When My Paint Brush Takes Me To A New Level

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ever since my latest paint project<a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2013/01/taking-risk-and-painting-my-console.html2013/01/taking-risk-and-painting-my-console.html"> here </a> my confidence with my paint brush is soaring to try new things, to be bold, to be daring, to go places I have never been before.</span><br /><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvINlpW7jqytZFAtqkuuyxU_8VwU4a7wUGJynbp3X0lV4UkQoqbsxt7OaprL2eapF7MS_qIARm8xsE5QPKRIpznXLPfBuUIA_WOozDj9SvdmAYl1fnJ3iP9m9xRUC7r-oCWECZCpmdNvD6/s1600/IMG_6371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvINlpW7jqytZFAtqkuuyxU_8VwU4a7wUGJynbp3X0lV4UkQoqbsxt7OaprL2eapF7MS_qIARm8xsE5QPKRIpznXLPfBuUIA_WOozDj9SvdmAYl1fnJ3iP9m9xRUC7r-oCWECZCpmdNvD6/s640/IMG_6371.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><center><a class="pin-it-button" count-layout="none" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftopthistopthat.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F02%2Fwhen-my-paint-brush-takes-me-to-new.html&media=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-rYnlpOiqJb8%2FURIt5o80DLI%2FAAAAAAAAaKQ%2F2zJkn7aYyDo%2Fs1600%2FIMG_6371.JPG%22%20imageanchor%3D%221%22%20style%3D%22margin-left%3A%201em%3B%20margin-right%3A%201em%3B%22%3E%3Cimg%20border%3D%220%22%20height%3D%22640%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-rYnlpOiqJb8%2FURIt5o80DLI%2FAAAAAAAAaKQ%2F2zJkn7aYyDo%2Fs640%2FIMG_6371.JPG%22%20width%3D%22426%22%20&description=Painted%20built%20in%20shelving-%20Top%20This%20Top%20That"><img border="0" src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" title="Pin It" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">So I took a chance with my built in shelves in my breakfast area and painted them to "lighten" up the space. This was a fairly daunting project for me, because unlike a piece of furniture that you paint and don't like the way it turns out, I couldn't just put a blanket over it and stick it in storage. </span></div></center></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Z6Yc8_sBds_u8LCTsyFTog_nToQy7htnLbukgE0B3pF9tRi0u6VUGLyh0sfG1KZ-AVKke7IOyp1cRVCgf8efpm2egsl5hwL9KdQdxS1K1ag-ff7rWG0N2PQoLefRJMeH_rqXVDEsWXEN/s1600/IMG_6374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Z6Yc8_sBds_u8LCTsyFTog_nToQy7htnLbukgE0B3pF9tRi0u6VUGLyh0sfG1KZ-AVKke7IOyp1cRVCgf8efpm2egsl5hwL9KdQdxS1K1ag-ff7rWG0N2PQoLefRJMeH_rqXVDEsWXEN/s640/IMG_6374.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">This was a 'no turning back now' event and I was making my move during the course of several long days, sweaty palms, contingency planning and the occasional raised eyebrow from my husband . </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOdXnMixeKpBIsqX9naBUdDaymEgkWiV0u_pnvJdvtIFIm7CcAgDB-9ZcYKcEM_bKT36PUBpAM7JmxcBdcIUem-tkLhNCC7Ss7KclXu76SEOeZdncqJXSbH4-YojiLU2ua2VdKIbQjSb-/s1600/IMG_6088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOdXnMixeKpBIsqX9naBUdDaymEgkWiV0u_pnvJdvtIFIm7CcAgDB-9ZcYKcEM_bKT36PUBpAM7JmxcBdcIUem-tkLhNCC7Ss7KclXu76SEOeZdncqJXSbH4-YojiLU2ua2VdKIbQjSb-/s640/IMG_6088.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And what a move it turned out to be. It turned out better then I expected and created just the look that I had envisioned for this space.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWM-jGvspMwT0FMhOvEPpI4zckQzkuHRV2j1obAqd-e0D1fF4oHvl5n4nLEY1ZoQJXQ4x4lrgL676E7X0IrcAYPduSfg-qUSySloxxhyHE8kXASWncOEM2vhsRxkmxyues0pOXK0EGdLP/s1600/IMG_6378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWM-jGvspMwT0FMhOvEPpI4zckQzkuHRV2j1obAqd-e0D1fF4oHvl5n4nLEY1ZoQJXQ4x4lrgL676E7X0IrcAYPduSfg-qUSySloxxhyHE8kXASWncOEM2vhsRxkmxyues0pOXK0EGdLP/s640/IMG_6378.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A move I have no regrets making, and would make again if presented with the same situation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjoffmbZplQQfc_t4tfQS6OG5E9yTKKuLF0wsC3wDNQ52FKJOQ3l3WCBuET2PyqrvnJf_upx5OjOfAMPYF6N0T5PPCL4usOzyEFEc-4XNHhErQSq7SBXX0Ynet0qv9xh8_fk6GMYSDDlH/s1600/IMG_9876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjoffmbZplQQfc_t4tfQS6OG5E9yTKKuLF0wsC3wDNQ52FKJOQ3l3WCBuET2PyqrvnJf_upx5OjOfAMPYF6N0T5PPCL4usOzyEFEc-4XNHhErQSq7SBXX0Ynet0qv9xh8_fk6GMYSDDlH/s640/IMG_9876.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">and to hopefully have the same outcome.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhR-W158NSIyAGNtlzKoquhGqG14ykQyJCOTKmjDLz-WVN4i15ZLi1L9uHIoofskgATwCELRMBlvRGtOVearuMvWOMmTIv5hd-tNQd79VmClb80m6eteYWdT9uopwfhI9B7y-Uvz0U8TU/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/AVvXsEgHhR-W158NSIyAGNtlzKoquhGqG14ykQyJCOTKmjDLz-WVN4i15ZLi1L9uHIoofskgATwCELRMBlvRGtOVearuMvWOMmTIv5hd-tNQd79VmClb80m6eteYWdT9uopwfhI9B7y-Uvz0U8TU/s640/IMG_6377.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-NaMh5cu_QrRTapL8aDoijVD2SdvYa488wmNmg_tBaFvtVRqhXGvV3DNvBFWTeeMNVcp8vzu4wij5RdfUvCfKFNzt4yH7RpBbctWjuMGb5LIhtA3HJepx0XABYg3G9FeJRGazo6Unsxw/s1600/IMG_6240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-NaMh5cu_QrRTapL8aDoijVD2SdvYa488wmNmg_tBaFvtVRqhXGvV3DNvBFWTeeMNVcp8vzu4wij5RdfUvCfKFNzt4yH7RpBbctWjuMGb5LIhtA3HJepx0XABYg3G9FeJRGazo6Unsxw/s640/IMG_6240.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Hmmm....... I wonder what's next?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Click<a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-rest-of-story-of-breakfast-area.html"><i> here</i> </a>for the full room reveal.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Are you a risk taker with painting movable furniture or with permanent pieces?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_My9oqeA2BjpcI85athBn66D05woMs-NiSzXtVJ8SzFiry2eD3yR44X0hDmqLGdxU2BuEYIisKwa58txy4vtHfOJRlCCZ_J2p3ohLiiXFQZwHvmN_URrTbPmHQ6xghmoLl4Nia7_3Pk6f/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_My9oqeA2BjpcI85athBn66D05woMs-NiSzXtVJ8SzFiry2eD3yR44X0hDmqLGdxU2BuEYIisKwa58txy4vtHfOJRlCCZ_J2p3ohLiiXFQZwHvmN_URrTbPmHQ6xghmoLl4Nia7_3Pk6f/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>PS- Just for the record. This was the largest piece of "fixed" furniture that I have ever painted and I am sure it will not be the last!</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>PPS- for this project I used ASCP in Old White ( 2 coats)  and clear wax.</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Grateful for~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A good life </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lunch with Girlfriends</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><i>Sharing with:</i><br /><i><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/02/tutorials-tips-and-tidbits-35.html">StoneGable</a></i><br /><i><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/">Savvy Southern Style</a></i><br /><i><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on The Porch</a></i><br /><a href="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/uncategorized/tutorials-tips-link-party-96.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thestoriesofa2z%2FVisw+%28Home+Stories+A+to+Z%29"><i>Homestories AtoZ</i></a><br /><i><a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/2013/02/sns-174-its-all-about-valentines.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20blogspot/KCcu%20(Funky%20Junk%20Interiors)">Funky Junk Interiors</a></i><br /><i><a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/02/feathered-nest-friday.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20blogspot/QoLtm%20(FRENCH%20COUNTRY%20COTTAGE)">French Country Cottage</a></i><br /><i><a href="http://www.craftyscrappyhappy.net/2013/02/paint-it-project-link-party.html#comment-10360">Crafty Scrappy Happy</a></i><br /><a href="http://www.whisperwoodcottage.com/"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qGqBlSmoKUPAc2NqY65zKXjZrbiEmXUpkch4LpB-Ha4MycUUJ32UZJjyesJtoywyO08S11u0D-82MOIkmw1WfzI2SwnoLBFEfsWbt9jTmiHNIMhXc1ODYoSYIhXHd_OKzKn2JDsBg9px/s200/1st-project-party-2013.png" width="120" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><br /></div><div><center></center></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">        Want Top This Top That delivered directly to your inbox?</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #6a6969; line-height: 20px; padding: 13px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It’s easy!  Just enter your e-mail address.</span></div><br /><div><form action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" method="post" onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TopThisTopThat', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 3px; text-align: center;" target="popupwindow">Enter your email address:<br /><input name="email" style="width: 140px;" type="text" /><br /><input name="uri" type="hidden" value="TopThisTopThat" /><input name="loc" type="hidden" value="en_US" /><input type="submit" value="Subscribe" /><br />Delivered by <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/" target="_blank">FeedBurner</a></form><br /></div>

When My Paint Brush Takes Me To A New Level

Ever since my latest paint project here  my confidence with my paint brush is soaring to try new things, to be bold, to be daring, to go pl...

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A Risk Worth Taking

<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The house was calm and quiet. Kids and husband were outside. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If I was going to make my move, this was the time. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">                                    This was the moment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My heart was racing, sweat was dripping from my brow and my hands were shaking....terribly</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyWGUyMZXfG3ovCPuNOIXAqO6-gAFznh5Bywx_GvfmrMbnS08PGUcytqX4yYEcnk4TrDewnVCFzCu4ZBt5UKiGZ3uzYHLzWm1jrOBESEdQm9jdle5dSjgdlFS3BL9S2uHE7rL2zNtNLAL/s1600/IMG_3098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyWGUyMZXfG3ovCPuNOIXAqO6-gAFznh5Bywx_GvfmrMbnS08PGUcytqX4yYEcnk4TrDewnVCFzCu4ZBt5UKiGZ3uzYHLzWm1jrOBESEdQm9jdle5dSjgdlFS3BL9S2uHE7rL2zNtNLAL/s640/IMG_3098.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">With my favorite paint brush by my side and a class of crystal light fruit punch to calm my nerves, I stared directly at it.      </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">What should I do?</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What will my husband say? </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What will my friends think?</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I was about to make a decision to do something that I had never done before.</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbjOsQOVCw2tg9GN63tldDYusYkO0m_YG4z0KKODMaIsS1ofhmStDGi7l64-_WIIxzO5Kp-Qa7kCCRPVjmHg1B5Fkky8kAw-F1CrgnOIzcBRvWq-shcUyVCik-mwXN6hNv7cKlavmrGp0/s1600/IMG_3102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbjOsQOVCw2tg9GN63tldDYusYkO0m_YG4z0KKODMaIsS1ofhmStDGi7l64-_WIIxzO5Kp-Qa7kCCRPVjmHg1B5Fkky8kAw-F1CrgnOIzcBRvWq-shcUyVCik-mwXN6hNv7cKlavmrGp0/s640/IMG_3102.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I didn't have this problem with the thrift store find (<i><a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/03/will-dude-appreciate-it.html">here</a></i>), or my dumpster rescue (<i><a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/01/table-that-almost-wasnt-meant-to-be.html">here</a></i>), or even my painted floors (<a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-to-paint-floor-and-love-it.html"><i>here</i></a>). But this was different. This was committing myself to the success or failure of the outcome and living with it everyday and never hearing the end of it from your husband if it didn't turn out.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnnsb0qNy1lheFidiSHXKzLJLQgeqoqwfu5SbCeE0wrCOYiB7auWZ5rqNj8UC26g7M8mtYeC2hgHPZrSg1z4R2xkqlbujqEEKfTYdkpytBfJY49amkWDRkXomIz44TnlHeXLPfmYgbssE/s1600/IMG_3115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnnsb0qNy1lheFidiSHXKzLJLQgeqoqwfu5SbCeE0wrCOYiB7auWZ5rqNj8UC26g7M8mtYeC2hgHPZrSg1z4R2xkqlbujqEEKfTYdkpytBfJY49amkWDRkXomIz44TnlHeXLPfmYgbssE/s640/IMG_3115.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It only took one look to know that I had not made a mistake. That the risk was worth taken. That a piece of furniture that I paid a really good sum of money for, had been transformed. That hubby would be proud and that my friends would say good job, but still chuckle that I had painted that piece.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHw02yxgVowqS7eY4BmGW5vAWXE-9zmCA2LXnA_fcZiT6GM3jqaz0_5gWBLe5jsRqsZKqbiGT0pItmjohfRJNL7fZMiqLa0tTkDGsQe4-MNSqhDmwkXbDge8TtkcgvDdyWhKt6xkd_VE2/s1600/IMG_5314.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHw02yxgVowqS7eY4BmGW5vAWXE-9zmCA2LXnA_fcZiT6GM3jqaz0_5gWBLe5jsRqsZKqbiGT0pItmjohfRJNL7fZMiqLa0tTkDGsQe4-MNSqhDmwkXbDge8TtkcgvDdyWhKt6xkd_VE2/s640/IMG_5314.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I would only have to remind them though, of what the piece use to look like, before they realized that it was the right thing to do.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Yokn-OprXONEa83pnhslAIaC4RCXOzatcaTdpJeMS37bGu-eTYrM81U4MVoJgZ_KAMNgkOcAWnAvIA8egsQ06p4x1bQnjKCBl4n0sXo9VjgwqNOx6qVIexijNhykewHQe2gQ1Z0NYXRp/s1600/IMG_3114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Yokn-OprXONEa83pnhslAIaC4RCXOzatcaTdpJeMS37bGu-eTYrM81U4MVoJgZ_KAMNgkOcAWnAvIA8egsQ06p4x1bQnjKCBl4n0sXo9VjgwqNOx6qVIexijNhykewHQe2gQ1Z0NYXRp/s640/IMG_3114.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><center><a class="pin-it-button" count-layout="none" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftopthistopthat.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F01%2Ftaking-risk-and-painting-my-console.html&media=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Pf1J6MfAiRo%2FUPSYxzKIlkI%2FAAAAAAAAZrg%2Fhvzx2FmKGLE%2Fs1600%2FIMG_3114.JPG%22%20imageanchor%3D%221%22%20style%3D%22margin-left%3A%201em%3B%20margin-right%3A%201em%3B%22%3E%3Cimg%20border%3D%220%22%20height%3D%22640%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Pf1J6MfAiRo%2FUPSYxzKIlkI%2FAAAAAAAAZrg%2Fhvzx2FmKGLE%2Fs640%2FIMG_3114.JPG%22%20width%3D%22426%22%20&description=painted%20chest%20in%20Old%20White%20from%20Top%20This%20Top%20That"><img border="0" src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" title="Pin It" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And then they may just stop laughing.</span></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;">What risks have you taken lately?</div></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_My9oqeA2BjpcI85athBn66D05woMs-NiSzXtVJ8SzFiry2eD3yR44X0hDmqLGdxU2BuEYIisKwa58txy4vtHfOJRlCCZ_J2p3ohLiiXFQZwHvmN_URrTbPmHQ6xghmoLl4Nia7_3Pk6f/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_My9oqeA2BjpcI85athBn66D05woMs-NiSzXtVJ8SzFiry2eD3yR44X0hDmqLGdxU2BuEYIisKwa58txy4vtHfOJRlCCZ_J2p3ohLiiXFQZwHvmN_URrTbPmHQ6xghmoLl4Nia7_3Pk6f/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Grateful for~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Risking Taking</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sharing at:</i></span></center><center><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/">Savvy Southern Style</a></i></span></center><center><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2013/01/fabulously-creative-friday-linky-party_17.html">Jennifer Rizzo</a></i> </span></center><center> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/"><i>Between Naps on The Porch</i></a></span></center><center><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-120/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tuesdays-treasures-120">Uncommon Slice of Suburbia</a></i></span></center><center><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="http://www.craftberrybush.com/2013/01/the-inspiration-gallery-linky-party-xx.html">Craftberry Bush</a></i></span><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; 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Magazines or Sheet Music?

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I brought this thrifty find home the other day, but I am clearly in a state of confusion. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6u80vyMkn4HCHFv6_73UgklF_kZiggdGsyKDh6lffK8R-3CRRccECesgIeRBFz-jWfULT7XrQv0aHE3axKGWHmyRuGEMYd2eyrGGpum-1gBNgoIO1ctWT6acvKOzrA0lUTO4n7Uz4kfjy/s1600/IMG_1809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6u80vyMkn4HCHFv6_73UgklF_kZiggdGsyKDh6lffK8R-3CRRccECesgIeRBFz-jWfULT7XrQv0aHE3axKGWHmyRuGEMYd2eyrGGpum-1gBNgoIO1ctWT6acvKOzrA0lUTO4n7Uz4kfjy/s640/IMG_1809.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Not because of how pretty it looks once I cleaned it up and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">painted it</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-TGtnd04L0MJ6muhoPt_77fVAgS85mFVhVJAArxMIRZUbnvAg2M2PIym7gK9bAl66i6slufPopw0ZWCcDNwZ6lhoZJLD_wb5_2pVi4macApTuOvZD01P0gDt3ztnD-N_5WRgHHWUuQ3g/s1600/IMG_1807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-TGtnd04L0MJ6muhoPt_77fVAgS85mFVhVJAArxMIRZUbnvAg2M2PIym7gK9bAl66i6slufPopw0ZWCcDNwZ6lhoZJLD_wb5_2pVi4macApTuOvZD01P0gDt3ztnD-N_5WRgHHWUuQ3g/s640/IMG_1807.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">or that it's a perfect size as an accent piece and easy to move around the room</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqj5viYsHDKlGtvkSCwnxvKYNK0NIGARyLKLRiMUYDvMkA-QMsdyjoXxMCrstb6Cxc8cP_h33qxABITuXK3Ta-7Ml2ntoio2I7W5U2pWNJy5vAVnoGvfpfBj0aiEKSJ6ApBZELCWnWqT9d/s1600/IMG_1805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqj5viYsHDKlGtvkSCwnxvKYNK0NIGARyLKLRiMUYDvMkA-QMsdyjoXxMCrstb6Cxc8cP_h33qxABITuXK3Ta-7Ml2ntoio2I7W5U2pWNJy5vAVnoGvfpfBj0aiEKSJ6ApBZELCWnWqT9d/s640/IMG_1805.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">But this, this is what's got me stumped</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8MQjjElbzFRP6VmUpN4ceuWygEFWjbXboJpmVoX1JYOxUMkbjqWLb6mH-f6cnMysPpOC0xuhx1KHLNYultHgduV2fngpqX_Hn64Xr-3_GoXK0zTFpwLaw7Z1N6MC2qPRfBLBgLUOoCq5D/s1600/IMG_1818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8MQjjElbzFRP6VmUpN4ceuWygEFWjbXboJpmVoX1JYOxUMkbjqWLb6mH-f6cnMysPpOC0xuhx1KHLNYultHgduV2fngpqX_Hn64Xr-3_GoXK0zTFpwLaw7Z1N6MC2qPRfBLBgLUOoCq5D/s640/IMG_1818.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I don't know if  it was intended to hold my magazines or to hold sheet music. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I feel guilty sitting there in that chair reading Southern Living when I think I should be standing up playing the flute.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsO0Ie86BK_L7VeCk6OTDNlHUgUmjBlhzISSNJ0PZI7ogZCX4snviXovc69KVM25BuLXlVPTCyyICC8uPJ3txLDPSIPwrNDSAzU6GXNcMQT8FRQ5PHJIPKXaGnGI8psbO4d-5xpPY3CwkT/s1600/IMG_1796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsO0Ie86BK_L7VeCk6OTDNlHUgUmjBlhzISSNJ0PZI7ogZCX4snviXovc69KVM25BuLXlVPTCyyICC8uPJ3txLDPSIPwrNDSAzU6GXNcMQT8FRQ5PHJIPKXaGnGI8psbO4d-5xpPY3CwkT/s640/IMG_1796.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Or perhaps it's a pulpit for a really short preacher. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Maybe I should be at church!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> What do you think- Magazines, Sheet Music or Pulpit?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_My9oqeA2BjpcI85athBn66D05woMs-NiSzXtVJ8SzFiry2eD3yR44X0hDmqLGdxU2BuEYIisKwa58txy4vtHfOJRlCCZ_J2p3ohLiiXFQZwHvmN_URrTbPmHQ6xghmoLl4Nia7_3Pk6f/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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How to refurbish your old Chaise Loungers

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I know... shameful, but don't you dare throw them out</span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_6wVLpmVeDTBy65L1HeKT9i0xhf_dXonbdoHkiOO-l4g7kKd6MENYlr5QbprP73ZGB8yAnx9tZzrc98yb2JapLEAx7u8Pj0e-qWx4NUVI6zjr5DVHt1eI06aoeFl5ynoc58B9aNpu3DX/s1600/IMG_7380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_6wVLpmVeDTBy65L1HeKT9i0xhf_dXonbdoHkiOO-l4g7kKd6MENYlr5QbprP73ZGB8yAnx9tZzrc98yb2JapLEAx7u8Pj0e-qWx4NUVI6zjr5DVHt1eI06aoeFl5ynoc58B9aNpu3DX/s640/IMG_7380.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We can save them before the hole gets bigger, and you fall in</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicFIPceQgt32FV90oC85-hiqt1kFOQGxWuNcGoMMh-_1HDPsfwBOVxiXeEBBF0974dVqCZ1VlSVhrlNr54kCVSbwJCjUtsjnwlDKJXELV9PoBnpAcmHL1ZBHNZBaGYl33M2E324D_meLg/s1600/IMG_7387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicFIPceQgt32FV90oC85-hiqt1kFOQGxWuNcGoMMh-_1HDPsfwBOVxiXeEBBF0974dVqCZ1VlSVhrlNr54kCVSbwJCjUtsjnwlDKJXELV9PoBnpAcmHL1ZBHNZBaGYl33M2E324D_meLg/s640/IMG_7387.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">With just a little time and some outdoor canvas they can be the envy of the backyard again... I promise</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQe7lbRLSz8otg1i6m5DWL9fkb9wqWikxwXNGv8zD2ig0Z5KwtbjdAMPM6cTHDeGm3o3PnSLIgy-tE6ZViJSyAT3Iu61C8i34aE8ZobB6nEpIOO8unpena5a9zs44XM5u8nGEgF53ksIB/s1600/IMG_7384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQe7lbRLSz8otg1i6m5DWL9fkb9wqWikxwXNGv8zD2ig0Z5KwtbjdAMPM6cTHDeGm3o3PnSLIgy-tE6ZViJSyAT3Iu61C8i34aE8ZobB6nEpIOO8unpena5a9zs44XM5u8nGEgF53ksIB/s640/IMG_7384.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Before they are ready to show off, you will need to disassemble the chairs to remove the seat and back material. Use the old material as your pattern. Allow an inch ( or enough space) for the support brace to fit in your seam. Sew your seam pockets and assemble back on the chairs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAk7pi6Uzv7t4EclMX4z6Y8_STu4vzc_3GH8eW53w40CCME6LRCU1VM4Z-QgUlhhzcj3FJDaF5d3ahCJMIZlyaz4IryEOO-R0QCCZSISNrEbH98Fm5KP2YJK9OmblcHHEbe39Xedtz0l0/s1600/IMG_7397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAk7pi6Uzv7t4EclMX4z6Y8_STu4vzc_3GH8eW53w40CCME6LRCU1VM4Z-QgUlhhzcj3FJDaF5d3ahCJMIZlyaz4IryEOO-R0QCCZSISNrEbH98Fm5KP2YJK9OmblcHHEbe39Xedtz0l0/s400/IMG_7397.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbg2_b9iM_8yu07ed7iTq73N2d9OP-i-C6FcbiOGtdrBOZHEOW69LVMykXKJL5Srn-MAPYe3QP89vaT3OPXQcCOuCGC7gOz3oL1_2D7qFabchno7krN5FRZThZHDZoJNuKnw_-t-S2XDX/s1600/IMG_7400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">I told you they would be the envy of the backyard, and probably the neighborhood too!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-mYouGsUE0hpmYorcsH6NAMkWOJUth5UvtvrcDDZpePQgAbweJ0US5A5LsWaPBK7VbNfDENlia17hnVglsutrQBp-lRk5YBuyZBssYH9X5hA55iAmPJHiTcweqQLevFMnqjhmgieQoVf/s1600/IMG_7430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-mYouGsUE0hpmYorcsH6NAMkWOJUth5UvtvrcDDZpePQgAbweJ0US5A5LsWaPBK7VbNfDENlia17hnVglsutrQBp-lRk5YBuyZBssYH9X5hA55iAmPJHiTcweqQLevFMnqjhmgieQoVf/s640/IMG_7430.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iy4__2c4YKOWLBVdYQGqegRI0swB7KjYidBXnc6yfDRQkEcfU6KvIf7cRExmcujBqNBGHmcQP2zi95hfY48v4XYc7j2HkiwtiJVZfhrIUzghWCTEjNo7o7eGiT1XNBdrVRUAhSTekOAh/s1600/IMG_7426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The other day I shared the story about this space. You know, the one that started out as a mistake and turned into an opportunity? If you missed that, you can read about that <b><i><a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-our-builders-mistake-turned-into.html">here</a>.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElqhF9i1WVZbh-yUyLkHYDQGasRnUIvH4c6HWSM6IpVMn-6jZu1Vjw9q8RrXw8SHPVOHKB7rs3-XgvyvfHz8Aw4yKj6ds6j9H6uV2MKknB7hUlv7sY8EuCqYJv2ba4IFL4akleoWZqQkp/s1600/IMG_6791.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElqhF9i1WVZbh-yUyLkHYDQGasRnUIvH4c6HWSM6IpVMn-6jZu1Vjw9q8RrXw8SHPVOHKB7rs3-XgvyvfHz8Aw4yKj6ds6j9H6uV2MKknB7hUlv7sY8EuCqYJv2ba4IFL4akleoWZqQkp/s640/IMG_6791.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">As my idea grew in my mind on how to use this space, so did the stone that surrounded it. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrW9W3OmVEenfX9X29_tYIV4MTkqXHTmxtJH3Vnj8PRo9h8EhfUAr6b-McHlPXdUdh-O6JPUnMzCMLkkjM0FUK2KqWfOHeYXM83Vd1Mtmh8bFPtyRT0ojy1kouh3G2wRhTE2_R9xzm-3db/s1600/IMG_6682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrW9W3OmVEenfX9X29_tYIV4MTkqXHTmxtJH3Vnj8PRo9h8EhfUAr6b-McHlPXdUdh-O6JPUnMzCMLkkjM0FUK2KqWfOHeYXM83Vd1Mtmh8bFPtyRT0ojy1kouh3G2wRhTE2_R9xzm-3db/s640/IMG_6682.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A nook that was first created using unused space under some stairs that looked like this</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9x1wf5BN7wYalmLTTCkydo-I1U2BqiNWpQktrCR1gEoaqrQ4AZctdv2OFuBqM6xOJ7Ooc0ZNNLy6g03agP6edd8S8KmNfzDiX48e6k-dOPw93iydNV3DdYbP3BJHMDINMHRj1qBdUfy0J/s1600/IMG_6660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9x1wf5BN7wYalmLTTCkydo-I1U2BqiNWpQktrCR1gEoaqrQ4AZctdv2OFuBqM6xOJ7Ooc0ZNNLy6g03agP6edd8S8KmNfzDiX48e6k-dOPw93iydNV3DdYbP3BJHMDINMHRj1qBdUfy0J/s640/IMG_6660.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and inspired by the champagne that we toasted to when my husband first proposed</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXEr8D5WYWJNM5a6xjt3lcXe2J61WZbTxaocARq7zCasi6Ujbv2qJxHORn51vfqLiTDTJ1ndglulxCZkQ_a1WPckcJUNlXmuKJMn7cosjw93Hw8DhWZnPknMlh5vgGNlyUl7KmPxrWr3f/s1600/IMG_6677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXEr8D5WYWJNM5a6xjt3lcXe2J61WZbTxaocARq7zCasi6Ujbv2qJxHORn51vfqLiTDTJ1ndglulxCZkQ_a1WPckcJUNlXmuKJMn7cosjw93Hw8DhWZnPknMlh5vgGNlyUl7KmPxrWr3f/s640/IMG_6677.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfWQCLpWzIZcUisKhBmrRN9QvXy33sR4yiyZkUjw-yjiJbz44OJ13mSg4Ia3Sv7slAZeeQqggvfWaMOOyk57eR4wO5V09a1PmVE5wLiJtOLPQ_r6e_E8o7w6Q-4aNEe_XAPW1lxWMCRDA/s1600/IMG_6735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfWQCLpWzIZcUisKhBmrRN9QvXy33sR4yiyZkUjw-yjiJbz44OJ13mSg4Ia3Sv7slAZeeQqggvfWaMOOyk57eR4wO5V09a1PmVE5wLiJtOLPQ_r6e_E8o7w6Q-4aNEe_XAPW1lxWMCRDA/s640/IMG_6735.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our</span> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">wine bottles, spirits and special stemware sit on top of built in wood shelves that were painted a creamy white color, and like a fine wine distressed to look aged.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM58XaeAY4fgFmKfgDm8pKYG5qzjJrgGQyPlUbNyhFwlfgDzYOLUtB6nnjmmrfbeacnpxXOC_eVlUMjUbwnu6OGpICSg7SEwIBh_G7WXfdFzhCZuJkiXMrmFw8KM8kNQwpa8OSshclwx4Y/s1600/IMG_6752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM58XaeAY4fgFmKfgDm8pKYG5qzjJrgGQyPlUbNyhFwlfgDzYOLUtB6nnjmmrfbeacnpxXOC_eVlUMjUbwnu6OGpICSg7SEwIBh_G7WXfdFzhCZuJkiXMrmFw8KM8kNQwpa8OSshclwx4Y/s640/IMG_6752.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiKhimFE_5uQ8YreJJLw1KRjF_ZoS04Wnm5qfeNtbopx4i2_UYz2Wuh36kzE2iJe3aDoOTY_f1TWkj9PaI22gx6ZfE4pHe2ROIq3dBt9T2mROt7ORGHWRXJjsK2GenaSbp1hl0biEy-LZ/s1600/IMG_6729.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiKhimFE_5uQ8YreJJLw1KRjF_ZoS04Wnm5qfeNtbopx4i2_UYz2Wuh36kzE2iJe3aDoOTY_f1TWkj9PaI22gx6ZfE4pHe2ROIq3dBt9T2mROt7ORGHWRXJjsK2GenaSbp1hl0biEy-LZ/s640/IMG_6729.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Although it's not really a cellar , it's more like a Wine nook.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And not exactly the Wine Cellar you would see somewhere in the  South of France, but more like a Wine nook you would see South of the state of Carolina. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFP2HnQToceN_so3SXMGhMypkNKK76woLSMz5FiYmApBaC1MGyywhy8suGy5RGaXwcsmsE6AAch57SwgUqPePo6xwDLjdJLUCtMl5-g2oxtBIRZ-5xa_WL5LyBVrH_c7TuqdKVa3k5Lfnw/s1600/IMG_6716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFP2HnQToceN_so3SXMGhMypkNKK76woLSMz5FiYmApBaC1MGyywhy8suGy5RGaXwcsmsE6AAch57SwgUqPePo6xwDLjdJLUCtMl5-g2oxtBIRZ-5xa_WL5LyBVrH_c7TuqdKVa3k5Lfnw/s640/IMG_6716.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I love these kind of opportunities, the one's that will last a lifetime! Don't you?</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodvYGvBsZKhPZ5lH0f09RHOOaRDyKQOToHxaiozdfjQLsJfXeXY4YFf9DUVcwCzCHhPcFGeM4EHNIE1OTsDwfdwsyHNEDGeXCNM5hoVuQVOsEnbwIrfrQUOu4e9dmzV-FCJOOTSRtrMDJ/s1600/IMG_6736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodvYGvBsZKhPZ5lH0f09RHOOaRDyKQOToHxaiozdfjQLsJfXeXY4YFf9DUVcwCzCHhPcFGeM4EHNIE1OTsDwfdwsyHNEDGeXCNM5hoVuQVOsEnbwIrfrQUOu4e9dmzV-FCJOOTSRtrMDJ/s640/IMG_6736.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cheers! <span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_My9oqeA2BjpcI85athBn66D05woMs-NiSzXtVJ8SzFiry2eD3yR44X0hDmqLGdxU2BuEYIisKwa58txy4vtHfOJRlCCZ_J2p3ohLiiXFQZwHvmN_URrTbPmHQ6xghmoLl4Nia7_3Pk6f/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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I was on my way to the beach

<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It all started with our trip to Florida during Spring Break,  when I was on my way to the beach and I stopped over at  my nephews house to bring him his new pillows </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDlt4YmAjwZ7spmMMMyS4265QQpl4WNZRkSou4etenh8rWcmuING5b3yKaRPtMDgdR_IEGdU7hdjYAuHmEmgc1ToWA_PDFBwQZ78fuxnRAMmwwQgfWdC0FDocsp6mBpZI57LJYJigqeVu/s1600/IMG_2539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDlt4YmAjwZ7spmMMMyS4265QQpl4WNZRkSou4etenh8rWcmuING5b3yKaRPtMDgdR_IEGdU7hdjYAuHmEmgc1ToWA_PDFBwQZ78fuxnRAMmwwQgfWdC0FDocsp6mBpZI57LJYJigqeVu/s640/IMG_2539.JPG" width="433" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">  <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and his table</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IJMJM0_VKyOT9Zw1tSDJzzFgwtPwNp6TMNDrbth5GxPBmRcMapxFV6QSglRK-ln3rhs0d4xLst7zVdb1WV8AKR96I4fscxy9opOFUc6D6v0FVJB9Lhu9XRMboA_tWBYXyFAywruq5Ki4/s1600/IMG_1684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IJMJM0_VKyOT9Zw1tSDJzzFgwtPwNp6TMNDrbth5GxPBmRcMapxFV6QSglRK-ln3rhs0d4xLst7zVdb1WV8AKR96I4fscxy9opOFUc6D6v0FVJB9Lhu9XRMboA_tWBYXyFAywruq5Ki4/s400/IMG_1684.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span id="goog_1977323326"></span><span id="goog_1977323327"></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Noticing that his place was a bit under furnished in his living space, I suggested that he take a dresser that he was not utilizing out of his bedroom and turn it into a entertainment cabinet. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbmRV6g76fyCi-mea0OHgIYpK4g3x3rXb_TOH9LU7XzvJwtuSxs7JhivaUTWeQSgB0E_uDMQPb_OJMUDa3ooK-y7F2KcfBh7s-RSVMRDCSoF8bEgBeSCRBig1Dzq5GJQ00p4DhsHUwq4e/s1600/IMG_3266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbmRV6g76fyCi-mea0OHgIYpK4g3x3rXb_TOH9LU7XzvJwtuSxs7JhivaUTWeQSgB0E_uDMQPb_OJMUDa3ooK-y7F2KcfBh7s-RSVMRDCSoF8bEgBeSCRBig1Dzq5GJQ00p4DhsHUwq4e/s640/IMG_3266.JPG" width="434" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">  <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He was reluctant at first , because he thought that it would look "weird" having the same looking furniture in every room of his place ( he has 1 bedroom apartment ) but when I convinced him that I could take care of painting the dresser he was all in favor of the change.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuAD4NDT9cM-_0y0vGDAxt3qpFaiFNxwU5_hQQXkJZOL9h9iojNbtwiKk5wKSHWzLBNxO6FbiAYMmwIJbW9eXvlKn5pPoar7_vXHrQu62CwFSpvW7Yz1hjnR4PBARS-UUlWVaoNoAPiw3/s1600/IMG_3264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuAD4NDT9cM-_0y0vGDAxt3qpFaiFNxwU5_hQQXkJZOL9h9iojNbtwiKk5wKSHWzLBNxO6FbiAYMmwIJbW9eXvlKn5pPoar7_vXHrQu62CwFSpvW7Yz1hjnR4PBARS-UUlWVaoNoAPiw3/s640/IMG_3264.JPG" width="434" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Truth be told, this was also like my "testing lab" where I could try out some ASCP in G</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">raphite</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4B-zTFiAyAQmdLv5g787NVH1dNlJj5zP8rAOXsz0OcwWmtgB4RfA2zDXJg8PFWVTAHFFJ9oA1EXkzyDzcTl-D4sQTzMG8ERY9W8XcebRIO0tsn7306l49-EAMETw2hKpIfp_DqwLO4ol/s1600/IMG_3265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4B-zTFiAyAQmdLv5g787NVH1dNlJj5zP8rAOXsz0OcwWmtgB4RfA2zDXJg8PFWVTAHFFJ9oA1EXkzyDzcTl-D4sQTzMG8ERY9W8XcebRIO0tsn7306l49-EAMETw2hKpIfp_DqwLO4ol/s640/IMG_3265.JPG" width="434" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I applied two coats of the paint , and roughed up the edges</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_2XbAp1AXRHN0FXbPcC77yDNwGbVaJoYxdDlMYqOTdZfhZ5pJnIDUvCm_1A9IxDxMyvrlCipXCVsXHQE4w0-p2whvLm-jGLNz6JW0v4MFsDEM8E5iM8Oyevd7QC6SFN6rYbHJU70SWxg/s1600/IMG_3267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_2XbAp1AXRHN0FXbPcC77yDNwGbVaJoYxdDlMYqOTdZfhZ5pJnIDUvCm_1A9IxDxMyvrlCipXCVsXHQE4w0-p2whvLm-jGLNz6JW0v4MFsDEM8E5iM8Oyevd7QC6SFN6rYbHJU70SWxg/s640/IMG_3267.JPG" width="434" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Painted the drawers</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNX-Cf_Uw9TRwfXIVkB2uOBo0ysXtBN148D82xnDWJIjlt3-AeIesfgMvUfP4I5ozSzKwkEAYCk_1Exbpq8cjNjKDVfy-b0d5G5zkOwGOg_qixFAcOQoy470AN3aOG2CIvWjyKKp95xQl_/s1600/IMG_3269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNX-Cf_Uw9TRwfXIVkB2uOBo0ysXtBN148D82xnDWJIjlt3-AeIesfgMvUfP4I5ozSzKwkEAYCk_1Exbpq8cjNjKDVfy-b0d5G5zkOwGOg_qixFAcOQoy470AN3aOG2CIvWjyKKp95xQl_/s640/IMG_3269.JPG" width="434" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Put the hardware back on</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuXGyjgqWJvbwoihvSHB7fuSdx9auFJ8ueF7FhS7gWKfwKf5OwU01m5we4AssPSns-L7EU0L3dI3gAXmOw_Ee0-DyT3xv-_4mlqWE3D6FJRf56eATuBZ72vic0Lweqw2OMTn047vOIIW-/s1600/photo+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuXGyjgqWJvbwoihvSHB7fuSdx9auFJ8ueF7FhS7gWKfwKf5OwU01m5we4AssPSns-L7EU0L3dI3gAXmOw_Ee0-DyT3xv-_4mlqWE3D6FJRf56eATuBZ72vic0Lweqw2OMTn047vOIIW-/s640/photo+%25282%2529.JPG" width="482" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Accessorized with the only two things I could find in the apartment ( I need to work on that)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCynfxzcA6ZgW82TpR02VnMKI2poi2p2lu7NtjougzCLFiFxkgve_qPilqFJJCs9rYNaEWqCR9QldsD3GFLvxzkSkmSgOkQvXsxJbYj-LGM0Jx3ia5xREc-jYukDTTsSBk35t3z9o4X67E/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCynfxzcA6ZgW82TpR02VnMKI2poi2p2lu7NtjougzCLFiFxkgve_qPilqFJJCs9rYNaEWqCR9QldsD3GFLvxzkSkmSgOkQvXsxJbYj-LGM0Jx3ia5xREc-jYukDTTsSBk35t3z9o4X67E/s640/photo.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then went to the beach!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_My9oqeA2BjpcI85athBn66D05woMs-NiSzXtVJ8SzFiry2eD3yR44X0hDmqLGdxU2BuEYIisKwa58txy4vtHfOJRlCCZ_J2p3ohLiiXFQZwHvmN_URrTbPmHQ6xghmoLl4Nia7_3Pk6f/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_My9oqeA2BjpcI85athBn66D05woMs-NiSzXtVJ8SzFiry2eD3yR44X0hDmqLGdxU2BuEYIisKwa58txy4vtHfOJRlCCZ_J2p3ohLiiXFQZwHvmN_URrTbPmHQ6xghmoLl4Nia7_3Pk6f/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">ps- nephew will be applying the wax to this piece cause Graphite shows every little hand print!</i></span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Sharing over at:</span></i></div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2012/04/frugal-friday_19.html"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Shabby Nest</span></i></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2012/04/have-you-seen-friday.html"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jennifer Rizzo </span></i></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/2012/04/sat-nite-special-130-link-party.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20blogspot/KCc"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Funky Junk Interiors </span></i></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.theroosterandthehen.com/rrr-transformation-party-and-scentsy-giveaway/"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Rooster and The Hen </span></i></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.itsoverflowing.com/2012/04/overflowing-with-creativity-18.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20ItsOverflowing%20%28Its%20Overflowing%21%29"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's Overflowing </span></i></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.simplyklassichome.com/2012/04/simply-klassic-sunday-and-some-features.html"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Simply Klassic Home</span></i></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.justusfourblog.com/2012/04/pinworthy-project-party-7.html"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just Us Four </span></i></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://diyshowoff.com/2012/04/22/diy-project-parade-view-and-share-diy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diy-project-parade-view-and-share-diy"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">DIY Showoff </span></i></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://primitiveandproper.blogspot.com/2012/05/poww-86.html"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Primitive and Proper</span></i></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.domestically-speaking.com/2012/05/124th-power-of-paint-party-faux-mirrors.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FANDJ+%28Domestically+Speaking%29"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Domestically Speaking </span></i></a><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></i></span></div>

I was on my way to the beach

It all started with our trip to Florida during Spring Break,  when I was on my way to the beach and I stopped over at  my nephews house to b...

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