white floors....

My latest and greatest obsession...

PAINTED WHITE FLOORS!

I mean just look at how they make a room

look instantly cool, calm and clean.

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They go with any style decor,

and they make color just pop.

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They are even able to bring this Versace style
down a notch or two, to make it
a livable interior.
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and of course, my favorite way to pair it,
with a shabby chic, cottage style.
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These floors take the cake though.
I love how they embraced the timeworn floor that
was there before.
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I have been mentioning the whole white floor thing to Hubby lately.
Our floors are in desperate need to refinishing,
but it would be SO much easier to paint them .

Needless to say,
he has not yet bought into the idea.

Working on that though....

a table moved....

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while....

My computer got stepped on, dropped, tossed, _________

{add your own guess}

by the "ididntdoitmusthavebeenher trolls"

The screen now looks like a lava lamp.

I am hoping it can be repaired.

For now I am using hubby's laptop.

It feels strange not to have my old faithful.

Any who,

I wanted to show you a table that I moved a corner

in my dining room...

I love the mix of a shabby old table

elevated by throwing some crystal candelabras on it.

This is the caddy that I move in and outside

for outdoor dining.

It is filled with old ball jars

that hold utensils....

and then finally,

a pair of old shutters behind everything

to fill the corner....

This is what the table used to look like,

before it got a fresh coat of paint

and a new location....

You can click here to see what landed in the spot

that this got stolen from....

Have a great Monday!

iconic console table...

As I told ya'll in this post

I change things constantly from time to time...

So I thought I would show you

what this console table looks like now....

 I gathered all my icons into one place,

and made them into a little collection.
{the experts say to do that, ya' know!}

Because I have a gazillion few collections

through out my house,

I was not planning on emphasizing the icons

as a collection,

but they just looked so good together.
{guess those experts know what they are talking about!}

So, for NOW they reside together on this table...

By the way,

If you read this post
You can see what I decided to do in the picture above.
Happy Day, ya'll!

book shelves...

I don't think I have ever shared

the book shelf in the formal living room...

So, I thought I would share it today...

it is a bit different than most

book shelves you see...

all the books are facing the wrong way...

some even have the covers pulled off...

or have been folded into a set of bookends
or in decorative loops and laid in an old European dough bowl...

and if you know me,
then you know I had to doll it up a bit more than just books turned backwards. 
 So, an old, old Bible lays open on the shelf...

and the irony of a book folded into a set of bookends...

some coral and some white china...

and finally a few family photos...

wal-law...book shelves, my style.

burlap face lift...

As I mentioned in this post

I gave my windows a face lift for the Spring....

They went from dark brown

double panel silk window treatments

to single panel burlap treatments.

They really opened up the space,

and let the light shine in.

And that is soooo what

 I am in the mood for these days.

Doesn't that just look so inviting?

It makes every day seem like a sun shinny day,

even though we have had like 36 straight days of rain.

{that may have been a slight exaggeration}
{{but not much of one}}
 
Here's to some sunshine!!!

dining room...

I thought I would share an over view of

our dining room....

 I have shown snippets of this room,

but never an over view of the whole room....

 these pictures were taken when I still

had all of our Easter decor up,

so just picture all the bunnies and chick-a-dees gone....

 I love my cow hide rug,

clean up is a pressure wash outside.
can't be any easier than that...

 I have actually replaced these window treatments

now with the "Spring/Summer" dressings.

Yes, that's right, I dress my windows for Fall/Winter

and Spring/Summer...

Say what you like,

could not be anything I have not

already heard from hubby...

 actually, I have totally changed

the accessories on this console table

that leads into the formal living room...

Wow, I never realized how much this room has changed until now...

This post has now become
"the dining room BEFORE post"

Which means, a
"dining room AFTER post "
is in order...

I will take current pictures of this room next week

just so you can see what a difference a week

makes in this cottage!

Maybe hubby does have a point...

The only thing permanent in this little home

are the people that live in it.

I say to that,

Don't get too comfortable...

Happy day, ya'll!

shells...

I get a little short of breath

when I see the following:

graphics

shells

organization

anything old

and my hubby...

What does all of this have to do with the pictures today?

You are asking yourself....

Well...

In our little

"Library"

as I so pompously like to call it...

{It is actually a little room that I

don't know what else to do with

that is in our up stairs

separating the office and the

master bedroom}....

{{The door you see is to the

office/storage/attic/craft area/place mom refers to when she is yelling,

"Hurry up and hid the crap! Our company is almost here!"}}

You get the idea...

Any who,

I was able to combine all those things

that make me catch my breath in this room.

I used OLD, printer's drawers

that once held letters used to make GRAPHICS,

to ORGANIZE my never ending,

always expanding SHELL collection.

I think it makes an absolutely lovely

display for those smaller shells that may

not command their own cloche

or spot on the coffee table,

but are still magnificent on a smaller scale.

Still you may ask,

"What about the HUBBY part?"

"Where does he fit in to all of this?"

Well, he is the one that hung them for me,

and I got to watch him do it....

Did I mention he is

eye candy?

Well, if not, he is!

Here's to the things that take your breath away!