A Bunch of Before & Afters IV

I decided to keep better track of my projects with combining each in a simple collage of Before and After. Here is a sample of past projects.

















NOTE: You should be able to click on most of the pictures to enlarge to see further details.
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Party Time @ It's So Very Cheri
Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps On The

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Glorious Diwali

For me its whole new meaning of celebrating Diwali in my new home. The last month was like roller-coaster ride. I was busy doing every possible thing that I could do for Diwali preparation.From cleaning every corner and nook of home to decorating it with my own artifacts, from preparing sweets and dishes to making gift boxes for family and friends. And I enjoyed this hectic schedule a lot. I was on cloud nine when I heard words of appreciation. Joy and happiness on my family's face was my biggest reward and it took away all my weariness.

Though I couldn't find time to click all the pics when I lit all the diyas and tea light candles but as soon as I got time I just started clicking images because I wanted to cherish this moments all my life.
Lets have a virtual tour of my home....come on in....

Colourful rangoli to welcome Goddess Laxmi and to my guests.

Floating rangoli and floating candles creating warm and inviting ambience.

Flower & mango leaf toran with backdrop of fairy lights.



Designer diyas made by me all around my home to light up the space and to light up me in glory.

Serenity near holy basil plant. It looked wonderful with fairy lights changing its colour every second.

Shri Ganesh and Laxmi idol ......beauty and tranquility.



One of my fav click of last year's Diwali.

And a gift box made by me to spread happiness and cheerfulness among loved ones.

Have a lovely weekend ahead friends and stay creative!!!

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Cherry Blossom Table

It's different




It's petite




It's oak




It's old





I cleaned it up, decoupaged sheet music on top and painted a Cherry Blossom branch.


Before
 

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 tab
Party Time @ It's So Very Cheri
Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps On The

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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 who we are?!  The super cool stick on bling letters on my purse should give you a hint.  LOL

I thought I'd inundate you with our Fall kitchen today ... hope you're not busy because I've included a *la-hot* of pics:

I love adding huge arrangements to the island and thought a copper vase might be a nice Fall accent, too (found at Home Goods):

A glass vase I had on hand holds a battery operated candle that I wrapped in twine and nestled in corn.  In the background, you can see a simple lantern filled with pumpkins, guords and leaves:

Splashes of Fall fill this side of the kitchen, too:

I used my fancy schmancy cheap-o craft scissors (from Michaels) to cut labels for the canisters ... I then wrote on them with my chalkpaint markers and attached them with just a drop of hot glue:

And, of course, you *have* to have a yummy candle burning!  My faves are by Slatkin & Co. (from Bath and Body Works) ... currently burning "Spice."  Bath and Body works also now sells these cute metal candle holders with many different holiday versions to choose from ...

I found this cute red roo at Kirkland's:

And, up above, our soffit is filled with white pumpkins, wheat and muted Fall garland, which I tucked lights into, as well.  Love seeing it lit up at night:

Moving on around, another counter holds more Fall embellishments.  As you can see, here's another roo, but I've sadly suffocated this one in glass cloche (sorry, little fella):

More canisters are filled with items and colors that remind me of Fall:

And, over on the other side, I'm SO loving my new DIY shelves!

Yup, I've already re-tweaked the shelves since I first showed them to you last week (surprise, surprise):

I found the picture at GoodWill for $2!  I really only wanted it for the chunky "beat up" frame, but decided to keep the pear art in there for now:

Another Good Will score is the large, round wicker platter.  I bought 2 of them for $3!  I also decided to fill a cream pitcher with tall branches to balance the height of the items on the soffit on the other side:

Down below on the counter is a simple vignette:

You *know* I'm enjoying our new scale:

Of course, a Fall kitchen wouldn't be complete without REAL flowers full of rich color (from my sweet hubby):

Thanks so much for visiting our Fall kitchen:

Annnnnd:

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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 of them!  LOL.

SEE ... look at those beauties on her soffit.  She probably put them up that high so that I couldn't sneak over and easily "snatch" one!

 Annnd, another (this one is my fave):

 And, wait, ... there's one more!

I love her collection, for sure and, apparently, my subtle hints didn't work because one didn't show up in my mailbox with a Georgia postmark on it!  Darn.

So, I was thrilled to have *finally* found one on Ebay ... it's fairly large.

And, I love its rustic look:

Can't wait to add something fun on top and to find the perfect spot for it ...

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

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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 process.

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