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Friday, October 29, 2010

Home Design Garden by Tham & Architects Videgård

This park is home design. Tham and Videgard, Swedish Architecture Firm has successfully completed a project called House Garden. This house was built on an area 180 meters square in Viksberg, Sweden.The owner wants a beautiful garden as part of their home, and the reason why they decided to move from their duplex apartment in central Stockholm to the rural location in the lake Mälaren. To meet

Thursday, October 28, 2010

If You Want To...

My son has come through for me once again...

He changed my blog button tonight to match my blog header.

Now for the hard part for me because I never want to seem pushy or prideful. If you would like to take my button and post it on your blog, I would be very honored and pleased.

I also want to take this opportunity to say thank you all for following me and being interested in the things I do. I do not have near the gifts and talents that some of you ladies have, and my DIY skills are pretty much not, but I do love playing around in my house and trying to make it comfy and pretty. I love that you all care enough to stop by and see what I have been up to.

I never dreamed that in January of this year, which was when I did my first post, that I would be enjoying this blogging world this much.

I truly have made some very dear friends. Funny, because I know it doesn't sound weird to any of y'all that I call you friends, but to the non-blogging world, they probably would think I am nuts.

Really, you are my friends and I want you to know that.

Thanks!

Okay, so mushy stuff done.

Here's my new button...

(Thanks again, Keith)

Our Kitchen Tour

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great day.

I know you have seen snippets of my kitchen before but today I thought I would give you the full tour. I've been putting off posting pictures of the kitchen because I had hoped to have some changes made first. My first project was going to be adding trim, corbels and painting the island a soft cream with glaze. Beams were to be added to the morning room ceiling. I would like to move the microwave to the island, have a custom hood made and change the light fixtures. My plans keep getting delayed so we will just call these pictures before and the after will come along eventually.

I am lucky to have a very large kitchen with lots of cabinet space. Actually fifty four cabinets and drawers! There is also a large walk-in pantry. No one can believe that all these cabinets are full...especially my husband. Take a look but you'll have to use your imagination on the upcoming changes. Beware, there are a lot of pictures.

This is the main cooking area

Our home has a very open concept. This wall of cabinets separate the kitchen and family

The two doors lead to the pantry and laundry room.

The morning room is separated from the kitchen by a bar.

Bar between kitchen and morning room

Above is the room I want to add ceiling beams.

View from Morning room.

View from family room

Thanks for visiting and I would love to hear any suggestions and comments on the changes I propose. Honestly, what do you think?

This week I'll be partying at :

French Country Cottage

My Romantic Home

Be Colorful

A Stroll Thru Life

Between Naps On The Porch

Chic On A Shoestring

xoxo,

Sherry

Hilarious!

I have been trying to work on my website all day between taking the puppy out to pee and playing with him. This website building is tedious work since I really don't know what I am doing. I'm about up to my eyeballs in tutorials, bah!

(One of many photos for my photography website. I just shot this wedding 3 weeks ago.)

Then I stumbled upon this poem and it made my day! I found it through a string of other blogs and it just flows so nicely while being so true and hilarious. :) I cut out chunks of it because it is pretty long. If you want to read all of it I'm sure you can look up the writers name and find the whole thing online somewhere.

poem by Scott Emmons

Let's drink to '09
with a good belt of wine
(though whiskey may well be more fitting!)
The recession was hairy,
the Swine Flu was scary,
and Oprah announced she was quitting!

While we loved Lady Gaga,
the Octomom saga
struck many as shameless and wrong.
We witnessed the rift
between Kanye and Swift,
and Phelps was caught smoking a bong!

A governor's flame
was an Argentine dame,
bringing scandal to South Carolina.
There were pirate attacks,
there was Goldman Sachs,
there was poisonous drywall from China!

The Pres was sworn in
and he flashed us a grin
while exuding his usual charms.
Though some thought it shady,
the stylish First Lady
asserted her right to bare arms.

While Michelle was in Vogue,
Sarah Palin went Rogue,
and political tensions were showing.
With the gathering storm,
over health care reform,
the Tea party movement was growing.

The Hollywood crew
gave us "Transformers 2,"
while "Up" was a true work of art.
There was Bruno (a jerk!)
plus a young Captain Kirk
and an overweight mall cop named Blart.

O'Brien Shone bright
as the star of "Tonight."
Stephanopolous stepped in for Sawyer.
And of course a divorce
was so quickly in force
that we watched "Jon and Kate Plue Her Laywer!"

When a huge SUV
hit a hydrant and tree
and the juciest rumors proved true,
The endorsements went winging,
for that kind of swinging
just wasn't the Tiger we knew!

And Pop lost its King!
What a terrible thing
for an artist with hit after hit!
There were songs and orations
with loud lamentations,
for everyone knew This was It.

There were others as well
we went out, sad to tell.
We saw Cronkite and Kennedy fall.
Bea Arthur is gone,
Ed McMahon has passed on,
and Mary left Peter and Paul.

With the passing of Farrah
we ended an era
and Soupy and Swayze went too.
Deluise said goodbye,
as did Oxy-Clean Guy
and the soft-spoken star of "Kung-Fu."

Yet some news was brighter
and made us feel lighter
in spite of our sorrows and peeves.
There was Google Wave chat
and a keyboarding cat.
There were trendy new blankets with sleeves!

Though we still can't erase
all the trouble we face
from the climate to high unemployment,
Let's be of good cheer
and they won't interfere
with our holiday fun and enjoyment.

We'll turn from the news
to whatever we choose,
be it Lifetime or ESPN.
And after a break
we'll be ready to take
the big plunge into Two Thousand Ten!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

The Lamp On the Little White Table

I had a few people ask about my lamp that was sitting on the white table yesterday.

I did a post on it several months back, but I know that I have some new people looking at my blog now.

I decided to do just a quick post today on what the lamp looked like before and how she became a whole lot prettier with a little love.

Here is the lamp when I brought it home from Goodwill.

I don’t want to say it was ugly, it just wasn’t my taste…at all.

This was after a coat of Heirloom White paint.

Now with a little antiquing glaze rubbed on.

Got this great graphic from the Graphics Fairy.

Used a little mod podge to attach my graphic…

And now here she is all prettied up.

I think this is one of my favorite before and after projects.

Linking this project up over at:

Someday Crafts

Primitive and Proper

Domestically Speaking

The Shabby Chic Cottage
Beyond the Picket Fence

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Fall Food, Win & Giveaway

If you haven't entered my giveaway for a $200 gift certificate to Modern Bird Studios you can still enter HERE.

There is just something about cooler weather and turning leaves that makes me want to cook something. Yesterday I made a large pot of homemade beef and vegetable soup. This is such comfort food and great for this time of year.

I don't bake often mainly because we don't need the extra calories. I decided yesterday in the spirit of Fall to make pumpkin bread. Of course I had to put a little vignette together with my blue and white transferware!

See the gorgeous French damask napkins? I was the lucky winner of Laura's giveaway at Decor To Adore and Metis Linens . Thank you so much Laura!

I am joining the parties at:

Colorado Lady

Between Naps On The Porch

Common Ground

Color Outside The Lines

Thanks for your visit!

xoxo,

Sherry

Jamie and Josh's House

My sister Jamie, and her husband Josh, started building a home about two years ago. Now, when I say building a home, I don't mean having someone build a home for them, I mean they literally built it themselves with their bare hands (with help from friends and family - especially Josh's parents). They hammered in every nail and laid down every floorboard and put up all the insulation...you get the picture. I don't think Jamie had any idea what they were getting into when they started - haha!

Last December they were able to move in but still had a lot of work to do. Slowly it has been coming together and last week when Lillie and I took a trip up to NH we were excited to see it really was starting to look like a home! I know they are so happy. It has really come together beautifully and they have done an absolutely fabulous job! They still have a lot more decorating to do and as they continue I will post more pictures whenever I travel up to NH (we are going to have Lillie birthday party there in December). For now though, here are a few spaces that are nearing completion:

Here is their dining room. Pretty much everything you see here was either an antique or thrift store find! The wall color is one of my favorites - Alexandria Beige by Benjamin Moore. We used it in our last home and I planning on painting our nursery for our new wee one this color.

Here is an old toolbox Jamie found at an antique shop and it is sitting on a burlap runner she made. The dining room table they are using is really pretty but they are actually planning on moving it to another room as soon as they find an old farmhouse table to put in here. When they do I will show some pictures of that.

This little rocking chair was Josh's when he was a boy.

The kitchen isn't completely done yet but here are some pictures of what is finished so far! I love the finishes they did!

Here are a couple of pictures I stole from Jamie of her window sill above her kitchen sink.

A couple kitchen close-ups.

The entry from the garage into the kitchen/dining room. I love how it turned out. I really can't wait to show you the main entryway but it isn't quite done so it will have to wait for now. It is going to be absolutely gorgeous though!