It's Here!!!!!!!!!!!!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Guess what I have....</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/AVvXsEiaasqBB60wCiq2m6QhWP0IZYJZV2ekw6WR_Y1o4-SKk6oTOIJb5uXhugOvrSzPSSNsS98BO7Nri820DLlFUiUS_3P-arfppvLaLKhJAqgtgZQb5S6kT1ib1F-lzFWwrSqJXSrgC8g3fib1/s1600/SJX-CATOPS-11100412151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaasqBB60wCiq2m6QhWP0IZYJZV2ekw6WR_Y1o4-SKk6oTOIJb5uXhugOvrSzPSSNsS98BO7Nri820DLlFUiUS_3P-arfppvLaLKhJAqgtgZQb5S6kT1ib1F-lzFWwrSqJXSrgC8g3fib1/s640/SJX-CATOPS-11100412151.jpg" width="490" /></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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJzJIeZojtg4ldxWGnEjsHXirJok343F4PiL1eVy5tw2C6Yn_pepU8r-DT7qi33RS91ynJArIob57lrVB6bUVWtmK1ZtjaZmJw8uQhLeF6oWO9PEjbI4PmQm9q6i3NVBESVFZvRSMIG4_I/s1600/SJX-CATOPS-11100412140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJzJIeZojtg4ldxWGnEjsHXirJok343F4PiL1eVy5tw2C6Yn_pepU8r-DT7qi33RS91ynJArIob57lrVB6bUVWtmK1ZtjaZmJw8uQhLeF6oWO9PEjbI4PmQm9q6i3NVBESVFZvRSMIG4_I/s640/SJX-CATOPS-11100412140.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />Take a closer look...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrIgFtyTrZJpfVdZKmF29YJH5c67-SMmUYtbh9y9KHZI7GpwrYp7jICRlWxmZqLDvjq-WYT9NPxS6TsDeFrP727rqtHd-XrJO2bJ1mRX1lVL4-GjThzsN99jhYw1pWOa-_Zhwpr7IMzDT/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrIgFtyTrZJpfVdZKmF29YJH5c67-SMmUYtbh9y9KHZI7GpwrYp7jICRlWxmZqLDvjq-WYT9NPxS6TsDeFrP727rqtHd-XrJO2bJ1mRX1lVL4-GjThzsN99jhYw1pWOa-_Zhwpr7IMzDT/s640/2.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br />Do you see what it says?!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YXKb9hSS2FFarIbXzyv6Y0JKX5fudt7sVK1XpYuJl00m8ZBRBvIhMkn72mCjq2CSITgc6X3AhMOCsuxHpvOXtCvPVoMttLG7eZPMvyO_10q56uhSVAp7RWA56yCepLSidOmfEdKpfjpi/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YXKb9hSS2FFarIbXzyv6Y0JKX5fudt7sVK1XpYuJl00m8ZBRBvIhMkn72mCjq2CSITgc6X3AhMOCsuxHpvOXtCvPVoMttLG7eZPMvyO_10q56uhSVAp7RWA56yCepLSidOmfEdKpfjpi/s640/Untitled-1.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />Jenna Sue Design! That's me! <br /><br />Brad ran down to West Elm today on his lunch break to picked up a copy of the catalog... and get this. He spoke to the manager while he was there and mentioned possibly displaying my art in their store somehow, and the manager suggested scheduling a day to feature me and a few other local business in the store! What a salesman... I knew I married him for a reason ;)<br /><br /><br />Ok, that is all for now. Just popping in to share the news! <br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div>

It's Here!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess what I have....   Take a closer look... Do you see what it says?! Jenna Sue Design! That's me! Brad ran down to West Elm today on ...

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Dining Room Reveal!

The day is finally here! Our little dining nook is filled and decorated and has a purpose.<br /><br />Last week I left you in suspense with these bare Ikea chairs that needed a little something to help them fit in with the new table...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2w-yl-OyMQUa6rCveTmuH2canJWSDANWeUfUBRCBgv4DGT4sK-HCNKuTNwjR3CxLCMxfsuRRr6LBo0zr1XoY_BwiDJYPLYSzapZJrVvQ_bCdeG29QSOrqyRWASkQv-QjcJncGI4CNQfw-/s1600/IMG_6446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2w-yl-OyMQUa6rCveTmuH2canJWSDANWeUfUBRCBgv4DGT4sK-HCNKuTNwjR3CxLCMxfsuRRr6LBo0zr1XoY_BwiDJYPLYSzapZJrVvQ_bCdeG29QSOrqyRWASkQv-QjcJncGI4CNQfw-/s640/IMG_6446.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: left;">My solution? Slipcovers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had purchased four natural colored linen covers from Walmart many months ago for just $10/ea. I figured at that price, I couldn't go wrong. I really wanted these Henriksdal chairs from Ikea...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/images/products/henriksdal-chair__0095279_PE233756_S4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/images/products/henriksdal-chair__0095279_PE233756_S4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />But $90 per chair was out of the budget. And we already had two of the Borje chairs from our old house, so we decided to get 2 more, add some inexpensive slipcovers and call it a day.<br /><br />Well, after months of sitting in the garage, here's how they looked on a chair...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixffzjZJyOj5j3xiMwr2jnZFHqS_ekxnHForARWAp81kXrfC4uAmAwaD2lgWNCgsHVwRL00tFN04Y4ebU65zsQsHFSvIHKh66AbmJ3DRa7QKRGgK31aXnDhsYaBO8ipO3EW7RsJPjSJGXi/s1600/IMG_6447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixffzjZJyOj5j3xiMwr2jnZFHqS_ekxnHForARWAp81kXrfC4uAmAwaD2lgWNCgsHVwRL00tFN04Y4ebU65zsQsHFSvIHKh66AbmJ3DRa7QKRGgK31aXnDhsYaBO8ipO3EW7RsJPjSJGXi/s640/IMG_6447.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWmKbYvQdiXtH6zYDwspUv5qAZuIH53AQqAfhznq8xBY35DclPgeqjT1QxFZ6WHBqo3Vc6CEB2hiLNDnmooJkjqSd_tsF8_K3Cno5xtgHVgKqcLJUg3BndYPFAMGUXTPt50YdlzlChBhS/s1600/IMG_6448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWmKbYvQdiXtH6zYDwspUv5qAZuIH53AQqAfhznq8xBY35DclPgeqjT1QxFZ6WHBqo3Vc6CEB2hiLNDnmooJkjqSd_tsF8_K3Cno5xtgHVgKqcLJUg3BndYPFAMGUXTPt50YdlzlChBhS/s640/IMG_6448.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yikes. Aside from needing a good wash/ironing, they were slightly too large and dark in color (they were quite a bit darker in person than in this picture).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I soaked them in bleach and hot water and let them sit in the washing machine for a while. When they came out of the dryer, I let out a sigh of relief.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMdkMivvc-y7f041C0Y6cS82vvbn9ErQUVXvFCLkQ533PygFUEpfGEzjngpRCd2bca_tNi5WijgL9J7A_6-ecObFRnZZV2J3KyXtB3FgRdx9lGP3kI4LTogcxqqDXPeirKNXdBNMK2fpU/s1600/IMG_6462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMdkMivvc-y7f041C0Y6cS82vvbn9ErQUVXvFCLkQ533PygFUEpfGEzjngpRCd2bca_tNi5WijgL9J7A_6-ecObFRnZZV2J3KyXtB3FgRdx9lGP3kI4LTogcxqqDXPeirKNXdBNMK2fpU/s640/IMG_6462.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Much, much better. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But I thought they still needed a little something extra. So I headed to JoAnne's and grabbed some 2" high density foam...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-b-CFUyPXsmO-vXa60xwlCc4jP4h_0kF9Fw_pD8kyiDk7VJplCAjLR-ABoBzyvJuHKvKFr7WDft466NaYqqajoCvV6kjUz6KTu84Peamjy28mwEL-W9aWEhHhJd21-bkvR2YWnGwBVmCS/s1600/IMG_6466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-b-CFUyPXsmO-vXa60xwlCc4jP4h_0kF9Fw_pD8kyiDk7VJplCAjLR-ABoBzyvJuHKvKFr7WDft466NaYqqajoCvV6kjUz6KTu84Peamjy28mwEL-W9aWEhHhJd21-bkvR2YWnGwBVmCS/s640/IMG_6466.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Sidenote: This stuff is expensive! Over $50 for this piece!</em></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I traced the shape of the back...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqjrYJJAdXpVVAt8MhuTkYOHah2i7e2aM8G6GwuXU41e4s6lqGqRhAVbcFeXV7TILxJBjAAHoaUTIgDbKQMNCN9b00i1PsHo9MX0xScSEgjvaAkX-JGdOqALbVGgNKjUkdlG3xTV7eRJE/s1600/IMG_6467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqjrYJJAdXpVVAt8MhuTkYOHah2i7e2aM8G6GwuXU41e4s6lqGqRhAVbcFeXV7TILxJBjAAHoaUTIgDbKQMNCN9b00i1PsHo9MX0xScSEgjvaAkX-JGdOqALbVGgNKjUkdlG3xTV7eRJE/s640/IMG_6467.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cut out four pieces, and viola!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudgoT2cwSquOCrthcpqY27qcbgrndUd4Mqwm8bHxVlC0Q_OOruFyv80p6-75-rSnP0huLop-4lLrw2myTzq-agavXOdCzIa0iw68lDGhaHPOpvpXsZLrXqye384FeBCETiKhD9o_3PAFs/s1600/IMG_6471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudgoT2cwSquOCrthcpqY27qcbgrndUd4Mqwm8bHxVlC0Q_OOruFyv80p6-75-rSnP0huLop-4lLrw2myTzq-agavXOdCzIa0iw68lDGhaHPOpvpXsZLrXqye384FeBCETiKhD9o_3PAFs/s640/IMG_6471.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The only problem was, you could see the green coming through the fabric. To fix this (and also help stabilize the foam) I slipped pillowcases over the top...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYXRNKQKa8dOZ6BeUGHeuEFU_pvZByZCaY5alctpDtvAIjpPTT7khabu9DF0rWky_U9HLnqde3KazIEAc2hu-TKz7mmiwPgvH_bA7VALZ3SwtC2ecwyWwixq7zM_9IczSZO8gTKj0VfXq/s1600/IMG_6505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYXRNKQKa8dOZ6BeUGHeuEFU_pvZByZCaY5alctpDtvAIjpPTT7khabu9DF0rWky_U9HLnqde3KazIEAc2hu-TKz7mmiwPgvH_bA7VALZ3SwtC2ecwyWwixq7zM_9IczSZO8gTKj0VfXq/s640/IMG_6505.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And we're good to go!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_BjyTdKiQ-y2arZwpnVfUqfd2LqfuHBP8VolSei8SAUgzNKjEVVKdy3He3B92IoP7wbdIiYg_xbCW17NGOGlIhVTg5hmtbsMhyScI_vR5jVyA65Po7JMZHzCHZzP4y45VwkQqbHmCYj5/s1600/IMG_6506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_BjyTdKiQ-y2arZwpnVfUqfd2LqfuHBP8VolSei8SAUgzNKjEVVKdy3He3B92IoP7wbdIiYg_xbCW17NGOGlIhVTg5hmtbsMhyScI_vR5jVyA65Po7JMZHzCHZzP4y45VwkQqbHmCYj5/s640/IMG_6506.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I actually really like how they are loose instead of fitted. It gives the space a softer, more casual feel (and it's so shabby chic, which is my new thing apparently).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's how everything looks together! I even set the table for fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3DQgIx5k00g-qCtv4eKKPBhZ0lT4yQUJPKcggs0ngI8bNE0SgYy5xtssAHc5DIoiHgG8l_wYAO6aZpgrrTarzlc0muHgFJfWc5ihwzHxSbBd649V5v_uGjXBEQ-56zvU0pEvTyW2UOBp/s1600/IMG_6536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3DQgIx5k00g-qCtv4eKKPBhZ0lT4yQUJPKcggs0ngI8bNE0SgYy5xtssAHc5DIoiHgG8l_wYAO6aZpgrrTarzlc0muHgFJfWc5ihwzHxSbBd649V5v_uGjXBEQ-56zvU0pEvTyW2UOBp/s640/IMG_6536.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvY8K0XJ9JRv8__orVQRLE8ih3VsjgiNLmxU2jm-XsGkoE9ENvVGf53_2KT32zTGLEort4G0pFsRE3l4AV2EoOIy0L3YmfGmBYpIJdlgovuCvtpmhfboaurWi6eUdZBhxiHW1Tvm4-K-K/s1600/IMG_6521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvY8K0XJ9JRv8__orVQRLE8ih3VsjgiNLmxU2jm-XsGkoE9ENvVGf53_2KT32zTGLEort4G0pFsRE3l4AV2EoOIy0L3YmfGmBYpIJdlgovuCvtpmhfboaurWi6eUdZBhxiHW1Tvm4-K-K/s640/IMG_6521.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4C5YyGTqqqx-gYBOFrKo8JjTTWfjkgpbhDv0Bn-B1J7TVI3Fuu2QS5ZaXmSK_A5MPjpLNdrhZutJoiH2FiyrZEirf4tZ5ZS14Heo81EHmJ0xwCkqpxjXpwkecUcBDy2ShXe-UqOq8NFj/s1600/IMG_6528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4C5YyGTqqqx-gYBOFrKo8JjTTWfjkgpbhDv0Bn-B1J7TVI3Fuu2QS5ZaXmSK_A5MPjpLNdrhZutJoiH2FiyrZEirf4tZ5ZS14Heo81EHmJ0xwCkqpxjXpwkecUcBDy2ShXe-UqOq8NFj/s640/IMG_6528.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aOfplt86gfyIW2t0DNfQB5LczcovcfytcfybRM7Eof1-bAHAeKTDtefsbG0_RZvhBcugBAwkERBV8xcOgsVydnh4TntCSXwPV-p99VvljraBAudHVbN6u2laX1t3e2pbxBc_cPAEXH2I/s1600/IMG_6516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aOfplt86gfyIW2t0DNfQB5LczcovcfytcfybRM7Eof1-bAHAeKTDtefsbG0_RZvhBcugBAwkERBV8xcOgsVydnh4TntCSXwPV-p99VvljraBAudHVbN6u2laX1t3e2pbxBc_cPAEXH2I/s640/IMG_6516.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Rr3PKTJo2zRm1CwBtrOSIUbAk4wRR-FFxCy3pjWZAydocTIgpruc7JHuLO9g1nopTxFV7MCa_kr1Vy6EFSl0ULgChG_JML1MZZpRHFsWTW3iwKrZATESEyX1t6RkRkS_HCKPvvjYbPeV/s1600/IMG_6522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Rr3PKTJo2zRm1CwBtrOSIUbAk4wRR-FFxCy3pjWZAydocTIgpruc7JHuLO9g1nopTxFV7MCa_kr1Vy6EFSl0ULgChG_JML1MZZpRHFsWTW3iwKrZATESEyX1t6RkRkS_HCKPvvjYbPeV/s640/IMG_6522.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These woven placemats are from Ikea... love them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nJXlPt-4CN5DW0XEZFMi2TrkBNdeRAQ3ajseNaDHw9wmtOm_Nj4_1rr2f8EkMmSc5QhPCUEgUhvhUV5qTLrnQ0iBLj7KiZT3kfFksej-drtMf0fhmdkVyEF7wrsbmqJf7MM2_7C8LBzg/s1600/IMG_6526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nJXlPt-4CN5DW0XEZFMi2TrkBNdeRAQ3ajseNaDHw9wmtOm_Nj4_1rr2f8EkMmSc5QhPCUEgUhvhUV5qTLrnQ0iBLj7KiZT3kfFksej-drtMf0fhmdkVyEF7wrsbmqJf7MM2_7C8LBzg/s640/IMG_6526.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My second weekend project was making these no-sew cloth napkins that double as placemats. I'm running short on time tonight, but I'll pop in mid-week for a quick step by step on those. I'm very pleased with how they turned out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKaSslG_TPZxtHVIakPJ1ZVhyc9Kivk5QIXL-I-6zo2ln6F32c4nbmYgeiKehwSsBY8mZ-Gl-BBiqoWNXUQpiJ0IhC8a_D5vMRkcF0AvaK6C9NVP7dX9S7lsvxXfHgPNzc8TF3XWOpboc/s1600/IMG_6523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKaSslG_TPZxtHVIakPJ1ZVhyc9Kivk5QIXL-I-6zo2ln6F32c4nbmYgeiKehwSsBY8mZ-Gl-BBiqoWNXUQpiJ0IhC8a_D5vMRkcF0AvaK6C9NVP7dX9S7lsvxXfHgPNzc8TF3XWOpboc/s640/IMG_6523.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I saw these gorgeous pinecone salt and pepper shakers on sale at Home Goods months ago and I <em>had</em> to have them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And that, my friends, is that. I can't wait to have friends over and have our first meal there :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Dining Room Reveal!

The day is finally here! Our little dining nook is filled and decorated and has a purpose. Last week I left you in suspense with these bare ...

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Quick Computer Organization Tip

Does your desktop look like this?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://it.sheridanc.on.ca/images/cluttered-desktop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://it.sheridanc.on.ca/images/cluttered-desktop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />I just discovered a new way to organize—wallpaper. No, not the kind you apply to your walls, but the kind that sits on your desktop.<br /><br />Filing everything away into folders is one way to clear your desktop and keep your computer organized, but that won't always work for everyone. If you like to keep multiple icons on your desktop that you need to access a lot (and don't feel like clicking through 5 subdirectories to reach every time), this may help.<br /><br />As many of you know by now, I run a business, so that means customer folders constantly being created and shifted around on my desktop. I normally just grouped them into different areas on my screen as they went through the process from purchase to print, so I could always "know" their status, but I wasn't completely satisfied with this method. Then—lightbulb moment—I decided to make my wallpaper useful and split the screen up into color coded areas, each representing a stage in the process.<br /><br />Step 1 was to find the file size I needed to make, which will be your screen's resolution. In my case, its 1920x1080 pixels.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUk_9G2rBNQ2o_RcaP0FDXJFNOtvPovZuT4nC__1kkCs1m3Twovm5gqD0JbUorvQ74hHKIxzMZBX7hVmckCEHTrFP4_47lKzrGRZhR21rKeEO_SnmvvWlA1QaDlkya440CDj5HumxYeTjV/s1600/Capture2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUk_9G2rBNQ2o_RcaP0FDXJFNOtvPovZuT4nC__1kkCs1m3Twovm5gqD0JbUorvQ74hHKIxzMZBX7hVmckCEHTrFP4_47lKzrGRZhR21rKeEO_SnmvvWlA1QaDlkya440CDj5HumxYeTjV/s640/Capture2.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Then I took to illustrator to create the file. This was a process in trial and error... shifting things around and testing them out on the screen until everything was in a good spot.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafqbBJ2aC2W-0EWrudS3zx-jPXiekgiEiSv6pl6va5SNQzdmoTmsgnmakwm2agf1qj5aTJ7jllX_IWlZ_djIN_QotaQAMtQzGnvF6Bgb-TlQb4iivM0QtXsYo3JyyDFq7otgPtKDC9icT/s1600/file.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafqbBJ2aC2W-0EWrudS3zx-jPXiekgiEiSv6pl6va5SNQzdmoTmsgnmakwm2agf1qj5aTJ7jllX_IWlZ_djIN_QotaQAMtQzGnvF6Bgb-TlQb4iivM0QtXsYo3JyyDFq7otgPtKDC9icT/s640/file.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />That's all it took, and it works like a charm!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ43gyhxaBn9h9yPH3CPhkCP3q0lEnbjsUgfVUOQSAyWZimcOm3hV-ryV8GH4_7zuVikWJUPs2t20E7h8dsuhGahXFOHGOuogs2cbRjFqHdrsHV_k1zvHuVXyIQwYfxwjvP_i7XkmNXqq9/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ43gyhxaBn9h9yPH3CPhkCP3q0lEnbjsUgfVUOQSAyWZimcOm3hV-ryV8GH4_7zuVikWJUPs2t20E7h8dsuhGahXFOHGOuogs2cbRjFqHdrsHV_k1zvHuVXyIQwYfxwjvP_i7XkmNXqq9/s640/Capture.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsdrCKDi4-05bBwO1W9VMb_JXF_vjYVcIs_TGhHctdOZQkV_cTxt8CD3WbRefnyPoJBnHBfY41ee1dQHtNhr4VPxt3F4d3VaRi7tJDlJ-AlUxFL-gMfAzm3akSFQ6IsmQBhsyk7irA-xk/s1600/IMG_6454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsdrCKDi4-05bBwO1W9VMb_JXF_vjYVcIs_TGhHctdOZQkV_cTxt8CD3WbRefnyPoJBnHBfY41ee1dQHtNhr4VPxt3F4d3VaRi7tJDlJ-AlUxFL-gMfAzm3akSFQ6IsmQBhsyk7irA-xk/s640/IMG_6454.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Now that the steps are clearly defined, I should feel more confident in my work process and know that everything is in its' place. This idea can be translated in so many different ways to fit everyone's individual needs. The possibilities are endless... really. Hopefully this can inspire someone else out there who is struggling with their desktop organization!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Pssst... 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Quick Computer Organization Tip

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Dining Room Table Makeover

You know how in grade school, you'd have arts and crafts time... and the teacher would play music in the background and just let you go crazy with your paint and glue and scissors and paper? And it was the best thing ever and you never wanted it to end? That's what this weekend was like for me. A good arts & crafts session. I pretty much loved every minute of it. Maybe because it's something I've been waiting so long for.<br /><br />I've been searching for the perfect pedestal dining table to fill our dining nook for as long as I can remember. And I am thrilled to announce that the day has finally come. Our nook now has a purpose. <br /><br />Last weekend, I was fortunate enough for someone to not only discover my dream table on Craigslist, but she offered to deliver it too (thanks Sara!). And everything about it was perfect. It was $100, which isn't a steal for Craigslist, but it had everything I was looking for (plus 2 extension leaves) so I couldn't pass it up.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3cZSA072qfytJgV2w3bzslIO6l1V3pxNPiPOspRKV7cTGspVuByV7hLnHtPH2MZuEiwUOjNxSSUf4LT-NyCLNxjbyZLqliPyHdNoJQQfpJTTMyQQhc5qRFlmOLSGsFhrpfsQ85F9RMEB/s1600/IMG_6369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3cZSA072qfytJgV2w3bzslIO6l1V3pxNPiPOspRKV7cTGspVuByV7hLnHtPH2MZuEiwUOjNxSSUf4LT-NyCLNxjbyZLqliPyHdNoJQQfpJTTMyQQhc5qRFlmOLSGsFhrpfsQ85F9RMEB/s640/IMG_6369.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />The first step was to decide what color to paint it. The obvious solution for me is usually white, but the table is going against a background of white wainscoting and that is just too much white on white. So my next thought was to bring a little color into the space with turquoise. <br /><br />I still had some paint leftover from this chest:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTrEUlp8oHQGZF0hTWbdHGJOfF9-n-me415spRW4u_PjJ25oJHdjpRNPlPV4I1VN6LAZAAlTX1hCAPu4FZVQdWARRdS-Ym_YdSP78w4KwSMq86TI7Hmiaz3zsaHXM2vM_NaTTErGeiIif/s1600/IMG_5691.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTrEUlp8oHQGZF0hTWbdHGJOfF9-n-me415spRW4u_PjJ25oJHdjpRNPlPV4I1VN6LAZAAlTX1hCAPu4FZVQdWARRdS-Ym_YdSP78w4KwSMq86TI7Hmiaz3zsaHXM2vM_NaTTErGeiIif/s640/IMG_5691.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Since the dining table would only be a few yards away from it, I thought it would be a good way to tie everything together. I didn't want it to match exactly, so I mixed in some white to give it a barely-there-blue shade. <br /><br />Now for the transformation.<br /><br />First, I lightly sanded to remove any surface dirt.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW98LOEFZa_rYkw94ou0vXBuVBJZPgOQPsyRgAGueKxsKfh3V5IwIFTleD1leFNg2hgStxicdDrjdCc9jbS1y8NRh-E_FHiLYvJTovCMfmfNu35rD049RpF81Wyxo3T1yjqjf0ynPLs6TJ/s1600/IMG_6398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW98LOEFZa_rYkw94ou0vXBuVBJZPgOQPsyRgAGueKxsKfh3V5IwIFTleD1leFNg2hgStxicdDrjdCc9jbS1y8NRh-E_FHiLYvJTovCMfmfNu35rD049RpF81Wyxo3T1yjqjf0ynPLs6TJ/s640/IMG_6398.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Then I applied a coat of oil based Zinsser primer.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT95zZRja-KOmB2IDbGDPZRHy7JAwIROyq1TzM1MbNrbr2KB_jYOTsVyRjc5xCEl5IY6TkvPf373RhZ9enLi_HvwV2WIhoE-x3ttRRYcZHoFS6ufvfHDFPMtSXLLlNfoULuyNL9e8V_3xW/s1600/IMG_6408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT95zZRja-KOmB2IDbGDPZRHy7JAwIROyq1TzM1MbNrbr2KB_jYOTsVyRjc5xCEl5IY6TkvPf373RhZ9enLi_HvwV2WIhoE-x3ttRRYcZHoFS6ufvfHDFPMtSXLLlNfoULuyNL9e8V_3xW/s640/IMG_6408.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />After drying, I applied another coat.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteJQRJyaVGjlHR7dXnyd4mRMI_rI_83vDtQTSYVf-3Tj_x9yMx38iGpDsQbAFvq3Z7btTkn0Pm7I0_MBdNByixjy6d7mmaewJ_VCE2V9i-Zelo2H9OfraKRaJgALBGJvBaM9j7i159hxO/s1600/IMG_6409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteJQRJyaVGjlHR7dXnyd4mRMI_rI_83vDtQTSYVf-3Tj_x9yMx38iGpDsQbAFvq3Z7btTkn0Pm7I0_MBdNByixjy6d7mmaewJ_VCE2V9i-Zelo2H9OfraKRaJgALBGJvBaM9j7i159hxO/s640/IMG_6409.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />At this point, you could still see some of the wood showing through, but the primer layers were becoming quite thick and I wasn't convinced it was necessary to completely coat the surface before painting (I could have been wrong... but I think I was right). So I moved onto to the next step.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZoK-HBqUZH_Mo0gEveQ2FLjR0DY9eeS3Kgo2oGl5SMUy2Fr-TczoBXYyrdo9OaN3yqEF-7yNNLOiVF1Rv1rv27kzRorstH1HQedjcxudayR5vd3gqOGyNbVEP5ck7kgM6AIUSGeaTGaWx/s1600/IMG_6418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZoK-HBqUZH_Mo0gEveQ2FLjR0DY9eeS3Kgo2oGl5SMUy2Fr-TczoBXYyrdo9OaN3yqEF-7yNNLOiVF1Rv1rv27kzRorstH1HQedjcxudayR5vd3gqOGyNbVEP5ck7kgM6AIUSGeaTGaWx/s640/IMG_6418.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Here's my custom mixed pale blue shade, ready to go.<br /><br />And here is after one coat...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCAq9DE3PWUYECxuzbuSLPNSmm5cecJMJESjSs-sOyem7W5dx6Y-s-6Hi48dJ1sQ7Z1ZTMzHTa48DxEg0kQzuepjYSFm160vzQwW_epfSx-xll-Kdq_hDvid2ayCHYTkqE_778bUE5REO/s1600/IMG_6421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCAq9DE3PWUYECxuzbuSLPNSmm5cecJMJESjSs-sOyem7W5dx6Y-s-6Hi48dJ1sQ7Z1ZTMzHTa48DxEg0kQzuepjYSFm160vzQwW_epfSx-xll-Kdq_hDvid2ayCHYTkqE_778bUE5REO/s640/IMG_6421.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />And after two...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfLJjHzEg-pEHllXjeKQEZ53tD9DDzBcWsBLtgOkUNLV1oxMF3tjDdLLtejiN_A-CletnfgvBX8G7QQ_DTAvo_3mRAfZBDXMz3kihpIKPVd2Oit2fAOdB5iCmO7Qi_OltIVRsQ3BhAYPD/s1600/IMG_6422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfLJjHzEg-pEHllXjeKQEZ53tD9DDzBcWsBLtgOkUNLV1oxMF3tjDdLLtejiN_A-CletnfgvBX8G7QQ_DTAvo_3mRAfZBDXMz3kihpIKPVd2Oit2fAOdB5iCmO7Qi_OltIVRsQ3BhAYPD/s640/IMG_6422.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Two coats was all it took, and then it just had to dry. <br /><br />I had debated on whether or not to distress this piece, but after seeing the quality and texture of it in person, I decided it would be a good fit. There were natural grooves and holes and crevices in the wood, so even if I tried to make it as smooth and polished as possible, it just wouldn't ever have that perfect store-bought modern look. So I went with it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyBweDTtJ6s03EF5HFf3fMo7igsLD3WExvTWH5fi9P6M4H6gvhb7nFlpfLqJksLH4FpurV7FrkDMJA4JRpy-MFDCjxJwXvkNOtkykgh1p-9kJLNtKael2CBuVeLQdfSVOISXiemWdjB1P/s1600/IMG_6426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyBweDTtJ6s03EF5HFf3fMo7igsLD3WExvTWH5fi9P6M4H6gvhb7nFlpfLqJksLH4FpurV7FrkDMJA4JRpy-MFDCjxJwXvkNOtkykgh1p-9kJLNtKael2CBuVeLQdfSVOISXiemWdjB1P/s640/IMG_6426.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Finally, I applied a few coats of Minwax's Polycrylic to seal and protect the surface. <br /><br />And here's the table in its new home:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQ00sBDCroYNky4mEtUO89FZ3MWpe5YBNoIdSVbH20OjVAFNuyTH7PZuhQd6h7tbSs302tUH4iYfQXQU2zj8z-dYzqN64ZA32X5RAa1p5vDVdJfl7FS7gXef3LXBBi3RbB8-8eNBKI6Wd/s1600/IMG_6439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQ00sBDCroYNky4mEtUO89FZ3MWpe5YBNoIdSVbH20OjVAFNuyTH7PZuhQd6h7tbSs302tUH4iYfQXQU2zj8z-dYzqN64ZA32X5RAa1p5vDVdJfl7FS7gXef3LXBBi3RbB8-8eNBKI6Wd/s640/IMG_6439.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbZE8cJa-bYI1rN4Pmye_LwoY6FUd0EmmWwlM140XxAz6mce9QvRY4Y3vuqWEFWmPaxgN2EOByJ84BHTxztyHXQySKAhyphenhyphenzZDbFUKi0f5cG6CqlKInNqiQ77FEjoCIKj1ZuNUW8P9xUvH0/s1600/IMG_6442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbZE8cJa-bYI1rN4Pmye_LwoY6FUd0EmmWwlM140XxAz6mce9QvRY4Y3vuqWEFWmPaxgN2EOByJ84BHTxztyHXQySKAhyphenhyphenzZDbFUKi0f5cG6CqlKInNqiQ77FEjoCIKj1ZuNUW8P9xUvH0/s640/IMG_6442.jpg" width="434" /></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: left;">I just can't get over this shade... I'm in love!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I would have completed the room this weekend with chairs and a table setting, but that's a project all on its own. I've got plans for the accessories that will take a whole weekend to complete, if everything goes right *fingers crossed*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a little preview of what I have to work with....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2w-yl-OyMQUa6rCveTmuH2canJWSDANWeUfUBRCBgv4DGT4sK-HCNKuTNwjR3CxLCMxfsuRRr6LBo0zr1XoY_BwiDJYPLYSzapZJrVvQ_bCdeG29QSOrqyRWASkQv-QjcJncGI4CNQfw-/s1600/IMG_6446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2w-yl-OyMQUa6rCveTmuH2canJWSDANWeUfUBRCBgv4DGT4sK-HCNKuTNwjR3CxLCMxfsuRRr6LBo0zr1XoY_BwiDJYPLYSzapZJrVvQ_bCdeG29QSOrqyRWASkQv-QjcJncGI4CNQfw-/s640/IMG_6446.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yep... good old Ikea chairs. As you can see, they do not match the space at all. But that will change next weekend. See you then :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Dining Room Table Makeover

You know how in grade school, you'd have arts and crafts time... and the teacher would play music in the background and just let you go ...

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DIY Showoff Feature!

The sweet, talented Roeshel over at <a href="http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/">the DIY showoff</a> featured me on her blog this morning!<br /><br /><a href="http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="The DIY Show Off" border="0" src="http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac195/Roeshel/DIYShowOffbuttonsmall.jpg" /></a><br /><br />If you haven't seen her blog yet... go check it out! There is always something fun going on over there for everyone to participate in. And every room in her house is amazing... my personal favorite is the kitchen:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeMgBx5rdm2GLtfZdT_z3l75QwXGOiZTFn4YaWF9AxU7CRvGVu-ZQ3Vl81QkFnQPjNAvmvMw-m11Fwh5X5RWDHpz3B9boOdUk2YA-dGwj04MvTlcfYd3PufjfnbS5KrEFjSu0BAaqS1I/s640/floor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeMgBx5rdm2GLtfZdT_z3l75QwXGOiZTFn4YaWF9AxU7CRvGVu-ZQ3Vl81QkFnQPjNAvmvMw-m11Fwh5X5RWDHpz3B9boOdUk2YA-dGwj04MvTlcfYd3PufjfnbS5KrEFjSu0BAaqS1I/s1600/floor.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>How gorgeous is this?!</em></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Thanks again, Roeshel! Your blog is such an inspiraton.<br /><br /><br />Be back Sunday with a "brand new" dining table reveal!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div>

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The sweet, talented Roeshel over at the DIY showoff featured me on her blog this morning! If you haven't seen her blog yet... go check ...

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Foyer Board & Batten Reveal

Whew, we made it through through another wall treatment project! And this one might be my favorite yet. <br /><br />Rewind back to <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/foyer-board-batten-part-i.html">last weekend</a>, when we began the project assuming it would be complete the next day (yeah right). This is where we were at on Sunday:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYwymTEw6vc7aORS70LkGFGwlgUL_mZVjPRZ8b-rh5n5Gx0R4ZiWCMun9PZCAVGOoGdm37CNUuCzWPWW4uJctb13xaIg5jGGmAzm0B8Lea3K6AFzGveKauBDHRKd8Qfs-F5GxEw-eYU0h/s1600/IMG_6322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYwymTEw6vc7aORS70LkGFGwlgUL_mZVjPRZ8b-rh5n5Gx0R4ZiWCMun9PZCAVGOoGdm37CNUuCzWPWW4uJctb13xaIg5jGGmAzm0B8Lea3K6AFzGveKauBDHRKd8Qfs-F5GxEw-eYU0h/s640/IMG_6322.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />So yesterday we (well, more like just me) got back to work. The final two boards went in and it was time to patch all the holes and seams. This is normally the most annoying part because not everything fits together perfectly because the walls are never straight. So I took my time and did my best, using putty on all the hail holes and wood-to-wood seams, and caulk where the boards met the wall:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9s5pByjBfjnLOTZ9HASYACO47h931SL7sRVsx17daGKQ9FyMWdJRXtewFJn4pCzDtJrd2BhazEuAshuI_mVgTha26vsFFuYobOdLAqU98lMrA96W-bRMdB86RntmxFKczdJdlSNQdPWK/s1600/IMG_6348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9s5pByjBfjnLOTZ9HASYACO47h931SL7sRVsx17daGKQ9FyMWdJRXtewFJn4pCzDtJrd2BhazEuAshuI_mVgTha26vsFFuYobOdLAqU98lMrA96W-bRMdB86RntmxFKczdJdlSNQdPWK/s640/IMG_6348.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Before...</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNH129jU5oKtemtW0BDar_jJNBQj_ETzGQ3IOg_GrBAEiLJhX1lAb9TKhQ-8N0IRLDO_tJMQeqs2hwq2Khi-t9s-qwI-JFDpB7viK_Tn1Ck27A6LBSj_EJ238Un6fDXQJhTSX2BVWa8uT/s1600/IMG_6352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNH129jU5oKtemtW0BDar_jJNBQj_ETzGQ3IOg_GrBAEiLJhX1lAb9TKhQ-8N0IRLDO_tJMQeqs2hwq2Khi-t9s-qwI-JFDpB7viK_Tn1Ck27A6LBSj_EJ238Un6fDXQJhTSX2BVWa8uT/s640/IMG_6352.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>...After</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Then it was just hours of sanding and trying to make everything even and seamless.<br /><br />After the sanding, while I was letting the caulk dry, it was time to paint. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFLTJSghahpw13rkjRykf_4y9jvj9IVcm55NNdFb8rwyuMJZDMctYREeSCW3L3vzvhXs3rtqMCgbTYXggqpAJGaPaZf1_MMPAUgGC1LFtT8yTwG415jhQX965tyqJwqKcYSLM5sKUwWE0/s1600/IMG_6353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFLTJSghahpw13rkjRykf_4y9jvj9IVcm55NNdFb8rwyuMJZDMctYREeSCW3L3vzvhXs3rtqMCgbTYXggqpAJGaPaZf1_MMPAUgGC1LFtT8yTwG415jhQX965tyqJwqKcYSLM5sKUwWE0/s640/IMG_6353.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />I was forced to repaint the entire top half because there were some imperfections where the wall met the trim from the first time it was painted, and we ran out of the original paint color. So I picked up a quart of Valspar's Magic Spell (the original paint was color matched to this) and crossed my fingers that the paint would be an exact match...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXqAhGR0S-YeDrNswmX74TxNsoWthn76674t2rb0fBnzQmzNOm8mnRWmIR0SdkHbD1CwX2TLLytDmx3qzVxhcNX0sb4XHM7bFuxGJbV-w5Ou8CrkonCfa0a9YhP1dksuf4hUoTxT_wcpr/s1600/IMG_6360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXqAhGR0S-YeDrNswmX74TxNsoWthn76674t2rb0fBnzQmzNOm8mnRWmIR0SdkHbD1CwX2TLLytDmx3qzVxhcNX0sb4XHM7bFuxGJbV-w5Ou8CrkonCfa0a9YhP1dksuf4hUoTxT_wcpr/s640/IMG_6360.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />But alas, it was not. The real Magic Spell is the slightly lighter/greyer shade on the right. It didn't take long, however, and pretty soon I was ready to paint the bottom.<br /><br />After about 10 coats (seriously) of Behr's paint + primer...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTq10Y1RyRE2pCot7HUkKNL0yZqvu8oTKkjNz6q32uw7OGVoe-9CLvCvN0Gdemg3-SngfaqOmgp6hm7Re0CMXrF2atoSz-AJ78qQLQ97u-q0vFiQvT6JcGfYqHho0dZUe90LAefwoOILSC/s1600/IMG_6362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTq10Y1RyRE2pCot7HUkKNL0yZqvu8oTKkjNz6q32uw7OGVoe-9CLvCvN0Gdemg3-SngfaqOmgp6hm7Re0CMXrF2atoSz-AJ78qQLQ97u-q0vFiQvT6JcGfYqHho0dZUe90LAefwoOILSC/s640/IMG_6362.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />It was done!<br /><br />Oh, and if you were wondering how we solved this PITA situation...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CpADLbt_nJxA1DYgZReufawqp5ovrQfFy54hA3Rc36dUw5jrh2VzE8C60deeJdoL5eQvIZoXvrfA9123Z8_yINWttorsEtwdq8wGBIIgUrL6zFphZYdzb2-XDir_3yd-7jgXn4Y1zkJr/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CpADLbt_nJxA1DYgZReufawqp5ovrQfFy54hA3Rc36dUw5jrh2VzE8C60deeJdoL5eQvIZoXvrfA9123Z8_yINWttorsEtwdq8wGBIIgUrL6zFphZYdzb2-XDir_3yd-7jgXn4Y1zkJr/s640/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLgjAOiI-9vN4Lrs6CH_t6-Azjn9sHIinQU5fL9GljXLRHamTthJ_h311LrIJc5SbY8exUHgNtbbf5m3oeGPrYyzisezGUYiOzyAO0LQTMTG_OAmuAI8U02Rq50hXy4JbM2XuXTp35WN1/s1600/securedownload.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLgjAOiI-9vN4Lrs6CH_t6-Azjn9sHIinQU5fL9GljXLRHamTthJ_h311LrIJc5SbY8exUHgNtbbf5m3oeGPrYyzisezGUYiOzyAO0LQTMTG_OAmuAI8U02Rq50hXy4JbM2XuXTp35WN1/s640/securedownload.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Let's just say it took some sculpting skills, but I think I remedied the situation pretty well (for an amateur)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9rV3lWq5rADQoWy7mMbPTG_fksqjxEuhoiW7rHaC6XF3abEOieB3sAP11_Vhr4TcL3-GUNAdzuNQ2kLnt6UxkNHiclJK3es3G_lUeWTeH9fnp8H_otympztiWsTPFflNMDbPJbYf8NzP/s1600/IMG_6395.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9rV3lWq5rADQoWy7mMbPTG_fksqjxEuhoiW7rHaC6XF3abEOieB3sAP11_Vhr4TcL3-GUNAdzuNQ2kLnt6UxkNHiclJK3es3G_lUeWTeH9fnp8H_otympztiWsTPFflNMDbPJbYf8NzP/s640/IMG_6395.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wgfPiB4WgKBMNtHNglUs0-ItwkaNTbGJ6O4GMKQAZoVkuCM0q-B_9zmLqGF5m9ilT9Md6oLjajeJLGLv9Zvl-4gEMsm8D-EDtRVGs45Z_p8CZuH0Exp2qS29XT8FxPvKfPOoZk9f2e-h/s1600/IMG_6396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wgfPiB4WgKBMNtHNglUs0-ItwkaNTbGJ6O4GMKQAZoVkuCM0q-B_9zmLqGF5m9ilT9Md6oLjajeJLGLv9Zvl-4gEMsm8D-EDtRVGs45Z_p8CZuH0Exp2qS29XT8FxPvKfPOoZk9f2e-h/s640/IMG_6396.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />We still need to add the base shoe and grout the tile area so ignore the gnarliness at the bottom as it will be covered.<br /><br />Anyway, back to the reveal!<br /><br />Here's the foyer freshly painted and ready to be re-accessorized:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaE_wkK91R-BwQSc30PSQQYke2OwgcJCaa_i4YBDIbO7ulyritBpI1Jq-G3qrMC-JoBfr0XSoraO-Yk-U_Wc6ML6Dd8p9AEdU8ISaGYJ9IKnkEf2AuV3LfjsrFce8L29owV0iatSOXhzZ/s1600/IMG_6375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaE_wkK91R-BwQSc30PSQQYke2OwgcJCaa_i4YBDIbO7ulyritBpI1Jq-G3qrMC-JoBfr0XSoraO-Yk-U_Wc6ML6Dd8p9AEdU8ISaGYJ9IKnkEf2AuV3LfjsrFce8L29owV0iatSOXhzZ/s640/IMG_6375.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>Before I show the final after... let's take a quick trip down memory lane to the Original Before:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpNWL4rB724Th5hsyJPv5SYxl0KbsOKy8DhuK-jFJr93R79rGKtxLwN0IdSPqe01fxyM6FHTXh1jksjEEoQhN6Xtf-RoIPrPhWfZjKpt8JVfElSdahp0K_OtCn2auBJqi255wqvQzSDPW/s1600/Before.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpNWL4rB724Th5hsyJPv5SYxl0KbsOKy8DhuK-jFJr93R79rGKtxLwN0IdSPqe01fxyM6FHTXh1jksjEEoQhN6Xtf-RoIPrPhWfZjKpt8JVfElSdahp0K_OtCn2auBJqi255wqvQzSDPW/s640/Before.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Metallic floral wallpaper... gotta love it.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />The interim:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgr6oA_mq9-tPpCWaARlIjuUnTJZZP3HshNUPts7e2-MlKczwseiGCgAdIn3uVHi_KGwSdSw5l6yX02SDr5-Rk5yT3456Fo9g2yIulmSoe0UinrQepEqXExMqk9_k8SJh7FkicHg-33zxd/s1600/IMG_3971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgr6oA_mq9-tPpCWaARlIjuUnTJZZP3HshNUPts7e2-MlKczwseiGCgAdIn3uVHi_KGwSdSw5l6yX02SDr5-Rk5yT3456Fo9g2yIulmSoe0UinrQepEqXExMqk9_k8SJh7FkicHg-33zxd/s640/IMG_3971.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />And now, the After:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhf5wqn4lTm6TLkOiYfDskxcXH71I3q_CuNr-IdSKv2eqWTppwrGe72NkVq2Kd4zi55CNCJf-gEDlaRZQYPtibRQ-3lt0piRxPmOvL6Sd5MdXDTKtETOeVybrBICBUZEZC-lA5madRGkQd/s1600/IMG_6376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhf5wqn4lTm6TLkOiYfDskxcXH71I3q_CuNr-IdSKv2eqWTppwrGe72NkVq2Kd4zi55CNCJf-gEDlaRZQYPtibRQ-3lt0piRxPmOvL6Sd5MdXDTKtETOeVybrBICBUZEZC-lA5madRGkQd/s640/IMG_6376.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVrTZMtecUtuwldgzdZr5Xw1LqUqKGGBLOE8pGyRarhBJrASnnxwP6HXZ_8vROz7dd2RZpOgbnovKhEvntune-S6_s2ZZAm8mHg3fCvD-kquGIZ_qCJLTOZrLypy980fGyaSG2M9lQpel/s1600/IMG_6377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVrTZMtecUtuwldgzdZr5Xw1LqUqKGGBLOE8pGyRarhBJrASnnxwP6HXZ_8vROz7dd2RZpOgbnovKhEvntune-S6_s2ZZAm8mHg3fCvD-kquGIZ_qCJLTOZrLypy980fGyaSG2M9lQpel/s640/IMG_6377.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The wall tiles are from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YCOHXM/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=jensuedes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003YCOHXM" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fc7b8;">Amazon</span></a>. <br /><br />I purchased the light from Overstock, but it's no longer available (see more on that <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/guest-bath-almost-there.html">here</a>).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yvIjQjm-rxYbJ2P7IeCg7eT1gIYD4VRvdeWGsh3zoVWoN90aj3_zGRK6TacGLgOJHA0UzyZSeolobTZeZ-XDXia2QrzDrZn0elljfUi0UQefgfy_G_OZPUw2dOwm1B0uG3iQEe934pWK/s1600/IMG_6383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yvIjQjm-rxYbJ2P7IeCg7eT1gIYD4VRvdeWGsh3zoVWoN90aj3_zGRK6TacGLgOJHA0UzyZSeolobTZeZ-XDXia2QrzDrZn0elljfUi0UQefgfy_G_OZPUw2dOwm1B0uG3iQEe934pWK/s640/IMG_6383.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The prints on the right are 11.5x11.5", framed inside Ikea's $20 Virserum frames, found <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90174779/"><span style="color: #6fc7b8;">here.</span></a><span id="goog_1042971039"></span><span id="goog_1042971040"></span> Prints can be customized and ordered in any size, <a href="http://www.jennasuedesign.com/welcome-to-our-home/"><span style="color: #6fc7b8;">here</span></a> and <a href="http://www.jennasuedesign.com/house-numbers/"><span style="color: #6fc7b8;">here</span></a>.</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/AVvXsEhVZgADyIEoTe0RaospQ1eo5xegBeSr4MOBY2qHOZLrnFsSXs3FSE5zzJemRhwWJ5FU-VW1J24nTWBRHBEOtjWYymn2Oi8FG5tXXjWaQTnKJOG81nVxFcJHhmdzdK2v5z5muXch_fd21Uiz/s1600/IMG_6387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZgADyIEoTe0RaospQ1eo5xegBeSr4MOBY2qHOZLrnFsSXs3FSE5zzJemRhwWJ5FU-VW1J24nTWBRHBEOtjWYymn2Oi8FG5tXXjWaQTnKJOG81nVxFcJHhmdzdK2v5z5muXch_fd21Uiz/s640/IMG_6387.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnTZgLoJeTncoD36ThfITeDViyO6NPJMPXa9p-5_KS-tFVq9c_nzQooPOeEKJ8MYik9uYbrw_6UW7_sKPs3LAimyUH3hawZaf1LVInw7R5Q8LAIcGVQ-0z9tS3zYjvB5gWN1puLKn5X_u/s1600/IMG_6388.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnTZgLoJeTncoD36ThfITeDViyO6NPJMPXa9p-5_KS-tFVq9c_nzQooPOeEKJ8MYik9uYbrw_6UW7_sKPs3LAimyUH3hawZaf1LVInw7R5Q8LAIcGVQ-0z9tS3zYjvB5gWN1puLKn5X_u/s640/IMG_6388.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>These are 12x16 prints inside Ikea's $17 Virserum frames, found <a href="here.http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00174769/"><span style="color: #6fc7b8;">here.</span></a> The prints can be customized and purchased in any size, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/70350417/welcome-to-our-home-art-print-choose"><span style="color: #6fc7b8;">here</span></a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/70345283/custom-house-number-art-print-choose"><span style="color: #6fc7b8;">here</span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h8WoyXv415x2GgMXINsilurrdvlvEDLeIefYAYZgSEYxsOUYCIDRIIFz-LZJ7OHRIoitihjm4pyHN98f2MTQ66vZhCcPAg9tlxTOtdJhnplXnBKIbM5j5rfj7gSUqE8WSPJjfJNiByZb/s1600/IMG_6390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h8WoyXv415x2GgMXINsilurrdvlvEDLeIefYAYZgSEYxsOUYCIDRIIFz-LZJ7OHRIoitihjm4pyHN98f2MTQ66vZhCcPAg9tlxTOtdJhnplXnBKIbM5j5rfj7gSUqE8WSPJjfJNiByZb/s640/IMG_6390.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />The hooks were purchased at either HD or Lowe's (can't remember which, sorry!)<br /><br />A COMPLETE HOUSE SOURCE LIST (including paint colors) can be found <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/p/florida-house.html" target="_blank">here</a>!<br /><br />There will still be one more After in this foyer's transformation, when we replace the glass with a solid frosted panel. Not sure when we'll go ahead and pull the trigger on that, but it's in the works. <br /><br /><br />And that does it for this weekend! I'm quite excited about next weekends project... it's sitting in the garage right now:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dOWxa5AwCEj4TfFKgGyjrePzJYAn6Wfiiu8BRJZ5azWdhMOvx6e6jY9S8lgrOFLJJ1nDlXGkds4bQj73Z82kUDAtzsJMZjbzXCFhk0v-2Ksr36S0XKmYyEkN75m1_G_OWwqYv3rorJGo/s1600/IMG_6369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dOWxa5AwCEj4TfFKgGyjrePzJYAn6Wfiiu8BRJZ5azWdhMOvx6e6jY9S8lgrOFLJJ1nDlXGkds4bQj73Z82kUDAtzsJMZjbzXCFhk0v-2Ksr36S0XKmYyEkN75m1_G_OWwqYv3rorJGo/s640/IMG_6369.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Ahhh... it's the pedastal table I've been dreaming about for months and months. We'll finally be able to fill this empty hole in our dining area....<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-gYMFOHIvzKA5kE_DG0iXUpFuU4jEJ870rAFTld41BZsunmF49Hay6O5XVJiwLO6wdnt2kW0sUS9esrfA_zLqZyqP0lNe8LCz9Mfo0_n2N3urgRTtTzE7HnxP4DPKB2uAieLmysTyrj7/s1600/IMG_5300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-gYMFOHIvzKA5kE_DG0iXUpFuU4jEJ870rAFTld41BZsunmF49Hay6O5XVJiwLO6wdnt2kW0sUS9esrfA_zLqZyqP0lNe8LCz9Mfo0_n2N3urgRTtTzE7HnxP4DPKB2uAieLmysTyrj7/s640/IMG_5300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Get excited. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div>

Foyer Board & Batten Reveal

Whew, we made it through through another wall treatment project! And this one might be my favorite yet. Rewind back to last weekend , when w...

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