Fall in the Kitchen!

Happy Halloween!  Do you have your bucket of candy ready by the front door?  Are you dressing up?  Jax can't wait to turn into Batman!  John and I won't be dressing up tonight ... we had our fun this past weekend at a fabulous party hosted by our great neighbors.  Can you guess...

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Think Pink ~ A sweet doll cradle

I am participating in the Go P.I.N.K., Oct. 30th...Are You Aware? Many of us Bloggers are helping spread awareness and standing to fight for this cause.. Breast Cancer! With blog posts that are dedicated to pink, you can view my post then go on over to the party and see what other pinks are out there.A few years ago I was asked to paint a child's doll cradle. The only requirements were to also...

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I Finally Got One!

Happy Friday !!Some of you may know that I've been looking for a vintage kitchen scale for-EVA!  I've scoured our local antique stores all summer ... looked online, but couldn't find one I liked anywhere.  Then, I realized why ... because my friend, Kim, at Savvy Southern Style has ALL...

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A Client's Formal Living Room

I recently shared with you a before and after of a built-in bookcase. Well, that is in a formal living room space that I have been decorating.Here is what this space looked like when I was hired to warm it up and put personality into the room.It had the basics, two sofas, two end tables and a coffee table...and a couple of wood side chairs.Now I will step you through my decorating proce...

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Happy, Bright & joyous Diwali

Here I am wishing all my wonderful friends a very happy, prosperous, bright & beautiful Diwali.As u all on blogland must be aware of Patricia's giveaway on her blog colors dekor here is my Shopo wishlist:Very very beautiful camel lamp. I hope this will be mine ;-)I wanted this kind of candle stand...

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Please Remove Your Shoes & A Clients Foyer

I can't say that this was my idea. I got the idea from Pinterest where there is a wealth of great ideas. I was initially overwhelmed with decorating a huge home by myself, but a friend that I helped decorate her new home recently told me, "You are the Queen of putting personality into a home!" (Thanks Lindsay) That is all it took to spur me on to this new project. So here is how I put personal...

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MAGIC TRICK REVEALED !!

The other day, I showed you a "magic trick" of how we made our cabinet disappear.It went from this:To this ((*gasp*)):Well, ABRA CADABRA ... have a lookie now !!What I absolutely *lurve* about these shelves is that I built, painted and hung them all.by.myself!  Wooo Hooo ...I couldn't...

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Wishing the festival of lights...

...illuminates all your homes.Been a hectic festive season with very little time to share Diwali inspirations & ideas but hope to get back soon!(Image: It is a embellished silver floating oil-la...

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Window Blues!

My friend Gail shared with me another project that she completed. Did I ever tell you that she is one talented lady? She is.Anyway, she had an old window just hanging outside on her back porch for decor. It blew down in a huge wind storm that we had and Gail took the opportunity to change it up while it was down.Here is the original window. Cool huh?Gail said that she painted the window...

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Lyre Back Chairs

Finished a rebirth on these two lyre back chairs today and took them to my antique mall booth.BeforeI fell in love with this fabric from Hobby Lobby. Someone will give them a new home.NOTE: You should be able to click on most of the pictures to enlarge to see further details.These parties I love to link up to or check out my Blog Parties tabParty Time @ It's So Very Ch...

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*Boo* Y'all!

Happy Sunday, everyone ... it's going to be a gorgeous Fall day here in South Carolina ... hope you're enjoying fabulous weather, too!  I'm taking a break from my "magic trick" kitchen project, and thought I'd share our Fall mudroom.This is our little space where I add a bit of Halloween, too.Jax...

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