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A New Layer: Desks

<br />So we've seen layered rugs, and <a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.ca/2011/11/have-at-it-ottoman-vs-coffee-table.html" target="_blank">footstools layered under coffee tables</a>, but what about layered desks?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/15-beautiful-and-inspiring-workspaces-212841?crlt.pid=camp.Ax7yLycF4JgL" target="_blank">This</a> is a really interesting idea.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You get the best of both worlds - </div><div style="text-align: center;">glam legs and a large glass work surface on the outside,</div><div style="text-align: center;">combined with storage and some soul tucked in underneath.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbmtQ_bi0Agg1SBkrJbAEYz-_h0iZLEKlt68-nOLzG4nCh7j0lVhuyGd5OzmmU9FxYbdKW91xobSXwfKYIK6ND3jG3rbhRHdqqxNkCR5IgW94zYnWoaf0Usc6ibvIr7siMVf5j8Shego/s1600/215cf2c93e2a40a5560cb44d2e683958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbmtQ_bi0Agg1SBkrJbAEYz-_h0iZLEKlt68-nOLzG4nCh7j0lVhuyGd5OzmmU9FxYbdKW91xobSXwfKYIK6ND3jG3rbhRHdqqxNkCR5IgW94zYnWoaf0Usc6ibvIr7siMVf5j8Shego/s1600/215cf2c93e2a40a5560cb44d2e683958.jpg" width="512" /></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;"> Something you would try? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">am x</div>

A New Layer: Desks

So we've seen layered rugs, and footstools layered under coffee tables , but what about layered desks? This is a really interesting ide...

11:35 AM

Yea or Nay: Shelving Overhead

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Was looking at this <b><a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/beach-house-santa-barbara-0410">beachfront home</a></b> the other day,</div><div style="text-align: center;">dreaming of barefoot, wine-glass-in-hand adventure...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and noticed this....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">shelving directly behind a sofa...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CPzJCKaqOK2uofp7Oaj_Gx7PLmCwrDZGOIAsJj9yTADla9h_V41JzgTv_6CdSwD-IAwlGHaLR2ka38GU7M17RyyE1wG11jcgPXNFdVpJPo9KHjhceD_jrkbTOVr05k0fUWkRdojiwsWm/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-05+at+9.55.48+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CPzJCKaqOK2uofp7Oaj_Gx7PLmCwrDZGOIAsJj9yTADla9h_V41JzgTv_6CdSwD-IAwlGHaLR2ka38GU7M17RyyE1wG11jcgPXNFdVpJPo9KHjhceD_jrkbTOVr05k0fUWkRdojiwsWm/s640/Screen+shot+2011-05-05+at+9.55.48+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and a bed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHWRGoFWAn8T2OATeua8qWKtt2N5ElNfGUZLIPuXOQ7GVzxCEw6kP-i_xFydPR7QC4AmUUBy41peqrntjs_M6A28x3Uehf1f8YdS2hWcZjKIv4ceo-8-zqcTfAGjVJsWvKLnXZQlvcd3p/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-05+at+9.55.12+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHWRGoFWAn8T2OATeua8qWKtt2N5ElNfGUZLIPuXOQ7GVzxCEw6kP-i_xFydPR7QC4AmUUBy41peqrntjs_M6A28x3Uehf1f8YdS2hWcZjKIv4ceo-8-zqcTfAGjVJsWvKLnXZQlvcd3p/s640/Screen+shot+2011-05-05+at+9.55.12+AM.png" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It may be because of the rather spiky bits that live on those shelves,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but I'm not sure I would be able to relax here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">While I've never been a fan of sleeping <i>under</i> shelves...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRYeGEnSh3__glqNrl3SfeoKQ_65d-yhBB0IEfYcZPhfcZ6ZH6i4lxzvmJ0TP-4km3x_sAALMDuBUl_9ZeD_0WY3RHn28YTVU6kl3xsPVaPXjKqmrKLW5b-S5YAKOHlQMUs4vMWLezdCx/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-05+at+10.07.23+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRYeGEnSh3__glqNrl3SfeoKQ_65d-yhBB0IEfYcZPhfcZ6ZH6i4lxzvmJ0TP-4km3x_sAALMDuBUl_9ZeD_0WY3RHn28YTVU6kl3xsPVaPXjKqmrKLW5b-S5YAKOHlQMUs4vMWLezdCx/s640/Screen+shot+2011-05-05+at+10.07.23+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/shelving-storage/12-uses-for-ikeas-lack-shelves-037156"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">1</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span><a href="http://interiordec.about.com/cs/articles/l/aaarttipsb.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">2</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I suppose placing them behind the bed is a great way to sneak in some storage...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNYkji7tsEryXRNDHsY1U1zZMnRYpWwNfPbQIM-9yRjSLZHR-zRw1Flt7QYN7uQw0HpALy7neZSD0GejOr5nNppg-mRpWxi4t99JZZGCok1gyyjO1qK3I9eKGMwH5oNFE9dxU0X9kv6zZ/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-05+at+10.17.21+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNYkji7tsEryXRNDHsY1U1zZMnRYpWwNfPbQIM-9yRjSLZHR-zRw1Flt7QYN7uQw0HpALy7neZSD0GejOr5nNppg-mRpWxi4t99JZZGCok1gyyjO1qK3I9eKGMwH5oNFE9dxU0X9kv6zZ/s640/Screen+shot+2011-05-05+at+10.17.21+AM.png" width="574" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/good-questions/good-questions-bookshelf-headboard-options-075347"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">1</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span><a href="http://jkhomestead.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">2</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/global-antique-decor-1010"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">3</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span><a href="http://home-officedesign.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">4</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just wondering what y'all think?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am the only one who can't sleep for fear of a ceramic bird falling on my head?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Yea or Nay: Shelving Overhead

Was looking at this beachfront home the other day, dreaming of barefoot, wine-glass-in-hand adventure... and noticed this.... shelving dire...

7:23 AM

The Great Clean Out - The Posts Are In!

<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/AVvXsEhdEGWY8G3jmPNo3RkdhllidGuzoVe6bHBwwf0DzbZNcPT7StGKoTy54Dvg2IvQsOqpzSoMde5E-yV1w4c80ARgviBm3pjaoaiekhE24aRtSG3q67ZiG9_4Hsr8HNLSB8HcEf2uJzjjZtw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-07+at+6.37.54+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEGWY8G3jmPNo3RkdhllidGuzoVe6bHBwwf0DzbZNcPT7StGKoTy54Dvg2IvQsOqpzSoMde5E-yV1w4c80ARgviBm3pjaoaiekhE24aRtSG3q67ZiG9_4Hsr8HNLSB8HcEf2uJzjjZtw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-07+at+6.37.54+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A massive thank you going out to the talented ladies who participated in the Great Clean Out -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">we thought that commiting to an organization post together would motivate us and so it did!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I received your pics, but have not yet read the posts that go along with them,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and am dying to read the stories of these makeovers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Here is a little of what you can expect at each blog..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Drumroll please...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Barbara of <b><a href="http://hodgepodge-babselou.blogspot.com/">Hodgepodge</a></b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Have you ever wanted to re-arrange your entire home -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">change the purpose of each room to what is really should be?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I have.. and then I go back to whatever I am doing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Barb is boldly undertaking a huge refresher at her place - I so admire her efforts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">She is sharing a bit of "games room" re-organization with us...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">always wanted a games room, it sounds so grand :)</div><div><br /></div><br /><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/AVvXsEiTmHTSp4RPfVxf0iBb26GbhlZLbhzkMCd0u7SkSt8b3yBGjiSRGMz6ABaxAoB5dbH9Y8-9fLcM0c7s_YuBTpi04B3StQZHFWHui9wnWWJIgrYWOmU8P46F8glEKyGfeoR0z42Mpxozw2s/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.28.31+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmHTSp4RPfVxf0iBb26GbhlZLbhzkMCd0u7SkSt8b3yBGjiSRGMz6ABaxAoB5dbH9Y8-9fLcM0c7s_YuBTpi04B3StQZHFWHui9wnWWJIgrYWOmU8P46F8glEKyGfeoR0z42Mpxozw2s/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.28.31+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOamQ-HT5HpbbnoPzw5brIkBazlaMorNTg_xkuIJVp74jtXgfqdF6Ydy__Lw_y-zgBd0FcVx5nnzQKBLgmdUG_IInV_g2Rm5yzjz0_l0ooQd9z7tRmEFWLYNa8SFO9Gb6MY3_pJ8xwoQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.30.15+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOamQ-HT5HpbbnoPzw5brIkBazlaMorNTg_xkuIJVp74jtXgfqdF6Ydy__Lw_y-zgBd0FcVx5nnzQKBLgmdUG_IInV_g2Rm5yzjz0_l0ooQd9z7tRmEFWLYNa8SFO9Gb6MY3_pJ8xwoQ/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.30.15+PM.png" width="434" /></a></div><br /><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;">Carissa of <b><a href="http://thefabulousdesignfile.blogspot.com/">The Fabulous Design File</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Carissa has done such a great job of incorporating storage into her library.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Library... another grand room!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The before really wasn't so bad, but I love how the after frames out a perfect niche for her piano.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I've requested her paint choices because I LOVE them :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a room I could spend some time in.</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKWHYJA56zMjzpSTh84LsE8ZEt91OCPB7Ymeiq9oYqjSVfYLLy6mbiUq7nDCaHoiTM4w6EkKobh7Nda9tZ9bSrjg6ENlVzDa-ELc7tKT5rTM3v5VcibgceAueukjnmmt06CJmN0d3XH4/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.31.38+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKWHYJA56zMjzpSTh84LsE8ZEt91OCPB7Ymeiq9oYqjSVfYLLy6mbiUq7nDCaHoiTM4w6EkKobh7Nda9tZ9bSrjg6ENlVzDa-ELc7tKT5rTM3v5VcibgceAueukjnmmt06CJmN0d3XH4/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.31.38+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxVl2ESrUkoxPSorNyEJd1pnLrFb9GyL_kUPHDxS9DYdelCDKTPaO5yghKUoWCZ00FQIcFVr8y8wh2BNQCNNQYhoblcqrTPE8Kcs_K9Hh6BOfl0KN7M5_2E7JNTtSl0ksLUW9Gm2qPSw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.32.33+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxVl2ESrUkoxPSorNyEJd1pnLrFb9GyL_kUPHDxS9DYdelCDKTPaO5yghKUoWCZ00FQIcFVr8y8wh2BNQCNNQYhoblcqrTPE8Kcs_K9Hh6BOfl0KN7M5_2E7JNTtSl0ksLUW9Gm2qPSw/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.32.33+PM.png" width="640" /></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Abby of <b><a href="http://adelightfuldesign.blogspot.com/">A Delightful Design</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have to say, Abby has kept me laughing through this process, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I know her post is going to crack me up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Abby is in the process of selling her home, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so she had a bit of a head start :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because she has just recently gone through the painful de-clutter process..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but every girl has a cupboard somewhere that irks her,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Abby conquered hers this weekend!</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QrNpGxDHwC4MdshWyfJ8SyRKytssJ7Q6ZMfZBVRhm_edTw9_LpvbtkzePvPTiwhgdNFBVynIWBaMiVgOiH6jNX0UF0ag-ZfnERBkSVApqjYZWHX1dfAbO1VULobKegdjMQYUTylETBs/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+3.43.17+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QrNpGxDHwC4MdshWyfJ8SyRKytssJ7Q6ZMfZBVRhm_edTw9_LpvbtkzePvPTiwhgdNFBVynIWBaMiVgOiH6jNX0UF0ag-ZfnERBkSVApqjYZWHX1dfAbO1VULobKegdjMQYUTylETBs/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+3.43.17+PM.png" width="488" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Kerry is kind of my hero.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I always had a dream of buying an old house and redoing it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kerry and her husband are doing just that, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so I don't think this organization post scared her one bit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kerry is also expecting,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and so a great big hug to you - Kerry,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for all your efforts - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">love how your laundry/craft room turned out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yw9N8IqfHwrB1XC8L7Kb5nLQFuz68uwcolrMiKATbJb2y8K5oaXC9RjF7E9RYVDfZzgpN0o-eWtS6CWlmYINin1looEYjOhUltgA3FCsOYXtJwsnePtjW4o1eS3fecOcNYHn_n83gKw/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+8.37.48+PM.png" width="640" /></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christine of <b><a href="http://bijouandboheme.blogspot.com/">Bijou and Boheme</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, Christine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somehow I knew that a closet makeover in your home would end up being </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">better styled and more chic than most people's living rooms!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How happy my shoes would be to live in this bit of pretty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you for inspiring me to make my hall closet my next project!</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;"><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/AVvXsEg6XhCCmndDXP3JUl9Wje-7ZGUz50uY6vh0su5dUNT7CINVdbmC9Op6bkcjefBhKOH5O8evtveWrfsuE7tYQ4Dj0Ve9ZAIUt4-P0aq8Gip_X1imzO_OWnDJqzA7mg9mfc3CwRcEUdkmJVw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+8.34.26+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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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;"><b>The 10 Rooms Head Office</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just recently relocated my office/craft room in my home, and there was ZERO organization.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was really procrastinating, but having an end date meant eventually I had to get going.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So relieved that it is done, it is so freeing to let go of all that excess "stuff"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and get organized!</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; 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The Great Clean Out - The Posts Are In!

It's here! A massive thank you going out to the talented ladies who participated in the Great Clean Out - we thought that commiting to a...

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBbPMtdfE3iwyLG_gFv4cYWL9cut74isRvZXh5K0i6Fh0v3frxW9FZTvpESMMYZVrT_IJl6v4ShS6vwjlzYBPFsqtkUctG1DzYJ1P5m-ej4pu7pLqA3sNS0DtQClpIa_mxrS5z1j_Jj0/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-07+at+6.37.54+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBbPMtdfE3iwyLG_gFv4cYWL9cut74isRvZXh5K0i6Fh0v3frxW9FZTvpESMMYZVrT_IJl6v4ShS6vwjlzYBPFsqtkUctG1DzYJ1P5m-ej4pu7pLqA3sNS0DtQClpIa_mxrS5z1j_Jj0/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-07+at+6.37.54+AM.png" /></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, ladies, I made it! There was just the slightest doubt earlier this week :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you've been reading the blog you know that the Great Clean out stemmed from a </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/2011/01/resolution-week-number-4-great-clean.html">New Years resolution</a></b> to get more organized.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The more I read other blogs, the more it seemed that everyone was feeling this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The problem is we all start out with the fabulous intentions and then life gets in the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought if we made a commitment to each other it would help us to stay motivated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lucky for me, some really talented bloggers decided to take part in this -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thank you all so much!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am looking forward to reading about each of your adventures in organizing.</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;">Before Christmas I flipped my office/craft room upstairs into what was the kids playroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This space is substantially larger, and has a closet,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which meant bringing al the craft stuff from the storage area out into the open.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The closet filled, and overflowed,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then the holiday madness arrived...</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/AVvXsEhtEPNgUO4qjEZs6Oaunopo5EV9kiyIx-cDyPLvfXmW6kG1HIIV7nMdVIkXHYSuU6ElKddF4Qmr0XZYd4IMvdoYUi0DakyxY6OHGURDZcghX_Xa2SCUY6EnbqHnrEe0FxMbFwhYHZKzxsQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+1.56.27+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEPNgUO4qjEZs6Oaunopo5EV9kiyIx-cDyPLvfXmW6kG1HIIV7nMdVIkXHYSuU6ElKddF4Qmr0XZYd4IMvdoYUi0DakyxY6OHGURDZcghX_Xa2SCUY6EnbqHnrEe0FxMbFwhYHZKzxsQ/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+1.56.27+PM.png" width="488" /></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;">Okay, I am going to admit something here - I actually removed items before taking the before shot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know the classic where you open the closet door and all your wordly junk comes tumbling out?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yup.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a fabric landslide from the top shelf the day I took this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Something had to be done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would have liked to replace all this wire shelving, but the budget had other ideas,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> so a fresh coat of paint cleaned it up nicely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought some really inexpensive cardboard storage boxes at ikea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The problem was, they were quite ugly!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After buying some fabric, and breaking out the glue gun, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(and some really foul trucker-like moments when I burned myself - kids, out of the craft room, please :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we had twelve of these and four larger versions.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQl6ntDihzgzwGBJSW-w2YHDIkAsnwM4E8ZgXjqJzQoRpbNyVc_UgBx2eseOfiTifkjNd22-Ga0P3c8MlR2IKixQXHzAnLPeoNJ85blsGaWjuLWfuRh_YIYACNc7C8UXPDzF1itVoA8c/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.12.44+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQl6ntDihzgzwGBJSW-w2YHDIkAsnwM4E8ZgXjqJzQoRpbNyVc_UgBx2eseOfiTifkjNd22-Ga0P3c8MlR2IKixQXHzAnLPeoNJ85blsGaWjuLWfuRh_YIYACNc7C8UXPDzF1itVoA8c/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.12.44+PM.png" width="460" /></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 kids need instant gratification storage for their daily craft sessions -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> these buckets from the dollar store are perfect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So here is the after:</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;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl3KD5_MD6Cfc64uxyedt9LTBBDllrUBdUcNphCyDOy1aDXhaH_R4AjQPBOOumJg4BH0xqvkF01w4hVWbLCuugUqvHwHy61mAtJGGJwFWJlr5P3KOeZRRURWqdqB_Qy9PfoGYBZ4z4r8/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.13.19+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl3KD5_MD6Cfc64uxyedt9LTBBDllrUBdUcNphCyDOy1aDXhaH_R4AjQPBOOumJg4BH0xqvkF01w4hVWbLCuugUqvHwHy61mAtJGGJwFWJlr5P3KOeZRRURWqdqB_Qy9PfoGYBZ4z4r8/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+2.13.19+PM.png" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still unlabeled, not entirely sure how we will cross that bridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I may have to call a truce with the glue gun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember when I found that amazing deal on a <b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-won-kijiji-lottery-ha.html">dining set on kijiji</a></b>?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, D. went to pick it up, and when he brought it home it became obvious</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the set was not dining room worthy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cabinet and chairs found a home in the craft room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I make cards and paper crafts, so this provides heaps of fantastic, dust-free storage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM31UAyrmE2C-vBIsKgs89_dI1i2PdZ74c1lcSwe6qoMDT729NZenayRPWQeSVII8KEgkK9F-GInozakgtZY1ozZzSlwTWUR2ocmesDtbG1r2aA-DzWlT1ZTII54WaFVDpHqC2MbBDL94/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+1.44.53+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM31UAyrmE2C-vBIsKgs89_dI1i2PdZ74c1lcSwe6qoMDT729NZenayRPWQeSVII8KEgkK9F-GInozakgtZY1ozZzSlwTWUR2ocmesDtbG1r2aA-DzWlT1ZTII54WaFVDpHqC2MbBDL94/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+1.44.53+PM.png" width="353" /></a><br /><br /><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 shelving on the other side of the room holds my most-used product info and color decks for work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's a great spot for my sewing machine and current projects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The piggybank and flower were gifts from the girls, who fancied themselves stylists today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The craft books need some purging, there is a few in there that I suspect are older than me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's not really old, of course :)</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/AVvXsEgTOLvTBnEijdvzi9VDXCU4mLdRXGP-b-1J76sDuINESo1ZnbjncbOeFURAcJ_wTuqzD0TAF4ZOs03nR-gKndfBWATVjkIQ5HkV9moCxsvChfrl7pygbgpR4yAohkiTrDNiZtShvgWmEus/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+1.52.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOLvTBnEijdvzi9VDXCU4mLdRXGP-b-1J76sDuINESo1ZnbjncbOeFURAcJ_wTuqzD0TAF4ZOs03nR-gKndfBWATVjkIQ5HkV9moCxsvChfrl7pygbgpR4yAohkiTrDNiZtShvgWmEus/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+1.52.41+PM.png" width="532" /></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 office is still being finished, but organizing got the decorating process going.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found fabric for curtains and the other bits that are going in here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once it is done, I'll post pics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLZ6AAOtZceHkMrYC1_wEpkLaDNl3TWmMtYiFDCGxHJo17TcMVHPQe37Hg2-c79l4_s7M6qWcF9cJbSYti4gztirAoneLqXNL8ru88uMmWbQPBfYsZF3Y2zLn6idByMQdvT_-L1yo-Qw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+1.53.17+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLZ6AAOtZceHkMrYC1_wEpkLaDNl3TWmMtYiFDCGxHJo17TcMVHPQe37Hg2-c79l4_s7M6qWcF9cJbSYti4gztirAoneLqXNL8ru88uMmWbQPBfYsZF3Y2zLn6idByMQdvT_-L1yo-Qw/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-23+at+1.53.17+PM.png" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't honestly know if I would have gotten to this closet right away,</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I kept opening the door and closing it again!</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Having this deadline MOTIVATED me to get it done -</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so it worked!</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe next year we can do this with exercise :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">anyone?!!</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;"> Pop over to the main post to see all the before and afters and link to these fab ladies posts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpas21rtez0Bxdx1L_w0cOKo9AXJVZxyDW9_cR2pLsOTL4RZVGa_slxE_KbmaEd6evFrZL-brk9L3Ak8chjL6VWUpUrZgji37SIsKkvyvy66sS6vURvXQG5OHHQiADVCKPgjRfmq1Ues/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-04+at+7.01.17+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpas21rtez0Bxdx1L_w0cOKo9AXJVZxyDW9_cR2pLsOTL4RZVGa_slxE_KbmaEd6evFrZL-brk9L3Ak8chjL6VWUpUrZgji37SIsKkvyvy66sS6vURvXQG5OHHQiADVCKPgjRfmq1Ues/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-04+at+7.01.17+PM.png" /></a></div>

Well, ladies, I made it! There was just the slightest doubt earlier this week :) If you've been reading the blog you know that the Great...

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Resolution Week: Number 2, Continue Building a Home Library

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Last year I decided to begin collecting (and reading!) the classics,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">with the hope that building a family library will encourage my darlings to read them in later years.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I stumbled on a list of the "must-reads" one day and </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">realized my literary world was shockingly lacking.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Apparently, Apartment Therapy's Big Book and The Selby in Your Space haven't made the list yet,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">although they are definitely required reading in my books - yours?!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="296" id="il_fi" src="http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/04/01library25.jpg" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/04/01library25.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/04/refurbished_library_wows_muske.html&usg=__ar0NLHfDeBdL04QFOkSO1yc_pZ0=&h=335&w=723&sz=347&hl=en&start=127&sig2=a5dt2xu7QEPDEUSytvUW1A&zoom=1&tbnid=WTlBKAHmb4p3fM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=185&ei=99UhTcmhPIGjnQfgz8zpDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlibrary%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1182%26bih%3D948%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C4176&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=681&vpy=604&dur=2198&hovh=153&hovw=330&tx=172&ty=91&oei=7dUhTZS7DI6Unwex3tjqBQ&esq=7&page=6&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:127&biw=1182&bih=948">source</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">So the reading/collecting began.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Found vintage copies of The Iliad and The Odyssey (bound in pea green :)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and was happily immersed in Penelope and Ulysses love.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The Twilight Series followed, </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">which aren't<i> really</i> on the list but I justified because Natasha wanted to read them, </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and I always read her books first to make sure they are appropriate.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Which means we also read the entire Harry Potter series this year!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="[David+Netto+2.jpg]" border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ihh4CCxX9L2MF0QfXfzU80AuqcZLMdQdq5xCENKm3qOdmQyby9tzUBaBPYshzPQL_A7KCeOz1oWFleViYmi4SZxiTvXGDRKZKlUeHjR1mC-E4u5KxvKwGtHOhVwbHmS2PKVC7hmLpDpj/s400/David+Netto+2.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Plowed through The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">the Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allen Poe</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> although they are completely not my cup of tea.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I must admit, those required healthy doses of art and design books sprinkled in...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/ohmishka/83FDB7EC-094D-4496-B265-8F9E086F-1.jpg" /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/ohmishka/1EF2CBCC-DB40-41D7-B448-6E25F071-1.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Reminisced with Holden Caulfield and Heathcliff..</div><div style="text-align: center;">read and re-read Memoirs of a Geisha, and re-read A Woman of Substance,</div><div style="text-align: center;">both of which are on <i>my </i>required reading list.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I began The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="[Books.jpg]" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8io9U9b3zE04rVzMBsUnaajxEfz3J0azpiqY-5RevsfihyphenhyphenbWJ5xClmekf338RQx9I8ise0uKQZhgtrhIrnSBqLeb5v_HFwyhRiy_KLvKNxo4LmLtXV35DlRRCQoovlRxczqtNzsW1vcJn/s640/Books.jpg" width="530" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some progress was beginning to be made on that front by the holidays.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was planning a bit of a break this year, </div><div style="text-align: center;">thinking that perhaps I could alternate years of design books and classics...</div><div style="text-align: center;">then the kids gave my their presents.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each picked out by them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The Complete Works (see a trend here?!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Arthur Conan Doyle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are interested in putting together your own library,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there are some great starting points <a href="http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/">here</a> and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Classic_Book_Collection"> here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">til next time..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Resolution Week: Number 2, Continue Building a Home Library

Last year I decided to begin collecting (and reading!) the classics, with the hope that building a family library will encourage my darlings...

6:59 AM

Moving On From Christmas to a New Year..

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEoGDFjiUZahZJbYFuPTB-E-vA44BDvnElSBY7sdXJok1MuOMu4ZbilJKeq3Lp5n7BUFfXTyOYows0m1cbjCNDrIJRuQyG253PcywxGWVU2VuP6hBQpc62dKdKne_q-hH4wWAZ_7M9nnQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-12-14+at+9.19.43+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEoGDFjiUZahZJbYFuPTB-E-vA44BDvnElSBY7sdXJok1MuOMu4ZbilJKeq3Lp5n7BUFfXTyOYows0m1cbjCNDrIJRuQyG253PcywxGWVU2VuP6hBQpc62dKdKne_q-hH4wWAZ_7M9nnQ/s400/Screen+shot+2010-12-14+at+9.19.43+AM.png" width="297" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So our Christmas flew by.. yours?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry for the lack of posts but today is our first day with no festive plans!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids had a blast on Christmas morning, of course...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The hit of the day was the plastic slinky!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LVrLmG56P60w8nJYkbdGG9pDhrBFE864YjzC3ACgMfumNnRiuyma0kI0TOmVn9n69EweC5rllZSrLbnn-NkPQBAA89_UVqAnvZDXqht9T1RqrmpA5jn1Vr85QkN9SXnCsljjcYIgdlo/s1600/PC246894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LVrLmG56P60w8nJYkbdGG9pDhrBFE864YjzC3ACgMfumNnRiuyma0kI0TOmVn9n69EweC5rllZSrLbnn-NkPQBAA89_UVqAnvZDXqht9T1RqrmpA5jn1Vr85QkN9SXnCsljjcYIgdlo/s640/PC246894.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He wants to be an engineer and build solar powered cars, so lego comes naturally :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzKEket32dhWvvRIKhB4R-l3OxD3x4uwEHhsnB09duox6v7mxID4Jx3hkglixOjJpuTwsqBjqq6ak-TeZ-21GxzJnuzR1pM9FC90YrkauddsK9VkRhb5Xt7HAsBtgqMCGkkQFZsFK9k0/s1600/PC246908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzKEket32dhWvvRIKhB4R-l3OxD3x4uwEHhsnB09duox6v7mxID4Jx3hkglixOjJpuTwsqBjqq6ak-TeZ-21GxzJnuzR1pM9FC90YrkauddsK9VkRhb5Xt7HAsBtgqMCGkkQFZsFK9k0/s640/PC246908.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She has discovered the joy of reading, and neon hair :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fU1FgZbblERurS_CmP-MX_NgBm4s1drbcjF21866abJ01-eoZy_oZu3vcmEpaYXGHUxASUp8GeP3s1Eu9skInV_TJU8BqOi9NPXyuP16guwOGn6g-TKMumPNtPDJoa-3bvnK-E4GIy8/s1600/PC246911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fU1FgZbblERurS_CmP-MX_NgBm4s1drbcjF21866abJ01-eoZy_oZu3vcmEpaYXGHUxASUp8GeP3s1Eu9skInV_TJU8BqOi9NPXyuP16guwOGn6g-TKMumPNtPDJoa-3bvnK-E4GIy8/s640/PC246911.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The eldest darling wore her new ski jacket and pandora bracelet</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the entire time she was magnifying everything in the house... </div><div style="text-align: center;">"eww, Mum, come see what my hair/tissue paper/dog treats look like"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_tn7CK1QDTRJEPvztA0k-iJcfoJJQ9tEHAxU7CkKghsyiha7JIzcEmJ_p-O8GGbfKoCt3uYGKBIqstsoFuQd1ZHMscTaXREbLcmpDa1VsByOXzZYtOc_4PP6XmzwSTCD5u6bAR47Kok/s1600/PC246914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_tn7CK1QDTRJEPvztA0k-iJcfoJJQ9tEHAxU7CkKghsyiha7JIzcEmJ_p-O8GGbfKoCt3uYGKBIqstsoFuQd1ZHMscTaXREbLcmpDa1VsByOXzZYtOc_4PP6XmzwSTCD5u6bAR47Kok/s640/PC246914.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Days filled with skiing, skating, walks in the snowy woods and travel to see the families..</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was full of laughs and hugs, just as it should be, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I'm thankful for all of our blessings.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(and my new Kate Spade bag! </div><div style="text-align: center;">A complete surprise, from my honey, who knows what I would love before I do :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6M6jvhJdDH2Wiu8zdJjoQLoXonNXo1tPFgD5Wa8FfXHp6ySZ1B29DXZgr-WUyTfpzDvc3CloNbPNHjrziaotQ3xgc4A3bxKBMpyt0JCI4YvVM3o0SlRgpbDfBlI2wt-fYanmSGMWx-mE/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-12-28+at+9.09.55+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6M6jvhJdDH2Wiu8zdJjoQLoXonNXo1tPFgD5Wa8FfXHp6ySZ1B29DXZgr-WUyTfpzDvc3CloNbPNHjrziaotQ3xgc4A3bxKBMpyt0JCI4YvVM3o0SlRgpbDfBlI2wt-fYanmSGMWx-mE/s320/Screen+shot+2010-12-28+at+9.09.55+AM.png" width="315" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now comes the next part, packing up and moving on.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="416" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6wa7h1S1PAHf-2A2C-28YZ_cVu8U5N5GB8eIFJCBibKhvasz0NFz9a7B_cjVC-3gKD1hPiqJmXxFl8xXja5xyUAr5QhTStzVcKBzPjUn4l6MhPEMAwZlQdUuQ1eMW1191YnR7CSdca15/?imgmax=800" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="554" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know if any of you experience this,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but removing all the excess and then giving the house a good clean</div><div style="text-align: center;"> leaves me feeling ready for the New Year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMQZmi4YnqY12JfUrzHyqjLsEK83l9btK4v2mSc44nv6WsZmKSp3wRgD_QHdRogtTs8DdH8GFdj3zWyndFG65cSU8oqNMCfKYt0y4wNsv7gAdkRENvfEZSRxgfY9IjPO73jNLLXuWfqU/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-12-28+at+8.34.55+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMQZmi4YnqY12JfUrzHyqjLsEK83l9btK4v2mSc44nv6WsZmKSp3wRgD_QHdRogtTs8DdH8GFdj3zWyndFG65cSU8oqNMCfKYt0y4wNsv7gAdkRENvfEZSRxgfY9IjPO73jNLLXuWfqU/s640/Screen+shot+2010-12-28+at+8.34.55+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindseymatteis/3121630764/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe it's trying to find space for the new "things" that have entered the home over the holidays,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but this is usually when my organizational side kicks in and the need to start cleaning out closets..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9ZEvMR2IV97oNfkOFzxkShgz8fdn1fCUGQAr1Neswuo6qIc8VHOzA3PGqXfk24IQofkJO6sdG-7ur1zcPooiZNu6jaXZSqB2R3TRzhuFnYXt24bS-jKCDM5S7723qllHtcxbhARjobU/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-12-28+at+8.51.03+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9ZEvMR2IV97oNfkOFzxkShgz8fdn1fCUGQAr1Neswuo6qIc8VHOzA3PGqXfk24IQofkJO6sdG-7ur1zcPooiZNu6jaXZSqB2R3TRzhuFnYXt24bS-jKCDM5S7723qllHtcxbhARjobU/s640/Screen+shot+2010-12-28+at+8.51.03+AM.png" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/92196062@N00/4290930936/">source</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Over the next few weeks I am going to tackle some of our bigger storage and organization problems,</div><div style="text-align: center;">hopefully you'll come by and share your tips with us!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I'm packing Christmas decorations.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wrap them in tissue and place into labelled (glass balls, etc)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> red plastic storage containers in the basement.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I guess it's not a surprise that I like color coding everything :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">How do you store your decorations?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you still in Christmas mode or have you packed up already?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">til next time..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Moving On From Christmas to a New Year..

So our Christmas flew by.. yours? Sorry for the lack of posts but today is our first day with no festive plans! The kids had a blast on Chri...

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Yea or Nay: Bookshelf Wallpaper?

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This weeks Yea or Nay is bookshelf wallpaper.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the plus side, it's a space saver, and adds interest when you don't actually have loads of books to display.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the flip side, it just keeps bringing me back to those incredibly tacky huge sunset murals...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Where do you stand?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tracy Kendall has created three: The Paperback</div><div style="text-align: center;">I could see this in a mostly white, slightly retro coffeeshop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="269" src="http://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com/wp-content/themes/bltd/lib/timthumb.php?src=http://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com/images/paperback-book-wallpaper.jpg&h=&w=513&zc=1" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" width="400" />     <img height="320" id="il_fi" src="http://curledupwithabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bookshelf-wallpaper.jpg" width="212" /><br /><a href="http://www.tracykendall.com/main.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Magazine Version -  I have PLENTY of these around already - and I'm pretty sure you do, too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200050153256296898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBsNye-btLe9N0q91FANWC0bQdozay274YEFFwjFqdkCeWC86RG7UENZW0PC_ttvlPM2mLqinCLYas4f9WKj4zYrwQY-FlpC1nOIaEE5167M_Ac0a5l-JqDZSUD9bvyr6qnpFRui6Nhd0/s400/253326306_be2dc9cccb.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="320" id="il_fi" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2647450075_7f92d5f622_o.jpg" width="212" /><img height="265" id="il_fi" src="http://www.carteco.gr/uploads/PRODUCTS/TRACY_KENDALL/10_TRACY_KENDALL_magazines2600_270109011023265_270109011507.jpg" width="265" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Stack Version </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s8.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/D696050F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" id="il_fi" src="http://s8.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/D696050F.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDtKlmBv3viJh0xKBg3ARMvvpgXYgVaclBeiuMoVImvHYOCNGQGU6v86LerBPO8ZkVhjGJ1x8LgMx49-5-Sbn6_8QF-4auMxNqQzIyIWCzeYcUbCR4XSB19oX8c2mcR59LuvQB4cJd7ao/s1600/bookssection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200050277810348498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDtKlmBv3viJh0xKBg3ARMvvpgXYgVaclBeiuMoVImvHYOCNGQGU6v86LerBPO8ZkVhjGJ1x8LgMx49-5-Sbn6_8QF-4auMxNqQzIyIWCzeYcUbCR4XSB19oX8c2mcR59LuvQB4cJd7ao/s320/bookssection.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="172" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a flocked paper - over black panelling - maybe in a hallway?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="640" src="http://www.designyourwall.com/store//images/P/Bookshelf_classics_500.jpg" title="" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.designyourwall.com/store/Bookshelf-Classics-Vintage-203AS-pr-4375.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Bookshelf Classics Vintage Wallpaper</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I quite like the cheeky name of this one - "Genuine Fake Bookshelf"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="363" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150978087399206114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Lj1nqpPFiSrj_07NtpXvk1FkBl4qgnsjCM35l9lrdkEu1fMQKqgVGCY2EGUUXWO7LiGIkSc2ym48mHmXT4zwpc7rdGy4UQwWA2R72yLgTRImnY1EJuP484WZ-jQG9sbaFqr_g3MytmYC/s640/book_wallpaper.jpg" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deborahbowness.com/books.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Deborah Bowness</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looks great off-set with a bit of juicy orange or red..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.livingetc.com/imageBank/cache/s/Style-idea-2_e_12b1081677c861aba22119b0d82ed5f2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="http://www.livingetc.com/imageBank/cache/s/Style-idea-2_e_12b1081677c861aba22119b0d82ed5f2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.livingetc.com/imageBank/cache/s/Style-idea-2_e_12b1081677c861aba22119b0d82ed5f2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" id="il_fi" src="http://www.livingetc.com/imageBank/cache/s/Style-idea-2_e_12b1081677c861aba22119b0d82ed5f2.jpg" width="306" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uCT_zleRkJ5a4qqEYC2gDz7XTPN-bb0F6pfrmdkbRmZ84SOZqCtl2XIVwJS2pZhC37eY6hyphenhyphenCHfJDhiQWkCnMnVtJ4q5gLjCXxlA_LVjBy2_z-KB_lftCRTaOf2sws4l3wB7-xnuOnsSL/s1600/bookshelves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150978177593519346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uCT_zleRkJ5a4qqEYC2gDz7XTPN-bb0F6pfrmdkbRmZ84SOZqCtl2XIVwJS2pZhC37eY6hyphenhyphenCHfJDhiQWkCnMnVtJ4q5gLjCXxlA_LVjBy2_z-KB_lftCRTaOf2sws4l3wB7-xnuOnsSL/s400/bookshelves.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookshelfporn.com/photo/1280/907447978/1/tumblr_l6nkp5neKm1qb49c4" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="  Bookshelf Wallpaper - Design on a Shoestring, High-Low and Eccentric - NYTimes.com Design by Abigail Ahern via problemsolver + fuckyeahbookshelves" border="0" class="largePhoto addSizeClass" src="http://bookshelfporn.com/photo/1280/907447978/1/tumblr_l6nkp5neKm1qb49c4" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookshelfporn.com/post/907447978"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rich mossy green velvet and bright navy carpet?!! Love it! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh yes, the paper... it serves as art here, really. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hmm, this space may have me skipping over to the yea side..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6D3SR4Cu4evBaKxGfC9fzpR3ymHBpJeALRTtwv1wV0LLj0Cpux6wjrDvYN1m_kMq_o1zjghLLFYomsnHQDOh6wBFKaQJXe39cEqWX5arwFKHM9dU1_8Uh6PSMsUvAgz6UjsyCe3LgxOc/s1600/books.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For all you Belgium Linen lovers out there, an understated version from Y&B..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Image 3" id="largeImg" src="http://www.bouf.com/assets/Product-27748-3-Bookshelf-Wallpaper.full.jpg" title="" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="472" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjNbdIRqtg_P2PQLT3OXHAl2bkUs3EPDXiw1_-Rf-prHGZGgotV8MkyNoB9QUGg0EfdSvEYKs5MxlhbOMF8vsCcj6h6d8kKUUg8TKhyphenhyphen5APj20Jqvg-1SKAE2sYlekBGt25hROgywoV6M/s1600/970+BODIE+and+FOU+Bookshelf+wallpaper.jpg" width="650" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bouf.com/buy/product/27748/bookshelf-wallpaper"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I still prefer the real thing!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I suppose we can't all be lucky enough to have this...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="111607bookcase.jpg" height="499" src="http://la.apartmenttherapy.com/images/uploads/111607bookcase.jpg" width="450" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/inspiration/inspiration-bookshelf-by-gianni-botsford-036703"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="375" id="il_fi" src="http://2ndfloorliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2-27-bookcases1.jpg" width="354" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="unusual bookcase Interesting Looking Bookcase for A Creative Living Room " class="size-full wp-image-22872 aligncenter" height="463" src="http://freshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/unusual-bookcase.jpg" title="unusual bookcase" width="600" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1698350114"></span><a href="http://freshome.com/2010/02/21/interesting-looking-bookcase-for-a-creative-living-room/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a><span id="goog_1698350115"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But most of us can manage something like this..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_ATOF49FMrNK72FlSFkwQ0BMmrd2f4K6J1PtcpmTcCwmYEveKMnJZ2g15Po3-zwcQIkFPORNZfb1SsJWjZ9xjoqcgKz1ymuuvlS5hND5wiZ20VLBiOErYAmr1WbTs8DiHqOovZP_B2Y/s1600/fireplace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_ATOF49FMrNK72FlSFkwQ0BMmrd2f4K6J1PtcpmTcCwmYEveKMnJZ2g15Po3-zwcQIkFPORNZfb1SsJWjZ9xjoqcgKz1ymuuvlS5hND5wiZ20VLBiOErYAmr1WbTs8DiHqOovZP_B2Y/s400/fireplace.jpg" width="320" /></a><img height="400" id="il_fi" src="http://assets.unclutterer.com/wp-content/uploads/fireplace-storage.jpg" width="272" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="467" id="il_fi" src="http://www.younghouselove.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/reclaimed-wood-shelving.jpg" width="350" /><br /><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/08/house-crashing-a-sculptural-studio/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a><br /><br /><img height="500" id="il_fi" src="http://st.houzz.com/simages/21843_0_8-4250-eclectic-.jpg" width="500" /><br /><a href="http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/11484/list/15-Popular-Design-Trends-on-Houzz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a><br /><br />What about you? Could you see any of those bookshelf papers in your home?<br /><br />til next time..<br /><br /><br />(Hopefully tomorrow the Pixel Project post will be up - we had company drop in twice this weekend!<br />It was wonderful, we caught up with some old friends over wine and had a great visit with family :)<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Yea or Nay: Bookshelf Wallpaper?

This weeks Yea or Nay is bookshelf wallpaper. On the plus side, it's a space saver, and adds interest when you don't actually have l...

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