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Weekend Wrap-Up

February 5, 2013 by carin Leave a Comment

How was your weekend?

Ours was good.

It was one of those weekends where we did a little of this and that.

Here are a few pictures from my phone that captured some of our weekend activities.

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Retail therapy for ideas only.

Of course it was one of those days that you LOVE everything you see.

Don’t you love these chairs?

I don’t need chairs, but if I did I would scoop these up.

Can you ever have enough letters?

The filigree letters were pretty.

Why wasn’t there a G??? C’mon-that can’t be a poplular letter.

How cute are these owl mugs?

Perfect for hot chocolate, icecream a latte.

Hmm…I may have to go back to get these.

I liked this very simple saying…something to live by.

Nicole and I hit an estate sale where I was looking for frames for my daughter’s wall collage.

Although I didn’t find any frames, I did get these. Yay!

Basketball games…there’s nothing better than cheering your kids on.

Finally,we capped it off with the Super Bowl.

A good game.

Mediocre half-time..(perhaps I’m not a Beyonce fan).

BUT…

Great food…sushi, pizza, nacho platter…

Quite the diverse food choices huh?

That’s what happens when you let three girls choose what they want to eat!

Hope you had a great weekend friends!

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New Pillow Covers

January 24, 2013 by carin Leave a Comment

We’re in the doldrums of winter.

Are you feeling it too?

It’s so cold out that the only thing I want to do is stay inside!

I decided it was the perfect weather to sew some new pillow covers for our sofa.

I’m kinda like a serial pillow cover-er (is that a word?)

You see, all I can sew is a straight line.

That leaves me sewing curtains or pillows.

I’m over the curtain phase so bring on the pillows.

Sewing pillows is a quick project (once I reaquaint myself with my machine).

I’m a quick project kind of girl…Nicole knows that all too well!

Can I tell you how many times I’ve recovered these pillows?

Check out my polka dot phase a few years ago-nice huh?

As my tastes change so do the fabric choices.

Although our off-white sofa has seen better days, it’s the perfect neutral.

It’s been one of our best “big” purchase decisions…do I dare say 20 years ago-yikes!

Funny enough I bought the fabric for my pillows back in November before knowing pantone’s color for 2013.

I am naturally drawn to greens and blues so when I saw the simple floral pattern I knew immediately this was it.

I’m thrilled with the results.

Wonder what I’ll do next time?

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Here are some 2013 pillow trends.

Which speak to you?

Source: homestoriesatoz.com via Yby5 on Pinterest

How about this awesome chair in pantone’s 2013 color of the year Emerald Green?

And that fabulous floral pillow-pure love!

Source: houseofturquoise.com via Yby5 on Pinterest

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TV Cabinet Update

January 22, 2013 by carin Leave a Comment

This is the time of the year when I look around my house and see all the “projects” I’ve put off for a LONG time. With the holidays over, I have a window of time before Spring kicks in to get some indoor projects crossed off my list!

First up…our TV cabinet!

We spend almost all our time in our family room/kitchen area, so this silly cabinet has called my attention.

The walls in our family room are a creamy yellow as is the cabinet. There was zilch interest or contrast to the piece.

However, it was paint the cabinet or the walls.

The much smaller project won out!

Let me remind you of the creamy-yellow color of before.

I love AS Paris Grey and have painted other accent pieces in the room with it… so choosing this was a no brainer.

After a coat of Paris Grey.

After a whole lot of sanding (such a bad idea to do right in the family room-Dust EVERYWHERE!) and new glass knobs.

*A great tip that we’ve used many times is to use baby wipes in place of sand paper. It takes off the paint where you want it with no dust. It’s awesome. (I was much to lazy and impatient to run out and buy more wipes…hence major DUST).