tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64402505093447893752024-03-06T13:01:46.176-07:00The Painted ParlorThe Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-35276193113770559672012-05-09T14:26:00.002-06:002012-05-09T14:30:31.203-06:00Little Antique *Pink* Desk<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Okay, first I have to apologize for not posting a single.thing in 2 months. To tell you the truth I've been a little burnt out. I don't know how you gals do it everyday!! My hats off to ya! So now that the weather is warming up and my garage isn't a blistering 20 degrees I've actually managed to do a couple pieces, this desk being of them. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hallelujuah to warm weather!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtXQ1aL5CLwalgM6X3KFkr3l96AcuU_L-hgS7aRWCKQGd0UICsEcRxy9mLrf7HpKnErjalf0wabU8SbzSHMvjrF_kT4kWgzd3Yjbr3CqUk6Z5YzEuqwKYq1-cYvz9yzD8vvg6PPJXUtKQ/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtXQ1aL5CLwalgM6X3KFkr3l96AcuU_L-hgS7aRWCKQGd0UICsEcRxy9mLrf7HpKnErjalf0wabU8SbzSHMvjrF_kT4kWgzd3Yjbr3CqUk6Z5YzEuqwKYq1-cYvz9yzD8vvg6PPJXUtKQ/s640/065.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br /><br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Hard to believe this desk once looked like this. It had peeling veneer so bad I had to remove the whole side.</span> </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RSfMDQUfXW83jvpKiWA_iHeoR-lD99HLl6RElknFS65P_JJ3100I1vBJ0tjvugMAV-fRKl45Brw5UERKfFa6V-b6m7CGFz_u8zzUshR1f4QY3_Wh6nuJ8R7oMivEBc_yU7N81Rj-3G-q/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RSfMDQUfXW83jvpKiWA_iHeoR-lD99HLl6RElknFS65P_JJ3100I1vBJ0tjvugMAV-fRKl45Brw5UERKfFa6V-b6m7CGFz_u8zzUshR1f4QY3_Wh6nuJ8R7oMivEBc_yU7N81Rj-3G-q/s640/055.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br /><br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I kept the original hardware. I initially thought of chunky pink glass knobs, but this hardware is so cool I just had to put it back on plus I think it brings out the distressing. Bonus.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2zITIKGVQGbrAEoFZS7tbt0PHjLeW1kr4JJj0Bj522G0CEBv3k7nXGX40y0HlXyTYNJUl4iYbaDyeMhkt9sMnlM0ioAVjJP3YIJHdIoGQRGhChrremd_Y6oAUE1xo89DI75_0dDFcBQu/s1600/073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2zITIKGVQGbrAEoFZS7tbt0PHjLeW1kr4JJj0Bj522G0CEBv3k7nXGX40y0HlXyTYNJUl4iYbaDyeMhkt9sMnlM0ioAVjJP3YIJHdIoGQRGhChrremd_Y6oAUE1xo89DI75_0dDFcBQu/s640/073.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF267hKEy_Hzm3mw7rWe7qRv6SXeUcH9ZfYfcliopH0SFDYiku6u4fZpWGYljA9CatJLf4RhI9_hp-Bm41iyZhPThDTkOOm3DDOHxjxccb4fk4rsVMyVwPXlgFypXrhqZae4Tu502pi3Pi/s1600/069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF267hKEy_Hzm3mw7rWe7qRv6SXeUcH9ZfYfcliopH0SFDYiku6u4fZpWGYljA9CatJLf4RhI9_hp-Bm41iyZhPThDTkOOm3DDOHxjxccb4fk4rsVMyVwPXlgFypXrhqZae4Tu502pi3Pi/s640/069.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br /><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">This desk is NOT white..... it's pink. It looks white in these pictures, infact it looks white in person too! I hope I can find the right buyer for it because it's so pale. I'm thinking I probably should have just done white. Oh well.</span> </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsQX74MIVrRAOR-iAtj5ot_-oldFlnz4vpTXMBuq6RuevX08NuGEahdCYCe0ek1bETn0TVF_-Z9hDCxY1bfJjrtYW0gGErJ-WUO_VXmSb_atx3sPJt-4VAbebiyPWkZeRmA8RZMDsddtY/s1600/071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsQX74MIVrRAOR-iAtj5ot_-oldFlnz4vpTXMBuq6RuevX08NuGEahdCYCe0ek1bETn0TVF_-Z9hDCxY1bfJjrtYW0gGErJ-WUO_VXmSb_atx3sPJt-4VAbebiyPWkZeRmA8RZMDsddtY/s640/071.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br /><br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Happy painting friends!!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nksUCvMThDqvNIimxvlncRx9NF8W1vjLmwc4OZ4K3hDOBDPzuDGTKUMjYWgfqray6S0_S55DUpDqXhWm6VOGSn15sOoS5U5TxeAk_YPb9aRE4UYbQ9qFxlOVv5vRZWlW8nicxQKjty14/s1600/072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nksUCvMThDqvNIimxvlncRx9NF8W1vjLmwc4OZ4K3hDOBDPzuDGTKUMjYWgfqray6S0_S55DUpDqXhWm6VOGSn15sOoS5U5TxeAk_YPb9aRE4UYbQ9qFxlOVv5vRZWlW8nicxQKjty14/s640/072.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALMqRG-GcTSAueK1hKY72WHxIfQeDDrfFrb4MJuYaFXTunLRlSbpwOr6dB3_wHVz_Q_0S7ANdL4dTwrF0bG4lsH07bTTMYbD7QqAds7MDPSBbRzfCGx3Z7k3PlL0r2vLbf7-5DJfBeZam/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALMqRG-GcTSAueK1hKY72WHxIfQeDDrfFrb4MJuYaFXTunLRlSbpwOr6dB3_wHVz_Q_0S7ANdL4dTwrF0bG4lsH07bTTMYbD7QqAds7MDPSBbRzfCGx3Z7k3PlL0r2vLbf7-5DJfBeZam/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+(1).jpg" /></a></div>
<div align="center">
</div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-36997093026813264592012-03-05T10:51:00.000-07:002012-03-05T10:51:57.073-07:00{Labor of Love}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I did have a 'before' picture of this dresser but it, as well as all my other projects, somehow got erased. This dresser I will call my Labor of Love. Sorry that the pictures aren't all that great. It's in my son's room in the basement and as we all know, lighting isn't all that spectacular in the basement! And P.S. don't mind the "Call of Duty" poster either please ;)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRygANum7eomwDfFDkmtR6RjNB_fGW7-jtVx_lQKAtXr9m7hjmDnE32H2jNuu6lhrKsgYWPsbG6xt2P-Kuq5bwqhHI745azPm60VpWsNVRc4K_KXi0tEQtY0ZwJoKy-eyXhUw844lbMD_u/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRygANum7eomwDfFDkmtR6RjNB_fGW7-jtVx_lQKAtXr9m7hjmDnE32H2jNuu6lhrKsgYWPsbG6xt2P-Kuq5bwqhHI745azPm60VpWsNVRc4K_KXi0tEQtY0ZwJoKy-eyXhUw844lbMD_u/s640/005.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> So <em>this </em>is why it's called my Labor of Love. The top on this was a bubbling peeling mess. The only way around it was to scrape off the faux wood top....I know there is a name for it, can't think of it! Help me out. Laminate?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvHMmzGbRbRGgouoXMiFLFEcjdBiskHsAysezZaPNTEyebLnmfNCnt7M4rl73_O2WQO0uk9d_3pQbGEOowQFw6TQ-yFYCdd_7O7zTXHA-RBTUoEypdl59dEH1cUgKzUyxTUx-N95PzUFj/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvHMmzGbRbRGgouoXMiFLFEcjdBiskHsAysezZaPNTEyebLnmfNCnt7M4rl73_O2WQO0uk9d_3pQbGEOowQFw6TQ-yFYCdd_7O7zTXHA-RBTUoEypdl59dEH1cUgKzUyxTUx-N95PzUFj/s640/006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So after a couple weeks of scraping, I couldn't do it all in one day I had to let my blisters heal! No joking. It was finally ready for a fresh coat of paint and stain. I wanted to stain the top to show off all my hard work. Jeesh, I deserved it! It turned out beautiful if I do say so myself. It's an incredibly built dresser that'll last a lifetime. Love this thing!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1GjIa6etwD1ReO9BvY-xKfcGatVRd4VeNinXJowMDggLt8P7CbfnCvvS_MECchmBPTS0IgD6ajIJp1VzDDRdZgHoWduzs2L-s2Merk8Cl_Y4QcUQBISmhMjM3vzj53sOlNu51lIwcKbz/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1GjIa6etwD1ReO9BvY-xKfcGatVRd4VeNinXJowMDggLt8P7CbfnCvvS_MECchmBPTS0IgD6ajIJp1VzDDRdZgHoWduzs2L-s2Merk8Cl_Y4QcUQBISmhMjM3vzj53sOlNu51lIwcKbz/s640/002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">P.S. I hope to have more furniture projects to show you here coming up!! I think it's starting to warm up enough to brave my garage! Thanks for sticking it through the winter with me. I appreciate all your kind comments and support!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Z526fEBS7Rs9L1cKajMY-G5YFyhBNLNGweH0tmTqiLVQD3Tdl_8xljU-uCQn7ZXMQqVvBV56TNhaMToRMvMjArOEPnhyUaK6hTGndI464AS8PadEpYq_4Z6IHefjCxK26QwKYMQj5Sir/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Z526fEBS7Rs9L1cKajMY-G5YFyhBNLNGweH0tmTqiLVQD3Tdl_8xljU-uCQn7ZXMQqVvBV56TNhaMToRMvMjArOEPnhyUaK6hTGndI464AS8PadEpYq_4Z6IHefjCxK26QwKYMQj5Sir/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-57571572113511460292012-02-07T10:26:00.001-07:002012-02-07T10:30:00.508-07:00{Valentine Shelf}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I just wasn't feeling my <a href="http://www.paintedparlor.blogspot.com/2012/01/heart-banner.html"><span style="color: #ea9999;">mantle I had decorated</span></a> for Valentine's Day. It was missing something.....<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">pink</span></span> . <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">What's Valentine's Day without Pink?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjUydTIRaX7XECDXgL6GQa9MLaMy6dxQQkaVgo-ReFEVZMAAg9M_q8HgwUnTcbTynYylEI45GTc5XNz9YdD-SiwcTlmcfN5H2dNybU0zO47sjM-4xBRDeOxSb4lNmT8nik2FGlkrxMYoH/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjUydTIRaX7XECDXgL6GQa9MLaMy6dxQQkaVgo-ReFEVZMAAg9M_q8HgwUnTcbTynYylEI45GTc5XNz9YdD-SiwcTlmcfN5H2dNybU0zO47sjM-4xBRDeOxSb4lNmT8nik2FGlkrxMYoH/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So I added a few very simple things. First are these numbers I got at Hobby Lobby for 2 bucks, <em>if that</em>! I just gave them a quick coat of Antique Walnut stain. I love adding a touch of 'real' wood mixed with painted wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkACUZIuNhWHvoOlC5VBwoNFKzGJ6yBCR1Qmdw12sYDkJN0cB4axu9dJRhC_JDDowuByq5G0GhSAd-tqn3wdUm2EVpYivZ3hjjmWsbfidM9gMrIpnbXggtvwYOgH6KZJG-3pUV01HtOrIm/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkACUZIuNhWHvoOlC5VBwoNFKzGJ6yBCR1Qmdw12sYDkJN0cB4axu9dJRhC_JDDowuByq5G0GhSAd-tqn3wdUm2EVpYivZ3hjjmWsbfidM9gMrIpnbXggtvwYOgH6KZJG-3pUV01HtOrIm/s640/001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then I created this little banner from scrapbook paper. I was thinking that two banners might be too much, but I kinda like it for now. Who knows, I'll probably change it and add something different before Valentine's even gets here. It's how I roll.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXnQb2VWAcJp8y4S-QO-3M1lT5MmnYjBSVIfIBcFb84yClgnfV55_4kGZ4KbW1k7X28-UIcCbQKVMdJZlrMQzg3ACEo5tY5VLiEUXQBI1b4wDWlurp1SaiNu7nap-BpLnxHKXZ9Aye1B0/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXnQb2VWAcJp8y4S-QO-3M1lT5MmnYjBSVIfIBcFb84yClgnfV55_4kGZ4KbW1k7X28-UIcCbQKVMdJZlrMQzg3ACEo5tY5VLiEUXQBI1b4wDWlurp1SaiNu7nap-BpLnxHKXZ9Aye1B0/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I bought these styrophome balls on the same shopping spree to Hobby Lobby. They were $3 for a bag of 12. My 9 year old daughter had fun spray painting them outside. Such a beautiful day yesterday!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> 6 Ballet Pink and 6 Ivory.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePWwqrDo0K0RHJ2BZhnS84QDtIn_kuuDEUG2O8UBu2Ose1o8QpaLrRQY2B3KCcjvsyqdZXkK_374FDKe7ogNfc7TOKLGhLT8uxNQZxfqUnLYwY_wLWftBpRHI5a8UElcgOOf-PIMgEPkX/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePWwqrDo0K0RHJ2BZhnS84QDtIn_kuuDEUG2O8UBu2Ose1o8QpaLrRQY2B3KCcjvsyqdZXkK_374FDKe7ogNfc7TOKLGhLT8uxNQZxfqUnLYwY_wLWftBpRHI5a8UElcgOOf-PIMgEPkX/s640/006.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then we just stamped words we thought represented Valentine's Day. She had more fun doing this part. Such an <em>easy</em> craft to do with kids!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUBsAHG-N_QtmQHpb3OqoB-CmBZexuAA3ZT7NqoFGHSbMg4v8aQkTFhOshfB_vq_XQMLeH78YGm8r-cxN9i8peE4rJHNuXuGHNYpDUqSBcOsVnxZ_dIMd7L_XIRxZuPBKXNDrBiutCIl5/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUBsAHG-N_QtmQHpb3OqoB-CmBZexuAA3ZT7NqoFGHSbMg4v8aQkTFhOshfB_vq_XQMLeH78YGm8r-cxN9i8peE4rJHNuXuGHNYpDUqSBcOsVnxZ_dIMd7L_XIRxZuPBKXNDrBiutCIl5/s640/005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day spent with those you <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">love.</span></span></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiso03_atz5q9E3HmcwFss-0B8gqHuS8MenBirbNHwF4Cz6rm2lDBbJ9DglBJ_ELDDMygZbh9qCocX7SCP7haFEW1_AMfD2AFwybwFhzIvQ8Q8eloEUvknBrvqSEdbGW91P1Hjes89hEH3j/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiso03_atz5q9E3HmcwFss-0B8gqHuS8MenBirbNHwF4Cz6rm2lDBbJ9DglBJ_ELDDMygZbh9qCocX7SCP7haFEW1_AMfD2AFwybwFhzIvQ8Q8eloEUvknBrvqSEdbGW91P1Hjes89hEH3j/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-29429895347880620102012-01-17T14:01:00.002-07:002012-01-17T14:04:57.972-07:00{A Much Needed Paint Job}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm so bummed. I somehow erased <span style="font-size: x-large;">years</span> worth of furniture pictures on my computer! They were all in one folder and I must have accidently erased it! <span style="font-size: large;">Ugg.</span> If you want to see what the walls looked like before, click <a href="http://www.paintedparlor.blogspot.com/2011/03/girls-bedroom-makeover.html"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">here</span></a>. They were lime green with holes <span style="font-size: x-large;">all</span> over. To make a long story short, it needed some patching and freshening up <span style="font-size: x-large;">badly</span>! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkX8rGSRRAx-TpulCNRN_h0njFEIzEuDTXnAxxVPl4JN-iif-ZOLDBfDtEX6XSJAw3aRm1BHr4CcbQbD6dn2dApUC6C55LqN1NF16B4dlkfzNtwphWK63cJsZTdTXrS6JbLUunv_69IKpV/s1600/024-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkX8rGSRRAx-TpulCNRN_h0njFEIzEuDTXnAxxVPl4JN-iif-ZOLDBfDtEX6XSJAw3aRm1BHr4CcbQbD6dn2dApUC6C55LqN1NF16B4dlkfzNtwphWK63cJsZTdTXrS6JbLUunv_69IKpV/s640/024-1.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So that's what I did. I painted it the same color as our newly finished downstairs. I have <span style="font-size: x-large;">plenty</span> of paint leftover and free is always good! I believe the color is called Chopstick. It's light, airy, and looks <span style="font-size: x-large;">so</span> much better!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdboClDehYGaFq5mETyqNg5nLaCZj8I0_gg-vN1tUPpYi_cYNCyk3QehFYiXLu-zHFXJUc864cCUMGQ6GsHSbsp3rokbXv8ufOguF85NDWj3Se_I9D0r3Dvb_Fp0VRqxGQ1a4A7w-KLit/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdboClDehYGaFq5mETyqNg5nLaCZj8I0_gg-vN1tUPpYi_cYNCyk3QehFYiXLu-zHFXJUc864cCUMGQ6GsHSbsp3rokbXv8ufOguF85NDWj3Se_I9D0r3Dvb_Fp0VRqxGQ1a4A7w-KLit/s640/010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> <span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;">And those are my sweeties. Love those girls. Sorry I shoulda dusted the lamp base before I took the picture. It's those kind of things you don't notice until you look at it close up.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkr-zidkIen4h9avcwxaYKiDmt_Pg6g3GFRm25GsiPbBUYDAljfxEzLJjDgG16YJzxpR5fISBXEF098VWgqbd-rjFnoiYNLp6w95zKJ1dqG2hFYYG0J9CFstTph2qqjDvLeY4GvFcc96OH/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkr-zidkIen4h9avcwxaYKiDmt_Pg6g3GFRm25GsiPbBUYDAljfxEzLJjDgG16YJzxpR5fISBXEF098VWgqbd-rjFnoiYNLp6w95zKJ1dqG2hFYYG0J9CFstTph2qqjDvLeY4GvFcc96OH/s640/019.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm loving her room now. Why didn't I do this sooner? Oh wait, I know why...I <span style="font-size: x-large;">hate</span> painting walls! It's so</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> time consuming and messy!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomJIjO5VrtvNfEr6jfZjwcw-bvOH-XsFwjGqKgoTvyVEUjEINJXSFZS8PjYZJjWpRdoXClNJOi_NqCE8vhgbDsjIFtYFGjnoBL9J6bGZdJw8_ZrJDLY0Yu6la7YiXbnfdHXHHFitOC-m2/s1600/008-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomJIjO5VrtvNfEr6jfZjwcw-bvOH-XsFwjGqKgoTvyVEUjEINJXSFZS8PjYZJjWpRdoXClNJOi_NqCE8vhgbDsjIFtYFGjnoBL9J6bGZdJw8_ZrJDLY0Yu6la7YiXbnfdHXHHFitOC-m2/s640/008-1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> A close up of her roman shade from one of my favs, Target. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">18 bucks. Can't beat it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XQMgrlsiYhFjH1ZF_HEoerAHBsVfR30ducH_sZCIQU6bWa9195ZyU476AEHh3t1EZhfnjJc_EnC6mwhxcE1SC5cc-BJTH32ZBaJfDRE3IVNXr1mOoP6xHRtbwlKyICcM70se2qllF3IE/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XQMgrlsiYhFjH1ZF_HEoerAHBsVfR30ducH_sZCIQU6bWa9195ZyU476AEHh3t1EZhfnjJc_EnC6mwhxcE1SC5cc-BJTH32ZBaJfDRE3IVNXr1mOoP6xHRtbwlKyICcM70se2qllF3IE/s640/022.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLuz-4GQYwXpuy-gEUm6AB7G97UdN_eumTXMZskzBCdXB23VqV6h5-5uEw4O8k6ucP4pjHIqM2meUs7e-mvTohf1ONss30oxYYhbYRA9uildgtLlhOdMhP-31__d7x7ZZbmsSf_ZturO_/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLuz-4GQYwXpuy-gEUm6AB7G97UdN_eumTXMZskzBCdXB23VqV6h5-5uEw4O8k6ucP4pjHIqM2meUs7e-mvTohf1ONss30oxYYhbYRA9uildgtLlhOdMhP-31__d7x7ZZbmsSf_ZturO_/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-19334556901264967072012-01-10T15:19:00.001-07:002012-01-10T15:20:17.766-07:00{Heart Banner}<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well it's official, I shamelessly copied the very talented Melanie at </span><a href="http://frostedgardner.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.html"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The Frosted Gardner</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> on this one. I knew when I saw her Valentine heart banner I <span style="font-size: large;">had </span>to make it myself! It looked so fun, and I didn't think I could screw it up. Check <a href="http://frostedgardner.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;">hers</span></a> out, <span style="font-size: large;">so</span> cute.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgtKRqqo7QlAYCqcrRZmtMjXZWPntH574Ja1gLiIiW1eHZzC58SJdWJHTHw7M3tBWDisIrU-Jr8Z2JRAMdaqFPZawkd6eyJfh7pXobmq0SByZqS2Pt9u3_1GdqAjObW29bBrIfSZhJSob/s1600/139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgtKRqqo7QlAYCqcrRZmtMjXZWPntH574Ja1gLiIiW1eHZzC58SJdWJHTHw7M3tBWDisIrU-Jr8Z2JRAMdaqFPZawkd6eyJfh7pXobmq0SByZqS2Pt9u3_1GdqAjObW29bBrIfSZhJSob/s640/139.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So easy. Even I, with two left thumbs when it comes to crafty projects, can do this!! Just rip out some pages in an old (unwanted) book, cut out some hearts, punch some holes, and lace jute through. <span style="font-size: large;">simple</span>. I love simple.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbpyw4-4ttX1OcMUxvzw2Rf27fEhvD-nrbUlHDg9eL-5EQHAeDKyWJIQxIAXHe7B9d2MZ5n2fcwpcr0tv9MYfjeIfvlfswKqfzP5Uzn3a9hsvN5fE843ePAEzg6oZ8pr3emPWCyYygsaQ/s1600/141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbpyw4-4ttX1OcMUxvzw2Rf27fEhvD-nrbUlHDg9eL-5EQHAeDKyWJIQxIAXHe7B9d2MZ5n2fcwpcr0tv9MYfjeIfvlfswKqfzP5Uzn3a9hsvN5fE843ePAEzg6oZ8pr3emPWCyYygsaQ/s640/141.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I filled my little apothecary jar with some of the leftover cutout hearts.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3M0iUr_4XS2GtuvJtShRQ3nJNYi_wXmy9Gk-lYTmZxqBlGkDDjWN8JfQDP1ZNx0Rqdz7jkQ1Xbf9WfhgoIjaeYzT-aGQe69MpLaCL7pFn5VukTs7kzpiGD59nMHZUaXEQQVeCfDrA1QC/s1600/145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3M0iUr_4XS2GtuvJtShRQ3nJNYi_wXmy9Gk-lYTmZxqBlGkDDjWN8JfQDP1ZNx0Rqdz7jkQ1Xbf9WfhgoIjaeYzT-aGQe69MpLaCL7pFn5VukTs7kzpiGD59nMHZUaXEQQVeCfDrA1QC/s640/145.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I love how it turned out, if I do say so myself. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpSnMsRbUhpylA3nsuC7A3eU5hT1snS_X_c_4e7_PqULUmDIgd15Sa3HJvtr9H9diAVq_1n-Tk19xez1pyeSPMWBRosGMH7DKTcdIGnUKU4QPeVce4wUnJ7DT0j24DY722xQ2f-6jkkfO/s1600/160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpSnMsRbUhpylA3nsuC7A3eU5hT1snS_X_c_4e7_PqULUmDIgd15Sa3HJvtr9H9diAVq_1n-Tk19xez1pyeSPMWBRosGMH7DKTcdIGnUKU4QPeVce4wUnJ7DT0j24DY722xQ2f-6jkkfO/s640/160.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And an extra bonus, with the leftover hearts I made a little heart banner for my daughter's footboard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldERQTq9rHr47GgCSoxdy6fn6MbJjieDJ7p6bUKpXfroW99NRQH2Q7NvzX4pWFUs45NzcYmz21iK_Xgq1fI38ZQD_FdKVmh4z-5LsC50GI5CY2V0KHu3hviSvgM2W71_YxF8P27WAU1mx/s1600/163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldERQTq9rHr47GgCSoxdy6fn6MbJjieDJ7p6bUKpXfroW99NRQH2Q7NvzX4pWFUs45NzcYmz21iK_Xgq1fI38ZQD_FdKVmh4z-5LsC50GI5CY2V0KHu3hviSvgM2W71_YxF8P27WAU1mx/s640/163.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We'll find out if she likes it in about 20 minutes when she gets home from school. My bet is that she does!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6ft9kBAvdDV-e9Wuanmd3Cdc3QIpF4IMuZxSulganQjhu-CMYKVeJaSwKA1BNf8BrMlLxRklY_6RxAC1_4cG5eqxvmWC9e5IshGAk90nYTNpLuRCHEALe-aFolHGA5jxvctyurJZ6IiH/s1600/164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6ft9kBAvdDV-e9Wuanmd3Cdc3QIpF4IMuZxSulganQjhu-CMYKVeJaSwKA1BNf8BrMlLxRklY_6RxAC1_4cG5eqxvmWC9e5IshGAk90nYTNpLuRCHEALe-aFolHGA5jxvctyurJZ6IiH/s640/164.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I <span style="color: #e06666;">heart</span> Valentine's Day. And I especially <span style="color: #e06666;">heart</span> simple projects! Okay, cheesy I know.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHJVU-xrKMBkEtgpFKfHhhX9n8Bm3Xxzfm49b9h6hgn2v2rED4hhmS6mauUptmo-G_KYHelbORMEeMRQ7xzn4yHGMTCR6DzDiOGyYSBU60Y5JL51re4mSrv1jTYR1ilkRw8TQgp7BbpE4/s1600/167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHJVU-xrKMBkEtgpFKfHhhX9n8Bm3Xxzfm49b9h6hgn2v2rED4hhmS6mauUptmo-G_KYHelbORMEeMRQ7xzn4yHGMTCR6DzDiOGyYSBU60Y5JL51re4mSrv1jTYR1ilkRw8TQgp7BbpE4/s640/167.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9T1x041gaaqZ0CEm4XhsypRAX7fSUluNCPBhdJnOwizCQzKpP40GURx0goqIsccxDkVQO8VaEpLIhFfn3FyQAZ1A8WhhusWQXPQCQT2S8NE1miAM1X_8cbil6PVkc_9dSwtx4CLFZl16/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9T1x041gaaqZ0CEm4XhsypRAX7fSUluNCPBhdJnOwizCQzKpP40GURx0goqIsccxDkVQO8VaEpLIhFfn3FyQAZ1A8WhhusWQXPQCQT2S8NE1miAM1X_8cbil6PVkc_9dSwtx4CLFZl16/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-86733438508492671092011-12-19T10:45:00.001-07:002011-12-19T10:48:11.281-07:00{12 Crafty Days of Christmas}<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hello all you fabulous readers of mine. Today I'm super excited to be guest posting at Lisa's </span><a href="http://beforemeetsafter-frugalfinder.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Before Meets After</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">. She has been doing a series called <span style="color: #666666;">The 12 Crafty Days of Christmas</span> and she she was so kind to invite me.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Here are just few Holiday pictures to wet your appetite.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IVT-4F1blnXHNaXSINz4Hc2zVav2HFM2ljLBSmhBT5Axvj0vpQyj_if_jIyL7kQ2R66op5aV6vTqK0641JduaguulPDHxdXahYgLgZgBjdKwFVp9aEpXFHOSLD6P-SUKXRrPeC2mPSBH/s1600/Christmas+home+picsture+2011+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IVT-4F1blnXHNaXSINz4Hc2zVav2HFM2ljLBSmhBT5Axvj0vpQyj_if_jIyL7kQ2R66op5aV6vTqK0641JduaguulPDHxdXahYgLgZgBjdKwFVp9aEpXFHOSLD6P-SUKXRrPeC2mPSBH/s640/Christmas+home+picsture+2011+018.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnHdbRMtm2e-61NoIHBGOKOJrGqxJ7Jqauf2rmHtfrbcjfujuMdqSIW_nkbXF4FsYu9WKWBobzzhcX5E0xbr2xPHg6OpeM8wE1t7hLYWcEulcAa8zDC9ujVrW9B1vmVGDLaJHKZUYbYbP/s1600/Christmas+home+picsture+2011+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnHdbRMtm2e-61NoIHBGOKOJrGqxJ7Jqauf2rmHtfrbcjfujuMdqSIW_nkbXF4FsYu9WKWBobzzhcX5E0xbr2xPHg6OpeM8wE1t7hLYWcEulcAa8zDC9ujVrW9B1vmVGDLaJHKZUYbYbP/s640/Christmas+home+picsture+2011+019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7lRbT7ErZUCzSBIRMsvFhGdgRy2Tz9361Pn49F323l3_6JzbVtZw-Hp8i9vu9mpDGsk2cgh_VZYDqsyi34BfaABQ4TOlwcc4WK_g3hrcXrTJq2cqjpWZY8xm5iGAUZO8H_jVnspYPtx0/s1600/Christmas+home+picsture+2011+066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7lRbT7ErZUCzSBIRMsvFhGdgRy2Tz9361Pn49F323l3_6JzbVtZw-Hp8i9vu9mpDGsk2cgh_VZYDqsyi34BfaABQ4TOlwcc4WK_g3hrcXrTJq2cqjpWZY8xm5iGAUZO8H_jVnspYPtx0/s640/Christmas+home+picsture+2011+066.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hope you make a visit to Lisa's </span><a href="http://beforemeetsafter-frugalfinder.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">12 Crafty Days of Christmas</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Merry Christmas,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8_g-ljcOIYfAyq_k_S7d7O20wzeqtjkWi7bPDtxJE-slvwscKycWwMg9sD-Hc1Ft81IaasTUSMclTWY_txT-WAp-R5J1X9TQ_xHV_af-mrNiD0_dvA31C1fUlm-kV8yTesYg0XtwuGpl/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8_g-ljcOIYfAyq_k_S7d7O20wzeqtjkWi7bPDtxJE-slvwscKycWwMg9sD-Hc1Ft81IaasTUSMclTWY_txT-WAp-R5J1X9TQ_xHV_af-mrNiD0_dvA31C1fUlm-kV8yTesYg0XtwuGpl/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-5330400799530797582011-12-07T13:42:00.002-07:002011-12-07T13:46:06.685-07:00{Wreath Makeover}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This wreath cost me a total of 3.47! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(The cost of one can of Emerald Green spraypaint).</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DGAQcXVUWNURhyphenhyphenKSQj3x7d5bw2SF6Q-ld59FyRsPHmq1qDjerJk5ZtNGVx7kRcCmYAWoaYDH_EU2lnJPmzT2S2ZaCsdjyyYVlDiAjYJsVxEkgah2JcbLiD-smtgtuH2lQUyIrZfNtOyP/s1600/154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DGAQcXVUWNURhyphenhyphenKSQj3x7d5bw2SF6Q-ld59FyRsPHmq1qDjerJk5ZtNGVx7kRcCmYAWoaYDH_EU2lnJPmzT2S2ZaCsdjyyYVlDiAjYJsVxEkgah2JcbLiD-smtgtuH2lQUyIrZfNtOyP/s640/154.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #666666;">The wreath itself was given to me for...wait for it, wait for it, <span style="font-size: large;">free. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I don't turn anything down that is free. ever. My sweet friend was moving and didn't want to take it with her so I snatched it. It once had vibrant green leaves with red berries adorning it, but that day had long passed.</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHNNVCgVT62q5P7vMrCuH03SX1yaLptAhfIBX1lmOeA06_7lSc963WRm-HSCjNpWoZbTRIs9EpWWR14qrvEu9jkmpkzj20tTNiXBfOrJOyt3bkgk0pNHRvoTscdo4aMWD09x3EhfvKD_W/s1600/130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHNNVCgVT62q5P7vMrCuH03SX1yaLptAhfIBX1lmOeA06_7lSc963WRm-HSCjNpWoZbTRIs9EpWWR14qrvEu9jkmpkzj20tTNiXBfOrJOyt3bkgk0pNHRvoTscdo4aMWD09x3EhfvKD_W/s640/130.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It waited patiently hanging on my wall for about 3 years for it's makeover. Poor little dusty wreath. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSez-9ayTCgBIMY9p7lPHkaHuuNd8sV9UVjE2bJSeU9CmM2nFkeogw8B7Ljo-x0dC6hFkFo_Ce5_o5s9w7NUDPFnnkr5AhYpx0JUqV-BwqSu1ILiOeYyUbF8Js1pCyB22ih4Zore7H8xB/s1600/138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSez-9ayTCgBIMY9p7lPHkaHuuNd8sV9UVjE2bJSeU9CmM2nFkeogw8B7Ljo-x0dC6hFkFo_Ce5_o5s9w7NUDPFnnkr5AhYpx0JUqV-BwqSu1ILiOeYyUbF8Js1pCyB22ih4Zore7H8xB/s640/138.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">With Christmas right around the corner I thought I'd go for a Christmasy look. I just spray painted it Emerald Green. That turned out pretty bright so I grabbed a can of ORB off my shelf and lightly sprayed over the top to tone it down. Then I added some Christmas picks that I already had and stuck them in. Easy Peesy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0l41ck7h571yyYIYiPEbDHOwZV4vCi6d8-eV9KYawUPOYvLMo9mvT9wF8U4GREQgOnT7fL0PDTgYvmF8h_oxUEO5btIbZbiE2c7G9UGN695BcQVqHgge6dH0PZVXTUuUJDDFD8Cp_ZcO/s1600/146.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0l41ck7h571yyYIYiPEbDHOwZV4vCi6d8-eV9KYawUPOYvLMo9mvT9wF8U4GREQgOnT7fL0PDTgYvmF8h_oxUEO5btIbZbiE2c7G9UGN695BcQVqHgge6dH0PZVXTUuUJDDFD8Cp_ZcO/s640/146.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhp7hdzlGmMw-sslzdzzkurVBGgLeZ-3hMYlqfUSjPeI9W23dH1JC2BuSAhmD887ECAMELIaq6cSic_uyExO9eGpAcG6vkpuRdin2930vtNLViI7qFEITSeLh6xOMFIVAjmNnA7NC4lJN/s1600/142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhp7hdzlGmMw-sslzdzzkurVBGgLeZ-3hMYlqfUSjPeI9W23dH1JC2BuSAhmD887ECAMELIaq6cSic_uyExO9eGpAcG6vkpuRdin2930vtNLViI7qFEITSeLh6xOMFIVAjmNnA7NC4lJN/s640/142.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I love Christmas and I love cheap! I am so inspired by all you bloggers out there who are <span style="font-size: large;">so</span> very talented at making things beautiful on a budget! I just try to keep up with ya'll!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiOnKEku37WbMJUOTHNabkfuOsnsTT8FvhcbCIpwbuBYvJ4QwoFusAwkifvUXgE6dwvEe5iku9Buzc45jVZHuw8kbmEA3NPSTlY_Tiof74nDd5MKoeXHqmYnu73AwscTPKfCmBzPMq84x/s1600/160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiOnKEku37WbMJUOTHNabkfuOsnsTT8FvhcbCIpwbuBYvJ4QwoFusAwkifvUXgE6dwvEe5iku9Buzc45jVZHuw8kbmEA3NPSTlY_Tiof74nDd5MKoeXHqmYnu73AwscTPKfCmBzPMq84x/s640/160.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9EfmG0rfJTUR5raxtC5wsgabYJsTXEYtUQZgGshi8zLsmm5xi0n5o6cMCDzM1h94lOQuf-YW7J9-m3Rkm4STTmk0ygAvlwYIM2G6vIdHVDlFoaFfCiDqoN51nJnjaHk-NPFRRVNlpkGz/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9EfmG0rfJTUR5raxtC5wsgabYJsTXEYtUQZgGshi8zLsmm5xi0n5o6cMCDzM1h94lOQuf-YW7J9-m3Rkm4STTmk0ygAvlwYIM2G6vIdHVDlFoaFfCiDqoN51nJnjaHk-NPFRRVNlpkGz/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-14840822831724937202011-11-30T19:16:00.001-07:002011-11-30T19:18:27.821-07:00{Gorgeous LDS Temple Pictures}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Many of you wonderful followers of mine probably don't know that I'm LDS....aka 'Mormon' ;). My beautiful and <em>extremely</em> talented friend <a href="http://www.myflutterbyes.blogspot.com/">Haylie</a> asked me to post a few gorgeous pictures she's featuring right now of our temple. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMK_uT8uhzz6lCP8ssJfH56wiZstzDbOqgXBhlHlgQgzq-lKuUXv5JKpShlDYZBdE3GAs-j5K0P9ZmN1gTEXyNjult9JdeEWBSJ0rg5YUkg-aXNEwziBxHGijCAnYlkDLkApRrfyuydD17/s1600/Oquirrh+Mtn+Temple+-+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMK_uT8uhzz6lCP8ssJfH56wiZstzDbOqgXBhlHlgQgzq-lKuUXv5JKpShlDYZBdE3GAs-j5K0P9ZmN1gTEXyNjult9JdeEWBSJ0rg5YUkg-aXNEwziBxHGijCAnYlkDLkApRrfyuydD17/s640/Oquirrh+Mtn+Temple+-+blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You can learn everything you need to know about purchasing one of these beautiful canvas prints </span><a href="http://www.myflutterbyes.blogspot.com/2011/11/haylie-lyn-photography-lds-temple-fine.html"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">here</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">! I hear she has free shipping if you place your order before December 3rd!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iC9KHP5vZTp8VZxwmrRF6Ql9_HPVqmZmGC3qQVb3jx4BUCuffAmAAz7E2vcoOPcSCApbXhX9L8OWNGzLBCFvZQQB_eHbPvdJ8CHTpveobrUYXL5R9wUCZnLp0_GWSfyNjHYfNyEKqLRU/s1600/Oquirrh+Mtn+Temple+-+Vintage-12x30+-+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iC9KHP5vZTp8VZxwmrRF6Ql9_HPVqmZmGC3qQVb3jx4BUCuffAmAAz7E2vcoOPcSCApbXhX9L8OWNGzLBCFvZQQB_eHbPvdJ8CHTpveobrUYXL5R9wUCZnLp0_GWSfyNjHYfNyEKqLRU/s640/Oquirrh+Mtn+Temple+-+Vintage-12x30+-+blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Simply beautiful. Did I already mention how talented she is?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXg8QIqHJfURh8lFJGpm0KPe9rq8pYx6FPJfy2h5cLlHdWR1DUBahnTWZGWShagKEOa0mm_oOHdaudx2LxIGK_eOrDL1UfTrv_SKg4bhjY3A9lnPM053ig051bXNYkaUpI3se4bnFsQuTt/s1600/Timp+Temple+20x30+-+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXg8QIqHJfURh8lFJGpm0KPe9rq8pYx6FPJfy2h5cLlHdWR1DUBahnTWZGWShagKEOa0mm_oOHdaudx2LxIGK_eOrDL1UfTrv_SKg4bhjY3A9lnPM053ig051bXNYkaUpI3se4bnFsQuTt/s640/Timp+Temple+20x30+-+blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYp38iHPTdgz8nV-7OTaWpsrvmcxfn1VDKl5AqbjihIg8QMoVhD2nhFkprFbbT_5lAaydLn4W5M3HoCQ_mlbcmsTPfoEEt2bhynZ3ivKLHFmuDEpLFj38nc-jx3bL2uKBTQpMtEz3wr_DB/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYp38iHPTdgz8nV-7OTaWpsrvmcxfn1VDKl5AqbjihIg8QMoVhD2nhFkprFbbT_5lAaydLn4W5M3HoCQ_mlbcmsTPfoEEt2bhynZ3ivKLHFmuDEpLFj38nc-jx3bL2uKBTQpMtEz3wr_DB/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-7040742256534382692011-11-02T13:51:00.000-06:002011-11-02T13:51:13.585-06:00{Pink Bedroom Bench}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Once again I forgot a before shot but if I could explain this piece in one word it would have been, <span style="font-size: large;">tired</span>. Light dated wood and a faded cushion adorned this little number when I saw it, but I knew it had potential...infact it was <em>exactly</em> what I was looking for. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO4Tb7nd2jPboLpJSgQ015esDFZ9uIJUDUV5-t7slbH0l6fHVg56h1wVIozPX1I5fT6Hbu9DKUbcj_tMqWP-MAEwyXMLrARyE3lZ9WrGK0QaARTBDXF5QEV8wur68z3UWiP0aWSlXuN-R/s1600/108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO4Tb7nd2jPboLpJSgQ015esDFZ9uIJUDUV5-t7slbH0l6fHVg56h1wVIozPX1I5fT6Hbu9DKUbcj_tMqWP-MAEwyXMLrARyE3lZ9WrGK0QaARTBDXF5QEV8wur68z3UWiP0aWSlXuN-R/s640/108.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfuCleH6TR-idBhXFIBqFYv2e6xdcVU3cIbyaGKuOZthAy9MTqutzBdRqKKpwoH3PsY8gBBqOdWZoTy5zNp9hKBMrjWly3RP9dAyeAm-1g_COYHjLqdZsLYS8HkVm_X0zd7EybEYknIVH/s1600/084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfuCleH6TR-idBhXFIBqFYv2e6xdcVU3cIbyaGKuOZthAy9MTqutzBdRqKKpwoH3PsY8gBBqOdWZoTy5zNp9hKBMrjWly3RP9dAyeAm-1g_COYHjLqdZsLYS8HkVm_X0zd7EybEYknIVH/s640/084.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Since finishing our basement my step-daughter's room has been pretty bare. I've been on the hunt looking for pieces to fill her space (<span style="font-size: large;">on a budget</span>) so this $25 steal was perfect!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeJagjwL13FtnRJcJ6jWgL8vabCx-cituidWU65L6o3rtfNITk_oVC2MK_gHRqLVb4G4HCWmXm1v5ExDBeRKlMh2xvfFK_iKkL8QIY-13IJVQqGorjOW7O-sQDV2t6Mw23UUnSkpGjwB2/s1600/099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeJagjwL13FtnRJcJ6jWgL8vabCx-cituidWU65L6o3rtfNITk_oVC2MK_gHRqLVb4G4HCWmXm1v5ExDBeRKlMh2xvfFK_iKkL8QIY-13IJVQqGorjOW7O-sQDV2t6Mw23UUnSkpGjwB2/s640/099.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She <span style="color: #e06666;">loves</span> anything <span style="color: #666666;">zebra</span> print so I picked up this plush blanket today at Ross for 13 buckaroos, and the rosie pillow was 8. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Not too shabby.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkRlHRoTzAXmiuW0v6q2vFm3PmZOHJewdaxy6e6dg_YkuZS0ph_QyaBbHAOkpCmNP1OHtX0ntNyTkHn_9_-CV3__KnoWOv1t4eEWva9gDXbn809STpfQ_qbxf61p1wUJTFukhmyA03_Rx/s1600/105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkRlHRoTzAXmiuW0v6q2vFm3PmZOHJewdaxy6e6dg_YkuZS0ph_QyaBbHAOkpCmNP1OHtX0ntNyTkHn_9_-CV3__KnoWOv1t4eEWva9gDXbn809STpfQ_qbxf61p1wUJTFukhmyA03_Rx/s640/105.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-46556645053927469552011-10-21T14:59:00.000-06:002011-10-21T14:59:00.823-06:00{Toy Chest}<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This piece I picked up this morning, I got started on it right away because I knew <em>exactly</em> where it was going. I needed toy storage downstairs. I don't know about you, but I <span style="font-size: large;">hate</span> clutter and that includes toys. I think I'm a little on the OCD side of life.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJQeUQ1gLQT8JiHAlcYAh0IZA5hHDvqvbQhrIQE-sayjGsP1u6DxnLkHNEvsWpGUuVmVTKmRYigAz2r7St9K54RSmOA3o3kwEUhbFBFo-wy08Fj3_b-sdgwbKlcVW8tVkD0gSy0Z3bn09/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJQeUQ1gLQT8JiHAlcYAh0IZA5hHDvqvbQhrIQE-sayjGsP1u6DxnLkHNEvsWpGUuVmVTKmRYigAz2r7St9K54RSmOA3o3kwEUhbFBFo-wy08Fj3_b-sdgwbKlcVW8tVkD0gSy0Z3bn09/s640/018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When I saw this piece online I thought it was much bigger so I had envisioned putting it in a different place in our newly finished basement, (I thought is a buffet table, silly me)..... so I was pleasantly surprised when I realized it was a chest. <span style="font-size: large;">Yes!</span> I've been looking for one of these <em>desperately</em>. I was even contemplating spending 250 bucks at TJMaxx for a large chest, if you know me that price is <span style="font-size: large;">waaay </span>outta my happy place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVaaxj5h7nPUfl0FDvaI2hsw9CPlGUT4IsmZ-uX0eHsOwJwvPJwypq1uUM3jf3LFuzc5T6RY-000CgNGBBuffec48mlmaCCZgUwfLjFZgpn1cxfA9BfwqSVU_lm1pTUwm3OdGxjijKXBG/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVaaxj5h7nPUfl0FDvaI2hsw9CPlGUT4IsmZ-uX0eHsOwJwvPJwypq1uUM3jf3LFuzc5T6RY-000CgNGBBuffec48mlmaCCZgUwfLjFZgpn1cxfA9BfwqSVU_lm1pTUwm3OdGxjijKXBG/s640/002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I'm so <span style="color: #b45f06;">excited</span> to get organized downstairs. It's <span style="font-size: large;">waaay</span> cuter than any of the other chests I've been looking at online. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNkW7vxr3gnZbd4XybovP7oNCs2FsL5z8-uJ_qtlqTSNx-gq2j8YZMaaCe2idl78SkYj_pkOmwHs5idYdAsjYEeKcFzlxp0fswsn0T-3n1obcahvJ9u0HFYY5JoXlxNa_uQ06qZEuzEN6/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNkW7vxr3gnZbd4XybovP7oNCs2FsL5z8-uJ_qtlqTSNx-gq2j8YZMaaCe2idl78SkYj_pkOmwHs5idYdAsjYEeKcFzlxp0fswsn0T-3n1obcahvJ9u0HFYY5JoXlxNa_uQ06qZEuzEN6/s640/009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I initially thought I could take off the hardware and spray paint it ORB, but those babies are glued on. They're entirely just for show, the doors and drawers don't open. So I had to do the second best thing, just paint them.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNstLiRkilW1l06RMUxeleQp1mxnakYs9MU6JVfSkb_8mjGQSHf4M-R3qYDC-SspCw1LD2jH2HGB7ss4d5CQSTDjJ_jMdLg3qyqIiLVLEq-2nz591AztMWPWL1tclmnP0TBUBvFnfm0py/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNstLiRkilW1l06RMUxeleQp1mxnakYs9MU6JVfSkb_8mjGQSHf4M-R3qYDC-SspCw1LD2jH2HGB7ss4d5CQSTDjJ_jMdLg3qyqIiLVLEq-2nz591AztMWPWL1tclmnP0TBUBvFnfm0py/s640/019.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Look at those fancy little feet. Aw, I'm in <span style="color: #e06666;">love</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5XQEOKH23otzmQCxwTrrXNwWnLpQA7yUdA-bSs1wR8b5xDderGng2V851Acan5QY_7Z3WJ1uVS3bz3FZ2j1qSHa5ez1zTVupatXAII9Q3pbURHoP1Gy7XER4Wq0EnJ_VVEcsuDF4I4NJ/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5XQEOKH23otzmQCxwTrrXNwWnLpQA7yUdA-bSs1wR8b5xDderGng2V851Acan5QY_7Z3WJ1uVS3bz3FZ2j1qSHa5ez1zTVupatXAII9Q3pbURHoP1Gy7XER4Wq0EnJ_VVEcsuDF4I4NJ/s640/027.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And a keyhole. I don't have the key, but I don't think I'll be needing to lock my son's toys up anyway, unless he's <em>really</em> bad! ;)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxAYcwcx_b4hVONlLlY6cGduU_thjta5PMpJYZU54ywrIGP9mCcChyphenhyphen9FbiHOly-FdH5La4HfZ2ZQSuu4DwY8_4NYEKSQM9J858cP7IfLvh_awvv5jfQqWXcZ39dCh7PlB5OQVEMWIJCbu/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxAYcwcx_b4hVONlLlY6cGduU_thjta5PMpJYZU54ywrIGP9mCcChyphenhyphen9FbiHOly-FdH5La4HfZ2ZQSuu4DwY8_4NYEKSQM9J858cP7IfLvh_awvv5jfQqWXcZ39dCh7PlB5OQVEMWIJCbu/s640/014.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #666666;">So perfect for me, <span style="font-size: large;">yay!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qJBx9iFk10ONqzYyoLhDw9dseKhKYksEDRA5-pkW7t3IaafVqUkA_29XnG8fvy7lnqfW36eTFIckeMZsA06I4R31KrRt6Bzqq-8tqszkmW-UGrLJ_XpEZ5OLvBMKEDcUh-ZwILwNHJYm/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qJBx9iFk10ONqzYyoLhDw9dseKhKYksEDRA5-pkW7t3IaafVqUkA_29XnG8fvy7lnqfW36eTFIckeMZsA06I4R31KrRt6Bzqq-8tqszkmW-UGrLJ_XpEZ5OLvBMKEDcUh-ZwILwNHJYm/s640/030.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTyhOKF-Ey0n4SrEWefDGn9me0Wsa_vJIyvYjEaz89lU5YXS97dolUsOrlEVSjB9w11CUvWiYKQjA9AzNAmdsnPaVAI5FxJcdoHQ3e00vV-yT19EQmmc_Gz36f9Y8RV-nfsZP61VXJrpo/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTyhOKF-Ey0n4SrEWefDGn9me0Wsa_vJIyvYjEaz89lU5YXS97dolUsOrlEVSjB9w11CUvWiYKQjA9AzNAmdsnPaVAI5FxJcdoHQ3e00vV-yT19EQmmc_Gz36f9Y8RV-nfsZP61VXJrpo/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-7574651832786409902011-10-12T13:23:00.000-06:002011-10-12T13:23:12.916-06:00{Stripedy-Dee Stripedy-Do}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was inspired by a <span style="color: #bf9000;">fabulously</span> <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #38761d;">talented</span> </span>lady I met while surfing the classifieds for furniture. She had a garage full of <span style="color: #e06666;">amazing</span> vintage finds. It turns out she was working on a plank coffee table and each plank was being painted a different color, brilliant! It then hit me that I had a similar coffee table that needed a much needed facelift. I wish I could give her credit <em>BUT</em> I can't find her business card, shoot! I remember her first name is Dani, so if you're reading this, <span style="color: #38761d;">Thank You</span>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1ycmM6MMqfY-FfRGeWnxk6hwtnchf5CoVoYFVEV_6_Cq_rPEdAiLoUNC5IaepJoQUuOrH95AdhiGPLiYjuBHNEm_1D-brHr1hE44i5rrfDXMbNz71jiATsw4s66KaPVv2wYM3uJON8OD/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1ycmM6MMqfY-FfRGeWnxk6hwtnchf5CoVoYFVEV_6_Cq_rPEdAiLoUNC5IaepJoQUuOrH95AdhiGPLiYjuBHNEm_1D-brHr1hE44i5rrfDXMbNz71jiATsw4s66KaPVv2wYM3uJON8OD/s640/023.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Here's the table that needed the facelift.... agree? I painted it <span style="color: #990000;">red</span> about 5 years ago when barn red was all the rage. I was about to give this piece to DI (Goodwill) and am <em><span style="color: #b45f06;">sooo</span></em> glad I didn't!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbV3Wmw-nbV1-Clt0gE-2uEDZ6Gvf-PMdJwW0NsOCK7BZXlpLBAth1TAm0kGva-zEmOTVHVRl47nIl-vDsiAhyhuRzPrqH5ytsGJ0pG9gYScBXpimXhPY84RlLPlm1WiaaPhV8iPK01_T/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbV3Wmw-nbV1-Clt0gE-2uEDZ6Gvf-PMdJwW0NsOCK7BZXlpLBAth1TAm0kGva-zEmOTVHVRl47nIl-vDsiAhyhuRzPrqH5ytsGJ0pG9gYScBXpimXhPY84RlLPlm1WiaaPhV8iPK01_T/s640/002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I <span style="color: #38761d;">love</span> this piece! It's perfect for our newly re-arranged living room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqP1OyA48N65URcT-jAJzTio3AWlM7UmgQX7BUDyTb4OvaDjsM4Lf2i4nnhWaJo4iMU9pg5gHgFJ9CalMzatfMri6WFiC9DIh6x1YAhkY6ydhF-NVAFOeYxtTy26xK3J51fyvCG_c8BDrA/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqP1OyA48N65URcT-jAJzTio3AWlM7UmgQX7BUDyTb4OvaDjsM4Lf2i4nnhWaJo4iMU9pg5gHgFJ9CalMzatfMri6WFiC9DIh6x1YAhkY6ydhF-NVAFOeYxtTy26xK3J51fyvCG_c8BDrA/s640/013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I need to apologize for not posting anything for a couple of weeks! We've just finished our basement so I've had the daunting task shopping to fill the new space. Hard stuff, I know. It's <span style="color: #38761d;">SO</span> nice to have a finished basement. Five years of talking about it, six kids on top of each other, two bathrooms to share, and </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">it's. <span style="color: #bf9000;"><em>finally.</em> </span>done. <span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #666666;">Can I hear a </span><span style="color: #38761d;">hallelujah</span><span style="color: #666666;">? </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6a8jpHXqG-9B_6FZvqgBE9FYJcsej2nInYFMQV85FQMBzWoF1jz5_zkeM09enBlQf1NgWAnbDn3GJPpxJYokEdxJIYWCFMhDH85T19ujA2UGuoE7Y_QSV5NcgLLgOxZ_xO_PH-yBEBcTN/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6a8jpHXqG-9B_6FZvqgBE9FYJcsej2nInYFMQV85FQMBzWoF1jz5_zkeM09enBlQf1NgWAnbDn3GJPpxJYokEdxJIYWCFMhDH85T19ujA2UGuoE7Y_QSV5NcgLLgOxZ_xO_PH-yBEBcTN/s640/021.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcdq5loc0zuNYvb3jZLJxfRwzJV2BN1qyxziH3xz_D9VOixO3jFUZMUC8IBfdGavg3Od6BnfIarks7x2smjISa1dIJGFCcFUXQApvrusxPRFfVbNJh-mkhw8QiteFncH9Fn4Bq-8ruvDv/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcdq5loc0zuNYvb3jZLJxfRwzJV2BN1qyxziH3xz_D9VOixO3jFUZMUC8IBfdGavg3Od6BnfIarks7x2smjISa1dIJGFCcFUXQApvrusxPRFfVbNJh-mkhw8QiteFncH9Fn4Bq-8ruvDv/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-45649135350190379262011-09-25T17:16:00.000-06:002011-09-25T17:16:40.941-06:00{Coffee Filter Lampshade}<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2 hours, 200 filters, and 3 burns later I have this <span style="color: #38761d;">HUGE</span> <span style="color: #e06666;">frilly <span style="color: #bf9000;">fabulous</span> </span>lampshade. I asked my husband if he liked it, and his response was 'not really.' I think he thought I <em>bought</em> it and that point I didn't care to clear the air and tell him that I just spent <em>2 hours</em> on this thing!! The funny thing is is that he never would have noticed. Men.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o2If4hHJfDiMoSzxz0Ua86ZrU4G_nvFrnbo0h6gMoyJT9oBeMyxElDGSDwnuWoTiPdliw_6zGD-78C8B19Y4VJovw8vmK5Cd6vwgN56Yo_Nfnjt8ojOvWtKj7VscbHGEoUAaFGPmDxkf/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o2If4hHJfDiMoSzxz0Ua86ZrU4G_nvFrnbo0h6gMoyJT9oBeMyxElDGSDwnuWoTiPdliw_6zGD-78C8B19Y4VJovw8vmK5Cd6vwgN56Yo_Nfnjt8ojOvWtKj7VscbHGEoUAaFGPmDxkf/s640/004.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">What really matters is that <em>I</em> like it, and I do. It is kind of huge though.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgF057VnGQqV_LYVM4FwDu6npQz_8NLY26V8cY0RzvV4vCUyeSxWNF_vz38jPC-2HB5noXFzLsVHoFfAKMXa2Zi_FRCPsKZ-nQ1cRJXf6Lv096jnwZHm6JYYQj8W0A3fsrcrl_7AfI07lW/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgF057VnGQqV_LYVM4FwDu6npQz_8NLY26V8cY0RzvV4vCUyeSxWNF_vz38jPC-2HB5noXFzLsVHoFfAKMXa2Zi_FRCPsKZ-nQ1cRJXf6Lv096jnwZHm6JYYQj8W0A3fsrcrl_7AfI07lW/s640/016.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">As for gaining the motivation to do 'his lamp' I'm not there yet. That was a bugger! (He'd probably notice then. He'd be like, 'what's all this stuff all over my lamp?') I'm laughing just thinking about it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBEOObN9U-n-UlKcsIGx93o7UnB0OosZDm2qS7JGexDL6N8iSnW-OoskUeeAEzncRC_PIopypc80QdMdqQ621YKa7ORuXpWbb_rzhM3l0bbEBfhOh9G31xsd9Y6Wl5Zllm_s7z790McLB/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBEOObN9U-n-UlKcsIGx93o7UnB0OosZDm2qS7JGexDL6N8iSnW-OoskUeeAEzncRC_PIopypc80QdMdqQ621YKa7ORuXpWbb_rzhM3l0bbEBfhOh9G31xsd9Y6Wl5Zllm_s7z790McLB/s640/017.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I got the approval of my step daughter though. She thought it was 'cool' and for that I am happy.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3z8odei14nY6nZ9ISOu2ApFwN8zqq7LKVNYcOnKfjKsg8hrQtfWbL040gDtzq0xUcnKjz0nm_uJnNIBNcnrxXSaS7Bb9TVhQGym-A3TV8qI67SNs7qNnP5ubuGG3smHIADqapcgY9iXX/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3z8odei14nY6nZ9ISOu2ApFwN8zqq7LKVNYcOnKfjKsg8hrQtfWbL040gDtzq0xUcnKjz0nm_uJnNIBNcnrxXSaS7Bb9TVhQGym-A3TV8qI67SNs7qNnP5ubuGG3smHIADqapcgY9iXX/s640/015.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GdWg8asMhoSQoXxdO_EZ9cXrJdX69Zyx2vbNbqLZXLfSVt5HmhtgFpu11gqv5MzkJmw44L-EML8jZH63CnKHNHRCYTQIDv64RhxD6KDEW1RPFp9LuIsBO-SaASFd3GkGh6Eei6wLCXvx/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GdWg8asMhoSQoXxdO_EZ9cXrJdX69Zyx2vbNbqLZXLfSVt5HmhtgFpu11gqv5MzkJmw44L-EML8jZH63CnKHNHRCYTQIDv64RhxD6KDEW1RPFp9LuIsBO-SaASFd3GkGh6Eei6wLCXvx/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-48361097843280292092011-09-22T13:39:00.000-06:002011-09-22T13:39:32.242-06:00{Master Bedroom Wall}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have been <span style="color: #38761d;">wanting </span>to repaint my bedroom wall for quite a while. It's one of those things I look at and think, 'man I should really do that today,' but then something comes up or the thought of it makes me think 'ugh'. Well yesterday I decided to <em>just do it</em>.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceyDJHlbJuNUonwERfhaUlXy2a97PjDZzgPTwM-iLgKo0gcVIwCCuTCPVGS_IwXaEmsO2WUupgNRKM725FaWayZZxfKkucgI7_8mlfVSAnwtAmDCQbkmyzJdK6wfHSBRj0OXU7zSdjL3v/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceyDJHlbJuNUonwERfhaUlXy2a97PjDZzgPTwM-iLgKo0gcVIwCCuTCPVGS_IwXaEmsO2WUupgNRKM725FaWayZZxfKkucgI7_8mlfVSAnwtAmDCQbkmyzJdK6wfHSBRj0OXU7zSdjL3v/s640/007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #666666;">Now you see why I <span style="color: #38761d;"><em>needed</em> </span>to repaint it, it looked like crap! I plastered it with a venetian plaster about 4 years ago. It started to fade in weird places and to be quite honest, I'm tired of</span> <span style="color: #783f04;">brown</span>! <span style="color: #666666;">I took this picture after I got started, I promise my bedroom isn't normally that messy!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOHFfEeCHhL4BSrsbXO9IgjQ5poQVDVnnBr6JZ1bNRBBu3o52cPMVMkzKCHMxG95FVVGNFzYi2pIlpoeCdpE_t3B5NDKIazeR3Fkob6X7vhRzg4eFVHV8zXnLK17c4wC9ZCPPzClZygRP/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOHFfEeCHhL4BSrsbXO9IgjQ5poQVDVnnBr6JZ1bNRBBu3o52cPMVMkzKCHMxG95FVVGNFzYi2pIlpoeCdpE_t3B5NDKIazeR3Fkob6X7vhRzg4eFVHV8zXnLK17c4wC9ZCPPzClZygRP/s640/002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I <span style="color: #e06666;">love</span> the color. It's called <span style="color: #444444;">Granite Boulder</span> by Behr.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1imMpfZDzxRrLRhN2ugKKrWOJ5kslQYhM8qnLxqD5UjKRKcj8xuoVy4_LPLHByphx-LItDOQrUP-9JXgnYJOzJaLSJAshxZ-3QgA8W3pUHbHYpCUoztOV9TaITnz59OD2bZEiIsxtbKDZ/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1imMpfZDzxRrLRhN2ugKKrWOJ5kslQYhM8qnLxqD5UjKRKcj8xuoVy4_LPLHByphx-LItDOQrUP-9JXgnYJOzJaLSJAshxZ-3QgA8W3pUHbHYpCUoztOV9TaITnz59OD2bZEiIsxtbKDZ/s640/006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbmYnWFB9vzzXG-JJx8GWxSOb-pKyZbYZJlGHnsr8-HOX22aeljo3K3KhaiUyNJBQYyGEyoebJU4E5Dp0alD3VfGYZGPHErqx93adAJdyaF5eaOvcMq4GLd6Iyad6-Y21-lW8oIurKh3s/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbmYnWFB9vzzXG-JJx8GWxSOb-pKyZbYZJlGHnsr8-HOX22aeljo3K3KhaiUyNJBQYyGEyoebJU4E5Dp0alD3VfGYZGPHErqx93adAJdyaF5eaOvcMq4GLd6Iyad6-Y21-lW8oIurKh3s/s640/005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A much <span style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="color: #45818e;">needed</span> </span>makeover. I'm going to create coffee filter lamp shades next! I'm on a roll thanks to all you <span style="color: #38761d;">fabulous</span> bloggers out there who keep me <span style="color: #e06666;">inspired</span>....(to copy)...hehe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hV6fCclCGjPjeOh2-hyL23xfMfiPk01njFRPOHqlaKneU96IgEOnrJNtQGXUNYIW_WSNvIznFHhzZizKHi5LvUTO3yvIsBwnSqCdIJa9P3D1uTH3nfQTYXB30g2PdigIvDj0ZbaknJLr/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hV6fCclCGjPjeOh2-hyL23xfMfiPk01njFRPOHqlaKneU96IgEOnrJNtQGXUNYIW_WSNvIznFHhzZizKHi5LvUTO3yvIsBwnSqCdIJa9P3D1uTH3nfQTYXB30g2PdigIvDj0ZbaknJLr/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oAL3BKJY7ubepYewWZ5VnvoJPkQiATXz0dANgN_DsRliqwy8mIzkmjHqEt86vy6E1hDw9OndTFoeb-uCJmUd7zH4e0sXOltmOhOb6UEdBxudd5onAlXB8dxW3DDAK8w2UFVOYqgihsRi/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oAL3BKJY7ubepYewWZ5VnvoJPkQiATXz0dANgN_DsRliqwy8mIzkmjHqEt86vy6E1hDw9OndTFoeb-uCJmUd7zH4e0sXOltmOhOb6UEdBxudd5onAlXB8dxW3DDAK8w2UFVOYqgihsRi/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-10561966132475492132011-09-19T12:40:00.002-06:002011-09-19T12:44:29.745-06:00{Fallow Field Farm Marketplace}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I hope I don't bore you with my long photo roll, but I was invited to participate in a boutique (my first) this last Saturday, so I took a few pictures.....I hope you <span style="color: #38761d;">enjoy</span>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">These awesome canisters I purchased at a garage sale, straight from the <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">50's</span>, well not literally <em>straight</em> from the <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">50's</span>, a few decades later....hehe. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;"> I did absolutely <em>nothing</em> to them, they were <em><span style="color: #38761d;">perfect</span> </em>and let me tell you they were a hit. Everyone had to touch them and look inside and say how cool they were. They were so cool infact that no one even looked at the bookshelf they were sitting on, (I still have it and decided I'm going to keep it!) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqt9AChML6vWzI2OHrq0vY7rm7V-CN12Qgl17wEuSNxkDsBxgx9GhIXaKLs8TfY0-lai0xY3OZ_1xa7guA2sunub_MpqS4TWH6RTDQS2usR3SrlxJGB-FNEF96oY1phl-Sm-4qMclJ_6t/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqt9AChML6vWzI2OHrq0vY7rm7V-CN12Qgl17wEuSNxkDsBxgx9GhIXaKLs8TfY0-lai0xY3OZ_1xa7guA2sunub_MpqS4TWH6RTDQS2usR3SrlxJGB-FNEF96oY1phl-Sm-4qMclJ_6t/s640/027.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So there's the whole set up. Thank you to my sister in law and brother for helping me! You guys are <span style="color: #e06666;">awesome</span>!!</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeqsV-dG5noxDLpOPpxPIODdSI6OV76fBsJYhNF_ppEmlUJdWFEBdCU1gSlYJHplIM3zHTpfD0z444RLE9Gg07jbqh1C7nf9HxGxQWI-SPAHrb3DPGKpnPY3qF_UvlncCpatWCj9Y974o/s1600/070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeqsV-dG5noxDLpOPpxPIODdSI6OV76fBsJYhNF_ppEmlUJdWFEBdCU1gSlYJHplIM3zHTpfD0z444RLE9Gg07jbqh1C7nf9HxGxQWI-SPAHrb3DPGKpnPY3qF_UvlncCpatWCj9Y974o/s640/070.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My two helpers who were going to 'stick it out' all day....but got bored after about an hour.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hRsWzvI8ggpOVA1LX6py56Px7anmDcql-XjeERKub5oKt9-Ls9_RZw0XbjDPX0VrJTJphxZcBYkNNF3uCzWNsQkzKYRBIzTYeriaBc5DKWsgSj7LoVowlo2YTGj-27xBnOkQnRZgwXuy/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hRsWzvI8ggpOVA1LX6py56Px7anmDcql-XjeERKub5oKt9-Ls9_RZw0XbjDPX0VrJTJphxZcBYkNNF3uCzWNsQkzKYRBIzTYeriaBc5DKWsgSj7LoVowlo2YTGj-27xBnOkQnRZgwXuy/s640/019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlEr962fWwk_SQmtf9d9fWZrgLjX8b3R-g8-2ipPtKHBXCR34w8CCdrsaLfEBYhyphenhyphenVJc6uESo9CImL1I3TWM9Jgk9N6xPXwD165vZx-F8LBu7ll7vwgyBq3BC3lcOaui5gbL0aQasflpCx/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlEr962fWwk_SQmtf9d9fWZrgLjX8b3R-g8-2ipPtKHBXCR34w8CCdrsaLfEBYhyphenhyphenVJc6uESo9CImL1I3TWM9Jgk9N6xPXwD165vZx-F8LBu7ll7vwgyBq3BC3lcOaui5gbL0aQasflpCx/s640/032.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Love</span>, <span style="color: #ea9999;">love</span>, <span style="color: #ea9999;">love</span> this bugel/trumpet, I don't know what it's called I just know it's old and I <span style="color: #ea9999;">love</span> old. It says 'US Regulations, Made in U.S.A.' I'm pretty sure it's an old army blowhorn. <span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: #666666;">So</span> cool</span>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwujsZVGBuB3B5k5eHTyRlGJyDYu13HfwNlueoHw_8rfsxCj8b0uoK13Qly2nxHm_UjzIR0x6_XHWMGiroZnfbxVFYa6GQZph0RT2OBlbhPNrZ9e3Hjq5GF6Xk-2CozhFiFBPsizW-p-cb/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwujsZVGBuB3B5k5eHTyRlGJyDYu13HfwNlueoHw_8rfsxCj8b0uoK13Qly2nxHm_UjzIR0x6_XHWMGiroZnfbxVFYa6GQZph0RT2OBlbhPNrZ9e3Hjq5GF6Xk-2CozhFiFBPsizW-p-cb/s640/011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDNpccfVPlu-oiwBzsHBiuRuLN_tJJwIGuzkqAOJhBtTaisM7ejQAgU5g4WtwQ3v3rWiEichkyOqJannPSKhCChZqHmOnWpAnJohR-1O-OuGW7oKxgb5hp0kFy5wjv6F3Qhb-QXaRgq6l/s1600/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDNpccfVPlu-oiwBzsHBiuRuLN_tJJwIGuzkqAOJhBtTaisM7ejQAgU5g4WtwQ3v3rWiEichkyOqJannPSKhCChZqHmOnWpAnJohR-1O-OuGW7oKxgb5hp0kFy5wjv6F3Qhb-QXaRgq6l/s640/058.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A sweet mustard yellow chair to <span style="color: #f1c232;">brighten</span> your day.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3307kCuMmDsHqT-ptXcRECDEzE2OdIIQRSM0umYiTDDuIaabGKxxXNzpgHkaBO9Amuugj2ZB37MP0-qX_yHJaaUQ2jcvyy3owbFk_gs4pDLEkV9FIE5YLW-eGZjsxnjDzEmBc1MZyyQK/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3307kCuMmDsHqT-ptXcRECDEzE2OdIIQRSM0umYiTDDuIaabGKxxXNzpgHkaBO9Amuugj2ZB37MP0-qX_yHJaaUQ2jcvyy3owbFk_gs4pDLEkV9FIE5YLW-eGZjsxnjDzEmBc1MZyyQK/s640/061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My <span style="color: #45818e;">fabulously</span> <span style="color: #38761d;">talented </span>friend <a href="http://caseyamyfamily.blogspot.com/">Amy</a> whipped up these signs and let me fill my space with them. She's so <span style="color: #ea9999;">sweet</span>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtub6WEJIQXjiOqHcK0GRO1XNxj1MdtD1ZCyTbVJt177GPJek34B8YUePo9lr1FCP4BPyTHC4QIHkhN3pcMqoLGQ9KE2fNgBQut4CWzB5rOOSKLYRycEx9n62WkMcm8bSe0Ny96OvqQA6c/s1600/071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtub6WEJIQXjiOqHcK0GRO1XNxj1MdtD1ZCyTbVJt177GPJek34B8YUePo9lr1FCP4BPyTHC4QIHkhN3pcMqoLGQ9KE2fNgBQut4CWzB5rOOSKLYRycEx9n62WkMcm8bSe0Ny96OvqQA6c/s640/071.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She also made me this banner, I told you she was <span style="color: #38761d;">talented</span>. <span style="color: #e06666;">Love</span> <span style="color: #e06666;">her</span>.</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's so adorable, this picture doesn't do it justice.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkv2giXB4B6sHk3a3L7zN7bRKnn8EtslUN0F84Sdjw-b2U4h56KA9AGO-2vKtCn-ZQUHPXn89lM3bLe0J6Ta4TAsuvv3v2it16zr8W-Bo2BqJYNYS5pS6Friz_9BkGhXb_0hT_o3Jpz6NT/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkv2giXB4B6sHk3a3L7zN7bRKnn8EtslUN0F84Sdjw-b2U4h56KA9AGO-2vKtCn-ZQUHPXn89lM3bLe0J6Ta4TAsuvv3v2it16zr8W-Bo2BqJYNYS5pS6Friz_9BkGhXb_0hT_o3Jpz6NT/s640/034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Well it's official, I have my <span style="color: #3d85c6;">own</span> business cards now...I feel all growned up, ;)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGM5SIBJAROM45WueJexd3SE-UTcbAVW6vUCV-kkD-eKuNJodb1xKDJHSQDnJZLMb61slvagui1YWhYHD-_asb0rSJV00nssAwyHak785iou_q15agv0tND6GQzDhFa8EHUCjyNr0tO4NU/s1600/046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGM5SIBJAROM45WueJexd3SE-UTcbAVW6vUCV-kkD-eKuNJodb1xKDJHSQDnJZLMb61slvagui1YWhYHD-_asb0rSJV00nssAwyHak785iou_q15agv0tND6GQzDhFa8EHUCjyNr0tO4NU/s640/046.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJ_UaQYJSeMI_iJ4QeEwZcxh7zeuWWNy4YpjX9QtK9_fqb75FFEkLaMs9QVl5mVYhl8n9AX0m7TD-Hhhhyphenhyphen-7J9zTAJEHMXsGMpMhOXG3H0QWdPfkgrWS-53VNT06ucwd2nSOSuLhZAMT1/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJ_UaQYJSeMI_iJ4QeEwZcxh7zeuWWNy4YpjX9QtK9_fqb75FFEkLaMs9QVl5mVYhl8n9AX0m7TD-Hhhhyphenhyphen-7J9zTAJEHMXsGMpMhOXG3H0QWdPfkgrWS-53VNT06ucwd2nSOSuLhZAMT1/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-21215745084116613872011-09-08T17:48:00.001-06:002011-09-08T17:52:45.349-06:00{Pink Vanity}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I found this piece at a garage sale this summer, one of the coolest garage sales I've been too. The guy used to own an antique shop that went out of business. I scored some awesome things, most of it I will be selling at Fallow Field Farms Marketplace Sept 17th! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This piece is one of them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrR7bD4vMypxdMnAuADwlc8bjhxdtWymxh8KUFLfFZqsRh7q70g2_PN3nlVs5ovW47ZVRLfQ6uZUpdqYJmcAHg_tjmDxLqKYMqwMyi1hnDVMROeiLBLdZrxtAukhKQWieA57LvPryDdrLk/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrR7bD4vMypxdMnAuADwlc8bjhxdtWymxh8KUFLfFZqsRh7q70g2_PN3nlVs5ovW47ZVRLfQ6uZUpdqYJmcAHg_tjmDxLqKYMqwMyi1hnDVMROeiLBLdZrxtAukhKQWieA57LvPryDdrLk/s640/014.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It started like this. A little dirty and a little sad if you ask me. It wasn't meant to be <em>black</em>! Didn't it know it was meant to be a little girl's primping table? The nerve.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOou0TACsyv9r8g3yaTtXDH83cRI9W3fnUkSC1c3QjLvMhvV-TwU5B4UVae0wfH2_ZfOC5f61L_KNem807FRw5CG45IvMp9NtS_UmT_aGE1egzlMRDWIVwQRhaYHe1ARDymTagK4t1H5us/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOou0TACsyv9r8g3yaTtXDH83cRI9W3fnUkSC1c3QjLvMhvV-TwU5B4UVae0wfH2_ZfOC5f61L_KNem807FRw5CG45IvMp9NtS_UmT_aGE1egzlMRDWIVwQRhaYHe1ARDymTagK4t1H5us/s640/001.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><br />
<br />
<div align="center"> </div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After painting it a very soft pink I distressed it to let the black show through. I kept the original hardware and spray painted them oil rubbed bronze, love that stuff now that I <em>finally</em> found it!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEdVknP_JAYxKOabsiVHbV1luxP7d71O8yuXcfW8wT1O9vS1eBRWLpbpMpOkuCm5Vysg85KputmFsylfUz-gn2UN9JdyNF3J2GF-G9Je-XSm9BV9360Ho5YGUsD3r67qKxadR6cF2T4Zt/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEdVknP_JAYxKOabsiVHbV1luxP7d71O8yuXcfW8wT1O9vS1eBRWLpbpMpOkuCm5Vysg85KputmFsylfUz-gn2UN9JdyNF3J2GF-G9Je-XSm9BV9360Ho5YGUsD3r67qKxadR6cF2T4Zt/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFnacNfZs6tvWiSYVNZXM6iqYD23jj4RfyR1WLKVWwn9WrVZngZg-jDqVgq6e2EopfIC_lihJiljnRoxzniz2vxMw_rILtOCztWjUMwlVSFUPQY_zfI9POQbQhk6Pq4mbj5RBmpPKSgfD/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFnacNfZs6tvWiSYVNZXM6iqYD23jj4RfyR1WLKVWwn9WrVZngZg-jDqVgq6e2EopfIC_lihJiljnRoxzniz2vxMw_rILtOCztWjUMwlVSFUPQY_zfI9POQbQhk6Pq4mbj5RBmpPKSgfD/s640/031.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I originally thought I would put on an <em>amazing awesome</em> antique mirror that I got at the same garage sale, but I couldn't make it work, bummer!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cPlD2cmyvDdn_EmQ8XzpiJF4uZlSLjPtmpQIAmy4QAj0qyP6mUsFbxCIidGlFkmrmR7HW-rYREAIITV_ydwhq8IfZbimoSe9FJTuDTNDNlAQyzVIP9rzR4ZnOtcHDFdrXPK4CmLv0eQ_/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cPlD2cmyvDdn_EmQ8XzpiJF4uZlSLjPtmpQIAmy4QAj0qyP6mUsFbxCIidGlFkmrmR7HW-rYREAIITV_ydwhq8IfZbimoSe9FJTuDTNDNlAQyzVIP9rzR4ZnOtcHDFdrXPK4CmLv0eQ_/s640/021.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Oh well, it still looks cute without it.....right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEOoqLUX3JTshm94Zfrv7S0AYu-pFDE9TTc18Lk12ysvHM-Rri-G_qei8ZgDXpJ7GKjN4rzs1KGH75CU00N9uXnhCZycAEZPhILIO09-Fh0EsTmK9l6P7VJfLkxc2R_6SIfqTtEup23lc/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEOoqLUX3JTshm94Zfrv7S0AYu-pFDE9TTc18Lk12ysvHM-Rri-G_qei8ZgDXpJ7GKjN4rzs1KGH75CU00N9uXnhCZycAEZPhILIO09-Fh0EsTmK9l6P7VJfLkxc2R_6SIfqTtEup23lc/s640/019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">For all you locals out there, I'd love to meet my blogging 'friends' in person!! Come on over to Fallow Field Farms Sept 17th!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUi1by1i-ywvCagihPqFG1MGfsxA4cEOrDltV2sfd8eAYSX3ArvAk9xHKn5TVV3MnjAJbgLYv2MjlPU4sKWPe7cNRBHXaym-xCWMfRrk7IbcrcUdG94CuPN1ihzZvt2cjL6FfsZBhvQRW/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUi1by1i-ywvCagihPqFG1MGfsxA4cEOrDltV2sfd8eAYSX3ArvAk9xHKn5TVV3MnjAJbgLYv2MjlPU4sKWPe7cNRBHXaym-xCWMfRrk7IbcrcUdG94CuPN1ihzZvt2cjL6FfsZBhvQRW/s640/012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9SX7FgTCHY-zapXb13Iy3qVgrZu11ux-mILCoWwIrM529oZl-MnWqrPqp0G8qT-uvDzXmjbabTE9d1vIJbnFurfdpDWAxgrdu5aJQ0i7C2vmloREM1_bRewgXp4y88FHBv5Pdg76PGzr/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9SX7FgTCHY-zapXb13Iy3qVgrZu11ux-mILCoWwIrM529oZl-MnWqrPqp0G8qT-uvDzXmjbabTE9d1vIJbnFurfdpDWAxgrdu5aJQ0i7C2vmloREM1_bRewgXp4y88FHBv5Pdg76PGzr/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-28274306068648873862011-09-07T13:56:00.001-06:002011-09-07T14:05:26.021-06:00{Unlock My Window}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This fun little window I got at a garage sale about a month ago. It had the words </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"Flowers For Sale, $1 A Doz" written in white paint. I kinda liked it and wondered if I should just keep it as is, but then my imagination got to the best of me and I decided to try something different</span>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejJY0xNGpX_5DuQa_ePAS_PAPYsMMWu6sVdsozSq1ILP9ctbH4OWBjiZ_-cflHcPv2VfmiqhLATkuLogmprGtVXP8RmhHfJ73aab_5r2bmQjr4Nc9r99M09UsdUkfW6cNHplWVf3an4f9/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejJY0xNGpX_5DuQa_ePAS_PAPYsMMWu6sVdsozSq1ILP9ctbH4OWBjiZ_-cflHcPv2VfmiqhLATkuLogmprGtVXP8RmhHfJ73aab_5r2bmQjr4Nc9r99M09UsdUkfW6cNHplWVf3an4f9/s640/001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I sanded down some of the loose paint that was chipping off the sides and gave it a quick new coat of white. I wanted to keep the heavily distressed look that it naturally had so I hardly did a thing to it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5uLnKHNSO2Yo8N3_mGDE-E_-qdmMyD-d7JEjaw7-EbkBxBGPZeFQgcTcnkS3p1Dz5fmwTa4oVNo0dc066dqgpdnf-djYesS-DdvKYl6iD9PlR92knllLpO1GvBXjPzRq9dTfayHzX62s/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5uLnKHNSO2Yo8N3_mGDE-E_-qdmMyD-d7JEjaw7-EbkBxBGPZeFQgcTcnkS3p1Dz5fmwTa4oVNo0dc066dqgpdnf-djYesS-DdvKYl6iD9PlR92knllLpO1GvBXjPzRq9dTfayHzX62s/s640/037.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I needed to cover up the words on the screen so I painted it a very light coat of the same white. I didn't want it to be solid white, so this is what I ended up with. Kind of a grayish look.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAV617hmXe2ksPhxVjZpa5h8ONASp4MAyR0km3rruLQ30sY0XocKwDzxxji5kSePWJYZCY9NpsL_Xqc9-ePwoFNrbjUlwe-Bga6NK3iskLF_TBpxHL1MaeDDGj_on1ThhcqRfMY7DX280/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAV617hmXe2ksPhxVjZpa5h8ONASp4MAyR0km3rruLQ30sY0XocKwDzxxji5kSePWJYZCY9NpsL_Xqc9-ePwoFNrbjUlwe-Bga6NK3iskLF_TBpxHL1MaeDDGj_on1ThhcqRfMY7DX280/s640/034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">As for the key, I looked up </span><a href="http://www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Graphics Fairy</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #666666;"> to see what cool (<em>simple</em>) designs she had.... (<em>I'm no artist).</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #666666;"><em> </em>I decided this key would probably be easy enough for me to handle. So I enlarged it as much as I could be before I printed it on two papers. I put the papers behind the screen and used a permanent marker to follow the lines and color it in. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QDq1A3vD-5iZORv5pYccI685Km6idZXcjkkFkkaezGl-esVAhnZtvHWt7DlmXYOtZu3mBOp_2CF1M46E83qaT5qDFAc_jxEOp8vuR3ecGc7OVa8_WPZUHOGheQNpfLY2qJM-GzcBRnpQ/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QDq1A3vD-5iZORv5pYccI685Km6idZXcjkkFkkaezGl-esVAhnZtvHWt7DlmXYOtZu3mBOp_2CF1M46E83qaT5qDFAc_jxEOp8vuR3ecGc7OVa8_WPZUHOGheQNpfLY2qJM-GzcBRnpQ/s640/020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's not perfect, but that's what makes it 'handmade.' I'll be selling this as well as other 'handmade' treasures at Fallow Field Farms on September 17th. I hope to see all you locals there!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXskCr1tTrnAWzZmoX4jjK4NBLwZEf8AeYtTbMCILa_G7EjISZpYF5E7QZd8DCc_bHwx7rHTrcIXHYl_mxHAWcrWtz9UgYkX0Ak1R9R3gDUr-ggvwSZYWGZhVEjaQ6Sb72Qxz8Af552cM5/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXskCr1tTrnAWzZmoX4jjK4NBLwZEf8AeYtTbMCILa_G7EjISZpYF5E7QZd8DCc_bHwx7rHTrcIXHYl_mxHAWcrWtz9UgYkX0Ak1R9R3gDUr-ggvwSZYWGZhVEjaQ6Sb72Qxz8Af552cM5/s640/017.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<center><a _blank?="" href="http://fallowfieldfarm.blogspot.com%20target=/"><img alt="Fallow Field Farm" src="http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x9/madysunshine/fallowfieldfarmbutton2011.jpg" /></a></center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMtvQYSRYP7icicuxYkVFs9UHca11iWmx1ypleSDvTd0epYUqb-pMYy5DakxTXhUF5K1l4LZ1rZZSCYsfbqeIewXKPdXOH_vYD5CJpoRaA4GlU2SPpelL-ZoUNmon0i2ZjkcQSUe2gDvO/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMtvQYSRYP7icicuxYkVFs9UHca11iWmx1ypleSDvTd0epYUqb-pMYy5DakxTXhUF5K1l4LZ1rZZSCYsfbqeIewXKPdXOH_vYD5CJpoRaA4GlU2SPpelL-ZoUNmon0i2ZjkcQSUe2gDvO/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<center> </center>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-36708414065630837312011-09-02T19:43:00.002-06:002011-09-02T20:41:45.878-06:00{Grey Little Cupboard}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A sneek peak to ignite your imaginations.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9uR9ZroaOCPTxhxZyLekBeA3IH2rjaIsMdpkyDLALun4yjpsW53KREmZqh0J97LMacQaTAYb5tciJ_pVGDD4Zp8VPtQm6CQwIsk3LWk7bMYBJZJP7tQ6bpsieiTtZHFTMCDjQRkHf-Vf/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9uR9ZroaOCPTxhxZyLekBeA3IH2rjaIsMdpkyDLALun4yjpsW53KREmZqh0J97LMacQaTAYb5tciJ_pVGDD4Zp8VPtQm6CQwIsk3LWk7bMYBJZJP7tQ6bpsieiTtZHFTMCDjQRkHf-Vf/s640/021.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">What a beauty this was! Just look at it's brassy hardware and orange tiger-striped wood. Oh, and don't forget it's <strike>beautiful</strike> floral liner in the background. Okay I'm not <em>that</em> mean, it just needed some <span style="color: #e06666;">love.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUE00q5xFcnNv39l_9twpZkn5EmClxgELVGeE7xFF9pHRnmqxk11ribY4nDJC1cMKchdtOHvlDWpElmkwdpJZ_sR0P_o_1N13IRIdswMiepP29wjdxCgDDHR0iO6ri6MQ-U-g8PC4sIMDo/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUE00q5xFcnNv39l_9twpZkn5EmClxgELVGeE7xFF9pHRnmqxk11ribY4nDJC1cMKchdtOHvlDWpElmkwdpJZ_sR0P_o_1N13IRIdswMiepP29wjdxCgDDHR0iO6ri6MQ-U-g8PC4sIMDo/s640/003.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #666666;">And here he is after that little bit of </span><span style="color: #e06666;">love</span><span style="color: #e06666;">. </span><span style="color: #666666;"> And yes, it is a he. I painted him a soft grey that I had leftover from a wall in my home and a toned down mustard yellow for the 'chevron stripes.' Now I quotationed 'chevron stripes' because that's what they're <em>suppose</em> to be. It was my first attempt, (I'm embarassed to admit) at trying the infamous chevron stripe.</span></span><br />
<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgB6NJU6Sbdfw0yv4bxJxeHZIakWBuYS30VdZz2j2xN-NYl-27QTE4Hqadj5QsD6KASpeK5Z-EJ3bgQROLKW4_71te8cPCxvzS_CG-0AZ5D28yPsArtGufBEsx0eJRdlZ8Z919q9UFWhK/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgB6NJU6Sbdfw0yv4bxJxeHZIakWBuYS30VdZz2j2xN-NYl-27QTE4Hqadj5QsD6KASpeK5Z-EJ3bgQROLKW4_71te8cPCxvzS_CG-0AZ5D28yPsArtGufBEsx0eJRdlZ8Z919q9UFWhK/s640/007.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I know I could have done tighter zigzags but I kinda liked the looser look. I didn't use any sort of pattern, maybe that was my first mistake. I just used my trusty frog tape and lined it how I wanted</span> <em>free hand.</em></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K6ofPMApgAQLvvNXE8s6c1dcTpFmJTrvT-nfBx-eNe_Bnqvpe2Jqhsf2rRilUcvr3E5MK387-ZCtUtahS4JH0VPkY8lG421X_p2ysk6jpK34nmeABXiwtZvmzkwc5JqHho5xyfLknHbO/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K6ofPMApgAQLvvNXE8s6c1dcTpFmJTrvT-nfBx-eNe_Bnqvpe2Jqhsf2rRilUcvr3E5MK387-ZCtUtahS4JH0VPkY8lG421X_p2ysk6jpK34nmeABXiwtZvmzkwc5JqHho5xyfLknHbO/s640/011.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I do have to say I like my non-perfect stripes, they're one of a kind and have a beachy vibe to them. </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPgcv27oymU1usH0UtT98lgn0AKVEuPvOCG7uVu_JRvs_5-p_gyakT3_XEafD5QtiS59ndTeYYQPvKGoH86JXPCPUtA5Liohv_ShBZR8VoI-WrtJIUJH4VpVBTHz0yRtM6CQGd6ZhlgNA/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPgcv27oymU1usH0UtT98lgn0AKVEuPvOCG7uVu_JRvs_5-p_gyakT3_XEafD5QtiS59ndTeYYQPvKGoH86JXPCPUtA5Liohv_ShBZR8VoI-WrtJIUJH4VpVBTHz0yRtM6CQGd6ZhlgNA/s640/012.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After some heavy distressing I sealed it with a clear wax. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBFCx0IpJ0rSOVNlsBth4nE93BE06L3V-CJCDuxUdf-q6X8J2LWSqW5T8azAiZrGvLodmlfttBd5ZcGk2vZyswkJGxmsAGj3sCMOC1mCMN8wQmmlpdEDOYuFjaImCfROzIiemUfPHdeCw/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBFCx0IpJ0rSOVNlsBth4nE93BE06L3V-CJCDuxUdf-q6X8J2LWSqW5T8azAiZrGvLodmlfttBd5ZcGk2vZyswkJGxmsAGj3sCMOC1mCMN8wQmmlpdEDOYuFjaImCfROzIiemUfPHdeCw/s640/027.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Another embarassing fact to admit.....I <em>finally</em> found Oil Rubbed Bronze spray at Wal-Mart. I swear everytime I go there I can <em>never</em> find it! Well today Wally World did not conquer me, I conquered it!! As you can assume I used that darn spray and let me tell you, it was <em>satisfying.</em></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9uR9ZroaOCPTxhxZyLekBeA3IH2rjaIsMdpkyDLALun4yjpsW53KREmZqh0J97LMacQaTAYb5tciJ_pVGDD4Zp8VPtQm6CQwIsk3LWk7bMYBJZJP7tQ6bpsieiTtZHFTMCDjQRkHf-Vf/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9uR9ZroaOCPTxhxZyLekBeA3IH2rjaIsMdpkyDLALun4yjpsW53KREmZqh0J97LMacQaTAYb5tciJ_pVGDD4Zp8VPtQm6CQwIsk3LWk7bMYBJZJP7tQ6bpsieiTtZHFTMCDjQRkHf-Vf/s640/021.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So there you have it, a few confessions and </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">one little cupboard.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGc3g6nALafG0J4VGW8FlTVkF3xNhQ-kquh1s_GsC9Xp1bmT23q0ukB-Kv0cMM9dH-lImVI_jnxkybF7uNDjovGdqDU8Q_TbrgK4ySFnnulaacb2uhUiAVNGBVUpwJa44OzWadOEQtK1r/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGc3g6nALafG0J4VGW8FlTVkF3xNhQ-kquh1s_GsC9Xp1bmT23q0ukB-Kv0cMM9dH-lImVI_jnxkybF7uNDjovGdqDU8Q_TbrgK4ySFnnulaacb2uhUiAVNGBVUpwJa44OzWadOEQtK1r/s640/033.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsqdzvm7n6deUiMvHk-vtBZNOr7hF57qhOHByzJkPe5pdCBJY_aHv4MWo3K8wfyyx5xuKSM9k3Y6lL6X8XStLrNCulc4uQXOuH9FY0Xa_rYKm1fB3sldSxqZ03-h9b2E0TYHZmMDI-IRS/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsqdzvm7n6deUiMvHk-vtBZNOr7hF57qhOHByzJkPe5pdCBJY_aHv4MWo3K8wfyyx5xuKSM9k3Y6lL6X8XStLrNCulc4uQXOuH9FY0Xa_rYKm1fB3sldSxqZ03-h9b2E0TYHZmMDI-IRS/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-50029743034047348982011-08-23T16:55:00.000-06:002011-08-23T16:55:10.135-06:00{while I'm on my mustard yellow kick}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I bought this poster print at my thrift store. Most of the time all I find is awesome 80's art, but sometimes I actually find something I kinda like. It's titled 'Her Creative World' by Corinne Harley.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFYokUvj-LuyliKMAHI3O0aoE7gMudPpu9YOviJO0aXE1y2-MkoY9XFJdn-Qk-ca4TD1zh35zjau-0j_pThy-Vs4fCEHQvKmjp9TJ8H58i3ITHI5X9vAdXmFXH6cZiubSnJQ9JOyQgbTO/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFYokUvj-LuyliKMAHI3O0aoE7gMudPpu9YOviJO0aXE1y2-MkoY9XFJdn-Qk-ca4TD1zh35zjau-0j_pThy-Vs4fCEHQvKmjp9TJ8H58i3ITHI5X9vAdXmFXH6cZiubSnJQ9JOyQgbTO/s640/026.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">As luck would have it, there was an empty frame about a foot away from the painting that was the exact size I needed. Sometimes the stars in the heaven <em>do</em> line up. And while I'm on my mustard yellow kick, I decided it would be the perfect color to bring out the golden hues in the watercolor. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPLglyqlyIJ94ydKpDepywfT7RMX527cy-at_qoKgSx79JM-l-yj1pzTVN5sD_BHWHuupdSAlDg61CFQ37-lYVETO1g3oU8iyl3fiBWqU-NpagJ-AwaHgebi1en7qyNHzztQN0qGpYv3d/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPLglyqlyIJ94ydKpDepywfT7RMX527cy-at_qoKgSx79JM-l-yj1pzTVN5sD_BHWHuupdSAlDg61CFQ37-lYVETO1g3oU8iyl3fiBWqU-NpagJ-AwaHgebi1en7qyNHzztQN0qGpYv3d/s640/014.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This will go in my daughter's room eventually, I just need to repaint the walls first. I'm stumped on what color to paint it, but that's a whole other story!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJsx9d9o0LlOquRzbmowTdp19lUFHgSOLbMr65pA4L5RnDyc-XvVBa_is1kw5a8h4IwqAd08v6WtAqXOKMt7a110ewj4B7lH0KR5bNPE3Uvp4jnP2EWDuumf_8rcf9MNnb4nwSnpRM_THT/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJsx9d9o0LlOquRzbmowTdp19lUFHgSOLbMr65pA4L5RnDyc-XvVBa_is1kw5a8h4IwqAd08v6WtAqXOKMt7a110ewj4B7lH0KR5bNPE3Uvp4jnP2EWDuumf_8rcf9MNnb4nwSnpRM_THT/s640/010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Isn't she precious?</span></div><br />
<div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRXN_Kq8Vb2B5Fvbp3y0sos7GW5-FLc2MRtK1fVPZB_h494q0ZKxQwh_CLU1LvlmJgopqQU3GvOyFsVLfYxSVu9N_4D7wuu41ThIMqUes5vzUyKWzhXGC3XXpq3qdwXwxBVOdK_tmjGQM/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRXN_Kq8Vb2B5Fvbp3y0sos7GW5-FLc2MRtK1fVPZB_h494q0ZKxQwh_CLU1LvlmJgopqQU3GvOyFsVLfYxSVu9N_4D7wuu41ThIMqUes5vzUyKWzhXGC3XXpq3qdwXwxBVOdK_tmjGQM/s640/003.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjtgip_89Pi7ZByiF-sxCXv3rP8TKNVz8lIWRiXg_nQ1uVgx29cNBqqnj5qJmDRpZZbwSPE45x8J_rQbiK7NQElmNZrAibxvj3egHE1cO-qdLR_kPFnYrQ3H74HpA-o72deAvBK647iNd/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjtgip_89Pi7ZByiF-sxCXv3rP8TKNVz8lIWRiXg_nQ1uVgx29cNBqqnj5qJmDRpZZbwSPE45x8J_rQbiK7NQElmNZrAibxvj3egHE1cO-qdLR_kPFnYrQ3H74HpA-o72deAvBK647iNd/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-60128672164111937332011-08-17T20:13:00.001-06:002011-08-17T20:16:23.580-06:00{A little Mustard Yellow to Brighten Your Day}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This sweet <strike>little</strike> thing was so fun to work on! I</span> <span style="color: #e06666;">love </span><span style="color: #666666;">working on antiques, can I say that enough?! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvzMthnp5nDp9dZHLXHlLgl2jEsyLOztal8r2XCq4-EYlR4rb0RrUuKoH_ZoGbENjuzRmahtzVw-tdLpqfyJxLiQ6R6zvTKrgnVUYC5F60uhBFEJsUEroC8KNaD2mvXK_8ch2r0nAOgaW/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvzMthnp5nDp9dZHLXHlLgl2jEsyLOztal8r2XCq4-EYlR4rb0RrUuKoH_ZoGbENjuzRmahtzVw-tdLpqfyJxLiQ6R6zvTKrgnVUYC5F60uhBFEJsUEroC8KNaD2mvXK_8ch2r0nAOgaW/s640/022.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">It started like this, what is <em>up </em>with those knobs? The guy I bought it from had some fancy name for them, like they were something special, who knows maybe they are. All I know is they were <em>butt ugly!</em></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9epK4Jg2gnAl5O2KfSxfL6uIzdVtSqnz2KTTMO2UjenIMYVjVAezPyR0Uv2884elEGhHJLNtJ_GnDnE7b2lEZ3ZdZNQ7VWHAbL51kpiPucFIvBbiL3CfXfHNQN_c8AqKw_R-FaRb00QzY/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9epK4Jg2gnAl5O2KfSxfL6uIzdVtSqnz2KTTMO2UjenIMYVjVAezPyR0Uv2884elEGhHJLNtJ_GnDnE7b2lEZ3ZdZNQ7VWHAbL51kpiPucFIvBbiL3CfXfHNQN_c8AqKw_R-FaRb00QzY/s640/001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666;">It was hard (once again) to get an accurate colored picture. Why is that? I swear I look at all your fabulous blogs from all you talented women, how do you photograph everything so well?! <em>I'm serious</em>. Well anyhoo, it's a mustard yellow in case you can't tell. </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYnl7DHRCf1qZMzuAfoVjyql0nLRT9LEjftXrhgcF8tkH8GiBU_sXsgWywRbgMu8kVderkKG93-xfG_ceE3i5ZlQCQdxubREvFTMKdxJLX3ypZd14rRzFmeal7XkobWt6MkYHKB9R6Hwe/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYnl7DHRCf1qZMzuAfoVjyql0nLRT9LEjftXrhgcF8tkH8GiBU_sXsgWywRbgMu8kVderkKG93-xfG_ceE3i5ZlQCQdxubREvFTMKdxJLX3ypZd14rRzFmeal7XkobWt6MkYHKB9R6Hwe/s640/044.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The knobs went into the garbage, hopefully I didn't just give anyone a heart attack. In place I added my special glass knobs. Maybe they were worth a lot, but I wasn't about to leave them on and find out...I think I'm the most impatient person I know. I painted this Golden Bounty. I'm pretty sure that's the name of it, I'm too lazy to get up and look in my garage. </span></div><span style="color: #666666;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">After I painted and distressed it, I added some glaze. I felt like it needed something extra and to tone down the yellow a bit.</span></div></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKZmJBwgufRbTrl-67JYZXUnKbZgOvFuaPu3Mcn89rI3ZdoW7xRkdVunZQ7WBZqcBicmamMbTYVq1M2u_P6uuwDEnvSmxS74k8uJlFy00m-prq3HGH4rbUzg84sOd-C767qjjHmSZgY8l/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKZmJBwgufRbTrl-67JYZXUnKbZgOvFuaPu3Mcn89rI3ZdoW7xRkdVunZQ7WBZqcBicmamMbTYVq1M2u_P6uuwDEnvSmxS74k8uJlFy00m-prq3HGH4rbUzg84sOd-C767qjjHmSZgY8l/s640/012.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">And if it wasn't cute enough (haha), I added some fabric lining. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTfIqCAtkaBZLkN5NzAHN_sr7ifaN3sxL6U13Yz7UacuDcWLbqusYbyVaaZlbAmt_mMsDfyfup74shwMSmbHOBbyW7GgqfF4CADHbINpOuu-I13tl_z3_ZBS7Qris1lG_cy4-O5m2hmhi/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTfIqCAtkaBZLkN5NzAHN_sr7ifaN3sxL6U13Yz7UacuDcWLbqusYbyVaaZlbAmt_mMsDfyfup74shwMSmbHOBbyW7GgqfF4CADHbINpOuu-I13tl_z3_ZBS7Qris1lG_cy4-O5m2hmhi/s640/037.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Look at this little keyhole. How fun is that?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqgDdhnQGwduY23Zue-ErSuR_q5OzTgmLVmfx9zoP-pUX1zTHBS8dHqYNUCtbDxEcpsFVooREZJSbgQl6NN4aeGu788sM29RxBBHMYLiRCDIUBKFM7g4vS1ekqQQG4FGDnaSsdWm1IbgL/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqgDdhnQGwduY23Zue-ErSuR_q5OzTgmLVmfx9zoP-pUX1zTHBS8dHqYNUCtbDxEcpsFVooREZJSbgQl6NN4aeGu788sM29RxBBHMYLiRCDIUBKFM7g4vS1ekqQQG4FGDnaSsdWm1IbgL/s640/050.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Another piece down, about 10 more to go.... who am I kidding it's never ending. But I <span style="color: #e06666;">love</span> it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1uOtaq_7diLPnNPfjV6P-i_XnSlImuJyATugTo9bngfzC4ob9R4FsN6arcLYZLGorRuaJRY0nlK7Vk3nz6rspecKLqbjeVMn6E5jNfQJsY5LdgeMoK1uVfSYOn6Dk-Ey_iNGRtwiZOYlK/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1uOtaq_7diLPnNPfjV6P-i_XnSlImuJyATugTo9bngfzC4ob9R4FsN6arcLYZLGorRuaJRY0nlK7Vk3nz6rspecKLqbjeVMn6E5jNfQJsY5LdgeMoK1uVfSYOn6Dk-Ey_iNGRtwiZOYlK/s640/011.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ayofvS6b5k8hzHLsP39lGcGvXDH78O0Bvm-Wy_V8Fw09fjuwHQmtOSpMjgqJBSFj1okAsK8zQ-jINapq3Hsaapf_7XzM3A-wP_s2FxIjopR2JZNROXak8JUn1eebKCdm4vfpIxZA2yFh/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ayofvS6b5k8hzHLsP39lGcGvXDH78O0Bvm-Wy_V8Fw09fjuwHQmtOSpMjgqJBSFj1okAsK8zQ-jINapq3Hsaapf_7XzM3A-wP_s2FxIjopR2JZNROXak8JUn1eebKCdm4vfpIxZA2yFh/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-34168962573564760572011-08-01T10:03:00.002-06:002011-08-01T10:59:06.018-06:00{French Kitchen Table and Chairs}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">First I want to apologize for so many pictures....I think it might have something to do with the fact that I'm just too excited to post about this kitchen set, <em><span style="color: #45818e;">that I'm keeping</span></em>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9g04k6tT-1xz9NpZA7CbAJg8kxg6T38aGFf0IHWuBCCPsA7l6924JCMHr-Ic9S3ApPFqr9LXmWl8ovuxKjyAAI7PRPUOd6nKczapoY_5hh50GHUxj6MI943QnmFGtd0iR6Xr_ER5-V0as/s1600/003-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9g04k6tT-1xz9NpZA7CbAJg8kxg6T38aGFf0IHWuBCCPsA7l6924JCMHr-Ic9S3ApPFqr9LXmWl8ovuxKjyAAI7PRPUOd6nKczapoY_5hh50GHUxj6MI943QnmFGtd0iR6Xr_ER5-V0as/s640/003-1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #666666;">If you can picture it, it started as this. Sorry, once again I forgot to take a before shot of the entire set. I blame it on pregnancy, wait a minute....that doesn't work, I'm not pregnant. I'll think of something to blame it on here in a minute. It reaked of smoke, <em>yuck</em>! So unfortunately I had to buy new foam. Foam is <em>expensive. </em>70 bucks on foam was a bit of a buzz kill, seeing that I bought the entire set for 40! Oh well, I had no choice, so I bit the bullet. I do have to say the cushions are very comfortable, <em>they better be for 70 bucks!! </em>Bye bye yucky, stinky, orange fabric.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7GsNEGwPB_avroLDaqfFQuKPynGm6q5sA5Ha1w0PzyVpXaF354whNWkWtuzv2zdonul2Tsu8RCDJBgPdAeZVWG3d0ec8LzEtWrIZY3Ml_qWSYQtN0uzE1RbDy7T6HmzW5gP52EgcO558/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7GsNEGwPB_avroLDaqfFQuKPynGm6q5sA5Ha1w0PzyVpXaF354whNWkWtuzv2zdonul2Tsu8RCDJBgPdAeZVWG3d0ec8LzEtWrIZY3Ml_qWSYQtN0uzE1RbDy7T6HmzW5gP52EgcO558/s640/007.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And ta-da. Magically It's all finished. I wish it were that easy ;) I painted it 'Antique White' from Behr. I love the color, it's not too creamy yellow and it's not too bright white. Perfect. I spent a couple hours at Joann's picking out fabric, I think I am the most indecisive person I know! My poor 9 year old about died!! I wanted something dark because heaven knows we have lots of kids! I didn't want all my hard work to be ruined in the first week with stains and spills. <em>Hopefully </em>I picked a good one. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">S<em>ee</em>, I'm <em>still</em> ho-humming about it!</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NctLxSeTQsk1hFvqYlXtq3oyT950YwE4Vna_B0RBDYhz1KF15I710GGGg5RvlF88ZCiWDH8Wr9reBl-b0u_V1Wh1b7wn-Ub2VG0MV-LoXTamYC0ecZtdgi_1cz6x3-gI7DvfXWyx50ER/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NctLxSeTQsk1hFvqYlXtq3oyT950YwE4Vna_B0RBDYhz1KF15I710GGGg5RvlF88ZCiWDH8Wr9reBl-b0u_V1Wh1b7wn-Ub2VG0MV-LoXTamYC0ecZtdgi_1cz6x3-gI7DvfXWyx50ER/s640/009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So on with my picture roll, sorry if I bore you to death!</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgap1KS67zlygYeGijhgP-7AuZtkK4KfYz9aCPvup2ry8kLH8AwiMpFdHK6101Uj_R8CfNawe_VFn9E9kPhp96WdCEYErXKP2plbwFj78hJN7uMkrFopXcHFG-E9rKNhZtUBqzLq4vdJQES/s1600/010-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgap1KS67zlygYeGijhgP-7AuZtkK4KfYz9aCPvup2ry8kLH8AwiMpFdHK6101Uj_R8CfNawe_VFn9E9kPhp96WdCEYErXKP2plbwFj78hJN7uMkrFopXcHFG-E9rKNhZtUBqzLq4vdJQES/s640/010-1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqGGVMaKKgjmoLc5e3zW0fHuJlJ5zi2BiGvnMRzbN6DuVA59LLjPPCex2WE9NhjZFxlRiIJkAMmrauMZ49xyvk_Waz7iYUEEOFy4DFbeOQcFtAhH3Ry1mNJ9KmG_bZTrVgusLuQvH2jDG/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqGGVMaKKgjmoLc5e3zW0fHuJlJ5zi2BiGvnMRzbN6DuVA59LLjPPCex2WE9NhjZFxlRiIJkAMmrauMZ49xyvk_Waz7iYUEEOFy4DFbeOQcFtAhH3Ry1mNJ9KmG_bZTrVgusLuQvH2jDG/s640/013.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMnx1PXnchctbwNos5J_imtfpJBt1JuLVPTnYMWGM4LA5b2JnISqs2_JeA5Zi8MqWsgPjRjHOKwPPvFRy8n3vttBUtsVP7liwLWf-5YZgskLDxXajUSwGQ-u8hb3E847dVrrZnv7KNkcZ/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMnx1PXnchctbwNos5J_imtfpJBt1JuLVPTnYMWGM4LA5b2JnISqs2_JeA5Zi8MqWsgPjRjHOKwPPvFRy8n3vttBUtsVP7liwLWf-5YZgskLDxXajUSwGQ-u8hb3E847dVrrZnv7KNkcZ/s640/015.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gELeTlqQxX5mLPvnURox09tTvH58oOQ85F1qXQeAcxE3lIDPXRxwS820cxGwtW1ZX6xPwmTUpA_J9jW_vvZaMgsdfAITMHMDfdrK-ddhpxzuMf2ZF-LeyzulvNubVBgG3QajJbKzVAuD/s1600/020-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gELeTlqQxX5mLPvnURox09tTvH58oOQ85F1qXQeAcxE3lIDPXRxwS820cxGwtW1ZX6xPwmTUpA_J9jW_vvZaMgsdfAITMHMDfdrK-ddhpxzuMf2ZF-LeyzulvNubVBgG3QajJbKzVAuD/s640/020-1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYLgsgziybTWSjTyqZ4lps5rk9Z2qBhDSfII4878YA_NhUapf7Yf_U_-XfZP7lnPRXQYX_tSh2kGRJniXcmUwPE-qnSt87usScV3gZKGL_KuB-GI2cRXYXRZ_6YVwV2kpJTxD6wURc50e/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYLgsgziybTWSjTyqZ4lps5rk9Z2qBhDSfII4878YA_NhUapf7Yf_U_-XfZP7lnPRXQYX_tSh2kGRJniXcmUwPE-qnSt87usScV3gZKGL_KuB-GI2cRXYXRZ_6YVwV2kpJTxD6wURc50e/s640/024.JPG" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrTQiG54oMMrLDV32KC5-Wku3i3B7QK0g5aQ97CAN3BLwWDartcJcyN5qhO5DTIu8dXIdsRKzAnS-afoL0nVS-gs3RFo6p51pL0lKlrz2IazWQE8b3J2JXge5ckkRapYGZTKu9d5qRjDi/s1600/028-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrTQiG54oMMrLDV32KC5-Wku3i3B7QK0g5aQ97CAN3BLwWDartcJcyN5qhO5DTIu8dXIdsRKzAnS-afoL0nVS-gs3RFo6p51pL0lKlrz2IazWQE8b3J2JXge5ckkRapYGZTKu9d5qRjDi/s640/028-1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And there's my little man. He's the biggest culprit of stains and spills. Bless his sweet little heart</span>.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hgDLLyWu84dpH4u8ASivmGW9o7wHSnJWyk2Zp42D5JZu3PL00IEoxQG9aKSH9jAgB7raufWrfjiTy4-to1fKYYp4eHS9UGiECvxQsLs3hVXmoKujQZ19S8T4Jb38LZTEAkRhQXQsmltJ/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hgDLLyWu84dpH4u8ASivmGW9o7wHSnJWyk2Zp42D5JZu3PL00IEoxQG9aKSH9jAgB7raufWrfjiTy4-to1fKYYp4eHS9UGiECvxQsLs3hVXmoKujQZ19S8T4Jb38LZTEAkRhQXQsmltJ/s640/030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyLGeq7m7PFUQ8GBHpRSV8C6yGpjG3QVmSHOMdudE-w-FUzKPpMQShdLv0b0mmUgXK57RAkhdLRldSrHbxp-mdvBxB8smKsQFMAKXc9a_Z9J9JIiIMxU0nsCD2EYyC4vuZCVt3ty8wa7Z/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyLGeq7m7PFUQ8GBHpRSV8C6yGpjG3QVmSHOMdudE-w-FUzKPpMQShdLv0b0mmUgXK57RAkhdLRldSrHbxp-mdvBxB8smKsQFMAKXc9a_Z9J9JIiIMxU0nsCD2EYyC4vuZCVt3ty8wa7Z/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-23562503131290970072011-07-25T16:35:00.001-06:002011-07-25T18:01:37.614-06:00{$10 Yard Sale Quilt}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This might be my favorite yard sale find, <em>ever</em>. Saturday morning, while enjoying my usual routine of searching the classifieds on my iphone, <em>in bed</em>, I see a dresser that catches my eye. It's listed under 'antique yard sale'....to make a long story short, I was up in about 5 seconds wtih a low dose of adrenalin running through my blood. <em>Antiques</em> for heavens sakes, who knows what treasures I would find! I<em> had</em> to go, the only problem was that it started in five minutes and I was a good 30 minutes away, not to mention the time it would take to make myself presentable. I quickly called to see if the guy would hold the dresser for me, he said he would for 30 minutes. That bought me a little bit of time. Thank you Mr. Guy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhgU6R1kds7ihNDRIum0pXYoG4UDYg85b289z5OODlZf3FH8USOURMRY0krH7hDHC3z-uDYYTagZGljVc80H2xVeq03rybi78A9hD1_15M7HZgU9BcHQmL12cWPP_Hpo0Hs8-YDCEQ876/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhgU6R1kds7ihNDRIum0pXYoG4UDYg85b289z5OODlZf3FH8USOURMRY0krH7hDHC3z-uDYYTagZGljVc80H2xVeq03rybi78A9hD1_15M7HZgU9BcHQmL12cWPP_Hpo0Hs8-YDCEQ876/s640/021.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I went though everything spending over an hour. I did get that dresser! (Hopefully I'll have it done next week. This week I'm working on my table and 6 chairs, it's a doozy). So anyhoo, thank heavens I picked up my mom on the way, she kindly watched over my 'buy' pile to make sure no one took the items I had already claimed. On my way out I decided to look in the linens one last time, I guess I hadn't spotted this quilt previously, but there she stood in her heavy, hand-made glory. I asked Mr. Guy what size it was, he said a queen. Then I asked how much. $10 dollars, was his reply. Taken. Sold. Snagged. Claimed. What ever you want to call it, it was mine!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeTEZIr33XsoAtAUq1mRGOAMIbdVATnJ1XDIA2_gH6lhU97JPyAGIybt80wxRcCto6TRHSM-MBJZAapyVbPwdsWacKtB5ap8_8MN1LknzBTIJuFqulhbgoKl9pXfJuyo9G0qjP3RUl1Rt/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeTEZIr33XsoAtAUq1mRGOAMIbdVATnJ1XDIA2_gH6lhU97JPyAGIybt80wxRcCto6TRHSM-MBJZAapyVbPwdsWacKtB5ap8_8MN1LknzBTIJuFqulhbgoKl9pXfJuyo9G0qjP3RUl1Rt/s640/007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I brought it home, washed it on delicate and layed it out to dry, still thinking it was a queen. My curiousity got the best of me and I decided to see if it would fit on my Cal King. It did! And. I'm. In. Love.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvLo95aocKOw5DKSdfPf0MzOOHJ-Vs37E8GJLH-rj3owONoUggtPgWPeeQLN6Tvl0XPrCuyiAyRwSvAor3-ZwWpsFjlaohu6bXWgLEF-KaITRWhNw6IHscwIynvfVjnUmvS_Pv7GPxVY6/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvLo95aocKOw5DKSdfPf0MzOOHJ-Vs37E8GJLH-rj3owONoUggtPgWPeeQLN6Tvl0XPrCuyiAyRwSvAor3-ZwWpsFjlaohu6bXWgLEF-KaITRWhNw6IHscwIynvfVjnUmvS_Pv7GPxVY6/s640/009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">'Boo' wanted in on the action.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT9HKRbyeS-GUBXWOKrOyNjehp2RUoFuqgEE9C037Gq1NO98JNyvojFcql3lWErnG_Wz3Zj7V19bdYIcJCFt54SXooavKYX9Qpw6QFrwSg0RCMohgEGHW-KE-2BrJdxSs23O1Q9a5eGXU/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT9HKRbyeS-GUBXWOKrOyNjehp2RUoFuqgEE9C037Gq1NO98JNyvojFcql3lWErnG_Wz3Zj7V19bdYIcJCFt54SXooavKYX9Qpw6QFrwSg0RCMohgEGHW-KE-2BrJdxSs23O1Q9a5eGXU/s640/016.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I love yard sales, it's a thrill to find something that you'd spend hundreds for somewhere else, for 10 bucks. That's a meal and a half at Wendy's for crying outloud!!</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu8rXaaoMyD0nKLuVedo2onrot2e9_LNjVn7aFizsMtZBUROfqsP38vxkU54vlZXpgSTyErTyCynmGXpM_4VEeX5R3QMaVMo6RBiEKgGyM99NkZn_79pCjunL2cJoNzD3wD8Amjj8j_w-/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu8rXaaoMyD0nKLuVedo2onrot2e9_LNjVn7aFizsMtZBUROfqsP38vxkU54vlZXpgSTyErTyCynmGXpM_4VEeX5R3QMaVMo6RBiEKgGyM99NkZn_79pCjunL2cJoNzD3wD8Amjj8j_w-/s640/012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIDSyQviYQUe4ZMf9ZZiiBZk53nnZp4OJ0Mnzr9mGRT2kP7_ZfCFjkCIIx4LmyB_3yKApxMBCkzBCSgMlHX9X-AwKLkaGcJdTwnCr5hczcz2lMJIL8rCyph8HZi7P41IvYeSTnthUfI08/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIDSyQviYQUe4ZMf9ZZiiBZk53nnZp4OJ0Mnzr9mGRT2kP7_ZfCFjkCIIx4LmyB_3yKApxMBCkzBCSgMlHX9X-AwKLkaGcJdTwnCr5hczcz2lMJIL8rCyph8HZi7P41IvYeSTnthUfI08/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-7836806806834822262011-07-17T20:46:00.000-06:002011-07-17T20:46:57.368-06:00{Pink Queeny}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is my latest finished piece, heavens knows I have a stack of 'unfinished' pieces sitting neglected in my garage right now...summer is just <em>hard </em>to get anything done! I know, excuses, excuses. So I'm happy to post this queen size frenchy headboard that took me all of two hours to complete! I found it last week at DI, (utah's goodwill). My hubby was with me and asked me in a questioning voice, 'Are you sure want <em>that?'</em> 'Yes', I assured him. .....men, gotta love em!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUODwySCJdf0V_Mc-sUGdCCGq3owxtDP4ndxdco9Zx0dUcKnb8RcfbhSZhGx-mUT9brItukfqvfqRmXytYyfehAOkIBf7uh6RhjsAkXKc40L-kGgQ5CROYrLADJbtzGDGVUg2T-a-yxyv/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUODwySCJdf0V_Mc-sUGdCCGq3owxtDP4ndxdco9Zx0dUcKnb8RcfbhSZhGx-mUT9brItukfqvfqRmXytYyfehAOkIBf7uh6RhjsAkXKc40L-kGgQ5CROYrLADJbtzGDGVUg2T-a-yxyv/s640/006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So this is what <em>he</em> saw, a very brown woody piece that didn't look all that great, maybe he just wasn't excited about hauling it throughout the store while I finished shopping. Thank you Greggy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_tFFG90ik0UK2bmOIIgIomARFyV0FDJGW18pmFpSnYv2XvTnvVz5OEwRJh_gGZdtpBpiLyDaFtrjzC5EhyphenhyphenSoK87lsEFR9o29o7dPVGJ2n572ARvwes7rpBEdrp_wIZmHWYq5QLG5iSxt/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_tFFG90ik0UK2bmOIIgIomARFyV0FDJGW18pmFpSnYv2XvTnvVz5OEwRJh_gGZdtpBpiLyDaFtrjzC5EhyphenhyphenSoK87lsEFR9o29o7dPVGJ2n572ARvwes7rpBEdrp_wIZmHWYq5QLG5iSxt/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I just loved all the decorative woodwork along the top, that's why <em>I</em> knew it was going to be beautiful, I hardly had to do a thing to it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4db8sINQLwYDDUWosybsRhe7JsdtniXfwuYbhBUP_tHGq4PqW54FeHz9L8hFBMSrirDn0HuV7GyMFTy9ycitX0kVkVdxgiPua-I8vG6e3Gw_joQi1frQjrRLTXyikOdeREFZcv2dBBd5e/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4db8sINQLwYDDUWosybsRhe7JsdtniXfwuYbhBUP_tHGq4PqW54FeHz9L8hFBMSrirDn0HuV7GyMFTy9ycitX0kVkVdxgiPua-I8vG6e3Gw_joQi1frQjrRLTXyikOdeREFZcv2dBBd5e/s640/011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I painted it my favorite pale pink color, 'barely blush' by Glidden. Just a FYI, Glidden paint is <em>not </em>my first choice in brands. It's goopy and hard to work with. When I run out I'll have Benjamin Moore color match it, then I'll have the best of two worlds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oVX9LgT7VpL20WYcoWBF6YG0jnwDZtoPh-axQk8R9s627dbzzgDbtgQXQS7al1qjgvC9zIDvHEOfhR9h_NDjQz_8TqVYPM-iY4votRBoP0wTLsYAppCo-MirJiqLaGH6On271B9mCJ9j/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oVX9LgT7VpL20WYcoWBF6YG0jnwDZtoPh-axQk8R9s627dbzzgDbtgQXQS7al1qjgvC9zIDvHEOfhR9h_NDjQz_8TqVYPM-iY4votRBoP0wTLsYAppCo-MirJiqLaGH6On271B9mCJ9j/s640/025.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This piece is available to purchase for $80 if you live in the SLC or Provo area. Just click my email button if you're interested!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQO8yq1xjjh3YmcOgvdHBiCZmgwKr-2xqj8n23BCFJsVAVNh4jJUKlt1X6Np9PfMm1cZHXhJRKfjjj-dvs0dsewKU5q_2oVnpzfOyKjtSg2vGdCG_Y29oe01E2VSqA2BmuC1_Yq0tQ_f9w/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQO8yq1xjjh3YmcOgvdHBiCZmgwKr-2xqj8n23BCFJsVAVNh4jJUKlt1X6Np9PfMm1cZHXhJRKfjjj-dvs0dsewKU5q_2oVnpzfOyKjtSg2vGdCG_Y29oe01E2VSqA2BmuC1_Yq0tQ_f9w/s640/021.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqv4H1IgNsJt70aC0sffOA2uR8pd7dD2BFKcZ0BUtHKQ5BP2wzU7OhfzxiZ2ACCY-UBa8Og6rYuYSw0P_2l71C5VxkrSpOHug3WbFCLTO_tdDrVGI2iD6fYGMCPMW7exLPb7zKGKmge0R/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqv4H1IgNsJt70aC0sffOA2uR8pd7dD2BFKcZ0BUtHKQ5BP2wzU7OhfzxiZ2ACCY-UBa8Og6rYuYSw0P_2l71C5VxkrSpOHug3WbFCLTO_tdDrVGI2iD6fYGMCPMW7exLPb7zKGKmge0R/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-70244801768406925182011-07-08T21:12:00.000-06:002011-07-08T21:12:18.427-06:00{A Little Blue}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was feeling a little <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">blue</span> yesterday, so this color matched my mood perfectly ;). I knew I needed to paint this piece a deeper color to try to hide all the dings and scratches, this poor little guy was <em>beat up</em>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNl13F3GH85QlaG4Z8nKmwdA39WODlGIe9tigcroJ2W6wAewYOp03HpmFDzbPT66MR5WDvMVUvf0mvkVX2sOOAi5g1r7kLLS6_MBXPIAHWdNQZv-UZKS0vZciRc2KPT4v5MDMEbACUlos/s1600/192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNl13F3GH85QlaG4Z8nKmwdA39WODlGIe9tigcroJ2W6wAewYOp03HpmFDzbPT66MR5WDvMVUvf0mvkVX2sOOAi5g1r7kLLS6_MBXPIAHWdNQZv-UZKS0vZciRc2KPT4v5MDMEbACUlos/s640/192.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Here he is before.....and yes, it is a '<em>he</em>'. I don't know his history but he has seen his fare share of bored children engraving their names on his top and doggies chewing his sides. After a good coat of wood filler and even a better amount of time sanding him down, he was ready to paint.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWdUct_0mYVsSLuhnHAoGX4_mxIDSeA9ms8mZh47nTi3Zzmcbhv5BPa6Be0TwsrW-sNypbi9k6SsJKrN22WXU2H2IBE69MiPtEOlXUwJORDt-5CIyVhisCb10YIWL_uS_uyBPstb0do58/s1600/171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWdUct_0mYVsSLuhnHAoGX4_mxIDSeA9ms8mZh47nTi3Zzmcbhv5BPa6Be0TwsrW-sNypbi9k6SsJKrN22WXU2H2IBE69MiPtEOlXUwJORDt-5CIyVhisCb10YIWL_uS_uyBPstb0do58/s640/171.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">poor little man.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2b-GAoDSiPHNxP9g9Eq2VK5OqXe-KOTUG0nIEpdtvAXzj3b8ZdAjclNs1ALB7oX7842pQQfXCF66p5bs3sEQvtN8HmWmAIrJIknsQjhZlHC_4FXf1BDGFD7dCUgBU6bGNjxMOnlZNJFL/s1600/174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2b-GAoDSiPHNxP9g9Eq2VK5OqXe-KOTUG0nIEpdtvAXzj3b8ZdAjclNs1ALB7oX7842pQQfXCF66p5bs3sEQvtN8HmWmAIrJIknsQjhZlHC_4FXf1BDGFD7dCUgBU6bGNjxMOnlZNJFL/s640/174.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">His top is smooth as a baby's bum....sorry, I just had to say that. </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh514TEKXGmnglIKhpxxryMmOWJRKdoC5oVSLnFtI2j78unXnrkLI602ZShn1AqmlDB9rmECC7PNWHDpCixWtPBb8f0lMNZDp7YD0EOe5hj4euSYvtizGx16VGArDy18UCCfbK-NRy8WYUT/s1600/181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh514TEKXGmnglIKhpxxryMmOWJRKdoC5oVSLnFtI2j78unXnrkLI602ZShn1AqmlDB9rmECC7PNWHDpCixWtPBb8f0lMNZDp7YD0EOe5hj4euSYvtizGx16VGArDy18UCCfbK-NRy8WYUT/s640/181.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I heavily distressed him to try to 'hide' all the dings that I couldn't fill, there were just too many!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7O4T-ECT2YrjKh1GjkJ7F2lCbhvj9I4UrdT2xqM9hNFSLKtih4fLIO9DM0_2k5fCiEHzkIofoPFOMD8nOk_seMfpeLJJss8Tq63CXNUFaHvbd35GAvVlTky-K4h_VLqcDZw8SfJ2Nl1Pu/s1600/182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7O4T-ECT2YrjKh1GjkJ7F2lCbhvj9I4UrdT2xqM9hNFSLKtih4fLIO9DM0_2k5fCiEHzkIofoPFOMD8nOk_seMfpeLJJss8Tq63CXNUFaHvbd35GAvVlTky-K4h_VLqcDZw8SfJ2Nl1Pu/s640/182.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I<em> had </em>to get rid of those knobs, they were beyond ugly. So I filled in the holes and made way for some 'new' ones that I had in my stash. Much better</span>.</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhii232MGWSF3NKIc0PyRGYj2oD2HFBEH2_5VIr7oh6bsVoE8F_XmSgL2YNcpXmSC2ToDPga-KpIZpOctms0IXdyJOOU4lIKyRC5kcGl0QJjSnRmaibuFAX5yNrPkDP5epqqHasDYuQhZV/s1600/201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhii232MGWSF3NKIc0PyRGYj2oD2HFBEH2_5VIr7oh6bsVoE8F_XmSgL2YNcpXmSC2ToDPga-KpIZpOctms0IXdyJOOU4lIKyRC5kcGl0QJjSnRmaibuFAX5yNrPkDP5epqqHasDYuQhZV/s640/201.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This post looks patriotic to me.</span> <span style="color: #cc0000;">Red, </span><span style="color: #cccccc;">W</span><span style="color: #cccccc;">hite, </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and Blue. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Happy late Independance Day!....the month of July symbolizes to me pride and patriotism to our country. I'm so thankful to live here and enjoy our freedoms. God Bless America!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nNR2sEO1i2wdht71foqGZf9eDq94H7F9gEGml9QWUOf1Lye3yOqtfyY-roWR3-bX6bb8BwwhX0E5rM2DzSveGV9y0BpacNRCv9ykWVfSuIMvrJzF0VQtx_dR4ucEcPTHnEHBPalVslv4/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nNR2sEO1i2wdht71foqGZf9eDq94H7F9gEGml9QWUOf1Lye3yOqtfyY-roWR3-bX6bb8BwwhX0E5rM2DzSveGV9y0BpacNRCv9ykWVfSuIMvrJzF0VQtx_dR4ucEcPTHnEHBPalVslv4/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-69011813694307626142011-06-30T12:02:00.002-06:002011-06-30T12:06:42.191-06:00{My Dresser Makeover, Part II}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Okay, we'll try this again....I just finished this post and it somehow got an error and erased everything! Bummer. So here I go again.... this dresser is the second (and last) piece I inherited from my parent's old bedroom set. It's about 50 years old. My sister gave it to me about 7 months ago and it had been sitting in my garage ever since, well not anymore!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBw4FlSgcrsBvFUXVctw00zYpHhN43e8jAnKc5-IeaJ88-385YAOmtMiwcWthMxp-oUSVjtWcaySAA9jutTyVgamh3KwINvW5WcdLxaR28oO3WBEZDjqndwJLaSW2ahCsLvSha7dx9eLCl/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBw4FlSgcrsBvFUXVctw00zYpHhN43e8jAnKc5-IeaJ88-385YAOmtMiwcWthMxp-oUSVjtWcaySAA9jutTyVgamh3KwINvW5WcdLxaR28oO3WBEZDjqndwJLaSW2ahCsLvSha7dx9eLCl/s640/009.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It started out like this. My sister had thrown away the knobs on it because she thought they were ugly, (can't blame her, they kinda were!), and put these individual pulls on, well these weren't floating <em>my</em> boat so I quickly went on the lookout for something that would work. Well as luck would have it I found 6 oil rubbed bronze pulls at one the best stores known to man, Target, for 7 bucks! Score! (On that same outing I found a white ruffled shower curtain on clearnace for 8 bucks, the heavens opened and the angels sang, it was a beautiful day!)</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWZ6UYq4R5A03L4aDWGobZPrNWg17hdUmyjKO0R2AfxgAmhd7JIG2hYiAXnXIlRh1awuMuLaszmAlePcfrsGJtWmDKwpirRoLWox-d16lZeh6hKNbYHGnnqMfptZUYleLH9gvpctwaX2S/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWZ6UYq4R5A03L4aDWGobZPrNWg17hdUmyjKO0R2AfxgAmhd7JIG2hYiAXnXIlRh1awuMuLaszmAlePcfrsGJtWmDKwpirRoLWox-d16lZeh6hKNbYHGnnqMfptZUYleLH9gvpctwaX2S/s640/006.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So after filling in the holes, drilling new holes for my new <em>awesome </em>hardware, painting it white, distressing, and waxing, it looks like this. I added some of my cool vintage glass knobs to give it some extra charm (and to match <a href="http://paintedparlor.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-dresser-makeover.html">its companion</a> I did in April).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RxTZnIJTi7EQfA55QqZPony6ILGKEQNIpeDmoMjcttdrzUuiqgU3UO0AVQAs0Xqyog5LPwxY7l1LIyaj7OiM98miV0zwCwr5PiF1UcMAuP4pph672rBUmNVUhHbzQrgZJ0OVZI8YGzha/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RxTZnIJTi7EQfA55QqZPony6ILGKEQNIpeDmoMjcttdrzUuiqgU3UO0AVQAs0Xqyog5LPwxY7l1LIyaj7OiM98miV0zwCwr5PiF1UcMAuP4pph672rBUmNVUhHbzQrgZJ0OVZI8YGzha/s640/011.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Happy painting and project making!! Thank you all who take the time to leave such sweet comments! I'm almost to 150 followers, wahoo! I should do a give away.........hmmm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4t5QcmSsgMbuhOOM4zcINBwwV1WAVHBYM_Xvb8vmlYQe4BzLjYvCxVjwcxKTU8F0ZMnUwyujlkSWm77YBtd7Euzo-DHW6sOXYbpkScQZMR7ZvXHRSkHqSt1ngocuQnSMvHzMPDH7wBKRZ/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4t5QcmSsgMbuhOOM4zcINBwwV1WAVHBYM_Xvb8vmlYQe4BzLjYvCxVjwcxKTU8F0ZMnUwyujlkSWm77YBtd7Euzo-DHW6sOXYbpkScQZMR7ZvXHRSkHqSt1ngocuQnSMvHzMPDH7wBKRZ/s640/016.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlVDv82QTk4IdZMIe3msp6HLMv-tgHH-6VM-h7R2BwXbBt_APvLQA4-rOhFB15zQsIl6wl-nl6EtWfgKv-XrWtolm5cuCqtSVIgAN5Z8zYFlhcHTKP_IsjqZ_dLOZys1b9aSGmeIpeZ5y/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlVDv82QTk4IdZMIe3msp6HLMv-tgHH-6VM-h7R2BwXbBt_APvLQA4-rOhFB15zQsIl6wl-nl6EtWfgKv-XrWtolm5cuCqtSVIgAN5Z8zYFlhcHTKP_IsjqZ_dLOZys1b9aSGmeIpeZ5y/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440250509344789375.post-77492702821244928332011-06-20T20:48:00.001-06:002011-06-20T20:49:56.786-06:00{A Little Pink}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I don't know if I'm getting tired of painting everything white, or if this little gal <em>really</em> did tell me she needed to be <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">pink</span>! So I decided to follow along with her advice. Here she is a little pink.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGj8JaXMo6bE4PsM9UErtc30pCj1pGAuPXmaaXg0ZVtITf7hQdGChyphenhyphenmc80_iMm_4kTdWo_V3r3NkHnd2yfrjoF1wl7IhjAxmBR4JJID5Xp169YU0ec-U7njkZogLnX5ncJXigIvBmVJk43/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGj8JaXMo6bE4PsM9UErtc30pCj1pGAuPXmaaXg0ZVtITf7hQdGChyphenhyphenmc80_iMm_4kTdWo_V3r3NkHnd2yfrjoF1wl7IhjAxmBR4JJID5Xp169YU0ec-U7njkZogLnX5ncJXigIvBmVJk43/s640/013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And her before.... I loved her simple lines and long, curvy legs. I knew she would turn out great if I didn't completely botch her up in the process! But the knobs had to go, especially the top two they were <em>ugly. </em>I think they came straight from 1972. (I saved the white porcelin ones to add to my stash for future projects.)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPplWvzOpyZdf1M9Fruw5Oqefqq1rXcNgi-_ZrZ5Ldby-pnSq2CEhx839xhDsi252zuU-90SanSqra8wGfdenenW79iOTdifNqsgE4klrB86vPWc9eA9uAV8Q6-j5r6mFMBluImPeb4N9/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPplWvzOpyZdf1M9Fruw5Oqefqq1rXcNgi-_ZrZ5Ldby-pnSq2CEhx839xhDsi252zuU-90SanSqra8wGfdenenW79iOTdifNqsgE4klrB86vPWc9eA9uAV8Q6-j5r6mFMBluImPeb4N9/s640/004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I stripped the stain on the top by <em>hand</em> with my handy 60 grit sandpaper. My lovely sister has my electric sander. I just had to keep thinking of the <em>extra</em> calories I was burning, bonus!! No, it really wasn't <em>that</em> bad.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlfvA0RTN65nDiIfNRURON5NCUxefkSlLBvp5VyZtbp_d9UVKAbQiz-5kQrh6NAghDuLwdbDB_lHi9AB-LtVihQN5Mu3iCYsBNVoHsgMigMMaxDT5MOVTaKzzbpZk9e7_Q2T3BYxEuaPm/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><em><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlfvA0RTN65nDiIfNRURON5NCUxefkSlLBvp5VyZtbp_d9UVKAbQiz-5kQrh6NAghDuLwdbDB_lHi9AB-LtVihQN5Mu3iCYsBNVoHsgMigMMaxDT5MOVTaKzzbpZk9e7_Q2T3BYxEuaPm/s640/015.JPG" width="640" /></em></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBH1EVMsqlKo1cZpxIrmBdhUlANpfynCs7Nei4WLfOpfyBnlqUc5UqUMtPyqCZe2yYvSCwYl_EW_CW4NCIAY9N7y-6dV7GyEZAuF748OfAIanmlTYxcJN-9W6ZdY76dX4BSbJL5TLVchZW/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><em><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBH1EVMsqlKo1cZpxIrmBdhUlANpfynCs7Nei4WLfOpfyBnlqUc5UqUMtPyqCZe2yYvSCwYl_EW_CW4NCIAY9N7y-6dV7GyEZAuF748OfAIanmlTYxcJN-9W6ZdY76dX4BSbJL5TLVchZW/s640/018.JPG" width="426" /></em></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A closer look at the distressing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT07ndt0lpYr75Wwkkwg411lsC-JtaM4BqyMZmW5-7FGMI89efyQeUgrgN2UJdkoX3FpDpPlIiI4welMccJSqwYkkt7vDnMDJ_-dbw6NSXL0ZoKZSMlB22EwclEspVhtsTZnomj-uxFW0P/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><em><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT07ndt0lpYr75Wwkkwg411lsC-JtaM4BqyMZmW5-7FGMI89efyQeUgrgN2UJdkoX3FpDpPlIiI4welMccJSqwYkkt7vDnMDJ_-dbw6NSXL0ZoKZSMlB22EwclEspVhtsTZnomj-uxFW0P/s640/025.JPG" width="426" /></em></a></div><br />
<br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I changed the knobs to these pink glass flower ones. I had them on hand and I think they're perfect. Look at those legs, can I hear a whistle?? </span></div><br />
<div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8tBNH34VS1mNwtwJbhVjgcVhhv-jX6j1ySElayTPtWU0kaS9omPUjcY7QX2fCd9AGTMKrFyJy-OtRRiASTLY-JTedVEN3JzcOgROSZW6zYd1IMaOHf2MGOFHRxURzfpE2Rmm_XvdAkiS/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><em><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8tBNH34VS1mNwtwJbhVjgcVhhv-jX6j1ySElayTPtWU0kaS9omPUjcY7QX2fCd9AGTMKrFyJy-OtRRiASTLY-JTedVEN3JzcOgROSZW6zYd1IMaOHf2MGOFHRxURzfpE2Rmm_XvdAkiS/s640/024.JPG" width="426" /></em></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlcrhucG5bXD1bNJvz8KUd7oEa6FSmeplwpEzfamWdm07CiJmnNzwiOnXG7iagZEviBx_XU2XGEKNNdiMJ7ClLgE1qn0ldXa8hh7Aiv5wWUI0p7wbGG1LRMvZwZ9WVujJQDVlTcFjbi6_/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlcrhucG5bXD1bNJvz8KUd7oEa6FSmeplwpEzfamWdm07CiJmnNzwiOnXG7iagZEviBx_XU2XGEKNNdiMJ7ClLgE1qn0ldXa8hh7Aiv5wWUI0p7wbGG1LRMvZwZ9WVujJQDVlTcFjbi6_/s1600/The+Painted+Parlor+signature+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>The Painted Parlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17967718587545327321noreply@blogger.com11