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>Last week I posted about our day at Lucketts.Today I'll show you what we took home.You already saw the beautiful mirror that my daughter purchased. It's new green paint looks fabulous in her living room.She also got a few old bullseyes. We hung the set above her kitchen window to give it a little architectural interest.What did I take home?I fell in love with thesetwo good-sized pieces of

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>I've shared bits and pieces of my family room.You've seen the fireplace. The entertainment center that we built.There's a few walls of my collections.The thrifted side table that I painted.And the door sofa table that we built.But there is one piece of furniture that I try to avoid showing.It's my well worn, well loved, often napped on sofa.Let's call it "the beast!"The beast is one reason that

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>I bought a couple of old books at the thrift store to add to my Halloween decorations, but they needed a little altering.One book's cover was beginning to separate.Which made it very easy to rip the entire cover off and I didn't have to feel guilty for damaging a book (that's the teacher in me).I sanded the spine a bit to achieve a more worn look. Then wrapped it with jute twine. Next I cut and

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>A week ago I stood in the store holding two pieces of wood and thinking about what I could blog. Is that strange?!? I probably should have been thinking of what to make for dinner, but thinking about blogging is so much more fun. I thought about making a quick, inexpensive, and easy project that anyone could do. I thought it would be exciting to see what others would do with my idea. I could

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>I bought an almost new lamp, complete with the shade, at the thrift store for $6. It had an antique brass finish. Of course I bought it knowing that I'd give it a spray paint makeover. I'm sorry to say that I didn't take a "before" picture. I actually never thought that I'd do a post on it. I didn't want to bore you with another post of "Look at my thrift find that I painted black." (YAAAAWN!)

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>Saturday was such a crazy busy day! We spent the morning helping with a neighborhood clean-up. Then I had groceries to buy and last minute Easter goodies to purchase. It seems that this year every store sold out plastic eggs, which meant, because I am a procrastinator, I had to go to more stores than I had planned. I prepared items to bring to a big family dinner that evening. Once we returned,

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>A few months ago I purchased a couple of candlesticks at the thrift store. They were a beautiful shape and size but the finish was a bit confusing. Were they tarnished brass that resembled silver or were they silver plate rubbed down to the brass. Either way I liked them so they came home with me.Then I stumbled upon an article proclaiming the wonders of an inexpensive product that could easily

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>One day, as I was prepping a thrift store item for paint, my youngest said in his somewhat sarcastic pre-teen voice, "Let me guess, you're going to paint it black right?" I defended myself, "I don't paint everything black!" and proved it by listing all of the colors I had recently used. However his comment made me pause and take a fresh look at my home. Was the decor a bit dark, heavy and

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>I love my living room couch. It's long and deep and comfy. A perfect couch for napping on. It originally came with a lot of pillows that looked like this: Because it's such a deep couch the pillows actually stay in place and don't end up on the floor. Because it's such a pretty shade of chocolate brown almost any color looks great with it. Perhaps that's why I enjoy changing out the pillows so

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>I know that it's one day before Halloween, but if you're like me, you're tweaking things until it's time to take them down. So I thought I'd share one last trick using these bags of skeleton garland I bought at the dollar store a while back. I could never find a place for them and then it occurred to me that maybe it was because they needed a bit of a makeover---a silver spray paint

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>The last holiday of summer is over and I'm sad that I haven't had much of a chance to enjoy my back patio. I gave it a make-over in the spring. The color scheme has changed a bit over the years.It was once the colors of ketchup and mustard.Then it was decorated with subdued neutrals.I'm really liking the new scheme of black, lime, and turquoise.Luckily I have at least one month left to spend

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>Have you ever looked at a blog and wondered what it must be like to live next door to the blog author and see how things are in "real life"? Are you curious to know if their life is always as pretty as the photos on their blog? There are times that I feel like a bit of a hypocrite because while I post The Good, as in my recent front porch makeover.What you don't see is The Bad,the Christmas

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>Simple Joys...those glimpses of life that we should take time embrace, the reminders that it's the small and simple things that make life beautiful.There are some simple joys that just happen, others we create. Take for instance my make-up bag. It's pretty enough, as well as convenient. But I have a confession, it often sits on my bathroom counter because I'm (gasp!) too lazy to put it away.

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>Sometimes it's the simplest of things that make you smile.Moss and rocks from the yardin a pretty little white dish,resting on a book with a great title,with a motivational thoughtthrown in for good measure.If you want to make your own fork easel,just click here for directions

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>If there was a way that I could go back in time to give myself advice when I was a young mother I would have a long list of things to say. Of course most of it would be advice older mothers had already told me:Enjoy your children while they're young because they grow up too fast.Always treat your family as well as you would a guest.Play more.Keep a record of the unimportant moments as well as

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>There is something about a throw draped over a piece of furniture that makes the room feel that much more inviting and comfortable. I wanted to achieve that same feeling on my porches, after all they're like a room---without as many walls.I went on a search to find something that would look both pretty and appropriate. With temperatures in the 90's and 100's it would look a bit odd to have a

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>I needed a window covering in the guest room to give it a more finished appearance. It was December and both my time and money were running short. It was time to get creative! While out Christmas shopping I found two new single flat sheets and a pair of sheers for just a few dollars. I simply layered the two sets and clipped them on the curtain rod. It was an inexpensive, temporary fix, that

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>SimpleSimply Elegant

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>On a recent trip to the thrift store I spied this scroll-y work of art. It was one of those thrift finds thatone picks up,looks at with curiosity,tries to figure out whatever could be done with said item,puts it back,and then repeats the processseveral timesuntilinspiration finally hits,curiosity is resolvedand the item is purchased.Do you ever do that with any thrift store finds?Once home I

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>Witches and Spidersand Crows, Oh MY!

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>I've decided that my living room needs a punch of color. That's one thing about blogging, when you post pictures of a room you start to notice where you can make improvements. Since my newest project is going in that room, it is the perfect place to add color. I like the paint color that I used on this project.Speaking of this project,it's now sitting on my front porch. I was able to harvest all

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>I saw this idea on a local TV showand immediately thought,"Why didn't I think of that!" Just because I didn't think of itdoesn't mean I can't share it with you.Although I really should have thought of itbecause it involves eggs andblack spray paint.Don't do this with boiled eggs you'll eat.Use wood, or ceramic eggs,or hollowed out real eggs.There is only one thing betterthan a spray painted

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>Does your display look a little blah and boring? Maybe all it needs is a little lift. Giving items height in a display is a designer's trick. Allow me to demonstrate.This display of pumpkins looks good.It's looking better.Now it looks it's best.You can use items you already haveto give height to your display.I like to use candle holders.I love to use vases and urns.How about using a pretty box.(

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>A few years ago I found this faux fireplace at the thrift store. It has been such a fun piece of "furniture". It stood in our living room for a long time, which confused people because they would see it in one spot in the room and the next time they visited it would be on another wall. It's also been in the downstairs hall and in our master bedroom. I've used it several times to decorate for

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>You've seen the end of my upstairs hallway before with the large monogram, the "family" sign and the family photos.This is the longer view of said hall,complete with painted subflooring and dings in the walls. (and yes, I have brass doorknobs---haven't you heard, brass is making a comeback)On the left is a closet door and the doorway into the computer room.Straight ahead is the door to the

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