pinteresting: art over windows

<br />I find so many fabulous bits of creativity via pinterest, and some are really due more than a repin.<br />Hence the new feature, "<b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.ca/search/label/pinteresting">pinteresting</a></b>", where I invite your opinions about whatever wonderful thing made me sit up and take notice each week....<br /><br /><br />So. let's get on with it, shall we? This weeks brilliance...<br /><br /><br />We've seen art layered over bookcases, but how about this: art over windows.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1sp4Bkrznj1n84G7y54PDyVstX6crbrbg7BNnwKE4c3gU4zglLSBFFg1dC2pWmdHhLCun6XHwt9mxGxHbDOq5xpm-qeNjbiNnLnVN1mtYj00VxDWZhwyOUCcwLY9zebyG-lRSrsE2Hw/s1600/Scan+2.jpg" /></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 seems mad, but if you think about it, especially in a room like the one below, </div><div style="text-align: center;">windows are often abundant and wall space is not. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Why not break up that huge expanse of glass with a little eye candy?</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;"><img class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBKIXLKG5K1mFyjKJsD_ObyLJjOnHD9CigCiaAQeszKDEB0ct9j6VDMwMpMfA2LI-7uluALkCmEZiGHUhkjTcsvKh2-aq8lXdiMimOdz1-S6D17p0oYv8h8XFdW8cbaxLhnEA08djWrY/s1600/Scan+6.jpg" style="height: 500px; width: 351px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you to Raina at <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/45880489926247120/">A Stylist's Life</a> for posting about the work of <a href="http://www.ericcohler.com/">Eric Cohler</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">thereby exposing this innovative art display.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So what are all you art lovers thinking about this one?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

pinteresting: art over windows

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spring fever: steel windows

<br />I hope you'll indulge me a few posts about spring, because I've got the fever :) Anyone else dying to get outside and clean all the windows? Something about spring and getting the maximum sunshine into this house...<br />This has led to a "<b><a href="https://pinterest.com/10rooms/rooms-with-a-view/">rooms with a view</a></b>" board on pinterest, with swoon-worthy shots like this...<br /><br /><br /><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/AVvXsEgEaqOlFPWpJGY-ak4iTvZ6m32rYd6vx1N3K1CEpf5GuNKq-5zCk20wjoL7Q6k-CDnhD8RTluW4Q5E2FBfAwQbFbIINWY74qaQRediyeN2UTYMV3bHMmNJdeIL0yM7ppIqxqPrWaXfvJvs/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-04-11+at+11.44.58+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaqOlFPWpJGY-ak4iTvZ6m32rYd6vx1N3K1CEpf5GuNKq-5zCk20wjoL7Q6k-CDnhD8RTluW4Q5E2FBfAwQbFbIINWY74qaQRediyeN2UTYMV3bHMmNJdeIL0yM7ppIqxqPrWaXfvJvs/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-04-11+at+11.44.58+AM.png" /></a></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/AVvXsEg1jVy7AvpgPCbXQbGCaQZA5jmxTPb4mxRIE6xByKxYY91oXIUSxQimkrSToRagG6-6GimgMEbqZsFquwlsRj7izQEjqLbtusMXKDs7VQfYuDKb8C7TKl_UUrYy9dKb1cTCisg83sej1Y4/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-04-11+at+11.35.23+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jVy7AvpgPCbXQbGCaQZA5jmxTPb4mxRIE6xByKxYY91oXIUSxQimkrSToRagG6-6GimgMEbqZsFquwlsRj7izQEjqLbtusMXKDs7VQfYuDKb8C7TKl_UUrYy9dKb1cTCisg83sej1Y4/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-04-11+at+11.35.23+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: left;">It may skew toward steel windows, lol. I love them. As in, if I ever win the lottery I will be immediately ripping out every single builders-grade monstrosity we have here! How about steel windows as an interior wall? Genius, right? Are any of you lucky enough to have an expanse of these beauties in your space? x am</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">oh, and yes - be sure to come by tomorrow - there's an etsy shop Id' really like to introduce you to, and the lovely woman who crafts up this fab jewelry has decided to donate a bracelet to the blog for a giveaway! Woohoo! See you tomorrow...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />

spring fever: steel windows

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yay or nay: pinterest

<br /><br /><br />Oh, how it pains me to write this post. I've seen <b><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/47006389830637206/">this</a></b> going around pinterest the last little bit, but was ignoring it, because I didn't want my blissful pinterest addiction to come to a halt. Have you read the article this links to? It makes you take a closer look at the policies we all skimmed over in 2.3 seconds flat while gleefully rubbing our hands together that we were onboard this amazing site, with it's plethora of jaw-dropping images, and links to everything that we need to know about RIGHT THIS SECOND :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYyu0p5doNTLRghYb0-bBSbs5OyZNq0_KuPsQBTm6sGV8UnJChBB5HuRcwjrloXfS9xJ9lCd_Pv5myLVF910-GpfNo2AceY5txStPMQsI-PqowqyRAf3Od3CODTWILl1_N9dWhZsLItvw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-03-12+at+8.18.50+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYyu0p5doNTLRghYb0-bBSbs5OyZNq0_KuPsQBTm6sGV8UnJChBB5HuRcwjrloXfS9xJ9lCd_Pv5myLVF910-GpfNo2AceY5txStPMQsI-PqowqyRAf3Od3CODTWILl1_N9dWhZsLItvw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-03-12+at+8.18.50+PM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here are the highlights of the article....<br /><br />Point of contention No. 1 -  Pinterest reserves the right to use every image we upload of our own in ANY WAY they please. That once we upload an image, it becomes their property. Not cool.<br /><br />Point of contention No. 2 - We, the users, are legally responsible should someone sue interest over their images being used without their permission. That means while we may be pinning things to try and give an artist/blogger/designer exposure, or at the very least, appreciation - if they decide we have violated their rights by pinning the image WE, not pinterest are liable for damages.<br /><br />I'm very sad to say that if the pinterest-powers-that-be don't re-think this, I will be one of the deserters - no amount of eye candy is worth being sued over. That's a bit of a bummer, because after pinterest I don't know if I can go back to google images, sorting throughout three thousand crappola photos trying to find just one that is blog-worthy.... for example, a wallpaper search on both....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZII-fnPEu8WS1yrj7K4wOf43j0W4hBckWuy79-MCBOIOt6DTn3KrAMOSc0SomsSZn1p1uhJiae8vywexpb9_zxODNXdWgBxJT6M6_KC5HonTTn9rBXiZzpyOTk9oSeZ_wz5e95uUFGNpD/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-03-12+at+8.42.39+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZII-fnPEu8WS1yrj7K4wOf43j0W4hBckWuy79-MCBOIOt6DTn3KrAMOSc0SomsSZn1p1uhJiae8vywexpb9_zxODNXdWgBxJT6M6_KC5HonTTn9rBXiZzpyOTk9oSeZ_wz5e95uUFGNpD/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-03-12+at+8.42.39+PM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4nRIobu422mRvN7dPEFhvAyNjPLeeIVOkCFzgnKJAyYyvyh9oimA4uSMFkwHS_7X2jQ2Udib50llHsQ36lmfNJZbKIXHthIOtuWZa1-vTtoWs_6G-WDdHxjnfOLnS5Ipbipo3OMm8peh/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-03-12+at+8.48.16+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4nRIobu422mRvN7dPEFhvAyNjPLeeIVOkCFzgnKJAyYyvyh9oimA4uSMFkwHS_7X2jQ2Udib50llHsQ36lmfNJZbKIXHthIOtuWZa1-vTtoWs_6G-WDdHxjnfOLnS5Ipbipo3OMm8peh/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-03-12+at+8.48.16+PM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Anyhow, some food for thought, right?  Thought you may want to check it out, lovelies...<br /><br />As of Wednesday morning I will be enroute to the sunshine, and I have a couple of posts for you, and then the sweetest six bloggers are going to be visiting here, with six<b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/search/label/Crushing%20On%20Color"> Crushing on Colour</a></b> posts - hope you'll come by and leave them a comment - because their posts are bee-utiful.... have a fabulous few weeks, catch you all on the flip side... xo<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>pinterest <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/139470919679616966/">1</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/287245282452702210/">2</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/231442868319831191/">3</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/179369997628361179/">4</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/208784132694607206/">5</a> </i></span>

yay or nay: pinterest

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a spectacular kitchen floor + ceiling, and some fantastic art lighting

<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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy monday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How was your weekend?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was bit under the weather this weekend, so not much got accomplished around here - </div><div style="text-align: center;">did manage to squeeze in a wee bit of time for pinterest, somehow - </div><div style="text-align: center;">funny how that happens, lol...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I saw this kitchen <b><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/47006389830469654/">pinned</a></b> over the weekend my jaw dropped.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Barrel-vaulted brick ceiling.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Exquisite painted timber floor.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Open shelving + lattice cabinetry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Art + a few hits of playful colour.</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/AVvXsEjAHf7pGjngtLUT85mVcOlzX2RA4qC9R1Qis9_5pczQ7DsBxJ9qn__79fikULRnefjwVbtfUOHjLas6r9vRbTnSDzKalzS-mteCtGbwnVCk4S64pJRUL4fnVE0iQvBQXvPKiAovO9eX-syJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.36.36+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHf7pGjngtLUT85mVcOlzX2RA4qC9R1Qis9_5pczQ7DsBxJ9qn__79fikULRnefjwVbtfUOHjLas6r9vRbTnSDzKalzS-mteCtGbwnVCk4S64pJRUL4fnVE0iQvBQXvPKiAovO9eX-syJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.36.36+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtz8RbDMpIvWA88NVAJyGj41bmLfSBKjkft-i6Pp4kwrPs_vVM6KAkm-4o_3cn27BA_IYPKw_kwlU8jaGYbhKzI0O4WKHaLeqUyM0IK_0KH24h-Rt-Sbk8ewnwnbhDq865tQKMudvoaq9/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.37.10+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtz8RbDMpIvWA88NVAJyGj41bmLfSBKjkft-i6Pp4kwrPs_vVM6KAkm-4o_3cn27BA_IYPKw_kwlU8jaGYbhKzI0O4WKHaLeqUyM0IK_0KH24h-Rt-Sbk8ewnwnbhDq865tQKMudvoaq9/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.37.10+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spaces like this make me want to ditch this place and move into a century home stat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A little digging, and found the rest of this home via <b><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/pitter-patter-on-a-patterned-floor-165379">apartment therapy</a></b> and <b><a href="http://kikette-interiors.blogspot.com/2011/02/decorator-montse-esteva-house-in.html">kikette interiors</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It has a very consistent look.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The white walls continue throughout, as do those floors.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The decor is clean neutrals, again with the pops of colour place sparingly.</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/AVvXsEhwYsIONUyQDAixXsE5dN2AmGEm6KTMmZtlzYvRH3KclUXTYNQyo9tdteXAobYF-DNjaaRaYspE9b1_m6Kj2zUPkGeHZ_P2RVq_c7rccsH3CVVbVXchrlPjcFVIgVUYI3RfsM0L2-oU0aBa/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.38.18+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYsIONUyQDAixXsE5dN2AmGEm6KTMmZtlzYvRH3KclUXTYNQyo9tdteXAobYF-DNjaaRaYspE9b1_m6Kj2zUPkGeHZ_P2RVq_c7rccsH3CVVbVXchrlPjcFVIgVUYI3RfsM0L2-oU0aBa/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.38.18+AM.png" /></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;">There was one detail that I absolutely loved.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at the way they've lit their artwork.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wall-mounted reading/work lights that not only light up these pieces in the evenings, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but also to frame the art and draw the eye in the daylight.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They become part of the composition.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've never been a huge fan of those unappealing mini lights tucked in over the top of the frame -</div><div style="text-align: center;">they aspire to be invisible but just end up a visual distraction -</div><div style="text-align: center;">but these are a different story, yes?</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/AVvXsEgpEnC8NbHDzWEnfCR3sS7itXkNWXdMfmFms82mlTGgCEnrih3vJ40fABg_6gnIiv5PrgqLiPPEW0gvExawW0FLYN8FuUAw2Q5_zjE9CAgVNuzKRECwo2KYLeyMpJ0qfjTU0elKFiEdCb8I/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+10.00.45+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEnC8NbHDzWEnfCR3sS7itXkNWXdMfmFms82mlTGgCEnrih3vJ40fABg_6gnIiv5PrgqLiPPEW0gvExawW0FLYN8FuUAw2Q5_zjE9CAgVNuzKRECwo2KYLeyMpJ0qfjTU0elKFiEdCb8I/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+10.00.45+AM.png" /></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;">If you're interested, here are a few versions from... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.barnlightelectric.com/clearance-lighting/architectural-brass-lighting/articulated-reading-light-solid-brass-architectural-bronze"><b>barn light electric</b></a>, <a href="http://www.shadesoflight.com/cone-shade-wall-lamp-double-joint-3-colors.html"><b>shades of light</b></a> and <b><a href="http://www.circalighting.com/details.aspx?pid=3625">circa lighting</a></b></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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a spectacular kitchen floor + ceiling, and some fantastic art lighting

Happy monday! How was your weekend? I was bit under the weather this weekend, so not much got accomplished around here -  did manage to sque...

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The Difference

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Some people spread joy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Real true joy.</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/AVvXsEgF1XxgDvzfx26oY6MS3wovMRHKo1lxccCIS-wgLzbaN95R5em2ubwcFKNpBxNwfVLNkKyhSEO1zZzXPt2Hpxv7THesFEhx3wXdq6OdhhwKfvRo8O3jmUNRzFJ3RjYEY6oGduK_lto6Mecn/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.25.51+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1XxgDvzfx26oY6MS3wovMRHKo1lxccCIS-wgLzbaN95R5em2ubwcFKNpBxNwfVLNkKyhSEO1zZzXPt2Hpxv7THesFEhx3wXdq6OdhhwKfvRo8O3jmUNRzFJ3RjYEY6oGduK_lto6Mecn/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.25.51+PM.png" /></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 hear from you every time I post.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday I got a comment from <b><a href="http://www.rashoncarraway.com/">Mr Goodwill Hunting</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of my diy heros!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He complimented a diy I did - WHA?? Did that actually happen?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you for making my day :)<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAywCQJWvKGsmvUVnZkDTbHrAEmqRPx15vPRcm2ZroNghUjs0ccu21PqO6VKfKcFkFLF8jl1fy6yAUdPusANGfOXxg1EvBzo2QaGf-v3ke5wzRVv_NZTxzyVZQUXOHRli5Ec_mzN2bu99t/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.19.17+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAywCQJWvKGsmvUVnZkDTbHrAEmqRPx15vPRcm2ZroNghUjs0ccu21PqO6VKfKcFkFLF8jl1fy6yAUdPusANGfOXxg1EvBzo2QaGf-v3ke5wzRVv_NZTxzyVZQUXOHRli5Ec_mzN2bu99t/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.19.17+PM.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today, however, I had to deal with an issue that has been dragged on for far to long,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it was finally resolved, but not without me losing my cool.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm trying very hard not to be bitter, because</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/AVvXsEi5vfAjEHICIAWCF0xA8KwhhlnpBd2yDgs_ONXv6zqzi1zPgp-pfhoemQCbGn1iyhbpa2szVd2PltT4qAfmx4oELjXtbANeN8Oyxf8Gj365Cv7ZXt4c_V1tuSnUJn2YCL38pvdvWujnk-Ee/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.18.08+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vfAjEHICIAWCF0xA8KwhhlnpBd2yDgs_ONXv6zqzi1zPgp-pfhoemQCbGn1iyhbpa2szVd2PltT4qAfmx4oELjXtbANeN8Oyxf8Gj365Cv7ZXt4c_V1tuSnUJn2YCL38pvdvWujnk-Ee/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.18.08+PM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">and I've learned</div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2Nzd0s75hz3bUZZ_kzmWt_dSVGIVKQaQ8nym6yHLcf5nCvrnDhPjQjiMEIDo7EXZQ1i6UAcVUEN1d5I9rvC7AunfWxyfOEiBk9BgJMTyuDXgxbDRR6bxXlxbwGeVgApS-xaCF2BP1mbe/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.40.37+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2Nzd0s75hz3bUZZ_kzmWt_dSVGIVKQaQ8nym6yHLcf5nCvrnDhPjQjiMEIDo7EXZQ1i6UAcVUEN1d5I9rvC7AunfWxyfOEiBk9BgJMTyuDXgxbDRR6bxXlxbwGeVgApS-xaCF2BP1mbe/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.40.37+PM.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My father worked at his grocery store seven days a week his entire life</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(giving away as much food to people who needed it as he sold, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">money was really never high up on the priority list).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I respect him so much for the way he has lived his life, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and he taught us to</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><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskdNRiGvkpOCY-RZ7IZAzY0TuR9Qm3-wxwZZ8OY0ymXWBez1DgchYjJrToykns18p9OWrQ5k7vnQhcFmVt0VEZ9S_U5cTVXMO4rFQip1foUICd2NwtldY6_U7Ta2irpkCMjAhynnDRVv6/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.40.58+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskdNRiGvkpOCY-RZ7IZAzY0TuR9Qm3-wxwZZ8OY0ymXWBez1DgchYjJrToykns18p9OWrQ5k7vnQhcFmVt0VEZ9S_U5cTVXMO4rFQip1foUICd2NwtldY6_U7Ta2irpkCMjAhynnDRVv6/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.40.58+PM.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and that</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; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBBfrMQyq-ghPQTU2LJVMmQtoWBbuoeJFq0o3Pw8vT6izr2ptN59ZZro-NOKWXzuOZddO6aHR1WGmmJeGWc12GC-Ki5ckbB0kio58TYMVkm8d9znVXezxjDjmIxB-1iq036-DQua2GwTd/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.41.24+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBBfrMQyq-ghPQTU2LJVMmQtoWBbuoeJFq0o3Pw8vT6izr2ptN59ZZro-NOKWXzuOZddO6aHR1WGmmJeGWc12GC-Ki5ckbB0kio58TYMVkm8d9znVXezxjDjmIxB-1iq036-DQua2GwTd/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.41.24+PM.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But most of all, really, who can put energy into holding a grudge when the world is so full of this<br /><br /><br /><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/AVvXsEiPcuc0kAdpPqwOCsNXhPZNXVy5dMOnljFlIak0qwQZzN616_U2H6JY3VeYLLUlb6-KvP_AwuzW4pUQBUOKqtaDCT6PhX0vYdBRVJm5EbqGzbkV2IakG49_-atyr2eTsFdUu49MdVDsmFeI/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.59.10+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcuc0kAdpPqwOCsNXhPZNXVy5dMOnljFlIak0qwQZzN616_U2H6JY3VeYLLUlb6-KvP_AwuzW4pUQBUOKqtaDCT6PhX0vYdBRVJm5EbqGzbkV2IakG49_-atyr2eTsFdUu49MdVDsmFeI/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-20+at+12.59.10+PM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">all images via</span></span><a href="https://pinterest.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> pinterest</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;">x<br /><br /><br /><br /><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6NPqy9xJ-HOXKGM0fevxvI3lNOrp2nJT8XdoPKxKFMCRP6QHahewcDn-HQh8JVljuq5hlMuBtn4brMQfkIZLXJStHDns5xqrDoTJ2m-BNvT7hEn9osfvj8LDg9nZni85Gg_cFXiIYUH1/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(thank you for listening, we will be back to gratuitous interior eye candy next post, promise :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

The Difference

Some people spread joy. Real true joy. I hear from you every time I post. Yesterday I got a comment from Mr Goodwill Hunting . One of my diy...

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<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;">Are you on <b><a href="http://pinterest.com/">pinterest</a></b> yet?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know about you, but I'm constantly pulling images from around the net</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and trying to sort them into folders in iphoto...</div><div style="text-align: center;">some are for future posts,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but most get filed to the darkest corners of the computer and forgotten.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enter pinterest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Along with being able to pin the things that tickle the eyes</div><div style="text-align: center;">you get to browse through other peoples collections, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and there is SO much inspiration!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0GU5c02T5VCAsYzLVo5h81AVS-RB6tizM757bCXkTO-WcC5RVvdI5kBRBZDdMuXmlEjkGztRJ4a2UBSLEB1DhSxqURHYPYwgMW2H4bQfcLQRP_O1AE9zWwHEx4eH2PpaphFYkrvdgf7-/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-15+at+11.44.35+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/40629498/"><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://pinterest.com/pin/40626735/"><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://pinterest.com/pin/9398942/"><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://pinterest.com/pin/24610775/"><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;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/naomin/my-style-pinboard/"><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://pinterest.com/pin/37475603/"><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://pinterest.com/pin/36721174/"><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://pinterest.com/pin/40248127/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">4</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://pinterest.com/pin/39988633/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">5</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://pinterest.com/pin/38658505/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">6</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://pinterest.com/pin/1076487/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">7</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/39926056/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">1</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and I'm loving having <b><a href="http://pinterest.com/10rooms/art-love/">somewhere</a></b> to stash all the art I'm craving in one spot!</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; 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