Turquoise!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Pantone Color of 2010 has been named, and the winner is...</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">turquoise!</span><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/AVvXsEgkDR6fTS6lS8bymrY5_88G88eDq5qqg0YiWRMiU1HtEZgYwEyrmagV8hducMiVVClprVnuSJtz4VKsSI9tZn7cvDowdgJvZzOFp3atmQM23YNlV6uR5JbGlWHEbNlpqPaAchrjmyDppe0/s1600-h/press_img_20706_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDR6fTS6lS8bymrY5_88G88eDq5qqg0YiWRMiU1HtEZgYwEyrmagV8hducMiVVClprVnuSJtz4VKsSI9tZn7cvDowdgJvZzOFp3atmQM23YNlV6uR5JbGlWHEbNlpqPaAchrjmyDppe0/s320/press_img_20706_1.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really think this should be called "Lagoon". I can smell salty air already...</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I suppose, after 2009, people are enjoying color as a way to enhance moods, and this one does it.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Turquoise and brown have been big for a while - here is a Master Bedroom I consulted on four years ago, the walls are painted in Ralph Laurens Ionic Sky (discontinued, not sure why).  It was meant as an escape from a hectic life, and the owners LOVED this color I chose.</span><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/AVvXsEh26CPmqCzakzQ2RKou-bc6M34qGybE5c5DKTI3qnAJIWA6n0VH7DBjPb5HfvReYzxFu_9onJFhpUUyY7JwB9N21QftdGpLx7wKRqCkV703HvzhUrFlCY9ZKiTlrAlRlftA01_BlvwFZ_g/s1600-h/8e2a36a5e23e65930d62f8509f896d1e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really think Turquoise needs to be used with another bold hue if it is to look current.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My favorite is Green:</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIGCu5dXAUKCDi5owodoHdKwULz8MrZFpClVB3uXBW7cs_M3LyMRBQgGeiZHGmcjcQRuKIFNF5FV1bxbO15tZS_TnayOUXX7ji-my9NuT7dWWALr358Mq_TjniwLZH-hcZi31YLUnCzs/s1600-h/540702273_HKRQw-L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIGCu5dXAUKCDi5owodoHdKwULz8MrZFpClVB3uXBW7cs_M3LyMRBQgGeiZHGmcjcQRuKIFNF5FV1bxbO15tZS_TnayOUXX7ji-my9NuT7dWWALr358Mq_TjniwLZH-hcZi31YLUnCzs/s320/540702273_HKRQw-L.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3d2b6wp_b0aJUeH_YFH9G9Qcw84pkuabP9Ei3-AU8NihK0G6FeL1yCORvJ5JF8rBHVKNwTwU5QvQcjgeJLCrN6q_JHW1HiGN3Ijjky5W_QtPYvZDeLlns_y_9dMXB81Atq94xEnJZLKo/s1600-h/1103701-trim-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3d2b6wp_b0aJUeH_YFH9G9Qcw84pkuabP9Ei3-AU8NihK0G6FeL1yCORvJ5JF8rBHVKNwTwU5QvQcjgeJLCrN6q_JHW1HiGN3Ijjky5W_QtPYvZDeLlns_y_9dMXB81Atq94xEnJZLKo/s320/1103701-trim-xl.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a tween bedroom by Sarah Richardson:</span><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/AVvXsEhyWYdsRxkw5U58MLCQB3oktUidjJ4aBS1GlDsg5zM8G4zwO7NYqi-ERKQV_oD36cJ_XIb07ZY9l9r9NHNUtD_ZxAz9L5eB6GddFiwhCEI1ilwC7kks4ceaxJv9HjrTetwruTp6wnGsWv4/s1600-h/sarahrichardsontween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZI3drDprOi2M9dgAUtirSGGRd_T7NdMZBJ1O97WadLtVAaEgJ8N-QIwmkkdw7PhqW8oCtqXhBaHmchH_AkZmDKxJEiufjclQqNpARN1e95DTgrpcjo4dMa6PUn96eEmFwl4JwsRbdhYo/s1600-h/476472871_jrQCa-L.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZI3drDprOi2M9dgAUtirSGGRd_T7NdMZBJ1O97WadLtVAaEgJ8N-QIwmkkdw7PhqW8oCtqXhBaHmchH_AkZmDKxJEiufjclQqNpARN1e95DTgrpcjo4dMa6PUn96eEmFwl4JwsRbdhYo/s320/476472871_jrQCa-L.png" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anthropologie has some amazing Textiles to get a hit of Turquoise and Green:</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibac0ciW7llYdvRVUoOVE6ur9i2BMbm3ym0wwIXHygPyu5WFNgmO03QS2sfEr8Nd9cLU4ZuvNQGk3jR3Es0EJ7QaT15Z5ceMnOcYZNc_rj_IOJL6r6Ys0IITc7r32-iDAUvarGwiAG8vg/s1600-h/bellahothouseanthro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibac0ciW7llYdvRVUoOVE6ur9i2BMbm3ym0wwIXHygPyu5WFNgmO03QS2sfEr8Nd9cLU4ZuvNQGk3jR3Es0EJ7QaT15Z5ceMnOcYZNc_rj_IOJL6r6Ys0IITc7r32-iDAUvarGwiAG8vg/s320/bellahothouseanthro.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUK39FQ6CBY7A7mgZOSiVFXjEyKNBsqf_lMZt48OYBmfdcp-6eVEjwS9bpcXOTT-_RN1UCEDeWGDU0MivZ5F6CHMPmAKmcStD8GMK2Xi48xn0Nl6rOirOXuBVeLPpxIAC5HR1Iz_S3-lY/s1600-h/ikunocurtainanthro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUK39FQ6CBY7A7mgZOSiVFXjEyKNBsqf_lMZt48OYBmfdcp-6eVEjwS9bpcXOTT-_RN1UCEDeWGDU0MivZ5F6CHMPmAKmcStD8GMK2Xi48xn0Nl6rOirOXuBVeLPpxIAC5HR1Iz_S3-lY/s320/ikunocurtainanthro.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How about Hot Pink? </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV6yBoEFepXFvDtwtvhvT6hIP5Nsa-AFWCvQLaLjLV0NOiu27Dz1SBtBzs5rkq_OgDc9WuyExjnOOXhyphenhyphenehDrCcVSwNWS_qdDEFKbQQU5T7U7lH8njBe6urUGVizBhUaAcyKFdGxlPrU4/s1600-h/vernalcuspanthro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV6yBoEFepXFvDtwtvhvT6hIP5Nsa-AFWCvQLaLjLV0NOiu27Dz1SBtBzs5rkq_OgDc9WuyExjnOOXhyphenhyphenehDrCcVSwNWS_qdDEFKbQQU5T7U7lH8njBe6urUGVizBhUaAcyKFdGxlPrU4/s320/vernalcuspanthro.jpg" /></a><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/AVvXsEjU9TbuIa18a6YhRCtR1hA8hWRWPHVq7vl49QxRTEZDNzQ7iquY6l8AbHLBlulXE4E8pOefnRJevS4w380lna8kAGUuu7sV3LklUyYQCg-0r3lWd2ON2e_6uXay5X53OhFGUSZKz7YBeQI/s1600-h/turquoise+room+from+bhg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9TbuIa18a6YhRCtR1hA8hWRWPHVq7vl49QxRTEZDNzQ7iquY6l8AbHLBlulXE4E8pOefnRJevS4w380lna8kAGUuu7sV3LklUyYQCg-0r3lWd2ON2e_6uXay5X53OhFGUSZKz7YBeQI/s320/turquoise+room+from+bhg.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or with Yellow a la Johnathon Alder?</span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAwynM0c_tNn0dbDwzPX-Mq6TrUCVNkTysWQEGmKhGDTDkq4shyRYImY-yZqtMKSUqALRgdr3XqaDocdlkl8nZ_slUA5YJI1Wd4QgsuVa-Gr10o7Y8ZGa7ksno0f1d8vqKyNmqrAzEgo/s1600-h/jonathan+adler+dining+room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAwynM0c_tNn0dbDwzPX-Mq6TrUCVNkTysWQEGmKhGDTDkq4shyRYImY-yZqtMKSUqALRgdr3XqaDocdlkl8nZ_slUA5YJI1Wd4QgsuVa-Gr10o7Y8ZGa7ksno0f1d8vqKyNmqrAzEgo/s320/jonathan+adler+dining+room.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Turquoise and White are Cool and Clean:</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYso7eaBcYn3fDNC7DtyGLDJoLAUKb4XuSxLtJnurtljbwgknEyoPFqvGDyePinlndOCQnmimmd1BvU3qiFqvy1849Bbzaaw00IGEQj-zcR6kjtvhvjuAuYAWFNf2j8lfc1XeEXmUda8/s1600-h/coslick-12-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYso7eaBcYn3fDNC7DtyGLDJoLAUKb4XuSxLtJnurtljbwgknEyoPFqvGDyePinlndOCQnmimmd1BvU3qiFqvy1849Bbzaaw00IGEQj-zcR6kjtvhvjuAuYAWFNf2j8lfc1XeEXmUda8/s320/coslick-12-l.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bring in some natural texture/color for warmth:</span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7s-o5QsTV0RxVRrfZyxXsKai1liRkrAQSyVHKtPbEGQKfvvHuvTKz80CBF6NI2WQfNqoaPMqvDeSgtZYucYG_I8jMi6tyesi0b0R-oi7l80BqWyiGG9kaM65c8TGLPLAHVDF2eLEhw_g/s1600-h/ss_101013390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add these lights from Design within Reach:</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvaHHPAdRuTKXfgyaY5gdNC4OloJ79cBO9z-Wag5N3Nb2f0gGkB34Mgg4RHSYzWpyhSaA5P9fEIpoUJrbuclxWOPNw9jgCYd_ooD0RIgWvwIiD5KKcHrWc9sDoI_twJHcNZtetqed8JRk/s1600-h/dwrflypendant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ibTJUu-Rif_GOTdbSXu9Sn_NMvpswsYutyPK5QsapQrtPpSf-VUqr20Uz_RBjB_em-cxxcfnOQUWcPp6TYX9-0BlT5KOfwHgk9vb31N9xPCrAOZuio-RKRmULAVBALisgshrM5WNigk/s320/sarahrichardsondining2.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Turquoise and gold wallpaper! How great would this be on a feature wall?  Again, Anthropologie - I admit it, I would like to move into their store...</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxgTtVpUaCZ6sBihuJfo1GvUHXMGgnb7Hr4-iDfJQ7ZDo_Ro6gylTp2OWp8YzKS7ljI41r0E3hGSdyuVjijRbwRvm4iqmJ-ZWC2sJXl4p7G_sklySNOUY95zf0EzvxlUKzdq1eXA8KCA/s1600-h/anthrograndgamewllppr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxgTtVpUaCZ6sBihuJfo1GvUHXMGgnb7Hr4-iDfJQ7ZDo_Ro6gylTp2OWp8YzKS7ljI41r0E3hGSdyuVjijRbwRvm4iqmJ-ZWC2sJXl4p7G_sklySNOUY95zf0EzvxlUKzdq1eXA8KCA/s320/anthrograndgamewllppr.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want more?  Get your turquoise fix from your wardrobe...</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The classic, Tiffany, of course - loving Turquoise with gold:</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RVqpAqamagMr-cW1gVQgEDxyeAuAc53ZE7_Kee9BzUHUs4240DFaQeBlD1itC7xlWFgoAUwTrwmZldJ76iWofaOtugQuVIcTF0ofW5k4cSWVApsadw9KBx7dWAT-nDaqhyphenhyphen75N-vEAPU/s1600-h/22909517_l_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RVqpAqamagMr-cW1gVQgEDxyeAuAc53ZE7_Kee9BzUHUs4240DFaQeBlD1itC7xlWFgoAUwTrwmZldJ76iWofaOtugQuVIcTF0ofW5k4cSWVApsadw9KBx7dWAT-nDaqhyphenhyphen75N-vEAPU/s320/22909517_l_1.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74H0TMMj8CYs_DqsTpdBw6VfGPkYvIlEGbIwVczHU6yFxsFYx-Vnm9CSc5JpJJS3x-FkcYMywBRuxR5Cn5mu8Qeg2cNYbP9S3oOldAk8-rwbJ63T9RTH1daYd0aNWl12RxD36nHxUbqo/s1600-h/24090779_l_M_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74H0TMMj8CYs_DqsTpdBw6VfGPkYvIlEGbIwVczHU6yFxsFYx-Vnm9CSc5JpJJS3x-FkcYMywBRuxR5Cn5mu8Qeg2cNYbP9S3oOldAk8-rwbJ63T9RTH1daYd0aNWl12RxD36nHxUbqo/s320/24090779_l_M_3.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or just have some fun at the salon - let the blacks and greys go and look towards spring...</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; 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Turquoise!

The Pantone Color of 2010 has been named, and the winner is...turquoise!I really think this should be called "Lagoon". I can smell salty air already...I suppose, after 2009, people are enjoying color as a way to enhance moods, and this one does it.Turquoise and brown have been big for a while - here…

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Ahhhh... books

<div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are you doing your last minute shopping?</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are not alone! Many people are still searching for that "perfect present" for their loved ones.</span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14R-ibDaz4Xqd06I3Ah5gmbTTmX2vDG44pCWTvXHqw6jef1fRVcO9wLBSVLDdfXOg8SIxHuKKAdRrf1ct6ZolG4360kA6yLdW0DfXJjJdm7LGixYpzF9bT1eVEj8wHgwAJsxH5YPN9bc/s1600-h/artsjournalcom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14R-ibDaz4Xqd06I3Ah5gmbTTmX2vDG44pCWTvXHqw6jef1fRVcO9wLBSVLDdfXOg8SIxHuKKAdRrf1ct6ZolG4360kA6yLdW0DfXJjJdm7LGixYpzF9bT1eVEj8wHgwAJsxH5YPN9bc/s320/artsjournalcom.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: xx-small;">artsjournal.com</span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;">The best present is just down the road at your local bookstore.  Whether for children, teens, adults or seniors, books offer immediate enjoyment.  Books can be keepsakes, proudly displayed for years to come, or traded in at Used Bookstores for other books down the road.  There is no batteries, no waste, just a chance for you to give the gift of knowledge, escapism,  beauty, inspiration, laughter - whatever you choose.</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;">Besides, is there anything more lovely in a Home than books?  They are so personal, so revealing about the Person that lives there. I think a room without books or art is like a person without a soul, empty. They are so beautiful on display, and provide endless hours of enjoyment.</span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;">The iconic Billy Bookshelf, from Ikea:</span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85ewEndickDB0hEsgb0bgBvu_yIIQQup2p2Tv-HOtdn2BJ9rpWwU6H5CEwIeRVCxv7LGgbSothuPs2TxPuo8Ajl4CYICGth4XDnVdKxO2zM3j5MtmwC7ee6F-WsNTn3IcxvAyIkJSfMI/s1600-h/80158_PE194633_S4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85ewEndickDB0hEsgb0bgBvu_yIIQQup2p2Tv-HOtdn2BJ9rpWwU6H5CEwIeRVCxv7LGgbSothuPs2TxPuo8Ajl4CYICGth4XDnVdKxO2zM3j5MtmwC7ee6F-WsNTn3IcxvAyIkJSfMI/s320/80158_PE194633_S4.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">ikea.ca</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial;">These can easily be built in for a high-end, custom look:</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Uun8AJZBkpD2QJewmcyKm-PWzODyt6ynqU4IBuXEMwCcQDSi3WB8KR0gXTF9HLoz72rTp-aDnspLgotHkJZI9x8SZFno3OFjFuMtMX9sq0NC0PIhTirde0pi6EVyEP2ou-yA3xL6F1w/s1600-h/2206527168_31e8795d07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Uun8AJZBkpD2QJewmcyKm-PWzODyt6ynqU4IBuXEMwCcQDSi3WB8KR0gXTF9HLoz72rTp-aDnspLgotHkJZI9x8SZFno3OFjFuMtMX9sq0NC0PIhTirde0pi6EVyEP2ou-yA3xL6F1w/s320/2206527168_31e8795d07.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is another beauty, from Ikea, perfect for a more Modern look or a room divider.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xVd2OODP5bc41eKADSNH6jNz6NiH78kQRgO5FSO-tDwl2JbkEt6tdiMADOMW7xqo5xsxDFd412XH1QyoWfXYUomk2hpcevVfceuF2sD55uonVMq_X8mYd1PANqWL4h2NHFqO01yiAGo/s320/60190_PE166196_S4.jpg" /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: xx-small;">ikea.ca</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;">Another Modern Option, this Beautiful Bookcase from Opus Yoo is art and storage in one:</span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIqLcBhphq8kU4jY30Z8qZEj_AteYdEIdwpvgDC7u0Rx-h2SruZ3Vw2eUGXiCnAxBr98Wb0_xyRf6fydKar2multAXr9WZ8jA3JubO3L3-mJQ6YE1d-F3GruLcYJw9QUY9jz2NRZJfTU/s1600-h/opusseanyoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIqLcBhphq8kU4jY30Z8qZEj_AteYdEIdwpvgDC7u0Rx-h2SruZ3Vw2eUGXiCnAxBr98Wb0_xyRf6fydKar2multAXr9WZ8jA3JubO3L3-mJQ6YE1d-F3GruLcYJw9QUY9jz2NRZJfTU/s320/opusseanyoo.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;">  <span style="color: black; font-size: xx-small;">opusyoo</span></span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;">Tight on space? Use your Halls! Here a Bookcase welcomes you in:</span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzCOgvEO_X5ptW4mT5DZx-_t3IBmrVosyBHh5-QUBQQotVw1lnEuVCwu4f1Dn3Fkng0k2qBxiFxOlosGFo2aABx9pKS69PYc16R3bSO4G1LlpHSfiMl9Gqe-HVT-oR6cVb8Wsyip0TNc/s1600-h/fromhomesweethome-225x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzCOgvEO_X5ptW4mT5DZx-_t3IBmrVosyBHh5-QUBQQotVw1lnEuVCwu4f1Dn3Fkng0k2qBxiFxOlosGFo2aABx9pKS69PYc16R3bSO4G1LlpHSfiMl9Gqe-HVT-oR6cVb8Wsyip0TNc/s320/fromhomesweethome-225x300.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: xx-small;">homesweethome</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heaven! Books as Architechture -an entire wall of books becomes part of this home:</span><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/AVvXsEjHzOylaCRS9IdkqFt_K1baAtxQ7M25i0-feZJF9Bv3W9W5fAOaHTylV_W4JapmIexFEFH13MFzFyhZTi0ZA8D1s02H6tYwZyzRuxpLoFQy1_QG0c2hvwyjyqZ1G4dHwuK9UFsoagTTSpI/s1600-h/homesweethomeviascatteredwords-300x198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzOylaCRS9IdkqFt_K1baAtxQ7M25i0-feZJF9Bv3W9W5fAOaHTylV_W4JapmIexFEFH13MFzFyhZTi0ZA8D1s02H6tYwZyzRuxpLoFQy1_QG0c2hvwyjyqZ1G4dHwuK9UFsoagTTSpI/s320/homesweethomeviascatteredwords-300x198.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">scatteredwords</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;">And finally, Books as Art - Witty Art: </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vjSrSeDZjblWwhmLAJ318kj9xPy1N2lAXJoMwbPXfZ1s3Bo6-8YR5lzZ64GalYpT7Sh5GhAcjclJl6utI8aHqMOAgwmWj7hAEs8mBkDX0j4GtFwNhd1UvXnr4_OC08e7txbd3an5poY/s1600-h/equationMarcosBreder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vjSrSeDZjblWwhmLAJ318kj9xPy1N2lAXJoMwbPXfZ1s3Bo6-8YR5lzZ64GalYpT7Sh5GhAcjclJl6utI8aHqMOAgwmWj7hAEs8mBkDX0j4GtFwNhd1UvXnr4_OC08e7txbd3an5poY/s320/equationMarcosBreder.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">equation Marcos Breder</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;"></span> <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could go on and on.  </span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;">Now I feel the sudden urge to organize my own bookshelf!</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;">Merry Christmas, Everyone!</span><br /></div>

Ahhhh... books

Are you doing your last minute shopping?You are not alone! Many people are still searching for that "perfect present" for their loved ones.artsjournal.comThe best present is just down the road at your local bookstore.  Whether for children, teens, adults or seniors, books offer immediate enjoyment. …

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The Magic of Winter

<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><em>The first snowfall is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?</em><br /></div></blockquote>                                                                                                      - J. B. Priestly, Apes and Angels<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSZV-6rYkg6ZZgJpRuGgp8-oPGy9pj1uj_w6d1fg79zG9Gavwh9-_u3Q3TSZF3iT5nQJJm5Ll_GoJg_GmA83yB9-9DMpJnZlMsmHdRozI7y-uqep1OnEok5eTv9L_0eF2ZZrBuHn6b0w/s1600-h/snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSZV-6rYkg6ZZgJpRuGgp8-oPGy9pj1uj_w6d1fg79zG9Gavwh9-_u3Q3TSZF3iT5nQJJm5Ll_GoJg_GmA83yB9-9DMpJnZlMsmHdRozI7y-uqep1OnEok5eTv9L_0eF2ZZrBuHn6b0w/s640/snow.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_t7MfrkFyHtvwpXrlGlzzAt-QxDQbxHPHbvMXTvJxAU_WG6aMcTYp4_FaT7J5ozRLEvGDpBdrTKdm-yfGuKWJzXcvnBrJFWAuOhJygqpdNEDC3xZy76C9y6R_kRdPN8Y2l7Hf64FnJU/s1600-h/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_t7MfrkFyHtvwpXrlGlzzAt-QxDQbxHPHbvMXTvJxAU_WG6aMcTYp4_FaT7J5ozRLEvGDpBdrTKdm-yfGuKWJzXcvnBrJFWAuOhJygqpdNEDC3xZy76C9y6R_kRdPN8Y2l7Hf64FnJU/s320/images.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYckAits_Sqc0P2BLVeeSeHJ6Tn5ZHsV_-PrDgLS2jRTffhaYW9NJh1PEXG6yj59NDfkNPxFRKghivYc-lZ_Gdn4w7NvJAw7VTWXPlLljLWnhjXQbIKdU8H4a-7COYwzV-IDWGiL5FFfM/s1600-h/snowpond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYckAits_Sqc0P2BLVeeSeHJ6Tn5ZHsV_-PrDgLS2jRTffhaYW9NJh1PEXG6yj59NDfkNPxFRKghivYc-lZ_Gdn4w7NvJAw7VTWXPlLljLWnhjXQbIKdU8H4a-7COYwzV-IDWGiL5FFfM/s320/snowpond.jpg" /></a><br /></div>

The Magic of Winter

The first snowfall is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?                                                                                                     …

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