb_H_dc3G9Lwzvu0Ws/s1600/DSC_0428_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I changed out all the frames to wooden ones to match my driftwood lamp. I added orchid and the lotus candle to complete it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For the console...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYn09NLH0bAoXPmpVmzh5fPIf6yywxQyvG-yYnGB-3os5Dqdl4I0-HnZF8_dZKazCR6mW5rPfpZ36fo1oGJ7C6BHxhmDzqRsk0bnocSr8YEIAQdr0p6LN9MSHJ399PBefsLz55dIUVOI/s1600/DSC_0430_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYn09NLH0bAoXPmpVmzh5fPIf6yywxQyvG-yYnGB-3os5Dqdl4I0-HnZF8_dZKazCR6mW5rPfpZ36fo1oGJ7C6BHxhmDzqRsk0bnocSr8YEIAQdr0p6LN9MSHJ399PBefsLz55dIUVOI/s1600/DSC_0430_Fotor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdLzOEQcDNunWxK_R1Vy0VV6eESDSM63j8tr5236upVj-7zGOe6PeBsm_RBJUytyIGMFh6Uto9lh-h-lmyUJtq36U2UeXYEevd4Pp49wopF-Jez3H-c7URji0i6ONvaSS7e8GEhGhmm4/s1600/DSC_0431_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdLzOEQcDNunWxK_R1Vy0VV6eESDSM63j8tr5236upVj-7zGOe6PeBsm_RBJUytyIGMFh6Uto9lh-h-lmyUJtq36U2UeXYEevd4Pp49wopF-Jez3H-c7URji0i6ONvaSS7e8GEhGhmm4/s1600/DSC_0431_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I moved my hubs sailboats from the library/office, and added shells and geodes I've also been displaying in the office. Backed it up with my thrift  Cherry blossom Van Gogh for the color.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For the Piano area...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJ3AzqOPQZDvetQOFj_18KMIqLXiGwQ9C0pHBByVOeTIc7tyq87Lcz1bYYiFikTq6grzS_rRhXRPOqYqc2QcD2lb0vhL73V3gSbmXygG_JwQiEJQJSRG-pLQPERbMu6_G8ucvwmb0Xzc/s1600/DSC_0432_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJ3AzqOPQZDvetQOFj_18KMIqLXiGwQ9C0pHBByVOeTIc7tyq87Lcz1bYYiFikTq6grzS_rRhXRPOqYqc2QcD2lb0vhL73V3gSbmXygG_JwQiEJQJSRG-pLQPERbMu6_G8ucvwmb0Xzc/s1600/DSC_0432_Fotor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeTmc813i13UgiHz4jZHqjDXHzBPds_bYQZHP5WnqTTSmufVBXHAo1A5JtTB8FHVNIl369s7XLwtnBarsmINvSmsfdGc5YeXshi2iv2nx8KtiU1K92bWcNs16ne3Ynj3QGBskPAcqi6M/s1600/DSC_0433_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeTmc813i13UgiHz4jZHqjDXHzBPds_bYQZHP5WnqTTSmufVBXHAo1A5JtTB8FHVNIl369s7XLwtnBarsmINvSmsfdGc5YeXshi2iv2nx8KtiU1K92bWcNs16ne3Ynj3QGBskPAcqi6M/s1600/DSC_0433_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I moved our canvas beach picture and changed out my frames to linen and nickel ones. I also moved the boxwood topiaries from the console to here. I love that the rope lamp on the side and the driftwood mirror from West Elm on the back, makes this are feel more coastal too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And of course our media center...</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/AVvXsEiY5boIvwa3THYYZCUQBZISgf6zIEhYBp1rzgwMX5yYgWW3SryLvqlJSV9iHZS7WdWMH5DoKgrKiKm0WMBc33H4A52oMX4tjRF2hdI-pO9Bfk3D4Dt28d_Vm3PMtT86Oym4LVDWIzXFYoY/s1600/DSC_0435_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5boIvwa3THYYZCUQBZISgf6zIEhYBp1rzgwMX5yYgWW3SryLvqlJSV9iHZS7WdWMH5DoKgrKiKm0WMBc33H4A52oMX4tjRF2hdI-pO9Bfk3D4Dt28d_Vm3PMtT86Oym4LVDWIzXFYoY/s1600/DSC_0435_Fotor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEiVraMuj7v9SpqLxfgQPiRuIcNChWPBwR5U5RilmpQDY73u6LfcySO8JbDFGxOp35PTcx7iHasZJjwW7aNqKiwUDaw94LoqtPZef8A9b9lVlmaORQ5lff0L7khLy7BI0zqSKy3-Z2uxJjc/s1600/DSC_0437_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/AVvXsEiVraMuj7v9SpqLxfgQPiRuIcNChWPBwR5U5RilmpQDY73u6LfcySO8JbDFGxOp35PTcx7iHasZJjwW7aNqKiwUDaw94LoqtPZef8A9b9lVlmaORQ5lff0L7khLy7BI0zqSKy3-Z2uxJjc/s1600/DSC_0437_Fotor_Collage_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I used grapevine branch, starfishes, a real sea sponge I scored at an antique store way back with my brass dolphin and driftwood candles, mixed up with some pictures and viola - coastal feel here too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you enjoyed this detailed look at our coastal living room!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-large;">Have  a Great Weekend!</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">VEL </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! 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Coastal Vignettes

Now that you've seen our SUMMER COASTAL LIVING ROOM , I wanted to share with you the little details in which I tried to make my room fee...

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