tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11312710107833022452024-02-19T06:38:53.379-05:00DESIGNationINTERIOR DESIGN . HOME PROJECTS . PHOTOGRAPHY . FOOLISHNESS . ALL FROM SCRATCHBeth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.comBlogger455125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-48681303820572385472012-11-28T09:52:00.005-05:002012-11-28T10:04:46.257-05:00I have moved!! <div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-80176571019875536212012-11-16T15:47:00.002-05:002012-11-16T15:47:45.678-05:00I Am a Collector? <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the autumn days forging on, imminent holiday celebrations and the prospect of company flooding our home this winter, the coziness has kicked up a notch in our home. With that, I had a few little projects to finish, or get a little closer to being done. One in particular that I thought would never be completed. The bathroom wall. I wished and hoped for dome beautiful graphic plates to leap into my cart at TJ Maxx or fly into view on Pinterest. No such luck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally, I went to an old standby website, and there they were, or so I thought. Plates. Anthropologie had bright, vibrant, beautiful plates. If you know me, you know that I don't have any patience to wait for a package by mail and I am too cheap to pay for shipping. So, after a 2 year well appointment for Gil, we trudged over to the mall that is <i><u>so</u></i> not on the way home, with me in heels, him with a new flu shot prick and an empty stomach. Good combo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I knew what I wanted. This mission would be brief. They WERE there! But there were more there, one more striking than the other. Oh my God, pay dirt. Pay dirt, but no money in my wallet. No mind though. I bought four, then had to scurry out of there, feet throbbing and a new package of about 12 lbs in tow, in addition to the 25.8 lb person who insisted on being carried, but he'll remain nameless. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That night, I carefully laid my plates out on our kitchen table and one by one, took them into the bathroom to compose on the wall. I didn't have any plate holders, but alas, I had <strike>one</strike>, <strike>two</strike>, er...several plates I could steal from. Oh my God, I have a collection. I never thought I'd be one to have such a thing. I mean, our coffee cups don't even remotely match, and our plates and servers are hardly impressive other than the Crate + Barrel spaghetti serve ware we got for our wedding from my dear clients. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I then thought about it. Almost every room has a plate donning the wall. Damn it. I have a collection. I am not against them necessarily, but now there is so much more pressure to add to this collection. I like my collection. I am now committed. I will now add to my group of glazed porcelain spheres on my walls and we'll all like it. Yes, I will and I can't wait! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-74680092540923540752012-11-04T18:03:00.000-05:002012-11-04T18:04:58.551-05:00Quick update! <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Holy Moses, it's been awhile since I have update you on the house.I was looking through my old posts, and things have changed a little around here. The changes are more intangible than illustrative with two growing babies, but slowly, surely our environment here meets our ever changing needs with just a dash of pure impulse and non-necessity. After the holidays, I can promise there will be more revisions, more little projects and a whole lot of cozy, wintry bliss around here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go check on the baby, get ready for a run, and celebrate that we made the list for a farm fresh turkey. Until next time...</span>Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-64492409910587533752012-10-07T18:30:00.002-04:002012-10-07T18:30:28.795-04:00At a Glance: Saturday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah yes, I made it to the gym. I crush calories. I sweat. I feel good. I also feel a little lame for having to train for a 5K. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our little guy slept in his crib for the first time in his life. We are officially situated here. ahhh...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I will say, as I was in the middle of working on this, I realized that I do not have deadlines, I do not have a script. I can take as much time as I need to get it right. Over and over in my head I say, "Keep going, you are not done. Add more. Add more." So I did, conservatively. I will one day be like my mom, but don't tell her I said that. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And some more stars. Imperfect like me. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And just for fun, some funny faces for the mirror. A little whimsy. </td></tr>
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Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-69773256680122997532012-08-24T08:22:00.000-04:002012-08-24T08:22:11.111-04:00Rock me, Mama. <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hi there! Here is a quickie project that has actually taken me weeks and weeks and then my mom a few hours to boot. I have been itching to paint this rocking chair since I got it a few years ago. It was my rocking chair as a baby, which is so very sentimental, BUT, the swashbuckling theme was just not my style. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I even played the mom/dad card with this one. I think it may have been may last waltz with the "ask dad, then ask mom" game. I knew exactly how this would play out. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Me: "Dad, do you care if I paint the rocking chair?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Dad: " You know how I am. I believe in preservation." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(Later...)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Me: "Dad says he doesn't want me to paint the rocking chair, but I think it'll look so much better in the nursery with a little color."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mom: "Oh my God! That chair would have been on the curb if you didn't take it." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Somewhere in the middle, lies the truth and outcome as well all know it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So without further ado, here it is...Oh! One more thing. This is step one. I want to add color, texture and whimsy to this. I just need to figure out how, and what exactly it is that I want to do</span>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ahoy, Matey! Time to walk the plank</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lightly sand, prime, then paint</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All primed! P.S. This chair took 2 cans of spray primer. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At home. I saw this color in the Spring **Valspar sample collection at Lowe's. <br />
It goes with our "Almond Branches" print by Van Gogh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom finished the paint job while I was in the hospital, the sanded the edges to give it a broken in look. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">**Valspar now has premade color samples at the paint counter. They phase in and out every season. They are great inspiration for any project type. I got another dusty blue color from the Spring collection that will serve as my starting line for the walls of the secret playroom. </span></td></tr>
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Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-39895325058664321182012-08-22T11:44:00.001-04:002012-08-22T11:54:15.085-04:00Scenes with a Newborn<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Today, I am itching to do some "normal" things. So I'll post. Here are some scenes from the past few weeks of life as I know it, and of course as little Nathan knows it. Hubby took 2 weeks off to spend with the whole family, which was our itle pocket of time that we got to live the way we wish we did everyday, with eachother completely. We did get out a few times, as you'll see!</span><br />
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Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-2643513543009573352012-08-03T21:42:00.001-04:002012-08-03T21:42:31.695-04:00All about the little things<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For the weeks prior to his arrival, we have both been nesting, cleaning, and prepping the house. Things have been done and I can't wait to show you (but it'll just have to wait for now)! We have done a large number of little things, that actually did add up to be some real forward progress and domestic prettiness. We had to focus on the things that NEEDED to be done prior to the littlest Shephard's arrival. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And then there has been my career. I have been very,very busy (disgustingly busy) getting my clients all taken care of before my eight week hiatus. I focused hard, and made sure I could deliver to others before I delivered our second son. I worked a little too much, and <strike>didn't</strike> couldn't come up for air until the very end. So, I couldn't spend my evenings dreaming up interior whimsy or flipping through catologues or online wish lists. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">For the next days upcoming, I will make my focus even littler. I am going to spend the next week totally, completely and unforgivingly devoted to exactly (2) Nate's and (1) Gil, My boys. And hopefully, I can also work on making my waistline littler too. </span><br />
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<br /></div>Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-22441208653555165842012-07-07T22:30:00.000-04:002012-07-07T22:30:26.465-04:00One of the magical things about this house<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I grew up in an old house, and I believed that the house could love you and protect you. The house I grew up in happened to be loud, and creaky. This house is much more reserved, but I do still believe in the safety it provides in a nothing but loving way - If you care for it, that is. I also happen to believe that a house is a house until you can navigate around it in complete darkness safely. It is then and only then, your home. I don't know why I think that, I just do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have noticed this house "talking back" to us. First of all, when I look back at the old pictures of the rooms when we had just moved in. They all looked so sad to me, and I remember it being cold in here. Depressed even. Now, it seems to stand a little taller, work a little harder and perhaps stay a little cooler for us in this blazing North Carolina heat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One thing that it seems to offer us, is the natural spotlight on our Ansel Adams print. I just think this is so cool (for lack of a better term). I wanted to share this because it touches my heart. Maybe it's the hormones, but nonetheless,it's phenomenal. I am thankful...</span><br />
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<br />Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-44161775516374088252012-07-07T22:13:00.002-04:002012-07-07T22:17:34.576-04:00Blue, Blue my World is Blue...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have been dreaming of this day. It was Christmas in July, as far as I am concerned. The back porch is covered! I am pretty sure it was 100 degrees today, and I am 35 weeks pregnant, but I was determined. Before you judge, Nate did offer to help, but he needed to lend a hand later than I had in mind. I started without him, against his wishes. </span><br />
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<strong>NOTE:</strong> We originally got pricing for a fixed awning on this existing slab. It would have cost $4,200.00. No thanks! This was from IKEA, and cost $130.00Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-9534822598206481152012-07-04T12:45:00.000-04:002012-07-04T12:45:09.734-04:00Let's hear it for the boy...<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Finally, finally, I have started Gil's bed room. The evidence of a guest room is waning and kid art, bright colors and a lower bed is now on the radar. All it took was a little push with my mom coming to town and a little push on the gas pedal to IKEA. Where else? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I need one more weekend to paint the rocking chair in the nursery, buy a dresser for Gil and probably paint that too. I can't forget to lower Gil's bed, raise the crib matress, lay down to take a nap and bring home baby!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My mother came to visit this week, and she brought an old photo album of her family, ancestors to serve as a pictorial diagram of all that Nate has uncovered in his lineal research obsessions. Now, as a kid, my grubby hands have flipped, ripped and pointed though all of these ancient pages with ancient glue and ancient faces looking back at me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I only knew who I knew. My grandmother, mother, aunt and grandfather. I remember as a young one, having a hard time believing that my parents weren't smaller carbon copies of who they were now (or rather, then). I literally remember thing that my father had a mustache as a baby. Now, that's funny. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After hearing, reading and seeing all the history unfolding on Nate's laptop, it's especially powerful to pick up the delicate images, cradle the torn paper in my steady palm and see my family, what they did and how they did it, for the camera at least. It was as best I could do so many years ahead, to hold their face in my hand and gaze. So, as we sat down and got my mother's orientation on the pages, the people and the locations, I proverbially took my hubby's hand and walked with him. He knew of these people, and now they had a face. We explored the expressions and the poses and the Hungarian scrawl on the back of some pictures. It is as if my mother and I were puzzle pieces, and the album was a key. Nate could float above my mom and I and look back at the steps we both took through 71 years of living in the shadows of the figures on the pages. It's very magical to share a portion of our newly combined life that we weren't actually present for. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back side of a photo of my Great-Grandfather. This is in Hungarian. It's a note to someone. Not me, but I get to peek, even though I cannot understand it, I see the personal arches, dotted letters and message for him, or from him. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My huge hope for the near future, is that I can take him to Hudson. NY, where my mother grew up. I spent multiple summers with my Aunt in Columbia County, tramped around auction houses, mountain mansions and orchards. I heard stories of years past. It was all my aunt had at that point in her life. I feel like I can show him where I start, way before I was here on Earth. I can show him the houses in which they lived, the towns they roamed and of course now, their final resting place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The funniest thing about looking the past in the eye as we did, is that you can see other people in there. My mom looks like her mom, who looks like her dad. My Aunt looked like her father, who didn't look like his brother, but resembled his cousin. It's all so binding, and a very nice journey to a time and a place that we will not see, we will not smell nor will we hear. It's all we have at this time in our lives, but it keeps us going. "Us" as in the family. All of us. The lot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Our living room will soon enough be a museum and a home for them all. We'll scan, enhance, frame and hang them up for a daily reunion of our hearts and our souls. </span>Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-50953987639409055692012-07-04T12:14:00.001-04:002012-07-04T12:14:45.832-04:00"Fabric"ating Art<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One of the 203 objectives of this Blog is to design on a budget. This little project can cost $10.00 or $1,000.00 depending on your materials, but it is a good one, I promise. Now, we ALMOST have our bedroom to a point that I can consider "done" (if you ignore the fact that we have an open electrical box hanging from our ceiling...I totally do). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With that new state-of-the art television, what more could you need there, right? After staring at the stack of framed artwork on the floor in that very room for <strike>2 weeks</strike> 5 months, I couldn't help but notice we have an old black poster frame that needed a home, and a portion of our wall that was crying for some companionship. For the artwork in our bedroom, we have a good amount of landscape scenes, pretty framed abstracts, and shelving on the wall for me. for now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, I admittedly do not use enough movement in my rooms. I use a lot of solids and stripes, and most florals can be burned in effigy for all I care about them. In my head, I really wanted a 3" chocolate and ivory chevron print. I am sure there is one out there, and not just in the "online shop" in my mind, right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, since I got the poster frame hung one mid afternoon Gil nap, I need something to fill that void. It just looks silly. I don't have the time to trek to Mary Jo's and seek out the exact non existent fabric that I want, so I took a step back. What in that chevron pattern do I like? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1. <b>The movement - </b>Pattern, pattern pattern. I need more of it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2. <b>The colors</b> - the ivory especially. I am typically adverse to whites overwhelming a room. You'll never see white walls in my house. Not to say they don't and can't work. They are just difficult because there is no starting color theme. It's just not how I (paint) roll, and I could blog one day about all the Pinterest rooms I see that DON'T work, even though people act like Le Corbu himself gave it his Five Pillars approval. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3.<b> The modernity - </b>or shall I say, simplicity? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I heard that IKEA has stocked their shelves with limited availability fabrics starting today (oh my). I checked it out online. I didn't see anything but I did find this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yep, this'll work. For $7.99/yd, it'll definitely work. I know, it's floral. What overwhelms me about this is the white. It's what the room needs, for sure. For sure. The best part about this is, once I find the fake chevron print that I can actually see and hold, I can take this out and (have my mom) make pillows with it. Waste not, want not, right? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wait! What? As with most projects, I couldn't get my hands on the one I thought was available. I like the outcome still. It reminds me of my older post about letters and words seen <a href="http://bethherbst.blogspot.com/2012/02/writings-on-wall.html" target="_blank">here.</a> This one was $4.99/yd at IKEA, and I am not so sure I'll be quick to change it out. The room could use the light ivory background. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You could get a more substantial frame and upgraded fabric as well. Also remember, fabric isn't bought just in bolts. There are pillow cases, shower curtains, duvets, sheets and even place mats that can all serve as a sewing starter. Yes, those can be more expensive because they are a manufactured "something", but take a look at clearance sales and outlet stores. If the fabric is to die for, I say go for it. It always makes for a good story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And never, never never forget that wrapping paper can be quite stylish as a backdrop to a room, object or for art! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As the summer heat rolls in from the South and bear down hard on us in North Carolina, we have been busy here. Really busy. Exhausting busy. My career job has been nuts. The economy has kicked warehousing upfits in the big box butt. I know, because I am there.at work. all the time. It's a good thing, but enough about that. Hubby was supposed to go home this week to visit our family in NY, but my physical (and slow) state and Gil's new teeth kept him close this week. Nate has done some work! Take a look...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">By luck, the ill fitting rug in our master bath fits perfectly in this hall bath, and happens to match the walls. I couldn't believe it, but I guess you just gravitate toward the styles and colors that you just simply like. </span><br />
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I<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> had spray painted the traditional medicine cabinet (not the coolest one in town, admittedly). I took it to another level by splashing a metallic on it. (okay, "another level" is a bit hyperbolic. It is) At the time, I didn't know what color the walls would be, but it actually works because it blends into the background. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't like the light. I really didn't like it before we painted. It was out of place. Guess what? It's staying. I am the "electrician" (Read: the one not afraid to fry), and I am not climbing up on a sink to change it out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">#2. With a house like we have, there are ALWAYS surprises behind the walls, especially in the bathrooms. I don't know what that is. It just is. I guess since the house was most likely built in 30 minutes or less could be a good reason. This is why I just cannot change the towel racks. I am afraid. I did in the old house, and wow. It was a mess in that wall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">#3. Somehow, in some way the dark hardware now looks like we tried to do it because we have some other dark highlights and accents. hmmm... I'll deal with it. It works, right? (P.S. I'd never select this light, so I didn't "try" at all.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">#4. We have a baby to pay for. Priorities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Okay enough of the light. The art I have had, and I love the koi. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I think we're off to a good start here...</span></div>Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-12852028465231441042012-06-05T20:42:00.000-04:002012-06-05T20:42:25.229-04:00From the Lens...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I finally got batteries for my camera, so it was exciting to go through my memory card and snap a few more at lunch today. It was a simple pleasure, and it meant the world to me. I have my memory keeper back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That's what I hear from dear ol' hubby every month or so. In our lives, there are a lot of corners, but as long as we keep turning them, we're good. We are almost to the point in the house where the work will get fun, and creative, and probably expensive. Nate finished the painting in the stair well this past weekend. To any mortal man, this is just more than a hassle. To Nate, he is afraid of heights and a perfectionist, and hates the huge off-center chandelier in sed stairwell. It was a challenge, but I tell you, it looks fantastic, and I was sure to tell him so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Paint the hall bathroom. (It'll be easy. It's small and I have had the color picked for months. This is strictly a paint job. No change outs, no tricks, but maybe a new rug and a picture.) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Paint the Master Bath. This is, in no way, a remodel. However, we are replacing the giant sized mirror with (2) smaller ones, hopefully getting shelving in the view window and purchasing some furniture. This is the biggest hurdle we have left, but the goal is to finish before Mr. Baby comes home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oh, and for you budget conscious readers, the paint and supplies were about $40.00 total, which should carry Nate through the remainder of the hallway. Not bad, eh? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If we were playing the game of Mother May I, we'd have been granted five giant steps forward this weekend. Holy Moses, we got a lot accomplished, with a little help from our friends. I must take one whole post to show you our 'Before and After' of the house washing that our friend did for us this weekend. It looks and feels truly like we have new siding, new windows and a new look to the house. Now, to try to catch up on some sleep...</span><br />
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<br />Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-24081478902305263482012-05-30T20:59:00.000-04:002012-05-30T23:09:17.221-04:00Hopefully...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As broken washing machines, tree pruning requests and gutter repairs have wreaked havoc on our financial respite, we will <i>hopefully</i> soon get more projects accomplished at the house. This weekend was huge for us, although not really photo worthy or really even a good read. I'll keep it brief. My nesting has kicked in and I continue to hang little pint size shirts and pants in preparation that little pudgy legs and arms will find them soon, <i>hopefully</i>. I have two little nursery projects coming and they make me sick with excitement. <em>Hopefully</em> I will show you soon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We hung pictures, cleared cabinets and purged away. The piles of boxes are diminishing, and the brick a brack is filed away, or sitting nicely in place now. I can't fail to tell you too, that we straightened the garage and shed. woo.hoo., right? It was big. It was <i>hopefully</i> a stepping stone to bigger, better things. I'd like to have done wonderful design projects over the long weekend, but alas, we did not. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If I could take snapshots of my mind and show you our future finished living room, I would. I would also tour you through Gil's new room too, so you could see the "bomb pop" curtains and bright colors we adorn it with. For now, however, those images are safe in my mind. They are unrealized, but that's okay. <i>Hopefully</i> soon.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gutter corrected, back of house saved! </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Oh my gosh and I almost forgot to tell you. We are getting our house cleaned. I mean scrubbed. The outside. It will be clean at last! Before and after shots are certainly on the way. I am mentioning this because as you are deep in the throes of home ownership, these things matter. These things eventually lift from your shoulders and somehow give you an extra large sense of accomplishment, even if you are only there to decide it's happening. I love seeing the outside of the house come together. It's almost as if the brick coursing bends a little upward to smile. The structure stands a little taller and may even exhale with pride slightly. Maybe. <em>Hopefully</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One more thing...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">" Hopefully" is now an accepted adverb, according to the AP Stylebook. Apparently, there was a big debate and hatred of the word as an adverb, or rather hatred for the use of it. For instance, "Hopefully, I can get some sleep one day." It was too vague. The accepted substitute was (until this week) "One would hope that I can get some sleep one day." It says the same thing. I happen to like the word hope, in whatever form it must appear. In some of my darkest hours, I can repeat in my head "hope", and I'd search for it in some alternative or a simple option of fate. HOPE. I would hate to live without it in any way, used in the proper format or not. I am certainly not a wordsmith. I speak and write as if every sentence has a little nerve ending, and my thoughts walk gently across the words. I try to, at least. As I age, I realize this is important to do. My foot only finds my mouth every few months or so these days. <em>Hopefully</em> that's the case...</span>Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-57227300941611167602012-05-30T20:35:00.002-04:002012-05-30T22:08:32.664-04:00"Dishing" on my bathroom drawers<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My second home lately has been Pinterest. As much as I resisted taking my dear friend up on my invitation, I succumbed eventually. If you have ever seen Salem's Lot, it was like the scene where Danny Glick came to the window and gently scratched until his little friend came out so he can turn him into the undead. Similar. Different outcome, I suppose, but that email invitation was my Danny Glick for awhile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Anyway, I have been finding little projects and unpacking and discovering little trinkets and accessories (which seems like a major excavation at this point). I pinned this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And came up with this:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Measured twice, cut once...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lined the cabinet floor with vinyl (awesome) wallcovering. Cleanable folks. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Added my sushi plates...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had a nostalgic moment over my "Fun Fruits" sharpener. It's from the 80's. I love you, Nicki. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Look below the ceramics. <b>Oh my.</b> That, my friends, is sparkly vinyl (cleanable) wall covering. I had a rep from Eyekon (WWW.EYEKON.NET) come visit me at work<strike> today</strike> two months ago, and I immediately fell in love. I wasted no time ordering a sample for this very project (and have had it way too long). Again, I took a little spray glue to the back. Commercial wall covering adhesive is no joke, and the power and strength (and aggravation of installation) is not necessary in a drawer. Now, I may feel a little more glamorous while "putting on my face".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes, I know the intent was for jewelry storage, but I have a tough time digging through a pile pf plastic boxes, containers and creams to find what I need in the morning. These dishes are also washable, so that helps too. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I didn't realize how many of these little sushi servers I had, but I'd say it worked out well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i>An aside:</i> I would have loved different patterns, teacups and bright colorful inspirations just like the Pinterest post. However, I am working on a plate project, and it is not easy to collect and assemble a grouping of plates for a yellow wall. On this one, I used what I had, if nothing else to get it done, 100% free of charge. </span><br />
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<br />Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-79344376563498536802012-05-20T10:09:00.004-04:002012-05-21T09:38:55.810-04:00A Long Look Back and a Big Deep Breath<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My husband has been putting together a gift for our sons for about a year now. He's tracing our genealogy. Now, a first I admit, I wasn't as into it as he was. (I am not sure I still am, since he is up all hours of the night saving marriage certificates, searching Magyar Hungarians, and planning trips to Shropshire, England.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It has almost completely changed my outlook on life, truthfully, and most definitely put my family life and past into perspective. It has knocked me off my feet. As a teenager, I was zoomed into myself and myself alone. It was simple. The world revolved around me and me alone. In retrospect, it's disgusting, but it's also enviable in a way since there wasn't much stress or consequence. In my 20's, I zoomed out a little. I remember it being a time for me to establish myself in my career, and hope that you keep your foothold. Each decade zooms you out a little more. Once I looked at this history, I can now see for miles, years, lifetimes and it's like a puzzle with each new shape forming to it's predecessors. It is very much like when I had a baby. It was like the history of my family unlocked a chapter and a key to the souls of my parents, and their parents. It was like I had some pages stuck together of my owners manual, and suddenly a baby's tears dissolved the adhesion between the pages, chapters and volumes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My family history is not necessarily fortunate throughout. It was hard fought, and desperate. It is amazing to research, read and then fill in with the stories from my parents these harrowing people I knew as "grandma" and grandpa". Through all the struggle and loss and lack of, they survived. They made it. They had children and shaped their lives. I hear in my mothers accounts the pain that she knew that my grandmother had. I think now, it's important that we knew her as a funny lady with broken English. I am just now able to begin to understand the profundity of her trip from here to Hungary, and back again. And her marriage to Archie, and how she loved her children. We found out that her parents made it here, and no one ever knew that, but there it was, on the 1910 Census. Wow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My husband has wanderlust also to visit his roots. Together we put our history together, and make present and will make a history for our children's children. It' very exciting. Each extension of a family line weaves our hearts and souls a little tighter as our history is revealed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now, I feel very close to my roots. I feel that I need to travel and see where they came from, and left. I need to see why they did it. How they did it, and how strong they really are. In a strange way, the genealogy research has made me feel weak. I have had such an easy life in comparison. I want my tick on the line to mean something to Gil and his brother. I don't mean that I want to make a lot of money and they'll be happily ever after. I mean, I want them to grow to be good men, and good husbands. I want them to struggle and fight for what they want from life. After all, the saddest realization I have made of my beloveds is, the survival of an orphanage, or making it home after scouting in WWII, the end is the same. You will not see cancer on the census. You will not see alcoholism. You will not see heart attacks, but they are there somewhere. Death has nothing to do with life sometimes, but it does make me think that I need to start living and raising these boys and seeing the world. What is it they say? You can't take it with you...Damn right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">**A few posts ago, I decided to put all family pictures up in our living/dining room. Now, it means so much more. My hope is to pass on the face and the story to Gil and "Mr. Baby". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">***Lastly, I PROMISE to get back to the house this week! Hubby and I are takign a few days off around the long weekend and will finish straggling projects and I will show you here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-4492240603946069332012-05-08T20:21:00.000-04:002012-05-25T11:27:32.061-04:00A Little Lost in Love and "Landlord hood"<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi. I wish this post was all about a 'before and after' project that I have kept secret for a few weeks. It's not. My belly is growing and the simple task of twisting is a serious challenge. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nevertheless, I have been a busy bee around the house. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As of May 1st, our other house has a tenant! We spent the last few weeks, painting polishing, vacuuming and touching up the fixtures there, and have had a chance to enjoy our new home a little more while finding respite from the last minute mayhem of landlord hood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Of course, all the spit shining and dirt removing did not prevent the air conditioning to not work. Oh yes, a blind side! Luckily, I have a great contact that helped me out and repaired it, instead of replacing the unit. So now, we must focus back to the house. You know, THE house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nate has quickly been overwhelmed with all the things we still need to do at THE house. I keep telling him not to worry and it'll be done when it's done. It's a classic Beth-Nate situation. I have spent the hard working weeks envisioning and prioritizing future new furniture, the painting projects and of course, the "secret playroom" design, so I certainly haven't given up on the house. I never will. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Admittedly lately, I have been lost in love. As we get our newborn clothes out, reassemble the swing and stock the cabinets with bottles and formula, we make room for the new little one. Our hearts are growing and swelling with love bursting from all valves and vessels. With pregnancy, my tears flow like rivers at any Mother's Day commercial, any thought of hugging my boys, or knowing I'll see my husband hold his second son moments after that first cry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...and then there's my husband. I decided to write our tale of love. (It's a long one, from my view point) It has plunged me deep into my own soul and I have explored the deepest depths of it and have reconvened with my highest highs. I have appreciated the road we have taken together (and apart), and I have just been simply head over heels over him, realizing that us together wasn't purely a decision. It was a must. I haven't finished it yet. It's a little tough to write at parts, so it'll take a little more time and strength for sure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have just been lost in the love around me. Lost in the reports from the hubby that I get in the morning about the Yankees' pitching staff even though I don't really wonder about it, or the Rangers win. Lost in the moment Gil sees Nate and runs to him with pure and true happiness. Lost in the excited anticipation of the brothers together and bonding forever. Lost in Nate's worry that Mother's Day won't be enough. It will be, I promise. </span>Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-26211325220184473362012-04-29T20:37:00.000-04:002012-04-29T20:37:28.995-04:00A Little Tradition will Begin<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My husband loves our son (<i>obviously</i>). He can barely contain his excitement at the idea that in a few months, we'll have another to hold and kiss and cradle and hug. My husband also, hadn't been able to celebrate Father's Day , since he lost his Dad 23 years ago. This past year, I took the boys out and took some pictures and made the day super special, and just for him. This year, we'll do the same. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A few posts ago, I told you about how I plan on preparing all old family pictures in our retro-modern (hopefully) dining room/living/entry way. At the stair landing, in the same room we mounted a picture of Nate and his Dad from 1980. It's old, but not that old. It's in the room, but not really. It's a perfect location. It's kind of a transition up the stairs into the modern day chaos we call the playroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'll pick two or three shots from each year, frame them and mount them. I'll be sure to update you on this progress of this one. I guess first, we need to paint the wall! </span><br />
<br />Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-16794158167052628372012-04-19T09:24:00.001-04:002012-04-19T15:51:02.442-04:00Chip Away, Chip Away, Chip Away... Dixieland<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am not conventionally organized. (read: I am a mess), and my husband is very orderly. A lot of the time, that's oil and vinegar, but with the house planning and design execution, it has turned out to be a good thing. Our lack of funds for extra things also helped me reign in my wild imagination and prioritize my purchases. ( I call it the Charlie Bucket life.) We meet somewhere in the middle when it comes to selecting projects for each weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here is some advice for you. <i>(I am typically not an advice disher) </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Make a list, and chip away.</b> That's it. A lot of websites these days will allow you to create a shopping list, but of course there is always Pinterest to store your ideas, colors and final design plans. (I certainly take advantage)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have a running shopping list at IKEA online (<i>shocking, right?</i>). I found it to be just as rewarding to remove an item or two from the list. With a penny in my pocket, I did still feel like I was getting things done, and rooms were coming together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I would only put a few items in my radar at a time. This has saved me from imminent failure. I stood in our family room (the one with the fireplace) just a few days ago, and started tho think about what still needed to be done and what needed to be purchased. Don't do that. It just worries you, trust me. I put the "things" into dollars, then the dollars into our budget, and in a few "carry the one's" in my head, I wasn't too inspired, or pleased, or underwhelmed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The house will come along. It will. It has already, but sometimes it's that final product that you can hardly wait for. What I have to remember is that there is no final product. What fun would that be? I have my chocolate factory. Now, I just need to keep developing the "Three Course Dinner Gum" so no one turns into a blueberry. </span>Beth Shephardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711490256530444033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131271010783302245.post-2368205794038563312012-04-16T21:28:00.000-04:002012-04-16T21:29:16.065-04:00Quick Update - Living Spaces<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>The family room. </b><br />It's getting there, but if you don't mind, please replace the excer-saucer with a womb chair. Just for now.<br />I am beginning to like the color and movement in this room. Now, I need to tighten it up. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ahh...new beautiful, wonderful, quiet water heater</b>.<br />This is where our money went this month, but I tell you, it's great. Look at the booster pump on it. Wow. </span></td></tr>
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