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Thursday, April 28, 2016

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE: POWDER BATH {WEEK 4}

Thursday, April 28, 2016

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE: POWDER BATH {WEEK 4}

Hello friends, thanks for checking in today!  If you're visiting from the link-up, I'm glad you're here, even though my heart is palpitating while typing WEEK 4...eeek!  Thanks to the One Room Challenge and the encouragement of Linda from Calling It Home , I'm working to make over my Powder Bath in just 6 short weeks, taking it from dark and dated to fresh and fabulous.  If you've missed any previous weeks, go ahead and catch up here- Powder Bath Week 1:  Before Photos Powder Bath Week 2:  Inspiration Photos and Design Plan   Powder Bath Week 3: Wall Prep, Lighting, and Accessories Last week we played a little guessing game of guess which sconces I ordered .  There were so many good choices from Lamps Plus , and I would have been thrilled with any of them, but I selected the Hudson Valley Cortland aged brass sconces . I'm not kidding, my heart skipped a few beats when I opened the box!  I liked them in the photo, but they are SO much better in rea...
Monday, April 25, 2016

NEIGHBORHOOD HOME TOUR {HOUSE #1- PENCIL SHAVINGS STUDIO}

Monday, April 25, 2016

NEIGHBORHOOD HOME TOUR {HOUSE #1- PENCIL SHAVINGS STUDIO}

This weekend my little sister and I spent an afternoon at a local neighborhood home tour.  Seven homes in this neighborhood agreed to participate in a tour to benefit their fund to build new entrance signs (a great idea for a fund raiser!), and one of them just happened to be the home of designer and blogger Rachel from Pencil Shavings Studio. She graciously allowed photographs, so I brought my camera along to share the tour with you.  Her entry got a makeover recently... wow!  What a statement! The formal living room, complete with a pair or fabulous bamboo bookcases- and a green velvet sofa on the other side! The adjoining dining room is full of color yet still so fresh and crisp. Several local florists were sponsors the event, providing gorgeous arrangements at each home.  I adore this color combo. These fabulous pagoda towers were on loan from a local shop for the tour.  I told her they might need to stay at her house!  ;)  She agreed. Darling br...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE: POWDER BATH {WEEK 3}

Thursday, April 21, 2016

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE: POWDER BATH {WEEK 3}

Hello friends, thanks for checking in today!  If you're visiting from the link-up, I'm glad you're here!  I'm working to make over my Powder Bath in just 6 short weeks, taking it from dark and dated to fresh and fabulous. This week, the name of the game was patience.  As a reminder, last week I stripped all of the wallpaper, and because the walls weren't prepared properly before they were papered, there was damage to the drywall from removing the paper.  So.... I was at the mercy of my drywall repairman before I could proceed.  Fortunately, he worked me in pretty quickly, but didn't start until Saturday and had to come back Monday and Tuesday to finish the process.  I debated DIYing this, but in the end decided this was a job best left to the professionals.  So, here's where we were Tuesday evening... smooth, patched up walls! I had to wait overnight for the final repairs to fully dry, so yesterday I was able to prime the walls.  Yay for a blank slat...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

WE REMEMBER: A VISIT TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

WE REMEMBER: A VISIT TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM

A few weeks ago I joined my daughter as her class went on a field trip to the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum.  Today, on the 21st Anniversary of the Murrah Building bombing, I thought it would be appropriate to share that trip with you. Even though I was born and raised in Oklahoma City, and have been living here again for the past 13 years, we were living in Fort Worth at the time of the bombing.  I distinctly remember being in my 3rd grade classroom and hearing the news shortly after it happened, and then sitting in the conference room at lunch watching the television as everyone tried to figure out what had happened. I'm guessing most of you know the details of that horrific day and sat glued to your tv screen as we did, or if you're a young reader I would hope you've learned about that day in a History class.  So, I'm not rehashing those details today.  I wanted to share with you some things about the Memorial that we learned when we were there. ...