Kitchen and Living Room Combined Designs: Middle Bedroom

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Middle Bedroom, Before and After

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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/AVvXsEjV8ifDC6OHpCyJ8XjBSKWOZjm_CLITRBpzJY6XCeQ64gh6K3op2gmAnOdvQS2i9e9LjAEvLXJHBjKFSwlyNt2ip9HQvKFmexJ1P71C3_0Z2RBYfLRHZ36VFmdiCd8zUSAjHAZM4Yh0O6A/s1600/P1010050_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8ifDC6OHpCyJ8XjBSKWOZjm_CLITRBpzJY6XCeQ64gh6K3op2gmAnOdvQS2i9e9LjAEvLXJHBjKFSwlyNt2ip9HQvKFmexJ1P71C3_0Z2RBYfLRHZ36VFmdiCd8zUSAjHAZM4Yh0O6A/s400/P1010050_2.jpg" width="337" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm having a tough time coming up with a good way to demonstrate my shutter speed post so I thought I would show you the middle bedroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The motivation for sprucing up the middle bedroom was, as you now know, the photo shoot.  Even though BH&G told me this room wasn't in the shot list, the openness of the upstairs made it quite possible it would end up in a portion of a shot.  Aside from the kitchen, whose makeover I showed you a few weeks ago, this was the other room that wasn't quite ready for prime time.</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/AVvXsEiX3CY5Ud8M-OtRL3xXZDCiVJWjPCjSMuCLyDYhSZ5u1cbNhEA05KPt1cWU5z73x9VSoKwZLfDL7XTzBTSD2jasUsc1YQmyB_p3ah55eRLMMeDEVvn7_YHS37Nu7YU2Wp1wNo-Ew0-RkzQ/s1600/Picnik+collage1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3CY5Ud8M-OtRL3xXZDCiVJWjPCjSMuCLyDYhSZ5u1cbNhEA05KPt1cWU5z73x9VSoKwZLfDL7XTzBTSD2jasUsc1YQmyB_p3ah55eRLMMeDEVvn7_YHS37Nu7YU2Wp1wNo-Ew0-RkzQ/s400/Picnik+collage1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This shows the room's evolution.  Above is the room when I bought the house.   This was the only room that didn't have wallpaper.  I painted it Benjamin Moore Bali which I thought was a nice vintage/beach glass color.  I've tried unsuccessfully a few times to bring "sea" colors into the house.  They just don't fit and I can't explain why.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMWaX8f1dTjobH-qA2l16B9yEYhARKv7W8G8_NxoQn3xBiPNt_MMMqF8Ss1sm2hP5fP3K1Kdj8wwMnVA9Shg3Do6bB3EK19UNLdLmGnvnpwPf8ZnlOZVEQNz58HLPr7lhXFxw_66x56U/s1600/Picnik+collage2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMWaX8f1dTjobH-qA2l16B9yEYhARKv7W8G8_NxoQn3xBiPNt_MMMqF8Ss1sm2hP5fP3K1Kdj8wwMnVA9Shg3Do6bB3EK19UNLdLmGnvnpwPf8ZnlOZVEQNz58HLPr7lhXFxw_66x56U/s400/Picnik+collage2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I initially set up the room as a "studio" where I was going to work on my artwork but, after three years of never working on a piece of art, the large desk was becoming a dumping ground.</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/AVvXsEiQbRy0Nxf1S_w8LrxDEDgaQ0OiK8e13GAoR2LqSiQQg7yitD5bes6TlbNTWdcqIQxty-FsCOePNrHw8G5390RETRCTWzlGrVSE6EQjcQzcseBElG2u2zL146kpiS8HfoRpEPe-axKVB1w/s1600/IMG_0958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbRy0Nxf1S_w8LrxDEDgaQ0OiK8e13GAoR2LqSiQQg7yitD5bes6TlbNTWdcqIQxty-FsCOePNrHw8G5390RETRCTWzlGrVSE6EQjcQzcseBElG2u2zL146kpiS8HfoRpEPe-axKVB1w/s400/IMG_0958.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got rid of the large desk and replaced it with this antique spool bed that I stained dark brown using gel stain.  I built a platform inside the frame so it needed only a mattress to become a daybed.</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/AVvXsEglt6O1DX0cWX_v7v-ZED0cIdb1yjEt0WvkermFsmi3_DmNyhSGIV7cuEzSC0THh7VKcyU9n6GDHydsgLBBp3tEZyKekYezNZ5VF-BHlFJ71x6hYCg1i8kdI59nG_3l2JJ4Y1KIbU6r7cg/s1600/P1010016_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglt6O1DX0cWX_v7v-ZED0cIdb1yjEt0WvkermFsmi3_DmNyhSGIV7cuEzSC0THh7VKcyU9n6GDHydsgLBBp3tEZyKekYezNZ5VF-BHlFJ71x6hYCg1i8kdI59nG_3l2JJ4Y1KIbU6r7cg/s400/P1010016_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is the room today.  I've repainted the walls in Benjamin Moore White River at 50% strength.  My paint colors keep getting lighter and lighter and I'll probably navigate to Decorator's White next time around so the woodwork can be darker which has more of a historical look.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSd58-uQebG_ZVJI5GENUkyf_hDGunq_VPiFqgMdivzKBBe9NiyQ7evA3yDNwOSduePV0DuuwsiPwzq_3HrVm8aLO6UlkPrirqo1jjNqOVSOldPqePNrqTk9dAeRewUbXMLOyxH5LzI8/s1600/P1010018_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSd58-uQebG_ZVJI5GENUkyf_hDGunq_VPiFqgMdivzKBBe9NiyQ7evA3yDNwOSduePV0DuuwsiPwzq_3HrVm8aLO6UlkPrirqo1jjNqOVSOldPqePNrqTk9dAeRewUbXMLOyxH5LzI8/s640/P1010018_2.jpg" width="419" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rug is too small but I love the colors.  I've tried a few different Dash & Albert rugs that just didn't look right.  Too new looking I think.  The antique Bar Harbor wicker chair came from York Antiques in Maine.  I would have preferred an upholstered chair but with limited time and funds before the photo shoot, I thought this was good versatile chair that would work as an accessory in almost any room.  </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/AVvXsEhPqXe47SyXtDW3lG7Lf_WdaC9hL5F0_bAvQpAJjIc5iAsyfCScFmqsluGfAquCyNSzTU_ieo9iVdxS2hHI0kV33HPHYLADxFaOAqLTqhj1Vl_FS5CD1kO0pqV3-ohTKzOW9Xnh8mZ8e-A/s1600/P1010101_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqXe47SyXtDW3lG7Lf_WdaC9hL5F0_bAvQpAJjIc5iAsyfCScFmqsluGfAquCyNSzTU_ieo9iVdxS2hHI0kV33HPHYLADxFaOAqLTqhj1Vl_FS5CD1kO0pqV3-ohTKzOW9Xnh8mZ8e-A/s400/P1010101_2.jpg" width="400" /></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;">The paint on the chair is the original paint which is bluish-greenish gray.  The cushion is covered in a vintage ticking from <a href="http://www.textiletrunk.com/">Wendy Lewis</a>.  I love all the colors with the rug.  Now if I can only find a larger one in the same colors.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXuh4WcXm6FdugSR4_UvxKao6tQ_w2F7oJ_gSZ7RzeSFLOUCRf4m8ptp8JESJpALtkmvfR74e7SlPW-Vqu-Quac1aUZVJF5xZruoKsh-GzqzJ5Jmxd1AYy8sxNNG_yd1X09yydIsdXX0/s1600/P1010020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXuh4WcXm6FdugSR4_UvxKao6tQ_w2F7oJ_gSZ7RzeSFLOUCRf4m8ptp8JESJpALtkmvfR74e7SlPW-Vqu-Quac1aUZVJF5xZruoKsh-GzqzJ5Jmxd1AYy8sxNNG_yd1X09yydIsdXX0/s640/P1010020.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bedding.  The matelasse coverlet I got from Antiques on 9 in Kennebunk for 70% off...the best deal of my life. The pillows from back to front are:  A vintage linen pillow case from Wendy Lewis.  The Euro-sized floral pillow shams are Ralph Lauren.  The blue ticking pillow shams and red ticking are also textiles from <a href="http://www.textiletrunk.com/">Wendy Lewis</a>.  The bolsters are an oatmeal colored Ralph Lauren linen I bought on ebay for $20 which is trimmed in an old linen shirt from my closet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above the bed is the vintage cow print/chart that was formerly in the kitchen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many thanks to <a href="http://lamaisonlafortune.blogspot.com/">Ann LaFortune</a> for making the shams and the bolsters for me.  I sent Ann a bunch of fabric and she helped me figure out what to use where.  </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/AVvXsEj1UuWvA6ZAReVdeTVnzeDONdCAYngC5bJms2fhpCK8NyRJiY-yKfvm10DaKXcqrq6JMvKliV14v3CVDP1_rhw3gNMWTVHTbepr_K4Pl3y2-vBZ2nkGteVfedbD76iM6Mofjo7nkWdbNm0/s1600/P1010103_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UuWvA6ZAReVdeTVnzeDONdCAYngC5bJms2fhpCK8NyRJiY-yKfvm10DaKXcqrq6JMvKliV14v3CVDP1_rhw3gNMWTVHTbepr_K4Pl3y2-vBZ2nkGteVfedbD76iM6Mofjo7nkWdbNm0/s640/P1010103_2.jpg" width="441" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back of the blue shams are done in the same oatmeal linen as the bolsters with a flap of oatmeal and brown windowpane plaid linen making them completely reversible.</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/AVvXsEhMKC-xaj1AtUbHPfWqdsco4uX2XgN1pfWKNy8W-XFhA-isgzRUfoPGqV9U3KvDZfNhYsCDS_iZOvqvSqQJbxkM0wJYVc1vg9z2AZhmoxOpx6st792B3y9LK9PvJLAwWUgLwbVkjw5Zgng/s1600/il_fullxfull.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKC-xaj1AtUbHPfWqdsco4uX2XgN1pfWKNy8W-XFhA-isgzRUfoPGqV9U3KvDZfNhYsCDS_iZOvqvSqQJbxkM0wJYVc1vg9z2AZhmoxOpx6st792B3y9LK9PvJLAwWUgLwbVkjw5Zgng/s400/il_fullxfull.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also bought these cool pillow covers made from vintage material from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LaFortuneLinens?ref=seller_info">Ann's etsy shop</a> that work really well in the dining room.  Be sure to check out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LaFortuneLinens?ref=seller_info">Ann's shop</a>.  Her prices are really fair and she also does custom work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5N8s-0ZdyTqFYL_ynHMDEUGlw9Wa8k60YL-4tVQbBpGA3JzDu1R5X1qUS71H2ilySoafid3S3cjrl2UYOQKfAS8jCWbAIu3-LNkEhKy6oJ95cxLVyvZejRML8KRZ2BAt_mrwvH15TTww/s1600/P1010059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5N8s-0ZdyTqFYL_ynHMDEUGlw9Wa8k60YL-4tVQbBpGA3JzDu1R5X1qUS71H2ilySoafid3S3cjrl2UYOQKfAS8jCWbAIu3-LNkEhKy6oJ95cxLVyvZejRML8KRZ2BAt_mrwvH15TTww/s400/P1010059.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would have preferred to have a small chest rather than the small table under the painting.  I feel there are too many spindly legs in the room and a chest would allow the spindles on the bed to be the star in the room.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmp6lAe-a__ulleifPQ942CbARzkzgg8Y07MeCWQxj4Fi_ppQLxRaASKX2jPO5EkIlgb_CDjVf15maW3PsU2ql83hO_CFNDqDPEgyJBXZL6VhZEwbr5l1cf2rwmJr_Ul8mvp0qIxyNoE/s1600/P1010063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmp6lAe-a__ulleifPQ942CbARzkzgg8Y07MeCWQxj4Fi_ppQLxRaASKX2jPO5EkIlgb_CDjVf15maW3PsU2ql83hO_CFNDqDPEgyJBXZL6VhZEwbr5l1cf2rwmJr_Ul8mvp0qIxyNoE/s640/P1010063.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;">The table was $27 at the Cambridge Antiques Market.  I've used an old square English fishing basket underneath to fill some of that space and disguise some of those spindles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The small green cabinet in the corner houses a lot of electronics for the house:  modems, wireless routers, phone, etc. and a small TV that would allow a guest to hang out and watch their own TV if they wanted to. </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/AVvXsEh9mEj4FVC6rFrSTk9SxCzgIlb0gNJkH0YAfPQcn7NT1bMv6o193joC2DNaDS_EUagw9I2Vj1ZccZ_V0IY5vxfmqvfc4q7plsxPdgczpHRAkVG_d89E4PfWKX43Vn1BuvCV6xKVUuEBW5I/s1600/P1010030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mEj4FVC6rFrSTk9SxCzgIlb0gNJkH0YAfPQcn7NT1bMv6o193joC2DNaDS_EUagw9I2Vj1ZccZ_V0IY5vxfmqvfc4q7plsxPdgczpHRAkVG_d89E4PfWKX43Vn1BuvCV6xKVUuEBW5I/s400/P1010030.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above the TV is a painting that you might think is vintage.  It's actually a new painting by a friend, Katrina Walker, from Provincetown. The painting provides a peek inside the Beachcombers Club, a private men's club of artists and writers that started in 1921.  Katrina found the vintage frame, that fit the painting perfectly, in the trash.  This is a very cherished piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPDdvDZdV7B9n96bC3mkDN2fWOT4AtSoYyEtxjExceFuCWZ8YFLBKalKp6fA7RO3qH1KL_nVDF3ZzmMdgwqTLs0I40ltSXl_CXIp5cK3AhunJ-Z6QDWcZRDT7H8cXd3xt0IXq3Qm3m74/s1600/P1010069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPDdvDZdV7B9n96bC3mkDN2fWOT4AtSoYyEtxjExceFuCWZ8YFLBKalKp6fA7RO3qH1KL_nVDF3ZzmMdgwqTLs0I40ltSXl_CXIp5cK3AhunJ-Z6QDWcZRDT7H8cXd3xt0IXq3Qm3m74/s640/P1010069.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;">There's no hiding that my elliptical machine sits in the corner along with the wrenches pieces I showed in the last post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above the windows, I've kept the original shelves.  Since the windows are really low on the walls, I use the shelves as kind of a valance on which to place an ever-changing collection of things I find interesting at the moment.</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/AVvXsEhR-15C90Dpc6SBKLavPCll5C1fAmJqoU1c_VhXqAohcPS-cKoQRy-KTRq1WLYtbyIwZ7WfjVAsmLxggDh_XKda2wsiTMJGXgvCIRHRLzX475WJQUGj91qr3kqXHvc9U2NxZwpkLgQU8pY/s1600/P1010093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-15C90Dpc6SBKLavPCll5C1fAmJqoU1c_VhXqAohcPS-cKoQRy-KTRq1WLYtbyIwZ7WfjVAsmLxggDh_XKda2wsiTMJGXgvCIRHRLzX475WJQUGj91qr3kqXHvc9U2NxZwpkLgQU8pY/s400/P1010093.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's a  raku vessel, an art piece made from found objects including an old flag, a shoe last, an abstract bronze sculpture and a shadowbox piece by Provincetown poet/artist <a href="http://www.lynn-stanley.com/index.html">Lynn Stanley</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/AVvXsEh_lFC-gYQfjw80QnyAXqIH6qCqhTkOafuDyh_gSEywpQqomrGZhC2SZrtJN4a006VCsPPG3o3bKx3ykvreiqwY6Y9YFFFfSkTIz29IaguljO0MhRgTiW-cspzHtAesluRkGMk1TFmQ9ZU/s1600/P1010031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lFC-gYQfjw80QnyAXqIH6qCqhTkOafuDyh_gSEywpQqomrGZhC2SZrtJN4a006VCsPPG3o3bKx3ykvreiqwY6Y9YFFFfSkTIz29IaguljO0MhRgTiW-cspzHtAesluRkGMk1TFmQ9ZU/s640/P1010031.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally, this is the Great Great Grandpa vignette.  I love to pull these items together to study their relationships.  I'll do another post sometime soon on vignettes so I won't talk a lot about it.  </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/AVvXsEh2P7PhouNlY7v0b1ngw2Rc9MMxJynmT_AdN2Q9cIfeUjjpeeFe9mWjyDIhkJWAU0LCXWYXy1wgwoTOTewBKVEkfJyB01OEE3NKEcIVAwvM-eNANkR0NdX3jdMHjfn2g5o7WzWKNkkE4yc/s1600/Picnik+collage+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="627" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2P7PhouNlY7v0b1ngw2Rc9MMxJynmT_AdN2Q9cIfeUjjpeeFe9mWjyDIhkJWAU0LCXWYXy1wgwoTOTewBKVEkfJyB01OEE3NKEcIVAwvM-eNANkR0NdX3jdMHjfn2g5o7WzWKNkkE4yc/s640/Picnik+collage+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a close up of the details.</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/AVvXsEg4-l0eMvL6QXDxI2uShGqzBPezh0HjBeB6gmSi9oa3SbDDDmOx7iF-xmzcccfJRt4kAsB6lR5u_GSJHLLKHTIPuwZCAobHn0SJorcUFgdHLn4xaJlZScBphb8UZi0NxkRtyG3T5goBRFA/s1600/P1010071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-l0eMvL6QXDxI2uShGqzBPezh0HjBeB6gmSi9oa3SbDDDmOx7iF-xmzcccfJRt4kAsB6lR5u_GSJHLLKHTIPuwZCAobHn0SJorcUFgdHLn4xaJlZScBphb8UZi0NxkRtyG3T5goBRFA/s640/P1010071.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For a quick makeover, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  I'm sure it will continue to evolve.  I was also pleased that the photographer was inspired to take a few photos in this room.  One of his shots was just amazing so I'm hoping to see it again in the book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Middle Bedroom, Before and After

I'm having a tough time coming up with a good way to demonstrate my shutter speed post so I thought I would show you the middle bedroom....

3:10 PM

Dawn Southworth in the Middle Bedroom

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiVCfPaSf6Oq3ujtp8YmOTsesE9BUhqB3PPS1tuHarS8twbsDYEIOalb9aIFz3XjnK3AeP4rkmIJA4_nTvV190Dbj1gw7KbduafFVXFK7f2tdOhGUPV_RHkbI7bMCFsKlFY80DD0foao/s1600/IMG_1264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiVCfPaSf6Oq3ujtp8YmOTsesE9BUhqB3PPS1tuHarS8twbsDYEIOalb9aIFz3XjnK3AeP4rkmIJA4_nTvV190Dbj1gw7KbduafFVXFK7f2tdOhGUPV_RHkbI7bMCFsKlFY80DD0foao/s400/IMG_1264.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a little sneak peek of the middle bedroom featuring the work of </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Massachusetts artist <a href="http://www.clarkgallery.com/artists/dawn-southworth">Dawn Southworth</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9H5G8p_PtQ-_Sa4kCVJWzsptCfTTgTD2Py4qPJbSmlA8tpfjyhxNLF8a5dIOKHg51KFcs1rW-8ewbNuYgTf-Jioqz8Ed7kZc5gHxESx8AI6LNc-WIpkXi4tbmIidT4OM7tPeR8YhKrZ4/s1600/IMG_1281_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9H5G8p_PtQ-_Sa4kCVJWzsptCfTTgTD2Py4qPJbSmlA8tpfjyhxNLF8a5dIOKHg51KFcs1rW-8ewbNuYgTf-Jioqz8Ed7kZc5gHxESx8AI6LNc-WIpkXi4tbmIidT4OM7tPeR8YhKrZ4/s400/IMG_1281_2.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two pieces are titled Wrenching Dreams I and II.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wouldn't this be a great way to display a collection of old tools?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65Ir0c74k7G2scsRSFYd7ibbLcrHhasFLnNd11u_fOg98xPEpGKoAixy_8PiQiXhvkpOwylsOT3FoqfSJt-7q14T4jIT4JWmA1q6PQGleHje65VB5HBuB6bhnv_gBOM7aemgQAtnXFHA/s1600/IMG_1326_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65Ir0c74k7G2scsRSFYd7ibbLcrHhasFLnNd11u_fOg98xPEpGKoAixy_8PiQiXhvkpOwylsOT3FoqfSJt-7q14T4jIT4JWmA1q6PQGleHje65VB5HBuB6bhnv_gBOM7aemgQAtnXFHA/s400/IMG_1326_2.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The wrenches are vintage paper cutouts applied to collaged tar paper.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the wrenches, as you'll see below, are sewn to the piece with metal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">wire thread.  The frames are made from wood reclaimed from a shoe factory</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which is riddled with nail holes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmGOy7sj242izbaFzrabMRKiChxBvJX__iQMPuQR1WbsdvMOPJxuQudbt7QoijNC_6k5mutUZcG5IL67RHPHhqkX-JZvFJdEsosI0P2o65iveWlBZl7OPVQi4BnrUOw9Aa2njXFdLyKE/s1600/IMG_1327_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmGOy7sj242izbaFzrabMRKiChxBvJX__iQMPuQR1WbsdvMOPJxuQudbt7QoijNC_6k5mutUZcG5IL67RHPHhqkX-JZvFJdEsosI0P2o65iveWlBZl7OPVQi4BnrUOw9Aa2njXFdLyKE/s400/IMG_1327_2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see <a href="http://www.clarkgallery.com/artists/dawn-southworth">more of Dawn's work</a> at the <a href="http://www.clarkgallery.com/">Clark Gallery website</a>.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be sure to check out her ironing board covers.  They're powerful, haunting,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">creepy beautiful...perfectly fitting for this Halloween season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope to take more photos of the middle bedroom over the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">weekend...if the light is bad enough!!</div></div>

Dawn Southworth in the Middle Bedroom

Here's a little sneak peek of the middle bedroom featuring the work of Massachusetts artist Dawn Southworth . These two pieces are titl...

6:04 PM

Summer?

Summer?

I'm having a hard time with the fact that summer is almost over. It doesn't help that this weekend was in the mid-80s and the past ...

4:55 PM

A Little Bit Country

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4Si-EBKBNnrbvoG3WkwzX3D7k-VX5wiqooOAPeGM_HN5chZejJYwXN8tegRcbO___RLO2_1JUXTm52F5u05h7L1gnlJ803zr2zuFZqqNgNupHGyIRAYZEaJt5b1rxvuowccE8Haepxs/s1600/CL+quilt+bedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4Si-EBKBNnrbvoG3WkwzX3D7k-VX5wiqooOAPeGM_HN5chZejJYwXN8tegRcbO___RLO2_1JUXTm52F5u05h7L1gnlJ803zr2zuFZqqNgNupHGyIRAYZEaJt5b1rxvuowccE8Haepxs/s400/CL+quilt+bedroom.jpg" width="347" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Country Living</td></tr><br /> </tbody></table><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_mzlium="194" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_fptb52="205" closure_uid_mzlium="194" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> I try not to look at magazines because they make me want to make over rooms.  I recently saw some images from Country Living and I was pleasnatly surprised.  It's nice to see them redefining "country."  It's much more fresh and modern.</div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_fptb52="205" closure_uid_mzlium="194" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_fptb52="205" closure_uid_mzlium="194" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> I never thought I'd admit it but, as Marie Osmond said, "I'm a little bit country."  (And don't you dare say, Who is Marie Osmond?!)</div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_mzlium="194" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nPC3ECNNzCdHM0HF7yXzzim3h1SapM1RF9f9-rDtHh71FCxNXr8_aDIzhdsmx8CUuk17HweJ4rcEV9ElMfOm9J3XqEU6gBFXUKNSRcFboappOnDUyMaj4Xpe-2OKGvCtjgWgGKzdhDs/s1600/IMG_0588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nPC3ECNNzCdHM0HF7yXzzim3h1SapM1RF9f9-rDtHh71FCxNXr8_aDIzhdsmx8CUuk17HweJ4rcEV9ElMfOm9J3XqEU6gBFXUKNSRcFboappOnDUyMaj4Xpe-2OKGvCtjgWgGKzdhDs/s640/IMG_0588.jpg" width="356" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Urban Cottage</td></tr><br /> </tbody></table><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_b6t8wt="194" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> When I first showed the guest room makeover, someone suggested I add a quilt to the bed.  It reminded me that I had a bunch of quilts stashed away in the basement and I thought I had the perfect one.</div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_b6t8wt="194" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="343" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsurHTO7HnjyjgT3wZXKCscQkBi-Y0_vipwabQBDc5wIcYN2zhNzEzRPr76uJpYnqaH53Nu8BOQokLuZMwF556G-qd2aBccl8fHnRw6NA6PPCTlEEncpBgzTGXa-VfZ25UQ6rsK47rJI/s1600/199239001_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsurHTO7HnjyjgT3wZXKCscQkBi-Y0_vipwabQBDc5wIcYN2zhNzEzRPr76uJpYnqaH53Nu8BOQokLuZMwF556G-qd2aBccl8fHnRw6NA6PPCTlEEncpBgzTGXa-VfZ25UQ6rsK47rJI/s400/199239001_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="205" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> Several years ago, I saw a documentary on PBS about The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Alabama.  If you haven't seen it, you must!  These weren't your granny's calico-printed patterns.  They were beautiful abstract folk art created with whatever the women (and sometimes men!) had on hand and assembled using nothing other than their (great) intuition.</div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="205" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="205" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br />  <br /><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY52L-UtSzySl6ZEq6VJEEAS13WnveAYURFq0u7qUIVzrdAzRt1Kh3VtWxadUlCNVN22cRRkihyphenhyphenzHuHkrqiP8KkCrrZdLNtax3VQ0W48YlxflEK8AUbQRJb4ODa2jKUxb0PFneE5FcxHU/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY52L-UtSzySl6ZEq6VJEEAS13WnveAYURFq0u7qUIVzrdAzRt1Kh3VtWxadUlCNVN22cRRkihyphenhyphenzHuHkrqiP8KkCrrZdLNtax3VQ0W48YlxflEK8AUbQRJb4ODa2jKUxb0PFneE5FcxHU/s320/3.jpg" width="316" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" closure_uid_q0a3g9="492" style="text-align: center;">Quilt by Linda Pettway</td></tr><br /> </tbody></table><br />  <br /><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="220" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="220" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> This make-do quilt is constructed from old work clothes.  See the pockets?</div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="220" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br />  <br /><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjro3bwX6qt0kxKUwc_FBONF2d9z_eesmJrKV5mWZhvBUOu_8XvPGffF9nFozclj-sYq16QzLCBUB3LSswUd7ToDcmG7i2rrLZxLAw-S-TRs65EDEYeujaXk8MMLkDHkR26gtgdHyv6RSg/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjro3bwX6qt0kxKUwc_FBONF2d9z_eesmJrKV5mWZhvBUOu_8XvPGffF9nFozclj-sYq16QzLCBUB3LSswUd7ToDcmG7i2rrLZxLAw-S-TRs65EDEYeujaXk8MMLkDHkR26gtgdHyv6RSg/s400/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" closure_uid_q0a3g9="493" style="text-align: center;">Quilt by Minnie Sue Coleman</td></tr><br /> </tbody></table><br />  <br /><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="220" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> Some are intensely colored variations of traditional quilt designs.</div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="220" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <br /><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhFwZcqDsi0HXoqzOAbgFl56gqgGpL-F2KU3bE1iqzuaIUpjaaCs9QEwUI9zfFX81oYAYCncq-aAZ4igiKHm8EzBFUV8eIwL-97gYhBOba-SBdvWvPMCPR25_ACSQvF94JyLjGul0rng/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhFwZcqDsi0HXoqzOAbgFl56gqgGpL-F2KU3bE1iqzuaIUpjaaCs9QEwUI9zfFX81oYAYCncq-aAZ4igiKHm8EzBFUV8eIwL-97gYhBOba-SBdvWvPMCPR25_ACSQvF94JyLjGul0rng/s1600/2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quilt by Mary Lee Bendolph</td></tr><br /> </tbody></table><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="323" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="323" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> Others remind me of the abstract work from the mid-20th Century.  The interesting part of that is that many of these quilts predate the work of the abstract artists.</div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="323" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <br /><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="645" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtxXVx-ZnI1GTRGOctohEGWgRstkjVv9U45ClmOMUcISBVzLDiNz0qETv2YIU7vVAA2VuBxbFE-Hh3gmOr-O7oybEOK9S4LuPhPRqMunCyOFes0fcFIn8HwSj9ZDe-WymtJrCMiwO-0Q/s1600/d19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtxXVx-ZnI1GTRGOctohEGWgRstkjVv9U45ClmOMUcISBVzLDiNz0qETv2YIU7vVAA2VuBxbFE-Hh3gmOr-O7oybEOK9S4LuPhPRqMunCyOFes0fcFIn8HwSj9ZDe-WymtJrCMiwO-0Q/s320/d19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="645" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="645" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> It was at this point I took an interest in quilts that broke the rules and I found many beautiful examples of quilts from the south, primarily East Texas, that were just beautiful works of folk art.  Many of these were made and packed away for special occasions so they're in immaculate condition.  This quilt above has been seen on the bed in guest room...</div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="645" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <br /><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="646" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUwU6n4tc6z_hEQjCDTVbqTEzbpMzaoo-QPZVDfPuANrjXhcpvX6_6w6n3pMVZQL_ake8tMEwRkzpuT-YQVgojbg_4lPBEPnC69bdk7COWeVUAQkFKMgjQiB2fPfqWuaBHEMZAB3_Ovs/s1600/IMG_0764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUwU6n4tc6z_hEQjCDTVbqTEzbpMzaoo-QPZVDfPuANrjXhcpvX6_6w6n3pMVZQL_ake8tMEwRkzpuT-YQVgojbg_4lPBEPnC69bdk7COWeVUAQkFKMgjQiB2fPfqWuaBHEMZAB3_Ovs/s640/IMG_0764.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="646" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="646" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> ...and more recently almost cropped out of the photo of the upstairs landing where I've hung it over the banister.</div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="646" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="646" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="666" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="690" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ixL6phc593vq5vqT-IGFf0osbuQQcPvqUM01cNMdYfSbGoGF4qyNp4xYW4rlHM8j7YP7iyFEb0l_meHzYy2c_kCuSNfhKrAvRCFbTm247Da3geCna26xseaMHXBmv4d_xt1UHmXn0n4/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ixL6phc593vq5vqT-IGFf0osbuQQcPvqUM01cNMdYfSbGoGF4qyNp4xYW4rlHM8j7YP7iyFEb0l_meHzYy2c_kCuSNfhKrAvRCFbTm247Da3geCna26xseaMHXBmv4d_xt1UHmXn0n4/s320/3.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="690" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="690" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> The quilt on the guest room bed now (a variation of a diamonds and geese pattern) is one of my favorites.</div><br /> <div closure_uid_q0a3g9="689"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <br /><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="691" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDkNsotA8QQWI5qS_N1YO3atsYfBA6jAXrJu85QyuG8cUkWDVoFxQoIoLQM7PwtgH0xIssDAtX-oQ-CeekTxP2JlLlqEc8PV9p83lCtNCWDiOzag06zWKH85HW0LOfn7FMYI7UVh3_1k/s1600/IMG_1057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDkNsotA8QQWI5qS_N1YO3atsYfBA6jAXrJu85QyuG8cUkWDVoFxQoIoLQM7PwtgH0xIssDAtX-oQ-CeekTxP2JlLlqEc8PV9p83lCtNCWDiOzag06zWKH85HW0LOfn7FMYI7UVh3_1k/s400/IMG_1057.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="691" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="691" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> When I was painting the little closet between the guest and middle bedrooms, I thought this would be the perfect place to display all of the quilts.</div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="692" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnD3bXcVh7jzrBPgh0HJ5R-Kf-tlewbpimYqdIWoJLMv_1fwa_XniqKAuEoFuKasD1cHT6_NaeXK03FilSdOxMDgIZEs-h84VIiLqJBVFTxGw7QEV-nOY53OFIaVeCDdewjP3mKwlFQY/s1600/IMG_1064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnD3bXcVh7jzrBPgh0HJ5R-Kf-tlewbpimYqdIWoJLMv_1fwa_XniqKAuEoFuKasD1cHT6_NaeXK03FilSdOxMDgIZEs-h84VIiLqJBVFTxGw7QEV-nOY53OFIaVeCDdewjP3mKwlFQY/s640/IMG_1064.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="692" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="692" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> Here's a wider view of that closet and in to the middle bedroom which I've repainted.  </div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="692" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_n5m2r2="195" closure_uid_q0a3g9="692" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> Quilts, wicker, cow print.  I guess you can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy.</div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_q0a3g9="692" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" closure_uid_n5m2r2="244" closure_uid_q0a3g9="692" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> I'm a little bit country.</div><br /> </div><br />

A Little Bit Country

Country Living I try not to look at magazines because they make me want to make over rooms. I recently saw some images from Country...

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCC0tnS1rmeZQ9Bid0xljWM3gcoXDOCx2rgZcIaA-Esq-fO8R1iyD8b5ynCRVkDTU_jF6ClWIYze0NhyphenhyphenO_JzH0EK9Y6H2UDOFgB1xO6ZM1RX3tM6IR6ROzbOnWqkTR46i42Bqbl74Nwo/s1600/IMG_0693.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCC0tnS1rmeZQ9Bid0xljWM3gcoXDOCx2rgZcIaA-Esq-fO8R1iyD8b5ynCRVkDTU_jF6ClWIYze0NhyphenhyphenO_JzH0EK9Y6H2UDOFgB1xO6ZM1RX3tM6IR6ROzbOnWqkTR46i42Bqbl74Nwo/s640/IMG_0693.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Progress is being made.  The old sliding doors on the bathroom and pantry that were falling apart were removed and the two salvaged doors...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiriFaTYDXwjYCcg7hKzs5fYeNR09Kchz6Kwo3SS1hCCOfqKX36l4YhbYu9fSnl2Yj4rnLTQhc-mLD6ZjYh5gFe7c8P0Q-erO5LptNsOm7lzpfIR0lGi9i-lqUNtEz1v_a5IVbObn6csI/s1600/IMG_0985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiriFaTYDXwjYCcg7hKzs5fYeNR09Kchz6Kwo3SS1hCCOfqKX36l4YhbYu9fSnl2Yj4rnLTQhc-mLD6ZjYh5gFe7c8P0Q-erO5LptNsOm7lzpfIR0lGi9i-lqUNtEz1v_a5IVbObn6csI/s640/IMG_0985.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...were in place on the second day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeNwlbkmIXzLWG_6jp7NukfvDrBa6rFtdeFEQMHssVjBYcVDpgmpnHvQoSUAt2rnhUiVFLlpIPw4cgOI9_tJEifo2hEiGYqfhkxoRmd16tNgmM3De0L_8IbSrKHDGFbd-pOWCQi9yWrg/s1600/IMG_0987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeNwlbkmIXzLWG_6jp7NukfvDrBa6rFtdeFEQMHssVjBYcVDpgmpnHvQoSUAt2rnhUiVFLlpIPw4cgOI9_tJEifo2hEiGYqfhkxoRmd16tNgmM3De0L_8IbSrKHDGFbd-pOWCQi9yWrg/s640/IMG_0987.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They're all trimmed out and ready to prime and paint.  Not sure about the orange X.  I think it means, no victims found, take the door.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdfC-mxO3NxbsJWuoiP6nVjAdsgFEuHhqNYLkdrtP8YToxMgLkWYRIoELulMHzxZDEPIX5e7PqyWyg4dptLoeRzUdGKTJR6O6nYxYwH2lRicGMZSyRnXUGZwJoshCytR0Q_zRcY_JDM0/s1600/IMG_0989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdfC-mxO3NxbsJWuoiP6nVjAdsgFEuHhqNYLkdrtP8YToxMgLkWYRIoELulMHzxZDEPIX5e7PqyWyg4dptLoeRzUdGKTJR6O6nYxYwH2lRicGMZSyRnXUGZwJoshCytR0Q_zRcY_JDM0/s640/IMG_0989.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think it's a great improvement and I don't think Sam put any more than about 10 hours into the project.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdjEjXxbEnbPXnyxjc29Lzc7z7Qwni6v3hFYVhILULjKujgq6S8kT1e3CIWjzUmSiTuNbyaqHcP0mYzIhXUJFx7MrEUJZzhsbu8cuxVGl6Cq4QYGsAVj6ArP-sOTEOijypZkrr85vd20/s1600/3077239115+b8dc1bcdae+House+Renovation%253A+Guest+Room.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdjEjXxbEnbPXnyxjc29Lzc7z7Qwni6v3hFYVhILULjKujgq6S8kT1e3CIWjzUmSiTuNbyaqHcP0mYzIhXUJFx7MrEUJZzhsbu8cuxVGl6Cq4QYGsAVj6ArP-sOTEOijypZkrr85vd20/s640/3077239115+b8dc1bcdae+House+Renovation%253A+Guest+Room.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Katy Elliot left me a comment the other day that she had a spool bed in her guest room (seen above).  Great mix of patterns, right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you don't know Katy Elliot, you should check out <a href="http://www.katyelliott.com/">her blog</a>.  She's been blogging since 2005 (can you imagine?) and has worked for House & Garden and Domino magazines.  In 2008, she and her husband Greg bought a 1750-ish house in Marblehead, Massachusetts and they're renovating it pretty much on their own.  I can't believe the projects they tackle on their own.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyyWSRiRwXxtYg_1xHpISCC4eSnYg2WIzn3DakkVihuyFLcVAM7J-neeVweT-5qsPzhGeaFAiZSys3kW5IK1EFzUlAYIRFSyi6PIZ8WAkZdQvTZvZsIqKU3kcE0LVBCPm5_SqAnay5n0/s1600/naylor_bed_l-739631.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyyWSRiRwXxtYg_1xHpISCC4eSnYg2WIzn3DakkVihuyFLcVAM7J-neeVweT-5qsPzhGeaFAiZSys3kW5IK1EFzUlAYIRFSyi6PIZ8WAkZdQvTZvZsIqKU3kcE0LVBCPm5_SqAnay5n0/s400/naylor_bed_l-739631.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the post on her guest bedroom, she had a link to another post on Jenny Lind beds where I saw this image above.  I love this room but is that a princess phone hanging on the wall?  Regardless, I'd be really happy if I could make my bed look like this.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2algJb9Z8E7KxNqXTTCpphuHlBkARczc8fcZWcRoXJRkr8CIhRQzwLTrR8YyR54NZcb6GONFQWzjSKofV59Gh59qwfanK4XGCNF2z7l21a5XdUwf01xDAii4TJ4ZQMiCY0nXsmHvftI/s1600/IMG_0958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2algJb9Z8E7KxNqXTTCpphuHlBkARczc8fcZWcRoXJRkr8CIhRQzwLTrR8YyR54NZcb6GONFQWzjSKofV59Gh59qwfanK4XGCNF2z7l21a5XdUwf01xDAii4TJ4ZQMiCY0nXsmHvftI/s640/IMG_0958.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a reminder of what mine looked like when I bought it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWLVkZIZ0FeMAZnEO64IeQWxzbbKqdpk8kK35Ca8SkxdUX5W1K2ZHrl41DUc-Wc37Vzk-4v1Pjq0YoeS8uKm_PA_c7qsEtozbg7Y1UOcrDF4qG6TvPUexhT1Z3YefQqSTVx3PuH2ZLtQ/s1600/IMG_0993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWLVkZIZ0FeMAZnEO64IeQWxzbbKqdpk8kK35Ca8SkxdUX5W1K2ZHrl41DUc-Wc37Vzk-4v1Pjq0YoeS8uKm_PA_c7qsEtozbg7Y1UOcrDF4qG6TvPUexhT1Z3YefQqSTVx3PuH2ZLtQ/s400/IMG_0993.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I here is the transformation in progress.  I'm using Minwax Brazilian Rosewood gel stain.  If you've never used it, it's an oil-based stain that can be used on wood, fiberglass or metal.  It's semi-transparent so you can let the underlying surface so through if you want.  I thought the underlying color of the paint would be a great base color for the stain to make it look more like real wood.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FBaQoAOIGTR2LplbtQ4Ojj4GWxYOLpoLkgOW0kZyLdKd0cWHArJ6jmYpAazes9jLWlQUA4fgbyi-6Lnf5wmRjmvZLbGiNO0GO13yvcE1wCzGTX2UBylmA_lCa1lwIVtRGXaBS83oZo0/s1600/IMG_0995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FBaQoAOIGTR2LplbtQ4Ojj4GWxYOLpoLkgOW0kZyLdKd0cWHArJ6jmYpAazes9jLWlQUA4fgbyi-6Lnf5wmRjmvZLbGiNO0GO13yvcE1wCzGTX2UBylmA_lCa1lwIVtRGXaBS83oZo0/s400/IMG_0995.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The original paint color is very close to Benjamin Moore Roxbury Caramel, HC-42.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0VnRDMuvSO1I7BCNTzdzcKGANLthT0vfrJ_5rHoRQptKyV4FF1FZiX8bC16ZeNRMpYSEffUeVuFdKQD3iQfTaLcwouWbg5lpOiRO5Ya_S74cRjq_HvAZxFzx0mrbdnEt1IXwrtSOUSY/s1600/IMG_1002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0VnRDMuvSO1I7BCNTzdzcKGANLthT0vfrJ_5rHoRQptKyV4FF1FZiX8bC16ZeNRMpYSEffUeVuFdKQD3iQfTaLcwouWbg5lpOiRO5Ya_S74cRjq_HvAZxFzx0mrbdnEt1IXwrtSOUSY/s640/IMG_1002.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see on the top rail and corner post, I've allowed some of the original paint color to show through so it has more depth.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuUr5tslDtQyVx9YgK5-szsFmOBMJr1WI3bHkT6JiH69eE_hEmMy_B6Agjm6cN_1SBoE08zS6bzhyphenhyphenosYeQfK7a8pCUaoV6qfUzrYvPTgM_C9Se_mJIbAgp1_RIQZuHSsBJC7Wr3OgHUs/s1600/IMG_1003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuUr5tslDtQyVx9YgK5-szsFmOBMJr1WI3bHkT6JiH69eE_hEmMy_B6Agjm6cN_1SBoE08zS6bzhyphenhyphenosYeQfK7a8pCUaoV6qfUzrYvPTgM_C9Se_mJIbAgp1_RIQZuHSsBJC7Wr3OgHUs/s640/IMG_1003.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The spools look pretty good but the flat surfaces need a second coat.  It does seem to take a few days to dry really well so plan accordingly if you're going to give it a try.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm really pleased with how it's turning out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I'm thinking a light color rug will really help highlight the details of the bed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

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