PAINT COLORS

<script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17695208-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">OK....I saw another movie.  I guess you could say I'm on a roll.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This time it was American Sniper.  A few people told me it really wasn't a war movie but more of a story.  I don't really know what they meant by that because it <i>WAS A MOVIE ABOUT WAR.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">And it was intense people.  So be prepared....but also be prepared to walk out thinking Bradley Cooper <i>WAS</i> Chris Kyle.  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Crikey it was damn good.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think picking paint colors can be one of the biggest struggles most people have.  When I post a before and after I get more request for the color on the walls than anything about the room!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Recently on a project that I have been posting a lot about I discovered a great <i>gray color.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Sherwin Williams Repose Gray.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I had pinned this for inspiration....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjnqcsA-1HS9ChteE91WjOtNqqAPlo4ZTSyNBq7smespvBDN_1HR6CAjW_jH95WvxnSOHE_di81UYqHjw2itHtuL3pNp7pdq1MteXkjp5rMs7aHhlmCc3JpGE1FTseu-VZ-lzO8tE9g/s1600/IMG_6053.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjnqcsA-1HS9ChteE91WjOtNqqAPlo4ZTSyNBq7smespvBDN_1HR6CAjW_jH95WvxnSOHE_di81UYqHjw2itHtuL3pNp7pdq1MteXkjp5rMs7aHhlmCc3JpGE1FTseu-VZ-lzO8tE9g/s1600/IMG_6053.PNG" width="360" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">to paint all of the doors in the home.....so we had to figure out the color.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWb1UzA_KP63OH8yCPn7Ph2YeTsHG7nlkoqh7BuGpZGOqTpZGiWA7x1No9tQxHigIgIXavVbt4nnlJbOw9HZfua7Aa7sWBNdoRTTRIT8DfVYwxv4snXSI6Uk3Q6iREf6yEe011PTjXxg/s1600/IMG_6051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWb1UzA_KP63OH8yCPn7Ph2YeTsHG7nlkoqh7BuGpZGOqTpZGiWA7x1No9tQxHigIgIXavVbt4nnlJbOw9HZfua7Aa7sWBNdoRTTRIT8DfVYwxv4snXSI6Uk3Q6iREf6yEe011PTjXxg/s1600/IMG_6051.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">These were all pretty but just not right.....so I suggested Repose Gray.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The day they painted was a very dark rainy day and at first the homeowner was convinced that it wasn't dark enough.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Panic.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmOvvikq6EYy6CP7-0AdEIe9Ha0UPmnvkBHGapW-U6IRRbCmvPEdRNh0ramJa4GocAcDVtRVGji-FtEl_Ik4Yas0g95BWyKt3P4Dee9si9J43gA_mkkaiD7AgBUgEPE0rRpyjy8zULw/s1600/IMG_6573.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmOvvikq6EYy6CP7-0AdEIe9Ha0UPmnvkBHGapW-U6IRRbCmvPEdRNh0ramJa4GocAcDVtRVGji-FtEl_Ik4Yas0g95BWyKt3P4Dee9si9J43gA_mkkaiD7AgBUgEPE0rRpyjy8zULw/s1600/IMG_6573.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I took this to show how there really was a difference and that it would dry much darker.  <i>Backstroking.....</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LVglXUmMwuqAss4acmiqxRWo9gc7IApmG-_G-MaMf3T6GyxT7bD87BljbSoCwleZSX5sWz8wVYUdaYhY_6BJChEtqTyv8A1vBrPEw_wnJm_3hwAvLyoF-YStvjNVlC7hfVVtSo2PyA/s1600/IMG_7184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LVglXUmMwuqAss4acmiqxRWo9gc7IApmG-_G-MaMf3T6GyxT7bD87BljbSoCwleZSX5sWz8wVYUdaYhY_6BJChEtqTyv8A1vBrPEw_wnJm_3hwAvLyoF-YStvjNVlC7hfVVtSo2PyA/s1600/IMG_7184.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is pretty much the perfect gray....no pink or green undertones......</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMRkj3IY7uW0yGCtvSFmmVnct1Z25sF8QYi91mm_sItusSk6cCy8Bgxa8TEv7MjL9BhxRNWkBehNntl_k3pZwZAEdP9w3r3twD3X53fkVtvHbTvY0ChIagVVOgr6OzRlebPCCiyyd4Q/s1600/IMG_6572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMRkj3IY7uW0yGCtvSFmmVnct1Z25sF8QYi91mm_sItusSk6cCy8Bgxa8TEv7MjL9BhxRNWkBehNntl_k3pZwZAEdP9w3r3twD3X53fkVtvHbTvY0ChIagVVOgr6OzRlebPCCiyyd4Q/s1600/IMG_6572.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vGetBvBJk4vQ997fw9Ihum3jsbnW9FdNXsG4VqtiGusGI8KK9WIdnaAi2c8rJeDXPHnuG51b7ssG8c0TM69KESvgxY-wc-xEnJtQXVNOFTUqP0fAWI-SG2rebSqhVWXOQ6fUuxTMnw/s1600/IMG_7180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vGetBvBJk4vQ997fw9Ihum3jsbnW9FdNXsG4VqtiGusGI8KK9WIdnaAi2c8rJeDXPHnuG51b7ssG8c0TM69KESvgxY-wc-xEnJtQXVNOFTUqP0fAWI-SG2rebSqhVWXOQ6fUuxTMnw/s1600/IMG_7180.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The doors have been painted along with the ceilings a pretty high gloss.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">My friend Donna from</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="http://www.aperfectgray.com/2015/01/gray-of-day.html" target="_blank"><b><i>Perfect Gray</i></b></a> posted about it along with Cyndy from <i><b><a href="http://www.thecreativityexchange.com/2014/07/paint-colors-in-my-home-my-color-strategy.html" target="_blank">The Creativity Exchange</a></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have added it to the list of some of my favorite colors which are:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Whites....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">BM Dove White [warm and creamy]</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">BM China White [warm and grayish]</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dark Grays....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">BM Kendall Charcoal</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyICQXC4FqD9GON4IFLBbTIfJ-clLuI417QWmWTJrKDd9UvefMehnwUSPDEhGzT_9_c27oIERHQqg63F5zxZOHy8vxOj_NQofpAJ0uGzRdvSHPgPfnCmP2aHcWE8ud22XVeKZbplNmw/s1600/86225-1da0c1be9651d148d41efd10692efbfc8225ab42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">SW Iron Mountain</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8w9FLTckeZKwaQVGFLyPigmc-0feyg948Z0B5HUhNrFMTcYmqFHln_2uWEN_HhnoQimTXvQzqmW2-cVWmxdbDJGAgduuenv3dKaY-rQWaF_Kx7TAzfZRX14KnSCm1jGsalP7TMGRMA/s1600/imagereader-aspx.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8w9FLTckeZKwaQVGFLyPigmc-0feyg948Z0B5HUhNrFMTcYmqFHln_2uWEN_HhnoQimTXvQzqmW2-cVWmxdbDJGAgduuenv3dKaY-rQWaF_Kx7TAzfZRX14KnSCm1jGsalP7TMGRMA/s1600/imagereader-aspx.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Favorite light blue....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">BM Palladian Blue</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtzKJyUvksrMI-1g062og_jSlTl7-ZhUFzlQsocHzNgAaGgE9vmoOdNNO7XbPOoc2p0Gg4dVNsPL79KN056jtsAlkebI4n0tUO-4OUKA8-SQurQIKOjE3XacV9KZKBrClc3xSfHlYvg/s1600/palladian-blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtzKJyUvksrMI-1g062og_jSlTl7-ZhUFzlQsocHzNgAaGgE9vmoOdNNO7XbPOoc2p0Gg4dVNsPL79KN056jtsAlkebI4n0tUO-4OUKA8-SQurQIKOjE3XacV9KZKBrClc3xSfHlYvg/s1600/palladian-blue.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Great Neutrals</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">BM Manchester Tan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7-ZULbwD2dhIjpulVcv8C-6uR2TjQTbzv1ZzCChYA1xN9Q2TZI5z9cc9-g0LLhy6NGzFg7jqq0nwR-332_FpIquTARRpU1HW70tat_CoqIf4q5IMWS9G-7xtjwwRPti0lA_Oj9DCPg/s1600/Manchester+Tan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7-ZULbwD2dhIjpulVcv8C-6uR2TjQTbzv1ZzCChYA1xN9Q2TZI5z9cc9-g0LLhy6NGzFg7jqq0nwR-332_FpIquTARRpU1HW70tat_CoqIf4q5IMWS9G-7xtjwwRPti0lA_Oj9DCPg/s1600/Manchester+Tan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">BM Revere Pewter</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rWVR7tRkU5JUsms_XMnIcoqjDgOr952sxAePcd9FsqiiKFrhlmkhDYUJa34xRn3O_HbjFQJqRa7kezAEHhV6ifn_oGjFujJkPaH84SZYZgAzDOf87-5Ua-J9Y_jFDIs_a2y5haIpHg/s1600/revere-pewter-resized-600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rWVR7tRkU5JUsms_XMnIcoqjDgOr952sxAePcd9FsqiiKFrhlmkhDYUJa34xRn3O_HbjFQJqRa7kezAEHhV6ifn_oGjFujJkPaH84SZYZgAzDOf87-5Ua-J9Y_jFDIs_a2y5haIpHg/s1600/revere-pewter-resized-600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">These are just some basic colors that sometimes I start with....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hope you have a rowdy weekend going all "super bowl" crazy.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I will be watching for the commercials only and of course just to be social:)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shapaintpickingqueen....where is my tiara?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCpsHVH_kaOmxcGf4hgK2KYhk0nMvRMuKNxTLgyCFVxLwGUC_r9e_EPjwamp8oIK-fqy8QDDzED97XsuLK9GM9GSgVgrYrizslBGrD2__9JLi-oBT85uL_Cm9kUu2SG_yW0fZjt2ArA/s1600/CBDA8CBD19B1D53AF0EF449FFA33BA8E.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCpsHVH_kaOmxcGf4hgK2KYhk0nMvRMuKNxTLgyCFVxLwGUC_r9e_EPjwamp8oIK-fqy8QDDzED97XsuLK9GM9GSgVgrYrizslBGrD2__9JLi-oBT85uL_Cm9kUu2SG_yW0fZjt2ArA/s1600/CBDA8CBD19B1D53AF0EF449FFA33BA8E.png" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>

PAINT COLORS

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<script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17695208-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Since my life has been all over the place lately there is no reason I shouldn't let it spill over into this blog.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some people strive with a full plate.... <i>I on the other hand seem grasp with finding that balance point and struggle for the search!</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">So today there might be randomness up in here.....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">A lot of decision making is connected with larger projects...one of them being countertops that will marry the tile floors, vanities and paint so you don't end up with a hot mess right?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Working on the upstairs laundry room the other day made that point seem ever so true!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The floors had been selected and installed along with the cabinets.  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKSVv8CUuR5sSSKGRYWlUAnmBq7eESczHEODJfdezi9ikfncjH9VaXSnsmL84Y-NaomPAuP5u_o03ycTeKSSqY2M01HApL6aZroSMYgvIPeTKeF7BdvpMxW2omepLUWTFQ8TuvVZ5_w/s1600/IMG_7401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKSVv8CUuR5sSSKGRYWlUAnmBq7eESczHEODJfdezi9ikfncjH9VaXSnsmL84Y-NaomPAuP5u_o03ycTeKSSqY2M01HApL6aZroSMYgvIPeTKeF7BdvpMxW2omepLUWTFQ8TuvVZ5_w/s1600/IMG_7401.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Here you can see the starting point.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then we looked at wallpapers....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAYlyqxwXmG3wzPpdIRRuC-jqTScIE_OJHdDYdgG4n9592IeQ_L6euIH0Q-k8H9bCaHjRmXXoflgmK00sKLhVv9HGkYxe4WFn8kt2S9yAt48rJC4Nxi46-BIo4LKCDy0nDGDAm6qPKA/s1600/IMG_7407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAYlyqxwXmG3wzPpdIRRuC-jqTScIE_OJHdDYdgG4n9592IeQ_L6euIH0Q-k8H9bCaHjRmXXoflgmK00sKLhVv9HGkYxe4WFn8kt2S9yAt48rJC4Nxi46-BIo4LKCDy0nDGDAm6qPKA/s1600/IMG_7407.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">You can barely see that one wall [on the right] is horizontal planks painted SW Repose Gray.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The one in the middle Designers Guild/ Kuta won out for a couple of reasons.  It went well with the paint color and it's a small modern pattern so we can add some fun art.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjRCoOXj4kEue5LlvYwiiQeCi4bodrKM8qFWi98JxDdM2JZX6tGO3sbZT5Ym-PiOlczdEAC1BYxh30EQqO92W8wDzCftFFb3XdDWB5lt4Cxeix8HnI86ZAMkuw0AO5S3iFZyT9oiofw/s1600/IMG_7434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjRCoOXj4kEue5LlvYwiiQeCi4bodrKM8qFWi98JxDdM2JZX6tGO3sbZT5Ym-PiOlczdEAC1BYxh30EQqO92W8wDzCftFFb3XdDWB5lt4Cxeix8HnI86ZAMkuw0AO5S3iFZyT9oiofw/s1600/IMG_7434.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This Cambria matched the cabinet color perfectly but I felt that over the years it might look dated and it kind of competed with the wallpaper....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sometimes you just have to pull back to the basics.  <i>I have preached to you y'all how  everything can't be the star/focal point in a room.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdEf1Z9FX7lXQqhDbV2gvuslcPRaUvHJa25AnE0CM4Fp764jVXO070sezzWgWkielC1me5WOwSJPhAAUC4umLbCzZ_M7siTly7sgmM8vrTVg4VzIoWLsYnG-mLTPAMKhJeE9VdHxgrg/s1600/IMG_7438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdEf1Z9FX7lXQqhDbV2gvuslcPRaUvHJa25AnE0CM4Fp764jVXO070sezzWgWkielC1me5WOwSJPhAAUC4umLbCzZ_M7siTly7sgmM8vrTVg4VzIoWLsYnG-mLTPAMKhJeE9VdHxgrg/s1600/IMG_7438.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We went with [Cambria] Waverton.  That way if you took down the wallpaper or repainted the cabinets....you are left with the dark gray floor and neutral countertops with a splash of dark gray.  That can make life easy.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>I am nothing if not practical.  </i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Did you know that Cambria and Benjamin Moore got together and created paint colors to match their product?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Check it out.....<b><i><a href="http://cambriausa.com/en/Designs/Paint-Match-Tool/" target="_blank">here</a></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">You can discover some great things on Pinterest huh?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">On the subject of wallpaper....I came across some interesting ones yesterday from <a href="http://www.andrewmartin.co.uk/wallpaper-showroom.php#viewby=collection" target="_blank"><b><i>Andrew Martin</i></b></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKQzbev0ladx6EcoS0TCXXOsmrb6BJaekEtVn0aSJ05K_Wb_kG7VJNQ9yRszh39BSifsRAX69r9HcfkXyr4yrtieazV6VA89ai_p8nKR-WJi8QKXyJOXbG8fgLaGYttsJhvDpUSgjPw/s1600/IMG_7506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKQzbev0ladx6EcoS0TCXXOsmrb6BJaekEtVn0aSJ05K_Wb_kG7VJNQ9yRszh39BSifsRAX69r9HcfkXyr4yrtieazV6VA89ai_p8nKR-WJi8QKXyJOXbG8fgLaGYttsJhvDpUSgjPw/s1600/IMG_7506.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Doesn't this look so real?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpVuubluP2vk-R6C10L9Zj4jpBm3xA-8vg5Atuwp-YA7Znnl78z7NBcxCLZGuXaGkRc64YAwWUzsrtT0IEym6q0btFDTSSdTQLODUPXyaradilG6u-WHv0MRiwC9ZT0fjECIWIRWFDA/s1600/IMG_7505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpVuubluP2vk-R6C10L9Zj4jpBm3xA-8vg5Atuwp-YA7Znnl78z7NBcxCLZGuXaGkRc64YAwWUzsrtT0IEym6q0btFDTSSdTQLODUPXyaradilG6u-WHv0MRiwC9ZT0fjECIWIRWFDA/s1600/IMG_7505.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are a few more....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXl1fWkGBBCJaAzvLCzD1x6L4QXCMtulIoedU23cEOTqUG7Updza8fhP2TwW12IuIzPTyeUQGEEj2xmynAN4t-xbw6QfloYvW6ct9xzJTwZ56rQxuf1QbFIQvR_DMsS2hnOYdV5UM8Ww/s1600/5f546642b1e25c23fdc66d94cbfdfb99.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXl1fWkGBBCJaAzvLCzD1x6L4QXCMtulIoedU23cEOTqUG7Updza8fhP2TwW12IuIzPTyeUQGEEj2xmynAN4t-xbw6QfloYvW6ct9xzJTwZ56rQxuf1QbFIQvR_DMsS2hnOYdV5UM8Ww/s1600/5f546642b1e25c23fdc66d94cbfdfb99.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdeYszrFiG1ZdwCYd6gd7Bf_4Lz7PnFOsRkfka3kX7uqKRA2EpdoIvrm1Ddkmjyi3haj41THG-JE2PPmlVI8dNbPfJ2rQPcjIMm68RBp_a1wluQGHl2vyePIHsJWQ3VpPxIG08uCeoQ/s1600/70ff3955370252a253ec75032d3e4a74.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09aj9twV09UMzzfFYmhvobgavrSC1fq7bH6V8uktkZ9SBPho-t0Fr5xi4WVPKDEAZXcZtYvg-fqWwd81ijvY1iO-_UGkm0Ve8Btj8o613I787ymuPyEwr0ycQbgBvBeULwzQw1Qm1OA/s1600/fa1adccefcb9a05642f203032ac7b73a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09aj9twV09UMzzfFYmhvobgavrSC1fq7bH6V8uktkZ9SBPho-t0Fr5xi4WVPKDEAZXcZtYvg-fqWwd81ijvY1iO-_UGkm0Ve8Btj8o613I787ymuPyEwr0ycQbgBvBeULwzQw1Qm1OA/s1600/fa1adccefcb9a05642f203032ac7b73a.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">All great for an accent wall to add some graphic detail in a space!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">OK....I am quite pleased after reading this post that I managed to stay on point.  If my brain spilled out today there would be minimal structure of all of it's content. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mush.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'll leave it at that.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shaboom</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">[as in explosion]</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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DECISIONS

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<i><b>new book</b>:</i> <i>‘I DON’T KNOW': Interviews on Architecture and Craft</i><br /><br /><i>"As it turned out, </i><br /><i>no one really knew what was going to happen." </i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZN1-5EvqtoIHZLhQZIOHlB6WDpfQcWpdOVMJQdUILqTSDev0VtHSK7q8JmZL8w45fBuKBPr2mhfdHsuF5nTH23ctr6lf7LHD_7YY-nxObO4MRZerxaasXARauXnkihugfH_zp0-YjHPh/s1600/sfidk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZN1-5EvqtoIHZLhQZIOHlB6WDpfQcWpdOVMJQdUILqTSDev0VtHSK7q8JmZL8w45fBuKBPr2mhfdHsuF5nTH23ctr6lf7LHD_7YY-nxObO4MRZerxaasXARauXnkihugfH_zp0-YjHPh/s1600/sfidk.jpg" width="467" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i>"Starting from ‘I Don’t Know’ documents a 2011 week-long workshop at Sitterwerk, St. Gallen, in which Studio Mumbai’s Bijoy Jain joined expert craftspeople from Switzerland to share the knowledge, techniques, and insights from their own practices with students, artists, and architects. The interviews in this book explore the creative potential of hands-on learning, local knowledge, and open experimentation. <b>Celebrating the role of chance and collaboration in the process of making, Starting from ‘I Don’t Know’ makes an argument for bringing together the oft-separated areas of architecture and craft early in the design process."</b></i><br /><br /><a href="http://soberscove.com/book/starting-from-i-dont-know/?utm_source=MAIN_MAILING_LIST&utm_campaign=43d5e88ef6-Winter+2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0ed6443345-43d5e88ef6-89946217">more here...</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">----- </div><br /><br /><br />

new book: ‘I DON’T KNOW': Interviews on Architecture and Craft"As it turned out, no one really knew what was going to happen." "Starting from ‘I Don’t Know’ documents a 2011 week-long workshop at Sitterwerk, St. Gallen, in which Studio Mumbai’s Bijoy Jain joined expert craftspeople from Switzerland …

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UPDATES ON A PROJECT

<script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17695208-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Holy smokes what a week!</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Putting together a plan for a huge living space that needs almost all new furniture sucked the life out of me!  I am so used to working with certain limitations on most of my design jobs that to have an open playing field took so much more time.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Speaking from a design point of view I could almost start anywhere.....but where was that?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Well the colors of the kitchen was a good place to begin.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-WK6wF9XpXQ2-7ku8nXDp-cKRt2pjvdK-XYypYB36IwA4xvGQPQCV5avD45SHplJBBk8IkcqpSnSw2-HCamZh88NsP5jP2tsriKMD8VC1_itizhiMZFxdFxUL9-5W8saxKvqO2MBsw/s1600/IMG_7320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-WK6wF9XpXQ2-7ku8nXDp-cKRt2pjvdK-XYypYB36IwA4xvGQPQCV5avD45SHplJBBk8IkcqpSnSw2-HCamZh88NsP5jP2tsriKMD8VC1_itizhiMZFxdFxUL9-5W8saxKvqO2MBsw/s1600/IMG_7320.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Now listen...I can not give you all of the details of this kitchen until after the tour so be patient!</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">You know I am a neutral girl and my first instinct is to slap some cream and pale gray in this room and call it a day.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Boom.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Instead I pushed way out of my box to include some of those deep colors....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOdopF3ERe81tf6I0XgcHv-6IpjOv6AfSDHR47tWzcl4HLGsP_4CoBFYY_y4OxCE0EX0fDdxHvcafigYfQfqnawxZXDdDoBF10_-U68o4NRXKWVXv1NlbICOrFM8t-1ExE4fk6N2aEg/s1600/IMG_7385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOdopF3ERe81tf6I0XgcHv-6IpjOv6AfSDHR47tWzcl4HLGsP_4CoBFYY_y4OxCE0EX0fDdxHvcafigYfQfqnawxZXDdDoBF10_-U68o4NRXKWVXv1NlbICOrFM8t-1ExE4fk6N2aEg/s1600/IMG_7385.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">These were just some of the fabrics I scored while walking the halls of <a href="http://www.adacatlanta.com/" target="_blank"><b><i>ADAC</i></b></a>.  Thanks Jenna at <a href="http://leejofa.com/default.htm" target="_blank"><b><i>Lee Jofa</i></b></a> for all of your help!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I will share more with you after the final selections.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih49o_3ME3sJeQMbccdFxyct3jf8ZpyHSaS3ilILwBJUcSblrwz3BJGC0DAU0bE3lMOavnMmnVKxXLbPnH9HpB9Pd9uha2QUlDpT1Spysc5Ws5skK6VjSlp7kdNgNN-sMDu7iEAOT4lw/s1600/IMG_7373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih49o_3ME3sJeQMbccdFxyct3jf8ZpyHSaS3ilILwBJUcSblrwz3BJGC0DAU0bE3lMOavnMmnVKxXLbPnH9HpB9Pd9uha2QUlDpT1Spysc5Ws5skK6VjSlp7kdNgNN-sMDu7iEAOT4lw/s1600/IMG_7373.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">There is progress in the kitchen....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhce7IoNke59ZEIs25u5vZLL7go-LBevRvXX-H0VAYR-a4fYhtcdKzVV6r9ybKn3AAySuoY5o_uzf010SFTDPELWr9wfVyqI6ySoZU3Af29P5wFl-jIuCDCxl2JZi4sXKM503XCickimg/s1600/IMG_7354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhce7IoNke59ZEIs25u5vZLL7go-LBevRvXX-H0VAYR-a4fYhtcdKzVV6r9ybKn3AAySuoY5o_uzf010SFTDPELWr9wfVyqI6ySoZU3Af29P5wFl-jIuCDCxl2JZi4sXKM503XCickimg/s1600/IMG_7354.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">In other areas of this home....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lMLr-epgg832GpbpKJHAa6tJ5drs4CSU70bbUpxGEvD8JLrALCCzONfM3FyfzqLZnKDWuFT4-d8kQa4bcuWEQ73EuWokmFqfzBXggpbG7x6Pn7W4guMdA8rDyctG5mkJT_MZ7lvfBg/s1600/IMG_7364.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lMLr-epgg832GpbpKJHAa6tJ5drs4CSU70bbUpxGEvD8JLrALCCzONfM3FyfzqLZnKDWuFT4-d8kQa4bcuWEQ73EuWokmFqfzBXggpbG7x6Pn7W4guMdA8rDyctG5mkJT_MZ7lvfBg/s1600/IMG_7364.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The master bath tile arrived.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1x5If3QQt4KvVrJ-ZvmPA82KQo94Jh5cKfSC6EdK_wVAOxJkzogynQYwVHYRu_bxcZGbpnpbeA2KCqSj0r1ZnlSoc8dLoLYdRlBBdeaihA3sECU_BHUpUfsGpQxOIzWLeuqE6l7XqA/s1600/IMG_7365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1x5If3QQt4KvVrJ-ZvmPA82KQo94Jh5cKfSC6EdK_wVAOxJkzogynQYwVHYRu_bxcZGbpnpbeA2KCqSj0r1ZnlSoc8dLoLYdRlBBdeaihA3sECU_BHUpUfsGpQxOIzWLeuqE6l7XqA/s1600/IMG_7365.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">To be mixed with these in a herringbone pattern....along the cabinets stain.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_qQ46M0K3VFibaz5JCfxpJLvDpXfAE3SsV5NiYk7_-sMFSthplNfCvOQkOKS6RGI_K0lIcu7jbUlni78s0RxmuT80sIvoFvXl-cEGHs5TsnhfHTjehOja3Qwz7Om2bmEQF5tJjiaGw/s1600/IMG_7252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_qQ46M0K3VFibaz5JCfxpJLvDpXfAE3SsV5NiYk7_-sMFSthplNfCvOQkOKS6RGI_K0lIcu7jbUlni78s0RxmuT80sIvoFvXl-cEGHs5TsnhfHTjehOja3Qwz7Om2bmEQF5tJjiaGw/s1600/IMG_7252.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Check out this gorgeous tile in one of the girls bath....along with this in the shower area.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGf_DvDL0Vf1YipozJqy_N4lVddY6yBb-GcOtYvFGRI5OWmuvAuChleS_MH1lHl3au-IZ2VlsBocZjdui1mkoQuxVIUCQ71wvhT23p3J6uJwynbw-RNmdgaAp-hkxuBpwCH2BxXovUw/s1600/IMG_7362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGf_DvDL0Vf1YipozJqy_N4lVddY6yBb-GcOtYvFGRI5OWmuvAuChleS_MH1lHl3au-IZ2VlsBocZjdui1mkoQuxVIUCQ71wvhT23p3J6uJwynbw-RNmdgaAp-hkxuBpwCH2BxXovUw/s1600/IMG_7362.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">In another bath we have this....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVhzTNR8Y80x1SpT1I_bJPF6-pwB_PmImVsUOjSzH512tDaM_32NJScqaPKAavJP788XcUU3mAAXs7Cv4nBa6WNGGQNNZ9Q1kqorLBbX-nmATXDCMo5yQhKXA1HOXMRvp4h9tprnrLQ/s1600/IMG_7357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVhzTNR8Y80x1SpT1I_bJPF6-pwB_PmImVsUOjSzH512tDaM_32NJScqaPKAavJP788XcUU3mAAXs7Cv4nBa6WNGGQNNZ9Q1kqorLBbX-nmATXDCMo5yQhKXA1HOXMRvp4h9tprnrLQ/s1600/IMG_7357.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">And the vanity</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPWK-15hwhEIWV-5zOeVwlqs1Lp3S_PDxyEEtjjvu8tmH76eLv11gloAXqwR3LtblycdsSomKEdOyd6Mel4JuO423M4zMeo7sabFD1k9C83hEFEvP_1IbmlXQcsO4cdOqfwneMOOHRA/s1600/IMG_7402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPWK-15hwhEIWV-5zOeVwlqs1Lp3S_PDxyEEtjjvu8tmH76eLv11gloAXqwR3LtblycdsSomKEdOyd6Mel4JuO423M4zMeo7sabFD1k9C83hEFEvP_1IbmlXQcsO4cdOqfwneMOOHRA/s1600/IMG_7402.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">These gorgeous cabinets in the laundry room were installed and we looked at several wallpaper choices.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R_EOXuVnEnpCn9L1bh6GMbWTxHFuTny_rQzhCu4_c-RymU58mZLShcZBLJbzHWtkkbERep34aWkP_5IxAdON7PEUCEdcODb2Hv5d1VFvhkBeb1IYjnyIf82bK8LM9XWLWsJxueelGA/s1600/IMG_7401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R_EOXuVnEnpCn9L1bh6GMbWTxHFuTny_rQzhCu4_c-RymU58mZLShcZBLJbzHWtkkbERep34aWkP_5IxAdON7PEUCEdcODb2Hv5d1VFvhkBeb1IYjnyIf82bK8LM9XWLWsJxueelGA/s1600/IMG_7401.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We actually picked the middle because it matched the already painted walls.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzUkjAiwLRfO7P_jJiis70AHfS0r2MEHcRFf94r-Nx_crxqMOOUEHZe7_Nc7rDlx9_3oVLC-76Wwe5Uj08p-LCC7VM1XY-TxBypebijP96njllVqVkDzRq_M9fhuNQi6hCYAegXpWsw/s1600/IMG_7407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzUkjAiwLRfO7P_jJiis70AHfS0r2MEHcRFf94r-Nx_crxqMOOUEHZe7_Nc7rDlx9_3oVLC-76Wwe5Uj08p-LCC7VM1XY-TxBypebijP96njllVqVkDzRq_M9fhuNQi6hCYAegXpWsw/s1600/IMG_7407.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The other 2 awesome papers will be used elsewhere:)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This bar setup in the man cave is killing me with all of the metal and that Kohler faucet!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPJ_6xGqAVYgm3rdjuoKgZsNBIoe1V4mVWoPuxxQTMkk-1DMaRUBks-7Rrgc2dp5qhN2a1Tc4-5R_DI2fW6ttA7mNppNKe9ljv3EoNq_PzbxUCNGyrtVvyJZ8M6GRnx05mgjdEhf51A/s1600/IMG_7379.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPJ_6xGqAVYgm3rdjuoKgZsNBIoe1V4mVWoPuxxQTMkk-1DMaRUBks-7Rrgc2dp5qhN2a1Tc4-5R_DI2fW6ttA7mNppNKe9ljv3EoNq_PzbxUCNGyrtVvyJZ8M6GRnx05mgjdEhf51A/s1600/IMG_7379.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am so lucky to be working on this project....it's exciting to stretch my design view but at the same time a little scary you know.....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">What about your week?  Are you leaving skid marks getting things done.....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks so much for all of the love on my first fashion post!  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">A few asked about those black J Brand jeans the answer is yes they are high waisted but they also have a mid rise.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for checking in with me:)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shayboom</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17695208-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">So I went to a movie on Sunday.  Which is a big deal cause I have not been to one for about a year.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I saw Birdman.  It is not the movie to see if you are <i>afraid of heights. </i> Like every scene was someone sitting on a ledge or about to jump off a ledge.  I spent the whole time looking everywhere but the screen.  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Don't get me wrong it was a good movie but even more the acting was ridiculous.  I can see why it is up for all of the awards....<i>but it gave me angst.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Movies are not cheap anymore.  About 25.00 [movie and popcorn].  That is one reason my husband won't go with me.  I want my own bag and I don't share.  He doesn't understand that because it is more economical to get one large tub.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Nope.  His hands are like shovels and it becomes a race.  I can't take the pressure but more than that I find myself concentrating on getting my hand in the bucket than watching the movie.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>#marriedpeopleproblems</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">So this is going to be my first fashion post.  No worries....this is still a design blog and always will be.  It's just that it took me a long time to define my style and <i>quit buying things that hung in my closet</i> so I thought I would share my wisdom with you.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Let's start with these....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_4PB6tJMPEZLhecTtYBwYcFpu4zPkfFV7GHlgty46067IKar9NiBDS8Azms1cEPhGV0Z-oH0Kx0LS7bkIgSR4c6_ClsHE5bOGh-fxki7kNTVAU0BEnKiDKA3aMOLz6ntaGy-J3FpCw/s1600/4d75a9b5a1315005aae0db5c378b588b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_4PB6tJMPEZLhecTtYBwYcFpu4zPkfFV7GHlgty46067IKar9NiBDS8Azms1cEPhGV0Z-oH0Kx0LS7bkIgSR4c6_ClsHE5bOGh-fxki7kNTVAU0BEnKiDKA3aMOLz6ntaGy-J3FpCw/s1600/4d75a9b5a1315005aae0db5c378b588b.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">J Brand Maria Photo Ready black jeans.  Hands down the best ever.  Yes...they are expensive but I wear them practically every day! [I have 2 pair].  They fit like a glove and do not fade.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I pretty much only wear these and regular jeans so that saves me a lot of money right there.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">A white shirt is a staple for me....I have about a 100.  Nah.... but one whole section in my closet is all white.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWScvTIe3PhnI_R59ZiPlV1Krio_itMIBcvx3Lc8pty1ZRofoMsiJ-sMMIBtNhmVjQAOghyphenhyphen2ueAXE5XfG4ZhZpdR9oAIW28h6ULNSeJIh8hAR30ANk8Rcc3VW7Q5k3pFegRGZBsni15g/s1600/cn8703705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWScvTIe3PhnI_R59ZiPlV1Krio_itMIBcvx3Lc8pty1ZRofoMsiJ-sMMIBtNhmVjQAOghyphenhyphen2ueAXE5XfG4ZhZpdR9oAIW28h6ULNSeJIh8hAR30ANk8Rcc3VW7Q5k3pFegRGZBsni15g/s1600/cn8703705.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I love <a href="http://www.bananarepublic.com/" target="_blank"><b><i>Banana Republic</i></b></a> no iron fitted shirts but they run small so I go up a size.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">A pair of black ballet shoes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMGDUDKQU00Ytp-OS7LlhiZbTy4qrovuPCStKggDXU6AFT_OwW4e1nzzhJIZl9LGjSUfXLSkvvKhA1O2SynkaOPFa2TXggz2OoAkWyrN5X0e6ryn6g6MwUhLEV0FPWr90tADMBB2xhA/s1600/442b0a97846c1fece3c567eb7fd17560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMGDUDKQU00Ytp-OS7LlhiZbTy4qrovuPCStKggDXU6AFT_OwW4e1nzzhJIZl9LGjSUfXLSkvvKhA1O2SynkaOPFa2TXggz2OoAkWyrN5X0e6ryn6g6MwUhLEV0FPWr90tADMBB2xhA/s1600/442b0a97846c1fece3c567eb7fd17560.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have these <a href="http://www.colehaan.com/amalia-skimmer-black-matte-snake-print-black/D41813.html?dwvar_D41813_color=Black%20Matte%20Snake%20Print-black&dwvar_D41813_width=B#cgid=womens_shoes_balletswedges&start=31" target="_blank"><b><i>Cole Hann flats</i></b></a> and they are so comfy.  I got them on sale and might buy another pair.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am strictly a small cross body black purse kind of gal.  </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">I like hands free.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGN8-qFKHW3omK4K09qlDwzN_KGHConP53dKFbNeIZqFpnPol7fZj_LL-8ZJXskFhrP_8agzzVd-F186c15wKHFQVkqMS8W2M8DhyJ1qzFFm_LCwod7tR02TwgYi7lIJvinw-xq7gQcw/s1600/cn8994276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGN8-qFKHW3omK4K09qlDwzN_KGHConP53dKFbNeIZqFpnPol7fZj_LL-8ZJXskFhrP_8agzzVd-F186c15wKHFQVkqMS8W2M8DhyJ1qzFFm_LCwod7tR02TwgYi7lIJvinw-xq7gQcw/s1600/cn8994276.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I like this one from BR.  I never got into the large purse trend.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">When I travel or need more space I use a bag like this also from BR.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif90nuLYpDbbMVaxP_u-xfl01l83dvYRjiwOd6h4KMXHu3IHkNus38HVX8D4BehmNA93bqh59f-rbmsJZU9QU-_QiFZn4ethQSU-416XqhF4KTku2Y204G2ivPDkITfJT1IftYgZhpJg/s1600/cn8059141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif90nuLYpDbbMVaxP_u-xfl01l83dvYRjiwOd6h4KMXHu3IHkNus38HVX8D4BehmNA93bqh59f-rbmsJZU9QU-_QiFZn4ethQSU-416XqhF4KTku2Y204G2ivPDkITfJT1IftYgZhpJg/s1600/cn8059141.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I keep it basic.....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I love boots in the winter and I have both of these from Fry.  The tall ones are 5 years old and at the end of each season I take them to be shined up so they are ready for the next year!  Yes...they are pricy but I always wait for a 20% off sale.  Plus they will last.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrV72LeEkaob2ybOsDI8UqEO5O-IK4FVcUgWXXEADHOklSbz-jpH2afVhFHd1glbygp-FpLxWx4DXVHZ5O7_BldLI0Ro6Lamqg5eTPM96oYYTYGHwH5SowVZEYybFK3nxU7kmuIKa_Q/s1600/76509_black_l_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrV72LeEkaob2ybOsDI8UqEO5O-IK4FVcUgWXXEADHOklSbz-jpH2afVhFHd1glbygp-FpLxWx4DXVHZ5O7_BldLI0Ro6Lamqg5eTPM96oYYTYGHwH5SowVZEYybFK3nxU7kmuIKa_Q/s1600/76509_black_l_z.jpg" width="256" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQkL4i04MqtdmSJIoTi9Rw8cvVUT8hznB9ZlEF3cAy8eyqgKjQRL6hyUTv9LOoyy1eAxlkvis22pPk08w0_It9aEmDKoGUg_QivTs6OrkGFxzTM9qB2kyV8YdvSPNDTVi-csDQgD8oQ/s1600/7685001_black_extended_s_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQkL4i04MqtdmSJIoTi9Rw8cvVUT8hznB9ZlEF3cAy8eyqgKjQRL6hyUTv9LOoyy1eAxlkvis22pPk08w0_It9aEmDKoGUg_QivTs6OrkGFxzTM9qB2kyV8YdvSPNDTVi-csDQgD8oQ/s1600/7685001_black_extended_s_z.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I shop a lot at BR, J Crew and Madewell.  Here are a few great looks....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPpeRQTQpnlQY3CCDYKmT4Lh8kLYSkycQ4BS0JJvsvRHcbwoXGNzDzdiQx7LbVOmx6QrrMA-BzPROtyyYtthnotKRSU0xSacetpKlfcIwlYSNaIbPj14Qu4fhu2iBALMtb2r36z3Ibw/s1600/Outfit_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPpeRQTQpnlQY3CCDYKmT4Lh8kLYSkycQ4BS0JJvsvRHcbwoXGNzDzdiQx7LbVOmx6QrrMA-BzPROtyyYtthnotKRSU0xSacetpKlfcIwlYSNaIbPj14Qu4fhu2iBALMtb2r36z3Ibw/s1600/Outfit_01.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIacNLHUUcYzk4WJrfp0f2TEzd0nvp_EnwTHWXEZSZoLdQ4E-0oVC04FbZFA5PA5A7xOKgD74IRJjLA6JulTrWQrFYa6KMRy3kBwIK9zdyBYVMqpacJzeVU4WaCFClRV5a-vJutMmOQ/s1600/Outfit_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIacNLHUUcYzk4WJrfp0f2TEzd0nvp_EnwTHWXEZSZoLdQ4E-0oVC04FbZFA5PA5A7xOKgD74IRJjLA6JulTrWQrFYa6KMRy3kBwIK9zdyBYVMqpacJzeVU4WaCFClRV5a-vJutMmOQ/s1600/Outfit_04.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUh16bB9DCXZAcekhOifsZk3sgdH-nN2SwSbNDkqrLtV7d8qsNGCvVE7tjvxboEsKp0dqWiVJx5ye2r6HqbXN8y5MTxJ8woEWHD1crGiqd3YSN22vy_soNKHI_Z1jBk4hkJUVkFqkVyw/s1600/Outfit_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUh16bB9DCXZAcekhOifsZk3sgdH-nN2SwSbNDkqrLtV7d8qsNGCvVE7tjvxboEsKp0dqWiVJx5ye2r6HqbXN8y5MTxJ8woEWHD1crGiqd3YSN22vy_soNKHI_Z1jBk4hkJUVkFqkVyw/s1600/Outfit_03.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Surprise....all neutrals.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfzt_JniabYhDLmi86ITRw1D9oCafmTXfOvsvkVh6xDGtw4Hd7PbDVftSvH7gAqmFz7712rfXHKJ0I3ugc-3OI0GgjAMmM1t2X4pCFdHEF2eDqzqfTDeQ81mdUwtTIlHiaBCdDEfciA/s1600/cn9249578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfzt_JniabYhDLmi86ITRw1D9oCafmTXfOvsvkVh6xDGtw4Hd7PbDVftSvH7gAqmFz7712rfXHKJ0I3ugc-3OI0GgjAMmM1t2X4pCFdHEF2eDqzqfTDeQ81mdUwtTIlHiaBCdDEfciA/s1600/cn9249578.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBddgrVnYhFiHsNWHux9ndKBfu4Vx39H0ao2zCn6-_5oOxjJnFPc_oUQTzOJbvyZ9wL4YxPMsqbG0aoljk02lcDUiBGHjAR2UNtGP5P6UkYak9C2Yuy8h7mCypUOUd-jh0HPcxRFr-Q/s1600/cn9100066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBddgrVnYhFiHsNWHux9ndKBfu4Vx39H0ao2zCn6-_5oOxjJnFPc_oUQTzOJbvyZ9wL4YxPMsqbG0aoljk02lcDUiBGHjAR2UNtGP5P6UkYak9C2Yuy8h7mCypUOUd-jh0HPcxRFr-Q/s1600/cn9100066.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I recently purchased this scarf and shirt from BR.  You can always catch a "40% of everything in the store" sale....which I did!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhai-WnTSxwGiPQiqqnDCALNhSy5ozdog2AODUf8M-QefSuKQrRmO5todiSKquekyIYA05AVHNOjD9JrgVb6wEpFdQcZLALj4RpiZDdy98z7IKUxMqB-NpPWEjNbqjaRbJoORDTzTP4ug/s1600/dc131eac8bc8699a7f3690feae287b2b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhai-WnTSxwGiPQiqqnDCALNhSy5ozdog2AODUf8M-QefSuKQrRmO5todiSKquekyIYA05AVHNOjD9JrgVb6wEpFdQcZLALj4RpiZDdy98z7IKUxMqB-NpPWEjNbqjaRbJoORDTzTP4ug/s1600/dc131eac8bc8699a7f3690feae287b2b.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The denim work shirt.....I might have about 10 of them....if my husband is reading....which he never does but you can bet [with my luck] somehow he will stumble across this post....I only have 2.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Goes great with white and black jeans.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp00YOc0UkzZmc_hju7to3cdlfD48DgLkdcQzHiubFW8LOdnhwWcPS9826vb6oysmnRsh3MTnR0ZGXTTiBmApnaukqLhF4Yrm4UBE0vBAirY0IA0pKW746HRQ-Uq984gxSKH3_Hq_oHQ/s1600/583738a6bbd1a0cc85cb205c0cad735c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp00YOc0UkzZmc_hju7to3cdlfD48DgLkdcQzHiubFW8LOdnhwWcPS9826vb6oysmnRsh3MTnR0ZGXTTiBmApnaukqLhF4Yrm4UBE0vBAirY0IA0pKW746HRQ-Uq984gxSKH3_Hq_oHQ/s1600/583738a6bbd1a0cc85cb205c0cad735c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Again more neutrals.  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am sure it looks a bit boring to most of you but it saves me from standing in my closet....with that deer in the headlights kind of look.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is a little like how I approach design....neutrals but then I can add some color and pattern with pillows.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Who knew.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Just to keep the design ball rolling .....this chair that I saw on <a href="http://www.classiccasualhome.com/2015/01/pretty-things-and-cupcake-tour.html?showComment=1421756137132#c2053625107149238865" target="_blank"><b><i>Classic Casual Home</i></b></a> slayed me.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45QMTaIUZFFZcWurBA-EE0FMKFTOm7YW97jGAoToE6pzwD8cLB6ghiBDf_Q1aRhdXqwt6qrn5zHXHaXKiyt_7Z5VTNwNgpDkW3cjrycwCzY0ZAdjunb_L3WFUfcNnr7GeEMO58Z0p0Q/s1600/IMG_5618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45QMTaIUZFFZcWurBA-EE0FMKFTOm7YW97jGAoToE6pzwD8cLB6ghiBDf_Q1aRhdXqwt6qrn5zHXHaXKiyt_7Z5VTNwNgpDkW3cjrycwCzY0ZAdjunb_L3WFUfcNnr7GeEMO58Z0p0Q/s1600/IMG_5618.JPG" width="454" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mommie.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Enjoy Tuesday.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sherikyfreaky</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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